WHAT I'VE LEARNT

Dr Alison Thompson OAM  When the planes flew into the twin towers in New York City on September 11 2001, rather than lock her doors and stay inside, Dr. Alison Thompson packed a backpack with medical supplies, put on her rollerblades and skated into ground zero as a first responder. It was at this tragedy that Dr. Thompson realized her true calling – to be at the wrong place at the right time and...

 “Whoever saves a single life is considered by Scripture to have saved the whole world.” Dr. Rick Hodes is JDC’s medical director in Ethiopia. JDC is the leading Jewish humanitarian organization, working in 70 countries to lift lives and strengthen communities.  Initially arriving in 1984 to help famine victims, he returned in 1985 to teach at Addis Ababa University Faculty of Medicine, and has wo...

Hi, Welcome to the What I’ve Learnt podcast I am Luke, one of the producers for the show. As a producer I love our  work and helping Deborah and our team share so many wonderful stories. From food to fashion and art to music we’ve got you covered. In this episode, we are doing something special. As the end of the year is fastly approaching, we thought that we would highlight and showcase some of o...

Hi, Welcome to the What I’ve Learnt podcast I am Luke, one of the producers for the show. As a producer I live my work and helping Deborah and our team share so many wonderful stories. From food to fashion and art to music we’ve got you covered. In this episode, we are doing something special. As the end of the year is fastly approaching, we thought that we would highlight and showcase some of our...

Australians actors have always been Uber talented but they’re having a big moment in the sun with the likes of Margot Robbie, Cate Blanchett, Hugh Jackman and Rebel Wilson spearheading some trailblaising productions and featuring centre stage in some of the most awarded and revered global films. Baz Luhrmann, Russell Crowe, Chris Hemsworth and a stream of internationals like Matt Damon and Tom Han...

Hi, Welcome to the What I’ve Learnt podcast I am Luke, one of the producers for the show. As a producer I live my work and helping Deborah and our team share so many wonderful stories. From food to fashion and art to music we’ve got you covered. In this episode, we are doing something special. As the end of the year is fastly approaching, we thought that we would highlight and showcase some of our...

Hi, Welcome to the What I’ve Learnt podcast I am Luke, one of the producers for the show. As a producer I live my work and helping Deborah and our team share so many wonderful stories. From food to fashion and art to music we’ve got you covered. In this episode, we are highlighting some of our favorite moments from this past October... Featured with in this episode are: Peter & Suparna Cooper:...

Lisa Bolte Who hasn’t swooned watching ballets Swan Lake and recently I saw Romeo and Juliet so breathtaking .. now featuring on at The Australian Ballet at The Vic Arts Centre. Lisa Bolte is one of those rare talented people who’s life as a Principal Ballet dancer has taken her across the globe. Mesmerising audiences with her stunning and elegant performances she is truly a national treasure. She...

If you ever thought about the daily use of makeup wipes and their impact on the environment then get ready … each wipe takes 100 years to dissolve in landfill! That alone is enough to inspire groundbreaking science based wellness guru Natassia who founded Conserving Beauty, Australia's first water-responsible beauty brand, in 2021. Inspired by her belief that waterless formulas could offer mo...

Carlton player Chris Judd is just one of the many fans of one of Australia’s most highly regarded investors, Peter Cooper from Cooper Investors. Peters CI Brunswick Fund of which he is still charged with managing directly has returned investors an annualised gain of 16.79% since inception in 2004. However, Peter’s influence across the Australian investing landscape is much greater than the single...

Hi, Welcome to the What I’ve Learnt podcast I am Luke, one of the producers for the show. As a producer I live my work and helping Deborah and our team share so many wonderful stories. From food to fashion and art to music we’ve got you covered. In this episode, we are highlighting some of our favorite moments from this past September... Featured with in this episode are: Nikki Gemmell:  A best-se...

Barbara Kamler  Author  Love, regardless— the second collection from Melbourne-based author poet Barbara Kamler—is an enthralling gallery of poetic portraits celebrating love that endures.  It features a unique mode of storytelling, whereby interviews with fourteen couples are poetically crafted into rhythmic, syllabic verse.  For each couple, each poem explores the intimacy of first connecting an...

