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The Murmurations podcast hosts connective conversations for collective thinking with guests from a variety of backgrounds talking about culture, society, media, mind, politics and current events. I hope it helps us to think more about what it means to be human, how we connect in modern times, how we might start to think more collectively about our wellbeing, and how we want to live together in the future. Through connection and conversation we can start to tell better stories for a better world and a better future. Thank you for listening. Biographical note: Dr Darren Kelsey is Head of Media, Culture, Heritage at Newcastle University. His teaching and research focuses on storytelling and collective psychology in media, culture and politics: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/sacs/staff/profile/darrenkelsey.htmlCreditsMusic: https://www.purple-planet.comLogo: Archie Cameron
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Welcome back! After a lengthy hiatus, the Murmurations podcast returns to share a conversation Darren recently had with the magician and psychological illusionist, Derren Brown. This was a guest talk that Derren kindly delivered to students studying "Storytelling and Collective Psychology" at Newcastle University, UK. Reflecting on some of the ideas covered in Darren's recent book about Derren’s work, they talk about social connection, Stoicism, the environment, Jungian psychology, transcende...
In the final episode of this series, Darren speaks to his colleague, Dr Sarah Hill about disability, society and popular culture. They discuss Sarah's research on representations of disability and how we can do more to understand the social challenges and lived experiences of being disabled. They discuss both positive and problematic developments in popular culture and some of the shifting public perceptions around disability. In the closing few minutes of the podcast, Sarah shares some advic...
In this week's episode, Darren talks to his colleague Dr Tina Sikka about media, ideology and social justice. They discuss the importance of studying media and communication and consider its value as an interdisciplinary field - with some attention to the recent UK exams controversy. They also discuss Tina's research on food, gender politics, the Intellectual Dark Web, social justice movements, cancel culture, campus culture and the importance of nuance in conversations about sensitive ...
In this episode of the Murmurations podcast, Darren speaks to Dr Veronika Koller (Lancaster University) on the role of language and metaphor in society. They discuss what we mean by discourse and how we analyse it critically - covering a number of current topics, including populism, immigration, COVID-19 and much more. Veronika is also a co-host on the Words and Actions podcast and they finish up with some chat about podcasting in academia. The Words and Actions blog can be found here: h...
In this episode of the Murmurations podcast, Darren speaks to Dr Richard Thomas (Swansea University) about media, money and politics. They discuss Richard's journey through higher education, stories about mid-life crises, banking and economics, alternative media platforms, the politics of polarisation and a touch of optimism on how we might move forward as a society.CreditsMusic: https://www.purple-planet.comLogo: Archie Cameron#academia #media #journalism #research #representationmatters #re...
In this week's episode of the Murmurations podcast, Darren speaks to Dr Ross Garner (Cardiff University) about fandom, cult media and community. Darren sets Ross the task of convincing us why we should care about fandom and why it is an important area of research. Ross does a great job and they discuss lots of fascinating texts and topics including fan stereotypes, audiences and identity, the politics of popular culture, and much more...#media #popularculture #audiences #representations #repr...
In this episode of the Murmurations podcast, Dr Darren Kelsey (Newcastle University) speaks to Dr Ann Luce (Bournemouth University) about her research and teaching on suicide, mental health and the media. They discuss the ethics of reporting suicide, the importance of public conversations about mental health, and the work that Ann is doing to help improve the way we communicate on sensitive topics. CreditsMusic: https://www.purple-planet.comLogo: Archie Cameron#academia #journalism #rese...
In this episode of the Murmurations podcast, Dr Darren Kelsey (Newcastle University) speaks to his colleague, Ramona Slusarczyk about the role of public relations (PR) in times of global crisis. Ramona explains why PR is an important academic and professional discipline that should be taught and practiced ethically. They discuss PR in relation to a number of current events and global contexts, including COVID-19, political communication, propaganda, Newcastle United, Saudi Arabia, women in PR...
In this episode of the Murmurations podcast, Dr Darren Kelsey (Newcastle University) speaks to Dr Jonathan Cable (Swansea University) about football, media and society. They discuss the importance of theory and practice in teaching journalism studies, the language of football commentary, footballers in the press, racism in football, and much more. Their closing conversation provides a brief discussion about The Football Collective: https://footballcollective.org.uk/ CreditsMusic: https://www....
In this episode of the Murmurations podcast, Dr Darren Kelsey (Newcastle University) speaks to Dr Tony Sampson (University of East London) about digital media cultures and the brain. Tony talks about his research and publications on virality, assemblage theory and social media. They discuss Gabriel Tarde, social contagion, neuroculture, theories of consciousness and the importance of critical approaches to interdisciplinary research. CreditsMusic: https://www.purple-planet.comLogo: Archie Cam...
In this episode of the Murmurations podcast, Dr Darren Kelsey (Newcastle University) speaks to Prof. Karin Wahl-Jorgensen (Cardiff University) about journalism, emotion and politics. They discuss the role of emotions in journalistic storytelling, the politics of anger and fear, the rise of populism, Donald Trump and COVID-19. Enjoy!CreditsMusic: https://www.purple-planet.comLogo: Archie Cameron#academia #academicyoutube #media #representationmatters #research #representations #newcastleuni #s...
In this episode of the Murmurations podcast, Dr Darren Kelsey (Newcastle University) speaks to Dr Ben Lamb (Teesside University) about his latest book on police television series and other research projects on social class and the welfare state. They discuss political responses to crime, criminology theory, archival research, the North East of England and Ridley Scott.CreditsMusic: https://www.purple-planet.comLogo: Archie Cameron#academia #academicyoutube #media #representationmatters #resea...
In this opening episode of the Murmurations podcast, Dr. Darren Kelsey (Newcastle University) asks Professor Paul Bowman (Cardiff University) if cultural studies are trivial. They discuss how cultural studies might help us to understand more about the world we live in through past and present contexts. They talk about BLM, statues, Bruce Lee, popular culture, martial arts, and the future of academic publishing.CreditsMusic: https://www.purple-planet.comLogo: Archie Cameron#academia #academicy...
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