Grit (One Road In, One Road Out)

GRIT: One Road In, One Road Out is a podcast made in collaboration with communities from the bushfire-affected Shoalhaven. Grit is a responsive action project that aims to build capacity, relationships and resilience. It features stories inspired by local young people and interviews with experts in trauma recovery, mental health, emergency response, and more. The stories featured aim to open up conversations about resilience, and hope to provide a tool to better understand and heal from the difficulties that life throws our way. Grit is funded by Resilience NSW, the Bushfire Recovery Fund , The Australia Council for the Arts, and CREATE NSW.

Episodes

Grit Ep 8: Perseverance

October 20, 2022 • 30 mins

In this eighth and final episode of Grit (for the time being) we focus on one story about Perseverance. To say anything about it might ruin the unexpected twists and turns in the way the story unfolds and what it reveals... so we hope that intrigues you enough to give it a listen.

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Grit Ep 7: Change

October 19, 2022 • 26 mins

In this episode we hear the story of how Nowra got it's name, think about the dangers of speaking language, reconsider our relationship with fire, hear a story about someone who folds their clothes every night and finally we hear about how building three homes supported a bunch of local charities.

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Grit Ep 6: Choices

October 14, 2022 • 29 mins

Sam introduces the audacious outfit she wears when running the GRIT course, then we jump into a story about why Rachel was skipping school. Next we listen to Jess G and Katy’s song, Therapy Session. Finally, Sammi from Headspace gives us a strategy to help others who might be going through a hard time.

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Grit Ep 5: Learning

October 5, 2022 • 26 mins

In this episode we hear a story from our host Sam about how a smell can trigger a memory and then an unconscious reaction. We hear from Jacob Morris about First Nation's language and culture and also from Adam Sturt about how his hands taught him to read.

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Grit Ep 4: Connection

September 28, 2022 • 36 mins

In this episode we take you on the road with our hosts Sam and Archie as they tour the Shoalhaven from the south to the north looking for the signs of recovery and resilience.

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Grit Ep 3: Accountability

September 22, 2022 • 39 mins

In this episode of Grit we begin by talking about empathy and how we understand each other. Then we share an epic fictional story about a young man wondering whether he has the grit to do what he needs to do. And we finish off the episode with some tips that can help us be prepared for bushfires.

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Grit Ep 2: Acceptance

September 16, 2022 • 37 mins

We explore the theme of acceptance through a fictional story called 'Skate', hear a song written and performed by Taz Lukas called Me and Myself, and take in a poem created collaboratively with the young people involved in the Grit project. We also talk to some experts about looking after yourself.

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Grit Ep 1: Acknowledge

September 9, 2022 • 26 mins

In this episode we're launching straight into the 2019-20 Black Summer Bushfires and taking stock of how we've been since. Then we talk with a disaster recovery expert and a psychologist about what has happened to us. GRIT (1 Road In, 1 Road Out) is a podcast made in collaboration with communities from the bushfire-affected Shoalhaven. It features stories inspired by local young people and interviews with experts in trauma recover...

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