This Corona Life
In a locked down world, Richard interviews a wide variety of isolated people including an indigenous leader, a baker, a CEO, a popular musician, an internationally successful playwright and an elite football player amongst others. Despite the enormous differences in their lives and livelihoods, to a person their responses are engaging, enlightening and inspiring. Something we all need right now.
Episodes
10 episodes
Suzie Miller
One of Australia’s most important and successful playwrights talks about the devastating affect coronavirus will have on her industry and how it will recover....or not.
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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27:50
Rekisha Satour
A proud young indigenous woman whose work as a student support officer for indigenous youth has seen her thrust into the eye of the coronavirus storm in allaying fears for indigenous communities....all while being the first in her extended fami...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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34:52
Ian Learmonth
Ian Learmonth is the CEO of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, who invest in Australia’s transition to lower emissions. The coronavirus is having a devastating effect on the world. In trying to come to terms with the horrendous loss of life ...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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29:46
Kirra Dibb
Kirra Dibb is a professional rugby league player. At this stage, a full time football career is not really an option for women. But the crowds (a jam packed North Sydney oval for State of Origin) and the obvious skills and commitment (“the phot...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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29:03
Professor John Fraser
A soccer obsessed professor of medicine from Brisbane via Glasgow. He’s leading a large scale global response to a vital aspect of the treatment of coronavirus. Head to covidcritical.org to ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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32:46
Bruce Davidson
The CEO of one of Australia’s largest privately-owned recruitment and consulting companies. An industry that, along with many others, was devastated by the effect of coronavirus. He started using the situation as an opportunity to think a littl...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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27:10
Tim and Honor Northam
They moved to the south coast of New South Wales with their kids to create an idyllic life. With the rising success of their bakery, it was all on track. Then, two unprecedented crises hit them within the space of three months (the bushfires an...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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35:47
Alex the Astronaut
Alex is a favourite on Australia’s national youth radio station Triple J. Having undertaken a soccer scholarship in New York while completing her degree in mathematics and physics, she used her spare time (!!) to write music. On her return to A...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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32:55
Waverley Stanley AM
An indigenous leader in the education of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island children. Inspiring at the best of times, vital in the worst. I promise you, we all need to hear this. Www.yalari.org
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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39:52
Georgina and Nick Sindel
A brother and sister overseas in seperate countries. They fly home and are forced into a 14 day lock up in a pretty ordinary hotel. Coincidentally, the same hotel. They talk to us from the inside and share their experiences on how they ended up...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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43:05