Dinner Ladies Save the World

In the Dinner Ladies Save the World 2020 Christmas Special, Prof Sharon Friel speaks with the Dinner Ladies about pathways to Utopia. Evolutionary theory, misogyny, guardian AI, humour, equity – we discuss it all. What a future! Hear from Prof Helen Sullivan, ANU Crawford School of Public Policy; Prof Imogen Mitchell, ANU Medical School; Prof Lyndall Strazdins, ANU Research School of Population Health; Prof Prof Lesley Seebeck, Cyber expert; and Prof Joan Leach, ANU National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science.

In the final episode of Series 1 of Dinner Ladies Save the World, Prof Sharon Friel speaks with all of the Dinner Ladies about their insights from the Covid-19 experience. Hear from Prof Imogen Mitchell, Director Medical School; Prof Lyndall Strazdins, Director Research School of Population Health; Prof Helen Sullivan, Director Crawford School of Public Policy; Prof Toni Erskine, Director Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs; Prof Sally Wheeler, Dean College of Law; Prof Lessley Seebeck, CEO Cyber Institute; Prof Joan Leach, Director National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, and Prof Shirley Leitch, former Dean of Business and Economics

In Episode 8 of Dinner Ladies Save the World, Sharon Friel and Helen Sullivan speak about consumptagenic systems, Covid-19 and climate change. Prof Sullivan is Director of the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University. Prof Friel is Director of the Menzies Centre for Health Governance, RegNet at the ANU. They are both Dinner Ladies.

In Episode 7 of Dinner Ladies Save the World, Sharon Friel speaks with Joan Leach and Shirley Leitch about Covid-19 and communications. Prof Leach is Director of the National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science at the Australian National University. Prof Leitch is former Dean of Business and Economics, and Deputy Vice Chancellor of Global Engagement at the ANU. Prof Friel is Director of the Menzies Centre for Health Governance, RegNet at the ANU. They are all Dinner Ladies.

In Episode 6 of Dinner Ladies Save the World, Sharon Friel speaks with Lesley Seebeck about Covid-19, apps, trust and democracy. Prof Seebeck is the CEO of the Cyber Institute at the ANU. She has extensive experience in the public service, across areas including policy, strategy, budgets and technology. Sharon Friel is Professor of Health Equity and Director of the Menzies Centre for Health Governance, RegNet at the Australian National University. They are both Dinner Ladies.

In Episode 5 of Dinner Ladies Save the World, Sharon Friel speaks with Toni Erskine and Sally Wheeler about Covid-19, individual rights and collective responsibilities. Prof Erskine is the Director of the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Australian National University. Prof Wheeler is the Dean of the ANU College of Law. Prof Friel is Director of the Menzies Centre for Health Governance, RegNet at the Australian National University. They are three of the ANU Dinner Ladies.

In Episode 4 of Dinner Ladies Save the World, Sharon Friel speaks with Helen Sullivan about Covid-19, global and national politics, and public policy. Prof Sullivan is the Director of the Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University. Sharon Friel is Professor of Health Equity and Director of the Menzies Centre for Health Governance, RegNet at the Australian National University. They are both Dinner Ladies.

In Episode 3 of Dinner Ladies Save the World, Sharon Friel speaks with Lyndall Strazdins about Covid-19, the ruptures in life as we know it and the implications for social and health inequities. Prof Strazdins is Director of the Research School of Population Health, Australian National University. Sharon Friel is Professor of Health Equity and Director of the Menzies Centre for Health Governance, RegNet at the Australian National University. They are both Dinner Ladies.

In Episode 2 of Dinner Ladies Save the World, Sharon Friel speaks with Imogen Mitchell about Covid-19 and health care systems. Prof Imogen Mitchell is Director of the Medical School, Australian National University, and on secondment as Clinical Director of the Covid 19 response in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Sharon Friel is Professor of Health Equity and Director of the Menzies Centre for Health Governance In RegNet, Australian National University. They are both Dinner Ladies.

Join Prof Sharon Friel and senior female academics in this uplifting podcast celebrating amazing women with incredible minds discussing how to solve the World’s problems. Easy! Each episode features the Dinner Ladies chatting over ‘virtual’ dinner about Covid-19 in the context of politics, inequality, ethics, civil liberty, climate change and more...