Podcasts about Leeton

Writer & Producer of Antarctica: The Giants Awakens, Filmmaker Liz Courtney joins Matty to preview two special screenings of the Documentary at the Leeton Roxy Theatre on Thursday May 15. Liz describes first-hand experience visiting the Antarctic. Elder sister Jan Munro is local and the president of the Inner Wheel Club of Leeton.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Leeton RSL Sub-Branch President Luke Mahalm previewed the upcoming ANZAC Day commemorations in Leeton, Yanco & Surrounds. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s been ten years since Stephanie Scott, a high school teacher from Leeton, NSW, was tragically murdered on school grounds by the janitor. Vincent Stanford was arrested after police found evidence linking him to the crime—scratches on his body, bloodstains in his car, and disturbing photos of Stephanie’s body on his phone. He pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced to life in prison without parole. But what we’ve learned since is that Stephanie wasn’t even his intended victim. Sarah Crawford, a journalist who’s been following this case for the past decade, joins us now. CREDITS Guest: Sarah Crawford Host: Claire Murphy Producer: Tahli Blackman Audio Producer: Jacob Round GET IN TOUCH Email us at truecrime@mamamia.com.au or send us a voice note to give us feedback or suggest a case for the podcast. Rate or review us on Apple by clicking on the three dots in the top right-hand corner, click Go To Show then scroll down to the bottom of the page, click on the stars at the bottom and write a review. You can also leave a comment for us on Spotify. If any of the contents in this episode have caused distress, know that there is help available via Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636. We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With Tuesday April the 1st marking the conclusion of the Bushfire Danger Period, NSW RFS MIA District Operations Manager Justin MacKellar provided a summary of the activities and responses undertaken in the Griffith, Hay, Carrathool, Murrumbidgee, Leeton & Narrandera LGA's.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The best of the industry will be on display next month, for the Citrus Congress. The three day event will be held from the 18th of March, in Griffith and Leeton in the New South Wales Riverina. For the first time, the Congress will feature a dedicated hands on field day. Citrus Australia Chief Executive Nathan Hancock spoke to Rural Reporter Alexander Nimmo about the event.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The very last episode for 2024! We're ending on a bright note previewing the show that'll coincide with the soft launch of the new-look Roxy Theatre in Leeton!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week's 'Bidgee Bubble is a Pink Up Griffith and Pink Up Leeton Special. Tony Santolin from Griffith Real Estate explains the details on the month-long fundraising drive the makes a considerable difference for man carers and patients impacted by breast cancer locally and beyond.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The winner progresses, the loser's season ends. It's a cutthroat elimination final this weekend in Leeton when the Leeton Galloping Greens host the Griffith Black and Whites in the Group 20 Rugby League. Green's Coach Michael Thomas and Black and Whites' Captain-Coach Andrew Lavaka joined Matty Wray to preview the clash.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's just over three years since Molly Bourke won her first race on Mouse Almighty at Wagga. Another 131 wins have followed, complimented by an SDRA Apprentices Premiership. Molly's talents were clearly evident when she skilfully nursed $58.00 “pop” Secret Plan over the line at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. She's now with John Sargent at Randwick and rode 20 city winners last season. Great to catch up with the little girl from Tumbarumba who has to pinch herself to believe she's competing successfully in one of the world's toughest markets. Molly talks about her move to the big smoke just over a year ago. She looks back on her first taste of Sydney racing when she won on bush galloper Zakeriz at Canterbury late in 2022. Molly talks of her first win for new master John O'Shea at Wyong. She acknowledges a recent story about her career by Ray Hickson in the Racing NSW magazine. The apprentice looks back on the shock of her relocation to the bustling city of Sydney. Molly says it's quite an experience to ride regularly against some of Australia's best jockeys. She pays tribute to two Sydney female role models. The talented young rider takes us back to childhood days on the farm at Tumbarumba, and her early education on stock horses. She looks back on other riding pursuits. She says it was her next door neighbour who alerted her to the excitement of horse racing. Molly remembers her first experience of trackwork and an apprenticeship to local trainer George Dimitropoulos. School wasn't Molly's favourite place, but  she did well in one particular subject. Sport was a different matter. She showed plenty of ability in several endeavours. Molly vividly recalls her unimpressive race riding debut at Leeton on Mouse Almighty, and the magic of her first win at Wagga on the same little mare. She looks back on her transfer to a much busier environment at Canberra with trainer Doug Gorrel. Molly talks of the great support she received from another well known Canberra trainer, and the thrill of winning the SDRA junior title. The young jockey takes us through the freakish accident in which she was involved on the way to Albury races with Doug Gorrel. Molly has no doubt the fact that she was asleep in the passenger seat, may have saved her life. She talks about Doug's serious injury and the sad loss of a promising filly in the accident. Molly gives high praise to a select group of southern districts jockeys who helped her along the way. She makes special mention of valuable tutelage given by former jockey Darryn Murphy of the Skillinvest Employment and Training Company. Molly acknowledges the support of her master John Sargent, and the well known training talents of the expat Kiwi horseman. She was gobsmacked when given the opportunity to ride in this year's Doncaster. She talks of a few special horses to help her along the way since moving to Randwick. The Tumbarumba product says she's had to deal with one particular problem in her race riding technique. Molly says she enjoys sneaking back to her old stamping ground from time to time. Her mother Jacqie lives at Bega nowadays.  The 21 year old speaks of the downside of living in Sydney with her partner Ed Waters still in Wagga. He expects to join her at the completion of his electrical trades apprenticeship. Molly isn't a movie buff but there's one she's seen many times over. Not surprisingly it's about a horse. The apprentice expresses her gratitude for having no weight problems. It's a nice yarn with a most amiable young lady from a tiny town near the Snowy Mountains. Is it any wonder this girl can ride!

This weekend's Round of the Group 20 Rugby League is Mental Health & Multicultural Round, which the Leeton Galloping Green are acknowledging in a special partnership with Wellways See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Call Narrandera, Leeton or Griffith home? Has the fear of moving away from home prevented you from fulfilling your dream to become a cop? Listen here for details on the new Police Campaign soon launching 'You should be a cop in your hometown'.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If it's worth hearing about in the Riverina MIA, you'll hear it in The 'Bidgee Bubble Podcast! "Undoubtedly one of the most highly anticipated multicultural celebrations in our (Leeton) shire!" - Toneale O'Connell, Events team member, Leeton Shire Council. Hear Toneale preview this event an many others happening in the Riverina MIA this weekend!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“I think we live in a world people are too, quick to throw stones throw sticks and point fingers. None of us are perfect. I certainly am not. I'm a very temperamental reactive sort of person. So, I have perfected the art of saying I'm sorry. So, I think it's really important that if you're doing something in the world, and you think, Oh, that wasn't very kind, or I could have spoken to that person in a better way, don't be afraid to go out and just say, Look, I'm really sorry, I didn't mean to speak to you like that. Also forgive the people around you, they might have been under pressure they might have you don't know what's going on for other people.” Christine Denny Top Five Tips For Cultivating Joy In Your Life and Harnessing The Power It Brings1.       Knowing your narratives2.       Aligning with your values 3.       Investing in self-care4.       Surrounding yourself with supportive people5.       Investing in forgiveness TIME STAMP SUMMARY  01:59 Discovering your own narrative.07:28 What are your values12:32 The importance of self-care20:40 Forgive others and yourself Where to find Christine Website                               www.christinedenny.comLinkedIn                               https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-denny-4a26232b3?  Christine Denny BioChristine Denny is the creator, CEO, and director of TAPATAK OZ – the elite tap dance syllabus and mentorship programme for teachers and students, that launched in Australia in 2008. Since then, the syllabus has gained a reputation as being modern, technically challenging, and most importantly, relevant to today's tap scene and as such it is now in use all over Australia, as well as in the UK, USA, Canada, France, Italy, Finland, New Zealand, Singapore, Brazil, South Africa, Dubai and more.For the past 30 years Christine has been a well-known and respected figure in Australia's tap scene, being invited to teach at many leading dance schools and Tertiary Dance Institutions, as well as providing master classes and setting choreography all over Australia.For many years Christine was on staff at Brent St, ED5 International and NIDA to name a few. She has also been a regular guest tap tutor for many of Australia's major dance events including The Australian Dance Festival, The Australian Tap Dance Festival and The Sydney Tap Festival. As an adjudicator she has worked extensively all over the nation including the prestigious McDonalds City of Sydney Performing Arts Challenge and BPAC, as well as in eisteddfods all over Australia including Bundaberg, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Perth, Launceston, Grafton, Melbourne, Adelaide, Cairns, Leeton, Nowra, Bunbury, Redcliffe, Wyong and Devonport!As a columnist Christine has written featured columns for popular print magazine Dance Train { Let's Talk Tap 2008 – 2012 } as well as being a regular contributor to online dance networking site DanceLife with her interview series On The Couch with Christine...

Pattens Transport had humble beginnings in 1938 as the family moved into trucking following a career in farming. The company steadily grew thanks to the local cannery along with a contract with Ricegrowers which lasted for almost 50 years. This resulted in the end of the transport business but in their wake the Patten family left a legacy in the Leeton district that will remain for many years to come. Bruce caught up with Jack and his son Steve in Leeton to record the history of this well-known transport company.

in their weekly chat, Murrumbidgee Police DIstrict Inspector Glenn Smith joins Matt Collins in the triple M studio to share the latest jobs from the local boys and girls in blue. This week they discuss the recent Griffith shooting, a Bonnie and Clyde arrest in Hay, and a Leeton nurse charged with forgery after stealing a doctors prescription pad.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In their weekly chat, Murrumbidgee Police District Inspector Glenn Smith joins Matt in the Triple M studio with the latest jobs from the boys and girls in blue. This week officers discover a Leeton man hiding in a roof cavity, a good news story about two kids who were presented gifts from local paramedics, and a 61-year-old Hay man arrested after a pet owner discovered air rifle pellets in his two daschund dogs.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Matt chats with local radio legend Allan Wallett. The radio vereran of over four decades will be hosting the Dachshund Dash at this year's New Year's Day Leeton Trots event. The sausage dog race is supporting Leeton & District Bowling Club SunRice Festival Ambassador Entrant 2024 Martelle Maguire, and raising funds for the Leeton Hospital Auxiliary.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In their weekly chat, Murrumbidgee Police District Inspector Glenn Smith shares with Matt the latest local stories from the boys and girls in blue. Including a group of youths who allegedly yelled out to bystanders that they had stolen the car they were in, and how the keen eye of ambulance staff saved the Leeton Police Station from a devastating fire.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

⭐ Stephanie Scott⭐ Patronite https://patronite.pl/LucyPhere⭐ Grupa na Facebooku https://www.facebook.com/groups/461230032356663⭐ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8gm0Fur2O8MZUtPyPKZLJQŹródła:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeton,_New_South_Wales https://population.com.au/lga/14750https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-31/family-of-murdered-teacher-stephanie-scott-reach-settlement/100177888https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/stephanie-scott-funeral-hundreds-of-mourners-gather-to-farewell-slain-bridetobe/news-story/144f11a71ce0631e7510de151e13ee97 https://www.oceanroadmagazine.com.au/merciless-and-cold-blooded-the-murder-of-bride-to-be-stephanie-scott/https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/stephanie-scott-murder-body-found-in-cocoparra-national-park-north-of-griffith/news-story/027bde01cc16968214a0d2e6d8983d40https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/stephanie-scott-disappearance-police-arrest-man-over-murder/news-story/e6aeee7f7a4a714c925d3880aa7821aa https://www.9news.com.au/national/vincent-stanford-pleads-guilty-to-murdering-leeton-school-teacher-stephanie-scott/2d9d1005-7d8e-4de7-943d-695fa94f5e77 https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/vincent-stanford-jailed-for-murder-of-leeton-school-teacher-stephanie-scott-20161012-gs10zw.html https://www.9news.com.au/national/mother-of-murdered-teacher-stephanie-scott-says-the-sorrow-will-never-end/ea3f7ed3-3799-4a42-be00-ed525c325eae https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/apr/09/stephanie-scott-man-arrested-over-disappearance-of-bride-to-be https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/stephanie-scott-murder-vincent-stanford-sentenced-over-killing-of-leeton-teacher/news-story/dbf5f294e6c48d40fa9b6912a7a68ed4 https://www.9news.com.au/national/mother-of-murdered-teacher-stephanie-scott-says-the-sorrow-will-never-end/ea3f7ed3-3799-4a42-be00-ed525c325eae https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/vincent-stanford-jailed-for-murder-of-leeton-school-teacher-stephanie-scott-20161012-gs10zw.html https://www.9news.com.au/national/vincent-stanford-pleads-guilty-to-murdering-leeton-school-teacher-stephanie-scott/2d9d1005-7d8e-4de7-943d-695fa94f5e77 https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/crime/twin-marcus-stanford-haunted-he-helped-cover-up-the-murder-and-rape-of-stephanie-scott/news-story/93da5681ba316e23179349b6c62609d7 https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/school-cleaner-vincent-stanford-charged-with-bridetobe-stephanie-scotts-murder-20150409-1mht9j.html https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/stephanie-scott-disappearance-police-arrest-man-over-murder/news-story/e6aeee7f7a4a714c925d3880aa7821aa https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/we-can-never-make-sense-of-losing-our-beautiful-girl-stephanie-scotts-mother-merrilyn-scott-tells-court-20160823-gqz1ut.htmlhttps://www.hawkesburygazette.com.au/story/5408755/family-of-murdered-teacher-stephanie-scott-sues-nsw-government/https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/stephanie-scott-murder-twin-brother-of-accused-killer-vincent-stanford-to-face-court-on-accessory-charge/news-story/e99d494aabd14139213067591ff5e716 https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/stephanie-scott-1000-people-gather-to-farewell-26yearold-teacher-20150422-1mqp00.html #podcastkryminalny #historiekryminalne #zagadkikryminalne

