Trust is at the heart of effective communication today, particularly when it comes to science and healthcare. In a time when mistrust of institutions is growing, communicators must prioritize building authentic connections rather than relying solely on facts and figures. It’s not just about relaying information. Brands must understand audience concerns and engage in storytelling that resonates with people’s core values.
Employees are brands most powerful storytellers. Their real-life experiences help humanize organizations and build credibility both internally and externally. Tapping into employee stories not only enhances brand trust but also strengthens employer branding efforts, particularly as competition for talent intensifies.
In addition to positioning employees as brand ambassadors, research plays a crucial role in brand building. Balancing qualitative and quantitative methods enables organizations to gain a deeper understanding of stakeholders and craft messaging that is both authentic and effective. Whether preparing for a rebrand or launching a major campaign, starting with research ensures the strategy is informed and adaptable.
Inclusivity remains critical. Organizations that reflect the diversity of their customers and workforce cultivate stronger connections and build loyalty across both external and employer brands. Authentic, inclusive storytelling elevates underrepresented voices and drives measurable business results, helping brands navigate complex expectations from various stakeholder groups. 
In this episode of The New Mainstream podcast, Kate Smiley, Head of Global Employer Brand at GE Healthcare, emphasizes that in an era of skepticism, trust is essential. By combining storytelling, research, inclusivity, and emerging technologies like AI, brands can build authentic relationships and achieve real business results.

Inside the Science of Building Brand Trust Through Storytelling with Kate Smiley

Imane Khelif's gender eligibility controversy sparks debate over World Boxing's mandatory sex testing policy, highlighting tensions around fairness, athlete dignity, and the impact of invasive gender testing on Black women in sports.

Imane Khelif's Urgent Fight: Boxing's Sex Test Rule

Welcome to Belonging and Beyond: Exploring Belonging Through How We Live and Die, brought to you by Princess Alice Hospice with your hosts Rach Basak, Head of Community Involvement and Support and Sarah Dowd, Head of Inclusion.
In this series, we’ll have honest conversations about inclusion, belonging, and the barriers created in society for some. Together with guests from all walks of life, we’ll be unpacking big questions like: What does belonging look like? Who gets to belong? And how can we build communities where everyone feels seen and included?
We are excited to be here and hope it sparks reflection, connection, and maybe even change.
Today, we’re honoured to be joined by Shirley from One Voice 4 Travellers, a passionate advocate for Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller women, girls, and families. Shirley’s story is one of strength, community, and lived experience as a woman from the Romany community. 
In this episode, Shirley guides us through the unique customs and rituals surrounding dying, death, and bereavement within the Traveller community. We’ll hear how these traditions shape experiences of loss, and why understanding and respecting them is so important—especially in healthcare settings, where cultural understanding can make all the difference. 
If you would like to share your thoughts, views or be part of Belonging and Beyond please do get in touch at sarahdowd@pah.org.uk and rachaelbasak@pah.org.uk.
 
Hosted and produced by Rachael Basak and Sarah Dowd
Produced by Sarah Dowd 
Edited by Sarah Dowd and Elizabeth Lattimore


Resources:


One Voice 4 Travellers – One Voice 4 Travellers


Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) support - Surrey Community Action


Inclusion Health Team (supporting Gypsy, Roma and Traveller, Showmen and Boater, Homeless and Asylum-Seeking families)


Friends, Families and Travellers


National survey exposes racism and discrimination faced by Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people - Friends, Families and Travellers

Beyond Labels - Belonging and Dying in the Traveller Community

[Verse 1]
They say I’m too quiet, too loud, too fast
Lost in my thoughts, like I’m stuck in the past
But I’m tracing the stars they can’t even see
In a world full of noise, I find symphony

I don’t fit their mold, and that’s just fine
‘Cause the straightest lines miss the richest design
Got a brain like jazz—no script, just play
You can’t box the wind when it wants to stay

⸻

[Chorus]
I’m wired this way, not broken, not wrong
Different rhythm, same old song
I see the world in colors you missed
Neurodiverse and proud of this
No shame in the sparks that light my mind
I move through the world on a different time
Let me be me, don’t need to be cured
I’m not a glitch—I’m part of the world

⸻

[Verse 2]
Got labels and files they try to assign
Like ADHD’s just a fault in design
But I see the patterns before they show
I learn sideways, and still I grow

Dyslexia’s dance in a sea of words
I twist the letters into songs unheard
Autism isn’t a cage or chain
It’s another language carved in rain

⸻

[Bridge]
I’m not your puzzle to be solved
I’m not your cause or problem to evolve
Don’t pat my head, don’t say “so brave”
Just give me space, and treat me the same

We don’t need fixing—we need the floor
Where every voice gets to roar
So listen close, don’t just observe
You’ll find genius where you thought “nerve”

⸻

[Chorus – Repeat]
I’m wired this way, not broken, not wrong
Different rhythm, same old song
I see the world in colors you missed
Neurodiverse and proud of this
No shame in the sparks that light my mind
I move through the world on a different time
Let me be me, don’t need to be cured
I’m not a glitch—I’m part of the world

