Podcast appearances and mentions of eric jong

Eric Jong and Dan Salmon have a chat with with multidisciplinary artist and educator, Sandy Ma, to discuss her installation work Touching Wires which invites softness into our technological relationships and articulates what collaboration and co-creation means when artificial intelligence is involved. In her works Sandy explores the intersections of computing, electronics, and sound, and is currently completing her Honours research project exploring tactility in Human-AI interaction.

This week Rowena Murrey, Dan Salmon and Eric Jong chat with games composer and freelance reviewer Meghann O'Neill about all the indie games and they saw at PAX during Melbourne International Games Week.Plus, Dr Jessica Court , researcher at the Queensland University of Technology joins the team to discuss how they've been trying to make train travel a little bit easier for the Hearing Impaired using AI Techology.

Dan Morganti, Dan Salmon and Eric Jong have Hamid Sohrabi on the phone revealing a new self-reporting tool that detects early onset of dementia. Susan Rossell from Swinburne also dials in to chat about the link between different tech and its positive influences on cognitive health.

Join Dan and Lilly for today's show with special guests Susan Carter, the new Director of Code for Australia chatting about solving civic issues and driving positive change, and Eric Jong on delivering researcher training on 3D Print and Design. Dan and Lilly take you through updated news on Apple's partnership with OpenAI, and all the weird tech news of the week! A fan of Roblox? IKEA might have the job for you!

Ryan talks to journalist Molly Jong-Fast about the generational trauma that we're passing down, the me too movement, how cancel culture has impacted our society, and more.Molly Jong-Fast is a contributing writer at The Atlantic and the author of its newsletter Wait, What? She is also the host of The New Abnormal and a columnist for Vogue. She often writes about parenting, whether that be reflections on her relationship with famed mother and feminist, Eric Jong, who is also an American novelist, satirist, and poet. Or about how she is navigating raising her own children in the insane times we find ourselves in now.✉️ Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail

We're talking low-tech mushroom growing this week with Eric Jong of GroCycle out of the UK. Eric found his way to mushrooms after leaving a corporate career and becoming interested in permaculture and the local food movement. We talk about low-tech growing techniques, marketing mushrooms, having a team to support their business growth, and much more... You'll also hear: >> Which substrates Eric uses  >> Their innovative selling systems by selling fruiting blocks via e-commerce >> How they utilize a team to run their mushroom operation and how processes are key >> Why he recommends that new farmers find their footing before they scale >> Why a humidifier is Eric's favorite farming tool About the Guest: After finishing his MSc in Business Studies in Maastricht, The Netherlands, Eric went to work for two of the world's largest energy companies. It was after 6 years of office life that both Eric and his wife Zoe decided that this lifestyle didn't suit them anymore. They decided to up sticks and travel for a while. On this trip, they visited the permaculture research institute in Australia and helped out on several organic farms. Fascinated by small scale food production they ended up doing a full growing season on an organic farm in the Brecon Beacons. Now seriously interested in food production the studied sustainable horticulture at Schumacher College in 2011. This is where Eric crossed paths with Adam who was about to change from more traditional ways of growing mushrooms to a Low Tech approach. Back then this was mainly by growing mushrooms on coffee waste. The two of them decided to team up and GroCycle was started.

