Your Neighbourhood Show By Ubuntu Foundation
Theme:
Your Neighborhood Show is a podcast by the Ubuntu Foundation about building and celebrating community. Hosted by Carolyn, the series delves into the universal human experience of connection and disconnection, highlighting personal stories of belonging, resilience, and community-building.
Purpose:
Through heartfelt conversations and inspiring stories, the podcast aims to normalize moments of disconnection in life, explore ways to overcome them, and celebrate the power of human connections in enriching lives. Carolyn’s own journey of rediscovering community after moving across countries serves as the foundation for the series.
Key Focus Areas:
- Stories of Connection and Disconnection:
Real-life stories from diverse guests about their struggles and triumphs in finding belonging. - Community-Building Strategies:
Insights and practical tips for fostering meaningful relationships and building supportive networks. - Highlighting Inclusive Initiatives:
Featuring organizations and initiatives that create spaces of belonging for marginalized groups, promote peace, or bring people together. - Personal Growth Through Community:
Exploring how connecting with others fosters personal transformation, resilience, and happiness.
Target Audience:
Anyone who has felt disconnected, seeks a sense of belonging, or is passionate about building stronger, more inclusive communities. Whether you’re a neighborhood advocate, a community leader, or just someone searching for ways to connect, this podcast provides stories and strategies that inspire and resonate.
Why It’s Unique:
Rooted in Carolyn’s own experiences of culture, migration, and resilience, Your Neighborhood Show brings warmth and authenticity to conversations about community. By sharing deeply personal and diverse stories, the series humanizes the universal need for connection and offers listeners actionable ways to build their own network of support and belonging.
Your Neighbourhood Show By Ubuntu Foundation
Latest Episodes
Episode 23 - "Say the Thing" — Kristie Melling on Pain, Resilience and the Courage to Be Honest
What does it mean to be the person who holds everything together, even when you're the one who needs holding?This week, Carolyn sits down with Kristie Melling, a Brisbane-based marketing consultant who spent most of her life as the quiet...
Episode 22 - Julia McDonald Buchanan - A Story of Adventure, Resilience, and What Happens When It All Crashes Down
Born on a farm near the Ugandan border with no electricity and horses as her best friends, Julia McDonald Buchanan has lived more lives than most people could dream of. Sent to boarding school at five, shipped to England at thirteen with nothin...
Episode 21: Cass Wilson - From Banking to Community: A Story About Belonging, Loss, and Starting Over
What happens when a parent cuts you off with a single email, days after your wedding?In this episode, Carolyn sits down with Cass Wilson, CEO of the Rural Health Research Foundation, for a conversation that moves through small-town child...
Episode 20: Tom Robinson on Rowing the Pacific and Finding Inner Peace
In this episode of Your Neighborhood Show, Carolyn sits down with Brisbane adventurer and boat builder Tom Robinson, who became the youngest person to row the Pacific Ocean after setting off from Peru in a boat he designed and built himself. To...
Episode 19: Reclaiming Her Voice: Julie’s Path After the Storm
In this deeply moving episode of Your Neighborhood Show, Carolyn sits down with Julie, a participant-turned-volunteer at Sailability, to explore the remarkable journey of a woman who has quietly survived isolation, emotional abuse, neurodiverge...