

Tara Brabazon podcast
Tara Brabazon
Tara Brabazon explores popular culture and education, and the relationship between them.
Episodes
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Dec 23, 2025 • 24min
Episode Four - Relationships and the PhD
Jamie and Tara explore the vexed terrain of professional relationships during the PhD

Dec 23, 2025 • 25min
Episode Three - PhD Writing Cultures
Jamie and Tara talk about writing in a PhD programme, with attention to the 'craft' of writing and the separation of writing and drafting.

Dec 21, 2025 • 34min
Episode Two - PhD Reading Cultures
Jamie and Tara explore the specific reading cultures that emerge in doctoral education.

Dec 20, 2025 • 28min
Episode One - Preparing for a PhD
In this first episode of The Dance between Experience and Expertise, Tara and Jamie discuss how to prepare fro a PhD enrolment.

Dec 20, 2025 • 14min
Goal settings in our working lives - a conversation with Professor Priscilla Dunk-West
There is much talk about aspirations, inspirations and motivations. But how do we cut away the clutter to build a meaningful and actionable goal? This podcast with Professor Priscilla Dunk-West explores the power and value of specifying a goal that matters.

Oct 7, 2025 • 22min
The power of academic mobility
This conversation with Professor Priscilla Dunk-West explores the messy and intricate challenges of mobility in academic life.

Sep 2, 2025 • 15min
A caring infrastructure - a conversation with Professor Priscilla Dunk-West
Tara and Priscilla talk about care. In our tough times, caring seems the least of our concerns. But following on from the remarkable Professor Waghid, a caring infrastructure is transformative for our organizations.

Jul 2, 2025 • 17min
Burnout - a conversation with Professor Priscilla Dunk-West
Burnout is one of those words. It masks as much as it reveals. Let's talk about it - as a proxy and a bandaid.

Mar 24, 2025 • 17min
Ethics - a conversation with Professor Priscilla Dunk-West
Ethics clearances in research are time consuming. They can be frustrating. But why do research projects have ethical requirements? Tara and Priscilla talk about ethics - and the alternatives.

Mar 24, 2025 • 19min
Research leadership and research management - a Conversation with Professor Priscilla Dunk-West
Priscilla and Tara talk about research leadership, and how to enable a plurality of disciplines and approaches, and a diversity of researchers.