⸻

[Outro]
So here’s to the dreamers, the quiet and loud
The ones who think deep, who stand out in crowds
We’re not less—we’re just another kind
Of beautiful chaos, in tune, redefined

Wired This Way

This is an AI Generated Podcast based on two conversations with ChatGTP, which involved tens of thousands worth of words. The Sharing of entire support ticket threads and email chains with SL Executives. 
For Additional resources I also fed it the last 24 "Dense" videos from the main Second Life Youtube account. 
As Philip's Recent Talk at SL22B Talked a lot about inclusivity I very much focused on that, Where the issues are and what can be done about them.... 
At the moment I am emailing Brad, Patch, Phillip and Brett... I tracked my emails for the sake of my own sanity. ((Nothing worse than waiting on replies when you do not even know even the emails have been seen. )) As such I can say definitively that all my emails to them are opened usually multiple times... 
I have not received an email reply since March.... 

I did also make a official submission sharing this track using the official method..
https://feedback.secondlife.com/feature-requests/p/some-inclusivity-proposals-based-on-actual-user-experience
Will be interesting to see how long that stays active...

Second Life: Inclusivity

In this month’s episode, Jamie, Giulia and Charlie talks about the festival season, sustainable events, and struggling venues, as well as sharing details of their next Melting Lights Summer Party event on 19 July at Block C in Hackney Bridge. In the background, you can listen to Jamie Ardor’s rooftop DJ set, which will be available in full on the Melting Lights SoundCloud page later on.


Alex Cortex - Discola
Guy Contact - New Found Energy (Paradise Mix)
Gustaff - Make Me Dance
B.Love - All Bite No Bark
Max Chapman - Strung Up
Stef Davidse - Overminded (Extended Mix)
Project89 & Jeroen Broxterman - Gemini
Josh Baker - Something To Me
Caleb Jackson - Timewarp
Max Chapman & ThreeSix - Make A Move (Extended Mix)
Felon5 - Panty Sniffer
Gadjo & Alexandra Prince - So Many Times (Extended Mix)
Chris Stussy - Seeing & Believing (Kolter Remix)
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Jamming (Fisher Rework) (Extended Mix)
Julian Fijma - Shadow Of Tomorrow
Gaskin - A Fresh Energy


Melting Lights w/ Jamie & Giulia 07/07/25 - [Voices Radio]

This week, Lupa gets a little ranty on a very hot-button topic. She talks about limits and how far they should go. She shares some housekeeping and a story or two from her childhood.

Lupa's Bits #202 - Let's Rant, It's Been a While

In this month's episode, @jamie.ardor interviews @sadiqb3llo, a follow-up from our previous discussion on his DJ career and the importance of community and inclusivity.

About the hosts: Jamie and Giulia are the founders of Melting Lights, a new music event in London that combines music, creativity, and sustainability to drive positive social change.


Melting Lights with Jamie & Giulia 01/09/25 - [Voices Radio]

Raise the Colours drifts like a hymn in the rain — the red cross dissolving into prismed light, stitched from migrations, market cries, whispered fairness, and the long tide of hope. England not as fortress, but as palimpsest: a shared page written and rewritten by many hands. A dream-pop invocation for an inclusive flag, raised not to divide but to welcome.

[Don't usually release music this quickly - but this seems important! Ox]

Raise the Colours

Join us for this weeks episode as we discuss inclusivity and diversity in the sports marketing environment.

Beyond Benchwarmers Podcast EP 1

This week we are discussing education-focused academia, equity in learning, the student experience and how interdisciplinary science can make for a more inclusive STEM landscape.

Dr Helen Coulshed - Academia and the learning experience

In this month's episode, Jamie Ardor and Charlie AKA Boogielou discuss how creativity can be a powerful tool for artists, providing memorable event experiences that can also inspire positive social impact.


About the hosts: Jamie and Giulia are the founders of Melting Lights, a new music event in London that combines music, creativity, and sustainability to drive positive social change.


Melting Lights with Jamie & Giulia 06/10/25 - [Voices Radio]

In episode 47 of Generationship, Rachel Chalmers chats with Dr. Milette Gillow and Sedinam Simpson, co-founders of The Tech Bros, about their mission to make tech more inclusive and inventive. They unpack lessons from their first accelerator cohort, debate the future of AI, and share what it takes to build confidence and community in an evolving industry.

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Generationship - Ep. #47, The Tech Bros with Milette Gillow and Sedinam Simpson

'Belonging in Every Sense'

Welcome to Belonging and Beyond: Exploring Belonging Through How We Live and Die, brought to you by Princess Alice Hospice with your hosts Rach Basak, Head of Community Involvement and Support and Sarah Dowd, Head of Inclusion.

In this series, we’ll have honest conversations about inclusion, belonging, and the barriers created in society for some. Together with guests from all walks of life, we’ll be unpacking big questions like: What does belonging look like? Who gets to belong? And how can we build communities where everyone feels seen and included?

