Conversations with Annie & Kate
Annie Parker and Kate Carruthers in conversation with interesting women
Episodes
February 10, 2022 • 61 mins
In this episode our guest is Van Badham - we had a fascinating discussion about her theatrical career, adventures in London, her travels, and her evolution as a person.
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October 24, 2021 • 50 mins
Annie and I had a fascinating chat with Olympia Yarger, it included fly sex, working in a male dominated industry, her lifelong dream to be a farmer, and the need to smash the patriarchy. You can find out more about Olympia at Goterra (https://goterra.com.au/).
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October 3, 2021 • 51 mins
This time our guest is the smart and lovely Elaine Stead - scientist, entrepreneur, and venture capitalist.
BIO
Elaine Stead is a venture capital investor based in Adelaide. Her investment track record extends to over 80 startups across Australia, the United States and South East Asia. She has also invested in many of the best.
Elaine Has been a scientist, turned entrepreneur, turned venture capitalist, and never quite shed any of the...
BIO
Elaine Stead is a venture capital investor based in Adelaide. Her investment track record extends to over 80 startups across Australia, the United States and South East Asia. She has also invested in many of the best.
Elaine Has been a scientist, turned entrepreneur, turned venture capitalist, and never quite shed any of the...
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August 12, 2021 • 39 mins
This time our guest is Dr Linda McIver, a passionate STEM educator and founder of the Australian Data Science Education Institute. We had a great chat about what inspired her to setup her business, what drives her, and how the friendship of women has created an amazing support network. More at https://adsei.org/
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June 17, 2021 • 41 mins
Jamie Klingler is a force of nature. Passionate and full of energy, with a current focus on the Reclaim these Streets (https://reclaimthesestreets.com/) movement in the UK.
Annie and I had a fascinating chat with Jamie, covering areas from her new business, the experience of covid lockdowns, to changing one's life and habits and the challenges with family and friends when you do change.
Annie and I had a fascinating chat with Jamie, covering areas from her new business, the experience of covid lockdowns, to changing one's life and habits and the challenges with family and friends when you do change.
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May 21, 2021 • 41 mins
This time our guest is the charming Pip Stocks. She is a startup founder and marketing guru. We had a fascinating chat about starting new businesses, the importance of choosing the a good life partner, and the challenges of covid. Another great guest!
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May 19, 2021 • 39 mins
Tonight’s guest is Kerry Chikarovski. She is a leader, a mentor, and is passionate about helping people – as Annie said “she is a total badass woman!”.
Kerry is the first woman to lead a major political party in NSW (she was someone who provided women of my generation an example of a female leader). We had a frank discussion about leadership, how trying is important, and Kerry shared some great advice on giving things a go.
Kerry is the first woman to lead a major political party in NSW (she was someone who provided women of my generation an example of a female leader). We had a frank discussion about leadership, how trying is important, and Kerry shared some great advice on giving things a go.
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May 5, 2021 • 41 mins
This time our guest is the remarkable Anna Fifield - award-winning journalist, author, and editor. We had a wide-ranging conversation about life as a foreign correspondent, the challenges of writing a book about Kim Jong-un at 3.30 am in the mornings as well as doing her day job, and coming home to New Zealand as editor of the Wellington newspaper The Dominion Post.
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April 29, 2021 • 39 mins
Our guest this time is the remarkable Tracey Spicer - award winning author, journalist and broadcaster. We talked about how it was necessary to pivot to survive during covid, baking sourdough bread, and the importance of AI and ethics.
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April 19, 2021 • 37 mins
This time our guest is the remarkable Jane Gilmore. She is the fearless fixer of headlines, corrector of bad headlines about violence against women. Jane is also a thoughtful writer of pieces on politics, popular culture, and feminism. We had a intriguing chat about what not to do for self-care (protip: choccies and wine in excess), if 16 year olds should have a voice in parliament, and what keeps her fighting the good fight.
