Mycelial

On the 14th episode of Mycelial, we speak with Techa Beaumont. Techa has a background in creative arts and law and advocacy and for a decade worked on the frontlines as an activist in solidarity with remote communities (mostly indigenous) fighting Australian mining companies in places like Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia and Africa. For the past 10 years she has reoriented her activist efforts loc...

On the 13th episode of Mycelial, we speak with Jaja Dare. Jaja is a Wiradjuri Original and an Artist, producer, curator and designer for cultural advocacy. Jaja is the national First Nations Programmer for Apple Music, creator of indigiTUBE, Decolonise Podcast Executive Producer and Host alongside being a 2025 National Regional Arts Fellow.  In their own words, Jaja has a great passion in remindin...

On the 12th episode of Mycelial, we speak with Tom Wright. Tom is the Founder & CEO of ‘Wasteless World’ - A project that supports communities (local and abroad) to locate environmental problems in their area and through its vast network of knowledge and connections, empowers them to tackle these problems and turn them into economic opportunities incentivising those who might not usually have...

On the 11th episode of Mycelial, we speak with Juliet Lamont. As well as being one of the 6 Australians aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla (the most recent flotilla that set out to break the siege on Gaza and that was intercepted and kidnapped by IOF forces in October), Juliet is also a documentary filmmaker, mother and front line humanitarian and ecological activist. Juliet believes direct action i...

On the 10th episode of Mycelial, we speak with Daniel Foor, PhD. Daniel is the author of Ancestral Medicine: Rituals for Personal and Family Healing and an internationally respected teacher of ancestor reverence and ritual. Over the past 20 years, he has guided over 150 multi-day ancestor-focused healing rituals in over 10 countries, reached thousands of participants through personal sessions and...

On the 9th episode of Mycelial, we speak with Aunty Dinnawhan. Dinnawhan means emu in Gamilaraay language and is an active Wakka-Kabi Elder and Wisdom Keeper living and walking on these lands now known as the Sunshine Coast of Australia. Dinnawhan tells me she walks sovereign to the best of her ability. As a respected First Nations Elder, Dinnawhan has facilitated and supported many cultural gathe...

On the 8th episode of Mycelial, we speak with Dr Herwig Drobetz. Professor and surgeon Dr Drobetz is an Austrian Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon operating and living in Lismore Australia, who also spends time every year serving in humanitarian aid missions with Red Cross and Medicines Sans Frontiers which translates to Doctors Without Borders. In this episode we talk about these relief operations worki...

On the 7th episode of Mycelial, we speak with Chels Hood Withey. Chels Hood Withey is a passionate Community Organiser, Advocate and Creative Problem-Solver dedicated to equity, justice, and systemic change. As the founder of House You, a Housing-First Campaign, Lead Organiser in the Community Disaster Action Group and Northern Rivers Organiser of 350 Australia, Chels brings a unique perspective t...

On the 6th episode of Mycelial, we speak with Omora Sonqo and Sophie Samrow. Omora is a revered indigenous Medicine Man, musician, and healer from the Maputche nation of Chile. He embodies a profound connection to a lineage of healers that spans generations within his family. Sophie is the founder of Conscious Flow Breathwork and a passionate Holistic Health Coach amongst many other things. Togeth...

On the 5th episode of Mycelial, we speak with Wiruungga Dunggiirr which in language means ‘Leader of Koalas’. Uncle Wiruungga is an active First Nations Elder and wisdom keeper from the Ngambaa clan of the Gumbaynggirr people of Nambucca heads. He is an artist, wisdom teacher, storyteller, bush medicine and bush tucker educator. Wiruungga is also an Indigenous Australian Ambassador and has been in...

On the fourth episode of Mycelial we speak to an old friend, Aaron Mears. Aaron is a Permaculture and Regenerative agriculture teacher, consultant and founder of Lulus Perch permaculture farm. He runs permaculture courses and workshops from his farm, local community gardens and other places. Using biomimicry, Aaron has followed mother natures fingerprint to grow food all over the world from the Jo...

On the third episode of Mycelial, we speak with Subhi Awad who is a Palestinian refugee, human rights activist and head organiser at Northern Rivers Friends of Palestine. In this episode we speak about the tragedy that is the acute ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people and International Law and why it must be protected at all costs. We also debunk some propaganda myths of the Settler-colonial...

On our first episode we speak to Jambi. Jambi is an active Northern Rivers Bundjalung indigenous caretaker and wisdom keeper from the Githabul, Minjungbal and Ngarakbul people. As he describes it, Jarmbi's life work is in ‘helping mother earths children come back home’ through trauma release, grounding to the earth and connecting to our bloodlines. Whoever we are and wherever we come from.  J...

On the second episode of Mycelial we speak with Imuna Flo who is a free-birthing mother, performance artist, activist, & sovereign birth advocate. She is a descendent of the Anangu people of the Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara language groups of the Central Desert. Always in service to Elders, children and country, she lives with her multi-generational, blended family on Widgabal-Wiyabal la...