Podcasts about nic healey

From early driver education to the condition of our regional roads, Nic Healey speaks with a range of guests on how we are best placed to prevent road deaths.

Nearly everything is digital these days -- movies, music, books -- but are we being sold a dud deal in the digital economy, and what can we do about it? Special guest ABC Shepparton's Nic Healey (@dr_nic) Vertical Hold: Behind The Tech News - podcast hosts @adam_turner and @alexkidman speak to Australia's leading technology journalists every Friday to get the stories behind the tech news of the week. verticalhold.com.au facebook.com/VerticalHoldAU @verticalholdau

Shepparton ABC radio host, NIc Healey, talks with Australia's former Chief Scientist, Alan Finkel (pictured) - "Former chief scientist of Australia outlines effects climate change will have on regional communities"; "Hornsea Four: UK's second largest offshore wind farm gets greenlight"; "Health impacts of household gas with Dr Genevieve Cowie"; "Doctors for the Environment"; "Cement warms the planet. This green version just got a key nod of approval."; Event: "Climate change and paths to a sustainable future: Steven Chu"; Event: "Agriculture and Climate Action : Success stories and challenges"; "Fossil fuel giants “gaslighting” on emissions, Climate Council calls for greenwash ban"; "Woodside LNG: Australia's ‘biggest' contribution to climate crisis a step closer to 50-year extension"; "Why this little digger's return to Sydney is so important"; "Sydney's driest start to winter in 85 years is a blessing for snow season"; "Iraq's marshes are dying, and a civilisation with them"; "Good news for climate comes from the world's greatest user of coal"; "Renewables are saving Texas. Again. So give them their due."; "Use these tips to save energy during summer heat"; "Six Ways to Think Long-term: A Cognitive Toolkit for Good Ancestors"; Event: "Celebrating a year of impact"; "Toyota has promised an EV revolution, but experts have reservations". --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message

In this edition of the Conversation Hour Richelle Hunt and Nic Healey delve into what our future with robots looks like.From use in domestic law enforcement and warfare to whether or not robots should have rites the team speak with a variety of guest about robot ethics.

In this edition of the Conversation Hour Richelle Hunt and Nic Healey delve into what our future with robots looks like. From use in domestic law enforcement and warfare to whether or not robots should have rites the team speak with a variety of guest about robot ethics.

In this edition of The Conversation Hour Richelle Hunt and co-host Nic Healey look at the future of philanthropy.

In this edition of The Conversation Hour Richelle Hunt and co-host Nic Healey look at the future of philanthropy.

'Denizen,' the Penguin Literary Prize winning novel from James McKenzie Watson is finally out in the world! In this episode, Ashley asks James about the experience of taking 'Denizen' from idea to published novel. He shares insights into how to seriously improve your writing craft and how to understand your work as a reflection of your life. James also answers the big question – what does his mum think of 'Denizen?' James McKenzie Watson writes fiction with a focus on health and rural Australia. His novel 'Denizen' won the 2021 Penguin Literary Prize. 'Denizen' also received a 2021 Varuna Residential Fellowship and a 2021 KSP Residential Fellowship. His writing has appeared in Meanjin and the Newtown Review of Books. He works as a nurse in regional New South Wales. Get your copy of 'Denizen' from your local bookshop, Booktopia or wherever else good books are sold. Shout out to Australia's hardworking independent booksellers! Books and authors discussed in this episode: David Vann (of course); Dirt Town by Hayley Scrivenor; The Liars by Petronella McGovern (from ep 12), out in September 2022; The Writer Laid Bare by Lee Kofman (from ep 4); RWR McDonald (from ep 32);   Lyn Yeowart (from ep 39)  Denizen launch events: Dubbo Launch – Macquarie Regional Library, 19 July at 6:30pm (hosted by Book Connection, with special guest Nic Healey). Free, book here! Online Launch – hosted by @daniveebooks_wordsandnerds, 21 July at 8pm (with special guests Petronella McGovern and Lyn Yeowart). Follow Dani Vee Books – Words and Nerds Podcast on Facebook to join on the night! Sydney Launch – Gleebooks, Glebe, 28 July at 6:30pm, with special guest Ashley Kalagian Blunt, $12/$9/free, book here! Melbourne Launch – Readings Emporium, Melbourne, 3 August at 6pm, with special guest Lee Kofman. Free, book here! Ashley's next online writing workshop, The Joy of Creative Writing, is on Monday 25 July, 7:45-9 pm AEST online via Zoom. Book in here! Get in touch! Ashley's website: ashleykalagianblunt.com Ashley's Twitter: @AKalagianBlunt Ashley's Instagram: @akalagianblunt James' website: jamesmckenziewatson.com James' Twitter: @JamesMcWatson James' Instagram: @jamesmcwatson

