Today we're joined by Travis Cardona, the Director of First Nations at NIDA. 

Travis gave Matty his first media job, so today we share the story of how our own Matty Mills got discovered!

Plus how First Nations stories are now becoming more prevalent in film + TV, and how NIDA is helping share more First Nations stories. 

As well as how Travis experienced typecasting during his career as an actor, and why diversity is so important. 

Nova Entertainment acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which we recorded this podcast, the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation. We pay our respect to Elders past and present. 

LINKS

• Follow @itsmattymills on Instagram
• Follow @brooke.blurton on Instagram 
• Follow Travis' Story here: https://www.nida.edu.au/profile/travis-cardona/ 
• Find out mora about NIDA here: https://www.nida.edu.au/ 
• Follow @novapodcastsofficial on Instagram  

CREDITS
Hosts: Brooke Blurton and Matty Mills
Guest: Travis Cardona
Executive Producer: Rachael Hart
Managing Producer: Ricardo Bardon

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TW: There is a small discussion of child abuse in this episode. 
If anything in this episode is triggering for you, you can seek help at any of the resources below: 

• 1800RESPECT - https://1800respect.org.au/
• https://whiteribbon.org.au/ 
• Lifeline - 13 11 14 or https://www.lifeline.org.au/
• https://blueknot.org.au/ 

Sexologist and Relationship therapist Lucille Shackleton joins us today to unpack the shame around safe sex and also help us understand what a healthy relationship actually is? 

She chats about teaching safe sex and consent in schools and how we can have the conversation with our younger generations.

Plus, how dating apps are actually causing a shift in mindset towards relationships. 

Nova Entertainment acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which we recorded this podcast, the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation. We pay our respect to Elders past and present. 

LINKS

• Follow @itsmattymills on Instagram
• Follow @brooke.blurton on Instagram 
• Follow @lucille.shackleton on Instagram
• Find out more about Lucille's work here: https://lucilleshackleton.com/ 
• Follow @novapodcastsofficial on Instagram  

CREDITS
Hosts: Brooke Blurton and Matty Mills
Guest: Lucille Shackleton
Executive Producer: Rachael Hart
Managing Producer: Ricardo Bardon

Listen to more great podcasts at novapodcasts.com.au

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What are you leaving behind in 2024? 

It could be a trend that you're over, a bad relationship, for Brooke it's the phrases "100%" or "literally".

And for Matty 2025 is all about you CAN be what you can't see! 

Todays ep is all about the things we're excited for in the new year... Including big this for this podcast too!

Nova Entertainment acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which we recorded this podcast, the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation. We pay our respect to Elders past and present. 

LINKS

• Follow @itsmattymills on Instagram
• Follow @brooke.blurton on Instagram 
• Follow @novapodcastsofficial on Instagram  

CREDITS
Hosts: Brooke Blurton and Matty Mills
Executive Producer: Rachael Hart
Managing Producer: Ricardo Bardon

Listen to more great podcasts at novapodcasts.com.au

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We did our first LIVE podcast recording at the Apple Store in Sydney last week, and we wanted to share the episode with you. 

We talked about the power of storytelling within First Nations culture and how storytelling shaped not only our lives, but our careers.

We also shared why we now love using this podcast as a modern version of First Nations storytelling and continuing our culture. 

Thank you to everyone that came out to the LIVE event! We loved meeting you all, and hope to see you again at another live event in the future! 

Nova Entertainment acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which we recorded this podcast, the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation. We pay our respect to Elders past and present. 

LINKS

• Follow @itsmattymills on Instagram
• Follow @brooke.blurton on Instagram 
• Find Brooke's Summer reading picks here: https://bit.ly/49n0jxl 
• Follow @novapodcastsofficial on Instagram  

CREDITS
Hosts: Brooke Blurton and Matty Mills
Executive Producer: Rachael Hart
Managing Producer: Ricardo Bardon

Listen to more great podcasts at novapodcasts.com.au

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We are graced with absolute royalty today DANNII MINOGUE!!! 

She chats to Brooke and Matty all about her career and her constant support and uplifting of the queer community and why it's so special to her.

Plus she shares the new project she's working on where she plays a queer cupid! 

And we couldn't chat to a Minogue without finding out what the family does for Christmas! (HINT their matriarch is turning 105!!!) 

Nova Entertainment acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which we recorded this podcast, the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation. We pay our respect to Elders past and present. 

LINKS

• Follow @itsmattymills on Instagram
• Follow @brooke.blurton on Instagram 
• Follow @danniiminogue on Instagram
• Watch "I Kissed A Girl" here: https://binge.com.au/shows/show-i-kissed-a-girl!31118  
• Follow @novapodcastsofficial on Instagram  

CREDITS
Hosts: Brooke Blurton and Matty Mills
Guest: Dannii Minogue
Executive Producer: Rachael Hart
Managing Producer: Ricardo Bardon

Listen to more great podcasts at novapodcasts.com.au

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WE'RE DOING A LIVE PODCAST!!!!
Sunday 15th December
Apple Store in Sydney CBD. 
It's FREE!

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Register to attend here: https://apple.co/first-things-first 

It's a very traditional time of year for most people, so we thought it might be a nice time to teach you some of our traditions and a little bit more about our culture. 

