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Recent Episodes
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Ethics in the time of Corona — a philosopher's take
24 August 2020 · 28m
Meet Lucy Allais — the Wits professor whose research around philosopher Immanuel Kant’s theoretical philosophy seeks to confront the ethical dilemmas faced by healthcare workers on
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Medical Anthropology: Where the study of a pandemic and the BLM movement align
2 August 2020 · 31m
Meet Lenore Manderson — the Wits professor whose work in medical anthropology, social history and public health seeks to address the complex social responses to disease, inequality
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Climate Consciousness: This Wits professor has Earth's interests at heart
21 July 2020 · 27m
Meet Bob Scholes — the Wits professor working hard to address the catastrophic impacts of climate change and global warming with deep transformative change. #ForGood Visit the Wit
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Could this be the answer to Eskom’s failures?
3 July 2020 · 35m
Meet Raees Dangor — the Wits student whose affordable clean energy system is set to address South Africa’s crippling loadshedding crisis and, radically change the lives of villager
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Breaking the silence: How this Wits professor is amplifying the voice of the deaf
29 June 2020 · 30m
Meet Claudine Storbeck — the Wits professor championing the cause of the deaf community by ensuring that all babies and children are given equal access to education and opportuniti
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Why are migrants being excluded from SA’s response to Covid-19?
18 June 2020 · 27m
Meet Jo Vearey — the Wits professor fighting not only for the inclusion of marginalised African migrants in South Africa's Covid-19 response but also for their protection as a wave
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Musa Manzi: The Wits researcher saving lives in the depths of SA’s mines
4 June 2020 · 35m
Meet Musa Manzi – the Wits professor whose ground-breaking mathematical algorithm has the potential to save the lives of mine workers down in the darkest depths of South Africa’s d
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Helen Rees: The Wits researcher championing SA’s fight against Covid-19
19 May 2020 · 30m
Meet Helen Rees – the Wits professor leading the South African division of the Solidarity Trial that forms part of the international drug trial launched by the World Health Organis
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Why do our babies die? Wits researcher unravels mystery around stillbirths
4 May 2020 · 25m
Meet Shabir Ahmed Madhi – the Wits professor pioneering the vaccine to prevent stillbirths amongst pregnant women in impoverished communities, who are dependent on public health fa
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Wits researcher’s technovation stops infection before it starts
27 April 2020 · 18m
Meet Michael Lucas – the Wits PHD student whose break-through academic research in infection control could wipe the slate clean and stop nosocomial infections before it starts. #Fo