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Mud Between Your Toes podcastsNIGEL SIMMONDS, author of the highly recommended book, EATING THE WIND, opens the doors to his life in Bali... and the highs and lows when escaping the rat race.MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES, CONVERSATIONS WITH NIGEL SIMMONDS, EATING THE WIND. In my first podcast of the year, I am joined by editor, publisher and author of Eating the Wind. Nigel Simmonds has spent more than half his life in Asia — in Hong Kong, Singapore and Indonesia — chronicling the lives and foibles of the rich and famous as a columnist for the South China Morning Post's once-revered Lai See column, before taking the helm of the high society glossy magazine Tatler and Bali’s sophisticated The Yak Magazine. He chats to me about his latest book, Eating the Wind and di...2022-01-1420 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsThis podcast is all about vaginas—medical grade vaginas. I speak to “Vagina Betty” McCarthy about—err—vaginas. And a few other body parts.This podcast is all about vaginas—medical grade vaginas. I speak to “Vagina Betty” McCarthy about—err—vaginas. And a few other body parts.
Season 03 - Episode 23 of MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES CONVERSATIONS WITH PETER WOOD. I first met Erica “Vagina Betty” McCarthy back in 2008 in Hong Kong. She was on her way to a factory in China to see her first ever prototype medical grade vagina. “What the hell is a medical grade vagina?” I asked. My scant knowledge of false vaginas stretched to rather awful products in the window of Ann Summers. You can listen to Erica patiently...2021-09-2233 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsAFP’s sports correspondent Danny Hicks, speaks to me from Hiroshima, where he regales us with all the news and gossip following the Tokyo2020 Olympic Games.SEASON 03 - EPISODE 22 - MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES, CONVERSATIONS: AFP’s sports correspondent Danny Hicks, speaks to me from Hiroshima, where he regales us with all the news and gossip following the Tokyo2020 Olympic Games.
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2021-08-1325 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsLynne O’Donnell speaks to me from Kabul about Taliban threats to kidnap girls and women, raising concerns about them effectively becoming sex slaves.SEASON 03. EPISODE 21. Journalist Lynne O’Donnell is in Afghanistan to witness the departure of the NATO troops after 18 years. As the Taliban rush to fill the void in the war-torn country, she talks to me about worrying threats to kidnap girls and women, raising concerns about them effectively becoming sex slaves.
Lynne O’Donnell has an MA in War Studies from King’s College London and she’s the author of a fascinating book called High Tea in Mosul: The True Story of Two Englishwomen in War-Torn Iraq.
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Mud Between Your Toes podcastsSouth Africa recently experienced some of the worst violence in modern times. Veteran journalist, Peta Thornycroft, explains how the rainbow nation descended into such chaos.Season03, Episode 20 - Last week, South Africa experienced some of the worst violence in modern times. The rainbow nation, with arguably the world’s most liberal constitution, erupted into violent riots, sparked by a toxic mix of unemployment, corruption, political tension, and tribal nationalism following the jailing of former President Jacob Zuma.
As the world looked on in shock, I ask veteran journalist, Peta Thornycroft, how Africa’s poster child for equality and economic progress, descended into such chaos.
Photos: Top L: Veteran journalist, Peta Thornycroft. Top R: Former SA President, Jacob Zuma.
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Mud Between Your Toes podcastsFormer World Bank Country Director for Central Africa, Robert Calderisi discusses his books, The Trouble with Africa, and, Cecil Rhodes and Other Statues.Season 03 – Episode 19 of MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES CONVERSATIONS WITH PETER WOOD.
Former World Bank Country Director for Central Africa, international spokesman on Africa and 1968 Quebec Rhodes Scholar, Robert Calderisi chats to me about his critically acclaimed book, The Trouble with Africa: Why foreign Aid isn’t working, chosen by The Economist magazine as one of the best books of 2006, and his latest book, Cecil Rhodes and Other Statues: Dealing Plainly with the Past, released this July. Listen via the APP: https://mudbetweenyourtoes.podbean.com/ #MudBetweenYourToes #PeterWood #Petewoodhk #RobertCalderisi #WorldBank #Africa Poverty #Economy #TheTroubleWithAfrica #CecilRhodesAndOtherStatues #RhodesMustFall #CecilRhodes
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Mud Between Your Toes podcastsWhen journalist, Mary Lloyd, moved to Australia to work for the ABC, her dreams of big skies came crashing down after she was diagnosed with cancer. Mary opens up to me about her battle.When South African journalist, Mary Lloyd, moved from Hong Kong to Australia to work for the ABC, her dreams of big skies and 4WD road trips came crashing down after she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Mary opens up to me about her battle during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Season 03 - Episode 18 of MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES CONVERSATIONS WITH PETE WOOD.
When South African journalist, Mary Lloyd, moved from Hong Kong to Australia to work for the ABC, she thought her dream of big skies and 4WD road trips had come true.
Her husband, Ch...2021-07-1418 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsActor Nick Reding, best known for his role as PC Ramsey in The Bill, founded S.A.F.E Kenya – an NGO combatting female genital cutting, HIV/AIDS and violent extremism.British actor Nick Reding, best known for his role as PC Ramsey in ITV’s The Bill, left the comfort of the West End to found S.A.F.E Kenya – an NGO dedicated to combatting female genital cutting, HIV/AIDS, education on sexual reproduction, hygiene, water sanitation and violent extremism
Season 03 - Episode 17 of MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES CONVERSATIONS WITH PETE WOOD. Nick Reding is possibly best known for his role as the tough, but loveable East End cop, PC Pete Ramsey in ITV’s drama, The Bill. But despite a successful and comfortable acting career...2021-07-0726 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsGary Stokes, co-founder of OceansAsia and former director of Sea Shepherd Asia, chats about the illegal fishing industry, sharks fins, pollution and his role in the Netflix blockbuster, SEASPIRACY.Gary Stokes, co-founder of OceansAsia and former director of Sea Shepherd Asia, chats about the illegal fishing industry, sharks fins, pollution and his role in the Netflix blockbuster, SEASPIRACY.
This podcast began as an audio version of my book, Mud Between Your Toes – a memoir about my life – a gay, white boy growing up during the 1970s Rhodesian Bush War. It has now evolved into a series of conversations with characters and personalities with stories to tell – occasionally on an African theme.
Season 03 - Episode 16 of MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES CONVERSATIONS WITH PETE WOOD. The former...2021-06-3029 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsIn 1898, Ewart Grogan became the first man to walk from Cape to Cairo – for love. Over 100 years later, Julian Smith, author of Crossing the Heart of Africa, followed in his footsteps – also for love.In 1898, Ewart Grogan became the first man to walk from Cape to Cairo – for love. Over 100 years later, Julian Smith, author of Crossing the Heart of Africa, followed in his footsteps – also for love.
This podcast began as an audio version of my book, Mud Between Your Toes – a memoir about my life – a gay, white boy growing up during the 1970s Rhodesian Bush War. It has now evolved into a series of conversations with characters and personalities with stories to tell – occasionally on an African theme.
Season 03 - Episode 15 of MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES C...2021-06-2322 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsIn the wake of the #RhodesMustFall campaign, I chat to Duncan Clarke, author of Rhodes Ghost and try to get to the bottom of Cecil Rhodes – man, myth, legend or monster?In the wake of the #RhodesMustFall campaign, I chat to Duncan Clarke, author of Rhodes Ghost and try to get to the bottom of Cecil Rhodes – man, myth, legend or monster?
This podcast began as an audio version of my book, Mud Between Your Toes – a memoir about my life – a gay, white boy growing up during the 1970s Rhodesian Bush War. It has now evolved into a series of conversations with characters and personalities with stories to tell – occasionally on an African theme.
Season 03 - Episode 14 of MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES CONVERSATIONS WITH PETE WOOD. Ce...2021-06-1631 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsRob Parry-Jones, head of WWF Wildlife Crime Programme, discusses the devastating impact that organised crime has on the extinction our wildlife species.This podcast began as an audio version of my book, Mud Between Your Toes – a memoir about my life – a gay, white boy growing up during the 1970s Rhodesian Bush War. It has now evolved into a series of conversations with characters and personalities with stories to tell – occasionally on an African theme.
