The Leap Year

Robyn Archer AO is a singer, performer, writer, artistic director and public advocate for the arts. She was first introduced to the topic of resilience by Dr Brian Walker, who writes, ‘Bouncing back is not resilience – this means nothing has been learned.’

In this interview, Robyn talks to Sally Warhaft about what the arts industry can learn from the Covid-19 pandemic.

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In July 2020, Victoria’s AFL teams left the state amidst tightening restrictions and a spike in Covid-19 cases. The teams expected to spend 32 days in the Queensland hub, isolating and only interacting with other players, before returning home.

Three months later, CEO of Richmond Football Club Brendon Gale talks to us about life in the hubs, breaches, and how the football community has pulled through in a time of crisis. 

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Amongst her teachers, Chenxin Tu is known as a ‘force of nature'.

In this episode, Chenxin talks about coming of age during a global pandemic, and navigating her final year of school after moving to Australia from China seven years ago. She speaks on resilience, adaptability and her passion for the environment.

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Gustav Nossal is famous for his contributions to the fields of antibody formation and immunological tolerance. He's the former Chairman of the committee overseeing the World Health Organization's Immunisation, Vaccines and Biologicals programme. This year, he's 89 years old.

In this episode of The Leap Year, Gustav shares his insight on the global response to the coronavirus pandemic, the possibilities of science for good – and a window into his personal life during the long days of lockdown. 

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The Leap Year is a new podcast from the Wheeler Centre. In each episode, host Sally Warhaft will speak to Australians with their own story to tell about this very long year – from a police officer with previously unimaginable power to a school student navigating a stop-start year, a writer with unexpected reserves of solitary time and an emergency doctor reflecting on compassion.

You’ll hear intimate accounts of dread, loss, mistakes and malaise as well as humour, ingenuity and resilience. The Leap Year: a podcast about the stretching, shrinking days of 2020 and the people living through them.

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