Salt – Conversations

This episode Jenny Salt talks to one of Australia's most experienced media workers, Leigh Hatcher. His name and voice may sound very familiar to many because he's had a career in television and radio that spans 50 years. Leigh has interviewed a myriad of famous people and stood on the edge of nation-changing events. But the event that changed him most took place one afternoon on a quiet beach. LIN...

This episode Amy Townsend talks to Bill Farrand, a man who has filled key corporate chairs for secular and Christian companies. Bill grew up in a small town going to a small school. He didn't love hard work and wouldn't have described himself as particularly mature or ambitious. And yet somehow he found himself appointed to major positions of leadership and influence - and developing a corporate c...

Welcome to the start of Season 9 of Salt, and our 100th episode! This time around Jenny Salt is speaking with Amy Townsend, a person whose path to God was literally a dramatic one. Amy grew up loving to perform, dance and being involved in drama. She loved musical theatre and everything involving a microphone and an audience. But it was off-stage, seeing flatmates live for Jesus in very ordinary w...

This episode Jenny Salt talks to Mal York. Mal seems like your typical minister, preaching and serving in the local church. But what isn't so typical is what he's done on the side. That is, being a chaplain to ambulance services - standing beside paramedics serving the injured and the dying, and offering the hope of Christ in the most hopeless times. LINKS Salt is proudly brought to you by Sydney...

Jenny's guest today is David. For security reasons, we're not going to share his last name, but we can say that David grew up in a ministry family living on military bases. He also found himself donning a khaki uniform and having the unique responsibility of helping soldiers, sailors, airmen and women learn what it means to have faith under fire.  LINKS Salt is proudly brought to you by Sydney Mis...

Tambourines, cows and the urban poor - interested? This episode Jenny's guest is Dave Adams. For as long as Dave can remember, he had a heart for mission and a plan to go out into the world with the gospel. He did do that, but not exactly as he had thought. And along the way he came to understand the words, "God works in all things for the good of His people." LINKS Salt is proudly brought to you...

This episode Jenny welcomes Simone Hargreaves. Simone had dedicated her career to seeking justice, and as a managing partner in a law practise, she helps people prepare for the end of their lives. That means navigating the complicated process of estate planning and guardianship. In short, her normal day is dealing with what could be someone's hardest day. LINKS Salt is proudly brought to you by Sy...

Jenny's guest in this episode is Ben Powell, a man whose life you could say is like a jigsaw puzzle that God has put together. Ben has been a secular youth worker, a youth minister in a church, and has lived and served in a place where people haven't even heard the name Jesus. And he's now combining those experiences to equip young people to take the gospel to the ends of the earth. LINKS Salt is...

This episode Jenny chats with a woman who has watched scores of little ones take their first breaths. Jodie McIver is a wife, a mum, a midwife and more recently the author of a new book called Bringing Forth Life which celebrates pregnancy and birth. As a Christian, she not only highlights the beauty of childbearing, but the way it parallels God's life-giving work in our own lives. LINKS Salt is p...

Jenny Salt's guest this week is Don Carson - some would say a living legend, although he would be unlikely to go there.  But Don is a renowned speaker, scholar, academic and author who has had a profound influence on generations of Christians. He’s had a hand in more than 60 books on various parts of the Bible and preached on any Gospel passage you'd care to name. We’re thrilled to have him on the...

This episode Jenny Salt speaks to media mastermind, Greg Clarke. Greg has spent thirty years exploring the connections between Christianity and culture. Greg has led university centres, ground-breaking media companies and top-tier charities. And what he’s striven to do is his desire to see Christianity communicated in every public context. LINKS Some of the organisations Greg has filled leading ro...

This episode Jenny Salt sits down with paediatrician and child advocate, Dr Kim Oates, the former CEO of the Children's Hospital at Westmead. Kim is a doctor, academic, writer, husband, father, grandfather and a Christian. It's hard to summarise all that Kim has done over the years but what shines brightest is that God has used a heart well-designed for working with children so that, in all types...

