It’s Been Hard Lately Nyadol Nyuon

Long-time friend Liz Ralph and Nyadol Nyuon are mothers of young children who had to navigate childcare, work and homeschooling during two lockdowns.

In this episode, we reflect on parenting challenges amid a pandemic, what makes us happy, how lockdown makes you question your identity and our attempts to do and be better during the hard lockdown.

Credits:

Producer: Imogen Wait

Music: Zoe Alsop

Artwork: Emma Ismawi 

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Michael Gwenda is an established journalist and former editor-in-chief of The Age newspaper from 1997-2004. 

In this episode, we discuss not only the personal impacts of the lockdown but how the pandemic has exposed the lack of unbiased reporting in current journalism and the consequences for all levels of society. 



Credits:

Producer: Imogen Wait

Music: Zoe Alsop

Artwork: Emma Ismawi via the Creative Collective 

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Say hello to us at @itsbeenhardlately on Instagram.

Bigoa Nyuon’s first year playing professional football coincided with an unprecedented season for the AFL.

Bigoa explores how being drafted into the premiership-winning Richmond Football Club is a life-altering event. In this episode, we discuss the strange reality of becoming a professional football player in 2020, living and working in the Queensland AFL bubble. The need for self-motivation and how his mum taught him to be resilient and independent.

Credits:

Producer: Imogen Wait

Music: Zoe Alsop

Artwork: Emma Ismawi via The Creative Co-Operative

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Say hello to us at @itsbeenhardlately on Instagram.

Atong Atem views Melbourne’s lockdown due to COVID, as not just a political state of emergency but an emotional one too.

Atong is an internationally acclaimed South Sundanese artist and writer whose exhibition ‘To Be Real’ at the Melbourne Immigration Museum was postponed due to the pandemic. In this episode, we discuss coping strategies, how growing up in a refugee camp prepares you for instability and coming to terms with the fact that the state of emergency is not a situation we can control.

Content warning. This episode discusses mental health and trauma. If you need mental health support contact Beyond Blue at 1300 22 4636. 

Credits:

Producer: Imogen Wait

Music: Zoe Alsop

Artwork: Emma Ismawi via The Creative Co-Operative 

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Say hello to us at @itsbeenhardlately on Instagram.

During COVID, Melbourne’s stage four lockdown saw our lives change in unprecedented ways. We had an 8 pm curfew, we were restricted to five kilometres of our home and banned from visiting family and friends. This podcast investigates how lockdown has made us reflect and transform how we view ourselves and the lives we live.

Nyadol Nyuon explores how the lockdown has compelled her to seek a more lived life- however imperfect it might be.

Content warning. This episode discusses a lived experience of war. If you need mental health support contact Beyond Blue at 1300 22 4636.

Credits:

Producer: Imogen Wait

Music: Zoe Alsop

Artwork: Emma Ismawi via The Creative Co-Operative

If you liked this episode, please subscribe, leave us a comment and rating on Apple podcasts or wherever you listen.

Say hello to us at @itsbeenhardlately on Instagram.