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Rare Air with Meri FatinPetra Tschakert: Geologist, Anthropologist, IPCC Scientist"Overshoot means we consciously and willingly allow to go above 1.5 while waiting for the right technology...to then rapidly bring down the overshoot. It would fulfill the goal laid out in the Paris Agreement however the damage done on the way is tremendous. The obligation of scientists is to lay out different ( plausible) scenarios. Its governments and industries who then take these plausible scenarios and insist that we have the luxury to wait because technical solutions will save us in the end. The reason why this interpretation is so flawed (and I think this is when I cr...2022-12-0344 min
Rare Air with Meri FatinPeter Newman: Environmental Scientist and Sustainable Transport expert"We changed the world to start to see that automobile dependence was not a good thing...we were much hated by the automobile associations, the vehicle companies, the oil companies. They used to run people who would follow us everywhere. And they were given money to write papers attacking us." Professor Peter Newman reflecting on his work in the US with colleague Professor Jeff Kenworthy _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WA Scientist of the Year in 2018, Peter Newman AO is Professor of Sustainability at Curtin University where he established CUSP, the Curtin Sustainability Policy Institute. He’s on...2022-11-1945 min
Rare Air with Meri FatinSaul Griffith: Australia's Electric FutureIf you follow thought leaders on the energy transition, you’ll be familiar with the hashtag Electrify Everything. The argument is that a huge proportion of ‘global energy needs’ can be met with electricity sourced from renewables – and to use it we simply need to – electrify everything. This is the message of Australian inventor and engineer Saul Griffith – recently returned from two decades in the US where he’s advised, among others, NASA and the Biden Administration. Saul Griffith's book, “The Big Switch – Australia’s Electric Future” details some very clear thinking that could drive Australia's energy tra2022-02-2618 min
UnderstoreyUnderstorey: Finding WA’s Climate CourageWA Climate Leaders want the Minister for Climate Action, Amber-Jade Sanderson, to set clear climate targets that honour the 2015 Paris agreements, and to lead the whole community in the face of our new climate realities. That includes explaining why we mustn’t allow warming of our climate more than 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels, but also recognising the business opportunities that are waiting for us to become renewable global leaders.
WA Climate Leaders is a network that came out of the 2020 visit to Perth by UN negotiator Christiana Figueres, who managed the impossible – bringing the leaders of 195 countries into...2021-10-1900 min
Rare Air with Meri FatinPaul Cleary: Yindjibarndi Native Title Fight"I think it’s a scandal in this country that so much wealth is being extracted and Aboriginal people are no better off." Paul Cleary is author of "Title Fight: How the Yindjibarndi Battled and Defeated a Mining Giant". For over a decade he followed this story as a journalist, before finally sitting down to the task of recording the complex and troubling detail of this tale in a book. If ever a story was worth telling, it's this one. It highlights an organisational culture in FMG that on one hand revered and respected Aboriginal peop...2021-09-0834 min
Rare Air with Meri FatinMatthew Evans: SoilThe power of great storytelling has never been more evident than in the fight to change hearts and minds around sustainability, environmental care and climate action. The people who can sweep us along in their enthusiasm and can-do attitude offer solid foundations for optimism as we witness the earth struggling …and the solutions seem too much for us as individuals to contemplate. Matthew Evans is one of those people. Matthew is a chef, food critic, TV host and farmer, and increasingly across his career he has spoken and written the truth about our food and its j...2021-08-2942 min
A Mile in My ShoesWendy - A Mile in My Shoes"There are different ways beauty can be expressed"Try on Wendy's shoes and take a moment to see the world through her eyes. Wendy's story was produced by Meri Fatin and was collected when our A Mile in My Shoes exhibit visited Perth International Arts Festival.More about our A Mile in My Shoes project:https://www.empathymuseum.com/a-mile-in-my-shoes/Find out where Empathy Museum will travel to next:https://www.empathymuseum.com/where-to-find-us/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...2021-03-3109 min
