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9 to 5 with Avi & AnitaWork is a scamOn our final episode of season two we talk to Danielle Moylan, who has had a wide ranging career spanning the music industry, foreign service with Australia’s Foreign, humanitarian response in Afghanistan and Syria, and now as a cafe owner and cook in London at Grove Lane Deli, Camberwell.It’s a biggie, covering letting go of ambition, interrogating why we strive - do we truly want it or because we've been told to, being a quality not a control freak, and above all not waiting to know everything before jumping in. As usual...2023-02-0837 min
9 to 5 with Avi & Anita“Take it or leave it” and other hiring manager idiomsToday on the podcast we talk to Lucy Earle, who is Director (interim), Human Settlements at the International Institute for Environment and Development. We talk taking risks, how treating new hires badly backfires and the unmitigated pleasure of travelling alone for work. Lucy’s work focuses on the intersections of urbanisation, urban poverty and humanitarian crises, in particular forced displacement in urban areas. Prior to joining IIED, Lucy was an urban advisor at the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) and was seconded to the International Rescue Committee (IRC) to support a programme on improving humanitarian respo...2023-02-0132 min
9 to 5 with Avi & AnitaIt's not your job to reject yourselfToday on the podcast we talk to Ika Nurain Mudzar who is a communications specialist and fiction writer by night. She’s also a sculptor and we find out where in the day she manages that while also talking about the pros and cons of workplaces as ‘families’, taking leaps of faith and the surprising outcomes you can have when you trust your worth (or trust other people who keep telling you to trust yourself) Ika has 15 years experience as a communications expert working across many different sectors including the oil and gas industry, publishing sector, international humanit...2023-01-2527 min
9 to 5 with Avi & AnitaIf it was a choice, I probably would have given upToday on the podcast we talk to Helen Teede, a Zimbabwean artist. It’s a big episode on creative practice and its cyclical nature, the mysteries of paint, the imperative driving the vocation to be an artist and all the reasons why we shouldn’t and challenging the patriarchy. Helen has been dividing her time between Venice and Harare for the past five years and has had solo and group shows internationally in spaces and arts fairs including the Paris Internationale, Zeitz Museum of Contemporary African Art, Cape Town, Qingdao Art Museum in Shanghai, and First Floor Galler...2023-01-1833 min
9 to 5 with Avi & AnitaIntrinsic rewards to keep you goingToday on the podcast we talk to Carlie Jones, a secondary teacher in Australia and a disability and inclusion leader at the school where she teaches. She has been teaching for around 20 years, so has a lot of experience under her belt.We talk advocacy and supporting students with ADHD, autism and trauma, the impact of COVID-19 on kids’ education and the teaching environment, the importance of family and self care, and the intrinsic rewards that keep you going.As usual, we hit Carlie up with the important Qs: 2023-01-1126 min
9 to 5 with Avi & AnitaIn defense of televisionToday on the podcast we talk to Sarah Keenan and navigate her process of elimination to arrive at being a Reader in Law at Birkbeck University, London. Raised on Giabal and Jarowair land in Toowoomba, Australia, Sarah worked in Brisbane as a Judge’s Associate in the Supreme Court of Queensland and as a solicitor at Prisoners’ Legal Service before moving to the UK to take up a PhD studentship at Kent Law School. It’s an episode rich in how we fit into and bust out of systems and find ourselves through the many wonderful people we met...2023-01-0445 min
9 to 5 with Avi & AnitaFollow the funToday on the podcast we talk to Sunanda who is a Punjabi-Thai writer, comedian, radio host, and producer raised in Bangkok, matured in New York City and Los Angeles, and has since moved to Melbourne for love. This year, they were nominated for the highly coveted Best Newcomer award from the Melbourne International Comedy Festival for their solo show, "Sunanda Loves Britney." Sunanda is a core collaborator of the award-winning Melbourne queer clowning troupe, Po Po Mo Co, and in 2022 their children’s short film series “Once Upon a Drag Storytime” is the official...2022-12-2839 min
9 to 5 with Avi & AnitaGratitude imbalances are cancelledToday we talk to Zoë Flood who is an independent journalist and filmmaker. Based out of Kenya for much of the past decade, Zoë has reported for a wide range of international media, including the BBC, the Guardian, Al Jazeera and the Washington Post. She runs a production company based in Nairobi that provides production support across the African continent.Zoë also produces long-form investigations, such as 'Gamblers Like Me', which she shot and directed for BBC Africa Eye and which was shortlisted for best documentary in the 2020 British Sports Journalism Awards. In 2021, she was both Edit Pro...2022-12-2139 min
