Selfie Reflective

Susanne Baumgartner is an Assistant Professor and Researcher at the University of Amsterdam ~

Admit it. Even if you've got the TV on or a movie playing on the laptop in bed, you're pretty likely to also have your phone with you. If you're anything like me, there have even been times where you've been working on a laptop, talking on your cell phone and catching s...

Dr. Jody Adewale is a Psychologist based in LA ~

There is now a catalogue of over 30 episodes of Selfie Reflective - so trust that I'm not exaggerating when I say that this has to be one of the most jam-packed episodes thus far. 

Today, we speak with Dr. Jody Adewale, a licensed psychologist based in LA. Dr. Jody has a Doct...

Humphrey Hanley is a content-creator, motivational Twitch partner and accessibility advocate ~

I'd just like to take a moment to say - we've reached episode 30. 

I can't quite believe that since February 4th 2020, myself and my boyfriend, Tom, have managed to release a new episode of Selfie Reflective every week. Each week ...

Jo Robertson has worked extensively in sex education and is now the Research and Training Lead at The Light Project ~

Today, we're unpacking a topic that I've wanted to cover on this podcast since it first launched.

This is a topic that has been mentioned and touched on in prior episodes, but not examined super closely. What we are discussing is something that i...

Dr David Hall is a Political Theorist and lecturer at AUT University ~

On March 15th, 2019, our social media landscape and our real world became horrifyingly intertwined after a gunman entered two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, and committed an act of terror.

Fifty-one people lost their lives in the attacks. Our hear...

Alice Brine is a Kiwi-born London-based comedian and creative ~

"I'm gunna start going home with random very drunk guys and stealing all of their shit. Everything they own. It won't be my fault though... they were drunk. They should have known better. I'll get away with it 90% of the time but then when one brave man takes me to court over it, I'll argue that I wasn't sure if he meant it when h...

Nicholas Diakopoulos is an Assistant Professor at Northwestern University ~

A few months back, I started writing one particular word a lot on my social media feeds. This word was 'influencer'. When I launched this podcast, l started out by reflecting a lot on that term in relation to how my retired blogging brand saw me become embroiled in the influencer life. A few weeks into this podcast, and somet...

Kathleen Kuehn is a senior lecturer of media studies at Victoria University in Wellington ~

If asked, most of us would say that when we post about our lives on social media for fun, right? Whether individual or business, we're constantly crafting fragments of content that we feel is in a good enough place to share with an audience - whether that audience is made...

Sean Lyons is the Director of Engagement and Education at Netsafe, New Zealand ~

If you're a New Zealander, you've likely heard of a company called Netsafe. Netsafe was founded way back in 1998, when a group of people who worked with young people decided that technology was going to be brilliantly enlightening for everyone - but that it also came with a whole different set of different risks and chal...

Andrew Cushen is the Engagement Director at InternetNZ and leads the Community, Events and Communications teams ~

I speak for myself when I say that I take the internet and everything it affords for granted. These days, at least in terms of access, it's not often that I think twice about grabbing my smartphone, messaging a friend, scrolling through apps, purchasing something via online banking or dow...

Sam O'Sullivan is a Clinical Psychologist and founder of Tough Talk ~

I met today's guest, Sam O'Sullivan, by chance. With his last name being O'Sullivan and mine being O'Connor, several years ago, we found ourselves sitting next to each other in a gigantic hall, and connected over feeling nervous about potentially tripping up while walking across a stage at som...

Kelly Diels is a feminist marketer, writer and culture-making advocate ~

When I launched Monday Hustle, I'd bought into the idea that if a young woman quits her job to forge her own path, it's inherently feminist. The responses I received to this decision, and my subsequent branding and marketing, definitely followed the same vein: break the glass ceiling, blaze...

James Dennis is a senior lecturer in political communication and journalism at the University of Portsmouth ~

I have to admit - I've never really liked those Facebook profile picture overlays. You know the ones that have catchy slogans and campaign hashtags that are designed to raise awareness for certain issues like mental health - but have massive bank brands ...

Dr Rachael Tatman has a PHD in linguistics, and is a Senior Development Advocate at Rasa ~

Today, I've been awake for a total of one hour. My phone tells me I've already picked it up and opened it 25 times. I've received 16 notifications, and most of these are messages from friends, family members or professional connections. The sheer volume of communication th...

Ana Scotney is an actor and storyteller from Te Whanganui-a-Tara ~

Although we know we don't really own our social media profiles, we tend to think of them as relatively safe spaces on which we can explore, curate, collect and be inspired; spaces where we are free to express our creativity, our thoughts, our ideas; spaces where we are in control of which snippets of our lives we share. But what happe...

Rumya Putcha is an assistant professor at the University of Georgia, whose research interests centre around post-Enlightenment, colonial and anti-colonial thought ~

Are you someone who has donned your Lulu's, put on the self-timer, struck a yoga pose and captured a photo to post on Instagram, maybe without even going a class? Have you ever added a motivational q...

Niki Bezzant is a multi-award-winning food writer, speaker and commentator ~

These days, where do you get your information about food and health? Do you go to the doctor? A nutritionist? Buy a magazine? A book? Do a Google search? Click through to your favourite influencer who looks amazing, cooks amazing and works out for 19 hours per week?