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Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island: Anthony Bell
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island - January 13, 2020 05:30 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIn my life there's been a few key people who have said how do we make this work, rather than throw me to the Sharks, Anthony Bell is one of them. I had the distinct honour of crewing with Belly in the Sydney to Hobart onboard Loyal, a boat which won the 2011 race and raised hundreds of thousand...
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island: Catia Malaquias
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island - January 06, 2020 00:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsCatia Malaquias is a lawyer, board director and mother of three young children. Catia works tirelessly progressing human rights and inclusion of people with disability. I think this quote sums Catia up perfectly. “We need to take every opportunity to disrupt our culture’s mindset of exclusio...
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island: Alan Tongue
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island - December 23, 2019 06:48 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsAlan Tongue and I have a lot in common. NSW country boys born in the early 80s, rugby league loving and nearly there Australians of the Year. After 10 years in the NRL playing for the Canberra Raiders, Alan's found a new direction in life and it was great to spend some time with him to share a y...
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island: Warwick Green
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island - December 15, 2019 22:19 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsWarwick Green is a journalist, author & former Australian rules player for the St Kilda football club. Warwick is the author of biography's for Jim Stynes, Neale Daniher & my own.
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island: Curtis McGrath
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island - December 09, 2019 01:02 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsCurtis McGrath is an incredibly humble and hard working Australian paracanoeist & Paralympian. He took up canoeing competitively after having both of his legs amputated as a result of a mine blast whilst serving in the Australian Army in Afghanistan. McGrath is the current Paralympic Champion &...
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island: Returning soon
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island - December 04, 2019 20:08 - 57 seconds ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsTiny Island Podcast will return from the break with fresh sounds and new stories from around Australia.
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island: Short break
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island - October 28, 2019 07:31 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsToday is a quick check in with Tiny Island listeners. We will be taking a short break between episodes. Now is a great chance to catch up on past conversations with some of the previous guests.
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island: Elaine Masters
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island - October 14, 2019 05:27 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsI am the product of Australia's world-leading and renowned public education system. Teachers changed my life, offering the support, direction and fight to guide me where I am today. They inspired me and two of my siblings to become teachers. My belief in public education is due to the work o...
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island: Lynne Anderson
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island - October 06, 2019 02:18 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIf it is possible to have Australian Sport pumping through the veins of an individual, that person has to be Lynne Anderson. Lynne was born into the renowned Canterbury Bulldog Rugby Leagues, Moore family, & has carved out a career in building sporting brands and fostering the family approach t...
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island: Michael Groom
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island - September 30, 2019 05:42 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsMichael Groom is an Australian mountain climber who is the fourth person ever to reach the summits of the four highest mountains in the world (Lhotse, Kangchenjunga, K2 and Everest) without the aid of bottled oxygen. He proceeded to climb the fifth-highest, Makalu, in 1999. In 1987 he lost the ...
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island: Kevin Mitchell
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island - September 23, 2019 08:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsKevin Mitchell is an Australian singer-songwriter; Mitchell uses the name Bob Evans for his primary solo project. He is also the founding lead vocalist for the alt rock band Jebediah. Kevin’s music would be the soundtrack to the lives of a generation of Australians & he takes it all in his humb...
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island: Milly Tapper
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island - September 16, 2019 00:55 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsThere's an elite club of 15 athletes who have competed in full medal events at both an Olympic and Paralympic Games and one of them is an Aussie. In 2016 Milly Tapper wrote her name in the history books when she represented Australia in Rio, playing table tennis in both games, a few weeks apart...
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island: Craig Foster
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island - September 09, 2019 03:35 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsCraig Foster played football for Australia in the 90s, honing his craft in leagues across Asia, Europe and here in Australia. These days he is a sports analyst for one of Australia's state broadcasters, and recently came to prominence campaigning on behalf of Bahraini footballer Hakeem al-Araib...
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island: Osher Gunsberg
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island - September 02, 2019 04:41 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsOsher Gunsberg might be best known these days for handing out roses on the Bachelor Australia but his most important work happens away from the camera. Osher is an active advocate in the mental health space, sharing his own journey openly and trying to help others as host of the Osher Gunsbe...
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island: Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AO QC
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island - August 26, 2019 09:22 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIt's hard to drive through a town in NSW without seeing the names of our first Governors Phillip, Hunter, or Macquarie on a sign for a landmark, but who are our most recent Governors? And what is the role of a modern Governor? My first exposure was as an 11 year old when I entered the residenc...
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island: NSW Australian of the Year
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island - August 19, 2019 05:56 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsRecognition for the work and life has never been something that has sat comfortably with me. But being named as one of the four recipients for the various categories of NSW Australian of the year has been an incredible honour. In particular, sharing the honour with 3 powerful people. Jarred Whe...