Local Police Inspector Glenn Smith shares some eye raiseing stories from the week, including a 32-year-old Narrandera man charged with several break and enters in Leeton, Narrandera and Whitton, and the comedy of errors during an attempted armed robbery of a Griffith petrol station.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A vida na bela cidade rural de Leeton, uma região agrícola na Austrália era ótima para a jovem professora Stephanie Scott. Ela tinha um trabalho que amava, estava noiva e se casaria em apenas uma semana.  Nos últimos meses sua cabeça estava cheia, ela tinha muitos detalhes para resolver de seu casamento e também queria deixar tudo pronto para a professora substituta que ficaria no lugar dela enquanto estivesse em lua de mel. No dia 5 de abril seus planos eram claros: resolver algumas coisas que faltavam e ir até a escola que trabalhava para finalizar seu plano de aula.  Mas Stephanie foi e nunca mais voltou. Essa garota cheia de vida simplesmente desapareceu. E numa descoberta horripilante dos fatos esse caso demonstrou que o mau realmente pode estar escondido em qualquer lugar. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/guria-studios/message

Belinda Holder previews Tamworth, while Graeme White looks at Leeton.

70-year-old lesbian Denise McGrath is known as a '78er' - a person involved in the very first Australian Mardi Gras Festival back in 1978. According to the Leeton Pride founder, back then, coming out as gay had significant ramifications. These days, the pride flag can be raised proudly without the same backlash it once endured. In their chat, Denise shares with Matt some of her painful past, and the joy she now enjoys with the success of the Leeton Pride Festival  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It should have been obvious that for school cleaner Vincent Stanford, spying on girls in the bathroom was just the beginning. When he began stalking a 12-year-old pupil and amassed hundreds of photos of her, it was only a matter of time before he escalated to rape and murder. His victim was dedicated teacher Stephanie Scott, whose life he cut short just days before her wedding, in a case that shocked a small New South Wales community.Thanks for listening! Here's how you can get in touch with comments and suggestions:Website: https://www.prashganendran.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/prashsmurdermapFacebook Podcast https://www.facebook.com/PrashsMapFacebook Author Page https://www.facebook.com/prashganen/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/prash_ganendran/Email: prashsmurdermap@gmail.comWant to listen to my audiobook, Murder Casebook Volume 1? Check out the Audible Links below:AUDIBLE USAUDIBLE UK ***** I'm an independent podcaster and produce these episodes from a spare bedroom in my home, so I would be extremely grateful for any one-off donations, however small. This will go towards maintaining and upgrading my audio equipment, podcast hosting fees and licencing costs for any music and voices I use in my episodes. If you would like to contribute on an ongoing basis, you can do that through Patreon, so please feel free to check out the link below and see what rewards are on offer in return for your support. Thank you!!Support the show monthly on Patreon: www.patreon.com/prashsmurdermapDonate via Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/prashsmurdermap Or you could buy me a coffee at: https://ko-fi.com/prashsmurdermap***** YOUR SUPPORT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED! *****Credits: Research, writing, narration and audio editing by Prash "Long Note By Two" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Sources Hanrahan, Josh, “Identical twin of man who killed teacher and bride-to-be Stephanie Scott finally reveals why he tried to destroy evidence by selling her jewellery – and says he never wants to see his brother again”, Daily Mail, Jul 2019, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7255227/Brother-Stephanie-Scotts-killer-Vincent-Stanford-haunted-crime.html · Hayter, Melinda, “Stephanie Scott: police say burned body found in Cocoparra National Park believed to be that of missing teacher”, ABC News, Apr 2015, https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-11/stephanie-scott-police-searchers-find-burned-body-near-griffith/6385584 · Levy, Megan and Partridge, Emma, “Vincent Stanford charged with murdering Leeton teacher Stephanie Scott, underwent criminal checks, cleaning company says”, The Sydney Morning Herald, Apr 2015, https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/vincent-stanford-charged-with-murdering-leeton-teacher-stephanie-scott-underwent-criminal-checks-cleaning-company-says-20150409-1mh8zl.htmlPartridge, Emma, “'I only have hatred': Vincent Stanford, the man who killed Stephanie Scott”, The Sydney Morning Herald, Oct 2016, https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/i-only-have-hatred-vincent-stanford-the-man-who-killed-stephanie-scott-20161014-gs2jmc.html · Partridge, Emma, “Robert Scott, father of murdered teacher Stephanie Scott, killed in accident”, The Sydney Morning Herald, Nov 2016, https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/robert-scott-father-of-murdered-teacher-stephanie-scott-killed-in-accident-20161101-gsfl4e.html

Michael Travers joined an exclusive club in 2021 when he became one of a handful of NSW jockeys to acquire a dual trainer/jockey's licence. A short time later he became the first to train and ride a winner in his home state, when successful with Estaverdi at Gundagai. A minor injury sustained at Leeton in April was enough to see Michael make the decision to train exclusively. We recorded this interview just a few days before his Gundagai double on Sunday. He talks about the reluctance of Racing NSW to issue dual licences a few years ago. He says Michelle Payne indirectly helped his cause. Michael says he's a little surprised more jockeys haven't availed themselves of the opportunity. He says attaining the licence was one thing- finding stabling in Wagga was another. Michael looks back on the thrill of his history making feat at Gundagai in 2021. He rode another winner on the day for an outside stable. He says it wasn't easy to attract owners who were happy to have the same person training and riding their horses. He pays tribute to great supporters Robyn Tatham and Peter Knight. Michael looks back on the heavy workload associated with his dual career. He knew he couldn't keep going forever. The experienced horseman looks back on teen years when his grandfather introduced him to racing. He was quickly besotted by the atmosphere of the track. Michael nominates the two horses who whetted his appetite for the game. He talks of work experience gained with two high profile Rosehill trainers of the early 1990's. One of those trainers told him he'd never make a jockey. Travers looks back on the university studies which brought him a Bachelor Of Education Degree.  With his desire to be a jockey still bubbling under the surface he gained a start with Noel Mayfield-Smith who was then training at Hawkesbury. He couldn't get the hang of it. Totally discouraged, Michael decided to put his teaching degree to good use. He talks of his time at two Sydney schools instructing in three subjects. The jockey/trainer talks of his fondness for the piano. He learned the art early in life. Michael says he was 24 years old when he approached Racing NSW apprentice coach Maurice Logue. The ever helpful Logue arranged a pre vocational course for young Travers with Albury trainer Rob Wellington. Just when Rob was about to sign him up, Michael's dad became seriously ill. He returned to the teaching trade. He says he later returned to the Wellington stable and his riding career began. He went within a nose of a win on his very first day. Michael talks of a transfer to Newcastle trainer Paul Perry. He recalls the champion sprinter he got to ride work, and some early wins for the Perry stable. He talks of his all time favourite horse Piracy who just happened to be owned by his mother Rae. The popular Riverina horseman looks back on his career injury list. He regards himself as relatively lucky. Michael talks of his intention to continue riding trackwork, and acknowledges the good recent run he's had with in form Jean Van Overmeire. He acknowledges the support of wife Jodie and makes special mention of 10 year old son Maverick and step children Cameron and Alaska. It's a laid back chat with one of Australia's most versatile horsemen.                 

"Longtime listeners might recognise the hum of Leeton's rice facility from previous projects and this recording includes my army of wind organs, which were installed in the front yard for an Art Trail last weekend. I find their gentle chortling relaxing and my partner Jo described how they became a soundtrack to her dreaming, possibly because of the strong southerlies at that time." Recorded by Bassling. Part of the Music for Sleep project - for more information and to hear more sounds from the collection, visit https://citiesandmemory.com/music-for-sleep/

At the recent Leeton Business Awards, Leeton Little Athletics won the Outstanding Community Organisation. Club President Catherine Tabain shares what makes the group so great, and she reveals an interesting fact about Little Athletics that got Matt excited.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Murrumbidgee Police District inspector Glenn Smith joins Matt in the studio to recap some of the region's recent interesting stories. It seems it is all happening in Leeton where an Evil Knievel wannabe came unstuck in front of a pub and a man has come off second best after a fight with a window.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Leeton Mayor Tony Reneker shares with Matt the proposed time frame for Roxy Theatre's reopening, as well as welcoming a number of new residents to town and the upcoming public forum for the Murray-Darling Basin Plan.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In their weekly chat, Murrumbidgee Police District Inspector Glenn Smith shares the details of the 'disgusting' incident that occured at the Leeton Police Station. Inspector Smith also unveils the horrors of sextortion, and what to do, and what NOT to do, when dealing with online buy, swap and sell groups like Facebook Marketplace. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Leeton Mayor Tony Reneker chats with Matt on Triple M Breaky. They discuss which Leeton groups shared in the $14,000+ grant funding, the latest updates for Roxy Theatre and th eutcome of the Leeton councillor's wage increase proposal.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Alleged conman Matthew Murdoch Mills has been arrested by police in Leeton, NSW. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Nationals MP for Riverina reacts to Wednesday morning's tragic news that a woman and three related boys aged 10-12 years of age have died in a single vehicle accident at Yanco, near Leeton in the NSW Riverina. We discuss the Reserve Bank of Australia's decision to end 10 consecutive hikes of the cash rate to assess their impact on the economy, cost of living and energy price challenges, a local Lockhart legend commemorated for ANZAC Day and the efforts of local women and girls leading up to Thursday 6 April's footy grand final.

If there's a single positive about Nick Heywood's current injury layoff, it's the fact that we were able to pin him down for an interview. He talks about the inevitability of accidents and the fact that jockeys have to come to terms with it.   Nick talks about the vagaries of racing luck and his early winning double on the day of his Wagga race fall.   He looks back on the unusual nature of the fall that left him with a fracture to the tibia. Nick looks back on two good seasons, and his resolve not to waste an opportunity. He takes us through the pristine eating measures he has to endure to stay in the saddle. The jockey talks about his marathon runs around the streets of Wagga, and his heavy trackwork schedule. Nick gives us one prime example of the mileage he travels to bolster race day opportunities. Heywood talks of his initial apprenticeship to Peter Clancy at Leeton and a transfer to the Wagga stables of his father Chris Heywood. He looks back on the thrill of his first winning ride at Deniliquin, on a mare trained by his dad. He also has vivid recollections of his initial city win at Warwick Farm in 2016. Nick looks back with delight on a twelve month stint with Team Snowden at Randwick- the best horse he's ever ridden and a magical Saturday win at headquarters. That win came on a special occasion in the young jockey's life. The Wagga jockey pays tribute to the most significant horse in his life so far. He recalls Another One's second placing in his first crack at the Country Championship. Nick talks of the confidence he had in Another One coming into this year's Country Championship Final. He takes us through the race. The jockey talks of the gelding's failure in the Kosciuszko and his current return to form. He speaks affectionately of his unbeaten record on top galloper Handle The Truth- two rides for two wins, one of them at Rosehill. It's interesting to hear Nick's assessment of a handful of jockeys for whom he has special admiration. He looks back on a string of wins in country feature races. Nick pays tribute to partner and fellow Riverina jockey Hannah Williams.  He looks at where he's likely to be when his riding career comes to an end.

