Podcast appearances and mentions of Kate Allen

Guest: Kate Allen, Toronto Star climate change reporter When the movie Jurassic Park was made in 1993, the technology at the heart of its plot — bringing ancient giant animals back from extinction — was in the same category as time travel and warp drives: science fiction. This week it seems it may be closer to being just plain science. After a company named Colossal Biosciences stunned the world by announcing it had overseen the birth of three dire wolves, a species of oversized white wolf known to fans of Game of Thrones, but one that has been extinct in reality for over 10,000 years. They have plans to bring the woolly mammoth back to the northern tundra, and revive the dodo bird, too. Even before this week's surprise news, executives at the Toronto Zoo have been wrestling with the ethics of “de-extinction” and the mammoth question, and Toronto Star reporter Kate Allen has been reporting on the issues that they and other zookeepers around the world, and conservation experts, see with the sudden application of this technology. Allen joins This Matters to explain just what Colossal is doing and why it chooses pop-culture celebrity “charismatic” species to revive. And she outlines the ethical, technical and practical questions, and the massive amounts of money and scientific expertise, that this startup company has suddenly brought to the field of animal conservation. PLUS: Did they really bring back dire wolves, or are these animals something else entirely?    This episode was produced by Julia De Laurentiis Johnston, Ed Keenan & Paulo Marques

In this podcast Kate Allen discusses 'Ethical issues concerning UK veterinary surgeons practicing in equine sports medicine' and Hilary Clayton discusses 'Facial pressure beneath a cavesson noseband adjusted to different tightness levels during standing and chewing'. 

Datshiane Navanayagam talks to two women about prostheses for amputees in Ukraine and children with limb difference in the UK. Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Olga Rudnieva felt she had to do something to help those wounded in the conflict. She set up the Superhumans trauma centre in Lviv, which she runs as CEO alongside a team of specialists, providing prosthetic limbs to patients. It has also launched a rehabilitation centre. Olga is featured on the BBC 100 Women list 2024 of inspiring and influential women.When she was just a student in the UK Kate Allen inspired by the child of a family friend designed a prosthetic that can actually grow with children. She went on to found ExpHand Prosthetics providing affordable, life-changing upper limb prosthetics that give children their independence back.Produced by Jane Thurlow(Image: (L) Olga Rudnieva credit Superhumans Trauma Centre. (R) Kate Allen courtesy Kate Allen.)

