Too Peas In A Podcast Mandy Hose and Kate Mulholland

In this episode Kate and Mandy are speaking to Paralympic gold medalist and two-time Commonwealth game gold medalist Kurt Fearnley.

After a bit of fan-gushing, you will find out that Kurt is much more than a sporting legend. They talk about Kurt’s new podcast A Nation Changed, which tells the story of one of the greatest social reforms in Australia’s history: the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Starting with former prime minister Julia Gillard getting this funding scheme through parliament in 2013, this is a very important story that needs to be told so please go and listen!

Kurt also hosts a podcast called Tiny Island.

The big painting that Kurt had hanging behind him was made by author, comedian and painter Ahn Do; you can see the paining on Kurt’s twitter here

Read the article from Tyson Shine's experience flying from Melbourne to Sydney here

Mandy recommends watching Voices of Fire on Netflix

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Mandy and Kate chat with an actual real life author, about her latest novel. We have an honest chat about what we loved and what we found confronting about her book an unusual boy. As you know we think there is not usual or unusual, and this book calls out those stigmas too ... To be honest we found it amazing but also hard to read!

Its a real page turner and Fiona is lovely! We really loved chatting with her x

Fiona talks about singer Anohni (check her out on Spotify)

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Today Kate & Mandy are chatting with the amazing Nelly Thomas. Nelly is a comedian, author, professional speaker and mum of two girls with autism and chronic fatigue. They talk about life as a carer for kids with additional needs. Nelly was also great friends with the late Stella Young and she tells us about Stella’s influence in her life.

Nelly is the author of the three children’s books Kate & Mandy have talked about before, please check them out as they are amazing; Some Girls (2017), Some Boys (2018) and Some Brains: a book celebrating neurodiversity (2019).

Check out the I Am Woman Tribute to Helen Reddy at the 2020 ARIA Awards here

Mandy is obsessed with season 4 of The Crown and every documentary on Netflix on Lady Di there is to watch.

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It's a snap pea, peas, and our 100th Episode. Mandy recaps all 100 episodes! There have been some highs and lows, but we have loved every minute of chatting with you all.

If you would like to buy some of the beautiful Dr Shane's pistachios, check out his web site, it would make us very happy! Thank you for being with us for these 100 episodes xx

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Today Kate & Mandy are talking with pea-fessionals Andrea and Felicity. After working together for 20 years, they started We R Collective together with Felicity’s sister Gemma, providing support to families navigating their NDIS plans. They talk about their career together prior to setting up We R Collective, and provide information on what they do as support coordinators (including for Mandy). Also Andrea and Mandy have been friends since they were 13 years old so it is a story about long lasting friendships too.

• Check out the Too Peas episode with pea-tribe member Lisa on Acast here, or find the episode from 18 July 2019 in your podcast listening app.
• Mandy and Kate chatted to Dion from the comedy podcast Welcome to Patchwork

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Kate & Mandy are chatting with the fabulous Merch Peas Carly and Luke. They chat about their son Archie who had epilepsy seizures as a baby, has a global development delay and ASD. They also brainstorm about some interesting new merch ideas, and will throw in a surprise announcement at the end of the episode!

As many peas will probably know, Luke is the brain behind the fabulous Pea merch. Please check out Luke’s Merch Fan Co. website for other fabulous merchandise, and follow them on all the socials (Facebook and Instagram) to provide your support

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As promised! Today Kate & Mandy are talking to the amazing Donna Stolzenberg, the Victorian Australian of the year 2021.

Donna talks about how she came to create create the National Homeless Collective and about all the different projects they do for people in need. She also talks about being a foster parent for many years, and about her youngest son who has autism. Donna has so much to say and is an incredible woman and deserving winner of the Vic Australian of the year. You will absolutely love listening to her!

• Check out Donna’s Charity The National Homeless Collective on the website, Facebook and Instagram pages
• All the projects Donna is telling us about are on the website; check out the Period Project (or Melbourne Period Project on Insta), the School Project and the Kala Space
• Please don’t donate clothes but buy clothes from Kala space or donate directly!

Laugh / Cry / Make a Difference

• Chris Nikic – the first person with Down Syndrome to do an ironman (on Instagram)
• Who Gives a Crap toilet paper – Christmas Version!

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Kate & Mandy are talking with the sisters and best friends Anna and Janette. Janette lives with the genetic disorder Cystic Fibrosis (CF) and she talks about how life is for her living with this illness. Anna talks about her own relationship with CF being a sibling of a person with this illness.

• Read more about how someone with CF is affected in their daily life here
• You can watch Anna’s and other speeches from the siblings event at Parliament House here
• Have a look at Janette’s blog and her Facebook page
• Read Anna’s article with her view towards genetic testing in the Sydney Morning Herald here

Laugh / Cry / Make a Difference

• Sing4grace2020 (on Instagram)
• Nelly Thomas Some Brains – books for every kind of different

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Pea Friend Donna talks about her first baby Patrick who was stillborn on 29 October 2015 at 41 weeks. She talks about how she felt something was not right when she went into labour, the hospital experience, how to pick up life after and how she experienced her second and third pregnancies. Her second son was diagnosed with juvenile arthritis at 18 months and has a stutter, and she has a third child who is a 7 month old baby daughter. 

• Heartfelt photography; professional photographers who donate their time to take photos of stillborn, deceased or terminally ill children
• Red nose grief counselling, includes information for parents on sage sleeping and stillbirth prevention
• Still Aware raising awareness of the very real statistics of stillbirth in Australia working to end preventable stillbirth
• Donna wrote an article for a Canberra site, soon after Patrick’s death. Donna says it came from a place of anger, as she was so hurt by all the friends and family who had simply pretended that they hadn’t had a son. The article is about how to relate to parents bereaved by stillbirth, you can read it here

Laugh / Cry / Make a difference

• Who gives a crap toilet paper
• Flawless hair removal at the shaver shop
• Andy Lee wrote a song for Melbourne Then a Zero comes along (on Instagram)

Read up about the amazing things the Victorian Australian of the Year recipient Donna Stolzenberg has achieved here

Read about the senior Australian of the Year nominee Lorna here

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