The Women of Influence Podcast with Kate Meade

Women of Influence with Kate Meade
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Women of Influence, with Kate Meade. We are on a mission to find the most incredible women. Some we will know, others are going about their daily lives. Everyone has a story. She is a CEO, She is a volunteer, She is a TV host, She is a doctor, an educator, a scientist, a leader. She is just getting on with it. What can we learn from her, what’s her message? Join me to celebrate incredible, inspiring women and shine a great big beacon of light on their stories. Let’s learn from the women that are paving the way for us. I love to learn and my favorite way is through storytelling. I am curious - absolutely fascinated - with people's stories. I can’t wait to get to KNOW the person in front of me and HOW they got to be where they are today. Where did they grow up, what gets them excited, why do they do what they do and, when it gets tough… why do they do what they do? This is the Women of Influence Podcast. Hosted by Kate Meade Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 1d ago

    69/100 DAYS (ish) Alessia Maio. Crohn’s has been “a speed bump, not a roadblock”.

    September was Crohn’s & Colitis Australia’s Live Fearless Challenge, but behind the campaign there is Alessia; with an invisible illness and refusing to be defined by circumstances she never chose. At 25, Perth's Alessia Maio is studying to become a paramedic while managing Crohn’s disease that has required three surgeries this year alone and hospital treatment every four weeks. She first experienced symptoms at 16, including severe pain, bleeding and needing the bathroom up to 30 times a day, but wasn't diagnosed until she was 20. There are still days when Alessia comes home exhausted, in pain and dealing with symptoms nobody around her can see. Yet her experiences as a patient have helped shape the life she wants to build. She volunteers with children and families at Perth Children’s Hospital, is a member of the WA Ministerial Youth Advisory Council and is pursuing paramedicine because she wants to bring the empathy she has experienced as a patient into her own career in healthcare. As Alessia puts it, Crohn’s has been “a speed bump, not a roadblock”. Thank-you Alessia for sitting with me and sharing. Enjoy the episode Luv Kate OH! And if you are listening for the first time! This is your introduction (required reading). This series is unedited, raw and just gets straight into it. You have been warned! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    69/100 DAYS (ish) Alessia Maio. Crohn’s has been “a speed bump, not a roadblock”.

  2. 4d ago

    68/100 DAYS (ish) Laura Racky. The tough love you didn't know you needed

    Do you need someone to just tell it to you straight? Career, life, family? Do you need someone that you won't always agree with but respect enough to hear out? Well, Laura is that for me and I hope for you too. Laura Racky is a Melbourne-based commercial lawyer, entrepreneur, and strategic advisor with nearly two decades of practice spanning commercial litigation, banking, finance, and insolvency. She is the founder and principal of commercial law firm llgold and serves as Chairman of the Board of Big Group Hug, a Melbourne not-for-profit supporting families in crisis. Laura holds degrees in Law and Arts and a Masters in Commercial Law from Monash University. She is a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD). Laura is my notifications on. She is my tough love. She is my sense of reason. Yep. It’s been a parasocial relationship. We had never met but I just knew we had too and it had to start with the Women of Influence Podcast. Thank-you Laura for sitting with me and sharing. Enjoy the episode Luv Kate OH! And if you are listening for the first time! This is your introduction (required reading). This series is unedited, raw and just gets straight into it. You have been warned! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    68/100 DAYS (ish) Laura Racky. The tough love you didn't know you needed

  3. Sep 21

    67/100 DAYS (ish). Alice Zaslavsky. The doll I carried.