Rare Air with Meri FatinDavid Carter + Jeff Hansen: An Unlikely AllianceIt began with a deep sea cod. David Carter and Jeff Hansen are people who have the courage of their convictions. What’s surprising about their alliance is that at first glance one might struggle to see HOW their convictions are aligned. David Carter is CEO of Austral Fisheries. He’s spent 42 years with the company, working from the ground up as a graduate and thriving under inspiring mentorship. His commitment to sustainable fishing practices has defined his career. This year David was awar...2021-03-2950 min
A Mile in My ShoesSean - A Mile in My Shoes"I'm confronted with this absolute wall of fire"Try on Sean's shoes and take a moment to see the world through his eyes. Sean's story is produced by Meri Fatin and was collected when our A Mile in My Shoes exhibit visited Perth International Arts Fesitval.More about our A Mile in My Shoes project: https://www.empathymuseum.com/a-mile-in-my-shoes/Find out where Empathy Museum will travel to next: https://www.empathymuseum.com/where-to-find-us/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-03-1010 min
Rare Air with Meri FatinAndrew Wear: SolvedThere’s a whiff of hope out there. Sounds like a strange thing to say as Australia comes to grips with the early days of the corona virus pandemic as this episode is recorded. We are a nation that has literally NO IDEA what 2020 will be like. Yet, there’s still hope and author Andrew Wear has tapped into it. Andrew is a very experienced public policy expert from Melbourne. He’s worked for Government across a vast array of different policy areas from Planning and Community, Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources. But his view is gl...2020-03-2446 min
Rare Air with Meri FatinTom Cronin: The PortalCan meditation really save the world? Tom Cronin thinks so. Big ideas and the people who chase them are captivating. Tom Cronin’s big idea is to bring an ancient practice, meditation, and sweep the message of it's benefits across the globe using the even more ancient art of storytelling. The practice of meditation is tens of thousands of years old and of everyone who takes it up, relatively few become teachers. For many, personal enjoyment of the multitude of benefits is enough. And of those who become meditation teachers, no matter the stren...2019-10-2234 min
Rare Air with Meri FatinMatthew Kemp: Inventing the Artificial WombThe idea of an artificial womb – a place where a prematurely born baby could continue to safely gestate closer to full term, is one scientists have worked on intermittently since the late 1950’s. Until recently it’s been considered a wild card, a fairly unorthodox angle on dealing with pre-term birth. Currently there are a handful of teams around the world working at various stages of development, including here in Perth, through the Women and Infant’s Research Foundation (WIRF). The Western Australian team, based at the University of Western Australia is headed up by New Zealander...2019-09-2147 min
Rare Air with Meri FatinDominic Smith: Writing The Electric HotelDominic Smith’s fourth novel, the New York Times best seller "The Last Painting of Sara de Vos" won both Indie Book of the Year AND the Australian Book Industry awards Literary Fiction Book of the Year in 2017. For Rare Air, he joins me to discuss his most recent novel, The Electric Hotel. Set around the birth of cinema, as the Lumière Brothers sent commission agents around the world to demonstrate their cinematographe, The Electric Hotel introduces us to French filmmaker Claude Ballard. One of the original Lumière commission agents, then silent film heavyw...2019-08-2643 min
Rare Air with Meri FatinElizabeth Wilson: Pilates GuruEighteen years ago, when I started as a student of the Pilates method, I had no idea how quickly it would become a significant part of my daily life. A few years into my practice, I qualified as an instructor in Sydney, but didn’t last long as a teacher, finding the effort of giving so intensively in the studio was a tough offset to my job as a mother of four little kids at the time. My very first instructor was Elizabeth Wilson at her fledgling Perth Pilates Studio. Today, with over 25 years teaching ex...2019-08-1335 min
Rare Air with Meri FatinMatthew Evans: On Eating MeatAs a former food critic, chef, author and TV personality Matthew Evans is not new to the ethical sourcing of food. It’s been a passion for well over a decade, and the first book he published on the topic was 2010’s The Real Food Companion. Fast forward through many beautiful publications, and numerous TV series and we arrive at his most recent book – On Eating Meat. For us as consumers it’s easy to turn a blind eye, but Matthew is completely unafraid to take on the biggest players in the food industry ab...2019-07-3040 min
Rare Air with Meri FatinNadia Rosenthal: At the Frontier of Regenerative MedicineProfessor Nadia Rosenthal has devoted her distinguished career to the understanding of how humans might harness the regenerative powers of some animals, to combat the vagaries of injury and age. Professor Rosenthal's research focuses on the role of growth factors, stem cells and the immune system in repairing injury and her primary focus is on heart muscle. Her book, Heart Development and Regeneration, is upheld as a definitive document in this field. I'm fascinated by the process of ageing, by all aspects of ageing. There are plenty of ways in which we are advised we c...2019-07-1443 min
