This week’s guest is cabaret performer, producer and mentor, plus online content creator, MC and plenty more, Tash York. We talk about her road from musical theatre to cabaret, why setting too big a goal can sometimes be detrimental plus the business behind Show Business.

This week we’re doing things a little differently, I was lucky enough to catch up with French photographer, Romain Berjay. I unfortunately do not speak French, and he only a little English, so through this episode, you’ll hear both Romain speaking French and his wonderful translator Jason, speaking English. I thought it was really important to keep Romain’s voice in the show, as it is his story afterall. We chat about what he does, why it’s important, and creating even if some people don’t appreciate what you do.

This week’s guest is poet Jazz Money. We chat about how she found her way to poetry, why it’s important for their voice to be heard and how their work in film informs their poetry. Plus what Jazz would tell someone who has poetry they want to share with the world.

This week’s guest is Clare O’Hanlon, a librarian by day and an archivist by night. We’ll be chatting about their work at the Australian Queer Archives, referred to as Aqua throughout. We chat about how their two jobs inform one another. Plus what the Australian Queer Archives are, and their importance.
For online access to some of AQuA collections:

•Reason in Revolt
•Victorian Collections
•Archives of Sexuality and Gender database (available via several libraries – including the State Library of Victoria -and our Reading room)

A snapshot of our scrapbooks collectionsFor more about our collections (print and digital), see here: https://queerarchives.org.au/collections
A good and more eloquent overview of volunteering than I managed to convey is here:

https://queerarchives.org.au/posts/latest-news/webinar-introduction-to-volunteering 

and maybe the about us and/or support us pages would cover most of the other things we discussed or perhaps just the home page https://queerarchives.org.au/

This week’s guest is the co-founder and head of product at The Sparkke Change Beverage Company, Rose Kentish. Rose is also a maker, flavourist, winemaker, and a distiller. We chat about her passionate interest in making, some validating moments along the way and her experience as a woman in a predominantly male lead industry.
Find out more here: https://sparkke.com/

This week’s guest is theatre director and lighting designer, Alexander Berlage. We chat about what drew Alex to lighting design, how his career path has almost been a full circle from childhood. Plus, why theatre and the arts generally are so very important and why we need to value it.

This week’s guest is speech pathologist and the owner/operator of Voice Therapy, Georgia Magarey. We chat about the difference between the voice and speech. Why our voices are so important and how Georgia’s interest and study of performance art informs what she does now.

This episode comes with a trigger warning, it involves a lot of conversation surrounding miscarriage, still births and perinatal death. If you or someone you know needs support you can find a number of different support services through joy.org.au/support.
This week’s guest is an illustrator who illustrates children’s books and Perinatal lost portraits, Larissa Reinboth. Larissa founded possum portraits which is a service that provides free perinatal portraits to grieving parents. We talk about why a service like this is so very important, not only to grieving loved ones but also to normalize conversation surrounding miscarriages, still births and perinatal death. We talk about how Larissa found herself in this sphere and the positive impacts her portraits have had for families, plus how she deals with the heart-breaking nature of what she does.
For more info head to: possumportraits.com.au
 

This week’s guest is psychologist Rocco Mammoliti, he specialises in LGBTQIA+ and youth psychology. We chat about what drew him to psychology, the inherent need for connectedness especially within the LGBTQIA+ community and how he processes being a human being whilst also a psychologist.

This week’s guest is the co-owner and operator of Gertrude Street Yoga, Jaspah Marques. We chat about how he found himself owning a yoga studio, his own personal yoga journey and the surprising connections he makes at work.

This week’s guest is the owner and director of coffee delivery platform Alt Drop, Nic Stewart. We talk about the benefits of being able to order different bags of coffee beans from a number of Melbourne’s best roasters, how Nic turned his idea into reality, plus how his business has actually thrived during lockdowns.

This week’s guest is Phil Ferguson, the artist also known as Chili Philly. We talk about their crochet masterpieces and Instagram success, how long their pieces typically take, where they see themselves growing to career wise and how they get their ideas!

This week’s guest is the founder of Kynd, a disability support platform based in Queensland – Michael Metcalfe. We chat about what happened in Michael’s life that highlighted a need for more choice when it comes to disability support, what he would tell someone with an idea like his and I get to chat with another Michael who is a Kynd user. We find out how seeing a need inspired Michael Metcalfe to fill that need.
 

This week’s guest is the co-founder and owner of magnesium-based skincare line The Base Collective, Cassie Sanghvi. We talk about what sparked the idea, how great it felt to trailblaze in the industry and how her previous experience has influenced what she does.
 

This week’s guest is magician Josh Staley. Emily recently went to his show at the Melbourne Magic Festival and was completely blown away numerous times throughout. We know that magic isn’t real in our heart of hearts, but Emily must say, she was a total believer. Today we chat about Josh’s love of magic, why he loves creating moments of wonder, plus the wildest thing that has ever happened to Josh on stage.

This week’s guest is a paediatric doctor subspecialising in neo-natal medicine, Doctor Daniel Dorevitch. We talk about his work at Melbourne’s Royal Women’s Hospital in the neonatal ICU, why he chose to specialise in paediatrics and the very individual and playful care that is needed to do his job.
*This episode comes with a trigger warning*
So please don’t listen if it isn’t for you.
The episode deals with issues of extreme prematurity, high-level hospital care and, death and disability in children.

This week’s guest is Miss World Australia contestant and actor, Jessica Marchi. We chat about why it was important for her to compete, the surprising amount of comradery in the competition, plus her acting career and where she wants it to take her. We also have a wonderful chat about what her passion, purpose and messages are.

This week’s guest is the creative director and CEO of Melbourne Fringe, Simon Abrahams. We talk about how he knew what he wanted to do with his career from the very beginning, the importance of an open-access festival for voices that may not be heard otherwise, plus how sometimes when you find fulfilment you don’t look for the next best thing. We also create a very lovely metaphor for what he does at Fringe, don’t miss it!

This week’s guest is a program coordinator for the Arts Well Being Collective, Matt Heyward. The Arts Wellbeing Collective is an organisation that was created to support performing artists tackle mental health. We talk about why it’s important to have an industry-specific place to address mental health awareness, why it was important for Matt to get involved, and how the shifting attitude towards mental health awareness is such a welcomed change in society.

This week’s guests are Samuel Gaskin, Simon Abrahams, Matt Heyward, Jai Higgs and Adam Valentine who are reflecting on our time in lockdown here in Victoria. They share their fondest memories from lockdown. We explore what has brought them a smile during the lockdown, and what their thoughts and feelings are about all of the lockdowns we’ve been through. As is the case with the human condition, you’ll notice a few similarities in responses, with an emphasis on the power of loving pets and a good walk!