Skip the Queue is brought to you by Rubber Cheese, a digital agency that builds remarkable systems and websites for attractions that helps them increase their visitor numbers. Your host is Paul Marden.If you like what you hear, you can subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, and all the usual channels by searching Skip the Queue or visit our website rubbercheese.com/podcast.If you've enjoyed this podcast, please leave us a five star review, it really helps others find us. And remember to follow us on Twitter for your chance to win the books that have been mentioned in this podcast.Competition ends on 11th December 2024. The winner will be contacted via Twitter. Our guests:https://www.wethecurious.org/ Chris Dunford, Sustainability and Science Director at We The Curious As Sustainability and Science Director, Chris Dunford has been responsible for Sustainable Futures at We The Curious since 2011. During that time, he has introduced a sector-leading programme of environmental best practice, innovative technologies, and organisational change. In 2019, We The Curious became the first science centre in the world to declare a climate emergency and pledged to meet ambitious decarbonisation targets in this decade, implemented alongside climate change adaptation.Beyond We The Curious, Chris has held positions as Head of Environmental Sustainability at UKRI, Elected Director of the Bristol Green Capital Partnership, Mentor of Arizona State University's ‘Sustainability in Science Museums' Global Fellowship, and Chair of the ASDC Decarbonisation Group. Chris' background is in science communication and stand-up comedy. https://w5online.co.uk/Victoria Denoon is the Head of Visitor Experience at W5 Science and Discovery Centre.Victoria joined W5 Science and Discovery Centre in March 2020 and has responsibility for all aspects of W5's operations. She is also currently an ASDC Trustee. Prior to joining the team at W5, she worked in Higher Education in the United States for 15 years with a particular interest in advancing the careers of women in STEM fields. http://www.aberdeensciencecentre.org/Bryan Snelling is the CEO of Aberdeen Science Centre. He's been in this position for five years having started in November 2019. Bryan has worked in the visitor attraction sector for 11 years having previously enjoyed 6 years as CEO at The Gordon Highlanders Museum in Aberdeen. Bryan has worked in many sectors during his career including education having worked across the UK in Portsmouth and London before moving to Aberdeen. Bryan is originally from South Wales and in his spare time he enjoys playing the guitar, playing cricket and reading. https://www.sciencecentres.org.uk/Shaaron Leverment is the Chief Executive at The Association for Science and Discovery Centres.Shaaron is the CEO of ASDC and has over 20 years' experience working in science engagement and education. She stands for the value of science centres and museums for social good, as community assets that are accessible and relevant for a more diverse public.Shaaron joined ASDC in 2016 as the Deputy CEO. She is also the co-founding director of 'Explorer Dome' that engages over 70,000 children and adults every year. She leads on a number of national and international programmes and collaborations that aim to improve the relevance and accessibility of STEM for a more diverse public. As a past president of the British Association of Planetaria, she is also currently the EDI co-chair of the International Planetarium Society. Shaaron is mum to two boys, and the owner of a large hairy Golden Retriever.She is part of varied networks, working with schools, universities, science centres, museums and volunteer groups, as well as nation-wide professional associations and Government agencies. She has created and directed national and international (EU) science engagement programmes, including leading the Horizon 2020 Hypatia programme in the UK to support greater gender inclusion in informal science education, and is the driving force behind Our Space Our Future, supporting participative practice in space science outreach.Through work with ASDC, Ecsite and other international partnerships, Shaaron is known for her work to support greater equity and inclusion within our STEM education and engagement organisations, with the ambition of embedding more equitable practice for transformative organisation-wide change. Transcription:  Paul Marden: Welcome to Skip the Queue. A podcast for people working in and working with visitor attractions. I'm your host, Paul Marden. Now, today's episode is a special one. A few days ago I was at the Association for Science and Discovery Centre's annual conference recording in front of a live studio audience. Joined by a panel of the great and good from the Science and Discovery Centre community, Victoria Denoon, Head of Visitor Experience at W5 Science and Discovery Centre. Bryan Snelling, the CEO of Aberdeen Science Centre. Chris Dunford at ASDC Sustainability Group Chair and Sustainability Director at We the Curious. And Shaaron Leverment, the CEO of ASDC. Now, I have to say, this was a bit of a proof of concept for us and we had a few technical gremlins, but whilst the sound quality isn't brilliant, the conversations absolutely were. Paul Marden: So without further ado, let's go over to that recording I took a couple of days ago. Why don't we start with our icebreaker questions? So this is a tradition for the podcast and nobody has been prepared for this. So, Victoria, you'll like this one. It's a really easy one. Bauble or custard cream? Victoria Denoon: You said it was going to be easy. Paul Marden: Oh, no, I could give you my answer straight away. It's a firmly held belief for me. Of course, it's the only answer to that question. Bryan, you have to live in a sitcom for the rest of your life. Which one? And why? Bryan Snelling: Oh God, can I have the ball? But do you know what? The only one that sprung to mind was Only Fools and Horses. I think, you know, a bit of dodgy dealing here and there. Can't go wrong with that, I think. Yeah, Wheeler dealing, you know what I mean? Paul Marden: One day Wanda's There'll be millionaires. Chris, play 10 instruments or speak 10 languages. Chris Dunford: Oh, horrible. I'm going to go for 10 instruments because I feel as if Google can do the rest. But 10 instruments? I can finally record my own albums. Paul Marden: And Shaaron, last but not least, control time like Hermione or Fly Like Harry. Shaaron Leverment: Oh, God, fly Like Harry, Paul Marden: Really? Shaaron Leverment: Yeah, yeah, 100%. Paul Marden: You don't need a time turner to be in every session. That wasn't the latest question at all. Okay, let's get cracking then with the main interview. Shaaron, first question is for you. This year and next sees the 25th anniversary of the millennium funded science centers which saw a huge amount of investments into science communic engagement across the country. What did that do to shape science in the last quarter of the century? And where do you think it will take us next. Shaaron Leverment: Great question. Paul Marden: Thank you. Shaaron Leverment: Like 25 years ago, as I mentioned in my talk, even no one really knew what science communication was. You know, now obviously there's masters in it, there's people who are doing PhDs in it and I think it's actually becoming a very important part of policy and recognised as strategically important in terms of the way in which nation engages with science. And I do believe that's because we have these amazing places across the U.K. now. Let's be honest, like a lot of them existed beforehand. There was at least 6, including Satrasphere, which is now Aberdeen Science Centre, which existed before the Millennium centers. And then suddenly all of these centers were. But now we've got 60, nearly 70 across the entire places. The Lost Shore is just open, which is all about surf and science. Shaaron Leverment: I think science, referring to one of our keynotes, is really becoming part of culture. And then we're no longer looking at sort of museums and centres as like cathedrals of science. We're looking at them as real kind of cultural and community assets. So that's where I think. I think that's where the trajectory is going for the next 25 years. I'll just wrap that into the end of that. Paul Marden: This is a follow up for that and really anyone can join in on this one. Thinking more about where we go in the next 25 years, let's talk about funding streams because we had a big lump of money back just before the millennium projects get them kicked off and we're unlikely to see that level of lottery funding again. So how can centres, after all, they are visitor attractions and charities in many cases. How do they diversify their income streams? Victoria Denoon: I think there's two things about that and one's really important from the ASDC perspective because there's what we can do individually, but there's also what we can do collectively as a network. So you know, we are looking at that particularly from the Millennium Science Centre perspective. Victoria Denoon: And obviously that's a bigger voice if we do that together. So that's really important to have those conversations. At W5 we do that by increasing what we do for corporate hire. We do a W5 late program, which is an 18 plus evenings for adults to come down. And because we're going to be 25 years old next year, there's that nostalgia that really helps sell that. So we're looking at key events to drive revenue across the year to really get more people in our door who wouldn't come to us otherwise. Bryan Snelling: Yeah, I think it's obviously very important to diversify our income. But what we're talking about here, in terms of the money we got in 2019, you're only really going to get that sort of money again from very large institutions or government. And I think whether you're trying to persuade an individual to come and visit your science centre or local, national, devolved governments to give you money, it's all about the message that you're sending. It's about the science centres are really important part, and we were talking about it earlier on, the culture of what we're doing here. So whether you're just one individual or a multinational that has big bucks, you've really got to try and make them understand that. Chris Dunford: I think it's. Yeah, I think it's almost as well as diversifying to new funders, it's also diversifying what the existing funders will be happy to fund, because I think the funders understandably want the shiny new exhibition, the lovely new outreach in the brand advance, the school workshop photo opportunity. And those are all good things. And we couldn't do those things without the funders. But they'll need to. As these buildings getting older, they need to recognize at some point that those things can take place in the building where the roof leaks and it closes in the summer because the heat wave and the cooling system can't keep up. So I think if you're saying to the funders, yes, you can support this workshop, but we will need some contribution towards the rooms that the workshop take place in. Chris Dunford: So I think it'd be helpful to understand that. And to do that, we just need to make the case better to our value. So it's not just this extra news thing, but day to day supporting us to literally keep the lights on and keep the rain out of the roof. Bryan Snelling: Can I just add, I think there's also an important thing here about mission drift. We should be true to our own mission. We should know where we're going, our direction, and not have as much as possible. Because I understand it's a balance. Not have as much as possible. The funder direct what we do. It should be the other way around, or at least. And one of the big words of this conference that I've heard is collaboration. And we shouldn't just be doing it all the money, we should be actually understanding this is what we should be doing and this is how we're going. You should be coming on board with us. Paul Marden: You risk the tail wagging the dog, don't you? If all you do is chase the sources of funding. And you do that in a haphazard way. It's got to follow, as you say, it's got to follow the mission and the core values of the centre. Victoria Denoon: And it is a relationship, you know, it's like philanthropy and, you know, universities doing their work with donors. I mean, you really do have to have mutual respect and understanding and be looking for sponsors or funders or partners who have the same mission and values that you do. That conversation becomes a lot easier. Paul Marden: Absolutely. Shaaron, any thoughts? Shaaron Leverment: I think I agree with what they're saying. It's really well put. Paul Marden: This is an audience question and this is from Kate Allen from Purple Stars. And she asked me, is the A in steam in cooperate and why it's not a binary question. Chris Dunford: Right. Bryan Snelling: Look it up. Victoria Denoon: Yes. Bryan Snelling: Did you see the inflection in that? Paul Marden: Absolutely. Bryan Snelling: I think it's a two way process. I think that the A is very important. And again, I'm gonna repeat myself, but I think it's been a big part of what the conference has been about and it's been about collaboration. Yes, it's important, but it's a two way process because it's not all about us incorporating the arts. It's also about the arts incorporating the st, the E and the M and the science elements. So I think it's a two way process at the moment. I feel this is just my own opinion that it's a little bit more give than take. Shaaron Leverment: I think there's an interesting, you know, there's an interesting conversation of like, do you need an artist for it to be art? What is art and what is science? You know, and actually, you know, so much of, you know, the engagements that we see involve huge creativity, kids making planets and things like that in science. I do think that we need to use all the tools to get across these massive ideas. And I don't actually even know what science is anyway, so I'm on the back. Shaaron Leverment: And I also noticed in Tom Crick, when he was looking at the curriculum, they separate mathematics and numeracy from science and tech, you know, and so in science, tech engineering is often considered the invisible E in stem. Maths is often considered the invisible M in STEM in science and discovery centres, you know, and so the arts as well. I fully believe that we need to be trans and multidisciplinary 100%. But you know, I think it includes, you know, the music and everything. I think includes absolutely everything. So maybe these acronyms, which is not, they're not useful at all. Paul Marden: I don't think it helps. One of the things that we talked about when we first. We were spinning ideas around this episode, weren't we? And you talked about the idea that you shocked me, that science matters to me and I care about it. And it's something that I enjoy doing with my family. And to consider that isn't for the government to consider. That's not really part of culture because they're funded quite separately. It offends my roles, I think. Shaaron Leverment: But also, you know, it's just another beautiful way of looking at the world. You might look up at a night sky, you know, like Mara or Kilda, like we're hearing by Este. And you might look at it with eyes where you're just wondering at the jewelry of creation or making pictures in the stars. Or you might also be wondering about, well, maybe there's a planet out there. Shaaron Leverment: And I think you can look with all eyes and you can. It's all in wonder. And the fact that they are segregated, it comes back to school science, I think. I think actually in the normal world, as human beings, we don't have to separate them, but it's just very hard, especially when these are crazy funding lines. Like Tom mentioned the difference. I did not know that festivals are considered part of culture, but science festivals aren't. It's madness. Chris Dunford: It also depends in a way what you're doing. So if you're putting the A into STEAM  because you say that as a society, as a cultural attraction, we want to involve ourselves, then obviously, yes, we don't want to. You know, it's inclusive because as Shaaron said, they can. They bring different things to the table. But if you're putting an A in there because you're saying that art is the same as the others, then they're no different. But that's good. It's good that art and science kind of behave in different ways. So. So they both start with an idea or a question. They can both be kind of curious or stimulated by something. But then whether we do night sky or whatever, the way that art might scrutinise the night sky would be different to the way that science will scrutinise. And that's fine. Chris Dunford: They can complement each other. It's not. You need to recognize the differences in those kind of, I don't know, the intellectual disciplines, so they can support each other rather than say, well, artists, science, design. It's not as simple as that. They're different, but that's okay. Victoria Denoon: I do think they play a part together in making things more accessible to people. So if you look at major technology companies, they focus just as much on the design and the look of some of their products as they do on the actual technology that goes into them. So there's a lovely added experience there with putting that together. I think it's very important, but for different reasons. Paul Marden: Absolutely. There's been a lot of talk at the conference about diversity and inclusivity. To a certain extent, inclusion is about understanding who your audience is and understanding what it is that they need. Paul Marden: So let's dig into that about your three science centres. What are the customer demographics, what does the audience look like and what areas of diversity and inclusion are important to them? Victoria Denoon: Well, I think that assumes we've actually asked our audiences, you know, what is important to them. And I don't, you know, I'd like to sort of throw that over to other representatives for science centres because we have done some of that, but we probably haven't done it enough to be able to actually answer that question. That's something we are really looking at because we have a lot of different information about the demographics, but not really what they want to see us do. So we're looking at different focus groups and how to involve more people in that to get a better picture of that for our particular science centre. Bryan Snelling: I think we were very lucky to receive a lot of well enough ISF funding plus local funding to completely overhaul our science centre four years ago. What happened four years ago, it was wonderful. But as Shaaron said, we're actually not a millennium sites and we've been going for 36 years. I think tech request, slightly longer than us, Shaaron Leverment: 38.Bryan Snelling: There we go. But not many longer than us. But over that time we've asked and we found out a lot of information about what our visitors wanted. And similar to what Victoria said, we don't necessarily ask enough. We recognise that's a bad thing. We need and we are putting in place and now to evaluate to get feedback more. But back then were very aware of sort of things that we needed to do. We needed to be wheelchair user friendly. Bryan Snelling: So everything is now accessible throughout the science centre. We're one of the lucky places that have a changing places facility which is incredibly good and it's gone down very well. We also have a sensory space which was retrofitted admittedly. But if you look at our feedback on the online, that's gone down fantastically well and it allows some of our neurosensitive visitors just to calm down, go there and just take a moment and then come back and I think the very fact that we're a science centre, it's very hands on, it's very stimulating. Bryan Snelling: So having that has been a real wonderful addition to what we've got. And I think we've also got to remember financial inclusion. So a lot of the sort of sponsorship that we look for is to work with in Scotland. It's called simd, the Scottish Index for Multiple Deprivation. Chris Dunford: I'm sure there's a similar thing in England, but I want to know what it is. Paul Marden: We'll talk about that in a minute. Bryan Snelling: But we a lot of again, it's not mission drift when you are also doing it. A lot of our funders want to give us money so we can support those maybe who don't have as much money as the rest of us. So all of these things we've taken into account and parts of what we do at the science centre. Chris Dunford: Yeah. I suppose the question ultimately is when we ask our visitors what does inclusion, diversity mean to them, we won't get the answer we need. And that's because if you have a certain demographic who are visiting and you ask them diversity, inclusion, then obviously they will speak from their own life experience. But actually the people need to ask the people who aren't visiting. So in that respect, I mean the things we draw upon, we work closely with things like local council, so we have access to their data of who's living in the city and who's facing areas of deprivation and that kind of thing. Chris Dunford: So you can kind of fairly accurately figure out who's around you in your community and who's around you in your community isn't mirroring who's coming through the door and straight away you know where your focus areas are and the reason they might not be visiting, it might be economic, but it could also because there's things that you do unintentionally. It makes it look like you're not for them. Paul Marden: Yes. Chris Dunford: So only by engaging with them, seeing you through their eyes, will you understand maybe why you've been doing a thing which wasn't encouraged when they through the door. I suppose the last thing to say on that is often it's very tempting to think the inclusion thing is going to be groups that can't afford to visit and therefore Chapel saying it may be then detracting from the purely commercial enterprise we need to do to keep the buildings open and running. Chris Dunford: And for some areas who cannot afford to visit, then yes, that's an important part of what you do. But there could be areas, community who aren't visiting. And they can afford to visit because for some reason you're not currently for them, you can become for them. And you've also opened up a whole other market as well. So whether you're looking at it because you want more visitors financially, or you're looking at it because you want to be able to reach everyone, you need to ask who's in the city, who isn't here currently visiting and can we find out why they're not visiting? And then we just work through those challenge at a time until you hopefully are truly reflecting those around you. Paul Marden: I was at a Museum and Heritage Show earlier this year. There was a really interesting talk about inclusivity and making places accessible. And one of the key facts was that people that need an accessible place to visit, if they don't know something is accessible because you haven't communicated it properly, they will assume you are not accessible. And so having the changing places toilet and the sensory room is amazing. But you also have to communicate that to people in order for them to come and feel like it is a place for them. And that's. You're right, it's not about the charitable end of the organisation. It can be just a commercial thing. When you tell that story simply and easily for people, all of a sudden you are not going to market. Shaaron Leverment: We're sort of encouraging people. We've got an accessibility conference coming up in May which will be hosted by Winchester. And hopefully between now and then we can really support people with some of these amazing visual stories. Because I think you're absolutely right that you do need to know if it's accessible. You need to know what facilities you need to have those opportunities to know that there's a quiet space and what to expect. And then someone, honestly, if they know what's there and what's not there, then that's enough. Paul Marden: I've talked about this example before podcast, but Skipton Town Hall is an amazing example. They've got a museum whose name escapes me, but they won last year's Kids in Museum's Family Friendly award. But they have an amazing page that talks about their accessibilities with photos and videos where you can see the entrance, every entrance to the building and where that entrance will lead you to. It shows you the changing places toilet. You know, they are making it super easy for you to be able to understand that. And it's on your page, but it's a page that's hugely valuable on their website. Victoria Denoon: I think just beyond what you can do on your own. Site for that. There are organisations you can work with that tell people the story about what attractions in their area are accessible. So making sure you know who those groups are and working with them to get your story out and how you can support that's really important. Paul Marden: I've got Tudor in front of me from Eureka and I know that's something that Eureka has done a lot of is communicating the accessibility of what they deeds the outside world. I'm going to take your Scottish index of multiple deprivation and take that back to the uk. I'm going to talk a little bit about Cambridge Science Centre because they've passed two weeks ago, they've just opened their new building and one of the things that they talked about on the podcast with me was that part of the motivation for locating it on Cambridge Science park was because it is cheap by jail with one of the areas of multiple deprivation within the city. Paul Marden: They run youth groups in that area and what they found was that even though these kids are in a youth group associated with the Science centre and they are right next door to the Science park, those kids don't feel that a career in Science in the UK's hotspot for tech is a place where they could end up. Paul Marden: They just don't feel like it is of them. So how do we help those kids and families in those areas feel like science centres are for them and a career in the future and in science and tech is an opportunity for them? Bryan Snelling: I think when were redesigning the Aberdeen Science Centre, as I said, the only thing that's still there because It's a Category 2 listed building is the outer walls. But what we looked at that time was we said, well, how can we make it relevant to the northeast of Scotland? So we have three zones in the Science Centre which relates to either the up and coming or very much mature economies up there. We have an energy zone, of course we do, but space, you know, Shetland is on our patch, big patch, so is Sutherland and those of you who know Scotland, very big patch. That sort of space is a big part of what's happening up in northeast Scotland, but also life sciences. So we made it relevant so that people on an everyday sort of and kids can sort of relate to things. Bryan Snelling: I think we're the only city and people will help me out here and bring me down to size if that's the case. We have hydrogen buses in Aberdeen. I think we're one of the only, let's go like that. One of the only cities that currently do that and they see these things travelling through the city centre every day. But you know, they want to know more about that. So it's about making it relevant, making it day to day