Rare Air with Meri FatinJoe Williams: The Enemy WithinJoe Williams would be the first to agree that he won the genetic lottery in a lot of respects. A proud Wiradjuri man, born in Cowra, west of the Blue Mountains in NSW, he was spotted early as a naturally gifted rugby player. Joe was recruited at thirteen years old and played with the NRLbetween 2004 to 2008. After switching to boxing in 2009, Joe won two World Boxing Federation World Junior Welterweight titles. But the biggest challenge for him hasn’t been an athletic one – it’s been the battle with mental illness, addiction and acquired brain injury. 2019-07-0450 min
Rare Air with Meri FatinLisa Tamati: NZ Ultrarunning LegendWhen I was looking for inspiration, I came across @lisatamati a genuine legend of the ultra-running scene. Similar age to me, she has run over 140 ultras, over 70,000 kms, all the while battling asthma and back that was broken when she was 21. While she epitomises the gritty competitor, she is also a deeply compassionate, community minded person. Easy going, approachable, never exaggerating or glorifying her achievements. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this conversation (and thanks a million Lisa). 2019-06-2043 min
Rare Air with Meri FatinJane Caro: Author and Social Commentator“I think I knew on some level that I wasn’t conventional, that I wasn’t an acceptable kind of girl and I worried very much (as a young woman) about how that might affect me…and it took me a very long time to realise that it was a waste of time trying to control how other people responded to me.” I met Jane Caro at the 2019 Perth Writers Festival just after the publication of “Accidental Feminists” her exploration of the fortunes of a generation of women swept up in the social changes brought about by second...2019-06-0653 min
A Mile in My ShoesMargaret Watroba – A Mile in My Shoes"The mountain has got, in my opinion, a spirit. It lets me reach the summit. I don't conquer the mountain; I ask the mountain to allow me to go there."Try on Margaret's shoes and take a moment to see the world through her eyes. Margaret's story was produced by Meri Fatin, and was collected when our A Mile in My Shoes exhibit travelled to Perth International Arts Festival, with the help of Centre for Stories.More about our A Mile in My Shoes project: https://www.empathymuseum.com/a-mile-in-my-shoes/...2019-05-0110 min
A Mile in My ShoesSimon Peterffy - A Mile in My Shoes"The actions of our generation will determine the fate of humanity."Try on Simon's shoes and take a moment to see the world through his eyes. Simon's story was produced by Meri Fatin, and was collected when our A Mile in My Shoes exhibit travelled to Perth International Arts Festival, with the help of Centre for Stories.More about our A Mile in My Shoes project: https://www.empathymuseum.com/a-mile-in-my-shoes/Find out where Empathy Museum will travel to next: https://www.empathymuseum.com/where-to-find-us/ Hosted on...2019-03-2010 min
A Mile in My ShoesAisha - A Mile in My Shoes"Being a young, Muslim woman dressed head-to-toe [in black, with a niqab] – look I get it, it is absolutely confronting."Try on Aisha's shoes and take a moment to see the world through her eyes. Please be aware this episode contains adult themes. Aisha's story was produced by Meri Fatin, and was collected when our A Mile in My Shoes exhibit travelled to Perth International Arts Festival, with the help of Centre for Stories.More about our A Mile in My Shoes project: https://www.empathymuseum.com/a-mile-in-my-shoes/Find out wh...2019-03-0610 min
Pomegranate HealthEp44: Cervical Screening–Less Is MoreCervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women worldwide, but it's almost entirely preventable. Incidence in Australia and New Zealand has fallen by half since national Pap testing programs were implemented almost thirty years ago, and it now it sits between 6 and 7 cases per 100,000 women. But this rate has been at plateau for over a decade, and Pap cytology now plays second fiddle to HPV testing. In December 2017 Australia seconded the Netherlands to adopt this as the primary tool in cervical screening, and New Zealand plans to follow suit in 2021.The most noticeable shift is...2019-02-1241 min
A Mile in My ShoesKaliyugan Pathmanathan - A Mile in My Shoes"I had to remember what freedom was like."Try on Kaliyugan's shoes and take a moment to see the world through his eyes. Please be aware that this story contains adult themes. Kaliyugan's story was produced by Meri Fatin.More about our A Mile in My Shoes project: https://www.empathymuseum.com/a-mile-in-my-shoes/Find out where Empathy Museum will travel to next: https://www.empathymuseum.com/where-to-find-us/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2019-01-0910 min
