An original podcast production for Pearl restaurant in Aldinga Beach, South Australia, made by Megan Spencer.

This 24-minute podcast tells the captivating story behind one of the Fleurieu Peninsula's most exciting and progressive restaurants, in the words of Pearl co-owners, Bec Seidel and Jules Rydon (also head chef). Includes the voices of happy locals and atmospheric sound design reflecting Pearl's breathtaking seaside location.

Credits:
Podcast maker/sound designer & recordist: Megan Spencer.
Vietnam street sounds SFX: Jez Conlon (Left of Elephant Sound)
Many thanks to Bec, Jules and all those who contributed their thoughts about Pearl!
Cover photo: Megan Spencer

Find out more about Pearl at https://www.pearlaldingabeach.com.au

More podcasts by Megan on Soundcloud 
https://soundcloud.com/circus-folk

This track is for private use only. Not to be broadcast, reproduced or published in total or in part, without permission.

(c) 2021 All rights reserved.

Megan Spencer's Album

The Story of Pearl podcast

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Mastered audio track.

(c) Megan Spencer 2022. All rights reserved.

Chapter 03_The Sudden Storm

Chapter 02_The Sudden Storm

Chapter 01_The Sudden Storm

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Chapter 04_Walking In Two Worlds

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Chapter 03_When The War Comes Home

Sample audio (mastered). 

Listen to the rest of the 7-part podcast on the Virtual War Memorial Australia website: https://vwma.org.au/education/bringing-his-spirit-home-private-arthur-thomas-walker-ngarrindjeri-anzac

(c) Megan Spencer 2024. All rights reserved.

Bringing His Spirit Home - Chapter 3

I worked at the national triple j radio network in Australia for a decade (1998 - 2007.)I reviewed hundreds of films and interviewed hundreds of film professionals and actors. This is the interview I did with Australian actress Cate Blanchett for the film, 'Heaven', directed by Tom Tykwer. (For private use only)

Cate Blanchett

What does climate change taste like? Experimental philosopher Jonathon Keats answers the question in this extended interview about "Digesting The Anthropocene", his experimental project launched at STATE Festival Berlin. 

In it he discusses the immense possibilities around using the somatic intelligence in the gut in order to understand the complex data of climate science. Keats worked closely with David Marx from Berlin's Science Kitchen, researchers from Futurium and data visualisation specialist, Stefan Thiel. 

Jonathan and I spoke at STATE Festival 2016. An excerpt of this interview appeared on Radio National's "Afternoon Program" on November 11, 2016.

Gut Feeling: Jonathon Keats

Digesting Cimate Change: Jonathon Keats

AUSPICIOUS PLASTIC is a podcast about objects and what they mean to us. 

“Objects should not touch [us] because they are not alive. You use them, put them back in place, you live among them: they are useful, nothing more. But they touch me, it is unbearable. I am afraid of being in contact with them as though they were living beasts.” - John-Paul Sartre

When using my Mum's old Tupperware containers as "grief therapy" after she passed away, I became curious as to how a simple "piece of plastic" could hold so much meaning - and emotion. How these objects could touch me so profoundly, as if animated by something deeply mystical...

I was overtaken with wonder at how my use of these objects could be so powerful and therapeutic. And why it is we invest so much in ‘things’. How could a basic plastic container, a mere tool, make us so happy? Make me so happy, so connected, so filled with love and sadness?

To quote Sartre again, don’t we become “possessed by the things we possess”? And Tupperware – I mean, just plastic containers bound for land-fill, right? Or, could they be containers of fascinating, inter-generational stories?

So I'm on the road to discovering a whole world of stories about US: women, men, people, community, food, family, friendship, empowerment, and more.  Sartre was onto something: objects aren’t just objects…

EPISODE ONE (PILOT)
I decided to start with one of my Mum's contemporaries. This is a conversation between myself, my lovely Aunty Delma and her daughter, my dear cousin Katherine. 
The former is a five-decade-long "obsessed" Tupperware user, collector and "party holder", the latter a lifelong "Tupper-kid", now a demonstrator and freelance employee with the Australian branch of the company. 

They talk candidly about how Tupperware has deeply touched their lives - and provide me with some answers as to why why it might have touched mine...

