Assunta gets us up to speed with some loose end stories.

Swimming Against the Tide is the fifth episode in our series: Invisible Injury - a dissection of one man's brain injury story.

Artwork Credit: isarisariver https://www.flickr.com/photos/lescientist/8430282209, under Creative Commons licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode

Detailed Music Credits

"Slow Ambient Movement" by Orchestralis, "Heartless" by Philip Okerstrom, "Moving Backwards" by AG Soundtrax, "Intro" by Philip Okerstrom, "Ambient Documentary" by Orchestralis, "Bleaky" by Philip Okerstrom, "Organic Meditations 3" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Mark and Assunta finally get some clarity about the nature of Mark's brain injury and treatment. But that doesn't make it much easier to handle.

A Cork in the Ocean is the fourth episode in our series: Invisible Injury - a dissection of one man's brain injury story.

Artwork Credit: isarisariver https://www.flickr.com/photos/lescientist/8430282209, under Creative Commons licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode

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Music Credits:
"Clock and the Piano" by Orchestralis, "Sad" by Szymon Piotr Wiśniewski, "Quirky Play" by Music for Media, "Light Science Comedy Documentary" by The Dapper Chap, "Loving" by Tre Houston, "Modwai" by Philip Okerstrom and Damian Mason, "Drama Sadness" by Elite Music, "Dirty Tape Loop Soundscape" by Andy Slatter and "Emotional Inspiring Piano and Cello" by Bland Trend Music.

Mark gets some apologies, of sorts, but makes no real progress amidst more confusing information about what has happened to him after his surgery.

An Extra Drop is the third episode in our series: Invisible Injury - a dissection of one man's brain injury story.

Artwork Credit: isarisariver https://www.flickr.com/photos/lescientist/8430282209, under Creative Commons licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode

Music Credits:
"New Direction," "Pale Rider," "Isolated" nd "Piece for Disaffected Piano 2" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Put up with it" "New PJH" and "Atmospheric Industrial Watery" by Phil Okerstrom and Damian Mason
"Brooding Raw Idea" "Opening Prologue 2" and Bleaky" by Phil Okerstrom 
"Loving" by Tre Houston
"Clockmaker's Daydream" by 369
"Minimal Dystopian Pulse" by Orchestralis
"Sparse Atonal Ladscape Quirky" by Peter Hamilton Dean

Mark's condition remains unexplained and the family tries to cope.

"The Busses are Humming" is the second episode in our series: Invisible Injury.

This episode contains some swearing. If you prefer a beeper version click here: Beeped version

Artwork Credit: isarisariver https://www.flickr.com/photos/lescientist/8430282209, under Creative Commons licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode

Music Credits:
"Pale Rider" and "Lightless Dawn" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Intro" and "Bleaky" by Phil Okerstrom
"Ahab#01" and "Put up with it" by Phil Okerstrom and Damian Mason
"Reflective" by Tristan Noon

Mark had a sun spot, just a small discolouration on his nose. He went into hospital to have it removed. And he came out of the surgery with something much more serious.

Sun Spot is the first episode in our series: Invisible Injury - a dissection of one man's brain injury story.

Artwork Credit: isarisariver https://www.flickr.com/photos/lescientist/8430282209, under Creative Commons licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode

Music Credits:
White Lotus: Kevin MacLeod by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Intro: Phil Okerstrom and Damian Mason
Intro No Drums B: Phil Okerstrom
Bleaky: Phil Okerstrom
Piano: Phil Okerstrom

Mark's stories about looking after others and being looked after, while training to become a soldier, serving in East Timor and when he eventually left the military.

Advisory: The people who have "a good mind to" tell you this story would like you to know we are going to talk here about war and conflict. If you, or someone you care about, needs support, please contact Life Line on 131114 https://www.lifeline.org.au/

Our website: agoodmindto.com.au

Detailed Music Credits
"Simplex," "Overheat," "Impact Andante," "Darkening Developments" and "Thinking Music" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"KTM Load Shedding" " by Nic Bommaritto, "The Longest Winter" " by Crypt of Insomnia,
"Adrenalin Hardcore" by Archimusic, "Waking Up" by Adi Goldstein.

This podcast was created for Shellharbour Snapshots, a podcast by Shellharbour City Museum and was proudly funded by The NSW Government.

To find more Shellharbour stories visit Discover Shellhabour: https://discover.shellharbour.nsw.gov.au/

This podcast story has been made available to the public using a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 Deed. The full terms of the license are available here

Culminating in a short story called The Tesla Podcast, this episode sees Scott and Tim in conversation about mental health institutions and how some people touch the earth differently. We hear one of Tim's poems, some of Scott's "emptying the cache" writing and give you some insight into how The Tesla Podcast story came into existence.

Advisory: This episode contains references to sex and also contains some swearing.

