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Forrest Chat

Paul van der Mey

Interviews exploring individual endeavour in Western Australia. What it takes, what it means and how to do it.

society & culture self-improvement

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38:02

Interview - Rhonda Finnie - Escaping the crowds

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2024/08/13

Rhonda is an escape artist and she talks about what it takes to get away, what it means to get away and how you can get away too! My favourite quote of this episode is "We weren't getting anywhere very quickly. So we ended up having to detach the car from the caravan, putting the caravan jockey wheel into an Esky that we had, taking the car around the back of the caravan, hooking up the winch, and then just dragging the caravan about, oh, I don't know, 400 meters out of the sand drift. going

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25:26

Interview - Paul van der Mey - parkrun photographer

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2024/08/06

Paul talks about being a parkrun photographer, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.My favourite quote of the episode is "Yesterday's parkrun, we had one photo that a mother and child and actually did a fantastic jump. The youngster was like, who knows how many feet off the ground? They were unbelievable. But I managed to get Mum jumping out of the frame. Her hairdo is curtailed in that photo."

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27:17

Interview - Crystal Glossop - Family Trip Around...

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2024/07/30

Crystal talks about cramming the car and caravan full with family and things, what that takes, what it meant to her, her family and the community and how to do it!My favourite quote of this episode is "That was a river there as well and that's where we sort of swam with the freshwater crocodiles. And just to see that the children were brave enough to go in the water knowing that there were crocodiles in there, swam across to a little island in the middle and then swimming back across."

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36:23

Interview - Rodney Glossop - Building a social...

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2024/07/23

Rodney talks about the what it takes to start a social running club, the wide range of positives it has for many people and how he started a social running club.My favourite quote of this episode is "And to see how much they enjoyed improving and being able to run further. But we tried not to make it too serious. It was all about having fun. And at times, I remember taking the girls made up some binoculars with toilet rolls and going on parkrun and we're trying to find the different birds in the

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28:19

Interview - Todd Bowler - Burpee World Record

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2024/07/16

Todd talks about what it takes to do the training to achieve a world record, what it meant to attempt the wworld record and, because he knows, how to achieve a world record!My favourite quote of this episode is: "My wife and kids were all down there. My parents were down there. Brother and sisters, people turned up from all walks of life really. So I guess it was fun having them along. But I suppose the big one would be my kids coming down, joining in, supporting, getting an idea of how my brain

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28:28

Interview - Tony van der Mey - Speedway Crew Member

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2024/07/09

Tony talks about being a speedway crew member, what it takes, what it means and how to get into it!My favourite quote of the episode is "Drove them around the back paddocks a lot and pulled them to bits and put them back together again and chopped them up and did this with them and did that with them." https://www.speedwayaustralia.org/

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36:35

Interview - Rod Barrett - Brunswick St John Ambulance

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2024/07/02

Rodney describes the Brunswick St John Ambulance sub-centre and what it takes to be chair of the committee, he gives examples of what the sub-centre means to the community and how to join and set yourself up to do a range of different roles in the service.My favourite quote of the episde is "I also have an umbrella effect".

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41:02

Interview - Damian Porter - Special Forces Operator +...

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2024/06/25

Damian knows it takes everything, it means everything and you need to be all-in to get there. For you, he has keys that can help you keep yourself safe.My favourite quote of this episode is: “And he looked at me, square in the eye, Paul, and he said, “you do know if you don't do this right you will die”.” https://www.eatwellmovewell.net

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34:36

Interview - Paul van der Mey - Podcaster

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2024/06/18

We flip the script this episode with Caroline interviewing Paul about being a podcaster. It's a little of what goes on behind the scenes and covers the questions we ask each guest. My favourite quote of the episode is: "I certainly see some crossing of I's when I talk through some of these things with people."

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56:48

Interview - Ken Dewhirst - State Emergency Service...

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2024/06/11

Ken talks about what it takes to be a State Emergemcy Services (SES) member, what it means to him, his family and the community, and then talks about getting involved in your community.My favourite quote of the episode is: "It's not necessarily, let's get a chainsaw and cut it off."

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16:55

Interview - Jason Lowther - Being a Club President

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2024/06/04

Jason talks about being the president of a car club, what it takes, the connections it builds and how he became a club prsident.My favourite Quote of the episode is "It's been a real eye-opener this year and really encouraging from my perspective as president"

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19:36

Interview - Gloria Kitson - Being a Missionary

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2024/05/28

Gloria talks about what it takes to be a missionary, what being a missionary means to the community and how to become a missionary.My favourite quote of this episode "There always seemed to be someone that I just could sense that they had a problem or they were needy or they were sad or troubled in some way. And a conversation would just strike up." Youth With A Mission

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28:34

Interview - Tom Atkinson - Being a pilot

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2024/05/21

Tom shares what it takes to be a pilot, the difference being a pilot makes and how to become a pilot.My favourite quote of this episode is: “You know, the pilots, you know, we're all saying, oh, we wish we were a rock star. And he's there saying, oh, I wish I was a pilot.”

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33:57

Interview - Nick Theodore - Music is the highest form...

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2024/05/14

Nick talks about his musical history, what it takes to be a musician in a band, what being a musician means to him, his family and the community, and how to go about becoming a musician. My favourite quote of the episode is: "And there was this big, empty, cool room downstairs under the house. And almost immediately, we filled it up with gear and noise. Lots of noise. Lots of noise and lots of cigarette smoke, and I feel sorry for my poor mum because the kitchen was on top of the, of the room. And

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21:29

Interview - Marilyn Novak - Cycling tour to Mongolia

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2024/05/07

Marilyn shares her experience of cycling in Vietnam and Mongolia, what it took, what it means to her, her family and the Mongolian community and how she got there. My favourite quote of the episode is: "I think it kind of feels like it can't end there because we all got so much out of it."

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27:42

Interview - Jon Phillips - Organising Skyrunning events

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2024/04/30

Jon explains just what skyrunning is and then shares what it takes to organise skyrunning events, what skyrunning events mean to people involved and how he makes the events happen.My favourite quote if the eipisode is: "Because if they go the wrong way, they can end up miles off in the bush, completely lost, well away from where they should be."

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36:01

Interview - Bill Hayes - Guiding the first female to...

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2024/04/23

Bill talks about what it takes to guide the first female to win the Austraian Rally Championship Driver title, what it means and how he did it. My favourite quote of the episode is: "Especially a professional level as a co-driver, once you agree to be in you've got to be in 100%. You know your whole focus from fitness to keeping your body weight low in the car. all these sorts of things, you've got to be a 100% in..."

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28:51

Interview - Amy Holdsworth - Dragon Boat Racing

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2024/04/16

Amy talks about what it takes to go dragon boat racing, what it means to her and her friends and how to go dragon boat racing.My favourite quote of this episode: “I've become involved more locally in my community and this is just another addition to that that's helped me to look around and go gosh I live in a great place and I can be part of something, I can have teammates and friends and work towards a common goal and that's been so rewarding for me.” 2024 AusChamps - Champion Lakes, Armadale, WA:

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27:16

Interview - Suzi McMahon - Balancing profession and...

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2024/04/09

Suzi talks about how she came to be in a profession and have a sporting background, what it means to athletes she coaches and professionals she leads and the importance of having a plan.My favourite quote of the episode: “But you start comparing yourself to somebody, that is the thief of joy in whatever you do, whether it be work or running.” To get the latest Forrest.Chat news subscribe to the email list at Forrest.Chat.

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