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Credits:
Interviews: Delma and Katherine Calcagno
Presenter/Producer: Megan Spencer
Original music: Jeremy Conlon/Cooperblack (used with permission) https://cooperblack.bandcamp.com
Logo: Studio Ink http://www.studioink.com.au
Thank you: Massimo Maio for the equipment loan! And to Delma and Katherine for the interview.

Contact: hello@themeganspencer.com
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/auspiciousplastic

Subscribe to and rate Auspicious Plastic on iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/auspicious-plastic/id1241088902?mt=2

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'Auspicious Plastic' podcast (c) Megan Spencer 2017 
Cannot be reproduced without permission.

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Auspicious Plastic | Episode 1 | Delma & Katherine

AUSPICIOUS PLASTIC is a podcast about precious objects and what they mean to us.

In Episode Three you'll meet Michael Pieracci, an American "installed" in Berlin. A talented and creative project manager, "photographer, presenter, traveller and drinker of tea", I had previously listened to Michael give a moving and engaging talk about 'tools' at Creative Mornings Berlin. Inspired by his philosophy towards 'things' (and left-handed scissors!), I invited him to reveal more, and to share some of his favorite objects with me for Auspicious Plastic.

The following is the fascinating and fragrant chat we had sitting around his kitchen table, sipping beautifully brewed Oolong tea from his equally beautiful ceramic tea set.

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Credits:
Interview: Michael Pieracci
Presenter/Producer: Megan Spencer
Original music: Jeremy Conlon/Cooperblack (used with permission) https://cooperblack.bandcamp.com
Logo: Studio Ink http://www.studioink.com.au
Thank you: Massimo Maio for the equipment loan! And to Michael Pieracci for the interview.

Contact: hello@themeganspencer.com
Facebook page: www.facebook.com/auspiciousplastic

More about Michael: http://michaelpieracci.com
Follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mpieracci

Subscribe to and rate Auspicious Plastic on iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/auspicious-plastic/id1241088902?mt=2

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'Auspicious Plastic' podcast (c) Megan Spencer 2017
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Auspicious Plastic | Episode 3 | Michael Pieracci

Three Wicked Women podcast: Episode 03 "Food"

3WW regular Amelia Jane Hunter loves to cook - and has made amazing meals all over the world, including over campfires in the Northern Territory where she was a tour guide for 16 years. In this week's 'Commit No Nuisance' Amelia recalls her Kakadu cooking adventures while making Megan a delicious roast in her Manchester kitchen.

With thanks to Amelia Jane Hunter! 

Story producer & edit: Megan Spencer
Photo: 3WW

Listen to the full episode: 
http://www.themeganspencer.com/2016/06/track-1-side-3-food/

Follow Amelia on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/ameliajhunter

Visit Sam Wareing's ‘Wasp Summer’ website:
https://waspsummer.wordpress.com

(c) Three Wicked Women podcast 2016

3WW 03 | Amelia Cooking in Kakadu | Commit No Nuisance

Three Wicked Women: Episode 06 "Music

For our music episode wicked woman Sam Wareing interviewed Berlin-based conductor, percussionist and composer Takumi Motokawa. It's a fascinating chat about what goes into leading an orchestra, and working as a music composer for film. (Extended version)

With thanks to Takumi Motokawa!

Music used with kind permission:
'Serenade for Strings III' by Tchaikovsky, performed by The State Hermitage Orchestra, with Takumi Motokawa conducting, at Peter The Great Music Academy.
'Home Intro', 'Into The Jungle', 'Memories' and 'Action Theme, by Takumi Motokawa. 

Interview edit: Sam Wareing
Photo: 3WW

Listen to the full episode: 
http://www.themeganspencer.com/2016/08/side-1-track-6-music/

Visit Tak's website:
http://takumimotokawa.com

Visit Sam Wareing's ‘Wasp Summer’ website:
https://waspsummer.wordpress.com

(c) Three Wicked Women podcast 2016

Mitropa

3WW 06 | | Takumi Motokawa | Music

Three Wicked Women: Episode 06 "Music"

Opera singer Bin-Lee Zauner and gifted chef José Morillo run Kochu Karu, a Korean-Spanish "fusion" restaurant in Berlin-Prenzlauerberg. They combine their love for food with their passion for music, dishing up food-and-opera degustation dinners called "Sing-Mahl!" Wicked woman Megan Spencer spoke to the restaurateurs about their Berlin innovation, and recorded Bin-Lee in full flight at a very special music performance.

