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The Speak Up podcast by Speech Pathology Australia highlights conversations with esteemed contributors in the speech pathology space. We explore key issues in the profession, in a short and easy to listen to format. Free access to audio transcripts, and where relevant resource / reference lists, fo...
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Values driven speech pathology S7E37
In this week’s episode, we discuss values in the context of leadership to celebrate global ethics day, 2025. We are joined by Associate Professor Beli...
Rebroadcast: Mental health is all around us S7E36
From time to time Speak Up will rebroadcast previous episodes to offer timely insights. This week, ahead of World Mental Health Day on Friday 10 Octob...
Foundational Supports S07E35
In this week’s episode, we start a conversation about Foundational Supports with Dr Erin West from SPA’s Policy and Advocacy team. Erin will discuss a...
Supporting children with co-occurring DLD and ADHD S7E34
In this week’s episode dual-qualified speech pathologist and clinical psychologist, Natalie Manley, speaks about supporting children with co-occurring...
Allyship in Action S7E33
In this week’s episode, Cyndal Nelson (they/them) of the Queer Speech Collective speaks with Lauren Haskins (she/her) about her practice’s efforts to...
Chronic pain and speech pathology: what’s our role? S7E32
In this week’s episode, Asta Fung discusses her soon to be completed PhD research about applying our skills to breathing interventions to offer relief...
Functional Dysphagia S7E31
In this week’s episode, we speak with Associate Professor Anna Miles and Adjunct Associate Professor Jan Baker about functional dysphagia. Jan and Ann...
Impact through communication about dysphagia S7E30
In this Speech Pathology Week episode, Dr Debbie Pu from Monash University discusses how we can have “Impact through communication” about dysphagia aw...
Rebroadcast: Using minimal pairs S7E29
From time to time Speak Up will rebroadcast previous episodes and invite speech pathologists to offer their reflections on the episode. This week Rebe...
Cybersecurity for speech pathology practices S7E28
In this week’s episode we speak with Dr David Lacey, CEO of IDCARE about cybersecurity for practices offering speech pathology and other allied health...
Culturally responsive speech pathology S7E27
This week’s episode is a panel from the SPA 2025 Conference about bias within the profession. Dr Vishnu Nair, Professor Betty Yu and Associate Profess...
Building your voice banking toolkit S7E26
In this week’s episode, Dr Lillian Krikheli and Dr Sarah El Wahsh speak about all things voice banking. Sarah and Lillian discuss how to raise the top...
Managing unexpected workplace risks S7E25
In this week’s episode, we speak with Anna Pannuzzo from WorkPlacePLUS about preparing for the unexpected, and using risk management to enable busines...
Using AI to support communication and connection S7E24
In this week’s episode, we bring you a recording live from SPA’s 2025 conference, in Tarntanya | Adelaide. Dr Fiona Kerr, who was the plenary presente...
Navigating NDIS changes, and NAIDOC week reflections S07 E23
In this week’s episode we speak with Jane and Kelly from the Advisor team about the frequently asked questions that they are hearing from SPA members...
Oral histories: SPA Life member Helen Smith S7E22
In this live episode from the 2025 SPA Conference in Tarntanya | Adelaide, we speak with Helen Smith, who the day before became Speech Pathology Austr...
S7E21: Supporting LGBTIQ+ individuals in Aged Care
In this week’s episode, we recognise Pride month as SPA’s Jess Kaplonyi (she/her), speaks with Chris Hunt (she/her) and Dr Louisa Smith (she/her) from...
Rebroadcast: Ethical AI in Speech Pathology, part 1 S7E20
In this week’s episode, the Scientific Chair of the 2025 conference, Dr Jacqueline McKechnie offers her reflections on the episode ethical AI in speec...
Rebroadcast: UN Sustainable Development Goals S7E19
In this week’s episode, Dr Debbie Pu from the 2025 Conference Planning Advisory Committee offers her reflections on the episode UN Sustainable Develop...