Matthew Pete (IG: @matthewpete_) is a Leeton-based business professional with over 7 years' experience in communications, public relations, media, events and agribusiness. Matthew has been involved in creating and developing a wide range of full business communication strategies and campaigns across the agricultural industry. With a family farming background and proven track record across two commodity groups, Matthew understands the complexities of communicating within the agricultural sector. Matthew is the Communications Manager for Ricegrowers' Association of Australia, a member association representing and advocating for Australian rice growers. Additionally, he is employed parttime with the SunRice Group providing communications and corporate affairs services to their agribusiness team and Rice Extension program. With a passion and drive for improving the way we engage and share our agricultural story; Matthew has spent the last 14 months at the RGA streamlining communications and imbedding a number of new strategies to improve the reach of the Australian Rice Industry. Don't forget to send us an email if you know of a story that we should tell at hello@generationag.com.au *Become a Patreon Partner* - https://patreon.com/generationag Find us here: Instagram: @generation.ag Twitter: @generation_ag Website: www.generationag.com.au

Welcome to this episode of the podcast  Doug Chappell is back after his high sea adventures  Trevor long talks about the latest google phone  Leeton Mayor Tony Reneker encourages us to participate in the Leeton health services survey We celebrate Elisabeth Brinkley birthday and talk about the biggest movie flop with Shane A Bassett as well as what you must check out at the cinemas  Butch our sport spotter has all the weekend local sport details  and Bear from Black Dog ride talks about the upcoming ride to the red center  Enjoy See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

... and value adding irrigated rice production with local manufacturing jobs at Leeton, NSW - plus the environmental benefits of rice production. Sussan speaks with FlowFM listeners from prepoll at Leeton in the final days of the 2022 federal election campaign, concluding Saturday 21 May

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Great to catch up with 88 year old Brian Forrester, one of the elite harness drivers of his generation. NZ born Forrester learned his craft from master Christchurch trainer George Noble before going on to work for several leading horsemen. He fondly remembers his first winning drive at Blenheim, and his initial metro win at Addington. Brian pays tribute to two close relatives who emerged from World War 2 with distinction. He's never forgotten a frightening trip to Sydney in mountainous seas on the cargo ship Wanganella. He had six horses to look after on the Tasman crossing. Brian recalls his first meeting with trainer Max Truer, a man who would have a tremendous influence on his career. He looks back on an A.G. Hunter Cup win on the Truer trained Stormy Bruce. Brian recalls the circumstances under which the Tasmanian pacer Chamfer Star found his way into the Truer stable at Bankstown. The champion reinsman looks back on his unforgettable clean sweep of the 1966 Inter Dominion at Sydney's Harold Park with the nine year old Chamfer Star. The weather was atrocious. Brian acknowledges several special horses he got to drive during his stellar career. One of them was the legendary mare Robin Dundee.  He looks back on a wonderful association with Fran Donohue, the only female trainer to win a Harold Park premiership. Brian was Fran's stable driver throughout that season. Brian reflects on a NSW driver's title which he says he won by default. He pays tribute to the drivers he most admired during his career. Although best known as a top freelance driver, Brian enjoyed a great deal of success as a trainer in his own right. He talks of some special horses who helped him along the way. He enjoyed a stint in the great trotting town of Leeton in the late 1970's. He recalls the experience. The champion reinsman talks of the vision impairment which ended his race driving career in the mid nineties. After quitting the sulky Brian worked for several Warwick Farm gallops trainers. He remained active for another twenty five years. He acknowledges those trainers and talks about a frightening kick to the head he received from a thoroughbred mare. Brian and his wife Coral are the parents of six children. He brings us up to date with the whereabouts of the Forrester clan. The typically humble Forrester says he never regarded himself as an elite driver. Those who competed with him, and thousands of trot fans vehemently disagreed. Great to yarn with a legendary trotting horseman.  

Welcome to episode 215 of the Talking with TK podcast. Special guest today is South Sydney Rabbitohs front rower Mark Nicholls. Mark's career has seen him play 110 NRL first grade games, debuting at the Canberra Raiders in 2012, with his journey also taking him to the Melbourne Storm before finding first grade consistency at the Rabbitohs where he has been since 2018. Time Stamps 0:00 - Welcome Mark Nicholls 0:45 - Leeton and the Nicholls family 1:52 - His secret goal kicking ability 5:55 - Growing up around footy with his Dad and Uncles 6:42 - Little Mark at School 7:46 - Why they moved to Canberra 9:14 - The edge back rower10:54 - Early years at the Raiders 11:29 - The story of his debut against the Dragons 14:36 - Why he used to wear a headgear 17:43 - Injuries and falling out of first grade 22:45 - Moulding the right mind set 25:10 - The joys of Fatherhood 26:43 - Moving to the Storm, the work program and Army camp 29:23 - Why the Storm system works so well 31:23 - The benefits of working with so many different coaches 32:09 - Leadership and the story behind his game as captain 38:30 - The real Wayne Bennett 41:05 - How he actually got to the Rabbitohs 45:02 - Exploring work outside of rugby league 48:10 - How he balanced work and footy 50:45 - Transferable skills from sports to business 52:45 - The 2021 season 54:40 - How his found consistency at the Rabbitohs 58:35 - Finally getting more than a one year deal after he was 30 59:34 - 5 people he would invite to a private dinner party   Find 200 + episodes of Talking with TK in that back catalogue. I've been blessed to interview the likes of Ellyse Perry, Petero Civoniceva, Robert Whittaker, Mark Schwarzer, Shane Webcke, Adrian Morley, Mark Ella, Willie Tonga, Steve Menzies, Jamie Lyon Craig Wing, Danny Buderus, Mat Rogers, Anthony Minichiello, Luke Lewis, Chad Townsend, Andrew Ettingshausen, Bradley Clyde, Stirling Mortlock, Alex McKinnon, Mark Geyer, Cameron Murray ,Craig Lowndes, Pat Cash, Matt Toomua, Kieren Perkins, Paul Harragon, Robbie Maddison and many more. www.talkingwithtk.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to episode 215 of the Talking with TK podcast. Special guest today is South Sydney Rabbitohs front rower Mark Nicholls. Mark's career has seen him play 110 NRL first grade games, debuting at the Canberra Raiders in 2012, with his journey also taking him to the Melbourne Storm before finding first grade consistency at the Rabbitohs where he has been since 2018. Time Stamps 0:00 - Welcome Mark Nicholls 0:45 - Leeton and the Nicholls family 1:52 - His secret goal kicking ability 5:55 - Growing up around footy with his Dad and Uncles 6:42 - Little Mark at School 7:46 - Why they moved to Canberra 9:14 - The edge back rower10:54 - Early years at the Raiders 11:29 - The story of his debut against the Dragons 14:36 - Why he used to wear a headgear 17:43 - Injuries and falling out of first grade 22:45 - Moulding the right mind set 25:10 - The joys of Fatherhood 26:43 - Moving to the Storm, the work program and Army camp 29:23 - Why the Storm system works so well 31:23 - The benefits of working with so many different coaches 32:09 - Leadership and the story behind his game as captain 38:30 - The real Wayne Bennett 41:05 - How he actually got to the Rabbitohs 45:02 - Exploring work outside of rugby league 48:10 - How he balanced work and footy 50:45 - Transferable skills from sports to business 52:45 - The 2021 season 54:40 - How his found consistency at the Rabbitohs 58:35 - Finally getting more than a one year deal after he was 30 59:34 - 5 people he would invite to a private dinner party See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Many good judges believe Mister Rea is the best 2 year old pacer seen out this season. The no nonsense colt is unbeaten in six runs. We catch up with his trainer Ray Walker.  Ray has bred many of his best horses over the years including Mister Rea. He says the colt's dam was a very fast mare. He says the grand dam was even better but plagued with problems. Ray talks of Mister Rea's manners and faultless gait. He talks of his co- owners wife Jane and long time friend Greg O'Callaghan.  He reviews the colt's racing career so far, and tells us a little about the background of regular driver Darryl Perrot. Ray looks back on the horror race fall which claimed the life of his father Col in 1978. He immediately took over the running of the family training operation in Leeton. The popular horseman looks back on his first win and his initial success at Harold Park. He reflects on the career of the only 2 year old he compares with Mister Rea. Ray looks back on Jossella- the wonderful mare who launched his professional career. He highlights Granodorite, another great money spinner in his early days, and Glenburn Chef who did a great job before going amiss. He looks back on the worst race fall of his career. He was in a multiple pile up on the final turn at Bulli. To this day he feels the effects of a broken heel. Ray speaks of his all time favourite Imastrongone winner of an amazing 34 races.  Fast, tough and brave he was a fiercely competitive racehorse. He also speaks glowingly of another tough cookie in Vasco Da Gama. He looks back on a career which has yielded hundreds of winners and multiple premierships. He says he's cutting back a bit these days. No discussion with a Temora man would be complete without a tribute to the great Paleface Adios. Ray remembers the champion fondly. He talks of the invaluable support of his wife Jane who drives fast work on the Temora track.  Ray enjoys the breeding side of the business and makes mention of his broodmare band.  When pressed to nominate his all time race driving hero he comes up with a legendary name from the 1970's. Ray offers his comments on the decision by HRA and HRNZ to change the official birthday of southern hemisphere standardbreds. Great to catch up with a devoted trotting man from the NSW Riverina.

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The regional areas of NSW abound with growth markets, as big city residents continue to target affordable lifestyle areas. Most locations are delivering big price rises. There are 181 suburbs and towns throughout Regional NSW with rising sales momentum, which equates to 61% of locations. The major population centres – Newcastle/Lake Macquarie, the Central Coast, and Wollongong/Shoalhaven – are all pumping strongly, as are other key regional centres like Tamworth, Wagga Wagga, Orange and Dubbo. Coastal municipalities in the south, like Eurobodalla and Bega Valley, are being targeted by lifestyle buyers. And there are smaller regional centres with upwardly-mobile markets, including Armidale, Bathurst, Broken Hill, Cowra, Glen Innes, Goulburn, Griffith, Gunnedah, Inverell, Kempsey, Leeton, Moree and Parkes. Markets throughout Regional NSW are delivering exceptional price growth, from major regional centres like Newcastle and Wollongong to small rural towns like Glen Innes and Cootamundra. Virtually every town or suburb through Regional NSW (97%) has recorded growth in their median house prices in the past 12 months and in the most recent quarter. Two-thirds have had annual growth above 10%. Only seven of the locations analysed in this report have failed to record growth in the past year. There is spectacular growth right across NSW, but locations close to Sydney stand out. The Central Coast, the Blue Mountains, the Southern Highlands, Wollongong and the Shoalhaven all have stand-out examples. So, against this background, we have just published our new edition of the Top 5 Regional NSW Hotspots report. It outlines five key regional centres in the state which offer affordability and lifestyle – and have great prospects for capital growth in the short-term but more importantly in the long-term as well. So get yourself a copy of the report and find out our picks for the best places to target as investors in Regional NSW. https://www.hotspotting.com.au/product/top-5-nsw-regional/