Thank you to Bin-Lee and José for the interview, and to Bin-Lee and her colleagues for the opera performance!

Music used with kind permission: 
'Widmung' by Robert Schumann
'Sound The Trumpet' by Henry Purcell
'Korean Folksong' (traditional)
Sung by Bin-Lee Zauner - soprano and Beate von Hahn - soprano, with Saori Tomidokoro - piano

Story producer, edit & photo: Megan Spencer

Listen to the full episode: 
http://www.themeganspencer.com/2016/08/side-1-track-6-music/

Visit Kochu Karu: 
https://www.facebook.com/Kochu-Karu-Korean-Cuisine-Berlin-179985898779992/

(c) Three Wicked Women podcast 2016

3WW 06 | Bin Lee-Zauner & José Morillo | Music

Three Wicked Women: Episode 05 "Art + Writing"

Talented woman of words Cathoel Jorss is a Berlin-based blogger, poet and musician (Cathoel & The New Government) now living in Berlin. Megan and Sam chat to her about her love for the city, and her love affair with words, be they spoken, written or sung. (Extended version)

Thanks to Cathoel Jorss for the interview!

Interview edit: Megan Spencer
Photo: courtesy Cathoel Jorss 

Listen to the full episode: 
http://www.themeganspencer.com/2016/07/side-1-track-5-art-writing

Visit Cathoel's website: 
https://houseoflovers.com

Visit Sam Wareing's ‘Wasp Summer’ website:
https://waspsummer.wordpress.com

(c) Three Wicked Women podcast 2016

3WW 05 | Cathoel Jorss | Art + Writing

Three Wicked Women: Episode 02 "Poetry"

In 'Commit No Nuisance', 3WW regular Amelia discusses with Sam and Megan two very different poems: the first harking back to her high school days in 80s Australia, the second to the present-day "refugee crisis" in Europe. Featuring the words of "Neu Berliner", Mody.

With thanks to Amelia Jane Hunter, and Mody for his poem!

Interview edit: Megan Spencer
Photo: 3WW

Listen to the full episode:
http://www.themeganspencer.com/2016/06/side-1-track-2-poetry/

Follow Amelia on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/ameliajhunter

Visit Sam Wareing's ‘Wasp Summer’ website:
https://waspsummer.wordpress.com

(c) Three Wicked Women podcast 2016

3WW 02 | Amelia on Poetry | Commit No Nuisance

Three Wicked Women: Episode 05 "Writing + Art"

3WW's Amelia Jane Hunter has seen some art in her time: from hiking majestic rock caves of Northern Australia to walking the gritty streets of Kreuzberg, Berlin. In conversation with Sam and Megan, Amelia describes the visions she's been inspired by, in her regular segment 'Commit No Nuisance'. 

Thanks to Amelia Jane Hunter!

Interview edit: Megan Spencer
Photo: 3WW

Listen to the full episode:
http://www.themeganspencer.com/2016/07/side-1-track-5-art-writing

Follow Amelia on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/ameliajhunter

Visit Sam Wareing's ‘Wasp Summer’ website:
https://waspsummer.wordpress.com

(c) Three Wicked Women podcast 2016

3WW 05 | Amelia on Art | Commit No Nuisance

Three Wicked Women: Episode 01 "The First Single"

The wickeds were just a bit stoked to have as one of their first ever guests on 3WW, Donata Kramarz from Berlin-based pop duo, NOSOYO. Originally from The Netherlands, Donata has been making music in Berlin with partner Daim for the last five years, soaking up the intimate music landscape in their new home town. Incredibly charming and thoughtful, Donata shares with Sam and Megan her love for language, performing live to audiences, and her wicked woman of choice, Nina Simone. Their debut album, 'Resonate', is out now.

With thanks to Donata Kramarz!