Season 03 - Episode 13 of MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES CONVERSATIONS WITH PETE WOOD. Rob Parry-Jones is head of WWF Wildlife Crime Programme. He has dedicated his life to combatting illegal trafficking in animals and animal products and the connection between the decimation of protected species, organise...2021-06-0919 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsLuke Hunt chats about his book, Punji Trap – the spy who didn’t love us: a Communist agent whose spying was as perfect for Hanoi as they were shattering for USA during the Vietnam War.This podcast began as an audio version of my book, Mud Between Your Toes – a memoir about my life – a gay, white boy growing up during the 1970s Rhodesian Bush War. It has now evolved into a series of conversations with characters and personalities with stories to tell – occasionally on an African theme.
Season 03 - Episode 12 of MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES CONVERSATIONS WITH PETE WOOD. Luke Hunt has covered wars, international politics and economics for Agence France-Presse where he served as bureau chief for Afghanistan and then Cambodia. He has written for The Melbourne Age, The New York T...2021-06-0225 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsMichela Wrong, author of In the Footsteps of Mr Kurtz, discusses her new book, Do Not Disturb - which explores the controversial career of Paul Kagame and the legacy of the Rwandan genocide.This podcast began as an audio version of my book, Mud Between Your Toes – a memoir about my life – a gay, white boy growing up during the 1970s Rhodesian Bush War. It has now evolved into a series of conversations with characters and personalities with stories to tell – occasionally on an African theme.
Season 03 - Episode 11 of MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES CONVERSATIONS WITH PETE WOOD. Michela Wrong has been writing about Africa for the last 2 decades, reporting for Reuters, the BBC and the FT. She’s the author of 5 books about Africa, including : In the Footsteps of Mr Kurtz...2021-05-2624 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsMike Smith, the Australian Financial Review’s China correspondent, was awoken by the secret police banging on his door, marking the end of Australian journalism on the ground in China since the 1970s.This podcast began as an audio version of my book, Mud Between Your Toes – a memoir about my life – a gay, white boy growing up during the 1970s Rhodesian Bush War. It has now evolved into a series of conversations with characters and personalities with stories to tell – occasionally on an African theme.
Season 03 - Episode 10 of MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES CONVERSATIONS WITH PETE WOOD. It was well after midnight on a muggy Shanghai September evening in 2020 when Michael Smith, the Australian Financial Review’s China correspondent, was awoken by the secret police banging on his door.
It...2021-05-1931 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsDavid Pope, one of Asia’s leading voice coaches, talks to me about gravitas, the science of the voice and the vital role it plays in the corporate world.This podcast began as an audio version of my book, Mud Between Your Toes – a memoir about my life – a gay, white boy growing up during the 1970s Rhodesian Bush War. It has now evolved into a series of conversations with characters and personalities with stories to tell – occasionally on an African theme.
Season 03 - Episode 09 of MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES CONVERSATIONS WITH PETE WOOD. I chat to David, Founder and Managing Director for ALL VOICE TALENT – one of Asia’s leading executive voice coaching and voice talent agencies. David talks to me about gravitas, the science of the voice and...2021-05-1223 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsLindsey McAlister, OBE, founder of the HONG KONG YOUTH ARTS FOUNDATION, chats about the role the arts plays on today’s children – especially in an age of social media.This podcast began as an audio version of my book, Mud Between Your Toes – a memoir about my life – a gay, white boy growing up during the 1970s Rhodesian Bush War. It has now evolved into a series of conversations with characters and personalities with stories to tell – occasionally on an African theme.
Season 03 - Episode 08 of MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES CONVERSATIONS WITH PETE WOOD. Lindsey McAlister, OBE, is the founder of the HONG KONG YOUTH ARTS FOUNDATION. She chats to me about her journey and how the HKYAF has not only helped her see life in a posit...2021-05-0522 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsListen to Danny Hicks, senior sports correspondent for AFP, wax lyrical to me about the debacle that is the Tokyo Olympic Games – scheduled to open on 23 July.This podcast began as an audio version of my book, Mud Between Your Toes – a memoir about my life – a gay, white boy growing up during the 1970s Rhodesian Bush War. It has now evolved into a series of conversations with characters and personalities with stories to tell – occasionally on an African theme.
Season 03 - Episode 07 of MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES CONVERSATIONS WITH PETE WOOD – Listen to Danny Hicks, senior sports correspondent for AFP wax lyrical to me about the Tokyo Olympic Games – scheduled to open on 23 July. Seven years ago, Tokyo billed itself as a “a safe pair of...2021-04-2827 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsRusty Labuschagne spent 10 years in a Zimbabwe jail for a crime he didn’t commit. He speaks to me about the harrowing experience and how he overcame the worst decade of his life.This podcast began as an audio version of my book, Mud Between Your Toes – a memoir about my life – a gay, white boy growing up during the 1970s Rhodesian Bush War. It has now evolved into a series of conversations with characters and personalities with stories to tell – occasionally on an African theme.
Season 03 - Episode 06 of MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES CONVERSATIONS WITH PETE WOOD. Imagine spending 10 years in jail for a crime you didn’t commit? This was the scary reality Rusty Labuschagne lived for a decade, before he was released in 2013 for being wrongfully accused of murde...2021-04-2125 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsFor the first time in history the Gay Games will be hosted in Asia - in Hong Kong in November 2022. Lisa Lam and Dennis Philipse chat about the 9-day international world-class diversity festival.This podcast began as an audio version of my book, Mud Between Your Toes – a memoir about my life – a gay, white boy growing up during the 1970s Rhodesian Bush War. It has now evolved into a series of conversations with characters and personalities with stories to tell – occasionally on an African theme.
Season 03 - Episode 05 of MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES, CONVERSATIONS WITH PETE WOOD. For the first time in the history the Gay Games will be hosted in Asia - in Hong Kong from November 2022. Lisa Lam and Dennis Philipsee – co-chairs for the GAY GAMES 22 chat to me abo...2021-04-1423 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsThe Kings Cross Steelers are the world’s first gay rugby club. Tim Sullivan discusses the impact the club has had on rugby and on why the world’s roughest sport is also the most gay friendly.This podcast began as an audio version of my book, Mud Between Your Toes – a memoir about my life – a gay, white boy growing up during the 1970s Rhodesian Bush War. It has now evolved into a series of conversations with characters and personalities with stories to tell – occasionally on an African theme.
Season 03 - Episode 04 of MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES, CONVERSATIONS WITH PETE WOOD. The Kings Cross Steelers are a British rugby team, based in London. Founded in 1995 it was the world's first gay-inclusive rugby union club.
Its founding sparked the beginning of a much larger...2021-04-0731 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsLynne O’Donnell - award winning journalist, foreign correspondent and war reporter chats to me about her fascinating book, High Tea in Mosul: The True Story of Two Englishwomen in War-Torn Iraq.This podcast began as an audio version of my book, Mud Between Your Toes – a memoir about my life – a gay, white boy growing up during the 1970s Rhodesian Bush War. It has now evolved into a series of conversations with characters and personalities with stories to tell – many on an African theme.
Season 03 - Episode 03 of MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES, CONVERSATIONS WITH PETE WOOD. Lynne O’Donnell is an award winning journalist, foreign correspondent and war reporter.
She has an MA in War Studies from King’s College London and she’s a fellow of the Dart...2021-03-3134 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsCraig Leeson is an award-winning filmmaker, television presenter & news correspondent. I chat to him about his breath-taking documentaries A Plastic Ocean & The Last Glaciers.This podcast began as an audio version of my book, Mud Between Your Toes – a memoir about my life – a gay, white boy growing up during the 1970s Rhodesian Bush War. It has now evolved into a series of conversations with characters and personalities with stories to tell – many on an African theme.
