The Minds Changing Lives Podcast

Buying vital time for stroke patients, research that improves women's lives, these are just some of the breakthroughs that you’ll hear about in this podcast designed to stimulate your mind. Join our host Shahni Wellington as she talks to people who are pioneering change through research.

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Season 3

Speaking up for men's mental health: Using lived experience to create new support options

Fighting the chemicals we cannot see: The battle against PFAS

Hearing the difference: A new approach to Indigenous healthcare

Beyond the void: When mining towns start planning for life after coal

Buying time: A medical breakthrough in stroke treatment

Her story: 30 years of health research changing women's lives

Season 2

Classroom to courtroom: How students helped change Kathleen Folbigg's fate

The resilience-building research and tech set to turn the tide on drought

Can cultural insight and the neuroscience of trauma change the conversation around young people's use of violence?

One giant leap forward for the preservation of Australia’s last amphibians

The research making sure no child gets left behind

The game-changing program revolutionising female participation in sport

Season 1

Could creative ageing be the key to preserving cognition?

Second chances and social justice: the program giving the wrongfully convicted a voice

Uncharted territory: uncovering the secrets of the seafloor

Re-imagining a renewable energy future

The research into tackling techniques that could be a game changer

The new initiative empowering kids to raise their voice

The innovation set to simplify the lives of people with diabetes