obvious that this, you can work in this because actually it's there or it's that or it's yes. The other thing is about showing the other careers that you can link it, you can focusing on space, but there's more than just that. You somebody said, yes, you also need to have a chef in the Antarctica. Bryan Snelling: So show them the other careers actually link in with this sort of and just make it relevant. Chris Dunford: Yeah, and I think obviously if you've got sections of society where there's young people who feel that science isn't for them, I think the first thing to recognise obviously is that they are in their lives. They're obviously getting messages that are telling them that's the case in the way in which children from other backgrounds are getting messages telling them what science is for them. And you can see that through the lens of the science capital. You can't control all of those, but you can control how you interact with them. Now, obviously what Cambridge did is they were able to physically relocate. Most of us aren't in that position in terms of the whole building, although that reached us the ability to do that on a complete short term basis. Chris Dunford: But I think again it's recognising that inclusion work is so much more than just kind of saying, “Hey, we are free. Why don't you come along today and you can visit for free or whatever.” It's the diversity of your staff and that's across the organisation. Because if they visit and they see someone that looks like them and that tells them that it is for them in a way in which it's going to be very difficult to do with the people actually working there don't look like people they would recognise as being in that kind of group in that way. It's about the activities themselves. So again, the ideas of kind of co development. So if you develop activities, rather than guess what you think they would like, just find out what they would like and involve them in those activities. Chris Dunford: So inclusion is difficult and it takes a lot of time because you can't just kind of put a sign on the door and say work for you now. You need to change the organisation. So it is enabling them to visit and then to keep that relationship going. That's the other thing that's very difficult. But I think if you did one funded visit and they came once and that was it, that might not be Enough to make them go, “Oh, so I can't be a scientist.” You get some kind of relationship with them going on over time. So yeah, it's a long, drawn out process, which means you need to look very hard at yourself and be prepared and brave to make changes in your own organisation. Because unintentionally you are probably putting some of the barriers there yourselves. Shaaron Leverment: I just want to echo that it really is about building those relationships. We ran a program called Explorer Universe across eight centres. And you know, we were all about extra partnerships and being brave and making new engagement to people who would never have thought to come through your doors. And you know, it ended up being like a year long of partnership building and then those relationships and almost all the programs were outreach. Some of them ended up, you know, as a celebratory event coming through the science centre. But it was very much going to where the kids were going to their space, you know, physically and emotionally and mentally, whatever, and working in partnership. So if you don't have the staff that reflect that community, then you can work in partnership and create those moments. Shaaron Leverment: And then when they do come to the centre, be there at the front door to welcome them. You know, I know you and it's very much, you know, like an experience floor In North Wales. Were working in a playground, you know, and talking all about them jumping off the playground with like parachutes, talking about friction and stuff like that. And one of the best quotes from that was like, I didn't realise this was science. You're like turning what they are doing and saying that you are a techie, techie person, you are a sciencey person, you are an engineer. That's what it is. Shaaron Leverment: You know, it's not saying this is what science is, you know, it's changing the capital that they have already into science capital to know that they are already inherent, as Osley said, inherent sort of scientists anyway. Paul Marden: Yes. Shaaron Leverment: So, yeah.Victoria Denoon: I think science centres are in a really wonderful space here to be able to do that because, you know, we do build relationships with community groups and schools all the time. And research has shown that these young people, why they see themselves in relation to their peers, that will attract them more than anything else into potential careers in science. So having a space where people can come and, you know, we don't tell them, don't touch that, don't do that. Victoria Denoon: You know, they can really fully get hands on and engage in things and having that opportunity. We just opened two years ago, our Learning Innovation for Everyone Space. We offer free school programs there, particularly in partnership with Microsoft and do coding workshops and things like that and lots of other activities and you can also do OCN accredited programs with us there. So it's really about getting them together as a group of their peers and showing them what's possible in that space. Paul Marden: That's amazing. So I'm a dev by background. Telling the story of Computer Science is not something that you see in every science centre that you go to. The whole kind of the history of computing, it exists in places, there are pockets of it. But it's not something that I want to coding club as well. But how many of my kids could go to a local science centre and feel that what they're doing when they're coding the robot and building some Lego is related to something that they see when they're at the science centre and that there's a mental leap to go from this fun thing that we're doing with this robot to the career that is amazing that I could have in the future. It's really hard. Paul Marden: Talking of kids, I'm a trustee at Kids in Museum and we talk a lot about getting the voice of young people who visit attractions and young people, they're worthy, they're in their career and incorporating that into the decision making, strategic direction of museums and science centres. I think it's definitely really important when we talk about climate emergency to get that younger voice in so that trustees don't all look like me. Let's talk a little bit about the youth platform and how you incorporate the youth voice into what you guys do. Who wants to take that one first? I can spot who cracks first. Bryan Snelling: Okay. I'm not very good at this, am I? You are very good. No, but I'm actually quite proud of what we do at Aberdeen. We about a year and a bit ago introduced a STEM youth ball and we're very pleased with that. We actually work with a local festival so it's ourselves and Aberdeen Tech Fest that jointly I say support, but actually they support us. The youth board, it's made up of secondary school kids, young people and last year was a pilot year and it went very well. We're now looking at developing it further. But what they do is they look at what they want to do, they work out what they want to do within a board situation. Bryan Snelling: They've got all the usual bits, chair and the secretary, but they work out that they want to deliver this program and then they'll go away, work together on the delivery of that program. They'll also work out the marketing side of things. They'll also do all of that. But I also, and my counterpart with TechFest also bring our ideas and say what do you think about this? And they give us a very. Paul Marden: Take some of them and rubbish a few I guess.Bryan Snelling: That's what it's for. Paul Marden: Exactly. Bryan Snelling: I mean, let's get out of the way in a safe space before we then go ahead and spend money on this thing. Paul Marden: The most brutal focus could possibly bring together. Bryan Snelling: But we're very pleased with that. The other thing that we're currently looking at doing is working with local university, Robert Goldman University, especially the architecture school, to redevelop our outer area, the garden. It was the only area that wasn't developed when we did inside. And we undertook a number of brainstorming sessions with the youngsters and I mean your 5 to 12 year olds to get their input. And we did that a number of ways, remember drawing or talking or writing, whatever. And that was really interesting. We'd obviously, as the adults had done a similar thing but what they brought was a completely different point of view and it's wonderful. Paul Marden: Excellent. Victoria, you can't not look at teacher. It's only going to encourage me to. Victoria Denoon: No, I think you know, to what Bryan was saying there. We haven't started yet but we're looking at this idea of creating a Y suite, you know, which is our youth suite, which would be young people that will come in and kind of meet once a quarter to help us with some of those decisions. Bryan was talking about Inspiring Science Fund. We also did a huge renovation at W5 as a result of that and that involved a lot of consultation with young people, with teachers, et cetera. And we do a lot of youth led programs but we're looking at really how do we engage that in this more strategic direction going forward. Paul Marden: I think it's hugely valuable, isn't it? When you take it from a consultation point to something that is actually helping to drive the strategy of the organisation. It's transformational. Sharoon, do you have any thoughts about that? Shaaron Leverment: Yeah, I mean I sort of see it from a bird's eye view really, you know. But you know we have our Youth Voice Award because last year our volunteers award was won by. Part of our volunteers award was won by Winchester young group of environmental activists that were really doing great things down at Winchester Science Centre and influencing one seekers charity. And anyone who was at dinner last night, you might have seen the video from Zed King who has done so much work supporting Centre for Life and making massive changes there and not just there, like actually across the network. We are. So we've got this Youth Voice award as one of the only awards that we give because it is so important. We are all about. Not all about, but we are a lot about young people. Shaaron Leverment: So they need to have voice but it's very difficult to be sure how to do that and to make sure that we're not putting too much pressure. I mean here at this conference you can. There we've got some young people coming in showing their bio robots. We've got. Obviously we had the Esports award last night and our next keynote we've got two younger panel members to do a discussion about eco anxiety and how that feels for them to influence the way in which we think about our climate engagement from the voices of people who are experiencing it and experiencing this massive grief and anxiety about their own futures. So yeah, there's a lot of work going on obviously over in Armagh as well, you know, especially with autistic families and you know, I think it's. Shaaron Leverment: Yeah, it's a growing area and we're putting a lot of effort into encouraging like hearing these stories and different things and you know, I know we the curated. Well, with your authority sharing, I might just throw that over to you. I mean I think that's a great piece of work. Chris Dunford: Yeah. On the climate side especially. One thing we've done in the past is work with Bristol City Council, Youth Council, I think I might say most councils will have something like this because they then feed into the UK lean Parliament. I think that's really useful for two reasons. Firstly, because it gives them a space when you talk about climate issues. But secondly, it's helping them to understand the process of democracy, which young people's possibly more important now than ever. I think that's really key because I think what often happens, especially at events like cop, is that inside the room you've got the politicians and decision makers who are struggling with this really difficult challenge of how do we decarbonise and knowing there isn't an easy thing to fix it. Chris Dunford: It's going to be a lot of trailblazers, compromise, a lot of hard work outside where you've got the young people kind of screaming desperately do something, finally find the solution and then have these two different worlds. So I think if you could bring those together to bring the youth Voice into those conversations. What are the trade offs? What are the decisions? Because the consequence of decisions they inherit not us. But also it's useful for young people because it helps them understand that there isn't an easy solution and yes, there's going on strike and it's making the message clear, but there's getting into discussion of what are the trade offs, what are the compromises, and that's how a democracy works. I think that's really useful. Chris Dunford: But the other thing I'd say is if you're going to engage with young people on this and also be prepared for the fact that they're clear, they know what they want and they want the allies to take action. So if you say to them, great, there's time to change that, you're creating a youth board so you can learn about climate change, they'll say, yes, but what are you doing to reduce your carbon emissions? So we're doing this group and we're going to get your views on that. Thank you, that's fine. What are you doing to reduce your carbon emissions? So if you're going to enter into this space, they know what they want from us. They want to take action to create deep, radical and rapid decarbonisation. Chris Dunford: So be prepared for that question because they will ask it and it's the right to ask it. We need to do stuff as well as having board. At the same time, you've got to be taking the action to show that you're copying the agency, what they want. Shaaron Leverment: Have you seen the recent DCMS call as well? I mean, it's obviously strategically important at government as well. So all funders and DCMS in particular are making an election in this. So, yeah, leading the way. Paul Marden: A beautiful segue to my next question, which is what, Chris, this one's for you really is what are ASDC members doing ahead of national targets to reach net zero? Chris Dunford: Yeah. So it's probably worth just causing phone. So, in terms of the national target, for anyone who isn't aware, net zero for the UK is 2050. And net zero essentially means that your carbon emissions are down to zero or they're not zero, then you're offsetting what emissions you are creating. So the balance of the atmosphere is 2 0. And it's really hard. And the reason it's really hard, whether you're a government or an organisation, is you're following the greenhouse gas protocol, which means it's across all three scopes, which essentially means it's the stuff you expect. Chris Dunford: So it's the energy from the grid, it's your fuel and vehicles, it's burning gas in your home or places where, but it's also emissions from all the stuff that you buy and the investments from your bank and your pensions and it's the emissions from your business who travel to visit you. It's huge. It's very complex. So it's difficult. That's essentially what it means, the claim in terms of what sciences are doing. So it's a mixed back. There's plenty of science centers who still don't have a specific claim decarbonisation target, whether that be net zero or 2050 or sooner. So that's one issue I think we need to. Those who have done that piece of work have to work those who haven't to support them, enable them and encourage them to create a space where they can do. Chris Dunford: Because your Internet provider probably has a Net Zero pledge on their website, your supermarket certainly does. Your local council will, your university. So with science centres, it might seem strange that we're actually behind those players rather than leaving it. And of those that do have targets, there's probably about seven science centres in the network. This is student, big museum. So in terms of. In terms of the main science centres and then Tampa Gardens and museums, if you include them, there's probably about 11 organisations who have a kind of a decarbonisation net zero net neutral aimed before 2015. They're mostly around 2030. And again, that's really hard. And those organisations are now figuring out what that means and just how difficult that is. Chris Dunford: There is also even project who have boldly gone for a net positive to say they'll actually be removing more carbon than releasing by 2030. But it's really hard. And the reason it's hard for science centres is we're not Marks and Spencers. We can't just hire a stable team overnight and throw money at this problem. So we're renting some organisations who are tight on time and money who now to take on this huge challenge. That doesn't excuse us from the challenge. So there's no easy solution on the fact that we have to put resource into this. And I think that's why there aren't more Net Zero aims on websites for the centres at the moment. But I think we can get there. We need to recognise it's hard. Chris Dunford: And finally, if you are doing lots of engagement, as I said with schools, then again you need to be backing this up with some kind of Net zero. So it's a mixed bag of the network. There's probably about 10 or so that have specific net zero aims and they're mostly around 2030, 2040. But my prediction is in the coming years, those organisations are going to make some really hard choices and actually say how they're going to do that, because we know from experience it's really difficult. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't be doing it. It means you have to push even harder than you were before. Paul Marden: Thank you. Bryan Snelling: Can I add something? Paul Marden: Of course. Bryan Snelling: I think decarbonisation is an important message, full stop, especially in Aberdeen, for obvious reasons. I hope we feel that we have an important duty almost to the visitors to the northeast of Scotland and beyond. Because I think how can we talk the talk about decarbonisation if we don't walk the walk? So there's an internal thing, which notwithstanding how difficult it is, we're just starting down that route. We've had an energy audit done of ourselves. We're now in the process of working out what that roadmap is, or maybe it should be a cycle path road towards net zero, but we need to work that out. But on the other side, we're also tasked with telling people, this is what you should be doing. This is the energy transition. Bryan Snelling: This is how you renewable energy in the future. So how can you do both? How can you do one without the other one? I mean, and I think we just need to be aware of that. And I think as the future goes back to the very first question about what's happening in the future, that's all big part of what we need to be looking at.Paul Marden: Conference is all about shaping future science together. What's your take home message from the different talks that you've been to, or possibly because we've not finished the conference yet that you're looking forward to. What's the standout moment? I know. So I would say for me, the standout moment was last night's awards. I mean, if you weren't overtaken by Zed's video, if you weren't moved by Hamish talking about. And for me, what they both demonstrated is that volunteering and engagement is a conversation. It's a two way street, isn't it? Because they weren't just there as a resource doing things, they were getting something from the relationship and giving back to the sense, etc. At the same time. For me, that bit was the most powerful. Shaaron Leverment: Yeah. And I think actually, you know, there's a lot of emotion there, you know, and it's incredible to someone stand up and say science and you saved my life. Paul Marden: Yes. Shaaron Leverment: You know, I think it was just incredible and very brave. And I think that kind of bringing that emotion into science, it's really important and remembering the people, even people. I think there's been quite a few messages about, you know, the safe spaces that we provide and that interaction with people and that genuine understanding. I think I'm really excited about. We're no longer sort of let science speak for itself and we're not going. Shaaron Leverment: You know, I think people are socially connecting and using emotion a lot more because first we feel right, first we feel and that is what our inclusive outcomes are all about. That it's what makes a difference for someone who is disengaged and doesn't feel that science and technology could be for them to feeling that maybe there's a place they need to feel they belong. So I'm really excited about that aspect of it. I also agree with everything that the elders are about. Bryan Snelling: Really. Shaaron Leverment: Yeah. Chris Dunford: I think several things yesterday for me resonated with the thing which Stephen Breslin said at the very start, which is that we come to these conferences anxious and slightly overwhelmed by the challenges we're facing and leaves feeling energized and positive with at least some of the solutions. And I think that's. That's a similar pattern that I experienced with these conferences. And I think through that lens I've been listening to all the challenges yesterday. And it's just our job is hard and potentially getting harder and as it gets harder, it's more important to society than ever. And I think that's the main thing I'm taking away. Chris Dunford: And I don't just mean things like the inclusion work and the decarbonisation work which we've spoken about during this session, but even things like one of the sessions that really stuck me yesterday was where the Science museum were talking in the lightning talks about their new AI exhibition and the fact that when all the many centers open they could have exhibits that explained Google of motion by pendulums and spinning things. A physical thing. And now we're having to have conversations about AI where there is no physical thing you can hold in your hands. Chris Dunford: There's a historical artefact, it's a circuit board doesn't tell you anything about what circuit board really does in terms of how it impacts society and how are we going to do science communication, science engagement around these challenging issues like AI which are then mounted up with all these kind of social problems with them, which again, the laws of motion that we come with. So, so I suppose I'm going away with that is the fact that our creativity is going to be tested more than before and our ingenuity and our ability to collaborate beyond our initial partners. So, yeah, for me, weirdly, it's about the science communication side and things like AI are going to make that really challenging. And how are we going to do that? Any of the answers other than the fact that we know we're not doing it alone, we're doing it as a network. And that's obviously big talk. Victoria Denoon: Yeah, I think it's the same thing. That remark by Stephen really is something that stuck with me because I did come here as well, thinking about the challenges we're facing, not just as a Science and Discovery centre, but also politically at the moment and just how pessimistic you can be about things. And really being in this conference with all of these amazing people makes you feel more optimistic about things and I think that's just really powerful and it carries you through. So for me, that's. And I think some of the conversations that have been happening here, I feel like since last year we've made a huge jump in terms of where the impact of our network is going with other people. And, you know, Tom's talk this morning really brought that home a little bit as well. So I'm feeling very optimistic. Paul Marden: Thank you. We always end our interviews with a book recommendation, which can be personal or professional. So, Victoria, do you want to share yours with everyone? Victoria Denoon: Well, I think when were talking about this, it was like, what's your favourite book? And for me, my favourite book is actually Pride and Prejudice. It's a book I would read over and could read over and over again. Jane Austen's musings. Paul Marden: Excellent. Bryan. Bryan Snelling: You know, this is the most difficult question that you're going to be putting to us. I've read, you know, fiction most of my life. I mean, you can't. I've always got a book, always looking at a book. So I don't actually have favourites. Why is it favourites? What I can say is my most recent book that I've read was the Thursday we're at the Club by Rich Lawson, which is quite nice. The most profound one was actually 1984. I read that when I was about 18 and I thought, wow. And that was really quite interesting. Followed swiftly by Animal Farm, of course. Paul Marden: So that's three recommendations bankrupt me over. Chris. Chris Dunford: So I've gone for War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells. I'm a big fan of, like, old sci fi books. It's different to modern sci fi. Sci fi books like Jules Byrne and H.G. Wells will just ramble on pages about scientific theories at the time. Things they read in nature. So it's genuinely kind of science fiction. But War of the Royals because it's just. It scares me every time I read it. Like it still scares me. Absolutely. And I quite enjoy that. And I don't know why. And there's something about the complete, you know, civilisation. Actually some shouldn't put on this thread too hard, but there's something fascinating about that. Kind of, as he describes it, the liquefaction of society is everything kind of falls apart and every time I pick it up, I'm terrified and I pick it up again, I'm still terrible. Paul Marden: Shaaron, lastly, yours. Shaaron Leverment: I had forgotten this is a question. Paul Marden: Chris had three books, so you can choose. Shaaron Leverment: I'll go for in my. In my head I go for I just off the cup. The Martian is great. When it's got a little bit tiresome with the whole potatoes, improve it. But it is a brilliant. Yeah, it's great. Paul Marden: We are done. If you enjoyed today's episode, please like and subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Thank you to my guests Victoria, Bryan, Chris and Shaaron, and my amazing ASDC Live studio audience. Paul Marden: Thanks for listening to Skip the Queue. If you've enjoyed this podcast, please leave us a five star review. It really helps others find us. And remember to follow us on Twitter for your chance to win the books that have been mentioned. Skip The Queue is brought to you by Rubber Cheese, a digital agency that builds remarkable systems and websites for attractions that helps them increase their visitor numbers. You can find show notes and transcriptions from this episode and more over on our website, SkiptheQueue.fm. The 2024 Visitor Attraction Website Survey is now LIVE! Dive into groundbreaking benchmarks for the industryGain a better understanding of how to achieve the highest conversion ratesExplore the "why" behind visitor attraction site performanceLearn the impact of website optimisation and visitor engagement on conversion ratesUncover key steps to enhance user experience for greater conversionsDownload the 2024 Rubber Cheese Visitor Attraction Website Survey Report