Season 03 - Episode 02 of MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES, CONVERSATIONS WITH PETE WOOD. Craig Leeson is an award-winning filmmaker, television presenter & news correspondent. I chat to him about his breath-taking documentaries A Plastic Ocean & The Last Glaciers.
Listen to Mud Between Your Toes podcas...2021-03-2433 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsAlex Perry discusses his book, The Good Mothers - the gripping true story of how a group of brave women helped take down the powerful Calabrian mafia criminal empire.This podcast began as an audio version of my book, Mud Between Your Toes – a memoir about my life – a gay, white boy growing up during the 1970s Rhodesian Bush War. It has now evolved into a series of conversations with characters and personalities with stories to tell – many on an African theme.
Season 03 - Episode 01 of MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES, CONVERSATIONS WITH PETE WOOD. Alex Perry is a journalist and former Time magazine correspondent for Africa - he even spent a short stint in a Zimbabwean jail courtesy of Robert Mugabe. He’s written for The N...2021-03-1731 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsS02E30 - YEARENDER (PART 6) - MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES - JACK MILBANK-ADAM JOGEE-DJ CONNELL-DOWAGER COUNTESS CAWDOR - 12 JANUARY 2021Episode 30 of MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES, YEAR-ENDER 2020 (Part 6). In this final episode of season 2, I bring you a compilation of highlights from farmer, Jack Milbank, Councillor Adam Jogee, author DJ Connell and Dowager Countess Cawdor from Cawdor castle.
Photos: Top Left: Jack Milbank. Top right: Adam Jogee. Bottom left: DJ Connell. Bottom right: Dowager Countess Angelika Cawdor.
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Mud Between Your Toes podcastsS02E29 - YEARENDER (PART 5) - MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES - MARK OLDEN - LISA HYWOOD - LACHLAN COLQUHOUN - KEITH RICHBURG - 06 JANUARY 2021Episode 29 of MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES, YEAR-ENDER 2020 (Part 5). A compilation of this seasons interviews. In today’s episode I bring you highlights from Mark Olden, Lisa Hywood, Lachlan Colquhoun and Keith Richburg.
Photos: Top Left: Mark Olden & David Blagdon. Top right: Lisa Hywood. Bottom left: Lachlan Colquhoun. Bottom right: Keith Richburg.
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Mud Between Your Toes podcastsS02E28 - YEARENDER 2020 (PART 4) - MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES - SARAH FOX - CYNRIC TEMPLE-CAMP - ZANELLE NDLOVU - DAVID FOX - 30 DECEMBER 2020Episode 28 of MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES, YEAR-ENDER 2020 (Part 4). A compilation of this seasons interviews. In today’s episode I bring you highlights from Sarah Fox, Cynric Temple-Camp, Zanele Ndlovu and David Fox.
Photos: Top Left: Sarah Fox, Top right: Cynric Temple-Camp, Bottom left: Zanele Ndlovu. Bottom right: David Fox.
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Mud Between Your Toes podcastsS02E27 - YEARENDER (PART 3) - MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES - Innocent Mutanga - Tertius Myburgh - Bruno Hansen - David Fox - 23 DECEMBER 2020Episode 27 of MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES, YEAR-ENDER 2020 (Part 3). A compilation of this seasons interviews. In today’s episode I bring you highlights from Innocent Mutanga, Tertius Myburgh, Bruno Hansen and David Fox.
Photos: Top Left: Innocent Mutanga. Top Right: Tertius Myburgh. Bottom Left: Bruno Hansen. Bottom Right: David Fox.
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Mud Between Your Toes podcastsAngelika, Dowager Countess Cawdor, chats to me about her childhood in Zimbabwe and life in Cawdor castle, home of Macbeth.Episode 26 of MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES. For anyone who loves Shakespeare they’ll know that Cawdor castle was the home of Macbeth.
It’s also home to Angelika, Dowager Countess Cawdor, who was brought up in Rhodesia by parents who fled Czechoslovakia during WWII. She chats to me about her early life growing up in the southern African country - and of course, her life in the 14thC castle in the north of Scotland.
Photo - Angelika, Dowager Countess Cawdor.
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Mud Between Your Toes podcastsS02E25 - YEARENDER 2020 (PART 2) - MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES - ALLAN SAVORY - FEE HALSTED - LOUISA TREGER - JONATHAN SYMMONDS - 09 DECEMBER 2020Episode 25 of MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES, YEAR-ENDER 2020 (Part 2). A compilation of this seasons interviews. In today’s episode I bring you highlights from Allan Savory, Fee Halsted, Louisa Treger and Jonathan Symmonds.
Photos: Top Left: Allan Savory. Top Right: Fee Halsted. Bottom Left: Louisa Treger. Bottom Right: Jonathan Symmonds.
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Mud Between Your Toes podcasts“It's as if Crocodile Dundee has crashed Muriel's wedding and run off into the desert with Priscilla”. That’s how New Zealand author DJ describes her book “Julian Corkle is a Filthy Liar”.Episode 24 of MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES is a conversation with New Zealand author, DJ Connell debut. Her debut novel, “Julian Corkle is a Filthy Liar” is described “as if Crocodile Dundee has crashed Muriel's wedding and run off into the desert with Priscilla”. It’s a story that charts the life of a gay teenager growing up in a rural community in Tasmania in the 1960s and 70s. Does that Sound familiar? We also discuss LGBTQ rights, humour and writing in general.
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Mud Between Your Toes podcastsCouncillor Adam Jogee, the new mayor of the London borough of Haringey chats to me about his Zimbabwean roots, politics and the challenges he faces in one of London’s most diverse boroughs.Episode 23 of MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES is a conversation with Councillor Adam Jogee, the new mayor of the London borough of Haringey. Councillor Jogee chats to me about his Zimbabwean roots, politics and the challenges he faces in one of London’s most diverse boroughs. He epitomises the multi-cultural and ethnic heritage of north London.
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Mud Between Your Toes podcastsSEASON 02 - EPISODE 22 - YEAR-ENDER 2020 - MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES -JILL BAKER - ROXY DANKWERTS - DOUGLAS ROGERS - PALANI MOHAN - 18 NOV 2020Episode 22 of MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES, YEAR-ENDER 2020 (Part 1). A compilation of this seasons interviews. In today’s episode I bring you highlights from Jill Baker, Roxy Dankwerts, Douglas Rogers and Palani Mohan.
Photos: Top Left: Jill Baker. Top Right: Roxy Dankwerts. Bottom Left: Douglas Rogers. Bottom Right: Palani Mohan.
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Mud Between Your Toes podcastsZimbabwean, Jack Milbank, chats about his Tuli cattle stud in Queensland – a breed indigenous to Zimbabwe, but one ideally suited to dry climates.Episode 21 of MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES is a conversation with Jack Milbank. Jack is a Zimbabwean farmer who has a Tuli cattle stud in Queensland – a breed indigenous to Zimbabwe, but one he believes not only suits the Australian climate, but is ideal for the prevention of desertification of our grasslands.
#Tulicattle #Jpmilbank #Jackmilbanksbrewhouse @jackmilbank #AbercrombieandKent #abercrombieandkenttravel #MudBetweenYourToes #PeterWood #Petewoodhk #Zimbabwe #Rhodesia #kenya #AllanSavory #AfricaCentreForHolisticManagent #TheSavoryInstitute #savoryinstitute #desertification #murraygreysociety #australia #ILRI #waguli #nuffieldfarming
2020-11-1140 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcasts"Thank God my nameless ancestor - brought across the ocean in chains and leg irons - made it out alive. Thank God I am an American." Keith Richburg discusses his time in Africa in the 1990s.Episode 20 of MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES , is a conversation with KEITH RICHBURG, an American journalist who spent more than 30 years working for The Washington Post. He chats to me, about his time spent in Africa between 1991 and 1994 from which he wrote a provocative, best-selling book, Out of America. A black man confronts Africa.
Richburg’s book provoked controversy in the African American community due to its perceived criticism of Africans.