It's our 73rd episode of the Byteside podcast but it was also our first time recording as a video podcast! Will it be the last? Nic Healey and Seamus Byrne catch up on recent news - Seamus digs Meta's VR Visual Turing Test and isn't so down on Diablo Immortal as a very casual bit of mobile fun. Nic found a Metaverse pop up shop in Melbourne? Plus what the guys have been watching lately. Including the amazing Exandria Unlimited: Calamity.Go see the full video version at the Byteside YouTube channel.kstU5wvrJ22S9KZI5lTT See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As we're welcoming Danny to brekkie it got me feeling little nostalgic about Book Clubs involvement with the Breakfast Show. It's a history that extends back about six years Way back when Nic Healey was hosting he brought me along from our regular weekend book chats and Tuesday book club was born. Now like some sort of community radio time lord we've had multiple regenerations from Tess, to Alex and Willy bringing us to Danny.So in honour of my nostalgia I'm going to look back in order to look forward.One of my favourite Australian authors, Sulari Gentill has a new book out. Sulari is well known and loved for her Rowland Sinclair mysteries, set in 1930's Australia. Her new novel however is a stand alone. It's called The Woman in the Library and promises to be a real page turning whodunnit.I have read it though… SorryBut a few years back Sulari released another stand alone page turner that absolutely knocked me out with its clever ideas and mind bending twists. And so, until I can get you the latest Sulari Gentill, The Woman in the Library, I'm going to offer up my thoughts on her 2017 novel Crossing the Lines.Madeleine D'Leon is a crime novelist searching for her next big mystery to write. Ned McGinnity is a literary enfant terrible waiting for his muse to strike.Madeleine is intrigued by the voice in her head, could it be her next Detective? He's a novelist, arrogant, the type who would only write so-called serious literature. Only he's got himself embroiled in a murder, the sort he would never deem to write but one that he must solve in order to save his friend. Ned doesn't do genre, wouldn't stoop to conquer until he stumbles on the almost too delicious temptation of writing a protagonist crime author becoming embroiled in a mystery. Crossing the Lines unravels through entwined chapters of Madeleine and Ned writing each other's stories and slowly sinking deeper into the pull of the mystery. Ned is beset by danger from every quarter as he races to solve the mystery of the editor and critic, a man who destroyed his first novel. Madeleine is vexed by the possibility that she may be losing her mind.In Crossing the Lines, Sulari Gentill asks and tantalizingly hints at many a reader's questions about the writer's creative process. Madeleine and Ned are the voices in each others heads and both need each other to finish the story. They must give themselves over to the story and only through visiting this other life can they get their words onto the page. Often when I speak to authors they tell of characters that occupy their own space in the world. Crossing the Lines challenges the reader with the horrifying possibility that this voice may take on a life of its own.It's a special thing to be able to delve into the writing process and I can only imagine what it must be to find yourself in the middle of it; becoming a vessel for the action to be transferred to the page. The reader may well find themselves asking is Sulari fully in control of her creation?!Between Madeleine, Sulari and Ned we see not only a crossing of lines but a blurring as reality infuses itself with the narrative and the mystery becomes more intense for being written as we read it.Crossing the lines is a smart, edgy psychological thriller. It's also a literary romp perfect for people who love their reading a little bit meta. Today's book club was an encore jazzed up with some tidier writing and a bit more audio skill. And isn't that the beauty of books; they invite, nay welcome revisiting, always offering something new…Once again welcome Danny.If you want to revisit more books clubs they are available on the Final Draft podcastBook Club is produced and presented by Andrew PopleWant more great conversations with Australian authors?Discover this and many more conversations on Final Draft every week from 2ser.Get in touch with Andrew and Final Draft. We love to hear about what you're reading!Twitter - https://twitter.com/finaldraft2serInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/finaldraft2ser/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/finaldraft2ser/

Telstra and TPG, sitting in a tree... sharing mobile spectrum and towers. What will that mean for regional and rural mobile coverage and competition? Speaking of the non-city parts of Australia,  how are EV drivers going to get around, and what's being done to accomodate charging? Special guest ABC Western Plains breakfast radio host Nic Healey (@dr_nic)! Vertical Hold is brought to you by Aussie Broadband – changing the game with their award-winning network and Australian based support. Vertical Hold: Behind The Tech News - podcast hosts @adam_turner and @alexkidman speak to Australia's leading technology journalists every Friday to get the stories behind the tech news of the week.  verticalhold.com.au facebook.com/VerticalHoldAU @verticalholdau

