In this episode we chat to Ian 'Dicko' Dickson. Where did Dicko even come from? 20 years ago he just turned up on Australian TV, an Englishman with a hell of a lot to say. After a blistering run on prime time television, and a shorter run on radio, Dicko and his wife Mel moved to the Sunshine Coast hinterland, where Dicko toys with vegetarianism and occasional yoga, and continues to spot talent and promote musicians. Dicko is one of my favourite people in the world. He’s smart funny and loves a fight more than a feed. Today we debate those ’11 mundane words’, talk about how he got here, and what we can learn from cancel culture. He might even change your mind.
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24 May 2022
Darcy & Belle: Growing Up Deadly
In Australia we like to tell ourselves we’re not racist. That’s not true, if you’re wondering.
In this episode we’re talking to Darcy and Bella, two first nations leaders who have offered to set us straight on what it’s really like to be an indigenous Australian.
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10 May 2022
Lauran Quinn: Numbing the Pain
Lauran Quinn is young, super smart, vibrant and fun. In her early 20's she was considered a young gun, climbing the corporate ladder in tourism and events... Privately, Lauran was battling an addiction to pain killers.
26 Apr 2022
Bruce & Denise Morcombe: Holding it Together
On December 8 2003 Queensland’s Sunshine Coast woke to the news that a boy was missing.
About to turn 14 – Daniel Morcombe had left home on Sunday morning to go Christmas shopping, his twin brother Bradley, not keen on the shops, had left him at the bus stop. Daniel had not been seen since.
Before long, everyone in Australia was looking for Daniel… but his family knew in their hearts Daniel was gone.
Ten long years later Brett Peter Cowan was charged with Daniel’s murder and ultimately sentenced to life in prison.
When Daniel’s body was found, even though it was the worst outcome imaginable, the Morcombes began to heal.
But how did Bruce and Denise stayed married, through those darkest days, how did they keep their marriage together?
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12 Apr 2022
Jess: Transplaining
Did you know gender isn't biological? What sex you are is biological. Gender actually refers to how you act, who you want to be, the social roles expected of a person of a certain sex... Your sense of yourself as male or female.
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29 Mar 2022
Terri Irwin: Till Death Do Us Part
I thought I knew Terri and Steve Irwin's story. But as we sat down to chat I realised I didn't know some really important stuff - like how they met, how they made it work long distance and who said I love you first. We talk about falling in love, building an extraordinary life together and saying goodbye when you are just not ready. And is offering to carry the heavy end of a dead feral pig love language? You be the judge.
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22 Mar 2022
Tim Newth: The Final Frontier
Tim Newth is the ultimate country kid. He grew up on a farm outside a tiny town in regional Victoria. The oldest son of a football hero. In 1988 Tim left Victoria, headed for Australia’s last frontier, the Northern Territory.
With his former partner David, Tim created the Darwin institution Tracks Dance.
In 2017 he was an NT finalist for Australian of the Year, because Tim has spent his entire adult life helping people tell their stories and build community through dance. But there is one story he could never tell. His own.
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15 Mar 2022
Todd Widdicombe: Loneliest Boy in the Street
Sunshine Coast radio announcer Todd Widdicombe, known to all as Toddy, is the funniest, kindest most popular guy in any room. A devoted son, loving husband and father of four beautiful kids, Toddy loves to be surrounded by people and noise. Most of it made by him.
Most people don’t know it, but Toddy grew up the loneliest boy in the street.
He’s an adopted only child. Important life detail that has followed him and impacted every decision he has ever made. How does NOT knowing where you come from shape where you're going?
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10 Mar 2022
Shannon Dodson: The Last Goodbye
At 8pm Monday August 30 2021, 17 year old Nathan Weckert was driving home from soccer practice when he collided with a guard rail on the Bruce Highway. Waiting for roadside assistance to arrive, he called his mum Shannon and asked her to come and get him.
Moments later, Nathan was hit and killed by a passing car. Just 7 weeks after his death, Shannon sat down to talk to us about love, grief and how life can change just as soon as you hang up the phone.
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17 Feb 2022
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