Photo: Keith Richburg.
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Mud Between Your Toes podcastsJournalist, Lachlan Colquhoun, chats about Australian Lives - an online space where the life stories of Australians can be stored, collected, curated, honoured and read.Episode 19 of MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES, is a conversation with Australian journalist Lachlan Colquhoun about his parents, Des and Meg, who sounded like characters who would have been quite at home sitting at a Parisian café chatting to Hemingway and Gelhorn. Indeed, the Australian media said that Des was Australia's "most gregarious man" – that’s quite a statement from a country with quite a few gregarious men!
Photo: Meg and Des Colquhoun.
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Mud Between Your Toes podcastsThe pangolin is referred to as the most trafficked mammal in the world. Lisa Hywood, founded the Tikki Hywood Foundation in response to their near extinction.Episode 18 of MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES, is a conversation with Lisa Hywood, who founded the Tikki Hywood Foundation in 1994 in memory of her father, Tikki.
The foundation fights for lesser-known — or even lesser-loved — endangered species such as pangolin, serval, genets, bush baby, hyena and wild cat.
Lisa reminisces about her father, and Zimbabwe, but also looks forward to the vitally important work the foundation does throughout Africa in partnership African Parks - the world’s largest anti-poaching organisation.
Photo: Lisa Hywood (C) Lisa Hywood
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Mud Between Your Toes podcastsJournalist, Mark Olden, discusses the tragic story of how a person can simply fall through the cracks in the system - even in a first world country.In season 2, episode 17 of MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES, CONVERSATIONS WITH MARK OLDEN. My cousin Mark Olden is a journalist, TV producer and author of the book Murder in Nottinghill.
I’m talking to Mark today about his latest piece in the Guardian newspaper which highlights the tragic story of how a person can simply fall through the cracks in the system - even in a first world country.
This is Marks story about how David Blagdon spent 34 years in prison: his crime? Setting fire to a set of curtains in an Oxfordshire church.
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Mud Between Your Toes podcastsDavid Fox was enjoying a beer on the island of Bali. After just one sip he was tapped on the shoulder by a man who identified himself as a police officer asking “do you have something on you?” He did.In season 2, episode 16 of MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES, CONVERSATIONS WITH DAVID FOX. On Saturday 8th of October, 2016 journalist David Fox was enjoying a beer at the On-On Billiard Bar in Sanur, on the Indonesian island of Bali. After just one sip he was tapped on the shoulder by a man who identified himself as a police officer asking “do you have something on you?”.
He did.
And so began 8 months of hell in a Balinese jail.
Fox is here with me today to tell us about his time whilst banged up abroad.
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Mud Between Your Toes podcastsThis is the story how Zanelle Ndlovu lost her arm to a croc attack whilst canoeing with her fiancé Jamie Fox on the upper Zambezi at Victoria Falls.In season 2, episode 15 of MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES, CONVERSATIONS WITH ZANELE NDLOVU. In the wedding photos they look like any other young couple, happy and in love as they take their first steps into a long and blissful marriage. The bride is laughing. Her body wrapped in a spray of pure white lace.
Then your eye is drawn to the her missing right arm, and the bandages protecting what is left. This is the story how Zanele Ndlovu lost her arm to a croc attack whilst canoeing with her fiancé Jamie Fox on the upper Zambezi at Vic...2020-09-3028 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsA pathologist dazzles us with macabre stories that include spontaneous combustion and exhumation, drug mules, devil worshippers, rare diseases, cot deaths and a controversial landmark murder case.In season 2, episode 14 of MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES, CONVERSATIONS WITH DR CYNRIC TEMPLE-CAMP, one of New Zealand’s leading pathologist. Dr Cynric Temple-Camp cut his teeth in the Rhodesian air force as a medic during the bush war. He’s written 2 best-selling books; The Cause of Death and The Quick and the Dead – Dr Temple-Camp dazzles us with stories that include spontaneous combustion and exhumation, drug mules, devil worshippers, rare diseases, cot deaths and a controversial landmark murder case.
Listen to Mud Between Your Toes podcasts on iPHONE/Apple Podcasts. https://podcasts.apple.com/hk/podcast/mud-between-your-toes-podcasts/id1477...2020-09-2354 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsSarah Fox is the co-founder of VIVA LILY and has been instrumental in introducing the menstrual cup to thousands of women in Zimbabwe, many living on remote parts of the country.In season 2, episode 13 of MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES, CONVERSATIONS WITH SARAH FOX. Sarah is the co-founder of VIVA LILY and has been instrumental in introducing the menstrual cup to thousands of women in Zimbabwe, many living on remote parts of the country.
I had never heard about the menstrual cup before and I felt that I needed to find out what all the fuss is about.
Photo: Sarah Fox, Zimbabwe
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Mud Between Your Toes podcastsWar correspondent, David Fox, Chats about his 25 years covering war and conflict in Africa, Middle East and Asia.In Series 02 Episode 12 of MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES, CONVERSATIONS WITH DAVID FOX. Even though I’ve known David Fox since 1975, it struck me that I knew precious little about his 25 year career as a war correspondent and journalist. Obviously I received snippets of news about David, but like so many friends divided by distance - well as they say, out of sight, out of mind.
David regales me with war stories spanning some 22 years.
Photo: Fox in Basra, Iraq war, 2003.
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Mud Between Your Toes podcastsSurface-to-air missiles, car-jackings and tsunamis are just 3 of the traumatic events that shaped the life of Bruno Hansen.In Series 02 Episode 11 of MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES, CONVERSATIONS WITH BRUNO HANSEN. Three traumatic events shaped the physical, mental and spiritual strength of Zimbabwean born Bruno. Surface-to-air missiles, car-jackings and a tsunami. Paralysed from the waist down, Bruno fought suicide and depression to become a world adaptive surf champion. He shares his inspirational and extraordinary journey with me.
Listen to Mud Between Your Toes podcasts on iPHONE/Apple Podcasts. https://podcasts.apple.com/hk/podcast/mud-between-your-toes-podcasts/id1477432953?l=en
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Mud Between Your Toes podcastsAs the world locked down because of COVID-19, many nationals found themselves stuck in alien lands. But Tertius Myburgh had a plan.In Series 02 Episode 10 of MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES, CONVERSATIONS WITH TERTIUS MYBURGH. As the world locked down because of COVID-19, many nationals found themselves stuck in alien lands. Airports stopped all commercial flights. Around 100 South Africans and a couple of dozen Zimbabwean students needed urgent repatriation out of China. It would take Air Zimbabwe's only functioning aircraft, and a man on a prepaid cell phone in Canada to make this happen. Welcome to the world of Tertius Myburgh.
Photo: Tertius behind the controls of his Sesna.
Listen to Mud Between Your Toes podcasts on iPHONE/A...2020-08-2649 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsInnocent Mutanga was the first refugee to graduate from a university in Hong Kong – gaining a degree in anthropology from the prestigious Chinese University of Hong Kong.In Series 02 Episode 09 of MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES, CONVERSATIONS WITH INNOCENT MUTANGA, I am joined by fellow Zimbabwean, @InnocentMutanga.
Mutanga was the first refugee to graduate from a university in Hong Kong – gaining a degree in anthropology from the prestigious Chinese University of Hong Kong – and for the past year he’s worked as an analyst at an investment bank. He discusses everything from refugees, BLM, colonialism, Rhodes Must Fall, re-branding blackness and The Africa Center in Hong Kong.
Listen to Mud Between Your Toes podcasts on iPHONE/Apple Podcasts. https://podcasts.apple.com/hk/podcast/m...2020-08-1941 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsZimbabwean raised, Jonathan Symmonds was the lead animator for the dragons on series 5,6 and 7 and is speaking to me from his home in Mauritius.In Series 02 Episode 08 of https://mudbetweenyourtoes.podbean.com/ CONVERSATIONS WITH JONATHAN SYMMONDS. Last episode we discussed dragon tattoos. In this episode, we bring dragons right into your sitting room! In 2011, HBO launched the tv series GAME OF THRONES. It simply took the world of television by storm.
