Podcast appearances and mentions of margo neale

Markus Zusak uses words like “challenging” and “ complex” to describe his three dogs, Reuben, Archie and Frosty. In this interview Zusak recounts the joy of remembering his hounds in all their unvarnished glory for this, his first memoir. Also, the challenge of recording his own audio books, the old favourites he likes to read and re-read “forensically”, and which of his favourite books piqued Archie's literary tastebuds! + Our beloved reviewers of literary classics, Kylie Cardell and Lisa Bennett, return to reassess Louisa May Alcott's “Little Women”. Kylie has read it many times and Lisa for the first time this year. The tale has obviously endured in our popular culture, movies and vernacular but is it still a “good read”?   Guests: Markus Zusak, author of “Three Wild Dogs and the Truth”. Also “The Book Thief”, “Bridge of Clay”, “The Messenger” and the young adult trilogy “The Underdog”, “Fighting Ruben Wolfe” and “When Dogs Cry”.   Associate Professor Kylie Cardell teaches and researches life narrative with the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University. Associate Professor Lisa Bennett teaches undergraduate and Honours classes in Creative Writing and English, Flinders University.   Maddie recounts the books she first fell for as a teenager, her passion for Margaret Atwood's dystopian creations and a series that explores indigenous knowledge.     Other books that get a mention:   Annie mentions “Butter” by Asako Yuzuki and “All Fours” by Miranda July.   Michaela mentions “Want; Sexual fantasies by anonymous” edited by Gillian Anderson.   Markus mentions “Demon Copperhead” by Barbara Kingsolver, “All the Pretty Horses” written by Cormac McCarthy and narrated by Brad Pitt, “Cairo” by Chris Womersley, “What's Eating Gilbert Grape” by Peter Hedges, “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay” by Michael Chabon and “Barbarian Days; A surfing life” by William Finnegan   Maddie mentions young adult author Margaret Clark, “Puberty Blues” by Gabrielle Carey and Kathy Lette, “The Handmaid's Tale”, “Oryx & Crake”, “The Year of the Flood” and “MaddAddam” by Margaret Atwood, the six-part “First Knowledges” series, in particular “Astronomy” edited by Margo Neale.   INSTAGRAM @markuszusak @macmillanaus @kyliesays @lisahannett ReplyForwardAdd reactionSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Markus Zusak uses words like “challenging” and “ complex” to describe his three dogs, Reuben, Archie and Frosty. In this interview Zusak recounts the joy of remembering his hounds in all their unvarnished glory for this, his first memoir. Also, the challenge of recording his own audio books, the old favourites he likes to read and re-read “forensically”, and which of his favourite books piqued Archie's literary tastebuds! + Our beloved reviewers of literary classics, Kylie Cardell and Lisa Bennett, return to reassess Louisa May Alcott's “Little Women”. Kylie has read it many times and Lisa for the first time this year. The tale has obviously endured in our popular culture, movies and vernacular but is it still a “good read”?   Guests: Markus Zusak, author of “Three Wild Dogs and the Truth”. Also “The Book Thief”, “Bridge of Clay”, “The Messenger” and the young adult trilogy “The Underdog”, “Fighting Ruben Wolfe” and “When Dogs Cry”.   Associate Professor Kylie Cardell teaches and researches life narrative with the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University. Associate Professor Lisa Bennett teaches undergraduate and Honours classes in Creative Writing and English, Flinders University.   Maddie recounts the books she first fell for as a teenager, her passion for Margaret Atwood's dystopian creations and a series that explores indigenous knowledge.     Other books that get a mention:   Annie mentions “Butter” by Asako Yuzuki and “All Fours” by Miranda July.   Michaela mentions “Want; Sexual fantasies by anonymous” edited by Gillian Anderson.   Markus mentions “Demon Copperhead” by Barbara Kingsolver, “All the Pretty Horses” written by Cormac McCarthy and narrated by Brad Pitt, “Cairo” by Chris Womersley, “What's Eating Gilbert Grape” by Peter Hedges, “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay” by Michael Chabon and “Barbarian Days; A surfing life” by William Finnegan   Maddie mentions young adult author Margaret Clark, “Puberty Blues” by Gabrielle Carey and Kathy Lette, “The Handmaid's Tale”, “Oryx & Crake”, “The Year of the Flood” and “MaddAddam” by Margaret Atwood, the six-part “First Knowledges” series, in particular “Astronomy” edited by Margo Neale.   INSTAGRAM @markuszusak @macmillanaus @kyliesays @lisahannett ReplyForwardAdd reactionSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Charlie Mgee is a songwriter, ukulele player, permaculturist and founder of the world-renowned ecological funk/swing band, Formidable Vegetable. Growing up in a tin shed with a veggie garden, rainwater tank and one 100W solar panel for power in the south-west of Western Australia, Charlie lived the low-impact lifestyle from a young age, using a 'Dunny' that didn't flush and hanging out with his chickens for entertainment, which made him realise early on that you don't need a lot in life to be happy.Later on, Charlie went off to study permaculture and, soon after, formed Formidable Vegetable – a band based entirely around principles of sustainable living and being good to the planet, with the hope of inspiring people everywhere to grow regenerative gardens/lives/communities and generally make the world a better place. In this episode, Charlie shares his earlier childhood years living in Arnhem land and how this time influenced his perspective of music as a pattern language, and the powerful experiences he had listening to the traditional songs as a way of knowing and remembering, to propagate culture. Our conversation explores his career as a musician, how he came to use it as a tool for education and why he believes that real change is going to happen at a community level with local and bioregional scale solutions. We touch on topics such as; diversity in our landscapes and gut microbiome, the soil food web, and staying healthy on tour with some special medicinal plants.Charlie's music has since made it into the United Nations (who praised Formidable Vegetable for writing about the 'important issues of our time'), onto the stages at Glastonbury Festival alongside such acts as Ed Sheeran, Katy Perry and The Rolling Stones and has inspired the creation of many a backyard and community garden.Fresh from a sold-out national tour, Formidable Vegetable is back with some all-new Spoonbill-boosted electro-funk and positive climate action that the whole neighbourhood can get down to as they launch their brand new album 'Micro Biome' - an organic harvest of family-flavoured beets to inspire young and old to connect to the beyond-human World. SHOW NOTES: Dr Christine Jones, The Soil Food Web Weed Forager's Handbook: A Guide to Edible and Medicinal Weeds in Australia, and Let's Eat Weeds!: A Kids' Guide to Foraging by Annie Raser-Rowland and Adam Grubb  Book: Songlines: The Power and Promise, by Margo Neale and Lynne Kelly Book: The Memory Code, by Lynne Kelly Book: Finding The Heart Of The Nation, by Thomas Mayor Sociocracy - Community Governance and Decision Making Nature Kids Permaculture Program For Families CONTACT: Website: ⁠www.formidablevegetable.com.au⁠ and ⁠http://growdoit.com.au⁠ Facebook: ⁠http://facebook.com/formidablevegetable⁠ (and Grow Do It Permaculture Education group on FB) Instagram: ⁠http://instagram.com/formidableveg⁠ Other/s: ⁠www.patreon.com/growdoit⁠ To find out more about The Elder Tree visit the website at www.theeldertree.org and donate to the crowdfunding campaign here. You can also follow The Elder Tree on Facebook and Instagram and sign up to the newsletter. Find out more about this podcast and the presenters here. Get in touch with The Elder Tree at:  asktheeldertree@gmail.com The intro and outro song is "Sing for the Earth" and was kindly donated by Chad Wilkins.  You can find Chad's music here and here.