INTRODUCTION:I feel like there's no better qualification to have than personal experience when it comes to being validated to speak on a particular topic. My episodes entitled “Community Conversations” highlight individuals from within society who have lived through intense experiences and are willing to be super transparent about everything so that someone else may be helped. There is a certain kind of healing that happens when we hear someone else talking about experiences that mirror our own. Today I am speaking with Madame Jaikaran who hails from the island of Trinidad and we will cover everything from menopause to the church to immigration and everything in between. I really hope this helps someone… INCLUDED IN THIS EPISODE (But not limited to):·       Raw And Uncut Conversation With A Native Of Trinidad ·       The Need To Get Away From The Islands·       Immigrant Struggles With Geographic And Cultural Transition·       Fearmongering Vs. Love·       The Joys Of Having Two Children Who Are LGBTQIA+·       The Benefit Of Letting Some Doors Stay Closed·       Why Blood Is NOT Thicker Than Water·       Wisdom From Whitney Houston·       The Perils Of Being LGBTQIA+ In West Indian Islands·       The DISCONNECT Between What Churches/Religion Say Vs. What God Says·       How Churches Have Pushed Us And Our Children Away·       An Intense Look Into Menopause  MENOPAUSE:·       https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/menopause/symptoms-causes/syc-20353397 ·       https://www.webmd.com/menopause/guide/understanding-menopause-symptoms ·       https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/what-are-signs-and-symptoms-menopause SDJ MEMBERSHIP OPTIONS (FULL EPISODES):·       $2.99 per month.·       Donate any amount for 30 days of full access.·       $25 per year.https://www.sexdrugsandjesus.com/membership-account/membership-levels/ TRANSCRIPT:[00:00:00] You're listening to the sex drugs and Jesus podcast, where we discuss whatever the fuck we want to. And yes, we can put sex and drugs and Jesus all in the same bed and still be all right. At the end of the day, my name is Davanon and I'll be interviewing guests from every corner of this world. As we dig into topics that are too risky for the morning show, as we strive to help you understand what's really going on in your.[00:00:24] There was nothing on the table and we've got a lot to talk about. So let's dive right into this episode.[00:00:32] [00:00:32] De'Vannon: I feel like there's no better qualification to have than personal experience when it comes to being validated to speak on a particular topic. My episodes entitled community conversations, highlight individuals from within society who have lived through intense experiences and are willing to be super transparent about everything so that someone else may be helped.[00:00:58] There was a certain kind of healing that happens [00:01:00] when we hear someone else talking about experiences that mirror our own. Today. I'm speaking with Madame Jaikaran who hails from the island of Trinidad, and we will cover everything from menopause to the church. To immigration and everything in between. I really hope this helps someone.[00:01:20] Madam Jaikaran, welcome into the sector, drugs and Jesus' podcasts. How fabulous have you with us today? How are you [00:01:29] Madame Jaikaran: De'Vannon Thank you so much for having me. [00:01:31] De'Vannon: I appreciate it immensely. And I'm super humbled by this because you are my cherry popper today. I've never done a. A conversation with somebody who was not a, a podcast host or an author or some sort of expert or whatever, because I wanted to start a series and this is going to be called community conversations where I'm sitting down and talking to people, the homeys and everything from the community and stuff like that, because [00:02:00] there's a lot of healing when people hear that other people are going through the same thing that they're going through, whether they're giving any advice or not, it can break shackles and set people free just to know to tangibly, hear somebody say that they are not alone.[00:02:15] And so due to your transparent nature, I felt like you were the best fit to break the show into this new direction. Um, You know, just talking to people, you know, who are, who are just living life. You know, I think it's a very interesting angle. And so I'm happy to go down this road with you. And so you are the first, you get the Nancy Pelosi.[00:02:45] And so we know you, um, um, uh, are, you know, Trinidadian, you are in the island of Trinidad, uh, into Wago. Um, very, I mean, it's, [00:03:00] it's, it's kind of obvious from the last name. Uh , which is a very beautiful name. You know, it means like you, you, you love people, you hate conflict and stuff like that. I did a search on the name J credit and it's, it's very, very beautiful and, um, So what, so we're going to talk today about some of like the struggles and things like that, that, that we discussed not too long ago when we were at, at lunch and that we were going to really, really go into detail.[00:03:30] Um, talk to talk to me about what it, what it was like growing up in Trinidad and, you know, trying to make it to American. Why you even wanted to come here? [00:03:46] Madame Jaikaran: Well, internet is a lot of the culture is a lot different. It's very, um, we are a tight knit community. I come from a very large family. [00:04:00] So basically if your siblings.[00:04:03] So you have that same structure that you have at home. You have a church that you have at school. It doesn't matter. It's the same structure. It's a Catholic doctrine. You are raised in a very staunch Catholic household where, you know, you try to fit in, but sometimes you don't know in that. What I mean is we've struggled in terms of emotions in our home.[00:04:40] So me wanting to leave that I needed to be able to be more expressive. That's not something that we do in the islands. It's very suppressed. So I needed to get away from that to actually show more emotion. I met my. Husband [00:05:00] intranet. We both had the same feeling that we wanted to go do something different.[00:05:07] So we decided to migrate migrating here was an absolute shock because, you know, we went straight to New York. New York is very fast paced, but coming from a very slow, what you would say rural, we were coming from a very rural mindset to come into the, to the, to America. You know, New York is very fast.[00:05:39] They used, we struggled at first, not just financially, but trying to understand the culture, trying to understand just simple things, the money. That you know, people don't talk about that when you migrate it's you're converting money, you're trying to [00:06:00] financially get yourself back to where you were, where you came from.[00:06:04] You also had to, you know, we didn't understand some of the woods. So some woods in a British setting is very different to American sentence. And also, you know, we were trying to find ourselves as well, too. So now being you're coming back and you're coming from an emotionally barren place in the island to somewhere that everybody can emotionally be free, it was shocking, scary.[00:06:40] And, you know, we just, we were like, what do we do? We don't know how to, I don't know how to get the word out, but we just didn't know how to accept it. So it was a bit of a, it was a bit of a transition for us, but this was the reason we [00:07:00] came was to get that emotional release, to get the acceptance, to understand different things.[00:07:07] It was, it took a few years. It's not something you're going to learn within the first two weeks. No, it took us years to transition, to being an American. Something that you take very lightly. This is something that we had to literally grasp. And for, you know, for people who are coming from different places, it's hard to do.[00:07:36] It's literally hard. There's not a class that tells you, oh, this is what you do in this situation. We got to figure it out, whether it's correct or it's not, we just got to figure it out. But at least. My husband here. It was easy. It was easier for me. It was harder for him, you know, as a man, but for me, there was a little bit [00:08:00] easier.[00:08:01] De'Vannon: Give me, give me a direct example of something that you really struggle with. Figuring out maybe something that didn't translate well from the islands to the states or something that you really had to overcome, no matter how simple or complex, give me an example of something that you had to, maybe you got wrong in the first couple of times you did it.[00:08:22] Madame Jaikaran: Well, one word, um, custodian in the islands. When you work in a bank, you work as the treasury custodian, meaning that you were in charge of the bank money, which is what I did. So I came here and I applied to a bank and I put that I was the treasury custodian. They interviewed me as the cleaner and that was it.[00:08:50] That was something that, you know,[00:08:57] so,[00:09:00] [00:09:01] um, well, I, I looked at the lady in the interview and I just said, no, thank you. Thank you very much, but no, thank you. And I w I walked away and I came back home and I'm asking my husband, I'm like, why would they interview me? Fuck a cleaning job when I was a try the custodian. And that's when he said, well, let's look it up.[00:09:33] One thing, we always thought that we would always use our bridge. Dictionary wrong thing. We looked it up in a Maria Marianne Webster dictionary, American dictionary, and that's where we found it. So now we have to start going to dictionary to understand things that we need. But it's so different. So that was, I think the most critical one for me [00:10:00] was just that it was,[00:10:06] De'Vannon: I've been, uh, uh, go ahead. Finish your thought. No, no, no, no, that was it. Okay. I I've been a janitor before, uh, for a few years at the department of veterans affairs and yeah, it's a difference in between scrubbing floors, cleaning up shit and all kinds of things that people leave laying around then being in charge of the, uh, I say, would say in the game, in the game of Thrones, the master of coin,[00:10:39] I'm not sure to be the master of coin. All right. So, so you mentioned that you experienced like, uh, racism, uh, hatred from black people against Caribbeans. Tell me, tell me what sort of experience you had. [00:10:57] Madame Jaikaran: The first thing is I'll accent. [00:11:00] So immediately whether you see me or not, you're hearing my voice. And at first I had a very, very strong, distinctive accent coming from Trinidad, and we speak quickly.[00:11:13] We, we have this very same song way of speaking. So, you know, I would go from interview to interview and the minute I walk in the door, it's either first I'm black, second I'm female. And third I'm an immigrant. And I noticed going from John. To job, to job, trying to get jobs. I was not successful. I started to, you know, figure out well, trying to figure out what was wrong.[00:11:48] And you know, this is a passage, both my husband and myself, we were going through trying to figure out what exactly was reason, what qualified, you know, we're hard workers. What, why, why, [00:12:00] what if we get into jobs? Well, come to find out. It was really because we're immigrants. People just did not like the fact that we were immigrants, um, interviewing with other black people thinking, well, okay, you know, my foot's going to be in the door because somebody is going, gonna give me a, uh, help out realizing no, they don't want to help.[00:12:22] The minute they hear the accent, they think, okay, you're trying to come here and take jobs away from American citizens and stuff. No, I want them to have the same life you have. I want to pitch in and. I don't care who I'm helping, whether it's a citizen or immigrant as an immigrant, we don't see that line, that division between the citizen, to the immigrant.[00:12:45] We see people. We want to be a part of you. We don't want to be isolated. We don't want to be, you know, left out. So from the time we speak or things that we may do, [00:13:00] they already, you know, you cast us as, oh my God. Oh God. Then they ask you, well, well, where are you from? You know, the small chitchat talk. And if I start saying, well, I am from an island.[00:13:16] Immediately. Oh, that's so nice. And then the, you would start seeing, well, you don't have this, or you don't have that, or you didn't ask me for that, but you're now starting to segregate me because I I'm an immigrant and it's really unfair, you know, the cast Jamaicans the same way they've passed Trinidadian ans, but they don't do it to Canadians.[00:13:43] They don't do it to the British. They only do it to Western islands. And we we've been excluded from jobs from opportunities just because of our accent from origins. [00:14:00] They don't give us a chance. They don't try to, you know, they, they don't care. They don't want to hear it. I've been to one interview where I walk in, I told them I was outside of Leeton and they literally.[00:14:16] Let me interview with the secretary I left from New York, took the train to Connecticut, sat there and was interviewed by the secretary, just went out, just went back home and said, well, like that was a waste just because as I spoke at the front desk, they heard my accent. Not even opportunity to go in and flip up, you don't know what well, if I come with what, what I can do, you immediately, the cast blockers were meaning in past, you know, you segregate us basically as there are white [00:15:00] people at the top black people, and then they're black immigrants.[00:15:05] So we must always see at the bottom. We must never, we'll never give him a chance to succeed. We have to work, work hard, very hard work all the time. We're constantly working. So, you know, it's really difficult. We'll still keep doing what we want to do because of the opportunity we get here. It's still better than where we are home, but we just wish people would open up and understand.[00:15:35] We're not here to take your job. We're here to help and promote this country. [00:15:42] De'Vannon: Well, hopefully more people become more. Open-minded um, I'm very happy to weigh things of the, on politically, the sort of the sort of unrest that we have, uh, the kind of disruption, because it's, you know, people have known this, but now it's so, so, so when [00:16:00] people's faces, now that they've got to be aside.[00:16:03] You know what, you know, what side of the fence they're going to be out of. They are going to be a hater against people trying to come here, fear monger, like Republicans do and say people and take your job, no evidence of that at all. Or are they going to show love bearing in mind that we, that God is not mocked, whatever man, sows, that also will he reap.[00:16:23] And so, um, so I feel like, you know, you know, it's a good thing, you know, all that hard work eventually did pay off. I command, you know, your spirit in the immigrant spirit for never quitting and giving up. That's, what's the one thing I will say that, you know, you know, immigrants, you know, are strong fighters, you know, you know, you've come this far.[00:16:48] You don't have any choice, but to keep trying until you make it, um, You know, as being a member of the alphabet mafia, which is my way of saying the LGBTQ plus community, you know, [00:17:00] that's something that, you know, I in my community are very accustomed with too, you know, doors being closed, you know, y'all want to get married, but we won't make you a cake.[00:17:10] We won't video your wedding. We won't photograph your wedding. You can't use our venue. You know, people, people can be hateful, especially white people can be very, very, very like anti and against just about anything. That's not them. So, and not that other reasons because can't be, but in other people and you know, can't be hateful, but it's something, there is something different about white people, especially white conservative.[00:17:45] People, they just like to just say, fuck you to everybody else. And, um, in, in, in, um, and then, you know, turn around and want to go to [00:18:00] church on Sunday until a woman had to get an abortion when they've just caused all this havoc throughout the week. And, um, so we'll get on the spiritual stuff in just a moment, but now you, you have the good fortune of having not one but two sons who are member of the alphabet, a mafia as well.[00:18:20] What's it, what's it like having the gift of two non straight children? [00:18:28] Madame Jaikaran: Beautiful. I couldn't ask for anything better. I have two beautiful kids, men, me, men. I have two wonderful men care and men too. Amazing men. I, I don't, I just don't know if anybody else will ever have that pleasure of having [00:19:00] two beautiful children.[00:19:03] No, [00:19:05] De'Vannon: no, go ahead, please continue. [00:19:08] Madame Jaikaran: No, I was just about to say, you know, people don't understand what it's like to have kids and then to raise kids and then to see them succeed. And I've seen that my children may struggle once in a while, but I don't think they struggled with identity in that they can enjoy their lives.[00:19:33] Now, a lot of people from the alphabet mafia has made it to where my child. Can walk freely and be free to be themselves. So I go give kudos to everyone. Who's walked before my children in their path and made a better path for my kids. [00:19:58] De'Vannon: What would you [00:20:00] say to someone who, whose family did not accept them?[00:20:07] Um, um, any, um, neither whatever age they are be, they grown now or, you know, like, you know, like your children or any age, what would you say to them? You know, maybe their parents kick them out and stuff like that. Um, which, which still happens. Yeah. [00:20:29] Madame Jaikaran: I would say shame on you. [00:20:31] De'Vannon: No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. What would you say to the person who got rejected by their family?[00:20:35] Oh, [00:20:37] Madame Jaikaran: I would tell them there's still low. Let that door stay closed. Find on your door, open it, open a new door, go somewhere else. Go where you find love, go where you are accepted. Trying to break that door down is too much energy. Do not put your energy there. [00:21:00] Find other people like-minded and go where there is love, because there's nothing you can do.[00:21:09] A lot of these people, I notice have anxiety because of society. So you have to go where people are like, you will like, you will love you, who you are will accept you. I do not favor trying to change people's minds. I don't care. You don't like me go away. I will find someone else. I want these kids to list.[00:21:39] Literally find love where ever they can. So I know, yes, you heard because you've been up cats, kids I've been thrown out from their families. Their friends have shunned them. Their [00:22:00] jobs have shunned them. There's so much of society that is just disconnected from them. And they're alone. You have to find someone who will love you for you.[00:22:14] I don't know. You know, I don't know what it would be like, how challenging it is and how strong someone is. If they have to go through that, it's an inner Stripe, but I hope they develop a really. [00:22:31] De'Vannon: Thank you for such a beautiful advice. Madam Jacob, I'm going to quote, I'm going to quote Whitney Houston, then I'm going to quote the, uh, the Hebrew Bible.[00:22:41] And then that order. So as Whitney Houston said, you know, during her day that she was smoking her crack and doing her cocaine when she was shooting the body guard, which they had to pause as I understand it because she overdosed, you know, but from their tongue, from her song queen of the night, my favorite line from it, she says [00:23:00] you got a problem with the way that I am, this ain't my trouble.[00:23:03] And I don't give a damn. And then, uh, and then the Bible says that. Better, uh, uh, uh, you know, a friend the near than a brother far, and then there's a friend that sticks closer than a brother. And so what this is saying is if somebody else has a problem with you, then fuck them. It's their problem. You don't have to make it yours and that your true family and your true comrades are the ones that you find in life, not necessarily the ones that you were born into, and now it can be hard for us to silver blood ties.[00:23:39] You know, we're raising families. We see that as a part of our culture, wisdom, wisdom tells us that whoever it is that will not accept you for who you are, be it, your biological family, mother, or brother, father, aunts, uncles, whoever, then it's time for you to get a family of your choosing who will accept [00:24:00] you and not discard you because of persons.[00:24:04] Because the way you were born and then the other kind of personal choice that you may be making, which doesn't even have an effect on them, they just simply don't like things. So, and like, like Madam Jaker and said there's no, there's no sense in trying to change people's minds because they're coming from a place of their own convictions and their own upbringing and beliefs and norms and their mind that they've never challenged and trying to project that on you.[00:24:31] So you're fighting Jim generations in history and years of ignorance. That's manifesting in one single individual. It's much easier. It's not easy, but it's much easier to walk away from people who are hating you and hurting you like that. And find something new as awkward and difficult at first. But they be like, like my Angelo said, like the dust dust from the ashes, you will rise and [00:25:00] it'll be brighter in the morning.[00:25:02] Madame Jaikaran: And that's what I want. As you know, going back to that topic. That's what I want. Whether you're young coming out, whether you're old coming out, it doesn't matter. Blood is not water. It really isn't. It is who is there for you to pick up the pieces when you are your anxiety recent, you're in the middle of a storm.[00:25:27] You don't, you just can't grasp what's going on in life because your mind is recent. You need to be able to call someone to who can accept you. That's what you need at all times. Family will not come all the time, but if you've got some buddy or a group who will be there for you, that's who you need.[00:25:51] Don't chase. Don't keep chasing a tail, which is the family. Family is everything that is caught up to be [00:26:00] anyway. Family has just been a unit. It's just been a tribe. Sometimes you got to leave the tribe. Sometimes you gotta walk alone, you gotta find yourself and you got to be strong. That's what I really want people to learn is strength.[00:26:19] That's what a lot of the, the alphabet mafia needs to have is that inner strength to see, fuck you [00:26:31] De'Vannon: now. Um, and, and fuck you very much. If you want to be a little polite about it. Um, some of my friends, um, are actually. Have like their fingers crossed, like, like when they have kids, like they do not want them to be straight.[00:26:49] Like they really, really, really leave these. And these are straight friends that I have. They're like, please God, let them be gay. They just like, they, they, they want that, [00:27:00] you know, that fun zesty, you know, gay kid, you know, that's like painting his nails and he's like to over at the fuck ever, you know, and everything like that.[00:27:09] And just, you know, having a good old time in life, they, you know, they would just have like so much fun. And, um, I want [00:27:19] Madame Jaikaran: to tell you, I just want just a one comment. Oh, sorry to cut you across. But you know, they're like that. But when that child goes to school, that child no has to deal with the straight kids and the, the, the, the, what is it?[00:27:39] The judgment. From those street parents. So now you have your child, but you know, you like, cause it's cute and everything, but you have to be careful because this poor child is going to be like, so, you know, you have, if you know, you're going to have a [00:28:00] gay kid, have to immediately start honing in on, you have to be more sensitive.[00:28:07] You have to be very careful who they're around because they're still parts of this pockets of this community that want to change that child. They don't want to see the inner beauty of the kid. They see just the outward thing that scares them. They don't want that child around. And no, you know, it's like, I wanna say something weird, but it's like having a boutique kid because it's.[00:28:41] No, you have to have that kid and realize you have a gym and you have to really cultivate this Joan for this jump to grow. I hope I didn't mean to cut you across, but I just wanted to bring that out. It was like a needed to say that. [00:28:58] De'Vannon: I mean, no, not at all. Um, [00:29:00] I mean, not a problem at all. Um, so you're saying that there is, uh, sections of society that would, would maybe try to change the child and stuff like that.[00:29:14] Can you give me an example of what maybe you saw one of your sons go through growing up that would prompt you to say that? What, what sort of struggles in that regard that you experience with your sons? [00:29:25] Madame Jaikaran: Well, they didn't come out to me until very late, so I didn't know, but my thing with them was. Be yourself, enjoy yourself.[00:29:35] You know, you have friends around your friends that are there and, you know, I never saw anything that will hurt them. I didn't see it because, you know, in the, in all community where we live, there were more people of color. There were more brown people. So my children stayed [00:30:00] with, they run with the same crowd.[00:30:02] They were nuts. And inside the nerd community, they could hide themselves. They didn't have to come out to their friends. They didn't have to come out to, you know, other family members like cousins or anything because it were nuts. So they didn't have a really hard time. But the older they got, you know, I really didn't see them.[00:30:28] My oldest one, he didn't have any problems making friends, you know, I don't think, I think he said once he did just tell me once he was riding on the bus and someone made a comment about the gay community and he felt awkward because he, he knew he was gay, but he couldn't say anything, but strangely enough, that's not his circle of friends.[00:30:58] So it wasn't somebody, [00:31:00] he felt he cared much about. It was just, okay, I'm not going to say much because they may hook me on the bus, but he never ran with that. That crowd of people, he just ruined the bus. Some team who had a different circle of friends around him, his friends and my younger one would, they had the same friends.[00:31:24] Those friends literally lifted them. In terms of the accepted it, they knew that they were gay, they accepted them, they felt safe.[00:31:36] So I, I don't it, that might, if the answers it, [00:31:42] De'Vannon: I mean, that's what we were talking about. Finding, you know, a family where you can and, you know, you know, making it work, you know, w with what you've got, um, rather than trying to, to hold on and, you know, and [00:32:00] it's due to stressful blood relatives, you know, the stress of a family can put people in the hospital, they can call them for health.[00:32:08] You know, people arguing, trying to change this person, not accepting this person who they want to love and bring home, you know, families, the families can really, really, really be a hot damn mess, you know, at times in, and then you said that, um, That you don't feel like your sons could have lived in Trinidad as being gay, uh, explain why wasn't going on with the culture down there.[00:32:33] That would make that difficult [00:32:37] Madame Jaikaran: but in Jamaica, they culture is that they do not like gay people. They're afraid of them. They'll beat them. They ostracize them. They believe that, you know, you're just not part of the community. So they look down on you. So instead of seeing what you could achieve or see what you could [00:33:00] bring to the table, they immediately say, well, oh no, I don't want to be around that.[00:33:04] Or I don't want to be around this person. I don't want to be, I'm afraid I'll get something from them. Or, you know, this was, I think what happened at manifested more in the eighties when aids was around, everybody thought anybody who was gay had aids. So right away, they thought. If I touch this desk, I'm going to get eight.[00:33:27] Um, if I sit in the toilet, I'm going to get aids. So they started to hit the gay community. They would run them down, they would stone them. They would throw stuff at them. So just that alone. I don't see those people are still alive. Those people, maybe in the sixties and seventies that we are thinking has not passed on to their children.[00:33:58] Their children would be my [00:34:00] age. They would be in their forties. There'll be in their fifties. Those people have children. So there's three generations that grew up thinking that every gay person had aids and will bring it to the community. So if you will. And you will gain, you will be in torture. You will be in molested.[00:34:24] You will be in stone. You will sometimes turn up dead. That's how bad it was. I wouldn't go home to that because this, the way of thinking is still the same. You've got Catholicism. That's literally still trying to put that choke, hold on. People's way of thinking. So they still think, oh my God. I said, gay guy.[00:34:55] Oh my God, I don't get aids. No, [00:35:00] if it's so they're so closed minded. It's ridiculous. It's very, very, their way of thinking is stagnant. It's still stagnant. So would I. My kids to go home and, you know, deal with the cousins at any level. Yes. But not to have to go through being ridiculed or made you feel bad about yourself or looking down at them.[00:35:34] No, I wouldn't want anybody to go through that. No one should go through it at least of all my kids, because they're mine.