Interview edit: Megan Spencer & Sam Wareing.
Photo: 3WW

Listen to the full episode:
http://www.themeganspencer.com/2016/06/side-1-track-1-first-single

Visit NOSOYO's website:
https://www.nosoyo.net

Visit Sam Wareing's ‘Wasp Summer’ website:
https://waspsummer.wordpress.com

(c) Three Wicked Women podcast 2016

3WW 01 | Donata Kramarz NOSOYO | The First Single

Three Wicked Women: Episode 01 "The First Single"

On 3WW's first segment of 'Gut Feeling' - 3WW's "freak food and wine matching" spot with Berlin sommelier Oliver Budack - Oliver is challenged to come up with the perfect wine for German "old school" dish, "Tote Oma". Translating to "dead Grandma" it's braised blood sausage served with "smashed" potato. (Read rich home-cooked comfort food.) Let's see what his "oma" would have made of Oliver's wine selection!

With thanks to Oliver Budack!

Interview edit & photo: Megan Spencer

Listen to the full episode:
http://www.themeganspencer.com/2016/06/side-1-track-1-first-single

Visit Oliver's 'Enjoyment Aficianado' website:
http://oliverbudack.com

Listen to the pilot episode of 'Gut Feeling' wine podcast:
https://soundcloud.com/oliver-budack/gut-feeling-episode-01-orange-wine

Visit Sam Wareing's ‘Wasp Summer’ website:
https://waspsummer.wordpress.com/

(c) Three Wicked Women podcast 2016

3WW 01 | Oliver and Tote Oma | Gut Feeling

Three Wicked Women: Episode 03 "Food"

Berlin sommelier Oliver Budack has his mettle tested by Megan and Sam in this episode's "freak" food and wine pairing for "Gut Feeling": to match the perfect beverage to Berlin's junk-food-of-choice: Currywurst. Do your best - or "wurst" - Oliver!

With thanks to Oliver Budack!

Interview edit & photo: Megan Spencer

Listen to the full episode:
http://www.themeganspencer.com/2016/06/track-1-side-3-food

Visit Oliver's 'Enjoyment Aficianado' website:
http://oliverbudack.com

Listen to the pilot episode of 'Gut Feeling' wine podcast:
https://soundcloud.com/oliver-budack/gut-feeling-episode-01-orange-wine

Visit Sam Wareing's ‘Wasp Summer’ website:
https://waspsummer.wordpress.com/

(c) Three Wicked Women podcast 2016

3WW 03 | Oliver and Curry Wurst | Gut Feeling

Three Wicked Women: Episode 05 "Art + Writing"

In "Gut Feeling" this episode of 3WW, Sam and Megan invite Oliver to come up with a "freak" food and wine pairing for Ceviche, a national  dish of Peru made from curing fish in citrus and spices - not such an easy challenge! His results however are seriously creative and delciious...

With thanks to Oliver Budack!

Interview edit & photo: Megan Spencer

Listen to the full episode:
http://www.themeganspencer.com/2016/07/side-1-track-5-art-writing/

Visit Oliver's 'Enjoyment Aficianado' website:
http://oliverbudack.com

Listen to the pilot episode of 'Gut Feeling' wine podcast:
https://soundcloud.com/oliver-budack/gut-feeling-episode-01-orange-wine

Visit Sam Wareing's 'Wasp Summer' website:
https://waspsummer.wordpress.com

(c) Three Wicked Women podcast 2016

3WW 05 | Oliver and Ceviche | Gut Feeling

AUSPICIOUS PLASTIC is a podcast about precious objects and what they mean to us.

Amy Brand is  dear friend from Darwin who now lives in Melbourne. She is a passionate advocate for the environment and sustainable living - which makes her relationship with plastic complicated! While abhorring the waste that comes with so much plastic packaging, she collects vintage Tupperware for practical use in her daily life (she also loves its design!) Amy also shares a beautiful story about one of her most cherished items, a red enamel kettle she inherited from her Oma.

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Credits:
Interview: Amy Brand
Presenter/Producer: Megan Spencer
Original music: Jeremy Conlon/Cooperblack (used with permission) https://cooperblack.bandcamp.com
Logo: Studio Ink www.studioink.com.au
Thank you: Massimo Maio for the equipment loan! And to Amy Brand for the interview.