Send us a textI speak to Kate Allen from RUNULTRA about the Camille Herron controversy.We talk about what allegedly happened and what the media has to say about it all. We discuss 'trial by social media' and the effect not just on Camille herself, but also how it affects our beloved sport of ultra running.This isn't an episode of hate towards Camille, just a conversation about what actually happened and what could happen in consequence.URS

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.26241 In this ‘RESHAPE Study' series episode, Professor Tamsin Newlove-Delgado, Franki Mathews, and Dr. Kate Allen provide insight into the findings from the RESHAPE study with regards to how young people sought support for their mental health and accessed services during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. The ‘RESHAPE Study' series is a new mini-in conversation series that will explore the RESHAPE study and the impact of its findings for parents, teachers, policymakers, and mental health professionals. Discussion points include: Patterns of service contact during COVID and how these findings can inform service provision. Insight into the qualitive interviews with parents and young people about their experiences with help-seeking and service access during COVID. The experiences of commissioners of child mental health services with regards to commissioning services and the challenges they faced. Main implications from the study for meeting children and young people's needs. RESHAPE or ‘REflecting on the impactS of covid-19 on cHildren And young People in England: exploring experiences of lockdown, service access and education' is a large study looking at how life changed for children, young people, and parents during the lockdown and how this may have affected them. This is a follow-on study from the National Study of Health and Wellbeing: Children and Young people and is a joint effort between the University of Exeter, the University of Cambridge, King's College London and the NHS.

