Fruitful Conversations

For almost twenty years, Moya Sayer Jones wrote comedy for TV, print and theatre, too much to mention here, but including Ferals, Bananas in Pyjamas and Petals. She’s also the author of four fiction books.

But it was when she wrote her first non fiction book, a collection of stories about families suffering disadvantage, that her career took another turn and Moya founded Only Human Stories.

We talked about growing up as the youngest ...

What I love about this season in the Northern Rivers is that I get to talk to people with very different backgrounds and life journeys to myself. Because this is how I open up and learn.

 If you are a practical Apple who doesn’t like woo woo, ignore this podcast at your peril.  Because it is packed full of useful shit.

Seriya Cutbush is a yogini (that’s a female. Yogi, people) certified in a bunch of stuff. Daoist yin yoga, Sivananda...

 I was excited to chat to today's guest. Susi Muddiman. OAM,  is the Director of the Tweed Regional Art Gallery and Margaret Olley Centre just outside Murwillumbah.

She’s a local from Lismore and  has worked as the director of three regional galleries in NSW over the last 20 years. She has always worked in this sector for which she is overflowing with passion and I suspect it never feels like work for her.

 We talked a lot about...

Toni Scanlan is a stage and television actress, singer, dancer, teacher and director, probably best known to TV viewers as Senior Sargent Helen Blakemore on police drama Water Rats. 

Her acting credits are too long to list but notably she won Best Actress in a Lead Role, twice, in the Sydney Theatre Awards, once for King Tide and once for All My sONS.

Born a Perth girl to a single mum, Toni trained in London befor...

It's Easter 2023 (and some of you may not remember this is a Christian festival) so it's timely that I introduce you to the the Poster Girl for God. Stay with me. You won’t regret it.

The Rev Rosie Wynter is a bit of a find. She’s been a model, a successful retail business owner, a musician, worked in natural therapies for 10 years, had a catering company, renovated houses and had bed and breakfasts (currently still does) ...

Today’s episode is a classic if you’re thinking about jumping off a cliff – metaphorically! and changing your career.  Anna Mortimer is co-owner and head chef (the only chef actually) at the unassuming and fabulous little French bistro in Brunswick Heads called Honour. But before cheffing she was a communications and management consultant for big corporations such as Deloitte.

Here she shares that journey between different...

Arabella Douglas Is a Minyunbal Traditional Owner from Fingal Head in the Bundjalung nation and CEO of Currie Country, an organisation who offers cultural education and events. She is also an environment and planning lawyer, board director and sustainability consultant to both government and corporates.

In this second episode with Arabella, we drill down to what drives her,  the work she does, her dreams, goals and ambitions and wha...

Arabella Douglas Is a Minyunbal Traditional Owner from Fingal Head in the Bundjalung nation and CEO of Currie Country, an organisation which offers cultural education and events. She is also an environment and planning lawyer, board director and sustainability consultant to both government and corporates.

 We’ve split her podcast into two episodes. because there was just so much interesting stuff to learn. In this episode Arabella t...

Janet Swain is all about the music. She’s had such a diverse and eclectic musical career which has seen her live in Tokyo, Singapore and Kuwait before settling back in Mullumbimby here on Bundjalung country 9 years ago.

 She is a big hearted singer/songwriter who plays bassoon, piano and ukulele and shares her passion working with community choirs where she’s had wide ranging success.

 We talked about her forthcoming show in late Feb...

Mandaley Perkins was born in Darwin in1960 to a father who’d survived being a prisoner of war on the Burma Siam Railway, enduring horrendous conditions over three years in many of the forced labour camps along the route from what is now southern Thailand to Myanmar. She’d known nothing of this until she broke her neck in the last term of university and, in an effort to encourage his daughter to dig deep into her own resilience rese...

Today’s guest is a cracking good chick. Pauline Menczer is an original Aussie Battler. Born in the Bondi of old where money was skint and life was tough, Pauline has battled rheumatoid arthritis from an early age and now also suffers from a rare and terrible auto immune disease pemphigus vulgaris.  And yet. Against all odds and in a time where “girls can’t surf” Pauline became World Surfing Champion in 1993, winning nearly every on...

Mandy Nolan is a much loved  part of the furniture here on Bundjalung Country where she’s lived and been an active member of the community for 30 years. She’s a comedian, author, a journalist, an MC, a speaker, a humour therapist, a comedy instructor, a painter, a regular columnist , a podcast host and social commentator.  A staunch feminist, she is also mother to five children.

In the last federal election in 2022, she ra...

Brett Haylock is a seasoned commercial show producer and co -owner and Ringmaster of the Brunswick Picture House in Brunswick Heads.

How he got to be there is an engaging story, starting with a drama loving kid in a tiny country school to accepting a Laurence Olivier award at Covent Garden for the internationally lauded show, La Soiree.  With his business partners, you’ll hear how they actually changed the make up of Lond...

If ever you need a bit of calming down or a reminder that being nice has many rewards, you just have to listen to today's guest, the beautiful gentle soul who is Belinda Jeffery,

She's an award winning author who has worked as cook (she won’t say chef) a TV food presenter on Better Homes and Gardens, a food writer, a teacher, a café owner and a restaurant reviewer. She  lives and works here on Bundjalung Country ...

Michael Weir is hard to define by career. He’s kinda anything he wants to be. A businessman, a musician, a mentor, a storyteller, a leader of hip hop workshops, a producer, an artist, a writer. Above all he’s a proud Wiradjuri man and everything he does is designed to honour his heritage, share stories and educate people and inspire the next generation of indigenous creatives.

We talked about his youth and his life, fatherhood and h...

Christine Manfield is a determined, resilient, accomplished woman. She’s a chef, a restauranteur, a culinary ambassador for Australia, an award winning author, a food judge and an inveterate traveller with a lust for life. For 25 years she’s hosted incredible gastronomic trips for foodies to exotic locations all over the world.

We talked a lot about food, her obsession with India and with spice, her complete devotion to cultural imm...

Welcome back to Fruitful Conversations where we chat to people who can teach and inspire us to be better versions of ourselves. This season I'm focusing on the beautiful people  in my home on Bundjalung Country.   You'll hear from chefs to politicians to artists and musicians, all with something nourishing to share. Enjoy!




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