What can we learn from First Nations Australians about our obligation to country? And is enough being done to protect native title owners from foreign interference?In this episode of the National Security Podcast, Lieutenant Colonel Eileen Hall and Dr Danielle Ireland-Piper discuss what security means from an Indigenous Australian perspective, and how cultural knowledge and cultural safety can directly impact domestic and regional security.Lieutenant Colonel Eileen Hall is the Australian Army's first Command Cultural Advisor to the Regional Force Surveillance Group.Dr Danielle Ireland-Piper is an Associate Professor and Academic Convenor at the ANU National Security College.Show notes:National Intelligence Community and National Security College Scholarship for Women: find out moreAstronomy, Sky Country, Karlie Noon, Krystal De Napoli, Margo Neale, April 2022The Uluru Statement from the HeartWe'd love to hear from you! Send in your questions, comments, and suggestions to NatSecPod@anu.edu.au. You can tweet us @NSC_ANU and be sure to subscribe so you don't miss out on future episodes. The National Security Podcast is available on Acast, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Peintures, sculptures, chants et danses de cérémonie... En compagnie de la commissaire générale Margo Neale et des artistes aborigènes Tapaya Edwards et Anawari Inpiti Mitchell, La Potion lève le voile sur les œuvres hautement vibratoires de l'exposition et sur les grands piliers de la spiritualité aborigène. Esprits du désert, voyage initiatique dans les pas mythiques des Sept Sœurs, grottes sacrées et enjeux écologiques... Laissez-vous envoûter !Entièrement conçue par des coopératives d'artistes aborigènes et des leaders communautaires, l'exposition Songlines, chant des pistes du désert australien nous invite à traverser les trois grands déserts du centre et de l'ouest de l'Australie, un voyage initiatique sur la piste des Sept Sœurs, l'un des récits fondateurs de la cosmogonie aborigène. Bien plus qu'un simple conte, ce récit épique transmis oralement de génération en génération depuis plus de 60000 ans formule en réalité de nombreux enseignements fondamentaux d'ordre topographique, botanique, mythique, spirituel ou astronomique. En fait, l'histoire des Sept Sœurs est à elle toute seule une véritable université de l'identité, de la mémoire et de la culture aborigène. C'est donc ce “rêve de création” appelé Tjukurpa qui se déploie aujourd'hui au cœur de l'exposition Songlines, chant des pistes du désert australien, ses différents chapitres se déclinant sous la forme de peintures, sculptures, céramiques, chants, danses de cérémonie et autres installations immersives super mystiques. En compagnie de la commissaire générale Margo Neale et des artistes aborigènes Tapaya Edwards et Anawari Inpiti Mitchell, La Potion lève le voile sur les œuvres hautement vibratoires de l'exposition et sur les grands piliers de la spiritualité aborigène. Esprits du désert, voyage initiatique dans les pas mythiques des Sept Sœurs, grottes sacrées, cérémonies traditionnelles et enjeux écologiques... Laissez-vous envoûter ! Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