The show concluded in May 2019 after a spell-binding, sexy, brutal and fabulous 8 seasons of pure nail-biting fantasy.
Zimbabwean raised, Jonathan Symmonds was the lead animator for the dragons on series 5,6 and 7 and is speaking to me from his home in Mauritius.
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Mud Between Your Toes podcastsLouisa Treger, author of The Dragon Lady, chats about the life of Lady Virginia (Ginie) CourtauldIn Series 02 Episode 07 of https://mudbetweenyourtoes.podbean.com/ CONVERSATIONS WITH LOUISA TREGER. Louisa was a classical violinist until she turned her hand to literature. Her debut novel, The Lodger, was widely acclaimed, and she followed it up with The Dragon Lady, based on the life of Lady Virginia (Ginie) Courtauld – no stranger to Zimbabweans who grew up in the Eastern highlands. The book’s title comes from a nickname referencing the snake tattoo that wound up one of Lady Courtaulds’ leg.
Listen to Mud Between Your Toes podcasts on iPHONE/Apple Podcasts. https://podcasts.apple.com/hk/podcast/mud-be...2020-08-0528 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsA few years ago, I happened - purely by chance - upon a ceramic sculpture so extraordinary, so out there…so subversive, I felt compelled to find out about person behind the art.In Series 02 Episode 06 of https://mudbetweenyourtoes.podbean.com/ CONVERSATIONS WITH FEE HALSTED OF ARDMORE CERAMICS. A few years ago, I happened - purely by chance - upon a ceramic sculpture so extraordinary, so out there…so subversive, I felt compelled to find out about person behind the art. Fee lives on Ardmore farm, at the foothills of the Drakensberg mountains in kwaZulu, Natal with a team of artisans and apprentices.
Photo: Fee Halsted with one of the Ardmore ceramic pangolins.
Listen to Mud Between Your Toes podcasts on iPHONE/Apple Podcasts. https://podcasts.apple.com...2020-07-2936 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsAllan Savory is one of the world’s leading voices in land degradation (or desertification) of the world’s grasslands.In Series 02 Episode 05 of https://mudbetweenyourtoes.podbean.com/ CONVERSATIONS WITH ALLAN SAVORY. Savory is a man whose career in politics, agriculture and conservation has spanned some 60 years.
Throughout his career, he has arguably, been both revered and reviled in equal measures.
He is the co-founder of the Savory Institute and is one of the world’s leading voices in land degradation (or desertification) of the world’s grasslands.
He lives, quite literally, off the grid in a series of mud huts in Victoria falls with his wife and business partner, Jody Butterfield.
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Mud Between Your Toes podcastsPhotographer, Palani Mohan, chats about his art, his career and his extraordinary work around the world.In Series 02 Episode 04 of https://mudbetweenyourtoes.podbean.com/ Palani Mohan: Indian born, Australian raised, and now living in Dubai, Palani’s work has been widely published by many of the world’s leading publications. He is the author of six books. His work is part of the collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London. He has been recognised with awards including World Press Photo, Picture of the Year International, CHIPP, Communication Arts, and Sony International. Listen to Mud Between Your Toes podcasts on iPHONE/Apple Podcasts. https://podcasts.apple.com/hk/podcast/mud-between-your-toes-podcasts/id1477432953?l=en
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Mud Between Your Toes podcastsI chat to Douglas Rogers, author of THE LAST RESORT, a Zimbabwe memoir and TWO WEEKS IN NOVEMBER, The astonishing untold story of the operation that toppled Robert Mugabe.In Series 02 Episode 03 of https://mudbetweenyourtoes.podbean.com/ I chat to Douglas Rogers, author of THE LAST RESORT, a Zimbabwe memoir and TWO WEEKS IN NOVEMBER, The astonishing untold story of the operation that toppled Robert Mugabe.
Listen to Mud Between Your Toes podcasts on iPHONE/Apple Podcasts. https://podcasts.apple.com/hk/podcast/mud-between-your-toes-podcasts/id1477432953?l=en
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#MudBetweenYourToes #PeterWood #Petewoodhk#Zimbabwe #Rhodesia #TheLastResport #TwoWeeksI...2020-07-0839 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsRoxy Dankwerts has been helping sick & orphaned animals for over 20 years. She has rescued and rewilded a whole menagerie of animals, from African cats, primates, pangolins, birds & elephants.SERIES 02 – EPISODE 02 – CONVERSATIONS WITH ROXY DANKWERTS.
In episode 02 of https://mudbetweenyourtoes.podbean.com/ I chat to Roxy Dankwerts, the founder of WILD IS LIFE TRUST and ZEN (ZIMBABWE ELEPHANT NURSERY).
Roxy has been helping sick and orphaned animals for over 20 years. She has rescued and rewilded a whole menagerie of animals, from African cats to primates, pangolins, birds and of course elephants.
#MudBetweenYourToes #PeterWood #Petewoodhk #Zimbabwe #RoxyDankwerts #ZEN #ZimbabweElephantNursery #WildIsLife https://www.zimbabweelephantnursery.com
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#wildislife_zen
2020-07-0128 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsJill Baker was the voice of the Rhodesian Broadcasting Corporation – I share her life with you.SERIES 02 – EPISODE 01 – CONVERSATIONS WITH JILL BAKER. I begin series 2 of https://mudbetweenyourtoes.podbean.com/ in Conversation with Jill Baker – broadcaster, author and podcaster. Jill requires no introduction to many people who lived in Zimbabwe in the 1970s. Indeed, you may recognise her as the voice of the Rhodesian Broadcasting Corporation – I share her life with you in my brand new series.#MudBetweenYourToes #PeterWood #Petewoodhk#Zimbabwe #Rhodesia https://www.jillbakerauthor.com/podcasts #JILLBAKER @JillBakerAuthor #LandBetweenTwoRivers
2020-06-2448 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsEPISODE 49 - LIB AND THE GREAT NEHANDA - Mud Between Your Toes - 17 JUNE 2020Episode 49. Lib and the Great Nehanda. https://mudbetweenyourtoes.podbean.com Spirit mediums, soothsayers, farm invasions. In this final chapter of my book, I tell you the story about how my mum dealt with their eviction from Msitwe farm by Mugabe’s so called war veterans in 2001.
Photo: Mbuya Nehanda, shortly before she was hanged in 1898 at the height of the white colonial occupation, which she fiercely fought against.
#MudBetweenYourToes #PeterWood #Petewoodhk #MbuyaNehanda #Nehanda #Zimbabwe #Rhodesia #MashonaRebellion #MatabeleRebellion
2020-06-1729 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsEPISODE 48 - CONVERSATIONS WITH PAT GRIER - Mud Between Your Toes - 10 June 2020Episode 48. Conversations with Pat Grier in Byron Bay. https://mudbetweenyourtoes.podbean.com Pat Grier discusses his inspirational journey from Zimbabwe to Australia and from rags to riches. This is his story & how he took Ramsay Health Care from a AUD200 million/year company to AUD2.1 billion/year.
Photo: Pat Grier © Pat Grier
#MudBetweenYourToes #PeterWood #Petewoodhk #RamsayHealth
2020-06-1035 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsEPISODE 47 - CONVERSATIONS with REV MATT ARNOLD - Mud Between Your Toes - 03 June 2020Episode 47. Conversations with (Reverend) Matt Arnold in Bermuda. https://mudbetweenyourtoes.podbean.com Matt talks to me about his childhood growing up in Macheke, Rhodesia in the 1950s.
Photo: Matt Arnold on the road to Macheke, Zimbabwe. © Matt Arnold
#MudBetweenYourToes #PeterWood #Petewoodhk #zimbabwe #rhodesia
2020-06-0332 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsEPISODE 46 - THE SAINTS (PART 2) - END OF AN ERA - Mud Between Your Toes - 27 May 2020Episode 46. The Saints - Part 2: The Last Hurrah. https://mudbetweenyourtoes.podbean.com In the army. The Rhodesian Light Infantry disbanded in 1980, paving the way for One Commando Battalion.