"You don’t have to believe in the problem to believe in the solution. There are opportunities to make more money while solving the problem." ⁠— Hunter Lovins   What do roasted termites, crickets or grasshoppers taste like? Wasp, termites, locusts, caterpillars and ant eggs; just reading their names, trigger up a feeling of disgust for many but for some, it’s a nutritious delight!  In large parts of the world insects are a staple food source, whereas we consider it squeamish here in the Western world. EAT GRUB has come up with a sustainable solution to supply the increasing world population with protein as farmland is decreasing, by revolutionising Western food culture with insects. EAT GRUB has committed themselves to change the way people think about insects as a food source by educating the public and developing quality nutritious tasty products.  You might be seeing “grasshopper bourguignon” or “soupe de cricket” soon at a restaurant’s menu near you!  Today on Sustainable Neil Whippey and I talk about insects, the sustainable superfood that’s rich in protein. Neil eats bugs for breakfast and is on a mission to normalize eating insects. Learn what a tasty, nutritious and sustainable superfood is like as Neil talks about edible insects, the food innovation and its future.   In this episode, Neil talks about: How they came up with the idea of insects as a viable food source and business product? Who eats insects and why should too Cooking insects Adapting a new form of diet and normalizing eating insects The tasty "Cricket Energy bars" From pop-up shops to cookbooks The best way to convince people to try and eat insects How to use your money to drive the change that you want Offering nutritious snacks and going to schools to educate kids about insects How focusing on sustainable protein sources impacted the way Neil live his daily life   There's nothing to fear if you recognize this (eating insects) as a solution. Not only are you eating tasty and nutritious food but you're also helping reduce the destruction to the environment by consuming from sustainable food sources.   Mentioned on this episode: United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals Eat Grub: The Ultimate Insect Cookbook Natural Capitalism by Hunter Lovins, Amory Lovins and Paul Hawken Episode 150: Circular Economy for waste management with TomSzaky Episode 151: Laundry Sustainability with Todd Cline United Nations If you enjoyed this, check out episode 93: The Mushroom Revolution with Eric Jong

PIlot Episode of Dear John Stories, a short story and discussion podcast by Eric Jong and Micah Higbed

Episode note:Two guests:Amie Andersonhttp://www.amieanderson.netEric Jong:http://www.ericjong.com.auThe art space and exhibition that Amie mentioned:Pavement projects at 122 Hoddle street, AbbotsfordPavement Projects curator: Kate Davis: http://www.datekavis.com/aboutSkippy the Bush Kangaroo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skippy_the_Bush_KangarooTurnt: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/turntThe key artists and works mentioned during the discussion around Eric's topics:Nathan Stolz: www.nathanstolz.com/The Act of Killing (film): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Act_of_KillingThe Editorial: The Unbearable Hotness of Decolonisation by Maddee Clark and Neika Lehman. in UN magazine: http://www.unprojects.org.au/magazine/issues/issue-12-1/editorial-the-unbearable-hotness-of-decolonisation/Jeremy Deller: (British artist) http://www.jeremydeller.orgHis work: The battle of Orgreavehttp://www.jeremydeller.org/TheBattleOfOrgreave/TheBattleOfOrgreave_Video.phpHost note:In this episode, we had Amie Anderson and Eric Jong. Amie told us about an exciting new art space in Melbourne. It's called Pavement Projects and located at 122 Hoddle street, Abbotsford. A Melbourne based curator and artist: Kate Davis is managing this space. For this episode of Three Bellybuttons, Amie shared her experience of seeing the current exhibition at Pavement Projects. It was Lara Chamas's exhibition titled Skippy gets burnt and converts to islam. Amie's detailed description and research about Lara's works brought an interesting discussion on the visual presentation of the Australian identity, the Skippy as the icon of the white Australian culture, and Australian muslim community.  We all enjoyed learning a new English slang 'Turnt' from the title of this exhibition. Following Amie, Eric Jong, in his second time visiting Three bellybuttons, extended the discussion that he had at the class of Master of Fine Art in the Victorian College of the Arts, and asked us to share opinions on the idea about "the validity of documentary" in art space and how the art creates availability of a critical space to open conversations in public. During the discussion, he talked about magical realism and the film the act of killing. He mis-said the directors name as Robert Oppenheimer - but it is actually Joshua Oppenheimer. When we talked about the authenticity and morality in the process of art-making, we exchanged our thoughts on recent popular topic about de-colonisation in the art world. There were so many good points and valuable questions in this episode conversation. I hope you will enjoy listening and be inspired.Pavement Projects will hold its first public event: Finissage: Skippy gets turnt and converts to Islam, Lara Chamas on 30 June. More information about this event can be read on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/239308426832736/?notif_t=plan_user_invited¬if_id=1528878601687172Please check out Eric's documentation business: Recreate. at https://recreate.galleryFor the dinner, we had few stir-fries and rice:

