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
Murmurations
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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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December 21, 2022
Murmurations #13: Living well in modern life - with Derren Brown
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...
September 6, 2020
Murmurations #12: Disability, society and popular culture - with Dr Sarah Hill
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...
September 1, 2020
Murmurations #11: Media, ideology and social justice - with Dr Tina Sikka
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 ...
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