The Podcast from TEARFUND AUSTRALIA exploring what it means to live ’upside-down’ in the chaos of our world today?
SEASON TWO
New in August 2025: A series of Poetic responses to Practising Hope: Essays on living what we long for - available at tearfund.org.au/hope (http://tearfund.org.au/hope)
SEASON ONE
Join Joel McKerrow and Gracie Naoum as they bring you... An Upside-Down World, a podcast hosted with Tearfund Australia. Interviewing local and global guests, this podcast is a deep-dive into the eight sayings of Jesus (commonly known as The Beatitudes) and how these sayings help us walk steadily through this upside-down world. Joel and Gracie hear from some truly remarkable humans as they embrace Jesus’ backwards blessings and let them shape their lives.
Released through the weeks of Lent in 2022 the podcast accompanies Tearfund’s Lent series, which you can view at tearfund.org.au/the-way-of-love-lent-2022 (http://tearfund.org.au/the-way-of-love-lent-2022)
Strong Roots High Hopes | Ep 07: Live Q&A, Season Finale
The Strong Roots, High Hopes season finale. Joel, Matt and Adalia answer listener questions on false hope versus high hopes, social media activism, and what they'd tell the next generation, and reflect on everything the season's guests have taught them.
This episode was recorded on the land of the Wurundjeri people. We pay our respects to their elders past and present.
Tearfund Australia (https://www.tearfund.org.au/)is a movement of Christians working in partnership to end poverty and tackle injustice.
Explore Strong Roots, High Hopes (https://www.tearfund.org.au/go/hop).
Give monthly and put hope on repeat. Become a Tearfund Restorer (https://www.tearfund.org.au/restorers).
Share Hope: Host a Hope Stories Screening (https://www.tearfund.org.au/resources/share-hope) with short films featuring guests from this series: Autalaga Tuialii, Graeme Anderson and Marlon Phiri.
Explore the Just Leadership Cohort ( https://www.tearfund.org.au/news-and-events/just-leadership-cohort)
13 Sept 2026
Strong Roots High Hopes | Ep 06: Planting Seeds Under Cloudless Skies with Marlon Phiri
From Zambia, Marlon Phiri of ROCS shares how rural communities are meeting climate change with courage and innovation, and why Christian hope is grounded in God's character, not the weather. Interviewed by Melody Murton.
This episode was recorded on the land of the Wurundjeri people. We pay our respects to their elders past and present.
Tearfund Australia (https://www.tearfund.org.au/) is a movement of Christians working in partnership to end poverty and tackle injustice.
Explore Strong Roots, High Hopes (https://www.tearfund.org.au/go/hop).
Give monthly and put hope on repeat. Become a Tearfund Restorer (https://www.tearfund.org.au/restorers).
Share Hope: Host a Hope Stories Screening (https://www.tearfund.org.au/resources/share-hope) with short films featuring guests from this series: Autalaga Tuialii, Graeme Anderson and Marlon Phiri.
6 Sept 2026
Strong Roots High Hopes | Ep 05: Beyond the Saviour Complex with Dr Tanya Riches
Dr Tanya Riches, Director of the Master of Transformational Development at Eastern College Australia, challenges the Western church's saviour complex and points us towards the tangible hope already alive in the Global South and First Nations communities. Interviewed by Melody Murton.
This episode was recorded on the land of the Wurundjeri people. We pay our respects to their elders past and present.
Tearfund Australia is a movement of Christians working in partnership to end poverty and tackle injustice. Learn more at tearfund.org.au
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