Eric Jong from Grocycle shares: How the idea for the first UK urban mushroom farm came about Why Grocycle use online courses to teach others how to grow mushrooms The multiple revenue streams available to businesses that want to make an impact Why running your own business is not for the faint-hearted The difference between small scale production and commercial scale production in terms of cost   After finishing his MSc in Business Studies in Maastricht, The Netherlands, Eric went to work for two of the world’s largest energy companies. After 6 years of office life both Eric and his wife Zoe decided that this lifestyle didn’t suit them anymore and took the decision to up sticks and travel for a while. On the trip they visited the permaculture research institute in Australia and helped out on several organic farms. Now fascinated by small scale food production they then ended up doing a full growing season on an organic farm in the Brecon Beacons. Having become seriously interested in food production Eric and Zoe went and studied sustainable horticulture at Schumacher College in 2011. It was here that Eric crossed paths with Adam.  They decided to team up and the project GroCycle was born.

THE EPISODE NOTES: Two guests are: Teresa Hsieh:www.teresahsieh.com John Gosper: www.johngosper.com The art exhibitions mentioned by Teresa: Seventh Gallery is an Artist Run Initiative (ARI) space in Melbourne. http://seventhgallery.org The new exhibitions, 8-23/3/2018. Gallery 1: Alyra Bartasek, Jessie Imam, Rosina Prestia To know your fingers and Toes http://seventhgallery.org/project/to-know-your-fingers-and-toes/ Project Space: Ashley Perry Garr-Ba Kun-ji:-jil Ba:-bun (Moon Corroboree) http://seventhgallery.org/project/garr-ba-kun-ji-yil-ba-bun-another-moon-corroboree/ Gallery 2: Lachlan Herd Me and all my bodies http://seventhgallery.org/project/me-and-all-my-bodies/ 7 Up: Eva Quinn-Wlaters, Georgie Gifford The realisation that the plot of your life doesn't make sense to you anymore http://seventhgallery.org/project/he-loves-me-not/ The art exhibitions mentioned by John: Christian Thompson, Ritual Intimacy at Samstag Museum 12 Feb - 18 Mar 2018 https://www.unisa.edu.au/Business-community/Samstag-Museum/Current-Exhibitions/03032018-Christian-Thompson-Ritual-Intimacy/ Christian Thompson - Berceuse, 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0a6g-DpLwM Grace Jones https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Jones Some reviews on media about Grace Jones's performance in Adelaide Festival 2018. ABC: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-01/grace-jones-performs-for-adelaide-festival/9494156 Glam Adelaide: http://www.glamadelaide.com.au/festival-review-grace-jones/ PROMOTION: Teresa Hsieh and Eric Jong (an artist and photographer) run a business that provides services to photo/video document artworks, art exhibitions and events. Please check their services out for your needs. https://recreate.gallery THE HOST'S NOTES: In this episode, I delightfully spoke with two Melbourne based young artists: Teresa Hsieh and John Gosper about the art shows and events that they had recently seen and experienced. They shared fantastic insights and knowledge about the exhibiting artists and works in those shows. Both artists, in unplanned way, specifically addressed the exhibitions produced by two Australian Indigenous artists, Ashley Perry and Christian Thompson. We discovered a common ground in these two artists' poetic and abstract expression of their interpretation of the lost and disappearing cultural traditions. From John's recollection of Grace Jones's flamboyant performance in Adelaide, we couldn't help to bow to Grace Jone's long and active career as an artist, performer and cultural icon and her sharp and daring qualities as a woman. Well. I hope that you enjoy listening to the 2nd episode of Three Bellybuttons and bear more patience with my stumbling speeches. As this episode was recorded in my kitchen, there were some unavoidable background noises. My apology. Also, please check out the exhibitions that we have talked in this episode. I'd love hear your comments on either the exhibitions or this podcast or both. Podcast blog: https://threebellybuttonspodcast.blogspot.com.au/2018/03/2-new-exhibitions-at-seventh-gallery.html