Nigel Featherstone “The day after I tried to kill my mother, I tossed some clothes, a pair of hiking boots, a baseball cap and a few toiletries into my backpack, and left at dawn.” Patrick has always considered himself a good son. Willing to live his life to please his parents, his sense of duty paramount to his own desires and dreams. But as his mother’s health continues to deteriorate and his si...

Nikki Gemmell is the best-selling author of thirteen novels and four works of non-fiction. They have been translated into 22 languages. Her distinctive writing has gained her critical acclaim in France, where she’s been described as a “female Jack Kerouac“. The French literary magazine Lire has included her in a list of what it called the fifty most important writers in the world – those it believ...

Hi, Welcome to the What I’ve Learnt podcast I am Luke, one of the producers for the show. As a producer I live my work and helping Deborah and our team share so many wonderful stories. From food to fashion and art to music we’ve got you covered. With spring just around the corner, we wanted to highlight some amazing moments of the podcast from June to August... Featured with in this episode are: J...

Jack Delosa builds businesses. He is a 5X AFR Young Rich Lister, 2X best-selling author and the founder of Australia’s largest business coaching and training provider for entrepreneurs, The Entourage, which has a community of 650,000 members. Since 2010, The Entourage has helped their members add over $2 billion in value to their businesses. Under his leadership, The Entourage has been awarded the...

Hi, Welcome to the What I’ve Learnt podcast I am Luke, one of the producers for the show. As a producer I live my work and helping Deborah and our team share so many wonderful stories. From food to fashion and art to music we’ve got you covered. In this episode, we are highlighting some of our favorite moments from this past July... Featured with in this episode are: Madonna King: An Australian jo...

Australia’s State of the Environment Report was finally released recently – and its findings are a staggering picture of loss and devastation But there are those heroes who have devoted their time to improving and protecting our wildlife. “I’ve met people who don’t like Christmas and cats and babies,” says Peter Dann. “But I’ve never met someone who doesn’t like penguins.” An environmental trailbl...

Hi, Welcome to the What I’ve Learnt podcast I am Luke, one of the producers for the show. As a producer I live my work and helping Deborah and our team share so many wonderful stories. From food to fashion and art to music we’ve got you covered. In this episode, we are highlighting some of our favorite moments from this past June... Featured with in this episode are: Dr Maree Bilandzic: A senior r...

I created BaiLa as a result of a drastic change in my life, coming from the other side of the world with no expectations, no safety net, no English or people who could help me find my way on this side of the planet. BaiLa became the only way I could communicate with people and express my passion, personality and the best way to share what I love most Dance & Fitness!! Coming to a foreign count...

Madonna King Author of  'L Platers : How to support your teen daughter on the road to adulthood.' Madonna King is an Australian journalist, author and media commentator. From 2006 until 2011, King presented Mornings on ABC Radio Brisbane. As an author, King has published several books, including the biographies of notable Australians Ian Frazer, Joe Hockey. She has also co-authored a boo...

In an era of #metoo #inclusivity and #diversity the notion of beauty within and without is changing .. yet the beauty pageant world is alive and well with more than 4 million followers on the miss universe Instagram. It’s interesting to explore the powerful platform it is advocating to support female empowerment and development in 2022 with the Dawn of a new era. Who better to give us an insight t...

Dr Niki Vincent was appointed as Victoria’s first Public Sector Gender Equality Commissioner in September 2020. She is responsible for overseeing the implementation of the Gender Equality Act 2020 and plays a key leadership role in promoting gender equality in the Victorian community and workplaces. Dr Vincent has a wealth of experience in gender equality and organisational leadership. This includ...

Hi, Welcome to the What I’ve Learnt podcast I am Luke, one of the producers for the show. As a producer I live my work and helping Deborah and our team share so many wonderful stories. From food to fashion and art to music we’ve got you covered. In this episode, we are highlighting some of our favorite moments from this past April... Featured with in this episode are: Sue Blashki (Repost) : Mother...

Dr Maree Bilandzic is a senior research officer at the Hudson Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne. She has dedicated her career to Ovarian cancer research and has a strong focus on the most significant challenges to cancer management chemoresistance and metastatic disease. Ovarian cancer is an important yet underfunded and understudied area of women’s health. Ovarian cancer survival rates h...