Season 5 of the ProGRESS podcast is complete

ProGRESS / S5 E10 / 16 August 2025

The big five-zero. Season five finale and round-up.

Here's the Series 5 grand finale, featuring the best bits of the latest guests on ProGRESS, the podcast promoting green, ethical, sustainable and socially responsible careers.
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ProGRESS / S5 E9 / 2 August 2025

Reena Mahajan, Urban planner, designer and advocate. Founder of Studio Divercity and StreetSmart.

Drawn to both science and the arts when she was at school, Reena Mahajan's later studies and work saw her living on three continents.
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ProGRESS / S5 E8 / 26 July 2025

Sarah Flynn, Psychologist, author and human sustainability coach

Sarah Flynn is a career coach who works with purpose-led, empathic leaders making a difference to the world. In addition, Sarah teaches resilience for sustainability leaders on the Cambridge sustainability leaders masters.
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ProGRESS / S5 E7 / 19 July 2025

Matteo Menapace, Serious, ethical, cooperative games designer

So how does a kid playing video games (with a Saturday job making pizzas) turn his hobby into a profession that challenges people to think about the most pressing issues of the era, including climate change?
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ProGRESS / S5 E6 / 12 July 2025

Johnathon Miller-McCall, Science communicator, conservationist and nature nerd

Johnathon Miller-McCall grew up in South London, seemingly an unpromising location for wildlife observation and a career as a conservationist, science communicator and storyteller.
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ProGRESS / S5 E5 / 5 July 2025

Connor Cashell, Campaigns officer, Cycling UK

Connor Cashell combines his socially responsible and ethical values with a push for sustainability and a job campaigning for Cycling UK.
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ProGRESS / S5 E4 / 28 June 2025

Dr Fernanda da Silva Tatley, Scientist, entrepreneur and Reiki Master

There's no doubt that Dr Fernanda da Silva Tatley's scientific career has been one of purpose. A medical molecular microbiologist, she's researched tuberculosis (TB), listeria and cancer, working with Glaxo Wellcome, then enabled other researchers as an account manager for Roche Diagnostics.
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ProGRESS / S5 E3 / 21 June 2025

Matthew Payne, Catalyst at Healthtech-1, NHS Youth Board member

Still in his early twenties Matthew Payne parked his career plans and degree course to work for a tech start-up to try, as he puts it, to fix the National Health Service. Matthew was due to finish his final undergraduate year and had ticked all the boxes to make himself a good candidate for a well-paid traineeship in corporate law.
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ProGRESS / S5 E2 / 14 June 2025

Stuart Goldsmith, Climate comedian, podcaster

What's so funny about climate change, you might think if you spot comedian Stuart Goldsmith's job title. The answer is, of course, nothing, but after a long and successful career as an award-winning performer and stand-up comedian Stuart found himself only wanting to talk about climate change to his audiences.
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ProGRESS / S5 E1 / 7 June 2025

Katie Goldsbrough, Woodland officer, ecologist

Katie Goldsbrough, is a woodland officer, ecologist, conservationist and bat carer. She's passionate about the outdoors, something that started in childhood.
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