Guest: Toronto Star climate reporter Kate Allen Canada is the leader in maple syrup production and Quebec's maple syrup producers maintain a strategic reserve stockpile that in recent years held over 100 million pounds of the sweet stuff, but levels have this year dwindled to less than 7 million pounds. Star reporter Kate Allen wrote a feature on this topic and explains how the explanation has something (surprisingly) to do with the pandemic, something (interestingly) to do with successful marketing, and something (maybe) to do with larger climate trends. And she answers the question on all of our minds: Are we going to run out anytime soon? 

On this episode of the podcast myself and Ben Wells Runs Fells speak to Kate Allen from the RunUltra website.Last week I wrote an article for the website discussing the current controversy surrounding the UTMB/Iron Man situation in Whistler.We have an unbiased conversation about who could be to blame (if anyone even is) and how the trail running community around the world have reacted to the announcement of their new race in British Columbia.We talk about the ethics of the decision to put the race on the same weekend that Gary Robbins and his Coast mountain trail running  normally have their own WAM races.We chat about if it's intentional, or just bad timing. Have a listen and decide for yourself.Kate also tells about the new inov8 store that's opened up in Bakewell, serving the needs of trail runners in the Peak District.We also have the usual catch up about injury and the Spine race, so for those of you who play, get your Spine Bingo cards out! URS

Guest: Kate Allen, climate change reporter Fresh air, trees, grass on bare feet. The sound of birds while playing on a playground. Leisurely swinging in the shadow of a tree. Many of us have childhood memories outside in parks and forests, and research shows this time is key to our physical, mental and social well-being and development. So what about the children being raised in urban centres like Toronto, where green space has shrunk significantly over the past two decades as the region faces pressure to build housing and city reports warn that the amount of parkland per person risks falling further. As part of the Star's “The Kids Aren't All Right” series, climate change reporter Kate Allen joins “This Matters” to discuss the impacts on children and their development. This episode was produced by Paolo Marques and Brian Bradley.

I'm Brenna Jeanneret, children's lit author, mother, rock climber, outdoors person, and podcaster joined by Josh Monken, children's lit author, father, science communicator, and podcaster. Josh and I found that with our powers combined, we could make Captain Planet. Maybe not, but at least our powers combined can make a pretty rad podcast with the help of behind-the-scenes wizardry from Jon Seymour. Our guest for this conversation was Kate Allen Fox. You can find Kate on Twitter BlueSky and Threads. DON'T MISS AN EPISODE! Sign up for our newsletter here!   This episode's book reviews: FOLLOW THAT FROG by Philip C. Stead and illustrated by Matthew Cordell HIDDEN GEM by Linda Liu BANANA written and illustrated by Zoey Abbott   The artwork for You May Contribute a Verse features our new quokka mascot, Versey, and was generously created by the great Maddie Frost! Find her on IG @hellomaddiefrost or on her website Maddie-Frost.com  Our theme music is So Happy by Scott Holmes you can find more of his music at scottholmesmusic.com   Don't forget to get your Community Shout-Outs in for our next episode!   WE HAVE MERCH!! Check it out and support the show here!    And special thanks to our sponsor Justin Colon and his new venture The Kidlit Hive. Find us on Twitter @joshmonkwords, @brennajeanneret, and @jonseym0ur as always, let us know what you think via a rating, review, or comment! Thanks and see ya next time.  You May Contribute a Verse is a homespun production, produced, edited, recorded, conceptualized, and marketed by Josh Monken, Brenna Jeanneret, and Jon Seymour.