Contact: hello@themeganspencer.com
Facebook page: www.facebook.com/auspiciousplastic

Subscribe to and rate Auspicious Plastic on iTunes: 
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/auspicious-plastic/id1241088902?mt=2

All rights reserved.
'Auspicious Plastic' podcast (c) Megan Spencer 2017
Cannot be reproduced without permission.

Auspicious Plastic | Episode 5 | Amy Brand

AUSPICIOUS PLASTIC is a podcast about precious objects and the stories behind them.

At the very start of the 2017 Berlin summer I had the good fortune to make the acquaintance of Melbourne musician, DANNY WALSH. A mutual friend, photographer Kate Seabrook, introduced us: she'd photographed Danny and partner Emma at their Melbourne home for her blog, "Housepeeking". Filled with 1970s burnt-orange ceramics and vintage homewares, she figured Danny might have a precious object or two to tell me about while he was in Berlin. She was right: Danny's hat, pictured (a brown, tweed, pin-striped "Cabbie" or "Newsboy" cap) has been a fixture on his head since he bought it in Hamburg in 2004. It's brought him lots of good luck too, as he reveals on this episode of Auspicious Plastic...

Credits:
Interview: Danny Walsh
Presenter/Producer: Megan Spencer
Original music: Jeremy Conlon/Cooperblack (used with permission)
https://cooperblack.bandcamp.com
Logo: Studio Ink www.studioink.com.au
Photo: Megan Spencer
Thank you: Danny for the interview, and to Kate for putting us in touch!

Hear Danny's excellent music - "Danny Walsh Banned" - on Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/dannywalshbanned

Stay up to date with Danny Walsh Banned gigs on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/dannywalshbanned

View Kate's photo blog, "Housepeeking":
http://housepeeking.tumblr.com

Contact: hello@themeganspencer.com
Facebook page: www.facebook.com/auspiciousplastic

Subscribe to and rate Auspicious Plastic on iTunes:
itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/auspi…d1241088902?mt=2

All rights reserved.
'Auspicious Plastic' podcast (c) Megan Spencer 2017
Cannot be reproduced without permission.

Auspicious Plastic | Episode 7 | Danny Walsh

AUSPICIOUS PLASTIC is a podcast about precious objects and the stories behind them.

Lucia and I are old friends. We go 'way back when', sharing intense coffee chats and fun times around inner-urban streets and cobble-stoned neighborhoods. She’s one of the wisest and most insightful people I know. And the funniest.

An Australian long-gone to Old Blighty, she's now ensconced in the beautiful English countryside surrounded by animals and nature. A card-carrying “cat person”, she also works as a psychotherapist. In this episode we share a profound conversation about love, loss, vulnerability - and cats! - one that sincerely takes my breath away...

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'Auspicious Plastic' is one of six finalists in the 'Writing + Podcasts' category in this year's Frankie Magazine "Good Stuff" Awards! . Results announced April 5. More here --> bit.ly/2BSrL4s

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Credits:
Interview: Lucia
Presenter/Producer/Writer: Megan Spencer
Original music: Jeremy Conlon/Cooperblack (used with permission)
https://cooperblack.bandcamp.com/
Logo: Studio Ink www.studioink.com.au
Photo: Megan Spencer
Thank you: Lucia for the interview!

More about Viennese philosopher, Martin Buber:
http://www.iep.utm.edu/buber/

More about "The Story Of My Heart" book by Richard Jeffries:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_My_Heart

Contact: hello@themeganspencer.com
Facebook page: www.facebook.com/auspiciousplastic

Subscribe to and rate Auspicious Plastic on iTunes:
itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/auspi…d1241088902?mt=2

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'Auspicious Plastic' podcast (c) Megan Spencer 2018
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Auspicious Plastic | Episode 11 | Lucia & Roly

AUSPICIOUS PLASTIC is a podcast about precious objects and the stories behind them.

My friend Simon is a second-generation bow hunter who lives in regional Australia with his partner (also a good friend!) and their two small children. As a kid he'd 'go bush' with his late Dad to hunt for introduced 'pests' like rabbits and foxes, later feral deer.

