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NIGEL SIMMONDS, author of the highly recommended book, EATING THE WIND, opens the doors to his life in Bali... and the highs and lows when escaping the rat race.
2022-01-14
709
This podcast is all about vaginas—medical grade vaginas. I speak to “Vagina Betty” McCarthy about—err—vaginas. And a few other body parts.
2021-09-22
351
AFP’s sports correspondent Danny Hicks, speaks to me from Hiroshima, where he regales us with all the news and gossip following the Tokyo2020 Olympic Games.
2021-08-13
279
Lynne O’Donnell speaks to me from Kabul about Taliban threats to kidnap girls and women, raising concerns about them effectively becoming sex slaves.
2021-08-04
282
South Africa recently experienced some of the worst violence in modern times. Veteran journalist, Peta Thornycroft, explains how the rainbow nation descended into such chaos.
2021-07-28
315
Former World Bank Country Director for Central Africa, Robert Calderisi discusses his books, The Trouble with Africa, and, Cecil Rhodes and Other Statues.
2021-07-22
299
When journalist, Mary Lloyd, moved to Australia to work for the ABC, her dreams of big skies came crashing down after she was diagnosed with cancer. Mary opens up to me about her battle.
2021-07-14
315
Actor Nick Reding, best known for his role as PC Ramsey in The Bill, founded S.A.F.E Kenya – an NGO combatting female genital cutting, HIV/AIDS and violent extremism.
2021-07-07
311
Gary Stokes, co-founder of OceansAsia and former director of Sea Shepherd Asia, chats about the illegal fishing industry, sharks fins, pollution and his role in the Netflix blockbuster, SEASPIRACY.
2021-06-30
248
In 1898, Ewart Grogan became the first man to walk from Cape to Cairo – for love. Over 100 years later, Julian Smith, author of Crossing the Heart of Africa, followed in his footsteps – also for love.
2021-06-23
282
In the wake of the #RhodesMustFall campaign, I chat to Duncan Clarke, author of Rhodes Ghost and try to get to the bottom of Cecil Rhodes – man, myth, legend or monster?
2021-06-16
355
Rob Parry-Jones, head of WWF Wildlife Crime Programme, discusses the devastating impact that organised crime has on the extinction our wildlife species.
2021-06-09
298
Luke Hunt chats about his book, Punji Trap – the spy who didn’t love us: a Communist agent whose spying was as perfect for Hanoi as they were shattering for USA during the Vietnam War.
2021-06-02
238
Mike Smith, the Australian Financial Review’s China correspondent, was awoken by the secret police banging on his door, marking the end of Australian journalism on the ground in China since the 1970s.
2021-05-19
235
David Pope, one of Asia’s leading voice coaches, talks to me about gravitas, the science of the voice and the vital role it plays in the corporate world.
2021-05-12
205
Lindsey McAlister, OBE, founder of the HONG KONG YOUTH ARTS FOUNDATION, chats about the role the arts plays on today’s children – especially in an age of social media.
2021-05-05
182
Listen to Danny Hicks, senior sports correspondent for AFP, wax lyrical to me about the debacle that is the Tokyo Olympic Games – scheduled to open on 23 July.
2021-04-28
191
Rusty Labuschagne spent 10 years in a Zimbabwe jail for a crime he didn’t commit. He speaks to me about the harrowing experience and how he overcame the worst decade of his life.
2021-04-21
310
For the first time in history the Gay Games will be hosted in Asia - in Hong Kong in November 2022. Lisa Lam and Dennis Philipse chat about the 9-day international world-class diversity festival.
2021-04-14
255
