Podcast appearances and mentions of kim ledger

When artist Vincent Fantauzzo was a boy he was a street-fighting petty criminal with dyslexia and a blazing talent for drawing. He escaped jail time, and grew up to become one of Australia's most well-known portrait artists.VIncent Fantauzzo is one of Australia's most successful portrait artists.For his luminous, photo-realistic paintings he's won the People's Choice Award at the annual Archibald Prize more than any other artist.He's also won the Moran National Portrait Prize twice, once with a painting of his friend, filmmaker Baz Luhrmann, and the second time with a painting of his wife, actor Asher Keddie.All the success is a long way from his upbringing in Broadmeadows in Melbourne, when at times it seemed like he was going to end up in jail, or dead.Vincent struggled so badly with dyslexia that he developed elaborate rituals to avoid writing at school, which is partly how he came to drawing. He became a street-fighting petty criminal and he was kicked out of school at 14 and was drawn into a violent world where he had to be extraordinarily streetwise to survive.Vincent still carries the scars of surviving his childhood into the big, beautiful life he's built for himself as one of Australia's most well-known artists.This episode of Conversations explores origin stories, social disadvantage, parenting, father son relationships, boxing, learning disabilities, struggling in school, Hollywood, the art world, Heath Ledger, Kim Ledger, Batman, family, family dynamics, life story, art, portraits, painting, juvenile crime, drug dealing, hot houses, brothers.Unveiled, written with Craig Henderson, is published by Penguin.

It is my pleasure today to speak with Kim Ledger, Senior Vice President of Complex Assets for Ren, Inc., North America's largest independent philanthropic solutions provider. Kim advises donors on the charitable opportunities presented by non-cash assets such as business interests, IPO stock, private equity, hedge funds, real estate, and artwork. Kim launched the firm's complex asset practice in 2018 and has since worked with donors seeking to distribute nearly $3 billion in assets. Kim is also the host of Ren's Philanthropic Insights video podcast. Everyone in our industry is talking about the “Great Wealth Transfer” that is upon us, with an estimated $84T of assets expected to pass down from members of the Silent and Baby Boomer generation to Gen-X and Millennial inheritors. Kim shares her views on the role of philanthropy in this impending Great Wealth Transfer and explains how ready families can best utilize philanthropic vehicles to achieve their goals and cement their legacy. At the same time, Donor Advised Funds (DAFs) and private foundations have emerged as powerful and popular vehicles to help families put their philanthropic capital to work. Kim offers an overview of the benefits of DAFs and a primer on how they can help families fulfill their purpose and vision and support the communities and causes that are important to them. Kim then delves in to unpack one very practical and increasingly common philanthropic vehicle among enterprise families – the business interest gift, whereby families donate a portion (or the entirety) of their operating business or a portfolio company to a DAF as part of their philanthropic strategy. She provides valuable tips on how business interest gifts work and how families can make the most of this giving tool. Another unique opportunity available to families pertain to so-called “passion assets” – including art, classic cars, and other collections. Kim offers her advice on the best ways families can leverage these passion assets in their philanthropic giving strategies. Don't miss this highly practical and insightful conversation with one of the foremost experts on philanthropic solutions for UHNW families.

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Kim Ledger, father of late actor Heath, talks to Nova's Ash Bradnam about his own fear of substances.

In this episode of the Addicted podcast, Ash talks with Kim Ledger, the father of renowned Australian actor, Heath Ledger. Kim shares his family’s grief at the death of their beloved son to an accidental overdose in 2008, his personal pain and work with Scriptwise to spare other families that same fate.For people who find themselves with illness, pain or injury and who, like Heath, are emotionally and physically exhausted, medication provides relief. It is an escape from the affliction. A pause, if you like. A chance to rest. Few people realise the dangers of combining these drugs with other medications and alcohol. There’s an illusion that prescription medications are safer than other substances of addiction. Kim Ledger’s message is that they aren’t.When faced with pain or illness, every human is wired to want to escape that pain, to numb that pain. Prescription medications provide a pathway to numbing, even if temporary. They are a blessing for those in serious pain, but the truth is that some medications are very dangerous in combination with other drugs and alcohol. For at least three Australians each day, a desire to numb leads to accidental death or serious dependence.There is so much said in this podcast about grief - the immeasurable pain, the uncontrollability, the fear of not knowing what to say to the person gripped by loss, and the things that blindside us in moments of unimaginable sadness. Kim’s story is everything that the family of an addict fears.... the powerlessness, the hopelessness and the nightmare. It’s the inability to change a situation, while all the while living with the constant fear of catastrophe. This is a powerful episode and an important conversation. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Kim Ledger is the patrol of ScriptWise, and father of the late Heath Ledger. Justin Smith speaks with him about his hopes that a new prescription drug monitoring system will help to prevent unnecessary tragedies, such as his own son’s death.