    I'm telling you if there was ever a hype girl, a champion of others Alice would be it. When she stops to talk to you she sees you. She is present. I wonder sometimes how she carries this care. We get into that. I could have titled this podcast so many things- A bite to eat. New book incoming. It's the best food you will ever eat! But for me it was the uncovering, the peeling back of the young Alice and what she carried with her when she arrived in Australia. I think about that often. All this life that makes up the energy you see on the TV or hear on the radio. The way she stops to be with people. Really be.  This is the Women of Influence Podcast, 100 Women in 100 days (ish).  Alice Zaslavsky is an award-winning author, broadcaster and taste-maker. Born in Tbilisi, Georgia, the birthplace of wine, at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, Alice grew up with a cuisine that reaches for the veg first; it’s no surprise then, that this is at the heart of her food philosophy, helping others across the world do the same through her books, radio & television work and columns. Alice is the host of the hit nightly cooking show A Bite to Eat with Alice on ABC TV and long- time Culinary Correspondent for ABC News Breakfast and ABC Radio nationally. In 2025 she was inducted into the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival Hall of Fame as a Trailblazer for her work as an educator & communicator. Her vegetable bible In Praise of Veg has been translated into 7 languages (and counting!) in 15 countries, winning such accolades as a Gastronomisch gold medal in Germany, an ABIA in Australia, and a James Beard finalist in North America. She is also the author of CBCA Notable kids' fun food fact book Alice's Food A to Z, that helps kids fall in love with food, and cooking confidence un-locker Better Cooking. Salad for Days was shortlisted for an ABIA award, and described as “Stunning, fresh, luscious” by Yotam Ottolenghi, and “An exciting and enticing triumph” by Stephanie Alexander. Nigella Lawson declares “She just gets better and better”. Her latest book, Weeknights with Alice is a collection of 80 curated, colour-coded midweek dinners, starting with the veg, which made Maggie Beer declare that “Alice spreads more joy and confidence in the kitchen more than anyone I know.” Her 'You've Got This' recipe column in The Guardian and 'Ask Alice' advice column in Good Food encourage cooks of all abilities to get into the kitchen, and use what they’ve got - be it ingredient, skill, or gadget. She’s also the creator of the innovative digital food literacy tool kit Phenomenom, a comprehensive digital toolkit for schools that incorporates food into every subject in meaningful ways. Alice lives between Melbourne and the Mornington Peninsula, with her husband Nick, daughter Hazel, and dog Minnie, the very hungry Huntaway. Thank-you Alice for sitting with me and sharing. Enjoy the episode Luv Kate OH! And if you are listening for the first time! This is your introduction (required reading). This series is unedited, raw and just gets straight into it. You have been warned! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    67/100 DAYS (ish). Alice Zaslavsky. The doll I carried.

  4. Sep 13

    66/100 DAYS (ish) ZAHRA CIARDI. Rewriting success

    Zahra opens up and shares so generously. You don't get to the other side without a story that follows you. This is a story of survival. Removing oneself to live. Truly live. On one's own terms. This is 100 Women in 100 Days (ish) for the Women of Influence Podcast with Kate Meade.  Zahra Ciardi is a psychologist and the founder of Ascendant, which provides private residential and online mental health programs for high performers, entrepreneurs, executives and individuals navigating complex psychological challenges. Having moved to Australia from Kuwait as a young child with a refugee background, Zahra experienced displacement, cultural transition and the process of rebuilding life in a new country from an early age. These formative experiences helped shape her understanding of resilience, identity and emotional wellbeing, inspiring a deep interest in mental health and the factors that allow people to move beyond survival and create meaningful, lasting change. Thank-you Zahra for sitting with me and sharing. Enjoy the episode Luv Kate OH! And if you are listening for the first time! This is your introduction (required reading). This series is unedited, raw and just gets straight into it. You have been warned! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    66/100 DAYS (ish) ZAHRA CIARDI. Rewriting success

  5. Sep 6

    65/100 DAYS (ish). GEORGIE PURCELL. I have a busy mind

    Georgie Purcell is a Member of the Victorian Parliament Legislative Council, proudly representing the Animal Justice Party in Northern Victoria. If you were expecting a podcast full of unpacking policies this is not the podcast for you today. If you are curious about being diagnosed with Autism and ADHD later in life just after having a baby and living and working in public life this is exactly what you will get. Having a career and being a mother or being a mother and having a career- Georgie says we have a long way to go.Women just can't win.  Thank-you Georgie for sitting with me and sharing. This is 100 Women in 100 days (ish) Enjoy the episode Luv Kate OH! And if you are listening for the first time! This is your introduction (required reading). This series is unedited, raw and just gets straight into it. You have been warned! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    65/100 DAYS (ish). GEORGIE PURCELL. I have a busy mind