Tune in as Jenny Salt introduces you to missionary psychologist Steph Schwarz. From a young age, Steph had her eyes and heart set on the mission field. She and her family did end up going to Africa but not as she expected. As a psychologist, she helped others stay on the mission field, and in the process learned how to face trials with resilience. LINKS Salt is proudly brought to you by Sydney Mis...

Get ready for a journey of wonder and spiritual encouragement as Jenny Salt introduces you to musical producer Marcus Cheong. Have you ever wondered what a Broadway producer does? Or how you even become one? Marcus Cheong has written and produced musicals that have been performed in one of the most iconic cities in the world.  How did he get there? And what did God teach him through resounding cho...

This episode Jenny Salt introduces us to Sashi Grayndler. Sashi grew up in a Hindu household, knowing what it was like to have life ordered by many gods. But through a process of abandonment that stretched over many years she came to find the one God who would never leave.   LINKS Salt is proudly brought to you by Sydney Missionary and Bible College . Click here for more information on the wide ra...

Kicking off Salt Season 8, Jenny introduces us to singer-songwriter Liv Chapman. You may have seen Liv's name at the end of the song PowerPoint for many of the congregational songs you sing in church. She's a song writer, musician, church leader and also one who has experienced the devastating loss of a close family member. But that loss has informed her music, drawing her and those who listen clo...

Jenny Salt is back with another season of Salt! Prepare yourself for more insights into the Gospel-shaped lives of everyday Christians.

Join Jenny as she speaks to psychologist Lyn Worsley for the final episode of Season 7. Lyn is a senior clinical psychologist whose life has been filled with teachable moments.  A little nurse for her father; a comforter for grieving families; a psychologist committed to building resilience. Lyn can give an insight into all of them, and especially where we need to build ourselves up today.

Jenny Salt's guest this episode is fashionista, Jules Cole. Jules has been a fashion designer for more than forty years - teaching, working and writing about fashion. But what does that mean from the perspective of the Christian faith? What do faith and fashion have to do with each other? Join Jenny to find out.

Jenny's guest today is Australian Defence Force chaplain Pete Ritchie. Pete has a long association with the military and rescue services. Years spent in the navy and as a spiritual mentor to the men and women of the armed forces have brought him into close contact with many people facing the reality of death.  But he shares there's hope in Jesus for even the messiest of times. LINKS Salt is proudl...

This episode Jenny introduces us to missionary and author, Naomi Reed. Naomi has penned ten books, but never saw herself as a writer. First and foremost she was a physiotherapist, and that trade took her to the heights of the world and hundreds of faith stories. LINKS Salt is proudly brought to you by Sydney Missionary and Bible College . Click here for more information on the wide range of course...

This episode Jenny crosses to the wrong side of the tracks to meet Wayne Pickford. Wayne is the minister of what many might call 'the church of hard knocks', with unemployment, poverty, domestic violence and lots of colourful characters all part of its community. But overriding all these social issues is the beauty of lives transformed by the gospel of grace. LINKS Salt is proudly brought to you b...

Jenny Salt has the pleasure of introducing her listeners to a very creative young man, Jerrah Patston. If you were to imagine a ray of sunshine embodied as a person, Jerrah is your man. Jerrah lives with autism and intellectual impairment. He's also a composer, community musician, a valued member of his local church and, all up, a fun guy to be with. LINKS You can find Jerrah's fantastic music her...

Jenny does a deep dive into the life of David Whalley, a Christian man who knows what it feels like to hold a beating heart in his hands. David began his life as a hyperactive child when medicine barely understood what that was. Who would have thought that, as an adult, he would embark on a medical career that would lead him to navigate the pathways of the human heart? LINKS Salt is proudly brough...

Tune in to hear Jenny Salt chat with Derek Brotherson, the Principal of Sydney Missionary and Bible College. The pieces that make up his life are a strange fit – music, law, theology – sounds a bit like a medieval monk. But rather than being sequestered away, Derek's desire to serve took him to South East Asia and a difficult-to-reach majority religio n . LINKS Salt is proudly brought to you by Sy...