Planning ahead: psychosocial safety in your practice S7E18
In this week's episode, we speak with Anna Pannuzzo, from WorkPlace PLUS, about creating policies to uphold everyone’s psychosocial safety at work. An...
Holding connections in speech pathology practice S7E17
In this week’s episode, we speak with Associate Professor Jade Cartwright. Jade is delivering the Elizabeth Usher Memorial Lecture at the 2025 SPA con...
Public funding models: Ethical challenges and practices S7E16
In this week’s episode, Dr Tristan Nickless explores ethical challenges and considerations that speech pathologists face when working with funding mod...
Neurodiversity affirming practice and disability justice S7E15
In this week’s episode, Professor Betty Yu of San Francisco State University provides a brief overview of the workshop on conversational analysis that...
People experiencing homelessness and speech pathology S7E14
In this week’s episode, Leigh Andrews from Change Communication in the UK and Lauren Gibbs from Launch Housing in Victoria, speak with Mary Woodward,...
Celebrating one million listens! S7 bonus episode
In this bonus episode, we are celebrating the Speak Up podcast having been listened to one million times! Thank you to everyone who listens, every gue...
Adopting a decolonial vision for the profession S7E13
In this week’s episode Dr Vishnu Nair lays groundwork for his keynote address at the SPA Conference on a Critical and Decolonial Vision for Speech and...
Inside the Justice Reform Initiative S7E12
In this week’s episode, Dr Mindy Sotiri, who is the Executive Director of the Justice Reform Initiative speaks with Mary Woodward, SPA’s senior adviso...
Climate change: core concern of speech pathology S7E11
In this week’s episode, we speak with Dr Abby Foster and Suzanne Mungall, speech pathologists, about Earth Day, coming up on 22 April. Suzanne and Abb...
Federal election: Standing up for speech pathology S7E10
In this week’s episode, we speak with SPA’s CEO, Lyn Brodie, and General Manager for Policy, Advocacy and Government Relations, Dr Jennifer O’Connor,...
Primary progressive aphasia and speech pathology S7E09
In this week’s episode, we recognise the inaugural International Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) Awareness Day 2025 coming up this Friday on 4 April...
Beyond clinical learning, developing as professionals S7E08
In this week’s episode, Ishwari Samarakoon and Nisrine El-Choueifati speak about the role that professional support can play in managing challenging i...
Neurodiverse safe work initiative S7E07
In this week’s episode to mark Neurodiversity Celebration Week, we speak with Catherine Lee from the Neurodiverse Safe Work Initiative, an organisatio...
Rethinking thickened liquids S7E06
In this week’s episode SPA’s Jessica Kaplonyi speaks with Tracy Lazenby-Paterson from the National Health Service and Royal College of Speech & Langua...
Returning to practice: A new program S7E05
In this week’s episode we hear from Mary and Fiona from the Professional Recognition Team about the new program to enable speech pathologists to retur...
AI and Language Sample Analysis S7E04
In this week’s episode Dr Darin Woolpert and Dr Michael Cannizzaro discuss what Generative AI is (and is not) effective at when analysing language sam...
Advocacy updates and NDIS AT replacement supports S7E03
In this week’s episode, SPA’s Policy, Advocacy and Government Relations Team speak about the work they have been doing. Then we receive an update abou...
Introducing CEO Lyn Brodie & looking forward to Season 7 S7E01
In this week’s episode the podcast production team, Nathan Cornish-Raley, Renae Hobson and Nadia Marussinszky, give a peek behind the curtain on the S...
Inside the Food, Nutrition and Dining Unit S7E02
In this week’s episode, Jane Villari, Assistant Director in the Food, Nutrition and Dining Advisory Support Unit at the Aged Care Quality and Safety C...
The Speech Pathology Role in Palliative Care SLS25E3
In our third instalment of the Summer Listening Series Connie Huang from the Early Career Reference Group offers her reflections on episode 31 from se...
Adult learning styles and supervision SLS25E4
In this final episode of the Summer Listening Series, speech pathologist Brittany Fong recommends a conversation from Season 5 with Nicola Dann about...