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Since Jun 2023
Latest Episode Oct 2025

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Ep 63: Gambling, an invisible fox, and gossiping over ice cream

Oct 24, 2025 37m

Hello there, listeners, it’s been a while! Funny how some time away can make you lose your mojo, so it takes a while to get back into the podcast production groove. Add to that a lousy cold…

Ep 62: A bit of causation, a Big Fat Liar, and the return of Kim

Jul 06, 2025 37m

Yes, I do still know how to make a podcast - what a relief. I was starting to wonder for a minute there. It’s a great pleasure to bring you this episode, and stop beating myself up for losing the…

At last, the news you've been waiting for!

May 25, 2025 4m

I’ve been promising for a while to let you know what’s going on - and here is the news!As always I’d be delighted to hear from you, to be recommended to your friends and colleagues, etc etc. (I’m…

Ep 61: More on kidfluencers

May 02, 2025 35m

Good to be back! I had a lovely few weeks swanning (or rather traipsing) around Portugal, Spain, Norway* and Denmark, and now it’s back down to business.I’m pleased to advise I finally got a chance…

Ep 60: Sarah Davies on holding tech companies accountable

Mar 16, 2025 34m

This episode is a little different, as I’ve devoted the whole thing to a single interview (see below). I’ve been wondering if I could maybe bring in a few alternative formats for individual episodes,…

Ep 59: Alternative approaches to privacy policies, with Adam Andreotta

Mar 01, 2025 37m

Hi and welcome back! It’s been a bit longer between episodes than I would have liked, but I have some news, which is that I’m gainfully employed again. This is good news in many ways as the work will…

Ep 58: Cyberbullying and depression

Feb 05, 2025 30m

Hi listeners, great to be back in your inbox with another episode of Outside the Screen. As I mentioned last time, I’m thinking of making some changes to the pod, and one is to make the episodes less…

Ep 57: Brain scans and reading comprehension

Jan 20, 2025 38m

Welcome back for the start of a new year! I hope you had just the kind of festive season you wanted and 2025 is off to a good start.I’m thinking of making some changes to the pod this year, which I…

More on obesity prevention and public health

Jan 05, 2025 8m

As promised, here is some extra commentary from Jane Martin about public health measures around the world to prevent obesity.Watch out for another full episode next week and as always, leave a…

Ep 56: 100% fat-free!

Dec 22, 2024 35m

This week, for the first time ever, I’m not looking at a particular research paper, but rather giving over the whole episode to an interview with Jane Martin. Jane is the Executive Manager of the…

Ep 55: Sharenting: the post-Korea episode

Dec 09, 2024 38m

Photo credit: me, taken from our ‘temple view’ room the morning after the heaviest snowfall for 100 years.A bit of a longer episode today, as Paper Round deals with a very broad systematic review on…

Ep 54: Improving body image for men and boys

Nov 20, 2024 28m

The paper I discuss in this episode reports on a study about how to improve men’s and boys’ body image in the face of beefy models on social media. The materials they used - and which seemed to work…

November update

Nov 17, 2024 4m

Just a brief few words to let you know I haven’t fallen off the face of the earth! I fill you in on what’s coming up in the next episode, and I share some reflections on the things that have been…

Ep 53: Toys at bedtime?

Nov 04, 2024 28m

This episode starts with an apology for my erratic output in recent weeks. It’s been partly about travel and visitors and such, but there has also been quite a lot of stuff for a children’s media…

Ep 52: Media violence, cyberbullying, edtech

Oct 20, 2024 41m

Hello, and sorry once again for the delay in this episode’s appearance. It seems once you get just a little bit out of synch, it’s really hard to get your momentum back up.Hopefully this episode will…

Not much help lately ...

Oct 13, 2024 6m

This is a brief note from Liz to explain why the episodes haven’t been appearing as regularly as usual.As always she’d really love to hear from you with any feedback (or reassurance). See links…

Ep 51: Your (child's) brain on internet use

Oct 03, 2024 34m

This week’s episode comes to you a little late, for reasons explained in the podcast. I hope nobody was inconvenienced.Paper Round is a big bundle of info from a big paper where a big group of…

Ep 50: Language acquisition and K.O.S.A. (not K.A.O.S.)

Sep 22, 2024 33m

Lest anybody accuse me of being too Australian-focussed, this week I dive into the biggest news from the US, namely the passage of the Kids Online Safety Act through the Senate. I give a rundown of…

Ep 49: Privacy law reform: hot off the press!

Sep 15, 2024 33m

The Australian Government came out with its privacy reform proposals less than a week ago, and just because I could, I dropped everything to cover it.* The information in Zooming Out should be…

Ep 48: Toddlers, tablets and tantrums

Sep 10, 2024 36m

Apologies for the lateness of this episode - too many small excuses to go into here! Suffice to say that even though I don’t have much parental stress in my life any more, I have plenty of other…

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