A Mile in My ShoesCraig Hollywood - A Mile in My Shoes"To walk into a hairdressing salon or barber shop and be made a little bit of a fuss of is something that we take for granted."Try on Craig's shoes and take a moment to see the world through his eyes. Craig's story was produced by Meri Fatin, and was collected when our A Mile in My Shoes exhibit travelled to Perth International Arts Festival, with the help of Centre for Stories.More about our A Mile in My Shoes project: https://www.empathymuseum.com/a-mile-in-my-shoes/Find out where Empathy...2018-12-1910 min
Rare Air with Meri FatinEJ Love: Sex WorkIt's essential there's mystery around the life of a sex worker. No need to explain why. When a worker and client are in the room together, what transpires can feel deeply positive, therapeutic, even, over time, transformative. But outside the room, that exchange is weighed down by layers of societal judgement that can render it degenerate, immoral and dangerous. New Zealand-born sex worker, now sexual healer EJ Love has recently gone public about her work and is writing a book that she hopes will shift the shame and blame around sex. In...2018-12-1740 min
Rare Air with Meri FatinChris Bedding: Piratical PriestThe word is "repartee". Anglican priest Father Chris Bedding has it by the truckload, yet he's extremely careful to make sure that his significant comedic and improvisational talents are kept out of the Church context. Called to the priesthood while still at school, there's no doubt Chris takes the complex and demanding role as parish priest very seriously. But in the eight years since he arrived in Perth from NSW he has also found a supportive artistic community in which he's been able to develop his other passion - improvisation, comedy and acting. ...2018-12-1749 min
Rare Air with Meri FatinCat Hope: New Music SuperstarComposer Cat Hope has been described as “a superstar of Australian new music” best known for her graphic scores and new score-reading technologies. It’s fascinating to wonder how the daughter of a military family with no especial leaning towards the arts has ended up being an internationally recognised authority on experimental music. Despite the bass guitar being her first love (instrumentally speaking), Cat Hope began as a flautist - it was the main instrument through which she achieved her undergraduate degree at the University of Western Australia. She has always been a political animal, and descr...2018-12-1736 min
Rare Air with Meri FatinHarjit Singh: Turbans and TrustEver wondered what it means to be Sikh? In Harjit Singh, we couldn't have found a better or more patient explainer. Harjit was a little kid when he came to Australia (Perth) with his family. Growing up there were times when he wondered if it were possible to be an Aussie and Sikh at the same time, for example after 9/11 when people assumed he would be happy about the terrorist attacks in the US because he wears a turban. In his broad Australian accent, he tells how he negotiated those doubts and plenty...2018-12-1740 min
Rare Air with Meri FatinAisha Novakovich: Activist and AdvisorThere are so many life experiences in the melting pot that makes Aisha Novakovich who she is today. Parents from starkly different backgrounds, losing her Dad very young, being fostered out to numerous homes, and learning to be a Westerner before she learned to be a Muslim. By her early teens Aisha already had a strong sense of social justice and was exploring her faith (and others) very deeply before deciding to take on Islam with absolute conviction. Wearing the full face veil - the niqab - in her teens, she had a...2018-12-1737 min
Rare Air with Meri FatinMichael Woodley Part 2: Yindjibarndi Native Title Fight"It hits you in a spot where it makes you feel that no-one values Indigenous people. We’ve done nothing wrong. I come from a proud generation of Yindjibarndi people." This is the second part of our interview with Michael Woodley, CEO of the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation. Michael describes how, aged in his twenties, supporting a young family and working his way up the ranks at Hamersley Iron (a great story in itself), his grandfather, Woodley King, came to him and asked him to come home to Roebourne. To lead the Yindjibarndi community. Michael...2018-12-1636 min
The Podcast HourBuilding empathy: A Mile In My ShoesCould listening to other people's stories be an important way to build empathy- that valuable ability to put yourself in someone else's position to understand their feelings? That's one of the interesting ideas getting explored in an art installation that's now become a podcast called A Mile in My Shoes. The arty part of the idea is that a shipping container designed to look like a shoe box arrives in your town. You borrow a real pair of someone else's shoes, put on your headphones and go for a walk while you listen to a story lasting about 10 minutes from...2018-11-1700 min
