My favourite form of commuting is walking, especially if I am able to listen to an episode or two of a great podcast while I’m getting from A to B. I get to reflect on the content, learn new things while also taking in the sights and sounds around me (Sydney weather also helps, as it’s nearly always sunny!)
While I listen to podcasts on a range of topics including history, food and technology, I’ve been trying to listen to more podcasts related to health and research. And it seems there is a growing list for me to choose from (or perhaps I’m just discovering them), so here’s three that I’m currently enjoying. Unintentionally, they are all hosted by Australians (which demonstrates the great content coming from the Australian health sector)!

- Professor Alex Barrett, (former clinician and journalist, now Professor of Public Health, University of Sydney)
- Dr Rita Redberg (Editor-in-Chief, JAMA Internal Medicine)
- Professor Judith Smith (Health Services Management Centre, Univeristy of Birmingham)
- Professor Les Toop (Pegasus Primary Health Organisation, New Zealand)
- Professor Emily Banks (National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University)
- Episode 55: Mapping general practitioner provider communities using big data (Professor Louisa Jorm and Dr Michael Falster, University of NSW)
- Episode 88: Social media and public health protection (Keira Glasgow and Dr Catherine Bateman-Steel from NSW Health and Southeast Sydney Local Health District)