Welcome to our latest episode! This week, your host Michelle Fraser takes you on an intriguing journey as she sits down with the incredible Kate Allen. Tune in as they delve into Kate's extraordinary career path, filled with accomplishments and experiences.Kate is a seasoned SaaS Leader, boasting an impressive track record of more than ten years in revenue generation, project management, and the creation of customer-centric products and solutions that leave a lasting impression.Prepare to be amazed as you learn about Kate's fascinating transition from being an HR recruiter to her current role as a highly successful petrochemical product manager. Together, they explore the ever-evolving landscape of Safety as a Service (SaaS) and its profound impact on future operational practices. Don't miss this thought-provoking discussion that's sure to leave you inspired and informed. Let's dive in!

Hopes the biggest needs won't be forgotten, in today's "bread and butter budget". Dr Kate Allen from the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine told Mike Hosking the Government needs to be doing more to get people in and out of hospital sooner. "We want to see significant investment that leads to more staff, especially mental health and considerably more residential aged care beds across the country." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"The kind of customer centric focus, despite the industries being so different, [means] that the customer has a need for an easy to use interface and fully supported software as a service that has no downtime, because the people have no downtime either." In this episode, I'm in conversation with Kate Allen, who is the Product Manager, PetroChemical Division for TruSolutions. Kate's team focuses on supporting both third party and owner/operator inspections of industrial equipment, which historically has been a pen and paper process, with lots of manual reports. But in the face of staffing shortages, new tech savvy employees, and the pending retirement of aging experts, companies are transforming their inspections practices and technologies, and gaining important strategic benefits alongside proven ROI.  "Third parties are being asked to provide the same number of inspections with a significant shortage in staffing who are qualified to do so. Both industries are facing this great changeover with all of their subject matter experts heading towards retirement age." Kate Allen is the Product Manager, PetroChemical Division for Tru Solutions, a company that provides quality assurance software for industrial companies. Kate describes herself as ‘a wife, mother, and Petrochemical Product Manager from St. Louis, MO.'  "If you're not capturing your data digitally now, how do you think you're gonna throw it into this awesome 3d modeling of your entire refinery?" Kate began her career in software over 20 years ago with a small, local start-up serving the third party recruiting market.  Since then, she has worked in a variety of industries across various platforms helping clients standardize processes, improve efficiency, and leverage data for decision making. When she's not visiting the nation's finest refineries, you can find her screaming from the sidelines at a youth sports match, or perfecting her sourdough recipe.  "Compliance and safety are a byproduct of conducting your inspections correctly." USEFUL LINKS LinkedIn profiles (personal, business):  Personal: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-allen-57601061/ Business: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tru-solutions-digital/mycompany/ Website:   https://trusolutions.com/solutions/api/  

In this podcast Kate Allen and Laura Fitzharris are talking about 'Training the equine respiratory muscles: Inspiratory muscle strength' and Wendy Pearson discusses 'The combination of trailer transport and exercise increases gastrointestinal permeability and markers of systemic inflammation in horses'.

On this episode, we'll be discussing the 2023 Nutmeg Middle School nominee "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen. This novel is a deep dive into grief, understanding, and acceptance all while surrounded by found family. Here's a quick preview: Wherever the sharks led, Lucy Everhart's marine-biologist mother was sure to follow. In fact, she was on a boat far off the coast of Massachusetts, collecting shark data, when she died suddenly. Lucy was seven. Since then Lucy and her father have done okay--thanks in large part to her best friend, Fred, and a few close friends and neighbors. But June of her twelfth summer brings more than the end of school and a heat wave to Rockport. On one steamy day, the tide brings a great white--and then another tragedy, cutting short a friendship everyone insists was "meaningful", but no one can tell Lucy what it all meant. To survive the fresh wave of grief, Lucy must grab the line that connects her depressed father, a stubborn fisherman, and a curious old widower to her mother's unfinished research. If Lucy can find a way to help this unlikely quartet follow the sharks her mother loved, she'll finally be able to look beyond what she's lost and toward what's left to be discovered. Find out if she does in "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen, published by Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group.

Fighter and Coach Kate Allen-Cotton talks about how she organizes her strength and conditioning and how it has shaped her career as an athlete. Learn how to get stronger. 

​​We're back for the summer with a vintage Made For This season as we revisit some of our top episodes from season 1! On today's episode, we're talking about how to make friends and how to keep them. You'll hear some great advice from special guest Kate Allen on how to intentionally pursue friendships when starting from scratch.Download the friend guide PDF: jennieallen.comBecome one of our texties by texting the word PODCAST to 214-225-6267Thanks HelloFresh! Go to HelloFresh.com/madeforthis16 and use code MADEFORTHIS16 for up to 16 free meals AND 3 free gifts!

In this episode we speak to Run Ultra's Kate Allen.We speak about her love of trail and ultra running and how she has adapted her training to cope with the menopause.We speak openly about this often taboo subject and how her new website - Training Through Menopause, is designed to give women and their partners the resources need to carry on doing the sport they love so much. We speak about how coaching can be adapted to help this transitional period and her hopes of returning to the big races that she loves to do!UU

Throughout Lent, we'll be publishing daily devotionals written and narrated by members of our congregation. This year, our theme is Transformed in Christ. Today's episode is narrated by Kate Allen, and features a reflection written by Roger Theimer, followed by an application written by Kate Allen.

In this episode of the podcast, we connect with Kate Allen (Class of 2022). Kate is a second year student, and she also serves as Vice President for Darden Cup on the Darden Student Association. During this wide-ranging conversation, Kate talks about how she identified her target MBA programs, why Darden resonated with her, and what it was like to go through the business school application process with a partner who was also a B-school applicant. Kate also reflects upon her decision to serve as VP for Darden Cup and shares how things have been going this year.  Fun fact: Kate is a Second Year Coach, working closely with a  group of First Year Darden students as they navigate the job search process.

We talk with Kate Allen (Fear of Flying, Ambiguous Ink Press, March 2021) and discuss how she balances her work as a lawyer with her writing career, how writing a novel and wanting to see it published sooner rather than later sent her on a journey that resulted in her starting her own publishing company, and how her best advice for new authors is be braver about social media, that it can be fun and collaborative and essential for promoting your work. Kate Allen is a serial multi-tasker and author of contemporary fiction. After obtaining her B.A. in English Literature she took a detour to law school and “daylights” as a lawyer. Her debut novel, Fear of Flying, is an intercontinental tale about love, friendship, and loss. In addition to writing, Kate is also co-founder of Ambiguous Ink Press and founder of www.thisbookislit.com, an online book magazine. To learn more about Kate, click here. 

Stuttering Through Life is back with this lovely interview with Kate Allen. Kate is a person who stutters who works in the healthcare finance industry and has a fantastic attitude about her stutter. She tells some great stories about being confident and up front about her stutter, especially in the workplace and when she waitresses. Kate also takes medication for her stutter when it is available. Medication for stuttering has not been covered on this podcast yet, so hear about it here! Be on the lookout for Kate's upcoming book about her stuttering experiences! Being discouraged or nervous about your stutter is ok! Just know that with time and help, you too can build your self-confidence and stutter openly. It'll be a process and will take courage, but you have it in you, you can do it! Want to help in the process of destigmatizing stuttering and spreading awareness? Share this podcast! Website: https://www.podpage.com/stuttering-through-life/ YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYBnIwj_6f7GINRLZMX9UNg Questions or comments? Email me at stutteringthroughlife@gmail.com Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, YouTube, and more

Holly & Liz welcome Kate Allen, author of Fear of Flying, on board for an interview. They also dive into some book opinions, book news, and Holly learns there are 52 weeks in a year.About Speaking LITerallyResident bookworms Liz & Holly explore their favorite world--BOOKS--in this all new podcast focused around new releases, old favorites, and everything in between.What are you reading? Find our their favorites and upcoming reads along with stories from authors and more on Speaking LITerally!Follow on Instagram@speakliterallypodcast@lizzieslittlebooknook@azdesert_bookwormAbout the Chairshot Radio NetworkCreated in 2017, the Chairshot Radio Network presents you with the best in wrestling and wrestling crossover podcasts, including POD is WAR, Women's Wrestling Talk, Chairshot Radio (daily editions), The #Miranda Show, DWI Podcast, the Babyface Heel Podcast, Badlands' Wrestling Mount Rushmores, The Outsider's Edge, Bandwagon Nerds, 3 Man Weave, Five Rounds, Turnbuckle Talk, The Reaction and more! You can find these great shows each week at theChairshot.com and through our distribution partners, including podcasting's most popular platforms.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/chairshot-radio-network/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Holly & Liz welcome Kate Allen, author of Fear of Flying, on board for an interview. They also dive into some book opinions, book news, and Holly learns there are 52 weeks in a year.About Speaking LITerallyResident bookworms Liz & Holly explore their favorite world--BOOKS--in this all new podcast focused around new releases, old favorites, and everything in between.What are you reading? Find our their favorites and upcoming reads along with stories from authors and more on Speaking LITerally!Follow on Instagram@speakliterallypodcast@lizzieslittlebooknook@azdesert_bookworm

