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Really Interesting Women

Conversations with amazing women whose journeys and experiences are fascinating, inspirational and educational.

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38:42

Bianca Chatfield

Really Interesting Women ·

2024/12/04

Really Interesting Women - the podcastEpisode 140 Bianca ChatfieldBianca Chatfield is a former Australian netball player. In fact, she was one of the youngest players to have debuted for Australia. She’s won a world championship, Commonwealth Games gold as well as 6 combined premierships with Melbourne Phoenix and Melbourne Vixens. The transition from successful athlete to what I’ll call the outside world, is never easy. And it’s a testament to her ability, ...

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46:45

Mem Fox AM

Really Interesting Women ·

2024/11/20

Really Interesting Women - the podcastEpisode 139Mem Fox AMMem Fox is one of this country’s favourite writers.In 1983, she became Australia’s best-selling writer and has remained the pre-eminent writer for young children pretty much since then. She has written over 45 books for children, many of which have become international best-sellers in Australia and the US. But it was one book in particular that caught international attention and thrust her into the public’s orbit. And that book w...

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43:26

Jo Stanley

Really Interesting Women ·

2024/11/06

Really Interesting Women - the podcastEp. 138Jo StanleyJo Stanley has had an incredibly successful media career spanning over 2 decades. During that time, amongst many other achievements, she took 2 radio shows on 2 different networks to Number 1. She’s probably the only woman in Australia to ever do this. She was co-host of The House of Wellness TV and Radio, is producer and host of numerous podcasts, writes a regular column for the Sunday Life Magazine, and is the creator of the ‘...

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34:55

Dr Louise Mahler

Really Interesting Women ·

2024/10/23

Really Interesting Women - the PodcastEpisode 137Dr Louise MahlerDr Louise Mahler is one of the world’s leading keynote speakers. She has been voted. amongst the top experts in both Body Language and Communication globally. ...and it started following a decade singing Opera in Europe, including a soloist contract at the Vienna State Opera. From that, Louise began an exploration of performance as it applies to the business context. Louise is a highly sought-after media figure a...

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36:50

Professor Adele Green AC

Really Interesting Women ·

2024/10/09

Really Interesting Women - the podcastEpisode 136 Professor Adele Green ACAdele Green is officially (and often) referred to as "an international leader in the epidemiology of melanoma and skin cancer. Her ground-breaking randomised controlled trial of long-term sunscreen application in an Australian community provides the scientific basis for clinical and public health advice about sunscreen use for skin cancer prevention."And all that is true. But I always think it's important to put ...

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44:53

Lily Brett OAM

Really Interesting Women ·

2024/09/25

Really Interesting Women - the podcastEpisode 135Lily Brett OAMLily Brett is an internationally acclaimed author of six novels, four collections of essays and nine volumes of poetry. She has been the recipient of numerous awards including, the C.J. Dennis Prize for Poetry, the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and has been shortlisted several times for the Miles Franklin award. She was born in Germany to two Auschwitz survivors and the family migrated to ...

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25:58

Justine Barwick

Really Interesting Women ·

2024/09/11

Really Interesting Women - the podcastEpisode 134Justine Barwick"If you can't solve the big problems, solve the little ones in front of you and keep chipping away"Justine Barwick has been working tirelessly and selflessly in the Community Services sector for 25 years. The sort of person that puts the needs of everyone else before her own. But circumstances eventually changed that dramatically.It was what happened in September 2018 that propelled Justine into the national conscience. You see, ...

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36:57

Melinda Schneider

Really Interesting Women ·

2024/08/28

Really Interesting Women - the podcastEpisode 133Melinda Schneider*This podcast contains content about depression*Melinda started in the entertainment industry aged 3 alongside her mother, the legendary yodeller Mary Schneider. She recorded music at 8, had her acting debut in A Country Practice at 13, went on to release 14 albums and win six Golden Guitars from the Country Music Awards of Australia. Her songs have been recorded by Australian music royalty such as John Farnham, Olivia Newton-J...