We hear from Lynne Kelly and Margo Neale about their book Design: Songlines. Lynne Kelly is a science writer whose field of research is the memory methods used by those who depended on their memories for knowledge. Margo Neale is the head of the Centre for Indigenous Knowledges, senior Indigenous curator, and principal adviser to the director of the National Museum of Australia. The authors share understandings of how these vast stores of Indigenous traditional knowledge were encoded through song, story, art, dance and ceremony, rather than simply recorded in writing. Songlines: The Power and Promise is the first of six books in Thames & Hudson Australia's First Knowledge series, all edited by Margo Neale. //Dimity Hawkins is the co-founder of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). Dimity joins us on the show to discuss the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons (26th September) and webinar held today by Revise the Trend (RTT), an organisation confronting issues of climate change and nuclear weapons. //Anna Langford is Campaign Co-ordinator at FOE's Act on Climate collective. She joins us this morning to talk about the report, 'Climate Impacts at Work', recently published by RMIT University in collaboration with Friends of the Earth and six Victorian unions. The report presents a worker-centric analysis of climate change impacts, and describes how the climate crisis is already impacting Victorian workers. //Liz Walsh is the Victorian Socialists candidate for the Western Metropolitan Region. Liz talks to us about the upcoming counter-protest against the bigoted "March for the Babies" rally occuring on Saturday 8th October and the importance to remain vigilant and continuing fighting for reproductive rights in this country. To join the counter-protest, please meet outside Parliament House at 12pm on Saturday 8th October. //Sahar Gholizadeh is one of the organisers of the Solidarity Vigil for the Murder of Mahsa Amini taking place at 6pm on Thursday 29th September at Federation Square. Sahar joins us to talk about the women-led protests in Iran and the importance of the international community to show solidarity for the people of Iran and use our privilege to amplify their voices.  Songs:Extrovert - June Jones ft. Alice SkyeHim - Ngaiire