[00:35:49] De'Vannon: Oh, absolutely. Um, Madam J crew. And so the hardheadedness of motherfuckers is something that. [00:36:00] That th th that is, that is really, um, unfixable. You know, I think about people who won't get the COVID-19 vaccine, people who want to persecute women who want to get abortions, people who have these set notions and ways and them, and so people who've been rejected for being LGBTQ plus, or having an open relationship or being in a polyamorous relationship or having some sort of something about you that offends people who have a stick of their ass.[00:36:32] It's not, you know, you can't, you know, like, like you're saying, um, Madam, you know, the better energy is to move forward and, and respectfully distance yourself. And it may take time to do you know, we're not saying this can happen overnight, but you know, a plan does need to be put in place because you will spend the rest of your life and end up in the hospital.[00:36:58] A mother, the mother, [00:37:00] the like you won't accept you for who you are or a friend or a church community, or anywhere like that. Now there's places out there that you can go with the way we're connected with, you know, the internet and wifi these days, you know, you live in a rural place, you know, there's, um, you know, there's ways to go on there and get connected with people, even in the gaming community, you know, the Twitch streamers and stuff like that.[00:37:24] People go into the, uh, the gaming Twitch streams and they've voiced their problem and stuff like that. And they find community, you know, in all kinds of ways. And, um, um, and which I'm super excited. Cause you know, I recently learned about that. I'm going to be doing a show with, with a game or a twitcher soon.[00:37:43] And, uh, because I really want to highlight the support that's found in the gaming community. , [00:37:49] Now. Uh, you said, um, well,[00:37:56] uh, talk about the juxtaposition between [00:38:00] raising gay kids versus the conformity of the church, because, you know, you talked about, I believe it was Roman Catholic Catholicism. And, um, how, how was the conflict there and between what the church is telling you versus how you feel in your heart? [00:38:19] Madame Jaikaran: There's a big disconnect.[00:38:21] The Roman Catholic church in the Bible, from what. Says that God accepts everyone. But man, now priests is telling you, you couldn't do only a man can be with a woman. So there lies the beginning of the disconnect, right? So if you try to go to church as a gay person, they won't try to accept you. They're not trying to accept you because they already have it in their mind.[00:38:53] It should be the union as a romantic, a woman. So why [00:39:00] go to somewhere where spiritually, you're not going to be accepted. You're not accepted for who you are and the church doesn't want to change. The church has been set in stone from when it started, where the priest is making the decision is no longer set.[00:39:21] Just read the Bible and you can believe that God is going to accept you. So I have an issue with Catholicism in that it's literally a joke when it comes to things that don't conform to, what man has interpreted to be. So man is constantly saying, well, you have to be, you know, this, you have to be this, you, you basically cookie cutter.[00:39:53] You must be a cookie cutter to what they want you to be. God is telling you there's an [00:40:00] open canvas. You could be anything. I'm still gonna accept you. Who, who whole weeds it, say what God is determining. So that's where I have a problem. How can you raise gay kids in a church, on an environment? The minute they step foot, people are telling them, well, you're going to burn in hell.[00:40:25] You're going to be struck by that. Then you, so imagine as a child, you're hearing this, I stopped carrying my kids to church. I think when they were like six, not knowing that they were engaged, just not believing a lot of things. So no, I have a agnostic kid and one who is, you know, my older one is he's religious, but my second one is not because he already felt like he's hearing people talking about church.[00:40:59] And [00:41:00] when you go to church, there's always the, as I say, the cookie cutter way, but you must conform. And if he's not inside there, where does he belong? Does he sit outside? Where does my child belong? He doesn't feel like he belongs. So why go somewhere? Why push yourself into this place? That's already telling you I don't accept you.[00:41:24] So why do I continue with the Catholicism or imparting, you know, these fable things that they keep saying, I just don't believe it. I don't believe I need to push this on them. They make their own decisions. They, they make their own path in life. They guide themselves accordingly. You just live a good life.[00:41:47] That's basically what God is saying. Living good life. Don't do harm to anyone. And that's what we should all do. But instead we allow a lot [00:42:00] of mind to tell us you have to be this way, or you'll never get that. I don't believe that. What do they put gay people like in a separate the, like in the balcony section or what, what, where do we all go?[00:42:17] Where do they, where do straight people go? The church does not, it does not give us a forum to accept everyone. So I don't believe in it have kind of lost a little bit of my I've lost a lot in the last couple of years in believing in it, because it doesn't text steps, my kids, and that's, you know, the most important thing to me, my family, if you're going to throw my family away, I can't account.[00:42:54] I can't enter those doors again. I just can't.[00:43:00] [00:43:02] De'Vannon: Okay. So, um, I can certainly understand that. So then. So, what I'm hearing you say is that due to the, uh, the off putting ways that church people can be and experiences that you had particularly directed at your children, because you know your children, you know, that they're good people, but somebody is reading a book and getting out of their things that they're speaking against your children and therefore you can't fucks with them.[00:43:32] And so that makes, that makes perfectly good sense to me. One of your kids didn't believe in anything and then the other one is religious. And then so you, uh, having, so you no longer, so you're no longer practicing Roman Catholic? Not really. Not really, or no. Which one? I [00:43:55] Madame Jaikaran: believe, I believe I still believe in God.[00:43:59] [00:44:00] I believe in God. Basically I can say, I believe in God, full stop. You know, I do not believe in what man is saying. So I know there is a God. I just asked for protection for my kids, asked for protection over all of us over everyone. And that's, as far as I go, no, the older one, he believes that there's good.[00:44:26] And that's a great way of thinking. My younger one just says, I don't believe there's anything. You know, we just, you know, there was a big bang and we will create it. How can I change that? He has to change it on his own. I believe in following your path, finding your own information. Finding your destiny. I must not pleased with destiny in front of you because then you're no longer at this time to go down your path.[00:44:57] You're going down my path. [00:45:00] So I leave everything open to them. Religion is open to them, just be a good person, just don't do harm to other people. That's the important thing people need to understand is whether or not you meet a gay person, they are still good on the inside. Whether they are gay, whether they drink.[00:45:21] I don't care. If you believe in that you identify as a monster truck, whatever you are just be good on the inside. And that comes straight from God. It doesn't have to be filtered through a man. And that's where we have a problem is that filtration system that we've got, we have a problem. Rightly so. I believe in.[00:45:48] There may be. I have an unhealthy, that's not a problem, but for right now, I have kind of like taken that off the [00:46:00] table in my household. It's not something that we go to. We don't go to church because I don't believe in simple mockery of just going and recite and stuff and just going, you know, you're just doing it in rotation.[00:46:17] It's like, oh, this stand up, sit down, kneel down this. You're just doing it now by rotation. You've learned it. You keep doing it. You're not learning anything. We still walk out. We walk outside, we're ready to shoot you. We still ready to take care of you. We're ready to curse you right outside the door.[00:46:35] What have we learned? Nothing. So what, why, why should we go there? That's where I'm like, why do I go through that filtration system? That's definitely telling me lots of different things in my head. I don't need that. I need the direct path straight to God. He and I have a conversation. We talk about good.[00:46:58] We talk about bad. [00:47:00] That's it? Nothing else. No one else. It's, it's a simplification of life that I think I've just gotten accustomed to. [00:47:12] De'Vannon: Well, I hear you preaching better than I've heard anybody preach in a while. I met him Jake written because the thing is, and this is a, a strong theme of my ministry is spiritual independence.[00:47:25] And so I'm very much against denominations. Um, I know some people love their denominations and everything like that, but, you know, we can, you know, get into the worship of the nominations and ritual before we realize we have fallen down that rabbit hole. And, um, and I'm against them because. Of all the rituals and everything like that.[00:47:49] And when I used to be in them, you know, looking back I'm like, what, what, why, why was I even doing all of that? What was I really worshiping? What, what was the point? And, um, [00:48:00] so what, what we gotta be careful about is that in our abandonment of physical churches and the nominations, that we don't throw God away with it, which is something that, that I did before as well, whenever I got kicked out of church.[00:48:13] And so, so the mind charisma of the people is to, you know, your most important time, you know, when you were alone with, with, with whatever you believe in, be it God or whatever, you know, if you're not choosing the way of Christ and whatever it is, you know, we're not judging you here for whatever you want to worship.[00:48:33] And so, you know, my encouragement is. To be aggressive about it though, you know, and not leave it floating kind of like in a limbo, you know, if you're going to worship price, you know, and find ways to study him by yourself, you know, reach out to people for advice, you know, and stuff like that, if you need to.[00:48:52] But your most important time is your alone time. So just because the church pissed us off, we've seen our friends and family members and loved ones get hurt by them. [00:49:00] We would do ourselves a disservice to abandon all spirituality because we can get hurt and we can do that sometimes, you know, throw it all all the way.[00:49:08] And I done that before. So, um, you know, as I say, you know, there isn't anything wrong with Christ, but there is a lot wrong with Christian and the church people. And it can be hard sometimes to tell the difference between. You know, between Christ and Christians and church people, but they're not the same.[00:49:26] And so I hope to address that in great detail on my show, moving forward, and then in my blog and in my books and stuff like that, because, um, this is a big deal. It happens a lot. Some of my straight friends will not go to church because of the things that they have seen happened to their gay friends.[00:49:42] And they're like, we just, we can't do it. And so, um,[00:49:49] and so, so that's where you're at spiritually are personally, don't physically go to a church. I was going to a university Presbyterian church here at Louisiana state university that led [00:50:00] you before the pandemic. But, you know, and you know, it's not like, you know, ever since I, I got thrown out of church all those years ago has never really had the same taste in my mouth.[00:50:10] You know, they are a gay affirming church. I do always want to make that point. You know, there are LGBTQ. Churches and denominations Lutheran, Episcopalian, metropolitan community church, some of the Presbyterian churches, you know, they have gay preachers. They CA they ordain trans people. You know, they, and I have all those resources on my website, second drugs and jesus.com you know, knowledge is power.[00:50:35] And like, and like the Lord says, people perish for lack of knowledge, but there's actually churches. And, you know, if you do like the nominations and stuff like that, I'm not saying they're all just inherently evil, but I'm saying that they, they gotta have their place, you know, you know, second to God. And, um, but they are actually the nominations that are totally open to LGBTQ people.[00:50:57] You can be trans, uh, [00:51:00] you can be polyamorous, you know, whatever it is that you do, you can go in there and you're not going to be judged. People are not going to get uncomfortable. And so it's shifting in their seats and all of the bullshit and the dramatic, um, things that happen when you go into conservative churches, you know, they're not the only option.[00:51:18] Madame Jaikaran: Yes. And that's important because you know, for give parents, we need to know, um, kids are safe. We have that, like, it's more of a, a union to understand that people will accept kids. It's just, it's so hot. It's not, uh, an autistic child. This is a child that's gay. That has an alternative lifestyle. They'll lifestyle should not dictate how you treat them.[00:51:58] You should just [00:52:00] how you treat anybody else. It doesn't matter. As I said, you couldn't identify a freaking helicopter. Gotcha. What difference does it make? Just be, you know, accepted. Yes, no, they have some of the churches. Cause there are a few here. Um, And there's like one or two that I've known. I've seen where they say, you know, we accept straight gay, queer, whatever, whatever else.[00:52:27] I don't know all the letters, but you know, they accept everyone. And I absolutely liked seeing that, but guess where they are, they're in the white community, they're never in the black communities. So now I've got to trudge all the way down to the white community. When sometimes, you know, I don't feel comfortable.[00:52:51] I'm not comfortable going there. So that's another thing. So can I really feel comfortable going in an area where there is not [00:53:00] anyone looking like me as a black woman, going into a community that say, well, we accept everybody, but there's always a, but there's always a, but because I'm, you know, a little, um, calm.[00:53:14] We accept this, this, this, this, that, but we kind of, I really don't want black people here cause you know, so do they really accept everybody? No, there's never that one place that everyone feels accepted. It's always a, but, and that's why, you know, it's so hard just to find that one place that you feel accepted, totally accepted.[00:53:43] Totally let your hair down. Totally feel comfortable. Feel like an absolute family. There's just not that place. That's why there's so many, you know, introverts that are gay. They can't come out. They become [00:54:00] nuts. They become isolated. The just there's no community that they could completely envelop themselves in.[00:54:10] And, you know,[00:54:15] Um, I'm sorry. It's like, yes, they do have it. Cause I did he see the van for churches, but then as I said, the churches are not going to accept us now because my sons are black. So [00:54:31] De'Vannon: I guess it ain't one thing it's another, the hearing you explained that, you know, the isolation that you feel, you know, you know, if people, people could feel that way, oftentimes even though they were in a room full of people.[00:54:48] Yeah. And, um, yeah. And so the question is, you know, what can we do with that? You know, that I counsel people to really, really, really, really work on their [00:55:00] spiritual life because. You know, it's a, it's a strong part of who you are and if you don't do anything with it, then a strong part of you is starred and you're going to be out of balance.[00:55:09] Now, when you really get your, your mind and spirit in order, you can be by yourself and never, ever feel alone as your relationship with your higher power, whoever it is, you choose to worship via Christ or whomever, um, grows and strengthens. Um, because we can't, we can't wait and depend on people because that's just not where it's at.[00:55:33] Uh, and, um, so yeah, I don't physically go to church. I like to stay home, read my Bible. I pray, you know, I meditate, you know, I, you know, I come up with ways to get closer to him and that's my greatest prayers to get closer to, to God. And, um, And, you know, if I do go to a church every now and then, which that'll be after the pandemic is over, you know, it'll be just cause I [00:56:00] want to, but it's not like I felt like I have to.[00:56:02] And, um, and so, all right, so then let's switch gears. The last thing that I want to talk about is, is, is, is a women's physical health, because the thing that you, I think we're maybe the most passionate about when we were having our cocktails and conversation on IDEO at the restaurant, was this process of going through menopause, finding out you, you had menopause and it was a big deal you felt, and you feel like they did something that is swept under the rug and not talked about.[00:56:35] So, so preach on menopause and tell it and just then just preach. Just let the Lord do you use you? [00:56:42] Madame Jaikaran: Well, basically I started going into. And like two years ago, and I felt like everything was falling apart. I thought my health was failing. Didn't understand what was going on. Started reading lots of stuff, going to many [00:57:00] different physicians.[00:57:01] I mean, I went from, I went literally pillar to post from GI doctor to, um, ha cardiologist. I, I don't want to take too long, but I went literally the GI cardiologists. I went to the PCP. I went to dermatologist. I went to, to, um, the, uh, neurologist. Because nothing connected. There was nothing connecting these dots.[00:57:34] So I'm waking up with different symptoms. I'm dizzy. I I'm feeling sick. I'm just not feeling like myself. Something's wrong. What's going on? So I'm going from one place to the next I'm going for, nobody's there to connect the dots, not realizing, okay, you're in your forties, late forties going into fifties.[00:57:58] Maybe we could look [00:58:00] at this and see if this is going to be something where you can draw conclusions. So I've done a study stress test at the EKG. I had to do an EGD. I did basically the alphabet. I'm just going, going, going, not understanding, going to the dermatologist. She's pulled out a chunk of my scalp to send it for a biopsy, trying to figure out, okay, my hair's falling out.[00:58:31] What the heck is going on? Literally couldn't, um, couldn't breathe properly. So went up pulmonologist, like, you know, just nothing. Um, I'm thinking the worst. Okay. No one connected the dots at all. I kept reading and I did a sleep study. I just not understand in my body. This is [00:59:00] something that I've been with all year and it has proven grateful, you know, this voyage has been great.[00:59:07] And then I just hit this brick wall. I thought, what the hell is this? Is this some kind of cancer? Is this something nobody to connect the dots everything's coming back. Perfect. Nothing's wrong with you? It's all in your mind, go see a psychologist. I'm like, screw you. It can be in my mind if it's physical.[00:59:26] Okay. Then I start, you know, I start talking to other people and they don't want to have that conversation because they don't want to accept the end of the end of, you know, childbearing. We just think of who my God, I'm old. I'm going to be old crusty. And you know, people are not going to like me. I'm going to be irritable.[00:59:47] But in the interim, I am scared. My older brothers, my older sisters, I have quite a few. I'm asking them. They don't want to have the conversation. They [01:00:00] especially, you know, island people. We don't talk about that. We don't talk about loving someone and we don't talk about, um, Um, you know, female issues, we just don't talk about it.[01:00:13] So where do I go? The gluten, my friends, my friends are Western nations. We don't talk about that, Eva. So ham lost. I have no one to turn to. I'm just reading the internet. I'm thinking they're God, I've got old. I thought I had an array of diseases. Okay. Fast forward to like two years into this. It's not going away.[01:00:37] It's still very bad. Don't know what to do. I've exhausted all the different, you know, doctors I can go to and they keep saying, well, we can't tell you anything until I stumbled upon reading up about menopause symptoms. So I started reading it and it's [01:01:00] not the same thing. Like mine, it's not the same. It's not the same tool.[01:01:04] Okay. I'm like, all right. It could be different according to different people. So now he has that asking a different question. I'm asking my girlfriends, have you experienced this? And if you experienced that well, yeah, well you're going through menopause or don't, don't bring that on me. Don't bring that on me.[01:01:27] Don't talk about the tone. Don't talk that this should be oddity of saying if I tell you, you have, you may be going through this. You think that I'm cursing you with it. I'm like, oh my God. So once again, I go back again and I'm reading and keep reading and I'm trying to understand what is wrong until I said to myself, I think I'm going through medical.[01:01:54] I started done accept that. That was it because I wanted it to be it because [01:02:00] I'm so tired of having multiple. It's used multiple factors. Factions of my life is wrong. Parts of my body just normal, longer conform to how they were just two years ago. I'm like, look, I'm going to accept this. And I started reading it or stopped reading it and reading more and more and more.[01:02:23] I've gone to the doctor and they're like, well, you're still in paramedicals. And I'm like, I can't be, I have to be now in menopause. I have to be in it. I want to be in it. I need to be in it so that I can give whatever disease I have a name. I needed some form of closure, some caption, a title to this multiple organ is used that I was going through.[01:02:53] Eventually I eventually stopped having a period and that's when I [01:03:00] said, okay, I'm in it now. And I had no one to talk to no one to give me advice. No one to say, well, this could be some of the issues. Everybody shuts down the minute we say menopause, it's the biggest, dirty word for women in their fifties.[01:03:23] It's the worst word you could tell them. We feel like, oh my God, I'm no longer sexually attractive. And that, I think that's where we have that. That's where we have a problem [01:03:39] De'Vannon: now. But when you say menopause is a dirty, where do you think that that is specific to west Indians and, and people in the Caribbean?[01:03:47] Or do you, or did you find this across all of the women you tried to talk to? No matter of their ethnic makeup.[01:03:59] Madame Jaikaran: [01:04:00] Mostly west Indian women, mostly women of color, because as you say, we have many, well, they have many preconceptions of different things. So if it's not something that they like, they keep thinking that you're trying to curse them. So menopause. It's like you're becoming way too. Um, what is the word you're becoming way too?[01:04:32] Oh my God. I'm trying to get the word. I said, you're too close. You becoming way too involved in the lifestyle and in that, in their life. So they want to push you back a little bit. They hit that level of involvement when you're trying to tell them, Hey, you know what you're going through could be normal.[01:04:53] No whip, panic, paranoid, but going through stages because nobody's telling us, [01:05:00] and then we're not telling each other. There's no communication. We're constantly keeping it so private. We don't want to talk about it. We're embarrassed, I guess. So it was mainly the Caribbean community that I was having. The biggest pushback of don't bring that on yourself.[01:05:22] Don't say that kind of, don't talk that ship in. This was what people would say. Literally, I'm trying to figure out what's wrong with me. And you're telling me it's tripping it because I think, well, it could be this. So it was really the Caribbean community. And at this point, I love to share about it because as you're saying in your community segments, people may not understand that all these things go wrong.[01:05:52] At the same time when you're going through menopause, it's, you know, [01:06:00] the, I even listened to some of these people on TV, especially the white people they're talking about it and they make it sound like it's such a beautiful transition. It really isn't. It's the full stop at the end of being able to have a child and your body goes crazy.[01:06:20] It goes nuts. So there's nothing nice about it. It's then you sat down in the hot flashes. I mean, I'm sitting down sweating. I can't stop sweating. I just don't understand what's going on. I was never somebody who swept before. So coming from an area where, you know, I'm literally at one point in New York and I'm sitting outside in the middle of winter, it's minus 20 degrees and I'm just sitting outside.[01:06:51] Like a long sleeve top on when Ms. Lauren and I'm right out by, um, I think it was chambers street and I'm [01:07:00] not feeling cold because I'm hot. I'm just hot. It's this overwhelming heat that comes on you. It's not normal. It's just not normal. So when people go through it, it throws us off so badly that we literally can't think we go blank.[01:07:21] We forget things. That's another thing that happens to us. We're very forgetful and it's not, you know, dementia. It's literally your body loses in so many different hormones, creating different things, it's substitute and stuff, and it's just gone crazy. And we don't know what the hell is going on. And nobody's telling us anything about it and black woman, white woman, it's the same.[01:07:52] Cause we just, we just go through this transition period when we're just crazy. That's all I can say about it. We just go [01:08:00] nuts because nothing is working from, for me, it was from swallowing. My heart's racing. It's the Sletten it's you put on a little bit of weight. So then psychologically you're like, oh my God, I am I'm fat.[01:08:19] I'm ugly. I'm losing my hair. My vision is going all at the same time. I mean, how do we handle this? How do we put all this together and still wake up in the morning and not want to kill folks? I don't know how. But bottling it up and not talking about it makes it even worse. So we can never document exactly what white woman goes through black woman, Indian woman, Asian woman.[01:08:47] We can't get a handle on it because it's just not something spoken about. Just been something that's been, you know, brought up to me as far as I'm concerned, these doctors, I have [01:09:00] a feeling cause we're just going from, from one place to the next and the next to the next, I mean, it's ridiculous. I'm sorry.[01:09:11] De'Vannon: There's nothing to apologize for. So what I thank you for that explanation. That's definitely going to help some, some woman out there for the light bulb to come on and for her to, to discover what's happening with herself, transparency is the main themes, the episode and the core of my show. You know, I feel like we can help each other as a community and society.[01:09:32] When we open up about the problems that we're having, rather than trying to act like we're super, super, super people and have our shit together all the time when none of us really do. And so in the show notes, I'm going to be sure to include some sort of link to something about menopause though, do some research and see what I can find.[01:09:52] But, um, but no, um, I think that, that this is, uh, some good [01:10:00] ground that we've covered for this first inaugural community conversations bonus episode. They're going to be featured as a bonus episodes in, um, And, um, and if anybody has any questions about any of this, be sure to email me at, uh, Davanon and sex drugs and jesus.com, which will go in the show notes as well.[01:10:25] And, um, if you have any questions for my guests today, let me know that too. And then I can put you in touch with her. Um, so thank you so much. Uh, Madam J Curran for spending this hour with me, um, I really hope this episode helps someone, um, God bless all the gay people. God bless all the womens and, and you know what, we're all gonna be.[01:10:56] All right. [01:10:57] Yes, let's thank you so much demand. And it [01:11:00] was a blast. It was wonderful. It was amazing closing to you. I really do enjoy conversations with I'm able to open up to be, as you say, very transparent, you know, we don't have anything to hide. It's just, you know, such a nice thing that you're doing for the community.[01:11:18] Madame Jaikaran: Being able to allow people to figure out what they can do in their life and how they can. You're helping people by giving them a purpose to life. Thank you so much. [01:11:33] De'Vannon: Absolutely. Let the Lord be magnified.[01:11:36] Thank you all so much for taking time to listen to the sex drugs and Jesus podcast. It really means everything to me. Look, if you love the show, you can find more information and resources at sex, drugs, and jesus.com or wherever you listen to your podcast. Feel free to reach out to me [01:12:00] directly @ devannon@sexdrugsandjesus.com and on Twitter and Facebook as well.[01:12:05] My name is De'Vannon and it's been wonderful being your host today and just remember that everything is going to be all right. 