Photo: 3 Commando was nicknamed the "Lovers", or sometimes "The Green Machine", the latter coming from the green jerseys its men wore in intra-regimental sporting competitions. The "Lovers" nickname emerged during the mid-1960s, and had its origin in the off-duty reputation of its soldiers, who were reportedly very popular amongst the young women of Salisbury. This reputation also contributed to the design chosen for the Commando emblem and flag...2020-05-2729 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsEPISODE 45 - THE SAINTS PART 1 - ROOKIES - Mud Between Your Toes - 20 May 2020Episode 45. The Saints - Part 1: Rookies. https://mudbetweenyourtoes.podbean.com Joining the Rhodesian Light Infantry at 17 opened up a whole new kettle of fish. It was a year I was going to remember forever.
Photo: Peter Wood giving it the killer eyes look. ©Peter Wood
Sound affects ©AudioJungle
#MudBetweenYourToes #PeterWood #Petewoodhk #RLI #RhodesianLightInfantry #Army #Rhodesia #TheSaints #3Commando #Commandoes
2020-05-2045 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsEPSODE 44 - CONVERSATIONS with MANDY RETZLAFF - Mud Between Your Toes - 13 May 2020EPISODE 44 – CONVERSATIONS with MANDY RETZLAFF – Mud Between Your Toes. In 2001, Mandy and Pat Retzlaff bore the brunt of the Zimbabwe land invasions. This is Mandy’s extraordinary story and how they managed save nearly 300 horses and eventually getting 104 horses into neighbouring Mozambique, where they now run a successful horse safari.
Photo: Mandy and Brutus. © Amanda Retzlaff
#MudBetweenYourToes #PeterWood #Petewoodhk #MozambiqueHorseSafari #HorseVolunteer #MandyRetzlaff #104Horses
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2020-05-1333 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsEPISODE 43 CONVERSATIONS with LINDIE HENSMAN, "the elephant whisperer" - Mud Between Your Toes - 06 May, 2020EPISODE 43 – CONVERSATIONS with LINDIE HENSMAN, THE ELEPHANT WHISPERER. Mud Between Your Toes. In this episode I talk to my cousin Lindie about fleeing Angola, her beloved elephants and love letters.
Photo: Lindie Hensman with Lindiwe. They shared a deep and special bond. © Lindie Hensman.
WWW.ADVENTURESWITHELEPHANTS.COM
WWW.ELEPHANTWHISPERS.CO.ZA
#MudBetweenYourToes #PeterWood #Petewoodhk #LindieHensman#elephants #elephantswhispers.co.za #AdventuresWithElephanrs #BelaBela #HazyView
2020-05-0640 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsEPISODE 42 - PARADISE ISLAND - Mud Between Your Toes - 29 April 2020EPISODE 42 – PARADISE ISLAND – Mud Between Your Toes. I chat about the now abandoned Santa Carolina island off the coast of Mozambique. In the 1960s and early 70s this idyllic island was host to the rich, the famous, hippies, adventurers and a few farmers!
Photo: The old man and the sea. My dad and brother, Duncan, Paradise island, early 70s. © Peter Wood
#MudBetweenYourToes #petewoodhk #peterwoodhk #mozambique#ParadiseIsland #Bazaruto #Inhambane #SantaCarolina #Vilanculos
2020-04-2918 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsEPISODE 41 - CONVERSATIONS with LOUISE STOBART - Mud Between Your Toes - 22 April, 2020EPISODE 41 – CONVERSATIONS with LOUISE STOBART. I chat to Louise Stobart, currently in COVID-19 quarantine in Auckland following their evacuation from Vanuatu, after the devastating cyclone Harold. Louise and I also discuss her successful African Shona sculpture business, Birdwoods.
Photo: Louise and husband, Bruce, on board a New Zealand Hercules, following cyclone Harold. Vanuatu, April, 2020. © Louise Stobart.
#MudBetweenYourToes #Zimbabwe #Rhodesia #petewoodhk @peterwoodhk #Lulasonaore #Vanuatu #CycloneHarold #Birdwoodsgallery.co.nz #category5cyclone #aoreisland #lovevanuatu #givealittle.co.nz #pacificpathways
2020-04-2234 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsEPISODE 40 - CONVERSATIONS with Larry Norton - Mud Between Your Toes - 15 April, 2020EPISODE 40 – CONVERSATIONS with LARRY NORTON. International wildlife artist, Larry Norton, speaks to me in “conversation” from his studio in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe about childhood, painting, wildlife and conservation in southern Africa.
Photo: Artist, Larry Norton at work in one of the world’s most spectacular locations – Victoria Falls. © Tami Walker. Sound effects ©Audiojungle #MudBetweenYourToes #Zimbabwe #Rhodesia #petewoodhk @peterwoodhk #LarryNorton #LarryNortonArt #wildlife #art #VictoriaFalls #TheLongSandsOfGonarezhou #TamiWalker
2020-04-1548 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsEPISODE 39 - HORSEY BIT - Mud Between Your Toes - 08 April, 2020EPISODE 39 – HORSEY BIT. Pony clubs, paperchases and the dreaded gymkhana. The horrors of the Christmas holidays - for me anyway..
Photo: Me riding Piccolo, M’sitwe farm, circa 1965. My sister, Mandy in the trough. © Peter Wood.
Sound effects ©Audiojungle
#MudBetweenYourToes #Zimbabwe #Rhodesia #petewoodhk @peterwoodhk #horses #gymkhana #ponyclub #paperchase
2020-04-0840 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsEPISODE 38 - WOODS HIT EUROPE - Mud Between Your Toes - 01 April, 2020EPISODE 38 – WOODS HIT EUROPE. In 1979, travel restrictions were lifted after 14 years out in the cold. My brother and I hit Europe – we had been living life in a time capsule and Greece, Spain and Switzerland were quite simply, an alien world.
Photo: My brother Duncan, dressed to the nines prior to embarking on a 22-hour flight to Athens, via Lisbon and Rome. We believed people still dressed up when travelling. © Peter Wood.
Sound effects ©Audiojungle
#MudBetweenYourToes #Zimbabwe #Rhodesia #petewoodhk @peterwoodhk #Greece #Switzerland #Spain
2020-04-0124 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsEPISODE 37 - SALAD DAYS - Mud Between Your Toes - 25 March, 2020EPISODE 37 – SALAD DAYS. Thursday nights at the country club, weekends with my gang, known as the Hoods, James Hughes and friendships forged.
“We were young and we were green as the leaf on the tree / For these were our salad days.”
Photo: Good friend and life of the party - James Hughes, 1961-1987. © Ann Francis
Sound effects ©Audiojungle
#MudBetweenYourToes #Mvurwi #Umvukwes #Zimbabwe #Rhodesia #petewoodhk @peterwoodhk
2020-03-2522 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsEPISODE 36 - CONVERSATIONS with DR ELIZABETH PISANI - COVID19 - Mud Between Your Toes - 20 March, 2020EPISODE 36 – CONVERSATIONS with DOCTOR ELIZABETH PISANI. With an over-load of information and plenty of conspiracy theories surrounding COVID-19, Elizabeth, an epidemiologist, academic researcher and the director of Ternyata Ltd., a public health consultancy based in London, UK, investigates the ways in which politics, economics and culture influence public health. She talks to me from London about Corona virus (COVID-19) and other epidemics such as HIV/AIDS. She has written 2 books - Indonesia Etc.: Exploring the Improbable Nation, and The Wisdom of Whores: Bureaucrats, Brothels and the Business of AIDS, and her TED Talk "Sex, drugs, and HIV - let's get r...2020-03-2032 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsEPISODE 35 - KARIBA! - Mud Between Your Toes - 18 March, 2020EPISODE 35 – KARIBA! The holiday destination was lake Kariba on the border of Rhodesia and Zambia. Spending one night in the bright lights of Caribbea Bay resort for a flutter at the casino, then across the lake to the beautiful Matusadona national park. Idyllic days marred by terrorism. Teenage antics. Crocs and hippos and spearfishing.
