Mornings with Kia Handley

Get lost in nature without the mossie bites, snakes and weeing in the bush! Amy and Laura from Secret Book Stuff take Kia Handley through the joy of wilderness books.

Is there a classic book that it feels like everyone has read, but you haven't? It just slipped you by, or you had no interest because you have lived this much of your life without it. Laura and Amy from Secret Book Stuff set the challenge to read those classics - so how did they go?

Harry Potter, The Dry, IT - can the movie ever beat the book? Laura and Amy from Secret Book Stuff talk through the pros and cons of movie to book adaptations with special guest Craig Hamilton!

You're planning a weekend away, a roadtrip, just a little R and R. The clothes are packed, kids are sorted and then you gasp in horror - WHAT BOOKS DO I TAKE? Amy and Laura from Secret Book Stuff have just what you need to pack the perfect books for a little get away.

You've got time off, that reading pile can finally be tackled - but where do you even start? Amy and Laura from Secret Book Stuff have all your summer reading questions answered!

Found yourself in a bit of a slump? Never fear, Amy and Laura are here! The team behind the Secret Book Stuff have some tips for turning that slump around.

We are all feeling some big feelings at the moment and they swing, change and swell at different times quickly. So how do you deal with these big ol' feelings??? Tara Whitewood is a relationship coach at the Sugar Doctor

How did short stories and essays go? And what's the theme for March? Amy and Laura from Secret Book Stuff are here for your monthly book club chat!What we read in Feb: Tonight I'm Someone Else: Essays by Chelsea HodsonYou Know You Want This: Kristen RoupenianThe Complete Short Stories: Roald Dahl Trucks: Stephen King The Lottery: Shirley Jackson Reading goals in March: Catcher in the Rye: J. D. SalingerWuthering Heights: Emily Bronte Moby Dick: Herman MelvilleOn the Road: Jack KerouacAnything by Charles Dickens (maybe)

How good are you at giving feedback, taking feedback - especially from people you love. It's not always easy but we're going to make it more manageable thanks to Tara Whitewood from The Sugar Doctor.

You might do it once a week, once a month or every now and then. It might be planned, a bit spontaneous and involve adventure, or romance. Let's talk Date Night and why it might be time to break up with this idea. Tara Whitewood is from the Sugar Doctor and she spoke with Kia Handley.

They're big, long and get around every part of Australia! But if you're honest with yourself you probably assume it's a bloke behind the wheel of that truck you passed on the road. But that's changing! There's a new breed of truck driver and the future is female! Meet Lyndal Denny from Women in Trucking Australia.

You can disco, you can dance and you can derby on roller skates! And a couple of members of the Newcastle Junior Roller Derby team have just been selected to represent Australia in August. Kia spoke with AbSolute and Red about their selection.

Jason taught me you can eat pizza while riding a mountain bike, that hallucinations are real the longer the bike race is and that he has one hell of a passion for the sport of Mountain Biking.

Are you good in a fight? Cool, calm, collected. You don't submit to emotions. Well done you! The rest of us are still trying to be better in this department. So what do we need to do to stay cool during conflict? Tara Whitewood from the Sugar Doctor is here to help.

It's our first virtual book club!! Here's your reading theme for February: Short Stories, Anthologies and Essays.And some links to what we talk about:Secret Book Stuff: https://www.secretbookstuff.com/Secret Mornings Book Chat: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2673949939352584/Reese Witherspoon's Book Club: https://hello-sunshine.com/book-clubReading GoalsAmy: Read every weekLaura: Read what I want to read and not be ashamed by itKia: Read more, read for enjoymentRecommendations:Goodbye to All That – Joan DidionHot Little Hands Abigail UlmanSlouching towards Bethlehem Joan DidionWhere to find some Essays: Frankie Magazine Emily Books online: https://emilybooks.com/

When supermarket deliveries couldn't get through because of bushfires, communities on the South Coast of NSW were unsure how they'd feed people. And then SAGE stepped in. The Sustainable Agriculture and Gardening Eurobodalla program has been running for 10 years and Stuart Whitelaw told Kia Handley all about what they do.

Everything is going great in life. You have an amazing partner, good relationship, feeling happy and content and then something happens. The dynamic changes and as well as being a loving partner you become a carer. How does that change your relationships? Tara Whitewood, relationship coach at The Sugar Doctor, talks through this issue.

It's special reading a novel set in a place you know well. And you can get that feeling in Lee Christine's new book 'Charlotte Pass'. It's got everything you want a crime novel to have. Mystery, intrigue, bit of romance and just enough truth and real-life history to make you wonder if it could in fact be real.

John Elliot changed his life completely. Gave up his job, car, house and hit the road. But not in a campervan - he's trekking Australia on foot with four camels and his dog. From just outside Wagga Wagga John told Kia Handley why he's done it.

News about the newest strain of Coronavirus is everywhere right now. China is in lockdown, governments are evacuating residents and every time someone coughs you wonder if they have this new infection. There's no doubt coronavirus is serious but so is regular influenza. It kills thousands of Australians each year, so why don't we shut down population centres then? Associate Professor William Rawlingson is a medical virologist from UNSW, he told Kia Handley why comparing the two isn't as easy as it seems.