  6. Sep 2

    64/100 DAYS (ish). ANNA MUSSON. Your etiquette coach

    Beginning her career in top hotels, Anna Musson found herself fascinated by the ‘right’ way of doing things and the impact it had on those around her. She pursued her interest and found herself working under etiquette stalwart, June Dally-Watkins. In 2007, Anna began her own business The Good Manners Company, which has become the top etiquette provider in Australia. Anna has worked with companies, athletes and schools across the country, to help them improve the way they hold themselves. With a cheeky and fresh approach to etiquette and manners, Anna has been propelled into the media, with her views featured on television, radio and print. Believing that etiquette is influential, Anna demonstrates to audiences the power it can have on an individual's careers, relationships and lives. Thank-you Anna for sitting with me and sharing. This is 100 Women in 100 days (ish) Enjoy the episode Luv Kate OH! And if you are listening for the first time! This is your introduction (required reading). This series is unedited, raw and just gets straight into it. You have been warned! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    64/100 DAYS (ish). ANNA MUSSON. Your etiquette coach

  7. Aug 24

    63/100 DAYS (ish). SARAH QUINN. What will I wear today?

    This is Sarah Quinn, founder of My Charity Runway and has led teams raising over $380 million for Australian charities, and recently through fashion initiatives. Her vision is to create a new form of ethical fashion - one that connects fashion lovers and designers to meaningful causes and hardworking charities. The first My Charity Runway event celebrates a curated selection of emerging female Australian designers and the causes each designer is passionate about, often due to a meaningful personal connection and it's happening this Friday.  But how did Sarah get here? From China to Australia. Following a boy after falling in love. Going on to studying Law and combining her passions to create My Charity Runway. Thank-you Sarah for sitting with me and sharing. This is 100 Women in 100 days (ish) Enjoy the episode Luv Kate OH! And if you are listening for the first time! This is your introduction (required reading). This series is unedited, raw and just gets straight into it. You have been warned! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    63/100 DAYS (ish). SARAH QUINN. What will I wear today?

  8. Aug 20

    62/100 DAYS (ish) Suzanne Chaundy. A love of Opera will stay with you for a life time

    If you are looking for a night at the Opera this is your sign!  Melbourne Opera’s production of Il Trovatore opens on 23 August, dedicated to the memory of Dame Joan Sutherland, AC DBE, in celebration of her centenary year. Suzanne Chaundy is the Executive Director Melbourne Opera Trained at NIDA as a director, Suzanne is Australia's foremost director of the works of Richard Wagner. Her career spans opera, text-based theatre, special events and outdoor spectacle. Operas directed include Le Nozze di Figaro, Cosi fan tutte, La traviata, Der Freischütz, Werther, Maria Stuarda, Tannhäuser, Anna Bolena , Our Man in Havana, Lohengrin, Roberto Devereux, Tristan und Isolde, Der fliegende Holländer, Norma, Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, Siegfried, Götterdämmerung, Lucia di Lammermoor and Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Suzanne has directed for Melbourne Opera, Lyric Opera of Melbourne, West Australian Opera, Opera Australia, Victorian State Opera, IMG, Red Stitch Actors Theatre, La Mama, Anthill Theatre, Melbourne Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company. She is the founder and director of the Richard Divall Emerging Opera Artists Program. Suzanne directed signature productions for Australia’s internationally renowned outdoor performance troupe Strange Fruit. Her Strange Fruit productions have been presented at over 400 festivals and events in Australia, Europe, UK, Asia, Latin America and the USA. Suzanne completed her first Ring Cycle in Bendigo for Melbourne Opera and recently directed Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg at the UNESCO World Heritage Royal Exhibition Building to huge critical and audience acclaim. Thank-you Suzanne for sitting with me and sharing. This is 100 Women in 100 days (ish) Enjoy the episode Luv Kate OH! And if you are listening for the first time! This is your introduction (required reading). This series is unedited, raw and just gets straight into it. You have been warned! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    62/100 DAYS (ish) Suzanne Chaundy. A love of Opera will stay with you for a life time
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Women of Influence, with Kate Meade. We are on a mission to find the most incredible women. Some we will know, others are going about their daily lives. Everyone has a story. She is a CEO, She is a volunteer, She is a TV host, She is a doctor, an educator, a scientist, a leader. She is just getting on with it. What can we learn from her, what’s her message? Join me to celebrate incredible, inspiring women and shine a great big beacon of light on their stories. Let’s learn from the women that are paving the way for us. I love to learn and my favorite way is through storytelling. I am curious - absolutely fascinated - with people's stories. I can’t wait to get to KNOW the person in front of me and HOW they got to be where they are today. Where did they grow up, what gets them excited, why do they do what they do and, when it gets tough… why do they do what they do? This is the Women of Influence Podcast. Hosted by Kate Meade Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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