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The Human Centered Design Podcast with Gerry Scullion
October 14, 2025
48
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What Dying Teaches Us About Living — Lessons from a Hospice Nurse & Designer (with Johanna Lundqvist)

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The Human Centered Design Podcast with Gerry Scullion
October 1, 2025
56
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Everything is Everything: Imagination, Justice & Reimagining Government with Thea Snow

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The Human Centered Design Podcast with Gerry Scullion
October 1, 2025
44
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Scaling Design Talent with Sara Fortier

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The Human Centered Design Podcast with Gerry Scullion
October 1, 2025
58
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From Hustle to Flow – Steven Puri on Real Productivity

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The Human Centered Design Podcast with Gerry Scullion
October 1, 2025
21
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Liminal Breaks with Mike Parker 'Riding the Storm – When the World Feels Like Too Much'

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The Human Centered Design Podcast with Gerry Scullion
September 26, 2025
19
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Liminal Breaks by Mike Parker 'Drift to Peace'

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The Human Centered Design Podcast with Gerry Scullion
September 11, 2025
51
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Carrying Stories: Researcher Well-being and the Cost of Caring with Rachel Knight

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The Human Centered Design Podcast with Gerry Scullion
September 10, 2025
68
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Systems of Care – Allen Bobinac on Rethinking Homelessness and Addiction Support Services

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The Human Centered Design Podcast with Gerry Scullion
September 5, 2025
65
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A Senator, a Judge & Four Women in Recovery: Breaking Ireland’s Cycle of Addiction and Prison

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We are so proud of our amazing hosts at This is HCD. All of us are practicing change-makers.

Interested in being a guest?

Gerry Scullion

CEO at This is Doing

Gerry is the Founder of This is HCD and is based in Ireland.

Melanie Rayment

Director at The Australian Centre for Social Innovation

Melanie is Host of Moments of Change, and based in Australia.

Adrienne Tan

CEO of Brainmates

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Jay Hasbrouck

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Jay is host of EthnoPod and based in the US.

Gerry McGovern

Author of World Wide Waste, and creator of Top Tasks method

Gerry is host of World Wide Waste the podcast, and is based in Ireland.