Stories Lived. Stories Told.

What does podcasting offer us?
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Today, Abbie and Simone podcast about podcasting! Inspired by Simone's recently published book- Podcasting as a Research Method- this conversation explores both Abbie and Simone's experiences with podcasting, what they have learned along the way, and why this medium has their hearts.
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Simone Eringfeld is a researcher, polar guide, writer, and podcaster who prefers to maximize her time spent with penguins.
She is a PhD researcher in Polar Studies at the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, where she studies Antarctica’s changing soundscapes and approach listening as an embodied and epistemological practice. Her work draws on field experience in the Arctic and Antarctica, where I’ve contributed to expedition and science teams as a polar guide and field recordist.

She is the author of Podcasting as a Research Method, a book that rethinks podcasting not just as a tool for science communication, but as a site of inquiry — where knowledge emerges through dialogue, voice, and relational engagement. Across my research, I’m particularly interested in creative methodologies, including sound-based approaches.

Her background is interdisciplinary by design. I hold a Master’s degree in Education from the University of Cambridge, where I produced award-winning research on the impact of COVID-19 on higher education. Before that, I completed three full-time Bachelor’s degrees simultaneously (Philosophy, Literary & Cultural Studies, and International Relations).

Alongside academia, she is the founder of The Smart Rebel, where I coach gifted, neurodivergent individuals and entrepreneurs to translate their intensity and complexity into meaningful, sustainable work.
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Stories Lived. Stories Told. is created, produced & hosted by Abbie VanMeter.
Stories Lived. Stories Told. is an initiative of the CMM Institute for Personal and Social Evolution.
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Music for Stories Lived. Stories Told. is created by Rik Spann.
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Are we underestimating our capacity for social change?
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Today, Abbie and Karen discuss quanta, entanglement, and collapsing potential as they explore mattering and social change.
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Karen O’Brien is a Professor of Human Geography at the University of Oslo, Norway. She is also co-founder of cCHANGE, an organisation that supports deep and strategic engagement with transformations to sustainability. Her research on the human and social dimensions of environmental change emphasises integrative approaches, including how beliefs, values, worldviews, and paradigms influence systems change and social change. She is particularly interested in the relationship between adaptation and transformations to sustainability and in exploring how quantum social science can inform how we understand, engage with, and scale transformative change. In 2021, she was co-recipient of the BBVA Foundation’s Frontiers of Knowledge Award for Climate Change. Karen’s recent books include You Matter More Than You Think: Quantum Social Change for a Thriving World and Climate and Society: Transforming the Future (with Robin Leichenko). She has participated in four IPCC reports and is currently co-chair of the International Science-Policy Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) transformative change assessment. She also writes a weekly newsletter on quantum social change.
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Stories Lived. Stories Told. is created, produced & hosted by Abbie VanMeter.
Stories Lived. Stories Told. is an initiative of the CMM Institute for Personal and Social Evolution.
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Music for Stories Lived. Stories Told. is created by Rik Spann.
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CMM Institute Substack
CMM Institute Events Page
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Abbie shares her own reflections as a participant of the Central States Communication Association Conference and as the resident podcaster. She discusses the importance of engaging in the work of translating in a variety of ways across the incredibly diverse field of communication studies. 
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Listen to Ep. 1 with Kristina Scharp ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠. 
Listen to Ep. 2 with Jeff Child ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. 
Listen to Ep. 3 with Tiffany Wang ⁠here⁠. 
Listen to Ep. 4 with Stevie Munz here.
Listen to Ep. 5 with Laura O'Hara here.
Listen to Ep. 6 with Xianlin Jin here. 
Listen to Abbie's 'Stories Lived. Stories Told.' podcast ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠. 
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Abbie and Xianlin discuss the afterlife of communication research and Xianlin's paper- What and Where Do I Learn About the Baby Formula Shortage Crisis? Exploring Crisis Communication Patterns, Influencers, and Information Resources, which won the Communication Studies Article of the Year Award. 
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Find the article-What and Where Do I Learn About the Baby Formula Shortage Crisis? Exploring Crisis Communication Patterns, Influencers, and Information Resources, co-authored by Xianlin Jin, Patric Spence, and Kenneth Lachlan- here. 
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Listen to Ep. 1 with Kristina Scharp ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠. 
Listen to Ep. 2 with Jeff Child ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. 
Listen to Ep. 3 with Tiffany Wang ⁠here⁠. 
Listen to Ep. 4 with Stevie Munz here.
Listen to Ep. 5 with Laura O'Hara here.
Listen to Abbie's 'Stories Lived. Stories Told.' podcast ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠. 
Check out the CMM Institute ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠.

Abbie and Laura reflect on the Central States Communication Association Conference, including the major benefit provided by gathering of sharing creative ideas for overcoming challenges that educators across the country face separately and together. Laura shares a useful idea from her program for engaging students while accomplishing department goals. 
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Find Laura's COMM 380 Syllabus here.
Check out Laura's Department Engagement Inventory here.
View Laura's Slide Deck here. 
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Listen to Ep. 1 with Kristina Scharp ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠. 
Listen to Ep. 2 with Jeff Child ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. 
Listen to Ep. 3 with Tiffany Wang ⁠here⁠. 
Listen to Ep. 4 with Stevie Munz here. 
Listen to Abbie's 'Stories Lived. Stories Told.' podcast ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠. 
Check out the CMM Institute ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠.