re:location
A podcast exploring people’s sense of home in regional Australia and overseas. All episodes available here.
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A sense of home…
In 2020, re:location kept me incredibly busy. Over six months I looped across the country to better understand what gives Australians their sense of home. I was always keen to understand how people clicked with where they lived and what made their home unique. Karumba, where life is defined by the extremes of nature, was one of my favourite places to profile.
Lots of ideas…
One of the things I enjoyed the most about recording re:location was unpacking all the different ideas, views and perspectives that could be found in places that are too readily pigeon-holed. A favourite place to explore was Lismore, New South Wales. It’s a real microcosm for hippies, suburbanites and farmers. In Lismore, I asked residents whether they were feeling optimistic or pessimistic about the direction of the country.
Our place in the world…
In early 2020, Australia closed its borders to the rest of the world. I had originally planned to record a podcast in the States, instead the first few episodes were recorded from a desk in inner-Melbourne with the world in lockdown. It was great inspiration to reach-out to fascinating people across the globe and explore not only my guests' sense of home but how they saw their place in the world. Here’s a conversation with Shashank Bengali, the LA Times South East Asia Correspondent on life in Singapore that I really enjoyed.