We are excited to be here and hope it sparks reflection, connection, and maybe even change.
Today we are joined by a very special guest, Clare Burgess, Chief Executive of Sensory Services by Sight for Surrey. Clare brings both professional insight and personal lived experience of sensory loss. Clare has a particular interest in loneliness and social isolation, and the role of the community in tackling these issues. In our conversation, we talk about what meaningful support looks like and how we can all play a role in creating more inclusive communities. 

If you would like to share your thoughts, views or be part of Belonging and Beyond please do get in touch at sarahdowd@pah.org.uk  and rachaelbasak@pah.org.uk 

Hosted and produced by Rachael Basak and Sarah Dowd
Produced by Sarah Dowd 
Edited by Sarah Dowd and Elizabeth Lattimore

Resources

https://sightforsurrey.org.uk/
https://www.meta.com/gb/ai-glasses/
https://www.letsenvision.com/glasses/home
https://www.guidedogs.org.uk/how-you-can-help/sighted-guide-training/
https://rnid.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Finger-spelling-card-2025.pdf
https://deafblind.org.uk/get_support/care-and-support/
https://www.rnib.org.uk/living-with-sight-loss/
https://royaldeaf.org.uk/deaf-support-services/

Belonging and Beyond - Belonging in Every Sense

Classical music has long been shaped by the traditions, and occasional barriers, of the concert hall and theater. Jeff Counts and Carol Anderson welcome USUO Opera Education Manager Kevin Nakatani and Front of House Manager Melissa Robison to explore how we can reimagine those spaces to be more inclusive, responsive, and welcoming to people with diverse abilities and needs. Join us for a timely conversation about making opera and symphony performances a richer, more accessible experience for all audiences. 

To learn more about or register for Access to Music, visit https://usuo.org/education/access-to-music/

Explore this list of resources on accessibility and the Americans with Disabilities Act. 

Visit www.usuo.org for information on upcoming concerts and performances at our venues across Utah. 

To submit a question to our team, or suggest a topic for an upcoming episode, send an email to ghostlight@usuo.org

USUO’s Ghostlight podcast is written, hosted, and produced by Jeff Counts and Carol Anderson. 

Episode 10.6: Breaking Down Barriers

IAPD's Wayne Utterback talks with Wheaton Park District Executive Director Mike Benard on how his agency is meeting the needs of the community through inclusivity and play.

Park Cast #61 - Mike Benard, Wheaton Park District

Breaking Barriers: Championing Inclusive Arts, Policy and Culture in Modern Kenya

Providing free, high-quality compassionate care & support for patients, families & carers, living in a large part of Surrey, south west London and Middlesex.

Heavybit is the leading early-stage investor in enterprise infrastructure. Since 2013, we've helped launch and scale visionary technical startups—from DevSecOps and feature flagging to AI code generation and beyond. We go hands-on from day 0, backing founders as they turn code into companies and build the future of software from the bottom up to the top down.

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Creative music producer.

Music, quirky, inspired, enjoy!

Mostly radio friendly & TV friendly tracks.  HD quality.  No swear words.

If you’re messaging me, tell me which song you liked.  It’s hard to know who is copying & pasting, and possibly a bot.

#snafflesmusic

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[Oh-near-EEna, she/her]

Oneirina weaves dreamlogic and glitch into intimate, three-quarter-time confessions. London-born but untethered, her songs drift through surreal electronica, whispered poetry, and layered textures that feel like half-remembered voice notes. Drawing from influences like Björk, Virginia Woolf, and the hum of the Jubilee line at midnight, she sings about modern love, digital loneliness, and quiet rebellion — all with a sly smile and a syncopated heart.

Her music is best heard through headphones on a night bus — or alone, with fairy lights and nothing planned tomorrow.

The New Mainstream podcast features real conversations about the cultural nuances impacting multicultural communities in the U.S. and its influence on brand marketing and the importance of DEI in strategic marketing conversations.

The stage is dark, but the conversation is just beginning. Welcome to Utah Symphony | Utah Opera's Ghost Light podcast, a behind the curtain look into the world of classical music and opera and the artists who make it. Hosted by Jeff Counts and Carol Anderson. Produced and edited by Robert Bedont.

The Official Page for Capital FM Kenya's Podcasters and Mixxmasters.

The lastest mixes from our reputable line of Kenya's Best DJs across all genres and the most educative, entertaining and funniest conversations from our A- Class personalities. Subcribe!

The Illinois Association of Park Districts podcast, called "Park Cast" puts a spotlight on both the work IAPD is doing and the work our membership is doing with park districts, forest preserves, recreation, special recreation and conservation.

The Foundation for Science and Technology podcast - exploring issues of science, technology and innovation with experts from government, parliament, industry and the research community.

Your Favourite DJ's Mom's Favourite Station.

Broadcasting live from Coal Drops Yard, London Tues-Sun 11-11

New tracks tagged #inclusivity