Podcast Overview
<p>From Afar, a podcast about long distance love, from tropical Australia to icy Antarctica.</p><p> </p><p>“How do we tackle the challenges that creep into our lives when we’re away from the person or people we love the most?</p><p> </p><p>How do we deal with isolation, loneliness, anxiety, unexpected danger and longing? And what happens when things go wrong”</p><p> </p><p>These are the questions that host, Lori Uden, asks herself when her husband Shaun gets a driving boats job in Antarctica, leaving her and their two kids Matilda 10 and Saxon 9, home in Darwin.</p><p> </p><p>“As we prepare for Shaun to depart, I realise I need to look beyond myself for the answers. So, I pack an audio recorder in with Shaun’s beanies and thermals, buy myself a fancy new mic, and we press record as we ask the ‘experts’ around us - our friends, neighbours and ship mates - how they do it.”</p><p> </p><p>Told through a mix of memoirs, audio diaries, interviews and soundscapes, From Afar submerges the listener in a story of love, adventure, fear and resilience spanning from Australia’s steamy tropical north to the freezing, dangerous waters of Antarctica. </p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Recent Episodes
October 25, 2021
Making room for you
<p>In the final episode we follow Shaun’s last week at sea as he processes the traumatic few days after the fire, and tries to enjoy the final journey home.</p><br><p>While he’s chuffed to chat with Captain Jan, the Master of the vessel, and Sharon the voyage resupply coordinator, Shaun can’t help counting the days and hours until his feet hit dry land.</p><br><p>“We're just coming up to the port of Fremantle, my bags are packed and I'm just super excited to be getting close to the end of our journey”.</p><br><p>In Darwin, Lori swaps stories with neighbour Vicki and finds out what it’s like for Tamara each time she arrives home to her family, after a stint working away.</p><br><p>“So I've actually talked about this with my mates because I've found that the longer that this is going on, I find it harder and harder to fit back in”, says Tamara choking up.</p><br><p>With butterflies in their bellies, Lori and the kids wait at the airport with their “Welcome Home” signs held high...</p><br><p>But it’s not all smooth sailing, and as the Uden family make room for each other once again, Lori reflects on their journey - did they find a remedy to living and loving long-distance?</p><br><p><strong>Find out with Lori, Shaun, Matilda and Saxon as they share their lives, and love, with you.</strong></p><br><p><a href="https://www.fromafarpodcast.net/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.fromafarpodcast.net/</a></p><br><p><strong>Contributors to Ep 5: </strong>Vicki Allen, Tamara Travers, Rhiannon Townsend, Sharon Labudda and Captain Jan Dobrogowski</p><p><strong>Host and executive producer:</strong> Lori Uden</p><p><strong>Co-producers:</strong> Cinnamon Nippard and Lori Uden</p><p><strong>Interviews & sound recordings:</strong> Shaun and Lori Uden</p><p><strong>The kids! </strong>10-year old Matilda Uden and 9-year old Saxon Uden</p><p><strong>Editor:</strong> Cinnamon Nippard</p><p><strong>Mixer:</strong> Hamish Robertson</p><p><strong>Music producer:</strong> Serina Pech</p><p><strong>Online producer:</strong> Lori uden</p><p><strong>Graphic designer:</strong> Kelly Walsh</p><p><strong>Photographer:</strong> Helen Orr, Adam Leatherbarrow and Shaun Uden</p><p><strong>Mentor:</strong> Johanna Bell</p><p><strong>Critical listeners:</strong> Johanna Bell and Jess Ong</p><br><p>From Afar was created on beautiful Larrakia land and was produced with funding support from the Northern Territory Government through Arts NT</p><br><p>Thanks also goes to the Australian Antarctic Division and Maritime Construction Services for their support.</p><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
October 18, 2021
When things go wrong....