A Mile in My ShoesDalwinder Singh - A Mile in My Shoes"It’s not about stealing jobs, it’s about working hard." Try on Dalwinder's shoes and take a moment to see the world through his eyes. Dalwinder's story was produced by Meri Fatin.More about our A Mile in My Shoes project: https://www.empathymuseum.com/a-mile-in-my-shoes/Find out where Empathy Museum will travel to next: https://www.empathymuseum.com/where-to-find-us/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2018-10-3109 min
A Mile in My ShoesPaddi Creevey - A Mile in My Shoes"What was it about being a nun that became so important to me?"Try on Paddi's shoes and take a moment to see the world through her eyes. Paddi's story was produced by Meri Fatin, and was collected when our A Mile in My Shoes exhibit travelled to Perth International Arts Festival, with the help of Centre for Stories.More about our A Mile in My Shoes project: https://www.empathymuseum.com/a-mile-in-my-shoes/Find out where Empathy Museum will travel to next: https://www.empathymuseum.com/where-to-find-us/...2018-10-0311 min
A Mile in My ShoesChristine Brown - A Mile in My Shoes"Mum, I feel like I’m going to kill myself."Try on Christine's shoes and take a moment to see the world through her eyes. Please be aware that this story contains adult themes. Christine's story was produced by Meri Fatin, and was collected when our A Mile in My Shoes exhibit travelled to Perth International Arts Festival, with the help of Centre for Stories.More about our A Mile in My Shoes project: https://www.empathymuseum.com/a-mile-in-my-shoes/Find out where Empathy Museum will travel to next: https://www.em...2018-09-0511 min
Rare Air with Meri FatinNick Lawrence: Transgender advocateNick Lawrence is a remarkable human being. Dealing with gender dysphoria made life difficult enough, from refusal to wear girly clothes as a very young child to coming out as lesbian as a teenager, Nick was approaching 30 before he decided to take the plunge and take steps to transition. On top of that, based on his loneliness and lack of community connection and access to advice during this period Nick set up Transmen of WA. Now he spends more time on being available to trans people and their families than he does on...2018-08-1037 min
Rare Air with Meri FatinMichael Woodley Part 1: Yindjibarndi Native Title Fight“Until we know no more Yindjibarndi are coming, we’ve got no right to give this country away.” Michael Woodley, Bidarra law carrier, CEO Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation As a journalist and sometimes just as a human being, I have followed the story of the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation and Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue Metals Group in their native title negotiations, since 2011. In late October 2015 I finally went to this place I’d been talking about for years with my Three Gates Media colleague Marnie Richardson. We stood at the top of Mt Welcome in Roebourne, in 40 plus degree...2018-08-1035 min
Rare Air with Meri FatinMargaret MacDonald: Salvation Army MajorReligious vocation isn’t commonly discussed anymore, so it’s hard to get a sense of how prevalent the calling is. When we think of vocation, it’s often the image of a nun or priest in robes that springs to mind. Major Margaret MacDonald’s story is a modern story of vocation, of giving one’s life to God’s work by rolling up sleeves and getting amongst the marginalized in the community. That’s the Salvation Army way. She grew up in a Salvationist family in Wales, who came to Australia as Ten Pound Poms, findi...2018-08-1038 min
Rare Air with Meri FatinJohn Kinsella: Wheatbelt Poet (Part 2)“When I say I’ve been sober for 21 years, I mean entirely sober. I stopped smoking, I stopped drinking, I stopped drugs I stopped everything. I haven’t had a cup of tea. I stopped every single stimulant and thing that could in any way alter my behaviour. I am that kind of person. I’m an all or nothing person. I was ALL. I was a polyglot user of anything I could get hold of, in any amount I could and then I stopped.” In the second part of this conversation with poet, vegan, anarchist and pacifi...2018-08-0928 min
Rare Air with Meri FatinJohn Kinsella: Wheatbelt Poet (Part 1)“When I was 18 and roused up and passionate I probably wanted to pull the pillars of the world down. I certainly have learned over a lifetime that the most effective way of bringing change is to show that there are other ways of doing things better and more humanely.” Trawling the internet doesn’t reveal as much as you’d expect about poet John Kinsella. As a Neo Luddite - a term he coined – he’s probably quite happy about that. Not finding much on the internet doesn’t mean there’s not much to be said – qui...2018-08-0923 min
