In conversation 2016 winner of Patrick White award for literature Carmel Bird, where we discuss her work Fair Game which examines the story of the first convict women who were settled in Van Diemen's land, her own experiences of grief and loss and the significance in her life of the Mamestra brassicae, or white moth.

Carmel Bird : Fair Game

Deep Trouble explores long-form conversations with artists, writers, celebrities, scientists, historians and other public figures, interviewed by an expert versed in therapeutic techniques based upon the principles of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Socratic Questioning.

Following on from Trouble’s Social Work interview format, the Deep Trouble podcast, delves deep into the psychological underpinnings of the guests in an attempt to find the signs, events, meanings and narratives that have informed their public, creative and private lives.

Amazing interviews with Rev. Tim Costello, acclaimed Cancer Scientist Jennifer Byrne, moral philosopher Peter Singer and MORE.

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Deep Trouble explores long-form conversations with artists, writers, celebrities, scientists, historians and other public figures, interviewed by an expert versed in therapeutic techniques based upon the principles of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Socratic Questioning. Following on from Trouble’s Social Work interview format, the Deep Trouble podcast, delves deep into the psychological underpinnings of the guests in an attempt to find the signs, events, meanings and narratives that have informed their public, creative and private lives. Amazing interviews with Rev. Tim Costello, acclaimed Cancer Scientist Jennifer Byrne, moral philosopher Peter Singer and MORE.

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