Clinton Walker is a Traditional Custodian of the incredible Murujuga (or Burrup Peninsula), on the north-west coast of Australia. You might recall my conversations with archaeologist Peter Veth and the co-authors of Songlines, Lynne Kelly and Margo Neale, last year. They all related back to this place – where the Songlines start, as Clinton puts it. So at the end of last year, as my family and I headed south from the Kimberley, Clinton and I met up to record a yarn for the Clean State podcast, the spin-off series from The RegenNarration specific to my home state of Western Australia. Some of you may have had a listen. It's a shorter snappier format. But on this particular hot summer morning, with so much at stake here right now, and so much to appreciate about what he's up to, Clinton and I settled in for an extended chat. So here's the rest of what we recorded together. I've patched in my intro from the Clean State podcast here first, to help set the scene for you: Murujuga houses the largest rock art collection in the world – around one million petroglyphs, some dating back about 40,000 years. The World Heritage nomination for this place is a shoe-in, unless it's jeopardised by current industry expansion plans – most notoriously, the Scarborough Gas Field proposal, currently being challenged in court and elsewhere, with the stakes running far beyond this incredible ancient place. But there are better ways to go about things here. And Traditional Custodian Clinton Walker is uniquely placed to say. He was a highly paid technician with one of the mining companies here, but he ultimately couldn't bear the harm it was causing his Country. He now runs an extremely successful tour operation called Ngurrangga Tours, and is living the message that sustainable industries such as Indigenous cultural tourism are enormously beneficial - economically, for Country, and for bringing our cultures together. So join us, as Clinton sits us down on a very special part of his Country for that yarn. This conversation was recorded on Country at the Murujuga National Park, on 13 December 2021. Note: The Cultural Heritage Reform Bill has since passed the WA State Parliament, without alteration. Title slide image: Clinton Walker (supplied). You can see more photos on The RegenNarration website (link below). Music: Stones & Bones, by Owls of the Swamp Regeneration, composed by Amelia Barden, from the soundtrack of the new film Regenerating Australia (featured in the previous episode) - https://theregenerators.co/regenerating-australia/ Discover more: To hear the rest of my conversation with Clinton, tune in to episode 9 of the Clean State podcast, a spin-off series from The RegenNarration specific to Western Australia – https://www.cleanstate.org.au/podcast Ngurrangga Tours - https://www.ngurrangga.com.au/ If you'd like to hear my conversations with the co-authors of Songlines: The Power & the Promise, Lynne Kelly and Margo Neale, tune into episodes 92 and 93 – https://www.regennarration.com/episodes/092-songlines-lynne-kelly and https://www.regennarration.com/episodes/093-songlines-margo-neale And for more on the sophisticated migration of First Nations peoples to and across these lands, and the extraordinary natural-cultural value of Murujuga – and more on how to resolve the current planning issues too – tune into my chat with Peter Veth for episode 83 - https://www.regennarration.com/episodes/083-regenerating-in-deep-time Thanks very much to the generous supporters of this podcast, for making this episode possible. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them by heading to the website at https://www.regennarration.com/support. Thanks for helping to keep the show going! And thanks for listening.

What the Book of Genesis is to the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament, songlines are to Indigenous Australians. Epic tales of desire, pursuit, shape-shifting spirits, strength and family ties, these are stories of the land, communicated only by a handful of elders. Today, Tristan is joined by Margo Neale, lead of the "Songlines: Tracking The Seven Sisters" exhibition, which is making its European debut at The Box in Plymouth till February 2022. Not only is this an art exhibition, but also a science and history exhibition, encouraging people to engage with stories that are thousands of years old and that tell us how to look after ourselves and the planet.If you're enjoying this podcast and looking for more fascinating Ancient content, then subscribe to our Ancient History Thursday newsletter here.Music:Call Ahead (a) - Doug R Bossi, Tony Phillips See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Yves and Clare are joined by Lynne Kelly and Margo Neale, co-authors of Songlines: The Power and Promise (2020), the first in a ground-breaking series on “First Knowledges”. How do songlines, visualized as pathways of knowledge that crisscross the continent, act as an embodied knowledge system? What is the connection between memory and place? The group discusses the recipe for unforgettable information, the “third archive”, and the mind-altering power of bringing humanity into… everything.

