Love a wild Australian story? The Fine Cotton Ring In was one of the biggest scandals in Australian horseracing history. A plan to swap a slow horse with a much faster look-alike involved a motley crew of small-time crooks, a couple of horses and a hell of a lot of hair dye. What were they thinking? Dig is a history podcast with a fresh take on an iconic story from Australia’s not-so-glorious past.

PRESENTS – Dig: The Ring In

After lockdown Judith is still asking the big questions. Between baking and wondering if she had a drinking problem, Judith wondered how happy we'd been in our old lives and why 'back to normal' is not a good idea for us or the planet. She's out to change her life and yours for the better in six episodes.

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Comedy Interviews

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You can hear three exclusive extended interviews. Jenny Odell, the writer who taught us how to do nothing, Jeff Sparrow on why guilt is being manipulated by polluters and Chris Johnstone, the doctor and co-founder of Active Hope, a practice that helps you deal with deal with climate related stress.

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Is the future quite so bleak? 

A hairdresser, an artist, an indigenous elder and a relentless optimist give Judith different futures to think about. 

Maybe we won't all be living in bunkers.

Written and performed by Judith Lucy

Producer Beth Atkinson-Quinton

Sound engineer David Le May

Executive Producer Tom Wright

S2 06 | Are we just completely screwed

Is the future quite so bleak? Maybe we won't all be living in bunkers and doing chin-ups.

You can hear more from Jenny Odell, the writer of How to do Nothing, Chris Johnstone, doctor and the co-founder of Active Hope & Jeff Sparrow, who talks about who's really to blame for the climate emergency.

Time to go tiny!  

Judith moves into a tiny house, with, er, mixed results.

And she learns more about how food is produced and how to practise active hope in a time of existential dread.

Written and performed by Judith Lucy

Producer Beth Atkinson-Quinton

Sound engineer David Le May

Executive Producer Tom Wright

S2 05 | What if we changed everything

Time to get ourselves glued to something, people!




Despite sorting out her own place and helping out locally, Judith wants to do more.




She talks to a teen who sued the Environment Minister and is inspired to go on an Extinction Rebellion protest.




Who knows, the next episode might be coming from jail cell?

PRESENTS – Dig: The Ring In

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