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April 18, 2021 • 41 mins
Annie Parker and Kate Carruthers chatting with interesting women over a drink. This time our guest is the amazing Yvonne Adele, who came to prominence as the media personality Ms Megabyte, and she has built a career on communicating about technology. Yvonne is Australia's first lifestyle technology personality and is a technologist, public speaker, and author. Annie and I had a fascinating chat with her that ranged from starting a ...
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March 29, 2021 • 45 mins
This time our guest is the open source ninja and dynamic public service leader Pia Andrews. Annie and I had a fascinating chat with Pia. We discussed the challenges of remote working in the time of covid, how she undertakes servant leadership to build her teams, and about her hope for the future of public service and the delivery of joined up government services for citizens.
I am often inspired when chatting with Pia - her optimism...
I am often inspired when chatting with Pia - her optimism...
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March 23, 2021 • 51 mins
Annie Parker and Kate Carruthers chatting with interesting women over a drink. This time our guest is the delightfully feisty and articulate Jane Caro, adn we had a fascinating discussion that ranged across issues from how to be your authentic self to why women should not burn it all down.
https://womenswork.me/
http://wallmedia.com.au/jane-caro/
https://womenswork.me/
http://wallmedia.com.au/jane-caro/
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March 20, 2021 • 40 mins
This time our guest is someone I've known for years via a group of policy wonks who used to meetup in Sydney pubs. Erin Riley is a communicator, PhD researcher, community activist, and mum. She shared with us some insights into her life as a carer, PhD researcher, small business owner, and a mother. Another interesting chat, enjoy.
http://erinriley.com.au/
http://erinriley.com.au/
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March 13, 2021 • 40 mins
On this episode we had a chat with Australian opera singer Helena Dix while she and Annie are in the same COVID quarantine hotel in Sydney. Helena shared some fascinating insights into the early years of her career, and how she recovered from a life threatening case of COVID assisted by her knowledge and understanding of breathing techniques.
https://helenadix.com/
https://helenadix.com/
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February 11, 2021 • 49 mins
Our guest this time is Dr Amy Coopes - journalist, writer and editor at Croakey News, a social journalism collective for health, and a junior doctor with the Victorian Rural Generalist Program. She is a recently graduated medical student at the University of New South Wales and a John Flynn scholar, now . She left full-time journalism to pursue a career in medicine, after a decade in news reporting including five years as Australia...
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February 5, 2021 • 42 mins
Our guest today is Kim Crawley, who got her start in cybersecurity via an interest in malware. She shared about her career journey, and about her experiences as a neurodivergent person who is also a self-advocate for the autism community (check out the hashtag #ActuallyAutistic) . She also shares some good tips for staying safe online.
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January 21, 2021 • 41 mins
Our guest this time is Lynn Dang - she is focused on making a difference by shifting the dial on diversity in the workplace and on helping refugees. She had a challenging start as a refugee after the Vietnam War, got a start in technology, and now has an amazing career that enables her to improve diversity at work.
One thing stuck with me from this chat - Lynn told us that she never really talked about her childhood experience becau...
One thing stuck with me from this chat - Lynn told us that she never really talked about her childhood experience becau...
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October 29, 2020 • 35 mins
This time on Conversations with Annie & Kate our guest is Isabelle Kingsley. She is passionate about science communication and education. Isabelle started out as a high school science teacher but later switched gears and worked as a science communicator and educator.
https://womenswork.me/
https://www.isabellekingsley.com/
https://womenswork.me/
https://www.isabellekingsley.com/
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October 23, 2020 • 40 mins
This time on Conversations with Annie & Kate our guest is Dr Desirée Kozlowski. She has done some fascinating research on the importance of emotional intelligence in clinical settings, and on gender roles, and she also teaches undergraduate psychology in Southern Cross University.
We had a wide ranging discussion that included how to find your happy place, and the importance of understanding what grounds you. With added nerdy t-shir...
We had a wide ranging discussion that included how to find your happy place, and the importance of understanding what grounds you. With added nerdy t-shir...
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