9 to 5 with Avi & AnitaBeing a sex therapist is radIn episode one of season two, we talk to Laura Federico who is a psychotherapist, sex therapist, and consultant specializing in delivering creative, innovative virtual therapy - at laurafedericotherapy.com. Laura has lived and worked in the United States, Turkey, and Switzerland, and has a background in crisis work and psychological first aid. Laura applies a holistic approach to mental well-being and has a specific focus on sexual health, self-worth, the mind-body connection, and relationships.We spoke about the lenses that we've been brought up with, innovating business models and backing yourself in th...2022-12-1446 min
9 to 5 with Avi & AnitaWe're back! Get set for a jam packed season two!Welcome to season two of 9 to 5 with Avi and Anita - a podcast where we talk with excellent women in the middle of their career journey about how they got where they are and where they're going. We had such great time last season speaking to women from around the world, and such a huge response from our listeners that we decided to do season 2. We have a great line up in store - from women working in comedy, sex therapy, teaching, journalism, hospitality, the arts, and more.Expect career conversations covering the big questions...2022-12-1100 min
9 to 5 with Avi & AnitaBonus mini episodeThis isn't one of our regular episodes – because we've finished season one ! But we wanted to take a moment to reflect on all the wonderful conversations we've had and to thank you, our audience, for tuning in. It's been really fun. It’s hard to pick a single item that has stood out for each of us. We’ve had so many women and they had such similar and yet diverse experiences, but the recurrent themes that came up through the season:Networking: hit up everyone you know, including your friends and a broader network than you mig...2022-02-2205 min
9 to 5 with Avi & AnitaOn being difficultLára Jónasdóttir joins us for our last episode of the season from Reykjavík. She’s a Senior Project Manager at Reykjavik University, managing the largest EU grant that the university has ever been granted into sleep research. Before this role, Lára worked in the humanitarian sector Médecins Sans Frontière (MSF) in Liberia, Burundi, Afghanistan, South Sudan, Lebanon, Greece, Nigeria, and Australia.We spoke about making big career transitions – pros and the cons of starting fresh in a new industry that offers a different lifestyle in a familiar place; how to give...2022-02-1547 min
9 to 5 with Avi & AnitaEpisode 9: Sophie UddinSophie Uddin joins us from London where she is the Operations Director at Spiritland, a venue fusing an immaculate music listening experience with great food and booze. Sophie has managed some of the finest restaurants in London (imho) including Providores and Tapas Room, Grangers, 10 Greek Street and Vinoteca. We talk about making it up as you go along, the drama and gossip at every restaurant, which makes sense as hospitality is theatre in essence; negotiating money in a sector and the shifts in workplace culture and asking for what you want. Key facts about So...2022-02-0835 min
9 to 5 with Avi & AnitaEpisode 8: Victoria CavanaghVictoria Cavanagh joins us from Berlin, Germany where she is the director of international sales and marketing at a large farming and food company. Before that, Victoria worked in international development and communications at the UN and other public and private organizations in southern Africa, Europe and Australia. In this episode, we get into pushing beyond your comfort zone and backing yourself to ask for what you’re worth, the importance of considering the lifestyle you want when making decisions and negotiating; and that everything ultimately rests on brunch.Key facts about Victoria2022-02-0144 min
9 to 5 with Avi & AnitaEpisode 7: Rachaporn ChoochueyRachaporn Choochuey joins us from Bangkok, Thailand, where she is balancing a career as a practising architect / designer with academic teaching. Finding herself bored with day to day work of architecture, Rachaporn headed off to study in New York and Tokyo, ending up coming full circle to practice architecture on her own terms. We get into providing for staff, how important it is for champions to provide a vision of how to live beyond the nuts and bolts of careers; the balance between art and commerce. And the secret sleep substitute: foot massages.K...2022-01-2533 min
9 to 5 with Avi & AnitaEpisode 6: Vineta SalaleVineta Salale joins us from London, UK where she works in business development and client relationship management at GMO, an investment managment fund. Before joining GMO, she worked at the Janus Capital Group as an institutional director and Towers Watson, as the head of Global Bond research in London.We discussed pulling IQ and EQ levers for best performance; not having shame about what you want and need; shifting the Overton window for people coming after us; the pros and cons of quotas; and importantly, that everything is temporary - the changes or compromises you make now...2022-01-1842 min