# Storytelling for research engagement with Esther Lisk-Carew (Episode 76) Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/research-adjacent-5954790/storytelling-for-research-engagement-with-esther-lisk-carew-episode-76 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/research-adjacent-5954790/storytelling-for-research-engagement-with-esther-lisk-carew-episode-76.md Podcast: [Research Adjacent](https://stenobird.com/podcast/research-adjacent-5954790) Published: 2025-09-09T05:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://researchadjacent.com/storytelling-for-research-engagement-with-esther-lisk-carew-episode-76 Audio file: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/19f8070c-b27d-4619-a1b7-1536049c1fb4.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/research-adjacent-5954790/episodes/storytelling-for-research-engagement-with-esther-lisk-carew-episode-76 Duration seconds: 1950 ## Resource Esther Lisk-Carew is engagement coordinator for a programme called AHEAD (Arts and Humanities Engagement and Dialogue) at Manchester Metropolitan University. She is also a freelance consultant, trustee of Manchester's Portico Library and founder of the Black and Global Majority Cultural Creative Network. Sarah and Esther talk about How she combines a love of storytelling and the arts with a talent for managing events and operations Why engagement is often baked into the methods and outputs of arts and humanities Building a career in the cultural sector (despite a detour into French law) Why academia needs more diverse voices, and high-profile cultural icons Find out more Read the show notes and transcript on the podcast website Find out about everything Esther is working on via her Linktree Find AHEAD at MMU on the web, Linktree, LinkedIn and Instagram About Research Adjacent Where are you listening from? Share a pic and tag @ResearchAdjacent on LinkedIn, Instagram or BlueSky Fill out the research-adjacent careers quiz Sign up to the Research Adjacent newsletter Email a comment, question or suggestion Leave Sarah a voice message ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/research-adjacent-5954790/episodes/storytelling-for-research-engagement-with-esther-lisk-carew-episode-76/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/research-adjacent-5954790/storytelling-for-research-engagement-with-esther-lisk-carew-episode-76.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.