Philip Thalis has been described as an influencer for a better future. As one of Australia's most respected architects, he’s literally shaped the physical environment of Sydney. In being awarded the Australian Institute of Architects’ highest honour - the Gold Medal - he was described as a role model for the architect as a public intellectual. Through his research, teaching, his magisterial tome Public Sydney and his persistent advocacy, he’s changed the way we think about our city - I’m constantly challenged to look at the city differently by the care and affection in his social media posts. So, of course, I’ve always wanted to know more!
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Amanda Tattersall - change maker - ep 27
Amanda Tattersall is a community organiser, author and researcher. She was a founder of GetUp, the Sydney Alliance and Labor for Refugees, and she makes the excellent Changemakers podcast, too. Amanda’s prolific and undeniably deeply creative in her impact, and she’s also become a powerful voice in the still far too taboo space of mental health and the way our brains work. Despite all that, she’s far from a household name, so, of course, I’ve always wanted to know more.
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Ebony Wightman - artist - episode 26
Ebony Wightman doesn’t like the term ‘trigger warning’ because it can stop people from talking about lived experience.
This deeply insightful conversation uncovers a whole life’s worth of experiences from the dark depths of loneliness, poverty and attempting to take her life through to the joy of creativity, community and expressing yourself.
Her work has been shown across Sydney from the Hawkesbury and Blacktown to the Biennale and Art Gallery of NSW, and her advocacy is driving real policy change.
In short, she’s doing the work of changing our city’s culture, and I’ve always wanted to know more.
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Caroline Butler-Bowdon - librarian - ep 25
Caroline Butler-Bowdon - universally known as CBB - has been a curator and a museum director, a PhD researcher, a government leader with a track record of significant change and she’s now the State Librarian.
She’s one of those people who seem to attract good people into their orbit, who become a centre of gravity all their own.
I see these people and the buzz of activity that forms around them, and especially with CBB, I’ve always wanted to know more.
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Danièle Hromek - designer - ep 24
Danièle Hromek is at the centre of an incredible moment. Creative, entrepreneurial, full of ideas, she’s right in the centre of a profound shift that’s underway towards a growing appreciation of Country, and of connecting and designing with Country, and it’s changing the way we think about and plan our cities. What I love about her work is the fluid way she works across so many domains - built urban environments, theatre and art, culture. I’ve seen her name pop up in so many different places, and I’ve always wanted to know more about the person behind all that work.
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