Rare Air with Meri FatinGeneral Justice: Champion for Reggae“We all had nicknames and because I knew a little bit more than the rest of the guys they said you better be The General…and when I went to Jamaica in ‘84 I met Mortimo Planno who was a very important Rastafari and introduced myself as The General and he said 'You should be the General for Justice' … so from ‘84 onwards its been General Justice." He might be best known as the cool dreadlocked DJ and reggae event promoter around Perth but at his heart, General Justice is a loving and committed family man. Married to DJ Mumma Trees...2018-08-0932 min
Rare Air with Meri FatinTina Ross: Transgender SpokespersonAs a young boy growing up in Vancouver, Canada, Tina Ross had one big wish. To be a girl. She had no way of explaining why she felt different. But those differences made her withdrawn and anti-social because she could never “be herself”. A letter wrongly addressed to “Tina Ross” was to give the young boy a name, when finally, decades later living in Perth, Western Australia she was able to make her wish come true. I met Tina when she was asked to join in a panel discussion for media about reporting transgender...2018-08-0929 min
Rare Air with Meri FatinIonat Zurr and Oron Catts: Pioneers of Biological Art"We said it would be really nice if the first tissue-engineered sculptures to be presented within a cultural context would be a something like a worry doll because it would express our anxieties and worries and the fact that it's not that simple." Hidden away in the School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology at the University of Western Australia, is SymbioticA. It's a place where art is created - using living materials and scientific techniques - to make us think about what is happening in the world of biotechnology. Make no mistake, it IS as...2018-08-0943 min
Rare Air with Meri FatinEvi Ferrier: Artist, Collector, Free Spirit“I’m sick and tired of the things you never get tired of…so that’s why I decorate my house the way I do” Every community has characters. Evi Ferrier is one of Perth’s. Her home, in the swanky suburb of Mosman, is mosaicked from top to bottom - a riot of eye-catching colour in a sea of boring good taste. Her free spirit and sense of fun pervades everything she does and she’s a strong supporter of the arts as well as being an artist herself. Although she’d shown aptitude for art at school, it w...2018-08-0915 min
Rare Air with Meri FatinMick Malone: Soldier and Military Book Specialist"My father lived and breathed soldiering... and he didn't want me to be in the Army. But he signed the paper... and away I went on a career I've loved." Mick Malone's 27-year career in the Australian Defence Force was mostly spent in the SAS, including a twelve month tour of duty in Vietnam. His passion for military books was ignited by the reading required of those in the regiment. For over 25 years he's been running Imprimatur Books, specialising in old and rare military books, including the highly sought-after unit histories. He's about...2018-08-0930 min
A Mile in My ShoesDianne Lawrence - A Mile in My Shoes"I'm the only one allowed to call Nick a girl"Try on Dianne's shoes and take a moment to see the world through her eyes. Dianne's story was produced by Meri Fatin, and was collected when our A Mile in My Shoes exhibit travelled to Perth International Arts Festival with the help of Centre for Stories.More about our A Mile in My Shoes project: https://www.empathymuseum.com/a-mile-in-my-shoes/Find out where Empathy Museum will travel to next: https://www.empathymuseum.com/where-to-find-us/ Hosted on Acast...2018-08-0109 min
Rare Air with Meri FatinDr Michael Mosley: Clever Guts and FastingIt was arguably THE GUT that brought Dr Michael Mosley his earliest public recognition. His 1994 documentary on the work of West Australian researchers Professor Barry Marshall and Dr Robin Warren brought nominations for an Emmy, A BAFTA and also brought a LOT of mail. The experience marked the realization that Hippocrates was on to something 2500 years ago when he said “All disease begins in the gut” Dr Mosley has made countless documentaries since, often experimenting on himself. He’s ALSO authored several books including the 5:2 Diet, the eight week blood sugar diet and the Cl...2018-06-2233 min
A Mile in My ShoesSaige Divine - A Mile in My Shoes"I prefer to call myself a sexual healer..."Try on Saige's shoes and take a moment to see the world through her eyes. Please be aware that this story contains adult themes.Saige's story was produced by Meri Fatin, and was collected when our A Mile in My Shoes exhibit travelled to Perth International Arts Festival, with the help of Centre for Stories.More about our A Mile in My Shoes project: https://www.empathymuseum.com/a-mile-in-my-shoes/Find out where Empathy Museum will travel to next: https...2018-06-1311 min