‘A spiritual enquiry into what it is to be human' is how Ralph Fiennes describes T. S. Eliot's Four Quartets. On the eve of the opening in the West End he tells presenter Elle Osili-Wood about his stage presentation and his relationship with the poems. An exhibition that was a smash hit in Australia has come to Plymouth. “Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters” explores the ancient stories of Indigenous Australians through more than 300 works of art. Senior curator Margo Neale explains the meaning of the Seven Sisters Dreaming stories, that are central to the exhibition. Plus BBC Devon presenter Sarah Gosling takes us to the south coast and to Plymouth, where this Friday hip hop takes over the city thanks to Roots Up festival, as part of the Mayflower 400 anniversary celebrations. We also hear about grassroots theatre, comedy, and the thriving music scene which is pulling creatives to the south west from across the country. PRESENTER: Elle Osili-Wood PRODUCER: Julian May PHOTO: Ralph Fiennes on stage in Four Quartets PHOTO CREDIT: Matt Humphrey

There has been a rush this year of landmark court decisions on climate change, ruling on duties of care, emissions reductions, and other actions for corporations and governments, in Australia and around the world. It's another sign this generation is changing things, and fast. And some of the broader change afoot is even more powerful than what's hitting the headlines. This is one of those rapid systemic developments we can easily take for granted. In just over a decade we have witnessed the incredible rise in ecological jurisprudence and the rights of nature. The notion of ecocide is now being officially tabled, there are a number of famous instances of rivers being granted legal rights, and all this is just the tip of the iceberg. It's bubbling up everywhere. In just twelve years it's gone from whether this could happen, to how it can best happen. And just a few years ago, out of a conversation between today's guest and Nyikina elder Dr Anne Poelina, a concept was landed upon that just might unlock the door to colonial law finally recognising First Law. And more profoundly still, in a way that involves us all in understanding the depths of what that means, the enormous gifts it offers, and how it might just end up transforming everything. Dr Alessandro Pelizzon is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Law and Justice at Southern Cross University. He is one of the founding members of the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature and the Australian Earth Laws Alliance, he has been an expert member of the UN Harmony with Nature programme, and supported the drafting of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Geneva. Alessandro has been exploring the emerging phenomenon of rights of nature, Wild Law and Earth Jurisprudence since its inception. This conversation was recorded on 2 September 2021, with thanks to the team at the Derby Media Aboriginal Corporation for the use of their studio. Title slide image: Alessandro Pelizzon (supplied). Music: The System, by the Public Opinion Afro Orchestra The tune accompanying the introduction is by Jeremiah Johnson Stones & Bones, by Owls of the Swamp Get more: On Dr Alessandro Pelizzon - https://www.scu.edu.au/about/university-council/council-members/alessandro-pelizzon/ For an hilarious and poignant connection with this episode, listen back from about the 28-minute mark of my conversation with Margo Neale in episode 93, ‘Songlines', on how First Law was made. Alessandro's music choices were: - Souad Massi - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souad_Massi - Faun - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faun_%28band%29 Thanks very much to the generous supporters of this podcast, for making it possible. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them by becoming a donor or patron of the podcast. Just head to the website at https://www.regennarration.com/support, and follow the prompts. Thanks for helping to keep the show going! And thanks for listening.

This is an excerpt from episodes 92 and 93, parts 1 and 2 of Songlines: Combining the most powerful knowledge systems ever known. We pick up the conversation with Lynne Kelly, as she shares some of the incredible stories of how schools and universities have been embedding her work (think law and medicine degrees with students memorising 88 constellations!). Then she runs us through how it works, how this has transformed her understanding of Indigenous cultures and Country, and how this is just scratching the surface of Songlines, and what it could mean for all of us right now. In the back half of this excerpt, we pick up with Margo Neale sharing some of the transformative decade-long journey bringing the Songlines exhibition to life. We go on to talk about some of the nature of Songlines, where everything has a place, and why the elders are trying to help all people feel they are part of this story. As Margo puts it, no one can live anywhere if you only know your stories of the last 250 years. You can hear the rest of our conversations in the main episodes, ‘Songlines: Combining the most powerful knowledge systems ever known' – Part 1: https://www.regennarration.com/episodes/092-songlines-lynne-kelly and Part 2: wherever you get your podcasts (you'll see some great photos on the website too). Title slide pic: cover of the pictorial companion to the exhibition, by Margo Neale. Music: By Jeremiah Johnson. Thanks to the generous supporters of this podcast, for making it possible. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them by becoming a patron or donor to the podcast. Just head to the website at https://www.regennarration.com/support. Thanks for helping to keep the show going! And thanks for listening.