To buy a copy of the "Admissions" anthology: https://upswellpublishing.com/product/admissions

More Detailed Music Credits
"Hard Boiled", "Proxima Centauri", "Signs to Nowhere", "Dark Flashes", "Void Glider" and "Quiescent in Time" by Shane Ivers – https://www.silvermansound.com
"Heaven's Gate" by Wistan Soud, "Rising Reverse Orchestra" by Music Dog, "Footsteps" by Jess Rees and Phil Crawford, "Dark Metal at Reverse Dimension" by Crypt of Insomnia, "Sombre Grove", "From the Shadows" and "Ocean bound" by Weeksie, "Professor Crazypants" by jon Carlile Elvele, "Elevator Music On" by Korokov, “Extrasensory Perception” by Tera Mangala, "Dam Audio" and "Batad" by Damian Mason, "Hospital TV Channel Change" by Gezortenplotz, "Industrial" by Phil Okerstrom, "Sits M6th Down" by Phil Okertstrom and Damian Mason, "Empty" and "Piano Track" by Scott Hudson, "Decay Theory", "Experimental", "Tape Loop Lucid Dream", "Dirty Tape Loop Ambient Experimental", "Dirty Tape Loop Soundscape, "Timeless" by The Last Days of our Past, "Beginning of War" by Orchestralis,
"Simplex", "Bent and Broken", "Doh De Oh", "Static Motion" "Darkening Developments", "Ghostpoclypse", "Scheming Weasel", by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Lachlan was a High Risk Searcher for the Australian Defence Force in Afghanistan, responsible for finding Improvised Explosive Devices (IED's) in order to protect his his fellow soldiers and any Afghan citizens who might unwittingly come across these bombs. Today he is the owner of "His Boy Elroy" and founder of "Bar Stool Brothers", a men's mental health community. But there was a journey to get between those two places. It wasn't easy. But he did find his North Star again.

Advisory: The people who have "a good mind to" tell you this story would like you to know we are going to talk here about suicide. If you, or someone you care about, needs support, please contact Life Line on 131114 https://www.lifeline.org.au/

Our website: agoodmindto.com.au

For more information about "Bar Stool Brothers" and "Raising The Bar Foundation": https://raisingthebar.org.au/

Detailed Music Credits
"Avec Soin," "Impact Andante," "Impact Moderato," "Thinking of You," "Consequence," "Pensif," "Long Note 2," "Bittersweet," and "Crowd Hammer Hi "by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"KTM Load Shedding" " by Nic Bommaritto, "An Inside Track" " by Eric Schwartz (SchwartzSound),
"Super Parking Lot" by Phil Okerstrom.

This podcast was created for Shellharbour Snapshots, a podcast by Shellharbour City Museum and was proudly funded by The NSW Government.

To find more Shellharbour stories visit Discover Shellhabour: https://discover.shellharbour.nsw.gov.au/

This podcast story has been made available to the public using a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 Deed. The full terms of the license are available here

To listen to the rest of Agents for Change: https://podfollow.com/agents-for-change

The people who have "a good mind to" produce this podcast for you thought you might like this bonus preview episode from Coequal's new podcast "Agents for Change."

- Ordinary Australians talking about what science and research might be able to tell us about preventing the perpetration of violence against women.

In our Preview Episode we started by asking, why science?
Why look at what science and research might be able to tell us about preventing violence against women?

If you, or someone you care about, need support please contact 1800 Respect on 1800 737 732.

For more information, connections and resources about preventing violence against women:
www.ourwatch.org.au

To connect with us and find out more:
www.agentsforchange.com.au

To connect with Hala Abdelbour and the Institute of Non-Violence
ionv.com.au

For a transcipt of this episode click here

Music Credits

“Science” by Niki N. Phaser, “A Timeless Journey”, “A Fascinating Feeling” “A Life Begins” and “A Deep Emotion” by Steven Schwartz, “Science Documentary” by Roman Korolkov, “Dark Documentary Solo Strings” and “Inspiring Classical Cello Solo“ by Orchestralis

Agents for Change has been funded through The Australian Government Department of Social Services through White Ribbon Australia and supported by Shellharbour City Council and Beyond Empathy.

The weaving together of two stories, one about discovering the game of Dungeons and Dragons and the other about discovering a mood disorder.

Our website: agoodmindto.com.au

Detailed Music Credits
"Sneaky", "Cool Vibes", "Octo Blues", "At Launch" "Unholy Knight" "Final Battle of the Dark Wizards" "Night of Chaos" and "Darkling" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Providence Rain" "Overslept" and "Ella va au Japon" by Nic Bommarito, courtesy of blocSonic.
Various Original Tracks by Phil Okerstrom and Damian Mason

Supported with funding from Coordinare - the South Eastern NSW Primary Health Network through the Australian Government's Primary Health Network Program.

Commission: a group of people who are trying to find out about something and say what they think should be done about it.

Raylene invites Fi and Farzana to join her in a conversation that begins with The Disability Royal Commission in Australia and then shares ideas and stories about discrimination, human rights, the NDIS and much more.

Our website: agoodmindto.com.au

Detailed Music Credits

"Dances and Dames" "Jarvic 8" "Wett Riffs" "Overheat" "Endings" "Backed Vibes Clean" "Umbrella Pants" " Walking Along" " Loopster" " On the Ground" and "Isolated" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Various original tracks by by Philip Okerstrom and Damian Mason

Supported with funding from Coordinare - the South Eastern NSW Primary Health Network through the Australian Government's Primary Health Network Program.