TONTS‪.‬ Claire Tonti

This episode discusses themes of birth trauma, post natal depression and anxiety.
Bron Lewis is one of Australia’s most promising new comedians. She was the co-winner of the National Raw Comedy competition in 2022, a four-time champion of the Moth storytelling competition, and both the best and the worst mum living at her house. Bron is a writer at The Project and has a prominent presence on stages all around the country.
Bron’s critically acclaimed show ‘Probably’ sold out in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane, and it scored her a nomination for Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s ‘Best Newcomer’ for 2023.
Bron is performing her live show 'OBVIOUSLY' on July 26th at Comedy Republic in Melbourne - tickets available here
You can also follow here on instagram right here at @bronlewiscomedy
For more from Claire you can head to https://www.clairetonti.com or instagram @clairetonti
Original theme music: Free by Claire Tonti
Editing: RAW Collings
Social Media: Maisie JG

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Part Two of a conversation with the soulful indie folk singer songwriter Mietta - storytelling and creating on Boonwurrung country in Australia's Mornington Peninsula. At 22 years of age, Mietta is in a season of emergence. With deep connection to her home roots and her community she is also an education researcher, learning skills mentor, facilitator and designer of youth wellbeing and expressive writing workshops. Mietta has recently supported the beloved artists Pete Murray and Kim Churchill and has just released her first recorded single with producer and friend fellow indie folk musician Timothy Li. You can find her playing all over the place in her home community and surrounds. For updates find her @mietta.music on instagram.
To listen to her beautiful song Slowly head here
https://www.clairetonti.com/events
For more from Claire you can head to https://www.clairetonti.com or instagram @clairetonti
Original theme music: Free by Claire Tonti
Editing: RAW Collings
Social Media: Maisie JG

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Part One of a conversation with the soulful indie folk singer songwriter Mietta - storytelling and creating on Boonwurrung country in Australia's Mornington Peninsula. At 22 years of age, Mietta is in a season of emergence. With deep connection to her home roots and her community she is also an education researcher, learning skills mentor, facilitator and designer of youth wellbeing and expressive writing workshops. Mietta has recently supported the beloved artists Pete Murray and Kim Churchill and has just released her first recorded single with producer and friend fellow indie folk musician Timothy Li. You can find her playing all over the place in her home community and surrounds. For updates find her @mietta.music on instagram.
To listen to her beautiful song Slowly head here
https://www.clairetonti.com/events
For more from Claire you can head to https://www.clairetonti.com or instagram @clairetonti
Original theme music: Free by Claire Tonti
Editing: RAW Collings
Social Media: Maisie JG

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Welcome to another episode of TONTS. on the road. Audio grabs from Claire's tour of the UK last year. This one is from her show in the Caves in Edinburgh Scotland with the wonderful doula and mamma medicine women's circle facilitator Roberta Giovedi. Roberta had a baby during Covid and noticed that many mothers in her community (including herself) were feeling isolated and alone. With the help of an organisation called the Planetary Healing Centre Roberta began running women's circles for mothers in the woods near her home building space for mothers to share their stories, stitch, sit with their feet in the stream and shine a light on the darkness as well as the love they were experiencing. This speech is so powerful and felt like a rally cry to recenter mothers and children in our communities.
For more from Roberta you can read her full speech and her story here and to find out more about her circles you can head to her instagram account https://www.instagram.com/mamma_medicine/
For more from Claire you can head to https://www.clairetonti.com or instagram @clairetonti
Original theme music: Free by Claire Tonti
Editing: RAW Collings
Social Media: Maisie JG

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Matrescence Album
Two times TEDx speaker and viral poet, Fleassy Malay is an Internationally renowned, evocative and powerful spoken word artist, speaker and coach. A global advocate for Women’s rights, LGBTQI+ visibility, and a fierce voice for the power of authenticity and courage as a social change tool.
Founder and CEO of Melbourne’s acclaimed Women’s Spoken Word organisation and monthly event, Mother Tongue, she has guided the voices of thousands of women into the world. A passionate, powerful, vulnerable and honest performer who’s words, workshops and courses leave a profound impression.
A British artist now based in Melbourne, Australia; she studied at the famous London stage institution, The BRIT School, which birthed many strong talents such as Amy Winehouse, Adele, Kae Tempest and more.
A self-identified queer, erotic, spiritual, mother she has a theatrical and yet deeply authentic performance and writing style, renowned for captivating her audiences with depth, honesty, and humour. She now writes and presents regularly to her online community of over 20k followers with poetry, talks, and opinion pieces.
In 2017 she published her book, Sex and God, performed internationally, was a grand slam finalist and became the first women to represent Australia at the National Poetry Slam, USA. In 2018 her poem, Witches, went viral on International
Women’s Day with over one million views in 3 days, and over 3 million views to date. Towards the end of the year she completed a US tour, and launched her album of spoken word, Unhear This. In 2020 she successfully crowdfunded her latest book Virago: A Poetic Manifesto, reaching over 200% of her original goal on Kickstarter and pre-selling over 300 copies across 4 continents.
Website - https://fleassymalay.com
Instagram - http://www.instagram.com/FleassyMalay
For more from Claire you can head to https://www.clairetonti.com or instagram @clairetonti
Original theme music: Free by Claire Tonti
Editing: RAW Collings
Social Media: Maisie JG

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Matrescence Album
Matrescence Festival
Dr Melanie Jackson is a private midwife providing homebirth services since 2009. In 2015 she completed her PhD, called "birth outside the system: wanting the best and safest" This work sprouted academic publications and has also allowed her to work as a researcher and midwifery lecturer at Western Sydney university, as a peer reviewer for academic journals and as a project officer at the Australian College of Midwives and motivates the work she now does on her social media and youtube channels.
Melanie also hosts The Great Birth Rebellion which aims to dismantle western beliefs and management of birth and presents an evidence-based alternative to modern birth practices. They believe that calculated rebellion against medicalised maternity care is the evidence-based and preferred path to having a great birth.
Melanie is a mother of two and lives on a permaculture farm in the Blue Mountains of NSW.
Website - www.melaniethemidwife.com
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/melaniethemidwife/
For more from Claire you can head to https://www.clairetonti.com or instagram @clairetonti
Original theme music: Free by Claire Tonti
Editing: RAW Collings
Social Media: Maisie JG

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