Radio WA Conversations with Barry Green

A May 2105 interview with Graham Harvey on Western Tourist Radio's Local Talent Time segment, about his book Seducing the Vigilante Customer. In his book, Graham, talks about the law of reciprocity, which he explains as the best way to get a smile is to smile at someone, and the best way to get a punch in the mouth is to punch someone in the mouth. 

Western Tourist Radio programs tell stories of people and places in Western Australia with interviews with local characters. The radio service is complimented by www.touristradio.com.au which is an Independent Holiday Network, promoting sites of interest to people traveling in Western Australia. The website employs the concept of reciprocity, giving discounts to participating businesses that provide a reciprocal link from their website back to ours. In this way we are building networks of West Australian Business, connecting travelers with local businesses so that can book at the best price by not paying commission to third party websites. 

A conversation recorded in April 2018 with Johan Smit from Sarvaga Light provides an inspiring insight into the ideas behind his holistic coaching and well-being businesses. The world has changed since this recording, but the principals that Johan talks about are now coming into sharper focus. 

The conversation includes reference to the Geographe Businesses Referral Group in Busselton. 

Iggy Tan from the Rotary Club of Matilda Bay talks about the success of the first year of Pioneer Challenge pioneerchallenge.com.au along route 120 in Western Australia, and the appointment of Peter Kenyon as Patron.

To hear more about why the challenge was created listen to the conversation we recorded last year with Chris Oakeley for the launch of the project : Radiowa – Pioneer-challenge-route-120-heritage-hunt

In the conversation we talk about the Harvest Highway, or South Western Highway as a possible extension of the challenge 

A Community Radio documentary I made in 2018, based on an interview with Charles Massy, Author of "Call of the Reed Warbler, a New Agriculture, a New Earth" and others involved in regenerative agriculture and public health. 

In the middle of a global pandemic, when apparently healthy people are succumbing  to the disease, and others not, could it be the difference lies in the quality of the food they eat?  Food scientists have been warning for years that modern fresh foods have a fraction of the vitamins and minerals they had at the end of WW2. On top of that the processed foods bare little resemblance to what our biome's recognize as food. 

To fix a problem you have to address the cause. Could it be that with our reliance in high tech solutions we have missed the root cause of the current dilemma? In an economic system driven by advertising, the commercial media has been asleep at the wheel, not questioning the products produced by their major advertisers? In 5 years time, it could be that we look back at this period of history when the pharmaceutical industry is promising "get the jab so we can get back to normal",  and find the claim as laughable as the claims of old tobacco advertising? 

WA Agriculture Minister Alannah MacTiernan has read Charles book and embraced regen ag, ad discussed in my conversation with her.

Other conversations on related subjects are with Ken Bailey , Vanya Cullen , Graeme Sait , Ian & Di Haggerty  and Colin Seis

A conversation, recorded in July 2020,  with  Linda Stanley for our "Local Talent Time" segment. Linda talks about her book Grandy's Long Walk, a children's book about walking the Bibbulmun Track in Western Australia. Visit the Bibbulmun Track website www.bibbulmuntrack.org.au

To hear interviews with other West Australian, authors, poets , musicians, and other artisans visit www.touristradio.com.au/localtalent

Conversation recorded in July 2020, when we were on our "Wonder out Yonder", with Gary Coumbe, Chair of the Nungarin Heritage Machinery and Army Museum nungarinmuseum.com.au . We  talk about this fascinating attraction and the military and agriculture history on show in the small wheat belt town of Nungarin.

For more about Nungarin visit www.touristradio.com.au/nungarin

To find out more about the attractions of the North East Wheatbelt in WA check out www.wheatbeltway.com.au

A conversation recorded in July 2020 with Louise Stokes about the Southern Forests and Valleys tourism region in Western Australia southernforestsandvalleys.com

The region is at the Southern end of the Harvest Highway www.harvesthighway.com.au . Visit this site to be connected with attractions and accommodation all along the highway.

A conversation recorded in June 2019 with Eco Psychologist, John Thompson ( thenaturecode.com ) who practices in the Perth Hills. We are talking about the place for tourism in reconnecting people with nature, and what we can learn from indigenous Australians . We also discuss how food effects not just physical health but also mental health and the places that Western Tourist Radio’s website www.touristradio.com.au has to connect people to the small businesses across regional WA that provide unique experiences,

Geoff Anderson-Hord from Cellar d'Or Tours www.cellardortours.com.au explains the affordable, boutique winery tours in the Margaret River wine region his businesses provides . From Busselton to Margaret River, Dunsborough and Yallingup.

Conversation recorded in March 2020 with General John Hartley, CEO of Future Directions International (FDI www.futuredirections.org.au ) ,an independent, not-for-profit Research Institute, about the organisation and its work. FDI was established in 2000, by Major General (Retd) the Honourable Michael Jeffery (former Governor General of Australia) and Sir Charles Court, together with a small group of leading Australians, to conduct comprehensive research of important medium to long-term issues facing Australia.