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Uncommon Courage
Andrea T Edwards
185 episodes
17 hours ago
Education is a force for good that lifts societies out of poverty, yet education systems are failing around the world, especially in wealthy, democratic countries. One area showing real impact - not just on students, but on the communities schools serve - is effective community engagement programs. These programs succeed not only because of what students are doing - charity, social justice, service, or community engagement - but when they inspire students to become lifelong champions of socia...
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Education is a force for good that lifts societies out of poverty, yet education systems are failing around the world, especially in wealthy, democratic countries. One area showing real impact - not just on students, but on the communities schools serve - is effective community engagement programs. These programs succeed not only because of what students are doing - charity, social justice, service, or community engagement - but when they inspire students to become lifelong champions of socia...
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Uncommon Courage
The Sh*t Show: beyond the gates, community engagement in education
Education is a force for good that lifts societies out of poverty, yet education systems are failing around the world, especially in wealthy, democratic countries. One area showing real impact - not just on students, but on the communities schools serve - is effective community engagement programs. These programs succeed not only because of what students are doing - charity, social justice, service, or community engagement - but when they inspire students to become lifelong champions of socia...
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17 hours ago
2 hours 33 minutes

Uncommon Courage
The Sh*t Show: the accidental humanitarian
How’s this? You agree with a friend to hike the trails of Northern Iraq, where the Kurdish communities live, and the next thing you know, you’re helping run refugee camps in war torn countries. How does that happen? What was the experience like? Was there hope in the camps, or despair? And today, with the world drawing back on foreign aid, what does it mean for people who continue to need this help today? These are just some of the questions we’ll cover with our very special guest. Of c...
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1 week ago
2 hours 40 minutes

Uncommon Courage
The Sh*t Show: sustainable tourism + community building
We have two guests and two topics this week, starting with sustainable tourism from a Pakistan perspective, and then we are going to dig into the importance of community building as we face the years ahead. Community is critical and it can be something you focus on in your local neighbourhood, or perhaps you prefer to be part of a global digital community? Whatever it is, it can be an anchor for the challenges we face in the years and decades ahead. We will also be digging into the main...
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2 weeks ago
2 hours 18 minutes

Uncommon Courage
The Sh*t Show: would you leave home for 11 years to save the planet?
Would you give up your work and daily connection with loved ones to raise awareness for the health of our planet? Our very special guest has done just that, living and travelling in a solar-powered bus since November 2020, embarking on an 11-year Energy Swaraj Yatra, journeying across India until 2030. He has pledged not to return home during this entire period, devoting every single day to the cause of climate correction. The Yatra is inspired by Mahatma Gandhi’s principles, and it is both a...
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3 weeks ago
2 hours 35 minutes

Uncommon Courage
The Sh*t Show: a millennial view of the polycrisis
What is the polycrisis or meta crisis? It’s the simultaneous occurrence of several catastrophic events all happening at the same time, and well, you don’t have to look far to know that this is the time we are living in. The implications of the polycrisis are often overwhelming when it comes to understanding what comes next, but there’s a necessary longer-term view to consider, so it’s time to get a millennial perspective. We’ll be looking through the lens of the world this generation in...
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1 month ago
2 hours 19 minutes

Uncommon Courage
The Sh*t Show: it’s time to be voices for the children
Do you ever think about the inheritance we are leaving our children and grandchildren? Not monetary, but qualities like clean air, access to clean water, healthy food and a safe and nurturing environment to live in. OR are we on the path to guaranteeing them the opposite, where it will be hard to breath, too hot to go outdoors, food insecurity and famine will be rampant, water shortages a common experience, and we could go on. None of us want that, but the decisions we make today, and the act...
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1 month ago
2 hours 29 minutes

Uncommon Courage
The Sh*t Show: tackling the elephant in the room
When it comes to anything to do with sustainability, it’s often the elephant in every room, but for our special guest, organic waste was the biggest elephant that needed tackling where he is living - Bali, Indonesia. Most people are aware Bali has a waste problem (viral videos are everywhere), but most of the focus is on non-organic waste, like plastics. Would you be surprised to learn that organic waste is 72% of the waste flow in Bali? Think of all the methane and leachates being released f...
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1 month ago
2 hours 28 minutes

Uncommon Courage
The Sh*t Show: is AI coming for your job?
Is AI a risk to you? Has it already impacted you? Or are you hoping it will just go away? One thing is certain, AI is here to stay and what it means to all of us is something we need to get our heads around, so we can prepare. Whether you’re a university graduate looking for a shrinking number of jobs, or a senior leader, AI is going to change your work, one way or another. So, what does that look like? Of course, we’re not just going to cover AI – that will be the focus of the first hour – w...
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1 month ago
2 hours 24 minutes

Uncommon Courage
The Sh*t Show: we are back to it and the sh*t show continues
After a much-needed long break, The Sh*t Show is back, and while we have an amazing line-up of guests to discuss all angles of the polycrisis between now and the end of the year, this show is just the four of us, making sense of everything that’s been going on these last couple of months. It’s been something hasn’t it? Where do we even start? The US moving towards an authoritarian state might be a good place, and at least we know Trump is still alive now. Or should we focus on the surge in an...
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2 months ago
2 hours 33 minutes

Uncommon Courage
The Sh*t Show: can we have pro-human policies, technologies and society?
It’s our last show of the season (we’ll return first Friday in September) so don’t miss out, because we are going to cover a VERY important topic - what it means to be pro-human in a world accelerating towards machine dominance across all aspects of our lives. The leaders of the tech world (aka the tech bros) are saying things like AI will change the world more than anything in the history of mankind, while also acknowledging they don’t know what it means for the future of their own children....
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3 months ago
2 hours 18 minutes

