You know you are in trouble when your mother uses your first name!

Sitting on her couch with her dog beside her Lizzy Hoo reminds us that there is no walking away once you know. Once you know what you were put on this Earth to do.

From corporate to stand up there is a grit that needs to hold you and Lizzy has it in spades. 

There is a rule of 3 Lizzy lives by. If she shares a story x3 times there is something in it. 

Enjoy the process. But know that no one is going to just give it to you. 

Enjoy the episode.

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! 

Luv Kate

*This episode was recorded via Zoom & is unedited.
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You know you are in trouble when your mother uses your first name!
Sitting on her couch with her dog beside her Lizzy Hoo reminds us that there is no walking away once you know. Once you know what you were put on this Earth to do.
From corporate to stand up there is a grit that needs to hold you and Lizzy has it in spades.&nbsp;
There is a rule of 3 Lizzy lives by. If she shares a story x3 times there is something in it.&nbsp;
Enjoy the process. But know that no one is going to just give it to you.&nbsp;
Enjoy the episode.
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!&nbsp;
Luv Kate
*This episode was recorded via Zoom &amp; is unedited. #ads placed by @arn_media_au and out of control of the producer &amp; presenter
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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 Produced by Sophie Jackson

The Women of Influence Podcast with Kate Meade

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 Produced by Sophie Jackson

The Women of Influence Podcast

42/100 TAKE 2- LIZZY HOO. Comedy. Are you sure Elizabeth?

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Today is World Parkinson’s Day and we will be featuring Xanya Mamunya, who was a concert harpist and teacher, also has PD and is currently a dancer with Dance for Parkinson’s Australia, that is about to embark on a collaboration with Paris Wages with @ausballet

But this episode is about the extraordinary woman who tells us that the ‘Harp plays you’ and that having Parkinson’s means choosing joy & choosing movement.

Thankyou Xanya. Thankyou.

** Note. We do have some pauses here. Part internet. Part just pauses. They remain as they are. As it was recorded. 

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! 

Luv Kate

*This episode was recorded via Zoom & is unedited.
#ads placed by @arn_media_au and out of control of the producer & presenter

Today is World Parkinson&rsquo;s Day and we will be featuring Xanya Mamunya, who was a concert harpist and teacher, also has PD and is currently a dancer with Dance for Parkinson&rsquo;s Australia, that is about to embark on a collaboration with Paris Wages with @ausballet
But this episode is about the extraordinary woman who tells us that the &lsquo;Harp plays you&rsquo; and that having Parkinson&rsquo;s means choosing joy &amp; choosing movement.
Thankyou Xanya. Thankyou.
** Note. We do have some pauses here. Part internet. Part just pauses. They remain as they are. As it was recorded.&nbsp;
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!&nbsp;
Luv Kate
*This episode was recorded via Zoom &amp; is unedited. #ads placed by @arn_media_au and out of control of the producer &amp; presenter

41/100 TAKE 2: Xanya Mamunya. The Harp plays you and then Parkinson's plays you

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Claire is just funny. She will greet you with a warm smile that reaches her eyes. 

Yet she can sit in the silence; craves it. This was something I understood completely. 

I thought this chat was going to be about comedy (and it is in part), and creative process (it is in part) but something that really stopped me was the relationship of social media. The understanding of the role it plays in promotion of not just the comedian and show but the para social relationship with people BUT more than that; identifying that it's just not good for her. 

So how do you get around it? On one hand you need it, on the other it's not good. Some things are just private. 

Claire is in the middle of the Melbourne Comedy Festival. Peak funny times in Melbourne! 

I am so glad she gave up time to sit with me and share with you, but also to share so vulnerable. 

For this I am grateful. I am curious now- I wonder what her garden is like at home?

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! 

