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Episode 21: Tim Bullard - The Pulse of Australia’s...

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2025/10/26

In this episode of Around the School Table (xuno.com.au/podcasts), host Steve Davis is joined by Tim Bullard, CEO of the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) (aitsl.edu.au), to explore the state of the teaching profession across Australia. With more than half a million registered teachers, Tim shares how the latest Australian Teacher Workforce Survey is helping policymakers, educators, and communities understand the evolving challenges and opportunities shaping schools

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52:11

BOOKCLUB: The World Was Whole by Fiona Wright

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2025/09/26

Hi Booklovers! This week, Amy & the podcast team sit down to chat about Fiona Wright's 'The World Was Whole', a gorgeous essay collection about our bodies, homes and shelter and how we might navigate the world and our place within it. Join us to chat about what home means to us, the comfort of everyday habits, slowing down to appreciate the mundane, why more poets should write prose, and more. LINKS Find Fiona Wright here: fionawright.net Watch the full episode on YouTube:@AmyAndBookclub

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26:51

Jim Cummings: Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Darkwing Duck,...

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2025/09/19

Megastar Jim Cummings joins This is My Voice podcast. Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Darkwing Duck, Pete from a Goofy Movie, singing voice of Scar, you name it he's done it! He is one of the best voice actors in the world. He's the voice of your childhood and if you've ever watched a cartoon chances are you would have heard the many voice talents of Jim Cummings! Check out Jim at a Supanova near you. Thanks to The Australian Radio School + The Auscast NetworkSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy

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There Are No Girls on the Internet: Digital Life...

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2025/09/17

This week we're stepping away from our books and onto the internet (oh no) as Amy, Justina & Abby chat to life writing expert Dr. Emma Maguire about online girlhood cultures and digital life writing. Join us as we discuss self representation online, 'authenticity' on social media, the commodification of the self and 'content' creation, the voices of women in a space labelled for 'girls', and the personal act of creating a zine. And, of course, Amy asks the most pressing question: can self-insert

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Episode 56: “The Slip” by Miriam Webster + a chat...

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2025/09/16

Miriam Webster makes her literary debut with a sharp, funny and often dark collection of short stories about love, loss and very modern dilemmas. With an eye for what isn’t said and that which is said by accident, the collection is named for the Freudian slip. + New publishers on the block, Margot Lloyd and Emily Hart, are publishing exciting debut authors, re-releasing irresistible classics and teaching the rest of us how to write better in their “Word Shops” – two talented

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53:04

Cool Cringe & Smiley Fritz: Interview with Olivia De...

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2025/09/11

This week life writing month takes an experimental turn as Amy, Payton & Justina chat to Olivia De Zilva about her debut genre-defying book Plastic Budgie, out now with Pink Shorts Press. Join us as we dive into the messy intersections of memory, nostalgia, fact and fiction, and we wax poetic about the unapologetically cringey kitsch of Adelaide and our love of novelty processed meats. Our Book of the Month is The World Was Whole by Fiona Wright! Grab a copy of the book, read along and join us

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Episode 13: Danni Mattiazzo - How Technology...

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2025/08/31

In this episode of Around the School Table(xuno.com.au/podcast), host Steve Davis welcomes Danni Mattiazzo, assistant principal at Larrakeyah Primary School (larrakeyahprimary.com.au) in Darwin. Recently recognised with the Australian Education Award for Best Use of Technology, Danni Mattiazzo shares how her leadership has guided the development of IntelliLearn, a locally built platform that blends artificial intelligence with evidence-based assessment. Designed to give just the right level of

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Convict Narratives: An Academic Discussion

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2025/08/13

Welcome back to Academia Month! This week, we talk through two fascinating academic articles, 'The Australian Convict Prostitute Romance', and 'Conflict and Colonialism in 21st Century Romantic Historical Fiction: Repairing the Past, Repurposing History' by one of our podcast favourites, Professor Hsu-Ming Teo, with a shoutout to Dr Paloma Fresno-Calleja too! Prepare for a raucous discussion, a mysterious disappearance by our very own Abby Guy, and multiple moments where we get so entangled in our

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BOOKCLUB: Seven Brides for Beau Mcbride by Amy Barry

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2025/07/26

Our amazing host is off galavanting in the mountains and in her absence we read Amy Barry's latest release,Seven Brides for Beau Mcbride. ⋆˖°.𖤓𓄀🂾𐚁𓃗.°˖⋆ Beau Mcbride might just be Amy Barry's most swoon-worthy cowboy yet — and we aresoready to catch the next train to Montana. Join us as we discuss why we (genuinely) love these books, and just how easily the Mcbride siblings have lassoed our hearts. We talk all things character, setting, plot, Junebug antics, representations of

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59:22

Imagine You're Stuck On a Fence & There's This Really...

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2025/07/16

SPOILER ALERT! Cast takeover month continues as Abby, Harry, and Payton interrogate— I mean interview bestselling author Amy Barry about her latest release and our July book club pick, Seven Brides for Beau McBride! Learn what Harry REALLY thinks about this book, why Abby fantasises about getting stuck on fences, and whether or not Payton is a brown-noser, this week on Amy &. Mentions: The McBrides of Montana by Amy Barry Frontiers of the Heart by Tess Lesue Someone Else’s Bucket

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Episode 6: Kendall Lange and Wendy Tregenza –...