Bow hunting’s a passionate pastime for Simon, something he takes seriously. With Australia’s feral deer population now at what's being regarded as “problem” proportions, he’s part of the current movement of "ethical" hunters who use precision carbonite archery equipment to hunt deer in the wild, the meat of which they "harvest" and take home to eat. 

No prizes for guessing that bow hunting’s a divisive topic. Depending which side of the ‘animal rights’ fence you sit on - and whether or not you eat meat, and/or live in the country or city - you’ll likely have a pretty strong view on it, one way or the other.

So Simon’s bow is the precious object we talk about on this episode of Auspicious Plastic. It propels us into a fascinating conversation about life, death and the ancient, controversial art of hunting.

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PLEASE NOTE: In stark contrast to last episode, some discussion about the hunting and killing of animals is part of this conversation. 

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Credits:
Interview: Simon Wilson
Presenter/Producer/Writer: Megan Spencer
Original music: Jeremy Conlon/Cooperblack (used with permission)
https://cooperblack.bandcamp.com/
Logo: Studio Ink www.studioink.com.au
Photo: Jared Hartley https://www.instagram.com/oz.bowhunting.images
Reproduced with kind permission.
Thank you: Simon for the interview, and Jared for the photo!

Follow Simon on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/bowhunterwillow/

More about "ethical" hunting:
http://www.gma.vic.gov.au/hunting/deer/ethical-hunting

Alternate viewpoint: the RSPCA's view on hunting:
http://kb.rspca.org.au/What-is-the-RSPCAs-view-on-bow-hunting_368.html

More about Australia's deer population:
https://invasives.org.au/blog/australia-occupy-feral-deer/

Contact: hello@themeganspencer.com
Facebook page: www.facebook.com/auspiciousplastic

Subscribe to and rate Auspicious Plastic on iTunes:
itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/auspi…d1241088902?mt=2

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'Auspicious Plastic' podcast (c) Megan Spencer 2018
Cannot be reproduced without permission.

Auspicious Plastic | Episode 12 | Simon Wilson

AUSPICIOUS PLASTIC is a podcast about precious objects and the stories behind them.

You could say that Darren Hutchesson has had a lifelong love affair with plastic. A devoted Tupperware fan - and distributor in the 1980s -  he’s also a talented Lego designer ("Adult Fan of Lego") who makes painstakingly beautiful sculptures out of the tiny plastic bricks. He's done so since he was a boy.

Also a devoted vegan, Darren’s a collector, a thinker and a great storyteller with a beautiful mind. He’s spent a good deal of time contemplating his relationship to both forms of plastic, as you’ll hear in this moving and sweet kitchen table conversation, about connection, memory, creativity and freedom. 

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Credits:
Interview: Darren Hutchesson
Presenter/Producer/Writer: Megan Spencer
Original music: Jeremy Conlon/Cooperblack (used with permission)
https://cooperblack.bandcamp.com/
Logo: Studio Ink www.studioink.com.au
Photo: Megan Spencer
Thank you: Darren for the interview!

More about the Bobby Goldsmith foundation:
http://www.bgf.org.au/

Visit BALD (Bendigo Area Lego Designers) on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/groups/616012018496827/members/

And Bendigo Bricks
http://www.bendigobricks.com/

Contact: hello@themeganspencer.com
Facebook page: www.facebook.com/auspiciousplastic

Subscribe to and rate Auspicious Plastic on iTunes:
itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/auspi…d1241088902?mt=2

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'Auspicious Plastic' podcast (c) Megan Spencer 2018
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Auspicious Plastic | Episode 13 | Darren Hutchesson

In Episode 1 of 'From A Whisper To A Bang!' Megan introduces the story of her grandfather, Corporal "Harry" Spencer, an Australian soldier who fought in World War 2  (2/7 Btn., 2nd AIF). A prisoner-of-war (POW) in Germany for 4 years during the war, Harry was one of several thousand ANZACs captured by the German Army in 1941 during the ill-fated ‘Battle of Crete’.

Harry’s story is the catalyst for interviews, conversations and insights that broaden our understanding of history, remembrance and the very human consequences of war. 

What kind of an effect did being a POW have on Harry and his family - then and even now? 