This is a special extra to episode 93 with Margo Neale, co-curator of the extraordinary exhibition Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters, and co-author of the best-selling book Songlines: The power and the promise. Margo and I decided to keep rolling with our conversation at some length. It's profound and wonderful stuff, so I wanted to share it all with you. We start here with the transformative effect the exhibition has had on her. And how it has affected the communities who led it. We go on to chat about how Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Songlines embrace technology – but don't lose themselves in it! The tech is harnessed to rehumanise, not dehumanise. And this kicks off a whole other conversation about Songlines - involving some incredible stories of wayfinding, Tyson Yunkaporta's railing against the myth of primitivity, and Margo's dancing troupe of the 60s. You can hear the main episode, ‘Songlines: Combining the most powerful knowledge systems ever known, Part 2', wherever you get your podcasts. Title slide pic: Artwork from the post by Margo, featuring some great photos, on how the communities were central to the success of Songlines - https://www.nma.gov.au/explore/blog/community-central-to-songlines-success Music: By Jeremiah Johnson. Thanks to the generous supporters of this podcast, for making it possible. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them by becoming a patron or donor to the podcast, by heading to the website at https://www.regennarration.com/support. Thanks for helping to keep the show going! And thanks for listening.

Like our previous guest, Lynne Kelly, in part 1 of this series on Songlines, Margo Neale is a pioneer. Margo is of Aboriginal and Irish descent, from the Kulin nation with Gumbayngirr clan connections. And she's the lead curator of the extraordinary exhibition Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters, that has made such an incredible mark on Australia, and is about start its high-profile world tour. At the same time, the First Knowledges book series Margo is bringing together has started with an instant best-seller - Songlines: The Power and the Promise, which Margo co-wrote with Lynne. The second book in the series, on design, is out now, and the following one (by Bill Gammage and Bruce Pascoe) steps straight into the thick of what's become known in Australia as ‘The Dark Emu debate' (triggered by Pascoe's book). That's the pointy end of our reckoning with our still largely unconscious Western colonial worldview. And it's doing it in a way that might just help us finally transcend entrenched feuds, and reveal to more of us the enormous benefits on offer in combining our respective knowledge systems - the most powerful knowledge systems ever known. This is the nub of Margo and Lynne's pioneering work. There's something missing in our reconciliation processes, they say, and by extension with our understanding of how to be fully human in the world, intrinsic to regenerating country as the source of all life. Margo Neale is Head of the National Museum of Australia's Indigenous Knowledges Curatorial Centre. She is also an Adjunct Professor in the Australian National University's Centre for Indigenous History. In addition to former fame as a touring go-go dancer! This conversation was recorded online at Kimberley Cottages and its Windjana Wellness centre, run by local permaculture legend Wendy Albert, on 23 August 2021, with Margo speaking from her home away from home near Braidwood in New South Wales. Please do jump on board as a podcast patron, become part of a wonderful community of supportive listeners, and help keep this podcast going! - https://www.patreon.com/RegenNarration Title slide image: Margo Neale (sourced from The Canberra Times, by Elesa Kurtz) - https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6052292/national-museum-of-australia-sparks-debate-on-british-museums-collection-of-aboriginal-artefacts/ You'll find some other photos on the episode web page. Music: The System, by the Public Opinion Afro Orchestra Closing tune by Jeremiah Johnson Get more: Tune into the Extra to this episode, with Margo Neale, wherever you get your podcasts. And to part 1 of this series on Songlines, with Lynne Kelly - https://www.regennarration.com/episodes/092-songlines-lynne-kelly On Margo Neale - https://www.moriartyfoundation.org.au/people/prof-margo-neale/ Margo has curated several major pioneering exhibitions including the multi-award winning Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters - https://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/songlines Songlines (pictorial companion book to the exhibition), by Margo Neale - https://www.qbd.com.au/songlines/margo-neale/9781921953293/ Post by Margo with some great photos on how the communities were central to the success of Songlines - https://www.nma.gov.au/explore/blog/community-central-to-songlines-success Margo is editing The First Knowledges book series and co-authored Songlines: The Power and Promise with Lynne Kelly - https://shop.nma.gov.au/products/songlines-the-power-and-promise The rest of the First Knowledges series of books, kick-started by Songlines - https://thamesandhudson.com.au/the-first-knowledges-series/ Thanks very much to the generous supporters of this podcast, for making it possible. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them by heading to our website at https://www.regennarration.com/support. Thanks for helping to keep the show going! And thanks for listening.