Photo: “The Hoods”, Tashinga, Lake Kariba, circa 1978 (L to R) James Hughes (laughing), Michael “Mungo” Hyde (singing), William Hughes (unimpressed), Peter Wood (over-acting). © Ann Francis
Sound effects ©Audiojungle
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#MudBetweenYourToes #Kariba #Zimbabwe #Rhodesia #petewoodhk @peterwoodhk
2020-03-1828 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsEPISODE 34 - CONVERSATIONS with ANNABEL HUGHES ASTON. Mud Between Your Toes. 11 March, 2020EPISODE 34 – CONVERSATIONS with ANNABEL HUGHES ASTON. This week I am in conversation with my friend Annabel calling from her farm in Livingstone on the banks of the Zambezi river in Zambia. Annabel is a writer, blogger, bush gourmet chef, lover, housewife, raconteur, entrepreneur. And now a philanthropist.
Photo: Annabel Hughes Aston, G&T firmly clasped in hand, enjoys a rare moment of solitude during her otherwise busy day. Livingstone, Zambia, 2020. © http://annabelhughesaston.co
https://savannabel.com
#savannabelbushgourmet #AnnabelHughesAston #savannabel #elephantcafe #zambia #livingstone #victoriafalls #zambezi
2020-03-1140 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsEPISODE 33 - 18 HARROW AVENUE - Mud Between Your Toes - 04 March, 2020EPISODE 33 – 18 HARROW AVENUE. This chapter revolves around the life at my gran and grandads home in Salisbury (Harare). Often it was akin to the Mad Hatters tea party, with a constant stream of eccentric, liberal and occasionally famous people fighting their way through packs of dogs and pigeons underfoot.
Photo: My aunt Susan Burnet (m. Susan Ray) had a successful career in British television, film and on stage. Critics likened her looks to Brigitte Bardot. Susie divided her time between the UK and 18 Harrow Avenue. © Mark Olden
Sound effects ©Audiojungle
2020-03-0435 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsEPISODE 32 - CONVERSATIONS with MARK OLDEN. Mud Between Your Toes. 26 February, 2020EPISODE 32 – CONVERSATIONS with Mark Olden. In this episode I chat with my cousin Mark from London. We discuss his early life in Rhodesia and what it was like having famous parents who were in the spotlight – and their often, very vocal opposition to Ian Smiths government. Ashrams, Arthur C. Clarke, Brian Jones, Diana Dors and more.
Photo: Mark Olden bringing the traffic to a halt with his mohawk and safety pins on First street, Harare, circa 1981. He was arguably the only punk in the country at the time. © Mark Olden
Intro music ©AudioJungle
2020-02-2636 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsEPISODE 31 - THE LUNCH DO (PART 2) - Mud Between Your Toes - 19 February, 2020EPISODE 31 – THE LUNCH DO (PART 2). Farm invasions. The end of an era. The age of the farm lunch do was over.
Photo: My brother Duncan with a snake he shot. Snakes gravitated to the house during the Christmas holidays, attracted by the annual N'yau tom tom drumming. © Libby Wood.
Sound effects ©Audiojungle
2020-02-1924 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsEPISODE 30 - THE LUNCH DO (PART 1) - Mud Between Your Toes - 12 February, 2020EPISODE 30 – THE LUNCH DO (PART 1). Rhodesian farm gardens and the superb weather were the ideal space for large, often rowdy lunch dos with up to 40 guests or more. Of course, fleets of servants also helped. The downside meant long, tedious journeys stuck in the car with an irascible father.
Photo: My mums garden on M’sitwe was the ideal location for a lunch do. © Libby Wood.
Sound effects ©Audiojungle
2020-02-1233 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsEPISODE 29 - THE V BLOCK AND BEYOND - Mud Between Your Toes - 04 February 2020EPISODE 29 – THE V BLOCK AND BEYOND. The Victory block – named after the allies victory after WW2. This where my family lived for more than half a century. I meander through the good times and wander across the country to my cousins ranch, Divuli near the eastern border.
Photo: I loved the way my mums indigenous aloe garden down the hill merged with the bush seamlessly. © Peter Wood
2020-02-0526 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsEPISODE 28 - THE STAMP THIEF - Mud Between Your Toes - 29 January 2020EPISODE 28 – THE STAMP THIEF. My neighbours often wondered why there were large, suspicious holes in their letters from overseas…
Photo: Just some of my stamps in my collection. © Peter Wood
Sound effects ©Audiojungle
2020-01-2921 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsEPISODE 27 - THE BIRTHDAY (PART 2) - Mud Between Your Toes - 21 Jan 2020EPISODE 27 – THE BIRTHDAY (PART 2) In this episode I read from my book. Seventy teenagers stuck on a farm during a civil war. What could possibly go wrong?
Photo: Illustrated Life Rhodesia, considered one of the more liberal publications (circa 1977). I don’t recall ever dressing like this.
Sound effects ©Audiojungle
2020-01-2232 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsEPISODE 26 - THE BIRTHDAY (PART 1) - Mud Between Your Toes - 15 January 2020EPISODE 26 – THE BIRTHDAY (PART 1) In this episode I read from my book. It was 1978 – my 16th birthday, held on the farm during the height of the bush war. It was a weekend few will forget. To get out of the house, we went camping on the farm. It turned into a night full of surprises. Teenagers, terrorists and questionable tunes.
Photo: Illustrated Life Rhodesia, considered one of the more liberal publications (circa 1977). I don’t recall ever dressing like this.
Sound effects ©Audiojungle
2020-01-1543 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsEPISODE 25 - CONVERSATIONS with David Fox - The Birthday - Mud Between Your ToesEPISODE 25 – CONVERSATIONS with David Fox. In this episode of "Conversations" I chat to my old buddy David about one notorious weekend in July, 1978 – my sixteenth birthday on the farm during the height of the Rhodesian bush war. Teenagers, terrorists and questionable tunes.
Photo: (L-R) Shaun Elliot, Spike Cockburn and David Fox on the top of the bald kopje, M’sitwe farm, July 1978 (The day before the weekend that was).
Sound effects ©Audiojungle
2020-01-0834 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsEPISODE 24 - THE SEYCHELLES AND THE SUBMARINER - MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES - 01 JANUARY 2020EPISODE 24 – The Seychelles and the Submariner. In this episode I read you a chapter from my book that dwells upon my first rather fumbled sexual experience and the guilt that was to follow.
Photo: My parents and me on board HMAS Orion, an Oberon-class sub belonging to the Royal Australian Navy. The Seychelles, 1978.
Sound effects ©Audiojungle
2020-01-0130 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsEPISODE 23 - WOMEN AT WAR (Part 2 - the bush war) - Mud Between Your ToesEPISODE 23 –Behind Every Great Man (Part 2 – the 1970s bush war). In this 2nd part I talk about the those farm women who kept the home fires burning whilst their husbands were away fighting the war.
Photo: The Rhodesian-made Uzi, or Rhogun - commonly known as a Rhuzi, was favoured by women who hated the kick given by the more powerful FN semi-automatic.
Sound effects ©Audiojungle
2019-12-2538 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsEPISODE 22 - WOMEN AT WAR (Part 1 - The pioneers) - Mud Between Your ToesEPISODE 22 –Behind Every Great Man (Part 1 - pioneering women). In this 2 part chapter I talk about the those pioneering women who endured unimaginable hardships during the 1890s through the turn of the century.
Photo: A group of Mashonaland pioneers enjoying “le dejeuner sur l’herbe”. I particularly love the man passed out drunk on the rock in the background! © The National Archives of Zimbabwe.
Sound effects ©Audiojungle
2019-12-2525 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsEPISODE 21 - CONVERSATIONS with Libby Wood - women at war - 24 Dec 2019EPISODE 21 –CONVERSATIONS with Libby Wood. In this 2nd “conversations” with my mum, she reminisces over the role of the women at war in 1970s Rhodesia.
