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Wonderspace#120 Vanessa Norwood (Cultural Strategist for the Built Environment) [S10:E3]This week on the Wonderspace Podcast we orbit with Vanessa Norwood. Vanessa is a curator and cultural strategist for the built environment. Her work focuses on the central role materials play in building a more sustainable and equitable world.“The built environment is responsible for almost 40% of the Earth's carbon emissions. So it's a really interesting and important time to be part of this journey”Vanessa was nominated by architect and author Marwa Al-Sabouni who engaged with our six questions from her home in Homs in Syria which you can hear in ep78More info: www.vane...2023-09-2217 min
BackchatQANTAS’ FALL FROM GRACE // STATE BUDGET BREAKDOWN // THE NGOs HELPING AFGHAN REFUGEES SETTLE IN AUSBackchat is unpacking the biggest news of the week! First up, we’re joined by Don Dixon, Ramp Worker for Qantas at Sydney Domestic Airport, to discuss how Qantas’ structural changes over the past 2.5 years have resulted in long term consequences for the company, affecting their workers and the Australian public alike. Who are the winners and losers of this year’s state budget? We're joined by Zee Feed Founder and editor Crystal Andrews to help us make sense of it all, from stamp duty for first home buyers to introducing a pre-kindy year to school...2022-07-0824 min
Front RowDeesha Philyaw, Tristan Sharps, County Durham bid for City of CultureThis year’s Brighton Festival has two guest directors for the first time in its history. One of them, Tristan Sharps, artistic director of Brighton based theatre company dreamthinkspeak, joins Elle to discuss the literary inspiration behind his immersive production, Unchain Me, and his collaboration with fellow guest director, Syrian architect Marwa Al-Sabouni. Deesha Philyaw’s debut collection of short stories - The Secret Lives of Church Ladies - arrives in the UK garlanded with prizes including the 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award, and the 2020 LA Times Book Prize for First Fiction. Deesha joins Front Row to discuss turning the...2022-05-0442 min