Lynne Kelly is now often referred to as The Memory Whisperer. Amidst great personal trial and self-doubt, she stumbled on a series of insights that are revolutionising Western understandings of ancient knowledge systems. And with the likewise brilliant Indigenous woman Professor Margo Neale, they are showing how the combination of Western knowledge systems with reinvigorated ancient ones, is where the deep promise lies for enabling the regeneration of life on this planet. Late Night Live is one of Australia's longest running radio programs on the ABC. It's hosted by an Australian legend across media, film, the arts, and now even regenerative agriculture, with his wife Patrice Newell. His name is Phil Adams. And late last year, I was gripped by an interview he conducted with Lynne and Margo on release of their book, Songlines: The Power and The Promise. That in turn, stemmed from the Indigenous-led exhibition taking the country, and soon the world, by storm – Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters. Phil said of that exhibition that he's never seen anything of comparable quality anywhere on earth. Margo Neale was the lead curator of that exhibition, alongside the Indigenous communities involved. It was this chat with Phil Adams that also alerted me to the exhibition opening in Perth soon after. We managed to get along just before heading north, and have joined Phil's chorus. I've since read the book by Margo and Lynne, and been blown away. Phil wished they'd allocated an hour to this on his program. Well, let's enact that wish here. And then some. We'll speak with Margo in part 2 of this Songlines series. Today, we feature my conversation with Lynne, on how her transformed life is now helping bridge non-Indigenous understanding of the most powerful knowledge system ever known. And how her personal practice of it has transformed her life – from becoming a national memory championship title holder, to learning languages at will, well into her 60s. And that's just scratching the surface of Songlines, and what it could mean for all of us right now. This conversation was recorded online (from inside the store room of the Exmouth Yacht Club – thanks Cathy & Denise!) on 8 July 2021, with Lynne speaking from her home in Castlemaine, Victoria. Please do jump on board as a patron of the podcast, via the new Patreon page, become part of a wonderful community of supportive listeners, and help keep this podcast going! Title slide image: Lynne Kelly (supplied). See the website for a few photos related to this conversation. Music: Closing tune by Jeremiah Johnson. Faraway Castle, by Rae Howell and Sunwrae. Get more: Lynne Kelly, her books, blog, photos and more - https://www.lynnekelly.com.au/ The book, Songlines: The Power and the Promise - https://shop.nma.gov.au/products/songlines-the-power-and-promise The exhibition, Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters - https://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/songlines Thanks very much to the generous supporters of this podcast, for making it possible. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them by becoming a patron or donor to the podcast by heading to the website at https://www.regennarration.com/support. Thanks for helping to keep the show going! And thanks for listening.

Don't wait until you can completely stop before you start looking after yourself. That's a recipe for burnout. I've been moving house this week and I'm tired. In the past, I'd just tell myself to keep pushing and rest later. But these days, I know how important it is to care for myself even when I'm busy. So in this episode, I'm sharing with you some tips and tricks for self care on the fly. I reference Songlines: The Power and Promise by Margo Neale and Lynne Kelly. 

What if your circumstances are not happening to you, but actually happening for you? Imagine if the details of your life were part of a specific curriculum designed just for you, your growth, and ultimately your enlightenment. I first came across the idea of life as curriculum from the late Ram Dass, and I find it such a helpful way to frame my experiences. So if you're facing some difficult times (Lockdown 5.0 for example!), see if reframing it like this makes a difference for you. And try it with the easier, lighter times too. I refer once again in this episode to the book, Songlines: The Power and Promise by Margo Neale and Lynne Kelly.  Find it at your local bookstore. :)

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My friends laugh at me for the way I talk about myself and my experiences. Ha, I laugh at myself! But there's a reason I do it. I'm conscious that the way we talk about ourselves, our lives and experiences, matters. It makes a difference. So I've learned to keep an eye on what I say, both in my head and out of my mouth, and to ask whether or not it's working for me. In today's episode, I share more and encourage you to pay attention to the commentary you're running on your own experiences, and to consider whether it's serving you well. I share again about the book Songlines by Margo Neale and Lynne Kelly. It's part of the First Knowledges series which will include six books highlighting the expertise and ingenuity of Indigenous Australians. Please check it out. 