Photo: A typical Rhodesian propaganda poster circa 1977.
Sound effects ©Audiojungle
2019-12-2421 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsEPISODE 20 - OH ZIMBABWE! MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOESEPISODE 20 – OH ZIMBABWE! In November 2019, I travelled back to Zim to spend time with the family, recharge, recover and get a first-hand account on how life ticks over in the country.
Photo: The long road to Mana Pools, November 2019. © Peter Wood
Sound effects ©Audiojungle
2019-12-1827 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsEPISODE 19 - CONVERSATIONS with Luke Gilmour on anti poaching - Mud Between Your ToesEPISODE 19 – CONVERSATIONS with Luke Gilmour. In this episode of "Conversations" I chat to my nephew Luke whilst down at the Mana Pools national park, Zambezi river, about his colourful life from antipoaching ops in Mozambique to a stint in the French Foreign Legion.
Photo: Luke Gilmour on the Zambezi river, Mana Pools, December 2019. © Peter Wood
Sound effects ©Audiojungle
2019-12-1118 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsEPISODE 18 - CONVERSATIONS with Duncan Wood on hunting on the Zambezi - Mud Between Your ToesEPISODE 18 – CONVERSATIONS with Duncan Wood. After a one month trip to Zimbabwe, I am back with new episodes for Mud Between Your Toes podcasts. In this episode of "Conversations" I chat to my brother Duncan on the banks of the lower Zambezi river, appropriately about non-commercial hunting.
Photo: Duncan Wood on the Zambezi river, Chirundu, December 2019. © Peter Wood
Sound effects ©Audiojungle
2019-12-0418 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsEPISODE 17 -HUNTING, SHOOTING, FISHING (PART 3 of 3 - HIPPOS)- MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOESEPISODE 17 (Part 3 of 3 – Hippos!) Between 1960 and 1970, we often joined our parents at these rough and ready hunting camps along the Zambezi river. Here are a few stories about encounters with hippos, crocs — and a few other critters.
Photo: My dad, Woody, in a dugout on the Zambezi circa 1960s. ©️ Libby Wood
Sound effects ©️Audiojungle2019-10-301h 19
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsEPISODE 17 - HUNTING, SHOOTING, FISHING (PART 2 - ZAMBEZI VALLEY!) - MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOESEPISODE 17 (Part 2 of 3 – The Zambezi valley) Between 1960 and 1970 we often joined our parents at these rough and ready hunting camps along the Zambezi river. They were exciting adventures, with the children often left to their own devices — despite the wild animals. The hunting ‘bags’ were extremely large and often included elephant and rhino.
Photo: (L to R) Norman Travers, Tom Salthouse, John Wood. Zambezi river circa 1960s. ©️ Libby Wood
Sound effects ©️Audiojungle2019-10-3029 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsEPISODE 17 - HUNTING, SHOOTING, FISHING (PART 1) - BEIRA!EPISODE 17 (Part 1) . Hunting, shooting, fishing – our holidays, be they on the Mozambique coast or along the Zambezi river were nothing if not exciting. In this episode (1 of 3) I talk about BEIRA!
Voice of Beira prostitute thanks to my cousin, Lindie Hensman, who grew up in Angola and understands the specific dialect of African Portuguese.
Photo: My mother and father after a long night at The Moulin Rouge, Beira, circa 1970s. © Libby Wood
Music: Portuguese fado music, traditionally sung by prostitutes.
Sound effects ©Audiojungle
2019-10-2325 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsEPISODE 16. CONVERSATIONS - David Fox speaks to Peter Wood about his early life in London - MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES - 16 October 2019EPISODE 16. At last the tables are turned and, in this episode, my good friend David Fox interviews yours truly. Somehow, I think David will be back to grill me more on our past escapades in future episodes.
Photo: David Fox, M’sitwe farm, circa 1975.
Sound effects ©Audiojungle
2019-10-1625 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsEPISODE 15 (PART 3 of 3) BACK TO SCHOOL - WAR AND PEACE - 09 October 2019EPISODE 15: BACK TO SCHOOL (PART 3 of 3), WAR AND PEACE
The final section on my school days at Prince Edward. The war comes to town and testosterone levels are on the rise. My own private rebellion finally leads me to the headmaster’s office and the end of my school days.
Photo: my first year at Prince Edward, Selous House. Aged 13 (yours truly bottom row, 2nd left).
Sound effects © AudioJungle
2019-10-0927 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsEPISODE 15 - BACK TO SCHOOL (PART 2) - CRIME AND PUNISHMENTEpisode 15 (part 2 of 3) charts my high school days at Prince Edward. Drama, elocution, art, bullying and bunking out.
Boarding is hard at the best of times, but throw in the anxiety of a bush war, a boys only school and teenage hormones and you inevitably produce some alarming results.
Photo: Prince Edward School straw boater
Sound affects © AudioJungle.
2019-10-0228 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsEPISODE 15 - BACK TO SCHOOL (PART 1) - THE EARLY YEARSEpisode 1 (of 3) charts my schools days from Umvukwes junior school aged 6, through to Prince Edward high school.
Boarding is hard at the best of times, but throw in the anxiety of a bush war, a boys only school and teenage hormones and you inevitably produce some alarming results.
Photo: The flame lily, emblem of Umvukwes junior school
Sound affects © AudioJungle.
2019-09-2523 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsEPISODE 14 - "CONVERSATIONS" with Spike CockburnIn this episode, I chat via Skype with my old school friend, Spike (Andrew) Cockburn in Lombok, Indonesia.
We discuss our time at Prince Edward school in Harare in the 1970s and a few other topics of interest.
Photo © Andrew Cockburn
Sound effects © AudioJungle
2019-09-0438 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsEPISODE 13 - DOGS, DOGS, DOGS - MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOESTypical of any farm anywhere in the word, we always had dogs. Dogs of every breed imaginable. Some pedigree, others of the more Heinz 57 variety. We seemed to go through so many hounds over a couple of decades, it was like a Plantagenet family tree for pooches.
Photo: Libby Wood and Lara ©Libby Wood
Sound effects: AudioJungle
2019-08-3019 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsEPISODE 12 - "CONVERSATIONS" with Libby Wood -MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOESIn this 2nd episode of CONVERSATIONS, I’m delighted to introduce my mother, Libby Wood. Following my previous chapter on the Rhodesian garden, my mum discusses her garden on Msitwe farm.
Photo: Libby Wood, Mkushi, Zambia. ©Peter Wood
2019-08-2520 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsEPISODE 11 - THE RHODESIAN FARM GARDENHaving traveled the world and seen gardens from Dundee to Virginia, Hampshire to Sydney, and as inspiring as many of these were, none quite stood up to the glorious, wild Rhodesian garden.
Cannas (King Midas), M'sitwe farm. ©Libby Wood
2019-08-2519 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsEPISODE 10 - THE BIG BRAVE LEOPARD HUNTERMy father took me on a leopard hunt when I was 4 years old.
Need I say more.
The author, M'sitwe farm, circa 1965. This leopard went rogue and had to be put down. ©Libby Wood
Sound effects ©Audiojungle
2019-08-2223 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsEPISODE 9 - ALEC - MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOESMy first friend Alec Chimbata - this is his story.
Alec was my age. He was Fred and nanny’s first-born son, (now Fred was our cookboy and his wife was my nanny) and for an hour every afternoon Alec and I would have the freedom of the compound and the surrounding bush.
Over time, something intangible changed and would stay changed forever. That age of innocence was gone. As I met other kids my own age and skin colour, I started to see a world outside the confines of the farm, and my feelings fo...2019-08-2138 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsEPISODE 8 - THE SOUNDS OF AFRICA - MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOESAfrican farms echo to the sound of diesel tractors, pye-dogs barking, birdsong and lowing cattle.
In this episode I take a light-hearted dig at the sounds of Africa
Rambunctious children on M'sitwe farm. Photo ©Becky Lohan
Sound effects ©Audiojungle
2019-08-2121 min