Really Interesting Women

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Really Interesting Women Podcast

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

  1. 11 HR AGO

    Lily Brett OAM

    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 ...

    45 min

  2. 11 SEPT

    Justine Barwick

    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, ...

    26 min

  3. 28 AUG

    Melinda Schneider

    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...

    37 min

  4. 14 AUG

    Melissa Doyle AM

    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 ...

    40 min

  5. 31 JUL

    Sarah Wilson

    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 ...

    37 min

  6. 17 JUL

    Kathy Lette

    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...

    34 min

  7. 3 JUL

    Prof. Fiona Wood AO

    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 ...

    39 min

  8. 19 JUN

    Susan Johnson

    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...

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

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  • Creator
    Richard Graham
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodes
    137
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2024 Really Interesting Women
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