Generally we teach our kids fire is bad, to stay away and put the lighter down! But should we rethink that? Niki Buchan is known as the 'Fire Lady of Australia'. She's a fire and nature educator and talked through this issue.

When is it ok for health and pop culture to meet? What's the line between medical advice and entertainment? In the modern age it's being blurred more and more Dr Lauren Rosewarne, University of Melbourne, talked through this issue with Kia Handley

In recent bushfires, the spread of the Coronavirus, severe storms lots of important information was shared on social media.But can you tell fact from fake? It's not as easy as you think and it is starting to led to a lot of confusion as Dr Tim Graham, Senior Lecturer at Queensland University of Technology, told Kia Handley.

A NSW film maker is hoping to start a conversation about something that connects him with people like Apl.de.ap from the Black Eyed Peas and others around the world. Using a smart phone Matt Morris made a documentary, My Dancing Eyes, about living with Nystagmus. This is his story

Sometimes you have a dream when you're young to play sport at an elite level. For many of us it will come to nothing. But every now and then a unique talent comes along. Emily Cunningham is a cricketer of the future. This is her story.

It's been more than thirty years since the Hawke government declared its commitment to a treaty with this country's Indigenous peoples. What would a modern day treaty look like and why is it still top of the agenda for so many Australians? Dr John Maynard, Professor of Indigenous Education and Research at the University of Newcastle, took Kia Handley through this issue.

The glitz the glam. The winners the losers. And those who never got a look in!! It's Hollywood award season and Simon Weaving, University of Newcastle, has all the juicy goss and some winner predictions.

It's not a good time to be a satellite! Two are about to maybe crash, one is about to maybe explode, and we could all be showered with the debris of all of this! To keep you safe and informed Dr Brad Tucker, Astronomer at Australian National University, has the latest.

Even if you weren't in the path of a bushfire and you didn't suffer a storm with hail storm as big as softballs - your house and car insurance could be more expensive this year. Why? High risk zones are being reconsidered. To learn all about it Dr Liam Phelan, who has expertise in disaster insurance, from the University of Newcastle and Kia Handley asked Dr Ian Weir, Queensland University of Technology, if there's things we can do to our homes to limit the risk.

Time to go to a place where thousands of samples of diseased tissues are held in quarantine for researchers and for people like you to come and explore. Could this place hold the secrets to the current Coronavirus epidemic? Derek Williamson is the Director of the Museum of Human Disease at the University of New South Wales.

The World Health Organisation estimates that 85% of health industry waste is general and non-hazardous but unfortunately it is still refused as 'contaminated' and 'medical waste' by local recyclers. So how can hospitals reduc this? Leanne Flynn is an Orthopaedic Scrub Nurse at Gosford Private Hospital but she's also known as a Sustainability Champion.

There's public or private. Big or small. Boarding or home schooled. Mainstreamed or specialist. With all this choice how to you know you're sending your child to the school that's best for them? Maggie Dent is the Host of the ABC podcast Parental as Anything speaks with Kia Handley about the tips for finding a school that works.

In parts of Australia there's something secret. A place that's full of mystery that only certain people can visit and most of them have to be dead! Mary Macmillan from the University of New England takes you to a body farm!

It's not every day Dr Xand gets to start his morning with a dip in an ocean pool. As he tours Australia with his twin brother Dr Chris and their show 'Operation Ouch' he told Kia Handley how he's taking every opportunity to soak in Aussie culture, meet as many fans as possible and keep this dream of talking big medicine to young minds.

If you're lucky enough to live by the NSW coast, and a large part of the states population do, you might be a regular visitor to your local ocean pool. The design is simplistic, cut into the rock in a way that allows the waves to crash in, maybe with a touch of art deco design. So what makes these places special? And what do we need to do to keep these spaces functionin for many years to come? Nicole Larkin is a Sydney base achitect who has been looking at the ocean pools and baths on the Australian coast.

Driving on roads around Australia roadkill isn't an uncommon sight.But with NSW in drought, animals are acting odd by our roads. And that usually means a bad day for your car when a collision with a kangaroo is unavoidable.Associate Professor Daniel Ramp from University of Technology Sydney has been looking at roadkill in drought, he told Kia what he's found.

It wasn't that long ago that In vitro fertilisation (IVF) was seen as new science. The future for fertility.Now it's very much part of our society and conversation around kids and families. But there's still more to be done.It's expensive and prices people out. The rates of success have not improved for people over 40. And there's still lots of stigma around male infertility. To learn more about IVF now and into the future Karin Hammarberg, Fertility Researcher and Educator with Monash University spoke to Kia.

I was today years old when I realised I needed to know more about the inner ear. It's deep, dark, a little bit mysterious but thankfully Professor Alan Brichta, the leader of the Brain and Mental Health research program with Hunter Medical Research Institute is going where no man has been before to learn more about your inner ear and how it keeps you upright!

Australia has seen one of the worst summers on record when it comes to bushfires. But the good news now that rain has fallen and fires are starting to be brought under control is that Aussies are putting up their hand keen to become the next wave of emergency services volunteers. So what's involved and how do you do it? Matthew Horwood is from the Central Coast District Rural Fire Service office and he has all the information you need.

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