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island: Jon Rouse
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island - August 12, 2019 06:40 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsDo your kids enjoy a bit of downtime in their bedroom with their phone? Have you ever considered that someone posing as 'Justin Bieber' could get your innocent, clever daughter to do unimaginable things online? Nobody is immune to online crime, even our children. People like Queensland Australia...
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island: Kevin Coombs
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island - August 04, 2019 22:48 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsKevin Coombs is an Australian wheelchair basketballer and athlete who competed at 5 Paralympics including the first Paralympic Games in 1960. He is also the first Indigenous Australian Paralympic competitor. He is the most resilient man that I have met and I feel grateful to have grown up withi...
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island: Gladys Berejiklian
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island - July 29, 2019 03:20 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsGladys Berejiklian is an Australian politician serving as the 45th and current Premier of New South Wales and the Leader of the New South Wales Liberal party. Berejiklian was born in Sydney, the eldest of three daughters born to Armenian immigrant parents. Berejiklian spoke only Armenian until s...
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island: George King
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island - July 22, 2019 02:41 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsGeorge King is the 5th generation of his family to run Coombing Park, one of the founding homesteads of Carcoar. Carcoar is in the central west of NSW and where I grew up. My connection to Coombing Park is deeper then the location. My grandfather worked the property as the head stockman for aro...
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island: Phil Kearns
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island - July 15, 2019 03:56 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsPhil Kearns captained Australia 10 times of the 67 he pulled on the Wallabies' jersey but his impact on our nation goes well beyond his rugby career. Phil is a successful businessman and the founder of the Balmoral Burn, a charity foot race that has raised more than $30 million for the Humpty D...
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island: Steve Waugh
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island - July 08, 2019 03:52 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsOn 3 January 2003, I was in my car, pulled over, teeth clenched, sweating a little, ears tuned to what would end up being one of the most memorable moments in Australian cricket history. In a test Australia lost. This week I get to chat through this moment with the man who created it, Steve Waug...
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island: Daniel Kowalski
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island - June 24, 2019 06:47 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsI often say the 10 years of not winning was one of the major factors in my success when I eventually got there in 2004. But what if you never get that individual success because you keep coming up against the best athletes your sport has ever seen? How do you keep going? Enter Daniel Ko...
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island: Kumi Taguchi
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island - June 17, 2019 02:45 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsHave you woken up at night wondering 'Am I doing enough'? Kumi Taguchi uses that question to drive herself. A familiar face on our screens, Kumi is an ABC TV presenter, and current host of Compass. We speak about work goals, race, the view of Australia from abroad and the changing landscape of A...
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island: Andrew Denton
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island - June 09, 2019 23:49 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsI'm fast learning that leading an interview is an art and not something you pick up overnight. So it was a pleasure to sit down with one of our best, Andrew Denton. Currently hosting The Interview on Channel 7, Andrew has a gift of drawing unheard insights from filmstars, politicians and even t...
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island: Teela Reid
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island - June 02, 2019 07:58 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsWhen you ask an Aboriginal woman what it means to her to be Australian and she responds that she's never identified as Australian you step back a little... Learn why Teela Reid, a proud Wiradjuri and Wailwan woman from Gilgandra, takes a different view on our nation and growing up in Australia....
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island: Geoff Trappett
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island - May 26, 2019 23:57 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsGeoff Trappett OAM is a former Paralympic Athlete. Competing in 2 world championships, Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 Paralympics. He won Gold in Sydney, being the first person to dip under the 14 second mark for the 100m wheelchair sprint, holding this world record through his retirement in 2005....
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island: Peter Helliar
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island - May 20, 2019 03:27 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsAfter 5 minutes with Peter Helliar, in person or through one of his many exploits, you've undoubtedly had a laugh and probably learned something too. Peter is an Australian comedian, actor, radio and television presenter, writer, producer and director. He is one of four regular hosts of The ...
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island: Georgie Parker
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island - May 13, 2019 01:22 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsReaching the pinnacle of one sport is incredible. In two? That's something else. After an Olympic Games representing Australia in hockey, Georgie Parker made the leap to play AFLW at the highest level with the Collingwood Magpies. A fierce, determined athlete and one of my favourite larrikins, ...
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island: Craig Bellamy
Kurt Fearnley's Tiny Island - May 05, 2019 08:21 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsCraig Bellamy is one of the most successful coaches in Rugby League history. His record while at the helm of the Melbourne Storm is incomparable. We speak about what drives him and how he gets the best out of the people around him. We also chat about Craig's history before the coaching role inc...
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