{"podcast":{"title":"Research Adjacent","slug":"research-adjacent-5954790","podcast_index_feed_id":5954790,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/researchadjacent/","website_url":"https://researchadjacent.com/podcast/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/ef41010e-5060-4d9e-a5b6-e7ced6338ff2/podcast-artwork-2025-20250310-fkpw9zrafk.png","author":"Sarah McLusky","episode_count":99,"summary":"Research Adjacent is a podcast that shines a light on everything that goes into making research successful, except the research. I’m talking about public engagement, knowledge exchange, outreach, project management, research communications, publishing, funding, events, training, partnerships, facilitation, and the rest. Too often, all we hear about are the researchers and the research outputs. Well, not here! In the podcast Sarah McLusky talks to amazing research-adjacent professionals about what they do and why it makes a difference. Tune in to find out why we think the research-adjacent space is where the real magic happens.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T14:20:47.983709+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/research-adjacent-5954790"},"episode":{"title":"Conferences that put people before PowerPoint with Russell Arnott and Sarah McLusky (Episode 85)","slug":"conferences-that-put-people-before-powerpoint-with-russell-arnott-and-sarah-mclusky-episode-85","published_at":"2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/research-adjacent-5954790/conferences-that-put-people-before-powerpoint-with-russell-arnott-and-sarah-mclusky-episode-85","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/research-adjacent-5954790","url":"https://researchadjacent.com/conferences-that-put-people-before-powerpoint-with-russell-arnott-and-sarah-mclusky-episode-85","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/61f08d84-ee6f-49f0-b77b-aefbcc7b92fd.mp3","summary":"Russell Arnott is an ocean science educator, facilitator and event organiser. Sarah McLusky is a research event consultant, trainer and facilitator. Sarah and Russell are reinventing research conferences to prioritise connection and collaboration through their joint venture Re:Conference. Sarah and Russell talk about Why traditional academic conferences are failing everyone - attendees, presenters, organisers and the wider world Prioritising people, connection and collaboration over PowerPoint and information overload The small changes that can make a big difference How Russell, Sarah and Re:Conference can help reinvent conferences for good Find out more Check out the Re:Conference website Connect with Russell on LinkedIn or visit the Incredible Oceans website Connect with Sarah on LinkedIn or sign up for her newsletter Gathering with Purpose About Research Adjacent Follow Research Adjacent on LinkedIn or Instagram Email a comment, question or suggestion Leave a voice note Post a review on Podchaser Sign up to the Research Adjacent newsletter Mentioned in this episode: Helping you have conversations that move research forwards When she's not hosting Research Adjacent, Sarah McLusky organises, facilitates and trains people to run events, workshops and meetings that get people talking about research. To find out more about working with Sarah and to book a free call go to https://sarahmclusky.com/","meta_description":"Russell Arnott is an ocean science educator, facilitator and event organiser. Sarah McLusky is a research event consultant, trainer and facilitator. Sarah…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2450,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/research-adjacent-5954790/episodes/conferences-that-put-people-before-powerpoint-with-russell-arnott-and-sarah-mclusky-episode-85/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/research-adjacent-5954790/conferences-that-put-people-before-powerpoint-with-russell-arnott-and-sarah-mclusky-episode-85.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}