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39:40

Melissa Doyle AM

Really Interesting Women ·

2024/08/14

Really Interesting Women - the podcastEpisode 132Melissa Doyle AMMel Doyle is so much more than 'an accomplished and awarded journalist with more than 30 years experience'. She's actually one of the best-known and trusted voices and faces in Australian media. And after our conversation for this podcast, it's pretty easy to see why. Mel is, of course, best known as the former co-host of the number one rated breakfast program Sunrise. But it's the beginnings of these careers that are just ...

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36:50

Sarah Wilson

Really Interesting Women ·

2024/07/31

Really Interesting Women - the podcastEpisode 131SARAH WILSONSarah is best known for being the founder of the global I Quit Sugar movement, a digital wellness program with 13 award-winning books that sell in 52 countries – which saw millions around the world transform their health. In 2022 she sold the business and gave everything to charity.She is an experienced journalist and broadcaster. She was previously the editor of Cosmopolitan Australia at age 29; host of MasterChef Australia; was a ...

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34:18

Kathy Lette

Really Interesting Women ·

2024/07/17

Really Interesting Women - the podcastEpisode 130KATHY LETTEKathy Lette is a celebrated and outspoken comic writer who has an imitable take on serious current issues. She is one of the pioneering voices of contemporary feminism.She left school at 16 which didn't please her mother who was a school Principal. She wanted to become a published writer. In Australia. In the 70s. As a teenager. And she did!She co-wrote her first novel, Puberty Blues, when she was 17. They were the first teenagers in...

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Prof. Fiona Wood AO

Really Interesting Women ·

2024/07/03

Really Interesting Women - Podcast Episode 129 - Professor Fiona Wood FRACS AO Fiona Wood was born in Yorkshire and was told that becoming a surgeon was not something she could do. She’s not the sort of person that hears the word ‘no’. She studied medicine in London and was an outlier. And there was another outlier there...a male doctor often seen in handknitted jumpers and Dunlop Volleys (as opposed to the expected blazers and ties). He was, perhaps you’ve ...

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40:52

Susan Johnson

Really Interesting Women ·

2024/06/19

Really Interesting Women - the podcastEpisode 128SUSAN JOHNSONThe Australian newspaper has described Susan Johnson as, ‘One of the finest Australian writers.’She describes herself as, author, incurable Australian, friend, feminist, ambivalent mother skewered by love and struck by eternal wanderlust. Isn't that a terrific description. Her books include, From Where I Fell, published in 2021 (shortlisted for the Voss Literary Award) and The Broken Book (longlisted for the Miles Frankl...

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32:49

Dr Sonia Henry

Really Interesting Women ·

2024/06/05

Really Interesting Women - The PodcastEpisode 127DR SONIA HENRYSonia Henry is a doctor practicing in rural Australia. I mean, really rural. She’s also a best-selling author, and an advocate, not only for the welfare of overworked doctors but for the improvement of medical services to remote indigenous communities. This is a fascinating and inspiring story of how one doctor, almost on a whim, decided to leave the hustle and hassle of the city behind and took herself to one of the most rem...

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34:24

Moya Dodd AO

Really Interesting Women ·

2024/05/22

Really Interesting Women - the PodcastEp. 126 MOYA DODD AOMoya Dodd is a lawyer, sports administrator and a former vice-captain of Australia’s women’s football team, the Matildas. She played in FIFA’s first ever women’s tournament in 1988. Twenty-five years later, she joined the governing body of FIFA as one of the first women in its 108-year history. It's unsurprising that when she was there she found the place was rife with integrity and gender issues. She was one ...

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Dr Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli AM

Really Interesting Women ·

2024/05/08

Really Interesting Women - the PodcastEpisode 125Dr Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli AMIt's hard to briefly describe Maria's bio - but it goes a long way explaining it by understanding she is from a Southern Italian poor, migrant, working class background which instilled in her a resistance to systemic injustice.She has been an academic, author, activist and ally in the issues and intersections of cultural diversity, gender and sexual diversity, relationship and family diversity for over 30 yea...

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29:06

Catherine Branson AC KC

Really Interesting Women ·

2024/04/24

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Amber Lawrence

Really Interesting Women ·

2024/04/10

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Prof. Julie Rrap

Really Interesting Women ·

2024/03/27

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Distinguished Professor Jenny Graves AC

Really Interesting Women ·

2024/03/13

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