Will the Federal Government's legislation to take on online trolls solve practical problems, or just pay out lots of lawyers? What did the productivity commission's right to repair report recommend? Should new cars have technology in them to detect drunk drivers -- and can that possibly work? Special guests Monash Uni's Emily van der Nagel (@emvdn), Choice's Erin Turner (@erinlturner) and ABC Western Plains' Nic Healey (@dr_nic)! Vertical Hold is brought to you by Aussie Broadband – changing the game with their award-winning network and Australian based support. Vertical Hold: Behind The Tech News - podcast hosts @adam_turner and @alexkidman speak to Australia's leading technology journalists every Friday to get the stories behind the tech news of the week. verticalhold.com.au facebook.com/VerticalHoldAU @verticalholdau

Seamus has Nic Healey back as a guest host this week to discuss the Gravitas Glory esports beer, Nic's desperation in still trying to get his hands on a PlayStation 5, and our thoughts on whether we're really enjoying the Loki series on Disney+ or just in love with its aesthetic.Plus we count down some of the shows we're really excited about coming soon, including the Alien series being led by Noah Hawley, Good Omens Season 2, Succession Season 3, and Ted Lasso S2.As mentioned in this episode, we're consolidating the Byteside podcasts into this main show going forward, so if you're subscribed to Byteside then there's nothing else you need to do! If you've been following the rest of our shows but not Byteside then it's a great time to subscribe for all our regular interviews with great minds across games and technology. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Fitness trackers for pooches - has your pet reached their step count? Across the world more than half of all girls have been harassed or abused online. Can ‘Maru’, an anti-harassment chatbot help? Plus, Twitter has unleashed its latest new feature and in a surprise to precisely no one, lots of people are complaining. Guests: Jocelyn Brewer, psychologist, cyberpsychology consultant @diginutrition + Nic Healey, breakfast presenter ABC Western Plains @dr_nic

Fitness trackers for pooches - has your pet reached their step count? Across the world more than half of all girls have been harassed or abused online. Can ‘Maru’, an anti-harassment chatbot help? Plus, Twitter has unleashed its latest new feature and in a surprise to precisely no one, lots of people are complaining. Guests: Jocelyn Brewer, psychologist, cyberpsychology consultant @diginutrition + Nic Healey, breakfast presenter ABC Western Plains @dr_nic

We look back at 25 years of Windows since Windows 95 to evaluate the changes we've seen in the past quarter century with special guest ABC radio presenter Nic Healey (@dr_nic). Windows 95 really did change computing, from gaming to consumer acceptance to hardware to... Jennifer Aniston(?) and we consider Windows 95's impact at the time and its legacy today around what Microsoft's done since.

We’ve lost a lot in 2020, but now things have gone too far as the once loved browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer faces its final days. Plus, Airbnb have banned something we all need but probably shouldn’t have. The mobile phone company storming its way through India. And Tik Tok is suing Trump. Guests: Rae Johnston, Science and Tech Editor, NITV @raejohnston + Nic Healey, tech writer and breakfast show host, ABC Western Plains @dr_nic

We’ve lost a lot in 2020, but now things have gone too far as the once loved browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer faces its final days. Plus, Airbnb have banned something we all need but probably shouldn’t have. The mobile phone company storming its way through India. And Tik Tok is suing Trump. Guests: Rae Johnston, Science and Tech Editor, NITV @raejohnston + Nic Healey, tech writer and breakfast show host, ABC Western Plains @dr_nic

What role does tech play in the global protests against racism? How is it used by protestors and police? Plus, there's still a legal push to shut down piracy sites, even though the rise of streaming has largely achieved that. And which tech company wants to create digitally synthesised group selfies even though you’re socially distant? Yeah, its a thing! Guests: Rae Johnston, Science and Tech Editor, NITV @raejohnston + Nic Healey, Breakfast show host, ABC Western Plains @dr_nic

What role does tech play in the global protests against racism? How is it used by protestors and police? Plus, there's still a legal push to shut down piracy sites, even though the rise of streaming has largely achieved that. And which tech company wants to create digitally synthesised group selfies even though you’re socially distant? Yeah, its a thing! Guests: Rae Johnston, Science and Tech Editor, NITV @raejohnston + Nic Healey, Breakfast show host, ABC Western Plains @dr_nic

This is one of the big questions when it comes to the government's new app, but is there a simple answer? Plus, how an entire country in the South Pacific managed to lose their domain to Sweden. And Facebook launches their Zoom competitor, but is it really necessary? Guests: Ariel Bogle, online technology reporter, ABC Science @arielbogle + Nic Healey, Breakfast presenter, ABC Western Plains @dr_nic

This is one of the big questions when it comes to the government's new app, but is there a simple answer? Plus, how an entire country in the South Pacific managed to lose their domain to Sweden. And Facebook launches their Zoom competitor, but is it really necessary? Guests: Ariel Bogle, online technology reporter, ABC Science @arielbogle + Nic Healey, Breakfast presenter, ABC Western Plains @dr_nic