Das Sporttagebuch mit Michael Knöppel - 25. April 2021

1- Processo Floyd, il giorno dopo. Non basta la condanna dell'agente Chauvin. Solo una riforma seria potrà limitare la violenza della polizia. ( Roberto Festa) ..2- Il commercio al tempo del Covid. Grazie al Welfare e agli aiuti di stato il Presidente Macron ha potuto contenere il disagio sociale. ( Luisa Nannipieri) ..3- L'Argentina sta vivendo il momento peggiore della pandemia. Il Presidente Fernandez conferma la chiusura delle scuole nonostante l'opposizione del governatore di Buenos Aires. ( Federico Larsen) ..4-Superlega. Hanno vinto i tifosi inglesi. Il premier Boris Johnson preannuncia una riforma del movimento calcistico...( Daniele Fisichella) ..5- Effetto Black Lives Matter. Dopo l'articolo del Guardian sul razzismo dentro sezione britannica di Amnesty, la direttrice Kate Allen ha chiesto scusa a chiunque sia sentito discriminato. ..( Martina Stefanoni)

1- Processo Floyd, il giorno dopo. Non basta la condanna dell’agente Chauvin. Solo una riforma seria potrà limitare la violenza della polizia. ( Roberto Festa) ..2- Il commercio al tempo del Covid. Grazie al Welfare e agli aiuti di stato il Presidente Macron ha potuto contenere il disagio sociale. ( Luisa Nannipieri) ..3- L’Argentina sta vivendo il momento peggiore della pandemia. Il Presidente Fernandez conferma la chiusura delle scuole nonostante l’opposizione del governatore di Buenos Aires. ( Federico Larsen) ..4-Superlega. Hanno vinto i tifosi inglesi. Il premier Boris Johnson preannuncia una riforma del movimento calcistico...( Daniele Fisichella) ..5- Effetto Black Lives Matter. Dopo l’articolo del Guardian sul razzismo dentro sezione britannica di Amnesty, la direttrice Kate Allen ha chiesto scusa a chiunque sia sentito discriminato. ..( Martina Stefanoni)

In the second wave of COVID-19, just as The Star reported in the first, Toronto Public Health data shows the inequality of the virus and who is impacted most. High positivity rates reveal racialized people and poor people — who often working essential but low-paying jobs — are more likely to be exposed to the virus and yet often have fewer options and resources. Toronto Star reporters Jennifer Yang and Kate Allen join “This Matters” to discuss how in pandemic times, all is not equal.

In the second part of our 2-part series on the evolution of Human Resources in the remote workspace amidst a global pandemic, Vinay gleans insights around employee well-being, team engagement, hiring and onboarding trends, from Sudeep Ralhan, Vice-President, People at Walmart Global Tech India. [02:00s] How has employee engagement changed? [07:40s] Hiring, onboarding in the remote workspace [11:37s] Preserving employee mental wellbeing  [19:40s] Global integration of teams[23:30s] How have leaders and managers evolved? [33:00s] RWL Sudeep's recommendations to READ: The Line Tender by Kate Allen; The Ride of a Lifetime by Robert Iger  Connect with Sudeep on LinkedIn. Connect with Vinay on Twitter, LinkedIn or email him at vinay@c2cod.com What did you think about this episode? What would you like to hear more about? Or simply, write in and say hello! podcast@c2cod.comSubscribe to us on your favorite podcast platforms including Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Tune In Alexa, Stitcher, Castbox, Podcast Addict, Podchaser, Listen Notes, Castro, Jio Saavn, iHeart Radio, to stay updated on new episodes every week. This podcast is brought to you by C2C-OD, your Organizational Development consulting partner ‘Bringing Strategy and People Together'. Follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook 

According to leaked data, positive coronavirus test result rates for over two-thirds of the neighbourhoods in Toronto are far above the threshold established by Public Health officials. Star reporters Kate Allen and Jennifer Yang join This Matters to discuss these alarming numbers.

On this edition of the Sky News Daily podcast with Jonathan Samuels, we examine why Home Secretary Priti Patel has proposed military intervention to deal with migrants arriving to the UK via the Kent coast. We are joined by the director of Amnesty International UK, Kate Allen, to discuss the impossible situation refugees are in and Sky correspondent Ali Fortescue who spoke to migrants making the dangerous journey across the English Channel. Credits:Producer - Annie JoyceProducer - Nicola EyersAssistant producer - Sabah ChoudhryInterviews producer - Oli Foster Interviews producer - Tatiana Alderson

Kate Allen, science and technology reporter at the Star, talks to Saba Eitizaz about why race-based data is necessary to find out how the COVID-19 is affecting racialized communities, and the impact of not having this information. The death of Leonard Rodriques—a black personal support worker who was sent home from the hospital despite debilitating Covid-19 symptoms—led to calls from health workers across Ontario asking for anti-Black racism to be declared a public health emergency and for the immediate collection of race-based data in the province and the country.

This week, Spencer and his great friend and SETU regular Zach Jones present each other with their 5 favorite movies. Do they have any in common? Most certainly. Join in as they talk about each one of these masterpieces with sincere adoration and an eye for technical prowess and backstory.

Raju Mudhar speaks to Kate Allen, the Star’s science and technology reporter, and asked under what circumstances it’s safe to go out for a stroll. The messages about physical distancing seem to be finally getting through to Canadians, as the mantras of “stay inside” and “stay at home” have been repeated over and over again by public health leaders. But that does leave us with a bit of a strange question: Is it okay to go outside for a walk?

JENNIE ALLEN is the founder and visionary behind IF:Gathering, an organization that equips women with gospel-centered resources, events, and community so they may learn more about who God is and dis­ciple others. Through simulcast and live events, IF has reached more than one million women in nearly two hundred countries and has seven thousand women leading in-person gatherings around the world.  A sought-after speaker, Allen has taught at Women of Faith, Catalyst, Q Conference, and SEND (North American Mission Board), as well as in some of the largest churches in North America. She is the author of several books and study guides, including Restless, Anything, and the national bestseller Nothing to Prove. She is also the host of the new “Made for This” podcast, which has already 2 million downloads in six months. Allen has a master’s degree in biblical studies from Dallas Theological Seminary. She and her husband, Zac, live in Dallas, Texas, with their children. For more information, visit www.jennieallen.com.

That photo you posted to Instagram? It might be a part of Clearview AI’s massive database of some 3 billion images, all scraped from the internet. The facial recognition app has experts worried about privacy overreach. Canadian police forces first said they’re not using Clearview — until it turned out they are. Toronto Star reporters Wendy Gillis and Kate Allen have followed this story closely, and they’re here to talk implications.

In our final episode of 2019 (and the decade as a whole!), Annie and Bookshelf staffers Olivia and Lucy sit down to talk through their favorite titles of the year. These are the books that meant the most over the last 12 months: Annie's List: 1. The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead 2. The Dutch House by Ann Patchett 3. The Dearly Beloved by Carla Wall 4. Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout 5. Family of Origin by CJ Hauser 6. Normal People by Sally Rooney 7. Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane 8. Miracles and Other Reasonable Things by Sarah Bessey 9. The Current by Tim Johnston 10. Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid Olivia's List 1. The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern 2. A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by C.A. Fletcher 3. The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead 4. All the Greys on Greene Street by Laura Tucker 5. The Line Tender by Kate Allen 6. Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson 7. Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts by Kate Racculia 8. Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson 9. This Was Our Pact by Ryan Andrews 10. The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas Lucy's List: 1. Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell 2. Furious Hours by Casey Cep 3. The Glittering Hour by Iona Grey 4. Stars of Alabama by Sean Dietrich 5. This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger 6. The Great Pretender by Susannah Cahalan 7. The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman 8. The Dutch House by Ann Patchett 9. The Innocents by Michael Crummey 10. The Organs of Sense by Adam Ehrlich Sachs -- As we close out 2019, we're so grateful to our listeners for playing such a large role The Bookshelf's success. Every purchase, every like, every comment, every email means the world. Special thanks to Chris Jensen for his work on From the Front Porch over the years. We're so grateful for his contribution to The Bookshelf and the podcast, and we wish him nothing but the best in his next endeavor. This episode of From the Front Porch was produced by Dylan Garven at Studio D Productions. Our new theme music -- a hint of what's to come in 2020 -- is by Simeon Church. Annie's got some fun things in the work for Patreon; support us there for more bonus Bookshelf content coming in 2020. From the Front Porch is going on a brief hiatus; new episodes will launch Thursday, January 30.

The Guilty Feminist live from The Royal Albert HallPresented by Deborah Frances-White Recorded 7 July 2019. Released 4 November 2019. The Guilty Feminist theme by Mark Hodge and produced by Nick Sheldon. Music by Dave and the Quavers. Photos by Callum Baker. Recording engineer Grundy le Zimbra. Kindly supported by Getaround the carsharing app that lets you rent cars in your neighbourhood. https://uk.getaround.com. In an effort to get more feminists on the platform, Getaround is hosting a feminists-only lunch in late November where you can learn more. Drop them a note on any of their social media channels to get more info about it. With thanks to the Royal Albert Hall PART ONE 00:00    I am a Feminist But… 08:34    Cell Block Tango with @AMusicalShow 21:44    Deborah Frances-White @DeborahFW 31:57    London Hughes @TheLondonHughes 39:05    Adjoa Andoh @andoh_adjoa 52:19    Jess Robinson @JessieRobinson PART TWO 00:00    Epic Speech compiled and directed by Emma Butler 30:11    Jessica Fostekew @JessicaFostekew 37:56    Amnesty Panel with Deborah Frances-White, Felicity Ward, Mhairi Black MP, Kate Allen, Bumi Thomas @AmnestyUK 58:35    Joyful Resistance Panel with Ben Monks and Scarlett Curtis 1:09:32  Speech from Emilia with Clare Perkins @EmiliaThePlay 1:16:14  Bumi Thomas @BumiThomas Also featuring Juliet Stevenson, Susan Wokoma, Bridget Christie, Alison Spittle, Jessica Regan, Sindhu Vee, Reubs J Walsh, Rosie Jones, Athena Kugblenu, Felicity Ward, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Aisling Bea, Scarlett Curtis, Sian Clifford, Jessica Hynes. https://www.change.org/p/https-www-sajidjavid-com-bumi-thomas-was-born-in-scotland-and-is-scottish-she-been-told-to-leave-her-birth-nation Come to a live recording! Tuesday 5 November, Manchester podcast festival. Tickets on sale now. Wednesday 6 November, Dublin podcast festival. Tickets on sale now. Tuesday 3 December, Secret Policeman’s Ball in Manchester. Tickets on sale now. Monday 9 December, Kings Place in London. Tickets on sale now. 2-22 January, North American Tour. Tickets on sale now. Leave us a review and rate us on Apple Podcasts!

