Boffola Podcast

Megan Norris captivates us with cases she covered as a journalist, specifically the comedic antics of criminals who came before the Victorian Court system.

Following on from that Megan shares her experiencing researching and authoring her book ‘Perfect Victim’ which inspired the award-winning film ‘In her skin’ starring Guy Pearce, Sam Neill, and Miranda Otto.

A hugely enjoyable chat with this humble and oh so talented writer. Enjoy.

Keir Beck is a down to earth Aussie who transitioned from a gardener to a tree arborist then onto the wild and dangerous world as a stunt coordinator & rigger. Keir’s career highlights include Pitch Black, Mad Max- Fury Road, three Matrix films, Casino Royale & his latest collaboration with Ron Howard in the film Thirteen Lives.

Keir’s journey embodies the wisdom of self-belief, waiting for ideas to turn up and not over thinking. This invaluable attitude of "having a go" has supported his career well and to quote Keir, “I’ll go on my intuition, but I’ll always take my brain with me to defend my ideas.”

A very enjoyable chat and a peak behind the movie screen to the intricacies and dangers of stunt rigging. You’ll love it!

N.B. Thank you to Jack Henry for his immaculate editing skills to cut out my ums and ahh’s.

Craig and Hannah share tales working as architects in the African bush on an eco-safari lodge, Botswana.  We chat about their work in this extraordinary wilderness, it’s challenges and highlights, particularly their interactions with the wildlife. The Tuludi lodge allows for animals to roam freely even to sleep below these high end bespoke lodges. The process of building bridges for elephants and many more personal stories including how they met on this project.

Delightful and insightful stories in sustainability and adventures  with Craig Hayman & Hannah Charlton.

Annie Looby, a former actor and now psychotherapist shares her story of traversing the emotional journey of being a mother of a transgender boy. Her extraordinary experience of deep acceptance and unconditional love is shared as Annie faces the very real challenge of loss and grief into a world of the unknown with the very real shifting and evolving nature of the human experience.

Annie shares the joys as she honours and respects her child’s choices by staying in relationship and connection with him.

We go onto chat of the broader aspects of embracing difference, celebrating diversity as part of our human evolution. I must say, I learnt so much from Annie and appreciate her truthful authenticity.

If you or someone you know would benefit from support on the issue of Gender Diversity here are some helpful links:

Australia:

www.gendercentre.org.au

https://transcendaus.org/

USA:

www.glaad.org

UK:

https://www.transunite.co.uk/

CANADA

https://cpath.ca/en/resources/links/

Julia (Ruxton) and I shamelessly reminisce about our time in Portugal.  From scrumptious Portuguese custard tarts to rituals in the street by folk in cloaks and please let’s not forget the cute guys and the flaming sausages. Yes, our holiday was full of intriguing mystical experiences.

Trudy shares her hilarious and serendipitous encounters as she prepares for her Camino de Santiago walk.