A chance family reunion revealing the inter-generational ripple effects of two world wars, inspires Megan to embark upon an epic, life-changing pilgrimage of 'historical empathy': to recover the past and practice remembrance by "walking a mile in the shoes" of her serving ancestors, one emotional footstep at a time...

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'From A Whisper To A Bang!' is a six-episode podcast series produced and presented by Megan Spencer, commissioned by the Australian War Memorial.

EPISODE 01 of 'From A Whisper To A Bang!' was first published on the Australian War Memorial website on 31 January, 2019. Dur: 57:59

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Full episode credits:

Interviewees
    Professor Peter Monteath
    Dr. Lachlan Grant
    Dr. Adrian Threlfall
    Bob Spencer
    Delma Calcagno

Actors
    Finn Ellis
    Heath Bigg
    Sienna Bigg

Voices
    The Last Post: Greg Kimball (MC) and Private Christopher Freymeyer (reader) from the Australian War Memorial.
    Joanne Whiteman (family reunion)

Music
    Xylouris White

Additional Music
    Jeremy Conlon

Mastered by
    Kris Keogh

Acknowledgements
    Office of Strategic Services Audio – Courtesy: National Archives and Records Administration.
    Glen Eley and Cinetone Moviesound Productions.

Thank you
    Gaga Music, Jim White, George Xylouris
    The Australian War Memorial - Amanda Dennett, Andy Heaney, the DEX team, the Historians and Collections teams.
    To everyone who contributed to this episode and to the Spencer family.

Notes
Harry was not on the ‘Costa Rica’ vessel that was sunk during the evacuation from Greece. In his memoir he says that en route to the port he became separated from his unit and was instead evacuated from mainland Greece to Crete on the “HMAS Perth”.

More info about the sinking of the Costa Rica:
https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/encyclopedia/horrie/doc

The graphic novel that Adrian Threlfall co-wrote with Hugh Dolan, is 'Reg Saunders', An Indigenous War Hero - https://www.nla.gov.au/blogs/behind-the-scenes/2015/04/22/reg-saunders-an-indigenous-war-hero
Adrian is also the author of Jungle Warriors. 

Read
More about the 2/7th Infantry Battalion on the Australian War Memorial website
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/U56050

Visit
The Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial website
http://www.powmemorialballarat.com.au/

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Full episode credits at this link: 
https://www.awm.gov.au/learn/podcasts/Whisper/episode1

More episodes:
https://www.awm.gov.au/learn/podcasts/Whisper/

More about Megan Spencer:
http://www.themeganspencer.com

(c) Miami Movies PL 2019

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Disclaimer
The opinions expressed in this podcast series are those of individual contributors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Australian War Memorial.

EP01_FROM A WHISPER TO A BANG!: Harry's Story, Megan's Pilgrimage

Hey there - I make radio and podcasts and have been making sound professionally my entire working life. I'm also  a freelance media arts professional and a mindfulness meditation teacher.

This is my selected Radio Portfolio and Podcast Feed.

Here you'll find episodes (and excerpts of) the podcasts I've made to date, plus a selection of radio interviews I've done over the years, including:
• Audio features for Virtual War Memorial Australia
Oral histories for the Virtual War Memorial Australia
• Commissioned audio features  for the Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne
• From A Whisper to A Bang! (6 x one-hour episodes) for the Australian War Memorial
• Auspicious Plastic (14 x 20 - 30-minute episodes)
• Three Wicked Women (6 x one-hour episodes + the individual stories)
• Gut Feeling (3 x 20 - 30-minute episodes)
• Gang of Film (1 x one-hour episode)
• Deep Storytelling (1 x one-hour episode)
• Plus commissioned audio content for small businesses and orgs.

You can also enjoy a range of radio I've made over the years from my time working as a  presenter at ABC Local Radio in Australia (2008 - 2013), as film critic and arts reporter for the national triple j radio network (1998 - 2007), plus as a freelance correspondent for ABC radio in Berlin (2015-2017).

Please feel free to subscribe to my podcasts on iTunes: http://bit.ly/2EPC4cI

The ABC radio tracks contained in this stream are listen-only, non-downloadable and may not be re-broadcast. This feed is strictly for the purposes of personal listening and non-commercial use. Thanks for listening!

Megan Spencer

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