Seamus Byrne and Nic Healey deliver the first ever Byteside podcast (because the Byteside from 10 years ago was never actually a podcast!) They talk about criminal trials in Fallout 76, D&D, Vampire, esports corruption, that amazingly nasty Goose Game and more.Tell us what you think about the topics, the show, and whatever else you like via ask@byteside.com.Byteside is on Twitter: @bytesideByteside is on Instagram: @thebytesideSeamus is on Twitter: @seamusNic is on Twitter: @dr_nic See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ever wondered why there’s a Bruce Lee statue in Kogarah? Did you know there was a Bruce Lee statue in Kogarah? Our Seeking Sydney reporters went to Kogarah to find out why. Produced by Ellen Leabeater, Emma Lancaster, Nic Healey and Miles Herbert

From Microsoft's long-awaited blockbuster Sea of Thieves to the latest indie titles, what hot at PAX Australia? What's new for the top consoles? Is VR gaming finding its feet? What's the deal with Linksys' new gaming router? Special guests Kotaku editor Alex Walker and 2SER's Nic Healey. Vertical Hold is brought to you by Linksys. Vertical Hold: Behind The Tech News - podcast hosts @adam_turner and @alexkidman speak to Australia's leading technology journalists every Friday to get the stories behind the tech news of the week. verticalholdauaudio.libsyn.com facebook.com/VerticalHoldAU @verticalholdau

Why did Game of Thrones melt Foxtel's streaming servers? Now that Google Home is finally here in Australia, was it worth the wait? Speaking of Google, will its reborn Glass finally find a home in the enterprise? Special guests 2SER's Nic Healey and finder.com.au's Angus Kidman Vertical Hold is brought to you by Linksys. Vertical Hold: Behind The Tech News - podcast hosts @adam_turner and @alexkidman speak to Australia's leading technology journalists every Friday to get the stories behind the tech news of the week. verticalholdauaudio.libsyn.com facebook.com/VerticalHoldAU @verticalholdau

On March 21, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced a potential watering down of the controversial Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act.Under the proposal the words “offend, insult, humiliate” will be replaced by “harass”.The reforms were debated in the Senate on Tuesday, but little attention has been given to proposed procedural changes to the Australian Human Rights Commission, which will not only apply to 18C complaints but all complaints of discrimination handled by the Commission, including, sex, age, disability and race.Experts say this could make it more difficult for vulnerable members of the community to make complaints of vilification and discrimination.Just Words  host Nic Healey spoke to  Luke McNamara, Professor of Law from the University of New South Wales about the proposed 18C reforms and what they could really mean.Just Words Podcast Extra produced by Emma Lancaster

Is your right to offend greater than someone else's right not to be racially vilified? For over 20 years Australia has had a law that makes it illegal to offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate someone because of their race.Our expert panel dissects the 18C Inquiry report that was tabled in Parliament on Tuesday February 28th.Hosted by Nic Healey, our experts include :Professor Adrienne Stone - Chair at Melbourne Law School, Melbourne UniversitySimon Breheny - Director of Policy at the Institute of Public Affairs.Dr. Linda Tucker - Employment and Discrimination Solicitor for Redfern Legal Centre.The Committee made 22 recommendations, but they stopped short of calling to axe section 18C, instead putting forward a ‘shopping list’ of options ranging from leaving the section unchanged to replacing the words "offend", "insult" and "humiliate" with the word "harass".This puts Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in a difficult position as it will now be up to him to decide whether to make any change to the law.

What are the highs and lows of the CES electronics show in Las Vegas? Special guest: 2SER breakfast host Nic Healey. Vertical Hold is brought to you by Alcatel. Vertical Hold - Australian technology journalists Alex Kidman and Adam Turner channel-surf through the headlines in search of the big picture. Follow us on Twitter: @verticalholdau, @adam_turner, @alexkidman Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VerticalHoldAU Subscribe: YouTube: youtube.com/VerticalHoldAU/ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/vertical-hold-audio/id971993513?ls=1 RSS: http://verticalholdauaudio.libsyn.com/

Celebrating our 100th episode, we talk all things PAX Australia and ask if Minecraft has a place in the classroom. Special guests: 2SER breakfast presenter Nic Healey and ausretrogamer editor Alex Boz - Vertical Hold is brought to you by Alcatel Vertical Hold - Australian technology journalists Alex Kidman and Adam Turner channel-surf through the headlines in search of the big picture. Follow us on Twitter: @verticalholdau, @adam_turner, @alexkidman Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VerticalHoldAU Subscribe: YouTube: youtube.com/VerticalHoldAU/ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/vertical-hold-audio/id971993513?ls=1 RSS: http://verticalholdauaudio.libsyn.com/

Nic Healey is the weekday breakfast radio host at 2ser 107.3, and until recently was a Senior Editor at CNET. Over a 20 year career he has been the Editor for PC & Tech Authority, Official Xbox Magazine, T3, Official Windows Magazine, Official Nintendo Magazine, and Official PlayStation Magazine.