I can never time these things correctly. on this edition of the podcast we catch up with Aussie comedy legend Steddy Eddy, An Ab pro in Leeton, 50 years of an Australian TV icon and we finish off with a dig at lockdown across the country with a song parody Enjoy .... Starry  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Greg Carosi and Charles Sykes came in this morning to talk to Poppy about their upcoming production of Henry V happening at the Roxy Theatre in Leeton.  Christine Williams also spoke about the exciting improvements that have happened at Lillier Lodge recently, plus an event this weekend to raise money for the Cancer Council.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New equipment has been installed at SunRice's Specialty Rice Foods Facility in the New South Wales Riverina. The Leeton facility will now be able to use a new technique to produce the company's microwave rice pouches. Rural Reporter Sophie Clarke caught up with SunRice Group Chief Executive Rob Gordon to hear more about the benefits stemming from the facility's upgrade. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wayne 'the Flowman' Phillips previews Riverina and Farrer footy leagues kicking off soon in a full return for country footy

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They say 2 heads is better than one and although they are rough ones we have Adam Burdett and Tim Hart Live with Nate. Timmy is a Tamworth boy who has had a number of Top 5 finishes including a 2nd place at the QLD PGA after going so close to shooting a 58 in the final round! We talk to Timmy about how he crushes the ball and has no idea what irons he actually plays with! Adam hails from the Murray River and has had a number of good results himself including a third at the QLD PGA and even had the lead in the 2016 Australian Open. Adam has a chance to clarify the story Dimi shared with us last week regarding the NZ Open and also tell us all how he crashed the house of the wealthiest man in Leeton during a Pro Am. Join us for what is a funny and insightful chat with these two. If you'd like to see the full video interview, jump into our Facebook group "Golf Days Australia - Advice & Discussion". Take it easy, Enjoy Golf and this weeks interview!!