Rare Air with Meri FatinRebecca Millman: Psychic Medium"I didn't learn that people didn't have the same visions as me until later in life" Although Rebecca Millman was used to the powerful intuition of her family members, she didn't accept or hone her abilities as a psychic medium until she was well into her 20's. There were plenty of experiences, including having objects thrown at her when she was alone at home which scared her so much she slept in the car outside. But in this conversation, Rebecca makes her gift seem surprisingly normal. Recorded at the RTRFM studios, Beaufort Street, Mt...2018-02-0730 min
Rare Air with Meri FatinSymon Still: Athlete, Disability Advocate, Family Man“I’d sit by myself in the middle of the lawn being very sad that it was me. But very thankful it hadn’t happened to someone I knew.” Symon Still was a born athlete. He moved just because he could. Growing up in a family that was always doing some form of sport, it was natural he would fill many hours of the day trying to improve his fitness and skill. His ambition was clear and he achieved it - becoming a physical education ( and maths) teacher - where daily immersion in his favourite past-time was coup...2018-02-0730 min
Rare Air with Meri FatinJane Bremmer: Environmental Campaigner"People really don't understand how poorly chemicals are regulated in Australia and how poorly risk is managed." Jane Bremmer was mother to a small baby when she and her partner Lee Bell moved into their first home in the Perth foothills. It wasn't long before they discovered they were living opposite a massive open toxic pit of petroleum waste, which they believed had been causing significant health issues in the community for many years. That discovery was the catalyst for two decades of committed campaigning and community education, making Bremmer and Bell highly regarded consultants...2018-02-0727 min
Rare Air with Meri FatinJoe Tuazama: Migrant Community Leader"There is no hope - you don't see anything that indicates your life will change." Joe Tuazama reflects on his seven years in a refugee camp in Guinea, where every day the main goal was to find enough to eat. First his family fled Liberia to Ivory Coast. But Ivory Coast was terrible in it's own way, so the family headed to refugee camps in Guinea, becoming separated in the process. Seven years in the hell and hopelessness of that environment did not dampen Joe's spirit, and when he finally made it to Australia he made the...2018-02-0726 min
Rare Air with Meri FatinDr Eman Ahmad: Escaping IraqI got a small piece of paper with a bullet telling me 'you have to leave, otherwise this will be it for you'. Doctor Eman Ahmad had been practising medicine in her home city of Basra in Southern Iraq for twenty years, but over time civil unrest and international attacks meant bombing and assassinations became part of daily life. She was given the opportunity by the AMA (Australian Medical Association) to apply to practice in Australia and ultimately take up permanent residency. But it wasn't an easy journey. In this episode of Rare Air, Eman...2018-02-0730 min
Rare Air with Meri FatinClothilde Bullen: Aboriginal Art Curator and Thought LeaderA career in the world of Indigenous art is a natural fit for Wardandi woman Clothilde Bullen, who has a number of acclaimed artists in her family. For ten years she was the curator of Indigenous art at the Art Gallery of Western Australia ( AGWA) and her depth of understanding about the potential positive impact of art to communities is second to none. That's compounded by being the daughter of two generations of Stolen Children. After life-changing leadership development, in 2015 Clo left the safety of full-time work to undertake study for a Masters...2018-02-0632 min
Rare Air with Meri FatinSimon Peterffy: On Militant Environmental ActivismMilitant activists don't often have fans in the media and general public with many having no time for their "lawlessness". In episode two of the Rare Air podcast, militant activist Simon Peterffy, who heads up the Forest Rescue group in WA, highlights his profound fears for the health of the planet. He has no time for petitions and cake stalls - he is compelled to get in there and physically stop the destruction. Simon was one of the three activists who jumped on board the Japanese whaler Shonan Maru 2 in January 2012 and were...2018-02-0623 min
Rare Air with Meri FatinTina Harrod: Jazz DivaThe story has a fairytale quality. Tina Harrod grew up in a tiny NZ town and arrived in Sydney aged 17 with a suitcase, a few hundred dollars and one incredible voice. That voice has been the ticket to a wonderful and profound life experience, in which she has discovered her true gift as a songwriter with encouragement and mentoring from her "university" - revered jazz maestro, the late Jackie Orszaczky. This conversation with Tina Harrod is the first in the Rare Air podcast series. As well as being a critically acclaimed jazz singer, Tina has...2018-02-0627 min