Brooke is a proud Noongar woman from Western Australia. 
Matty is a proud Gamilaroi man from Northern NSW. 

Today they chat about their lack of connection to their mob's language, why sorry business is so important and the differences in culture between mobs all over the country. 

Plus whether mob should be the ones acknowledging country, OR if it's a non-Indigenous persons job? 

Nova Entertainment acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which we recorded this podcast, the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation. We pay our respect to Elders past and present. 

LINKS

• Follow @itsmattymills on Instagram
• Follow @brooke.blurton on Instagram 
• Follow @novapodcastsofficial on Instagram  

CREDITS
Hosts: Brooke Blurton and Matty Mills
Executive Producer: Rachael Hart
Managing Producer: Ricardo Bardon

Listen to more great podcasts at novapodcasts.com.au

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WE'RE DOING A LIVE PODCAST!!!!
Sunday 15th December
Apple Store in Sydney CBD. 
It's FREE!
Register to attend here: https://apple.co/first-things-first 

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Luke and Sassy Scott are on the pod!!!! The two Melbourne brothers have taken the world by storm on socials and we can confirm they're JUST as funny in person! 

The boys dish some behind the scenes dirt on what their life is really like now including hanging out with Kelly Osbourne and Selena Gomez AND how they treat their relationship like a business when they need to, including with a HR consultant. 

Plus Scott shares his surrogacy journey to get his twins, giving Matty lots of tips for him + his partner! 

Nova Entertainment acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which we recorded this podcast, the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation. We pay our respect to Elders past and present. 

LINKS

• Follow @itsmattymills on Instagram
• Follow @brooke.blurton on Instagram 
• Follow @lukeandsassyscott on Instagram
• Listen to Luke + Sassy Scott's podcast here: 

  https://bit.ly/lukesassyscott-pod

• Follow @novapodcastsofficial on Instagram  

CREDITS
Hosts: Brooke Blurton and Matty Mills
Guest: Luke & Sassy Scott 
Executive Producer: Rachael Hart
Managing Producer: Ricardo Bardon

Listen to more great podcasts at novapodcasts.com.au

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WE'RE DOING A LIVE PODCAST!!!!
Sunday 15th December
Apple Store in Sydney CBD. 
It's FREE!
Register to attend here: https://apple.co/first-things-first 

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Imagine singing with Coldplay in front of 80,000 people in a packed out stadium, and then following that up with a performance at the ARIAs. Well Becca Hatch has had an amazing last month and year and she tells us all about it on todays ep. 

Plus she shares how growing up in Western Sydney amongst a multicultural community helped shape her, how good it was seeing so many mob at the ARIAs this year AND how she is supporting Tinashe next year! 

But don't worry, her family love to keep her humble! 

Nova Entertainment acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which we recorded this podcast, the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation. We pay our respect to Elders past and present. 

LINKS

If you'd like to support Mob Music T-shirt Day you can by purchasing a shirt here: https://www.ausmusictshirtday.org.au/premium-t-shirt-range 

• Follow @itsmattymills on Instagram
• Follow @brooke.blurton on Instagram 
• Follow @beccaxhatch on Instagram
• Follow @novapodcastsofficial on Instagram  

CREDITS
Hosts: Brooke Blurton and Matty Mills
Guest: Becca Hatch
Executive Producer: Rachael Hart
Managing Producer: Ricardo Bardon

Listen to more great podcasts at novapodcasts.com.au

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Both of our 30ths are upon us and I'm sure a lot of listeners out there are in the same boat. It's creeping up on us so we go through the highs and lows of the last decade.

We've also got a list of things the internet says you SHOULD do before you're 30, how many have you ticked off? 

Nova Entertainment acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which we recorded this podcast, the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation. We pay our respect to Elders past and present. 

LINKS

• Follow @itsmattymills on Instagram
• Follow @brooke.blurton on Instagram 
• Follow @novapodcastsofficial on Instagram  

CREDITS
Hosts: Brooke Blurton and Matty Mills
Executive Producer: Rachael Hart
Managing Producer: Ricardo Bardon

Listen to more great podcasts at novapodcasts.com.au

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Leah Purcell is an internationally acclaimed actor & director starring in projects like Wentworth, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart and The Drover's Wife. 

But in our chat today she shares stories about her childhood in regional Queensland, her grandmothers experience being stolen and placed in Cherbourg mission and how she wanted to make it to Hollywood. 

Plus Leah had a fangirl moment with Sigourney Weaver while working on The Lost Flowers, and before she acted, she was a musician supporting Shania Twain. 

Nova Entertainment acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which we recorded this podcast, the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation. We pay our respect to Elders past and present. 

LINKS

• Follow @itsmattymills on Instagram
• Follow @brooke.blurton on Instagram 
• Follow @leahpurcell on Instagram
• Follow @novapodcastsofficial on Instagram  

CREDITS
Hosts: Brooke Blurton and Matty Mills
Guest: Leah Purcell
Executive Producer: Rachael Hart
Managing Producer: Ricardo Bardon

Listen to more great podcasts at novapodcasts.com.au

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.