STARTcast
STARTcast
START International, Inc.
STARTcast is a podcast created by START International, a nongovernmental organization that has worked to create new connections and strengthen opportunities for advancing sustainability science across Africa and Asia for more than 25 years. The STARTcast is one way we endeavor to bring informative, approachable and free content to early and mid-career scientists working on issues of global sustainability.
Episode 8: Listener Feedback and Reflections
Episode 8 of the STARTcast is our listener feedback and reflections episode and the Season 1 finale. In this episode, we respond to your questions (courtesy of several returning guests), read listener feedback about the podcast, and share parting...
Nov 24, 2020
55 min
Episode 7: Funder Insights
Episode seven of the STARTcast features a conversation between START's Executive Director, Jon Padgham and Bruce Currie-Alder, Climate Change Program Leader at the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), a Canadian governmental organization...
Oct 19, 2020
35 min
Episode 6: Review, Rejection and Moving Forward
Episode six of the STARTcast features a conversation between START Program Specialist, Dr. Mzime Ndebele-Murisa and Dr. Blane Harvey, an Assistant Professor and William Dawson Scholar at McGill University in Canada. Blane is also an associate of the...
Oct 12, 2020
37 min
Episode 5: Equity and Transparency in Proposal Writing
Episode five of the STARTcast features a conversation between START’s Sarah Schweizer and Dr. Natasha Udu-gama, Program Manager of International and Community Engagement at AGU’s Thriving Earth Exchange. Here, Natasha shares about community science and...
Oct 5, 2020
51 min
Episode 4: Writing the Research Impact Section
Episode four of the STARTcast features a conversation between START’s Dr. Mary Thompson-Hall and Jesse DeMaria-Kinney, Deputy Director and Senior Expert on Climate Change Adaptation, Nature-based Solutions, & Research-for-Impact at PlanAdapt. Here,...
Sep 22, 2020
47 min
Episode 3: Budgets
Episode three of the STARTcast is a discussion between START’s program specialist Dr. Mzime Ndebele-Murisa and Ms. Alice McClure, the Project Coordinator of the Future Resilience for African Cities and Lands (FRACTAL) program which is one of DFID/NERC’s...
Sep 15, 2020
39 min
Episode 2: Convening Successful Proposal Writing Teams
Episode two of the STARTcast features a conversation between START’s Dr. Mary Thompson-Hall and Dr. Ed Carr, Professor and Director of the International Development, Community, and Environment Department and of the Humanitarian Response and Development...
Sep 8, 2020
48 min
Episode 1: Experiences and Challenges with Proposal Writing
On the first episode of the STARTcast, we’re chatting with Dr. Chandni Singh, a Research Consultant with the Indian Institute for Human Settlements. Chandni shares with us about her experiences and challenges with writing scientific proposals, and we...
Aug 25, 2020
50 min