The Guilty Feminist live from The Royal Albert Hall Presented by Deborah Frances-White Recorded 7 July 2019. Released 4 November 2019. The Guilty Feminist theme by Mark Hodge and produced by Nick Sheldon. Music by Dave and the Quavers. Photos by Callum Baker. Recording engineer Grundy le Zimbra. Kindly supported by Getaround the carsharing app that lets you rent cars in your neighbourhood. https://uk.getaround.com. In an effort to get more feminists on the platform, Getaround is hosting a feminists-only lunch in late November where you can learn more. Drop them a note on any of their social media channels to get more info about it. With thanks to the Royal Albert Hall PART ONE 00:00    I am a Feminist But… 08:34    Cell Block Tango with @AMusicalShow 21:44    Deborah Frances-White @DeborahFW 31:57    London Hughes @TheLondonHughes 39:05    Adjoa Andoh @andoh_adjoa 52:19    Jess Robinson @JessieRobinson PART TWO 00:00    Epic Speech compiled and directed by Emma Butler 30:11    Jessica Fostekew @JessicaFostekew 37:56    Amnesty Panel with Deborah Frances-White, Felicity Ward, Mhairi Black MP, Kate Allen, Bumi Thomas @AmnestyUK 58:35    Joyful Resistance Panel with Ben Monks and Scarlett Curtis 1:09:32  Speech from Emilia with Clare Perkins @EmiliaThePlay 1:16:14  Bumi Thomas @BumiThomas Also featuring Juliet Stevenson, Susan Wokoma, Bridget Christie, Alison Spittle, Jessica Regan, Sindhu Vee, Reubs J Walsh, Rosie Jones, Athena Kugblenu, Felicity Ward, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Aisling Bea, Scarlett Curtis, Sian Clifford, Jessica Hynes. https://www.change.org/p/https-www-sajidjavid-com-bumi-thomas-was-born-in-scotland-and-is-scottish-she-been-told-to-leave-her-birth-nation Come to a live recording! Tuesday 5 November, Manchester podcast festival. Tickets on sale now. Wednesday 6 November, Dublin podcast festival. Tickets on sale now. Tuesday 3 December, Secret Policeman’s Ball in Manchester. Tickets on sale now. Monday 9 December, Kings Place in London. Tickets on sale now. 2-22 January, North American Tour. Tickets on sale now. Leave us a review and rate us on Apple Podcasts!

Don't miss my first conversation with my 17 year old daughter Kate in Episode 2. We got so many messages from you all saying you wanted to hear more! This bonus episode was fun... we cover a little bit of everything from parenting, talking to your kids about God, something Kate has been growing in recently, her prayer life, all of it! No matter what season of life you are in, I know you'll be encouraged and challenged. We almost felt like you were sitting in the room with us just catching up. Season 2 is coming soon, make sure you're signed up for emails so you don't miss a single episode and download the Friend Guide: jennieallen.com

You don’t want to miss this conversation I had with my 17-year-old daughter Kate about making friends when it’s hard. She BRINGS IT! We talk about how to make friends when you start completely over, why it’s important to get alone time even when you don’t think you need it, and how to shift a friend culture. This applies to all of us, at any age! You’ll even get to hear a raw moment between us. I know you’ll love this episode because Kate’s difficult transition is something all of us face at some point in our lives. Moving somewhere new is HARD. Join us on this episode! Read more from Jennie: jennieallen.comFollow Jennie on Instagram: instagram.com/jenniesallenDownload the free Friend Guide: jennieallen.com

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss UBS's treatment of its women employees in Switzerland, the return of the banking 'doom loop' and the prospects for a merger between Germany's two biggest banks Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank. With special guest Katie Bennett, director of diversity and inclusion in PwC's consultancy practice.Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Stephen Morris, European banking correspondent, Kate Allen, capital markets correspondent, and Olaf Storbeck, Frankfurt correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode of The Striking Corner, Vinny and Eric speak with Muay Thai power couple Kate Allen and Charlie Cottone. They are the owners and instructors of 8 Limbs Muay Thai in Philadelphia, PA. Kate and Charlie discuss how they started in Muay Thai, how their relationship began, and their eventual decision of opening up their own Muay Thai gym together. Kate also talks about competing in the 2017 IFMA Muay Thai World Championships, leaving her career as a dental hygienist to focus on Muay Thai full time, and the decision of wanting to fight but also wanting to start a family. In addition, Charlie discusses the dynamic of being Kate's husband while also being her coach, We had a great chat with Charlie and Kate. This is was a fun podcast for us and we hope you will all feel the same! Enjoy!

With Chris Giles, James Blitz, Mure Dickie and Kate Allen. Presented by Sebastian Payne. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

With the FT's Philip Stephens, Robert Shrimsley, Jim Pickard and Kate Allen. Presented by Sebastian Payne See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Post-Brexit vote, the UK's new prime minister faces the challenge of negotiating the country's exit from the EU while navigating its biggest political upheaval in a generation, say George Parker, Alex Barker and Kate Allen. With her speeches at the Conservative party conference, she has the chance to assert her authority See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

From genital examinations, to chromosome and testosterone testing, amature sports bodies have been obsessed with stopping supposed men from competing in women’s sports. But guess what: They’ve never found one. All they’ve found are the great plethora of biological sex expressions in the human body. Oh, and destroyed a bunch of women’s athletic careers and reputations. On the show: Kate Allen, science and technology reporter at the Toronto Star

Learn about the life and work of Ada Lovelace as described by a group of high school girls attending the camp Girls Talk Math at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. By Kathryn Benedict, Kate Allen, Sarai Ross, and Rosy Nuam. Check out the corresponding blog post about the math problems these campers solved at https://girlstalkmath.com/2016/06/23/scientific-computing-recurrence-relations/! Many thanks to Girls Rock NC's Teen AXN League for the amazing intro/outro song!

Philip Stephens, Janan Ganesh and Kate Allen of the Financial Times, plus Rob Oxley of Vote Leave and Lucy Thomas of Stronger In, discuss the latest developments in Westminster this week — including whether David Cameron has won Britain a good deal with the EU and the political fallout for the Conservatives. Presented by George Parker, political editor. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Kate Allen explains why she wants David Cameron to talk human rights with Xi Jinping.

Anthony Holden and Ben Holden introduce a selection of poems that haunt a host of eminent men, from their new anthology in association with Amnesty International; they explain why, in words as moving as the poems themselves. With Melvyn Bragg, Richard Dawkins, Richard Eyre, Mike Leigh, Simon McBurney, Ian McEwan, Ben Okri, Simon Russell Beale and Simon Schama, and Kate Allen (Amnesty International UK).

One of my personal favorite OSTs is 10 years old this month, and the time to celebrate is NOW. Forever he will be my hero 0:00:00 – Pico 0:11:21 – Kate Allen 0:12:46 – Mighty Gazelle 0:14:07 – Michael Cain 0:23:21 – Black Shadow 0:25:11 – Dr Stewart 0:27:16 – Mr EAD 0:34:57 – Mrs [...]

Join Philippe Sands QC in his 2010 Book Festival event to learn why he believes the policy of abuse at Guantanamo Bay originated with Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney and George W Bush. An absorbing event, chaired by Kate Allen.

Ironman Talk Episode 28http://www.ironmantalk.comIn this weeks show:NewsThis weekend’s race results, plus what’s up next week.New Ironman Kentucky race70.3 world champs course unveiled.IMNZ has 10 extra Kona slots plus a bonus slot for last years entries.Age Grouper of the weekThis weeks age grouper of the week is from the 2005 Ironman Hawaii. Andrew Eldridge from Australia won the Physically Challenged section in a time of 12.28Bevan & Johns Kona PicksBevan’s guys: Cam Brown, Chris McCormack, Faris Al-Sultan, Oscar Galindez, Cameron Widoff.Girls:  Natascha Badmann, Kate Major, Jo Lawn, Michellie Jones, Belinda Granger.John’s guys: Cam Brown, Chris McCormack, Faris Al-Sultan, Raynard Tissink, Rutger Beke.Girls: Natascha Badmann, Michellie Jones, Jo Lawn, Jo Zeiger, Kate Allen.Hawaii Race Tips!John and Bevan give their tips for being successful in the big race!They cover eight different areas:Traveling tips5-10 days before the raceGeneral tipsSwimBike RunDiscussionIronman Corporation offer Kona slots in 70.3 races around the world. We would to know if you think this a good or bad thing and why? Click on the link below and then click on the word ‘comment’. Click here to add a comment.This week’s websites    Results: Ibiza Long Course.    News: New Ironman race, 70.3 Champs     course Epic camp, Mini Epic.     Website of the week: Bikely,  Great crazy         biking You Tube video!       Where to get the older shows if you don’t    have itunes: http://ironmantalk.libsyn.com/   When you are there click on the grey word    ‘Pod’ next to each shows episode.