46/100 DAYS (ish) Days: Kate Kirkpatrick Part One. The Grape Escape

Well, this was the first (LIVE recording on site) of what I hope is many and also at least 8 years in the making.  You know when you met someone and you just know...... there's a story there.  This is Kate Kirkpatrick.  And this is part one, because this woman has a few layers and we have only p…

47/100 (ish) Days: Anne-Louise Sarks. In a moment of Bravado I said if you want the show you have to take me too.

Anne-Louise Sarks is Artistic Director and Chief Executive Officer of Melbourne Theatre Company - the first solo woman to hold the Artistic Director role since the company was founded in 1953, and sole Chief Executive Officer since late 2025 (one of very few leaders of Australian theatre companies …

45/100 DAYS (ish) Joanne Paola. YUM!!!! I didn't want to wonder what if?

We hear about the 3rd chapter. We think about it. But how do you start? For Joanne it was the kids, the family and friends. A simple 'but you are so good at it'. And the result. I'll say it now..... a dessert that will have you moaning out loud! (forgive me Nonnas). We meet Joanne in this beautiful…

44/100 DAYS (ish) Days: Jacklyn Foster

It's funny how a single item can take you straight back to your dining table as a child. It was the salt that got me! Jacklyn, had an AH HA moment in her 20's. That moment when she knew she was miserable and not on her path. So, she packed up and found herself. She found her calling. WOW! Using ico…

43/100 (ish) days TAKE 2: JENNY TIAN. It's got to be about the audience

I think it could be easy to forget our why along the way. Why is it that we do what we do and when it gets hard....why do we do what we do?!But for Jenny Tian it's always been about her audience. I walked away from listening to Jenny (and this isn't a story about creative process or even how she go…

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

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 …

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

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 extrao…

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

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 …

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

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 …

38/100 TAKE 2: Jacki The Vintage Secret. It's a New York kinda thing but not...maybe

For many reasons we are not giving Jacki's full name and we don't mind. This is one of those stories that you think you know where it is going to go...then.... BAM! Jacki is moving to New York, taking a class at NYC, moving apartments in Taxis before coming back to Melbourne. I thought this was a…