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2025/07/15

In this episode of Around the School Table, host Steve Davis speaks with Kendall Lange and Wendy Tregenza from North Mandurah Primary School in Western Australia. Kendall Lange, the principal, and Wendy Tregenza, leader of the school’s Specialised Learning Programs for Autism (SLP-A), share real-world strategies for supporting autistic students and fostering inclusive school communities. Kendall Lange and Wendy Tregenza explore how schools have shifted from one-size-fits-all methods towards

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47:01

A Desire for Roughness: Sexy Farming and...

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2025/07/04

Howdy! Amy is off on holiday so we (the collective & of AMY &) have taken this opportunity to do a sneaky takeover of the pod 😈 Welcome to WESTERN MONTH! Yee, and I cannot stress this enough, haw 🤠 🌄🐎🌾🐄🌵 We’re keen as a tin of hot beans to deep dive into all things both country and western, from cowboy heroes to spirited heroines, rugged outlaws to lonesome ranchers, the wild mountains of Montana to small desert towns that, try as we might to huddle close together, just

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Episode 4: Anthony Rowe - The Bilingual Blueprint -...

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2025/06/30

In this episode of Around the School Table, host Steve Davis speaks with Anthony Rowe, principal of Huntingdale Primary School in Melbourne — a pioneering bilingual school where students navigate their learning in both English and Japanese from their very first day. With half the curriculum delivered in Japanese, including subjects like mathematics—the school challenges traditional education models and is achieving remarkable academic outcomes. Rowe explains that far from being a

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BOOKCLUB: Love Unleashed by Melanie Saward

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2025/06/27

Hi Booklovers! This week, Amy & the podcast team sat down to chat about Melanie Saward's novel,Love Unleashed,for Pride Month! We discuss the boundaries of genre, bisexual representation, the sheer quantity of layers and depth that Melanie has weaved into this narrative, relationships and love, and the importance of community. Melanie Sawardis a proud Bigambul and Wakka Wakka woman. She is a writer, editor, and university lecturer based in Tulmur (Ipswich), Queensland. Her debut novel Burnwas

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The Voice Of Scooby Doo - Neil Fanning

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2025/06/22

Actor, stuntman and voice artist, Neil Fanning’s entertainment career has spanned over 35 years. With more than 50 movie, television and commercial credits to his name, Neil’s versatility and experience continue to be highly sought after. Most notably Neil performed the voice of Scooby-Doo in both international blockbusters,Scooby-DooandScooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed. Among his other film credits areElvis,Nim’s Island,Daybreakers, Peter Pan, Crocodile Hunter–Collision

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Supanova Special Game! GAME ON! With Jay Anthony Franke

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2025/06/20

Rachel and Eddie talk to one of the best gaming experts in voice acting today. Jay Anthony Franke is an American screen and voiceover actor who first rose to prominence as Jake Sommers in the hit ‘90s NBC teen sitcomCalifornia Dreams, where he rocked the screen as the leather-clad lead guitarist. As a voice actor, Jay is widely known for his portrayal of J. C. Denton in the critically acclaimed, award-winning video gameDeus Ex, and can be heard in fan-favouritesMass Effect:

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Annilingus Doritos: Interview with Patrick Lenton

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2025/06/18

In this third week of Pride month, Amy & Justina and Harry interview THE Patrick Lenton, author of In Spite of You, who joins us for a wildly honest chat about queerness, the chaos of writing, and the unexpected beauty of Gimli and Legolas. We dive into craft, community, and smile with equal delight about the splendour of the romance community! Patrick Lenton is a journalist and writer who lives in Melbourne. He is an amazing comedy writer and aregular arts and culture commentator in the media,

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44:37

Gay Elves & Trans Aliens: Queering Everything

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2025/06/11

In this second week of Pride month, Amy & Justina, Payton, and Millie try to talk broader queer fiction, get distracted by queer romance again, but ultimately persevere to talk first queer classics, genre fiction with incidental queers, and their hopes for future queer fiction. LINKS Watch the full episode on YouTube: @AmyAndPodcast Follow the Amy & Podcast on IG: @amyandpodcast Join the Amy & Bookclub:Amy & Bookclub Follow Amy Matthews on IG:@amymatthewsauthor Follow Amy Barry on

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BOOKCLUB: Side Chick Nation by Aya de Léon

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2025/04/25

Amy & the podcast team sit down to discuss Aya de Léon's romantic suspense novel,Side Chick Nation, as part of our Climate Fiction month! Aya de León is an acclaimed writer of poetry, prose, stage, and screen. She teachescreative writing at UC Berkeley and is the 'acquiring editor for a new climate justice fiction imprint Fighting Chance Books, which will publish stories of people taking collective action in the here and now to solve the climate crisis' (ayadeleon.com). LINKS

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Salvage and the Ethics of Space Billionaires:...

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2025/04/16

Amy& Justina chat with Jennifer Mills, a celebrated writer of climate fiction and dystopian novels and author of The Airways (2021), Dyschronia (2018) and Gone (2011). Her latest book, Salvage, is out on May 27. Join us as we chat about ambiguous utopias, the ethics (or lack thereof) of space billionaires, and the responsibility we have to each other and the world in the face of climate emergency. Pre-order Salvagehere. Find more of Jennifer's work here. For a chance to win Side Chick Nation by

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