<p>Things are looking up, it’s not long until the Uden family will be reunited … and then…there’s a serious engine room fire.</p><br><p>“The audio recorder is burning a hole in my pocket, and I feel like I need to do a debrief about what's taken place, but I'm sort of not sure where to start. I don't really know what to convey...” Shaun’s voice is stilted and unsure, against the backdrop of the ship creaking and rolling in the swell.</p><br><p>Shaun and his closest friends on the ship, Jaimie and Adam, share their recollections about what was one of the most frightening days of their lives and confide in each other their fears for the days ahead.</p><br><p>“You have lots of things running through your mind, but immediately I was going through my little evacuation plan and what I needed to get”, says Shaun.</p><br><p>Back home, Lori’s mind whirls with fear. She’s not sure what to do or who to talk to when neighbours, Vicki who was a military spouse and Rhonda who survived Cyclone Tracy, call by for a cup of tea.</p><br><p>In the end it’s the comfort of these older women along with advice from Nepalese friends Nitesh and Silpi whose wisdom, care and experience give her strength and resilience when all she can do is wait.</p><br><p><a href="https://www.fromafarpodcast.net/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.fromafarpodcast.net/</a></p><br><p><strong>Contributors to Ep1: </strong>Jaimie Cleeland, Adam Leatherbarrow, Nitesh Raj Pant, Silpi Dhungana Pant, Vicki Allen and Rhonda Jones</p><p><strong>Host and executive producer:</strong> Lori Uden</p><p><strong>Co-producers:</strong> Cinnamon Nippard and Lori Uden</p><p><strong>Interviews and sound recordings:</strong> Shaun and Lori Uden</p><p><strong>The kids! </strong>10-year old Matilda Uden and 9-year old Saxon Uden</p><p><strong>Editor:</strong> Cinnamon Nippard</p><p><strong>Mixer:</strong> Hamish Robertson</p><p><strong>Music producer:</strong> Serina Pech</p><p><strong>Online producer:</strong> Lori uden</p><p><strong>Graphic designer:</strong> Kelly Walsh</p><p><strong>Photographer:</strong> Helen Orr, Adam Leatherbarrow & Shaun Uden</p><p><strong>Mentor:</strong> Johanna Bell</p><p><strong>Critical listeners:</strong> Johanna Bell and Jess Ong</p><br><p>From Afar was created on beautiful Larrakia land and was produced with funding support from the Northern Territory Government through Arts NT</p><br><p>Thanks also goes to the Australian Antarctic Division and Maritime Construction Services for their support.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
October 11, 2021
Intimacy. From a million miles away?
<p>Shaun’s due home in a few weeks, but each time Lori hears from him, through scratchy WhatsApp calls, it seems like there’s another hold up…in fact the ship can’t actually reach Mawson Station due to a thick band of sea ice…</p><br><p>Lori pushes down feelings of resentment and bitterness, and at the same time longs to see and touch her husband. She looks around for people who might be in the same boat. </p><br><p>She runs into Nitesh and Silpi who long to visit family in Nepal, and Geo who was separated from his new husband for the first 14 months of marriage!</p><br><p>Meanwhile on the ship, Shaun chats to Peter, an electrician on his way to winter in Antarctica and Dr Jaimie, a fellow watercraft operator and an albatross expert!</p><br><p>Together, from a million miles away, Lori and Shaun navigate feelings of longing and loneliness as they ask the people around them how they manage intimacy from afar. </p><br><p><strong>Contributors to Ep1: </strong>Nitesh Raj Pant, Silpi Dhungana Pant, Geo Hulme, Tamara Travers, Rhiannon Townsend, Jaimie Cleeland and Peter Boyle.</p><p><strong>Host and executive producer:</strong> Lori Uden</p><p><strong>Co-producers:</strong> Cinnamon Nippard and Lori Uden</p><p><strong>Interviews and sound recordings:</strong> Shaun and Lori Uden</p><p><strong>The kids! </strong>10-year old Matilda Uden and 9-year old Saxon Uden</p><p><strong>Editor:</strong> Cinnamon Nippard</p><p><strong>Mixer:</strong> Hamish Robertson</p><p><strong>Music producer:</strong> Serina Pech</p><p><strong>Online producer:</strong> Lori uden</p><p><strong>Graphic designer:</strong> Kelly Walsh</p><p><strong>Photographer:</strong> Helen Orr, Adam Leatherbarrow & Shaun Uden</p><p><strong>Mentor:</strong> Johanna Bell</p><p><strong>Critical listeners:</strong> Johanna Bell and Jess Ong</p><br><p>From Afar was created on beautiful Larrakia land and was produced with funding support from the Northern Territory Government through Arts NT</p><br><p>Thanks also goes to the Australian Antarctic Division and Maritime Construction Services for their support.</p><br><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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- What is From Afar?
<p>From Afar, a podcast about long distance love, from tropical Australia to icy Antarctica.</p><p> </p><p>“How do we tackle the challenges that creep into our lives when we’re away from the person or people we love the most?</p><p> </p><p>How do we deal with isolation, loneliness, anxiety, unexpected danger and longing? And what happens when things go wrong”</p><p> </p><p>These are the questions that host, Lori Uden, asks herself when her husband Shaun gets a driving boats job in Antarctica, leaving her and their two kids Matilda 10 and Saxon 9, home in Darwin.</p><p> </p><p>“As we prepare for Shaun to depart, I realise I need to look beyond myself for the answers. So, I pack an audio recorder in with Shaun’s beanies and thermals, buy myself a fancy new mic, and we press record as we ask the ‘experts’ around us - our friends, neighbours and ship mates - how they do it.”</p><p> </p><p>Told through a mix of memoirs, audio diaries, interviews and soundscapes, From Afar submerges the listener in a story of love, adventure, fear and resilience spanning from Australia’s steamy tropical north to the freezing, dangerous waters of Antarctica. </p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
This podcast updates daily.
- Where can I listen to this podcast?
This podcast is available on 4 platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. You can also use the RSS feed directly.
- Does this podcast accept guests?
Yes, this podcast regularly features guests.
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