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Public speaking coaches Sanja and Tom Hendrick from Talent Academy chat with Rachel and Eddie. Together they take a look at ways to help performance anxiety, and discuss mindset changes to help with auditioning. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Holiday season is upon us! Today, Amy, Abby, and Harry are joined by returning special guest Kathleen Stanley a.k.a The Christmas Expert. Observe as Kathleen works her magic on the Grinches of the group by breaking down what Christmas fiction means to people and what, at its core, this holiday should really be about. Anybody else have a list of new Christmas Romance movies to binge, or is it just...

**Listener warning: This episode contains mild swearing and a brief reference to adult themes.** In this episode of Around the School Table ( www.xuno.com.au/podcasts ), host Steve Davis is joined by comedian and action learning coach Daniel Delby to unpack how humour can transform classroom management and teacher wellbeing. Drawing on his journey from drama and phys-ed teaching into science and s...

This week we’re throwing back to September when we headed over to the Flinders University Library for a live chat about all things reading and writing romance. Does dark romance need content ratings or trigger warnings? Why do straight women love to read and write gay male romance? What can romance novels teach us about love? Are horror romance and paranormal romance the same thing? Do peopl...

In this episode of Around the School Table (www.xuno.com.au/podcasts ), host Steve Davis is joined by Dylan Sulzer , founder of Not Just Teacher Education ( www.notjustateachereducation.com ), to explore how Dylan’s unique journey—from Port Lincoln to the Northern Territory and even mustering cattle—has shaped his deep understanding of emotional intelligence in education. Dylan b...

Eeyore (Winnie the Pooh), Odie (Garfield) and Grimlock (Transformers) have Gregg Berger to thank when bringing them to life!  Gregg Berger is an American Voice / Actor, who is internationally known for his iconic roles as Grimlock in G1  Transformers  and  Transformers Fall of Cybertron, Transformers: Devastation, Power of the Primes  and more. His classic and contemp...

Drawing on her own family history for inspiration, Heather Rose delivers a compelling and heart rending saga of a father and daughter torn apart by a terrible crime. In “A Great Act of Love” Caroline Douglas carries her dark secret to the penal colony of Van Diemen’s Land to begin life anew - but can she escape her past; does she even want to? + It’s no small thing to decid...

Kickstartin' November with a bang, we catch up on a Book Club we were all plague-ridden for and had to miss! Introducing...An Academic Affair by Jodi McAlister! Our rocky August was nothing in comparison to Sadie and Jodi's marriage of convenience in this fun rom-com, packed with some lighthearted truths about the academic world. LINKS 🦜 Buy An Academic Affair:  https://www.simonandschuster....

In this episode of Around the School Table ( www.xuno.com.au/podcast ), host Steve Davis is joined by Tim Nolan , Principal of Port Melbourne Secondary College ( www.portmelbournesc.vic.edu.au ) to explore how leadership, vision, and creativity shape a school’s culture and community. Tim leads one of Melbourne’s most distinctive schools, a striking campus inspired by the maritime chara...

Best known as leading man Ash from Pokemon, Veronica Taylor has a wealth of experience dubbing the english versions of a variety of Anime. We discuss why this form of voice acting may be the most difficult in the voice acting profession. Her voice has been a part of Saturday morning cartoons where she is known for her roles in Ash and May on Pokémon, April on Teenage Mut...

Simon focuses on the potential threat of AI to voice artists and what is ethical AI? He also discusses what is being done and how to protect yourself. Founder and President of The  Australian Association of Voice Actors  (AAVA) Simon Kennedy speaks to Rach and Eddie about his impressive voice acting career in animation, commercials, impersonations and accents.&nb...

For the final week of October, we're putting our books aside to discuss horror movies: our favourite (and not so favourite) horror films, the return of campy monster horror, future horror movie trends, potentially controversial opinions about the movies Weapons , and more!   LINKS: Follow Mik & Onj on IG: @mikandonj Watch the full episode on YouTube: @AmyAndBookclub Follow the Amy & P...

