Overcoming Barriers to Becoming a Teacher: Thomas Le

Content Advisory: This episode discusses mental health, suicidal ideation, & isolation.  For help & support contact: Lifeline Australia 13 11 14  Kids Helpline (for under 25s) 1800 55 1800  Headspace Australia (non-crisis support) 1800 650 890.  Thomas discusses with Christopher several barriers…

Pursuing Art as a Career & Capturing Conflict in Photography: Ahmed Sabra

Ahmed Sabra, artist and art-teacher, talks about his experiences of capturing images in regions of conflict and crises. Ahmed also discuss the challenges of pursuing of art as a career and as a means to make a living.  About Ahmed  Ahmad Sabra is a Lebanese Australian Muslim artist and an art tea…

Digital Art & Self-Expression: Fadilah Mahmud

Fadilah reflects on her experiences navigating life, study, and the industry of design & art as a woman of colour, and establishing herself as a digital artist over the past decade.   About Fadilah:  Fadilah is a Digital Artist based in Sydney, Australia and has been practicing her craft for over…

Navigating A Business Start-Up & Entrepreneurship: Peter Gould

Peter and Aamon discuss the challenging and rewarding process of establishing a start-up business. Peter talks about the value of having mentors along the business journey, and how his strategic design consulting firm used a reframing approach to overcome business challenges during the pandemic.  …

Being a female mining engineer in a male dominated industry: Dr Ritipurna Das

The mining industry is most often regarded as a 'Man's' industry. Our guest - Dr Ritipurna Das was born and raised in Kolkata, India and moved to Melbourne a decade ago. She has lived and worked in different cities of Australia long enough to pick up the local jargon (pun intended).  Dr Das is cu…