Author Archives: Xavier

S01 E13: Tyson Yunkaporta, author & academic

In this episode we hear from Dr Tyson Yunkaporta, author of Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World. He is an academic, arts critic, and researcher who belongs to the Apalech Clan in far north Queensland. Tyson carves traditional tools and weapons and works as a senior lecturer in Indigenous Knowledges at DeakinContinue reading “S01 E13: Tyson Yunkaporta, author & academic”

S01 E12: Lee Tran Lam, Diversity in Food Media

In this episode we hear from Lee Tran Lam, a freelance journalist and editor of New Voices on Food. Lee Tran has written about food for various publications, including Good Food, Gourmet Traveller, SBS Food, The Sun-Herald and The Guardian. She runs The Unbearable Lightness of Being Hungry podcast, Diversity in Food Media and presentsContinue reading “S01 E12: Lee Tran Lam, Diversity in Food Media”

S01 E11: Councillor Jess Miller, City of Sydney

In this episode we hear from Councillor Jess Miller from the City of Sydney (CoS). Jess has worked with a broad range of organisations to design, lead and implement change for over a decade. She was elected to Council in 2016 and is an advocate for a slow city with lots of active and publicContinue reading “S01 E11: Councillor Jess Miller, City of Sydney”

S01 E10: Amy Lawton & Liz Millen, Australia’s Right to Food Coalition

In this episode we hear from Amy Lawon and Liz Millen from Australia’s Right to Food Coalition. Amy and Liz are both founding members of the Coalition, which started in 2014 and exists to advocate for the human right to nutritious food for all Australians. Amy is a social researcher who has focused on aContinue reading “S01 E10: Amy Lawton & Liz Millen, Australia’s Right to Food Coalition”

S01 E09: Jen Sheridan, Open Food Network

In this episode we hear from Jen Sheridan, a Director of Open Food Network Australia (OFN). Jen has a background in journalism and academia, including as a researcher on the Know Your Foodbowl project at Deakin University and the Foodprint Melbourne project at the University of Melbourne. She currently leads a number of federally fundedContinue reading “S01 E09: Jen Sheridan, Open Food Network”

S01 E08: Tammi Jonas, Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance

In this episode we hear from Tammi Jonas, an agroecological ‘ethicurian’ farmer of heritage-breed pigs and cattle, and president of the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA). Tammi is very active in the global fight for food sovereignty, advocating in numerous UN governing bodies. She is undertaking a PhD at the University of Western Australia onContinue reading “S01 E08: Tammi Jonas, Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance”

S01 E07: Alice Zaslavsky, food literacy advocate

In this episode we hear from Alice Zaslavsky, a food literacy advocate, resident Culinary Correspondent for ABC News Breakfast and ABC Radio, author of In Praise of Veg, Alice’s Food A-Z, and creator of Phenomenom!. We talk about food literacy and education, the cultural disconnect from food, aspirational food media, ‘othering’ of veg, how we label andContinue reading “S01 E07: Alice Zaslavsky, food literacy advocate”

S01 E06: Gabrielle Chan, The Guardian Australia

In this episode we hear from Gabrielle Chan, a journalist and author who has lived on a farm for 25 years. She began covering the NSW parliament in the 90s and moved to the Canberra press gallery in 1995. Gabrielle has worked at The Australian, ABC radio, The Daily Telegraph, in local newspapers and politicsContinue reading “S01 E06: Gabrielle Chan, The Guardian Australia”

S01 E05: Sinead Boylan, University of Sydney

In this episode we hear from Dr Sinead Boylan, a nutritional epidemiologist and inter-disciplinary researcher at the intersection of food systems, health and the environment. Sinead is the Executive Officer for the Climate Change, Human Health and Social Impacts Node at the University of Sydney, Executive Director of the Sydney Food and Nutrition Network and coordinatorContinue reading “S01 E05: Sinead Boylan, University of Sydney”