Shortcut: The Future of Victim Identification
Australian True Crime
Bravecasting
4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 14 July 2024
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed.
Professor Richard Bassed is the Deputy Director at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine and the Head of the Department of Forensic Medicine at Monash University.
I had the opportunity to interview Richard for my book "CSI Told You Lies" about his work in identifying victims in mass casualty events, such as the Black Saturday Bushfires and the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami.
Currently, Richard is deeply invested in researching and utilising AI technology, as it has the potential to make a significant difference in the speed and cost of victim identification.
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| 0:00.0 | Sydney, you are the first cab off the rank this Friday for our Australian True Crime Live Show tour. |
| 0:07.0 | If you haven't got your tickets yet, make sure you go to the link in the bio now to see what tickets are available. |
| 0:13.6 | Come and see criminologist Dr. Zanthi Mallet as we dive into some really interesting |
| 0:19.2 | true crime stories in person. |
| 0:21.2 | Brisbane and Melbourne, we still have tickets for our live shows |
| 0:25.8 | on Saturday and Sunday. The Melbourne Live Show features retired homicide |
| 0:30.3 | detective Charlie Bazina so check the link in the description of this |
| 0:33.7 | podcast to secure your tickets. This is a true crime podcast as the title suggests |
| 0:39.8 | so please consider this your warning that it's not suitable for children and it probably will contain content that may be triggering to some people. |
| 0:47.0 | Also, it's an Australian true crime podcast so Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners should be aware it may contain the voices of deceased people. |
| 0:57.0 | The producers of this podcast recognize the traditional owners of the land on which it's recorded. |
| 1:10.0 | They pay respect to the Aboriginal elders past, present and those emerging. |
| 1:17.0 | Richard Bassett is the Deputy Director at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, |
| 1:28.8 | as well as the Head of Department of Forensic Medicine at Monash University. |
| 1:33.0 | I had the pleasure of interviewing Richard for my book |
| 1:36.0 | CSI Told You Lies about his work, |
| 1:39.0 | identifying victims in mass casualty events |
| 1:41.0 | such as the Black Saturday Bushfires and the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. |
| 1:46.7 | In that same book I interviewed Robert's colleague and senior forensic anthropologist |
| 1:51.2 | Soreen Blau, who we also mention in this episode. Forensic starts this Friday. We've got shows in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne, |
| 2:05.0 | and there is still time to get your tickets. |
| 2:07.0 | There's a link in the show notes of this episode |
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