In this episode of Around the School Table ( xuno.com.au/podcasts ), host Steve Davis is joined by Tim Bullard , CEO of the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) (aitsl.edu.au), to explore the state of the teaching profession across Australia. With more than half a million registered teachers, Tim shares how the latest Australian Teacher Workforce Survey is helping policy...

Join the podcast team and get spooky as we sit down to chat about our horror BOTM, Feast While You Can by Mikaella Clements & Onjuli Datta. Feast While You Can is a (extremely delicious) strange and sexy novel of queer love in a small town, in which the monster that possesses Angelina Sicco can only be repelled by the touch of her childhood crush, sternly handsome Jagvi … oh no 😔 ...

In this episode of Around the School Table ( xuno.com.au/podcast ), host Steve Davis is joined by Richard (Richie) Furber , Principal Consultant at the Motivation Foundation (motivationfoundation.com.au) and leader of the soon-to-launch  Motivation Education Career School  in Perth. Together, they explore how innovative education models are connecting learning with real-world industry op...

Founder and President of The  Australian Association of Voice Actors  (AAVA) Simon Kennedy speaks to Rach and Eddie about his impressive voice acting career in animation, commercials, impersonations and accents. Winner of Best Voice Artist – Outstanding Body of Work, International at the 2023 SOVAS Voice Arts Awards, Simon Kennedy is a force in the voice-over landsca...

This week, we dive straight into talking about one of our favourite reads this year, and get the chance to interview married couple and our BotM authors, Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta. We talk about what it's like to write possession, how horror and romance intertwine, the consumption of the dreaded Pit Monster, and--of course--what's behind Jagvi and Angelina's tender, thorny path towards ea...

In “The Seeker and the Sage” a traumatised journalist is given a dream assignment - track down the mayor of a mysterious town whose citizens are the happiest people on Earth. She wants to learn how to live a good life but the town’s mayor wants to protect his dominion from the modern world. In what is an allegory for our times; Delaney poses the question: can the ancient philosop...

Associate Professor Lisa McKay-Brown from Faculty of Education at the University of Melbourne (education.unimelb.edu.au) joins host Steve Davis on Around the School Table ( xuno.com.au/podcast ) for a practical, compassionate look at school avoidance. This audio episode explores why attendance challenges are rarely a simple choice, and how schools can respond with care, clarity, and data-informed...

Strap in for more horror talk this week because Amy & Harry and Millie are joined by horror connoisseur Riley Jones to talk all things horrormance (horror/romance). Is paranormal fiction just a subgenre of horror? Does horror actually have to be scary? Are you allowed to kill the queer characters in your horrormance? All these questions and more will be answered. Our book of the month is Feast...

In this episode of Around the School Table (www.xuno.com.au/podcast), host Steve Davis is joined by Kirsten Ellis , Associate Professor in the Faculty of Information Technology at Monash University (www.monash.edu/it) to explore how her creation,  TapeBlocks (www.tapeblock.com), is reshaping STEM learning for students of all abilities. These vibrant, foam-based circuit blocks help children bu...

Rach and Eddie catch up to talk about behind the scenes of last season and have a sneak peek of what's in store for season two. Stay Tooned! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Amy & Abby are joined by writers and experts Tabby Knight and Oscar Sparkes to kick off our horror-themed October (because what else would we be doing this month?!). What to expect from this spooky episode: defining genres, the origins of liminal horror, mad scientists, fears, and a watch- or read-list the length of a Stephen King novel. Our book of the month is Feast While You Can. Read along...

Deputy Principal - Education Support, Brent Passchier joins Around the School Table (xuno.com.au/podcasts) to unpack a practical blueprint for inclusive education at Atwell College (atwellcollege.wa.edu.au) in Western Australia. From sensory rooms and hydrotherapy to music programmes and smart use of technology, he explains how schools can widen access without always adding more staff. The convers...

Hi Booklovers! This week, Amy & the podcast team sit down to chat about Fiona Wright's ' The World Was Whole' , a gorgeous essay collection about our bodies, homes and shelter and how we might navigate the world and our place within it. Join us to chat about what home means to us, the comfort of everyday habits, slowing down to appreciate the mundane, why more poets should write prose, and mor...