 

*This episode was recorded via Zoom & is unedited.
#ads placed by @arn_media_au and out of control of the producer & presenter

Claire is just funny. She will greet you with a warm smile that reaches her eyes.&nbsp;
Yet she can sit in the silence; craves it. This was something I understood completely.&nbsp;
I thought this chat was going to be about comedy (and it is in part), and creative process (it is in part) but something that really stopped me was the relationship of social media. The understanding of the role it plays in promotion of not just the comedian and show but the para social relationship with people BUT more than that; identifying that it's just not good for her.&nbsp;
So how do you get around it? On one hand you need it, on the other it's not good. Some things are just private.&nbsp;
Claire is in the middle of the Melbourne Comedy Festival. Peak funny times in Melbourne!&nbsp;
I am so glad she gave up time to sit with me and share with you, but also to share so vulnerable.&nbsp;
For this I am grateful. I am curious now- I wonder what her garden is like at home?
Enjoy the episode.
Luv Kate&nbsp;
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!&nbsp;
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*This episode was recorded via Zoom &amp; is unedited. #ads placed by @arn_media_au and out of control of the producer &amp; presenter

40/100 TAKE 2: CLAIRE HOOPER. Gardens & Giggles

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/fa326977-3de5-4283-9b8b-af3500c58607/clips/9eba0605-2caa-42d4-87fa-b42800021da9/transcript

First up, can you feel it? Our young men? Who are our leaders of our young men? 

A conversation that is bubbling away and the question is can we course correct or is it too far gone?

Jasmin Tarasin is an Australian writer, director and producer and LIFE COULD BE A DREAM is a story that had to be told. 

A lifetime of work and projects and development. It's time for Jasmin to debut her feature film that will ask yourself those questions about our beautiful boys and do it through film and in a way that will burst open gentle conversations or harsh straight to the point ones as we find ourselves in this moment in time. 

Thank-you Jasmin for sharing your time with us. 

I can't wait to talk to my son about the film. 
Luv Kate

LIFE COULD BE A DREAM: In selected cinemas May 14th 2026

How do we shed old stories about how love should be and write new ones?

In the brightness of an Australian summer, 40-year-old Sarah must confront the brutal truth that she's trapped in an abusive marriage and the romantic illusions that have sustained it. As the struggles of her 13-year-old son's adolescence begin to surface, she sees the escalating danger of staying – for both herself and her son.

 

*This episode was recorded via Zoom & is unedited.
#ads placed by @arn_media_au and out of control of the producer & presenter

First up, can you feel it? Our young men? Who are our leaders of our young men?&nbsp;
A conversation that is bubbling away and the question is can we course correct or is it too far gone?
Jasmin Tarasin is an Australian writer, director and producer and LIFE COULD BE A DREAM is a story that had to be told.&nbsp;
A lifetime of work and projects and development. It's time for Jasmin to debut her feature film that will ask yourself those questions about our beautiful boys and do it through film and in a way that will burst open gentle conversations or harsh straight to the point ones as we find ourselves in this moment in time.&nbsp;
Thank-you Jasmin for sharing your time with us.&nbsp;
I can't wait to talk to my son about the film.&nbsp; Luv Kate
LIFE COULD BE A DREAM: In selected cinemas May 14th 2026
How do we shed old stories about how love should be and write new ones?
In the brightness of an Australian summer, 40-year-old Sarah must confront the brutal truth that she's trapped in an abusive marriage and the romantic illusions that have sustained it. As the struggles of her 13-year-old son's adolescence begin to surface, she sees the escalating danger of staying &ndash; for both herself and her son.
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*This episode was recorded via Zoom &amp; is unedited. #ads placed by @arn_media_au and out of control of the producer &amp; presenter

39/100 TAKE 2: Jasmin Tarasin. A love letter to young men

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/fa326977-3de5-4283-9b8b-af3500c58607/clips/ff027a5a-9916-4ee5-adcc-b426001626a3/transcript

42/100 TAKE 2- LIZZY HOO. Comedy. Are you sure Elizabeth?

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