The fourth lockdown in Melbourne has been the toughest one so far for my business Eve. When it was extended beyond the initial seven days, I made a decision: I asked for help!In this episode, I share what led to me asking our community for help, why that's a big deal for me, and what happened as a result. And I chat about some of the reasons we might tend not to ask for help, and why we should do it anyway!I share again about the book Songlines by Margo Neale and Lynne Kelly. It's part of the First Knowledges series which will include six books highlighting the expertise and ingenuity of Indigenous Australians. Please check it out. 

In today's episode I share with you a simple question I've found super helpful to ask myself. It helps me get perspective, shift my focus, and even pulls me out of a funk when I'm feeling a bit stuck. It's a simple technique to help you zoom out and see the bigger picture. In acknowledging our First Nations' people today, I spoke about the book Songlines by Margo Neale and Lynne Kelly. It's part of the First Knowledges series which will include six books highlighting the expertise and ingenuity of Indigenous Australians. Please check it out. FREE MAY-JUNE CALENDAR AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOADDownload your free calendar that I've created for you to help align your schedule with your menstrual cycle, or the moon cycle if you don't menstruate. It's ready for you at anniecarter.com.au/giftsEnjoy!

Australia's history is being significantly rewritten - or perhaps better said, heard. There is growing widespread understanding of the sophistication, presence and wisdom of the First Australians, and not just from the game-changing works of people like Bruce Pascoe and Bill Gammage. Now that modern Australia is looking in more of the right places, with the right mind, and with the First Australians themselves, our national - and really, human - story, is changing everywhere. This is a story of successful continuous human migration, cultivation and livelihood, right across Australia, over many a changing climate and shifting sea level. And leading archaeology professor from UWA, Peter Veth, has been working with First Nations for over 40 years to help share this story. Peter has just started a new dig with First Nations folk here on the North West Cape of Australia, part of the World Heritage Ningaloo Coast. It's expected to reveal the First Nations presence in this part of the world dates back an extraordinary 60,000 years. And when pieced together with other finds and collaborations happening across Australia and the world, it changes the way we see our country, it's people, and the human experience generally. And that, in turn, is broadening the menu of present and future possibilities enormously, at a time when this region, its people, and the world as a whole, need it most. This conversation was recorded on the new moon of 12 May 2021. Title slide image: Cape Range, on the World Heritage Ningaloo Coast (pic: UWA). You can see a few terrific early photographs of Peter among some of the First Nations communities we talked about, on the episode web page - https://www.regennarration.com/episodes/083-regenerating-in-deep-time Music: By Jeremiah Johnson. Get more: Tune into the special extra with Peter, wherever you get your podcasts. On Peter Veth - https://uwa.edu.au/people/peter.veth On the new Nyinggulu Archaeology Project, from ABC Pilbara, ‘Ningaloo research to tell 60,000-year-old story as new technology uncovers deeper past' - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-06/ningaloo-research-will-tell-60-000-year-old-story/100116262 Songlines exhibition - https://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/songlines Songlines book by Margo Neale and Lynne Kelly - https://thamesandhudson.com.au/an-introduction-to-songlines-the-power-and-promise/ On the Resilient Reefs initiative – https://www.resilientreefsningaloo.com (and hear my conversation with Dr Peter Barnes & Joel Johnsson from last year on this - https://www.regennarration.com/episodes/065-keeping-coral) Thanks very much to the generous supporters of this podcast, for making it possible. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them by heading to our website at https://www.regennarration.com/support. Thanks for helping to keep the show going! Get in touch by text or audio at https://www.regennarration.com/story And thanks for listening.

Has there ever been a better time to learn about this place, our home; about country, connection, the stories of the land and its people?