Arch D Radio

** WINNER ** of THREE New York City Podcast Awards!!! - Best Editing - Best Education Podcast - Best Personal Growth & Spirituality Podcast In June 2025, on the 180th anniversary of the first Catholic school in SA, 18 pilgrims, leaders within the sector, travelled to Ireland to learn about and experience the stories, courage and heart that drove the founders of the Irish orders that created our sc...

** WINNER ** of THREE New York City Podcast Awards!!! - Best Editing - Best Education Podcast - Best Personal Growth & Spirituality Podcast In June 2025, on the 180th anniversary of the first Catholic school in SA, 18 pilgrims, leaders within the sector, travelled to Ireland to learn about and experience the stories, courage and heart that drove the founders of the Irish orders that created our sc...

** WINNER ** of THREE New York City Podcast Awards!!! - Best Editing - Best Education Podcast - Best Personal Growth & Spirituality Podcast In June 2025, on the 180th anniversary of the first Catholic school in SA, 18 pilgrims, leaders within the sector, travelled to Ireland to learn about and experience the stories, courage and heart that drove the founders of the Irish orders that created our sc...

** WINNER ** of THREE New York City Podcast Awards!!! - Best Editing - Best Education Podcast - Best Personal Growth & Spirituality Podcast In June 2025, on the 180th anniversary of the first Catholic school in SA, 18 pilgrims, leaders within the sector, travelled to Ireland to learn about and experience the stories, courage and heart that drove the founders of the Irish orders that created our sc...

With a cast of your Arch D favourite announcers, all former students for whom Arch D has been a deeply influential part of their lives, we bid goodbye to the Life FM radio show as it reaches 15 years on-air and 654 episodes.

Yes... it's true! :( As Arch D goes 100% into the podcasting space, the radio show comes to an end!! Hear all about the "hows and whys", and Michaela and James share their favourite all-time Arch D moment... and discover it's EXACTLY THE SAME ONE. Also a sneak preview of next week's EPIC finale show...

James & Michaela catch up at the beginning of 2026 and talk about all the biggest issues: Queensland Themed Restaurants, A.I.'s worst (best?) impressions of our hosts... and why does coffee, TikTok and James doing bad accents always seem to be at the heart of every conversation, no matter where it starts??

Discover the heart behind Dialogue Week, a groundbreaking initiative inviting thousands of voices from Catholic schools and communities across South Australia to shape the future of the Church. James sits down with Peter Bierer, Marcia Burgess, and Tahlia Sully to unpack what synodality means and why listening deeply matters more than ever. From practical classroom conversations to the big-picture...

St Thomas School, Goodwood is about to celebrate its 130th Anniversary next year... or is it? Principal Belinda and long-standing teacher Jane came into the Arch D studio to discuss a discovery they've made, that there is a gap in the school's (and public!) records between the believed opening date of 1896 and 1909. They are putting a shout-out to Arch D listeners, does anyone have grandparents/gr...

Former Arch D Podcaster of the Year and St Mary's old scholar Madison has just arrived back in SA after almost 3 years working on rural properties and parks in the deepest outback of WA. She's evacuated a holiday park due to bushfire, drowned her ute in a river, and rocked the front bar of the Kununurra Hotel at karaoke... and gives thanks to many of her epic adventures to the motto "Feel the fear...

In 2015, former high school chaplain Bekk Shaw, founded Hopestreet, an organization that has created safe, fun, and inclusive spaces that understand the unique needs of the youth of Playford, where the youth unemployment rate is 61% (eight times higher than the Adelaide average). She chats with Alkira all about her faith journey, her life leading up the founding of Hopestreet, and all the challeng...

Our special guest Brooke chats with James about her faith journey, becoming a Mission Captain in her final year of high school at Cardijn College, to then returning as Youth Ministry at Cardijn's R-9 Campus.

Arch D Awards Hall of Fame recipient Kaitlyn Davey returns to the show to talk about her faith journey, all the way from her early childhood to where she finds herself now in her early 20's. It's an incredible story with lots of challenging and inspirational twists and turns along the way!

When Alkira came into the Arch D studio to record this show, James had returned from the Catholic Education Ireland pilgrimage only a couple of days beforehand.... all the experiences for him were still sinking in, and this is a fantastic conversation covering all aspects of it .. and a bit of a preview of the upcoming podcast series "Footsteps of Faith: A Celtic Pilgrimage" is talked about too! S...

Arch D's final show in London, this time visiting St Mark's Catholic School, with James chatting with his student co-hosts all about their experiences at the school, why it has such a strong Catholic culture, and the impact that St Mark's has had on each of their own faith journeys.

Arch D is in London, this time visiting St Claudine's School for Girls, with James chatting with his student co-hosts all about their experiences at the school, why it has such a strong Catholic culture, and the impact that St Claudine's has had on each of their own faith journeys.

Arch D is still in London UK, and this show comes from St Joseph's Catholic Primary School. James chats with co-hosts (and Head Girl, and Head Boy and Deputy Head Girl respectively) Maya, Lawrence and Greater about their amazing school mission statement "St Joseph's Way", co-created by teachers, staff and students, and the incredible impact it has had on the life of the school. They also tell some...

For the first of our special shows from London UK, James chats with three inspirational Year 11 students from St Michael's Catholic College about their involvement in the school's Chaplaincy Program, their very first memories of school, and how the college's commitment to meaningful Catholic Identity has helped to strengthen and broaden their own faith journeys.

Aden's faith journey and commitment to being a "leader for the world god desires" has been a dedicated adventure across his time as a youth leader at Seeds Church, as Mission Engagement Officer at Cardijn College, and stretches back through his school days and early family memories.

Kim has been a part of her Vietnamese Catholic Community since she was born, her parents were in the choir! James and Alkira talk with her about her faith journey, what makes the Vietnamese Catholic Community so unique, and so much more.

Cardijn College's Podcasting Captain Sienna was at Arch D last week for Work Experience, so it seemed like the perfect time to have her on the show! Michaela and James chat with her about her experiences with Arch D (including winning 3 Awards!) and Cardijn's incredible YCS (Young Christian Students) program.

Rose's faith journey stretches back to Day 1! Arch D Award winning student Alkira Prior chats with Rose about growing up in a big Italian Catholic family in Port Pirie, moving to Adelaide after finishing school and living at Aquinas College, and all the roles she's had leading students through their own Catholic journeys as a teacher and leader of Catholic Identity and Mission in schools.

Lisa grew up as part of a big (understatement!) family in Mt Gambier before moving to Adelaide in her late teens to study. For her faith journey, it's been one that started with her family in the (multiple!) pews at church, through to working as an Assistant Principal of Religious Identity and Mission in one of Adelaide's large Catholic Colleges, with a lot of inspirational stories along the way.

Cabra old scholar Catie Engelhardt started in Arch D as a Year 11 student, since then she has won multiple awards, earned the praises of radio industry legends, and is now fully primed for a promising career. Catie and James chat about her time in Arch D, the Australian Radio School and TONS more. You can hear Catie's award winning podcast, "Once Upon A Shoe" here: https://soundcloud.com/schoollif...

Anneliese has graduated from Year 12 and is going to start studying Speech Pathology at Uni in about a month's time, something that she's been planning for since she was in Year 9. However, Anneliese has been doing radio & podcasting with Arch D since she was in Year 6. Lots of radio shows, podcasts, stories (and awards!) have happened along the way! She and James chat about her favourite and most...