Age Against The Machine

Genre: Factual Podcast

Availability: Available exclusively on Audible Originals HERE

Synopsis: Growing older can be daunting. And for many women in particular, it can be downright terrifying. Melissa Doyle (Sunrise, Sunday Night) recently turned 50, and Naima Brown recently turned 40 – and they found themselves wanting some guidance on how to approach life’s second act. So they connect with women from different cultures to learn about how growing older can mean forging deeper connections (New Zealand), getting more power (Ghana), more opportunities (Finland) and sometimes more plastic surgery (South Korea). They discuss everything from menopause to sex, political representation to financial security. They find out how to Age Against the Machine.

Every Body with Robyn Lawley

Genre: Factual Podcast

Availability: Available exclusively on Audible Originals HERE

Synopsis: When she suffered a seizure that saw her hospitalised with a cracked skull and facial injuries, Robyn Lawley started to reassess her future. Australia’s leading plus-size model had always called out body-diversity blind spots, but now wondered whether she could continue working in an industry with such a rigid view of beauty. So Lawley embarked on Every Body, a journey to redefine physical beauty, in which she looks critically at the #BodyPositvity movement and asks: who does it leave on the margin, and what is a better call to action? Every Body examines the stories we all carry in – and on – our bodies, providing an inspiring roadmap for how to accept our imperfections and even come to celebrate them.

A Carnivore’s Crisis With Rachel Khoo

Genre: Factual Podcast

Available exclusively on Audible Originals

Duration: 8 part, 30min+ series

Synopsis: Wrestling with your conscience when you have a burger? Concerned that you should switch to almond milk lattes? Rachel Khoo is worried too. The chef and broadcaster trained in French cuisine and her career has been built on the motto: “Butter makes everything better.” But all this talk about veganism has started getting to her. Should she change her cooking, her eating and her lifestyle to stop global warming?

Elli

Genre: Digital Space

Availability: elliwomen.com.au

Synopsis: Elli isn’t a “how-to” guide on aging because there isn’t simply one way to do this! But there is one thing we heard from so many of our sisters out there: they feel invisible. In the media, in society, sometimes even in their own communities and families. So Elli is here to help us stay ferociously, unrelentingly, unapologetically visible…like, beating Thor at a wrestling match kind of visible.

The Institute of Interesting Ideas

Genre: Live Events

Availability: Kiama, NSW

The Institute of Interesting Ideas (I3) is founded on the principle that life is for learning, and that we are all simultaneously teachers and students. I3 is committed to sparking provocative and stimulating conversations by presenting the most interesting speakers Australia has to offer.

From entertainers & journalists, scientists & master chefs, authors & musicians and beyond…I3 will challenge, provoke, inspire and dare our audience to see the world differently. Our line-up of speakers come from all walks of life and take to our stage to share their stories, wisdom and ideas with honesty & humour.

Fact or Fiction with Alan Duffy

Genre: Podcast

Availability: coming soon, watch this space!