Uncommon Courage
The Sh*t Show: how can we engineer robust food systems?
There’s a lot going on in the news as always, but at least it didn’t feel like World War III was going to start this week! But a lot still happened, with Thailand's constitutional court suspending Prime Minister Shinawatra, Trumps ‘big beautiful’ bill passing its next stage (but what does it really mean for the global economy?), and the extreme ‘heat dome’ which was sitting over North America moving over Europe, with heat deaths reported, and European countries recording the hottest June temp...
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4 months ago
2 hours 25 minutes

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The Sh*t Show: the only thing obliterated is the truth + food security
It’s been an extraordinary week in the news. The bombing of Iran’s nuclear sites left the world holding its breath – what comes next? Because SOMETHING will come next. Then a ceasefire was called, or was it, and that’s the end of it – bombing for peace really does work apparently. Regardless, we’ve never had a US President like Trump, so who knows what’s going to happen, but the world is certainly heating up, in more ways than one. However, before we get stuck into the news, we are goin...
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4 months ago
2 hours 14 minutes

Uncommon Courage
The Sh*t Show: the spin room is at full throttle
We had a deep and meaningful discussion last week with Michael Haupt which left us all very reflective, but we didn’t have time to discuss the main news and the escalation continues, with spin rooms operating at full throttle. Immediately after our last show, the #NoKings protests in America overtook our newsfeeds, while the ‘big birthday bash’ was shocking in so many ways. Do we even remember that now? Because since then, a much wider war with Iran is playing out before our eyes, and we stil...
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4 months ago
2 hours 16 minutes

Uncommon Courage
The Sh*t Show: control or collaboration, extraction or regeneration
We have an exciting show lined up, where we will go big picture on how we can cut through information overload, understand the "Great Convergence", identify the "350-year empire cycle" currently playing out, connect the dots between seemingly unrelated global events, identify the "hubris syndrome" in real-time, decode AI-driven influence campaigns that shape public opinion and distract from deeper systemic shifts, understand how to develop "future-ready" decision-making skills, and understand...
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4 months ago
2 hours 22 minutes

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The Sh*t Show: let’s get this party started
It’s time to get The Sh*t Show on the road, with a goal to untangle the polycrisis and make sense of the complexity. We’ll look at the polycrisis from all angles, including the vast issues under the umbrella of the planetary crisis, geopolitics and war, technology risks, societal collapse, mis- and disinformation, propaganda, lack of trust in institutions, economic risks, inequality and poverty, equality, all the way through to the global mental health crisis – just as a taster. This show joi...
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5 months ago
2 hours 26 minutes

Uncommon Courage
The Know Show – the end of an era
We started The Know Show in August 2021 and who knew we’d still be going after all this time? But we have kept going, because understanding the complexity of the times we’re living through is important, so we can work out how to move forward. With that said, one of us is moving on, and that is Tim Wade, who’s embarking on some very important work, and this week, we say goodbye to our colleague and dear friend. We might also have a rebrand to announce. Stay tuned. Of course, we’ll discus...
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5 months ago
2 hours 11 minutes

Uncommon Courage
Climate Courage: getting past powerlessness
When we speak to people about the planetary crisis, the most common response is a feeling of powerlessness. Many tell us they don’t know what to do or where to start, which often means not doing anything at all, and this just adds to the feeling of powerlessness. This is a growing challenge across the world, as more and more people become aware of the crisis we are in - from Taree in Australia facing catastrophic flooding, to millions suffering unliveable heat in India, Pakistan and Iran, to ...
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5 months ago
2 hours 4 minutes

Uncommon Courage
The Know Show – the golden age of hypocrisy
Are you guffawing a lot at the news these days? The hypocrisy of it all? Whether it’s the “gift” of a $400 million luxury plane to Donald Trump (which will cost $1 billion to get off the ground), the idea of white Afrikaners as refugees, or even the Pope’s style of Christianity too woke according to MAGA, there’s definitely a lot to guffaw at these days. The hypocrisy is quite stunning, so what are we to make of it all? Is it good for the world, or is it the beginning of a new and confusing d...
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5 months ago
2 hours 13 minutes

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Climate Courage: the outback floods a month later
It was more than a month ago when outback Australia was swamped by floods, experiencing a years’ worth of rain in a week, which not only devastated lives and livelihoods, it devastated livestock as well. The floods were bigger than the size of Texas and to this day, locals are still waiting for the water to drain away completely. What were the final numbers of livestock lost? What was the impact and cost? How are local people feeling about this event and the future? We’ll get to the bottom of...
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6 months ago
2 hours 10 minutes

Uncommon Courage
The Know Show – does the world need a Prozac?
Just when you thought the world couldn’t get any more dangerous, India and Pakistan are rattling sabres, following a terrible massacre in the Kashmir-administered region of India. While we know a response is imminent, the idea of two of the world’s nuclear powers heading into confrontation is not a good sign in a world already overwhelmed by war. Will sanity prevail, or will Nationalism in both countries push us further towards a world of violence? Can the world even survive it? On the other ...
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6 months ago
1 hour 46 minutes

Uncommon Courage
Education is a force for good that lifts societies out of poverty, yet education systems are failing around the world, especially in wealthy, democratic countries. One area showing real impact - not just on students, but on the communities schools serve - is effective community engagement programs. These programs succeed not only because of what students are doing - charity, social justice, service, or community engagement - but when they inspire students to become lifelong champions of socia...