Build 'Em Up
Our Build ‘Em Up podcast features upbeat local community experiences & inspirational rural health stories to help build the health & wellbeing of rural, regional & remote communities around Australia. https://www.ruralhealth.org.au/buildemup
Episodes
30 episodes
Episode 29: Locals taking care of locals
‘Senior citizens are the backbone of a town and important for social cohesion. They are not data but living, breathing people who have value. We need to make sure that they age in dignity,’ said Lesley Bryce, Founder of Bell Cares, joining our ...
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Season 3
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Episode 29
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29:38
Episode 28: Encouraging cultural competence
“When a farm man or woman comes into an ED with a chest pain, ‘how long have you had it ’, is an important question,” says Susan Brumby, Clinical Professor of the Faculty ...
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Season 3
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Episode 28
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34:44
Episode 27: Bouncing forward
In Episode 27 of Build ‘Em Up, we chat to Matt Linnegar, Chief Executive of the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation. He talks about the need to redefine the word ‘resilience’ f...
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Season 3
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Episode 27
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46:18
Episode 26: Doses of resilience
In Episode 26 of Build ‘Em Up, we chat to Timmy Duggan, Founder of Hoops 4 Health. Born and bred in Darwin, Timmy was the first person from the Northern Territory to play in the National B...
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Season 3
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Episode 26
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41:30
Episode 25: Addressing inequity differently
In Episode 25 of Build ‘Em Up, we chat to Dr Alison Kennedy, Director of the National Centre for Farmer Health. <...
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Season 3
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Episode 25
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48:37
Episode 24: Supporting the ‘whole’ child
In Episode 24 of Build ‘Em Up, we chat to Caitlin Breheny, Founder and Director of Connect Paediatric Therapy Services, an inter-, multi- and transdisciplinary allied health service that has see...
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Season 3
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Episode 24
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25:35
Episode 23: Beneath an orange sky
In Episode 23 of Build ‘Em Up, we chat to Judith Meiklejohn, Senior Impact Manager, First Nations Communities, at Orange Sky Australia. Judith has a background in public health, health research, development practice and ora...
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Season 3
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Episode 23
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37:09
Episode 22: A stage for rural young people
In Episode 22 of Build ‘Em Up, we chat to Sarah Parsons, the Creative Producer and CEO of Outback Theatre for Young People (OTYP) in Deniliquin. OTYP engages with young people from regio...
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Season 3
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Episode 22
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38:24
Episode 21: A passion for rural
In Episode 21 of Build ‘Em Up, we chat to Dr Jennifer (Jenny) May, Director of the University of Newcastle Department of Rural Health. Jenny oversees the Rural Health Multidisciplinary Training (RHMT) Program in North Weste...
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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26:31
Episode 20: Supporting mates bogged in the bush
In Episode 20 of Build ‘Em Up, we chat to Mary O’Brien, founder, director and CEO of Are You Bogged Mate?, a charity that helps country men talk about mental health and suicide. Mary is a passi...
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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28:59
Episode 19: Creating a village for rural mothers
In Episode 19 of Build ‘Em Up, we chat to Stephanie Trethewey, founder of Motherland, about her journey as a mother and how she became passionate about supporting rural mothers across Australia. ...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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28:05
Episode 18: 16th NRHC delegate feedback
In Episode 18 of Build ‘Em Up, we hear from delegates to the 16th National Rural Health Conference (NRHC), held on 2-4 August 2022 in Brisbane, on their motivations for working rurally, as well as their suggestions to improve rural hea...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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22:13
Episode 17: A modern voice from the bush
In Episode 17 of Build ‘Em Up we chat to Annabelle Hickson, founder and editor-in-chief of Galah magazine. Annabelle is on a mission to change the narrat...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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31:50
Episode 16: Aboriginal Community-Controlled Art Centres – Keeping Elders Strong and Connected
Episode 16 of Build ‘Em Up is guest hosted by Jennifer Ganske, National Tourism and Arts Head at NBN. She chats to Paulene Mackell from the National Ageing Research Institute about the “Art centres supporting our elders” research progr...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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23:43
Episode 15: A sporting chance for everyone
In Episode 15 we chat with Nicki Bardwell, CEO of Fair Game. Fair Game has been around for over 10 years and delivers unique health and fitness programs and pre-loved sporting equipment to remote and u...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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28:37
Episode 14: Happiness in a box
In Episode 14 we chat with Emma Sullings, founder of the Happy Boxes Project. This charity provides toiletries and beauty products to women and girls in remote parts of Australia. Their network of co...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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30:20
Episode 13: Dairy cows and mental health
In Episode 13 we chat with Sallie Jones and Steve Ronalds, co-founders of Gippsland Jersey. Gippsland Jersey is giving dairy farmers a fair gate-price for their local milk and supporting farmers’ me...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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33:11
Episode 12: Speechy building rural digital health hub
In Episode 12 we chat with Kylie Toynton, a speech pathologist from Gunnedah in north-west NSW who is building a digital service – with the support of an nbnTM Innovate grant – to offer synch...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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21:13
Episode 11: Gowning up to support rural doctors
In Episode 11 of Build ‘Em Up we chat to Bendigo GP Kirby White who responded to the COVID-19 PPE crisis by hand-sewing protective gowns to give to doctors free of charge, and then setting up her initiative Gowns for Doctors. This was on top of...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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26:38
Episode 10: It’s OK2SAYNO this festive season
Are you dreaming of a healthier festive season? In Episode 10 of the Build ‘Em Up podcast we catch up with Shanna Whan, the founder of Sob...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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32:36
Episode 9: Listen up dad, we’re in this together with SMS4dads
In Episode 9 of Build ‘Em Up we catch up with Richard Fletcher, founder of the SMS4dads campaign, along with Nathan Johnson, a rural dad from Dubbo in Central West NSW. After 20 years of trying to get new fathers to attend parenting se...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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22:39
Episode 8: Yarrabah’s digital health journey embraces spirit, culture and country
Episode 8 of Build ‘Em Up is a special podcast with guest host, Jen Beer, a Darlot woman who works with regional and remote communities for nbnTM. We chatted with the team at the Gurriny Yealamucka (Gurriny) Health Service Aboriginal C...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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22:44
Episode 7: Humble RFDS team behind iconic Aussie ‘flying doctor’ brand
In Episode 7 of the Build ‘Em Up podcast we chatted to the Royal Flying Doctor Service’s chief st...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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26:43
Episode 6: Ripper sit-skier Sam aiming for Winter Paralympic medal
Aussie professional athlete Sam Tait has a more fulfilling life than he ever dreamed of when he was a young man, which includes going for a medal at the Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing next March. Chatting with the
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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24:34
Episode 5: The big hearts of our Drought Angels
Drought Angels began with two Queensland friends who wanted to thank local farming families, one at a time, for their unrelenting contribution to Australian agriculture. This gesture, if the form of personal support for life essentials, has gro...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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23:11