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A Bite of Science: The Truth About Mosquitos with Dr Véronique Paris | Ascend Your Story
Medical entomologist Dr. Véronique Paris shares insights into mosquito biology and its public health impacts in this interview.
1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Cutting to the chase on vasectomies with Dr Snip | Ascend Your Story
Host [Host Name] interviews Dr. Sarah and Dr. Nick from Dr. Snip about the vasectomy experience, offering insights into the procedure and recovery.
30 Sept 2025
Using art to inspire change in medicine | Ascend Your Story
Dr Tanishka Brahmanand has a talent for blending her different passions - across medicine, art, sustainability, small business or her Indian heritage, she finds unique ways to inspire others to make change.
Her upcoming collaboration Do No Harm: Reflections on Healthcare is a public-facing exhibition advocating for planetary health consciousness; a concept which acknowledges the intrinsic link between human health and natural systems.
By interrogating the harms of current healthcare practices and propagating known solutions, this project advocates for the urgent transition to a model of health which is socially and ecologically regenerative.
She joins us this week on Ascend Your Story.
Ascent Media produces science, tech and research storytelling through video, photo, livestream and podcast.
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See Tanishka’s jewellery at https://www.tanishkajewellery.com/ (https://www.tanishkajewellery.com/)
And see the Do No Harm exhibition at Vacancy Gallery on 30 October in Melbourne: https://events.humanitix.com/do-no-harm (https://events.humanitix.com/do-no-harm)
22 Sept 2025TRANSCRIPT
eDNA is transforming how we research our oceans | Ascend Your Story
Morgan Ellis is a Postdoc at DeakinUniversity's EcoGenetics lab. His work focuses on using molecular tools in abiosecurity setting, from understanding the diets of invasive predators,detecting incursions with eDNA, and developing novel methods to aid in thedetection and eradication.
Morgan also uses these techniquesto better understand broader ecosystem trends such biodiversity and populationgenetics of native and invasive species.
He joins us this week on AscendYour Story.
Ascent Media produces science,tech and research storytelling through video, photo, livestream and podcast.
Find out more at ascentmedia.com.au (https://ascentmedia.com.au/)
inaturalist.org (https://www.inaturalist.org/)
8 Sept 2025TRANSCRIPT
The man behind some of your favourite filmmaking tech: Chris Hocking | Ascend Your Story
As the co-founder of LateNiteFilms, Chris Hocking knows what it’s like at the ground level of indiefilmmaking and animation.
It’s this experience that’s helpedChris to understand filmmakers as people - and develop software that not onlymakes filmmaking easier, but more fun.
In this episode of Ascend YourStory, Chris explains his story starting out hanging backstage with techs as achild to co-founding a production company and developing software used byhundreds of thousands around the world.
Ascent Media produces science,tech and research storytelling through video, photo, livestream and podcast.
Find out more at ascentmedia.com.au (http://ascentmedia.com.au)
Find out more about Chris’ work at latenitefilms.com (https://latenitefilms.com/) and fcp.cafe (https://fcp.cafe/)
18 Aug 2025
Is fact-bombing doing more harm than good? SciComms with Dr Tom Carruthers | Ascend Your Story
Does bombarding people with facts erode trust in science even more?
Dr Tom Carruthers is a science communicator, strategist and creative whosplits his time between Canberra, Australia, and Prague, Czechia. With a PhD inbiological chemistry and a master’s in science communication, Tom draws ongovernment, academic, media and agency experience to reshape how society valuesscientific expertise.
He’s on a mission to help scientists get the community on board withevidence based science, without overwhelming them. He joins us this week onAscend Your Story.
Ascent Media produces science, tech and research storytelling throughvideo, photo, livestream and podcast.
Find out more at
carruthers.studio (https://www.carruthers.studio/)
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7 Aug 2025TRANSCRIPT
Could your compost pile set on fire? | Ascend Your Story
Compost fires are a major issue in the Australian environment, sparkingmajor concerns for bushfires and even triggering parliamentary inquiries intothe phenomenon.
Patrick Blampied is a self described “born tinkerer” - originallystarting in the media, his tinkering led him to the software industry andeventually AgTech, where he co-founded Rhino Instruments.
Rhino Instruments has been working on the issue of compost fires andcreated an innovative solution to managing a tricky problem.
Ascent Media produces science, tech and research storytelling throughvideo, photo, livestream and podcast.
Find out more at
rhinoinstruments.com.au (https://rhinoinstruments.com.au/)
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28 Jul 2025TRANSCRIPT
Understanding Pesticides in Waterways: A Citizen Science Call to Action | Ascend Your Story
Citizen science can play a hugerole in tackling some of the environment's biggest challenges.
Researcher Brady Hamilton islooking for Australians to pitch in on Pesticide Watch - a citizen scienceprogram to test water quality across Australia so we can track and do somethingabout the impact pesticides are having on our waterways.
He joins us on Ascend Your Storyto tell us how Pesticide Watch came to be and how you can get involved.
Ascent Media produces science,tech and research storytelling through video, photo, livestream and podcast.
Find out more at:
https://blogs.deakin.edu.au/pesticidewatch/ (https://blogs.deakin.edu.au/pesticidewatch/)
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1 Jul 2025TRANSCRIPT
Seaweed: Slimy and gross or a breath of fresh air? | Ascend Your Story
Sam O’Reilly interviews Dr. Prue Francis about the surprising importance of seaweed and her multifaceted career as a seaweed scientist, science communicator, and children's book author, highlighting the need to engage young people with our oceans in this interview.
24 Jun 2025TRANSCRIPT
Can a rev head make the shift to electric cars? | Ascend Your Story
Rhys Clarke recounts his journey from combustion engine enthusiast to electric vehicle advocate, detailing his work with RMIT's Formula SAE Racing team and his career in the automotive industry in this interview.
18 Jun 2025TRANSCRIPT
Are dingoes the most misunderstood mammal in Australia? Protecting Australian ecosystems | Ascend Your Story
Professor of Wildlife Ecology Euan Ritchie discusses the misunderstood role of dingoes in Australian ecosystems and their vital contributions to biodiversity, in this interview.
9 Jun 2025TRANSCRIPT
Would you know what to do if someone went into cardiac arrest? - saving lives with CPR | Ascend Your Story
Health educator Marj Devereux from St John Ambulance Victoria discusses how to perform CPR and use a defibrillator during a cardiac arrest, emphasizing the importance of immediate action in this interview.
15 May 2025TRANSCRIPT
Smart Cars, Smarter Grid—But Is Australia Prepared? | Ascend Your Story
Marketing head Chad Hyde from Chargefox examines Australia's readiness for electric vehicles and smart grids in an interview, highlighting the need for infrastructure and policy alignment.
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A Bite of Science: The Truth About Mosquitos with Dr Véronique Paris | Ascend Your Story
Published 14 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Do you think newer suburbs are making things worse or better? That depends because lots of different urban sort of ideas are popping up these days. And some of them are great. And some of them are great on paper, but maybe in execution, not necessarily thought through all the way to the end. So rainwater gardens, for example, can be so good to divert stormwater runoff and to support and secure good water, sort of the water quality that goes into a creek's. But if that water stands there for too long, that also then invites mosquitoes to breed. So it needs to kind of be intended to serve a couple of different purposes. […]
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