• Introducing Tide to the Moon
    May 25 2022
    Tide to the Moon is a story-filled dose of contemplation on being human.
    Join host Kate Lawrence, a practicing storyteller, meditator and vaguely pagan nature lover
    as I share my playful and reflective musings on navigating this ‘one wild and precious life’.

    Together may we be reminded and inspired to find deeper meaning, joy and reverence in the waters of existence.
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    2 mins
  • Announcement of Coming Home
    Oct 15 2021
    This is to announce a new podcast by Kate Lawrence - ‘Coming Home’. It is a 6-part narrative and political podcast about women’s homelessness, made in conjunction with Juno.
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    3 mins
  • Bear Hugs - Part 2
    Dec 9 2020
    In this second part of episode six we hear a beautiful, locally set story from writer Stephen Mitchell. Then we hear a poem from well know Australian author Henry Lawson, followed by an historical story of Annie Hutcheson who emigrated to Australia from Scotland in 1852.
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    45 mins
  • Bear Hugs - Part 1
    Dec 9 2020
    This episode we have two interviews. The first is with Pat who lives in an aged care facility in Woodend where they have of course, been locked in for months. Then we hear from Bernadette who has a daughter with an intellectual disability, about how covid has unfolded in her world.
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    40 mins
  • Don’t Give Me a Microphone
    Nov 25 2020
    Linc Yow Yeh, Mt Macedon resident and Murri man, is our interview guest this episode, and we have a rich and wide ranging conversation. Then we hear a story by the beloved and late Gene Roberts, told in Woodend a few years ago. In Dancing with Democracy we take a look at layers, hierarchies and bureaucracies of government and finally we get some great advice on how to introduce and improve a volunteer program.
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Full of Meaning
    Nov 11 2020
    Kyneton community stalwart, Eric Dearricott, is our interview guest this episode of The Covid Crossing. In Inside Life we take a look at the whole box and dice - happiness, suffering and meaning, drawing on the profound insight of Viktor Frankl. Ann Bolch is our local writer this episode with a beautiful reverie about the beloved Mount. History Happened Here takes an unblinking look at the history of invasion and injustice that is at the core of our occupation of this area and Lisa Richards ponders the concept of citizenship.
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    1 hr
  • Singing to the Choir
    Oct 28 2020
    Variety is back at the The Covid Crossing. This episode we have a great interview with Carly Visscher, some wisdom for our inner lives, a story written by award winning local writer Sue Yardley, a look at changes to our local democracy and the sounds of owls, and more.
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Lost City
    Oct 14 2020
    This episode features an interview with Vivien Philpotts, long term neighbourhood house coordinator from Lancefield. We hear a ripper story from local Romsey writer Christine Caley, and our history story is about the Ash Wednesday fires and what was happening for aboriginal people in 1982 and 83.
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    1 hr and 2 mins