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CJ Chats with Country Boy from Leeton & South Sydney Rabbitohs Prop MARK NICHOLLS. HOODOO GURUS: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/hoodoogurus/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/hoodoogurus     -DISCLAIMER- We Have Attained the Right to use 20seconds of the Song 'Thats My Team' By The Hoodoo Gurus. All ownership, rights etc belong to them.

Tonight, I cover the Stephanie Scott murder which happened in a small town called Leeton in 2015

26-year-old Stephanie Scott was a high school teacher in Leeton, Australia. She was well-loved by friends, family, and her students. She was set to be married to the love of her life, but just days before her wedding was to take place she was killed by a monster. Friends and family searched for Stephanie after she failed to return home or answer cell phone calls. No one was prepared for the truth of what happened to the beloved teacher.Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the murder of Stephanie Scott. 24-year-old Vincent Stanford was a loner who preferred to spend his time playing on-line video games. The rest of his time was spent stalking women, meticulously detailing out their routines in his journal. Stanford was a cleaner at the high school where Stephanie taught. She was just one of many victims he had been stalking. But sadly, Vincent found his opportunity to strike when Stephanie was at the school finishing up some work.A big thanks to Monique Patterson for her help in writing this episode. You can find Monique's book about Stephanie's murder called United in Grief at these links:US: https://www.amazon.com/United-Grief-Tragic-Stephanie-Scotts/dp/1947521217Australia: https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/new-releases/digital-text/2523897051/ref=zg_bs_tab_t_bsnrAn Emash Digital production

On Easter 2015, in Leeton, NSW, around five hours from Sydney, a chill hung in the air of the usually bustling country town.Leeton was a quiet, unassuming place. Nothing bad ever seemed to happen there. People kept their doors unlocked and every one know each other at the local grocery store. The worst crime would be a scuffle outside of the pub on Friday night. But five years ago, evil came to Leeton. On Easter Sunday, 2015, 26-year-old schoolteacher Stephanie Scott said goodbye to her fiancé Aaron Leeson-Wooley, and headed into Leeton High School for a few hours.Stephanie was a drama and English teacher at the local high school. And in a few days time, she was getting married to the love of her life. Friends and family would tell you just how excited Steph was to become Mrs Leeson-Wooley. She’d been planning her wedding for months – and it was nearly here.That Easter, Stephanie had decided to dedicate a few hours to preparing work for her students while she was away on her honeymoon. See, Steph had a heart of gold. She was adored by anyone and everyone who met her. Spending a Sunday devoted to making sure her pupils wouldn’t miss a beat while she was away was typical Steph. But that day at Leeton High, Steph would come face-to-face with a monster. The excited bride-to-be was brutally murdered just days before she was due to say I do. The story of her death is utterly heartbreaking and touched so many people who had never even met her, including Leeton journalist Monique Patterson.Monique – who once edited the local paper The Irrigator – wrote a book on Stephanie’s murder and the effect it had on the town of Leeton. She joins us on today’s episode. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

When 26-year-old school teacher Stephanie Scott disappeared days before her wedding, her fiance immediately knew something was wrong. She wasn’t the type of person to vanish without a trace, or get cold feet. An immense manhunt was swiftly organised with locals of the small town of Leeton, where Stephanie lived. It would be a devastating four days until Stephanie’s fiance and family were given the worst possible news. In this episode, we speak with Leeton local Monique Patterson who was one of the journalists who covered Stephanie’s disappearance.  She has since written a book on the case of Stephanie Scott, titled; ‘United In Grief: The Tragic Story of Stephanie Scott's Murder and the Effect it had on the Small Town of Leeton NSW’.  CREDITS Guest: Monique Patterson, author of United In Grief Host: Jessie Stephens Producerandeditor: Elise Cooper RESEARCH United In Grief: The Tragic Story of Stephanie Scott's Murder and the Effect it had on the Small Town of Leeton NSW, book by Monique Patterson, https://bit.ly/34klKNJ  Stephanie Scott Missing, 7 News Sydney https://bit.ly/2VaEbjN  Man charged with murder of missing NSW teacher, SBS world News, https://bit.ly/2XjFkZi  Stephanie Scott Murder Arrest, 9 News Adelaide  https://bit.ly/3e5Rgna Stephanie Scott Murder timeline, SBS News https://bit.ly/3e3PDGy CONTACT US Tell us what you think of the show via email at truecrime@mamamia.com.au. Join our closed Facebook community to discuss this episode. Just search True Crime Conversations on Facebook or follow this link https://bit.ly/3982S5P If any of the contents in this episode have cause distress know that there is help available via Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636

Jo Starling has been on an adventure down the Murrumbidgee, sampling the famous Southern hospitality around Leeton and enjoying one of our most beautiful inland rivers and native fish strongholds.

