The Cheryl Lacey Show

Kintsugi Heroes shares the stories of everyday people who have found a way through challenges or adversity in order to achieve something inspirational to fellow humans on similar journeys.

A conversation with Ian Westmoreland 

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What happens when a single government minister holds the power to arrest you, or bar you from returning to your own country. Not for a crime, but for a conversation? Australia's hate speech laws and the sweeping ministerial discretion buried inside legislation gives one person extraordinary control over who gets to speak, who gets to stay, and who gets to come home. When does protecting people from harmful speech cross the line into protecting the powerful from uncomfortable ideas? Whether you're left, right, or not quite sure...this one's for you.

A conversation with James Glissan

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The growing concern that political and ideological agendas are reshaping what Australian students think, believe, and question has reached a tipping point. From pro terrorism teaching aids to climate scare campaigns and complete disregard for Australian families, dangerous subjective influence is rife in our schools. Sack the teachers.

A conversation with Warren Mundine.

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Men cannot pour from an empty vessel. A man who knows his worth, who is respected and has people in his corner is a man who stays. And a man who stays can protect, lead, and love the people counting on him.

A conversation with David Maywald

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There’s a troubling legal argument circulating, ‘Australia the Concealed Colony’, that challenges everything we think we know about Australian sovereignty: that despite presenting itself to the world as an independent nation, Australia is a colony under British rule.

 The claim is that Australia is recognized as an independent sovereign nation state and a UN member, yet our governments remain extensions of UK governance.

Australian politicians, under this interpretation, are agents of a foreign power - Britain - not representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia’s people.

The implications are profound. 

If true, Australians have been denied their right to self-determination, and every government action since federation lacks legal validity.

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Rep. Ilhan Omar is under federal and congressional investigation. House Oversight is probing how her husband's companies exploded to $30 million in just one year. The DOJ is examining her finances. Questions swirl about potential connections to Minnesota's massive social services fraud scandal. Omar denies wrongdoing and says she's being targeted. But, there's still the alleged marriage to her brother and questions of citizenship. 

 When allegations meet investigations, we have a responsibility to pay attention. Sharon Rondeau has her eye on the detail and won't stop until the truth is told.

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What is socialism? If you're all for it, your definition will be different from those who know better. Forget the propaganda - we're exposing socialism's catastrophic failures on two fronts.

From Havana's decades of poverty to New York's new experiment in economic self-destruction, socialist ideology inevitably leads to the same outcome: broken promises, economic ruin, and human suffering. 

Join us for an unflinching look at socialism's track record and what it all means.

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Not every struggling teacher is a beginner finding their feet. Some are veterans who've stopped growing. There is a persistent problem of teacher underperformance across schools. Some educators show up unprepared year after year, who've lost their curiosity for learning, and who drain school resources while delivering mediocre results. 

While systemic challenges allow chronic underperformance to persist, a more local approach is possible. Can schools afford to carry teachers who've given up? And what would it take to create accountability that actually works?

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Are Australians becoming more fragile? This episode examines the rising mental health crisis through the lens of family breakdown and government overreach. Are policies well-meaning or undermining resilience? A considered look at what's shaping Australian mental health beyond the surface-level conversation.

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What does it mean to protest in America when every move is being recorded? 

As body cameras become standard issue for police across the country, the relationship between protesters and law enforcement is shifting.

In Minnesota and beyond, activists are grappling with a new reality: the very technology meant to hold police accountable is also surveilling dissent. 

Will body cams change the calculus of protest, where the constitutional right to assembly is being compromised, and what happens when the state watches back?

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