Jo Starling has been on an adventure down the Murrumbidgee, sampling the famous Southern hospitality around Leeton and enjoying one of our most beautiful inland rivers and native fish strongholds.

Stan Grant is an Australian television news and political journalist. He is currently the ABC's indigenous and international affairs analyst, and professor of global affairs at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia.He’s written a number of books, two which absolutely stand out are Talking to My Country, and his latest book Australia Day.You see Stan is an Aboriginal First Nation Australian man.His father was an elder of the Wiradjuri people - a country that stretches across central NSW - from Wagga Wagga and Leeton to West Wyalong, Parkes, Dubbo, Forbes, Cootamundra, Cowra and Young among other places.Stan has spent much of his career abroad - covering conflict, has witnessed the unimaginable horrors of war, and has lived for years in countries far from his own.These days, Stan is back.And he’s written a book called Australia Day.A book about not just about a difficult day in our community - the 26th of January, the day we as a nation celebrate Arthur Phillip planting a flag and declaring this country for England - for some it’s the day that Australia as we know it began. For others it’s the day that Australia as they knew it ended.It’s a complex thing to talk about.There’s a lot of emotion around what it is to be Australian, and the role of the legacy of colonialism on us all, Indigenous or otherwise - and where we go from here.It’s a hot-button topic.One that deserves a long conversation and a deep exploration.While you listen to this, try to consider what things would be like if it were you and your family affected by this situation.Try to see what it might be like or have been like for people in this country when the Europeans came.Do I have the answers? Absolutely not.But I know it starts with listening, seeing and empathy.I like to try and have an idea about what might make today better than yesterday.Here’s one…I mean we could simply declare Australia a republic, recognise Aboriginal Australians in the founding constitution of that republic and instead of January 26 we could pick a date in summer and call it “Independence Day!” But that’s just me.So let’s go.Come to my house and enjoy a cuppa and a conversation with a man that speaks as if he’s free styling poetry, Stan Grant. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the relatively short time span that Andrew Green has called Berlin home he is certainly making a positive mark! Having lived in several places around the world and with a background in business, Greenie, as he is known affectionately by his friends, is living up to this nickname in an innovative way with his new start-up initiative WunderTree. It costs Berlin around €1 Million to collect up to 400,000 dead Christmas trees each year to be burnt. WunderTree is aiming to decrease this waste of a valuable natural resource by delivering trees FOR FREE and collecting them after Christmas to replant in Brandenburg's forests, helping to combat climate change. To celebrate its first year every new WunderTree customer will receive a special gift upon delivery. ;) Andrew Green was born in Leeton, and grew up in Newcastle, NSW. He now lives in Neukölln with his German wife, Melinda. WunderTree www.wundertree.co www.instagram.com/wundertree.co

Patient violence against nurses is escalating in remote and country hospitals. The police shooting of a young indigenous woman in Geraldton, WA, highlights the need for more mental health services and a growing distrust between the indigenous community and local police.

Earlier this year, the Federal Government announced new regional visas designed to encourage migrants to work and live in remote and regional areas long-term. The approach has been welcomed by some communities, like the town of Leeton, in the Riverina region of New South Wales. But it's also led to calls for more Government support to help towns facilitate population growth . - এই বছরের শুরুর দিকে, ফেডারেল সরকার অভিবাসীদের দীর্ঘমেয়াদে কাজ করতে এবং বসবাসের জন্য উৎসাহিত করতে নতুন রিজিওনাল ভিসা ঘোষণা করেছে।এই উদ্যোগকে নিউ সাউথ ওয়েলসের রিভারিনা অঞ্চলের বেশ কিছু কমিউনিটি স্বাগত জানিয়েছে, তাদের মধ্যে লিটন শহরের মতো বাসিন্দারাও আছেন। তবে তারা জনসংখ্যা বৃদ্ধির সুবিধার্থে ওই সব জনপদে আরও সহায়তার আহ্বান জানিয়েছে।

This week on Living Your Best Life, I'm joined by the incredible three time Kettle Bell World Champion, Dave POW Tabain. Dave's story is one of sheer inspiration. What started out in a back yard shed, the first kettle bell gym in his home town of Leeton, has now evolved into the 30 Day Challenge which has been delivered in five countries and has over 600 participants. Dave shares what it takes to be a world champion and his many lessons along the way. Dave is a sought-after international motivational speaker and now a best selling author impacting children with his POW Man series, addressing bullying in schools. Dave has had a massive, positive impact on my life and I will be forever grateful our paths have crossed..If you're looking for something real, authentic and inspirational this is the podcast for you....

It's Tuesday and we're doing the show live outside the Big Strawberry in Koonoomoo, Victoria. We talk about Australia's big attractions, 3D-Dyl's Snapchat streaks, Mr. 97's travel habits and Josh tells us about his dream to be able to read weather radars. On today's episode of The Daily Talk Show we discuss: The Big Strawberry Our road trip to Leeton 3D-Dyl's Snapchat streak Mr. 97's travelling habits Weather Balloons and reading radars Watch today's episode of The Daily Talk Show podcast at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFT-uiWSUms Subscribe and listen to The Daily Talk Show podcast at https://www.thedailytalkshow.com/ Email us: hi@thedailytalkshow.com Send us mail: PO BOX 400, Abbotsford VIC 3067 A conversation sometimes worth recording with mates Tommy Jackett & Josh Janssen. Each weekday, Tommy & Josh chat about life, creativity, business and relationships — big questions and banter. Regularly visited by guests and friends of the show! This is The Daily Talk Show. This podcast is produced by BIG MEDIA COMPANY. Find out more at https://bigmediacompany.com/

Stan Grant is an Australian television news and political journalist. He is currently the ABC's indigenous and international affairs analyst, and professor of global affairs at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia.He’s written a number of books, two which absolutely stand out are Talking to My Country, and his latest book Australia Day. You see Stan is an Aboriginal First Nation Australian man. His father was an elder of the Wiradjuri people - a country that stretches across central NSW - from Wagga Wagga and Leeton to West Wyalong, Parkes, Dubbo, Forbes, Cootamundra, Cowra and Young among other places.Stan has spent much of his career abroad - covering conflict, has witnessed the unimaginable horrors of war, and has lived for years in countries far from his own. These days, Stan is back. And he’s written a book called Australia Day. A book about not just about a difficult day in our community - the 26th of January, the day we as a nation celebrate Captain Cook planting a flag and declaring this country for England - for some it’s the day that Australia as we know it began. For others it’s the day that Australia as they knew it ended. It’s a complex thing to talk about. There’s a lot of emotion around what it is to be Australian, and the role of the legacy of colonialism on us all, Indigenous or otherwise - and where we go from here. It’s a hot-button topic. One that deserves a long conversation and a deep exploration. It’s no accident I’m putting this out at the start of national reconciliation week 2019. So let’s go.Come to my house and enjoy a cuppa and a conversation with a man that speaks as if he’s free styling poetry, Stan Grant. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Andrew Kuuse presents RSN "Racetracks Everywhere" this week we feature Casterton live hedge steeplechase course, Leeton race club & outback Burrandowan race club.Race Clubs from across the land and their uniqueness !

http://punchingsideways.comBrad George is a football and basketball announcer and broadcaster, professional MC, and a former commercial radio host. Brad worked his way up from aspiring local footballer and volunteer radio host, to professional broadcaster in Wagga and Griffith, NSW. Brad can also be heard at each at @BorderBandits home games, court announcing the Albury Wodonga Bandit’s home games.@joshuacliston on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.joshuacliston@gmail.com

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This week's conversation is with Leeton, NSW based managing director of I-AG Pty Ltd Anthony Rudd. Anthony Rudd has a unique insight into the integration of machine automation and data adoption in agriculture and has worked in this space for John Deere Australia, a Chinese company and also in software writing and development. In 2008 Anthony was employed as John Deere Australia's first ever integrated solutions manager. The concept was extremely new but it had been tested in the United States. Basically his work involved joining technology to the dealership and then to the grower, so essentially moving from machine guidance to full automation and then into integrated data. He tells Sarah Nolet that his company I-AG is busy working with an external partner developing software that will hopefully unlock the efficiencies in the space at the moment. "We've built the base software, so it will ingest data from anywhere and any type you can store it safely and you can share it safely with whoever you want to share it with at the moment, in a few weeks we will have the map generation module available." Anthony's website explains that "I-AG specialize in providing data and software solutions tailored to suit your individual operations. From simple data management all the way to building complex software to enable you to access the data you need instantly and easily enabling our clients to make quick informed decisions based on what their data is telling them." You can find more information on I-AG here You can find I-AG on twitter here You can find Anthony here on Twitter. View Anthony's LinkedIn Profile here

EP 27   Your host // Tim Bishop Our guest // Dave Pow Tabain   About Dave; Like many of our guests and community in the fitness space, Dave POW Tabain sharpened his mental sword, by continually sharpening his physical one.  Habits in one realm lead to behaviours in the other, and time and time again, physical fitness is the continual repetition of behaviour that allows you to develop discipline and respect to empower yourself and take that confidence into your life. In Australia, the kettlebell movement is in full swing (pun intended), and Dave was the first to create a gym dedicated to the craft, in the small NSW of town of Leeton. However, this introduction isn't paying respect to Dave's true power as a thinker, motivator and "Wingman" to his thriving community.  He is a 2 x World Kettlebell Lifting Champion, Author & Speaker who specialises in helping people overcome and turn their biggest challenges into their best asset. He wasn't given a silver spoon, he created his own path, with an unshakeable passion and hunger from his operating system to make the change in those around him. "If you don't do what's hard now, you'll have to do it later, and then it won't be on your time. Your choices now, will shape who you become." In this hour of power, we dive deep into; The falsehoods of 'being ready' Passion Over Worry - taking a dream to reality The problems of judging yourself on what you're not, rather than who you are Starting momentum, creating pressure situations to build motivation How to get motivated and driven when you're in a good place The power of community, and influencing the next generation Working smart, hard, and fast in that order Small things ARE the big things How clarity builds confidence Transmitting what you don't transform Love coming from oneself and the connection to others In his words, "You've read the books, you've had the experience.  Now it's time to get serious." Connect with Dave | Fan Page | Facebook | Instagram We love to hear your feedback, let me know what you got out of today's episode!

In 1914 the Griffins, minted from the firmament of the Prairie School, were newly arrived in Australia and ready to test their ideas in that rarest of all architectural laboratories, a grand urban design scheme for a new and entirely planned city. But their lofty ideals were to dissipate rapidly: their design for Canberra, which won the 1911 international competition, would meet vicious opposition and never be fully realised. Instead they conjured up Newman College and the Capitol Theatre, estates at Castlecrag and Eaglemont, the towns of Leeton and Griffith, and a construction system known as Knitlock, eventually following their aesthetic and spiritual sensibilities to Lucknow, India. Listen to Sir Jonathan Mills and Philip Goad for this conversation, one that promised to cover the legacy of the Griffins, a name etched in our capital and national consciousness.

A brutal crime in the rural New South Wales town of Leeton.

Michael travels to Leeton (yep Leeton) David gives us his thoughts on Steve Smith, Alex keeps things brief (to everyone's relief) and Ross revives the Cricket Quiz. Also we are joined by a live studio audience.