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Drive is a podcast about driven women delivering in their chosen fields, hosted by journalist and presenter Leila McKinnon.
Join Leila as she finds out how these inspirational women are living their lives their way – what drives them; the lessons they've learned; and the ones they wish they'd known earlier.
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Ask any woman and she'll tell you about a time when she was too something. At work, women are suffocated by stereotypes about who we should be and how we should behave.
In FW's new podcast, Too Much, join Helen McCabe as she speaks with high-achieving women who bucked trends, disrupted systems and refused to quit. Women who built careers by forging their own paths.
Episodes drop weekly.
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When it comes to domestic and family violence, it’s easy to feel helpless. But did you know that more than half of family violence victim-survivors open up to family and friends for help first?*
Whether you’re worried about your own relationship, or you’re a friend, family member or a colleague - knowing subtle signs and red flags can make a big difference.
Episode 1 of There’s No Place Like Home season two is now live. Episodes drop weekly.
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- If you have experienced or at risk of domestic and family violence and/or sexual assault, you can call the national counselling service 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732). In an emergency, or if you are not feeling safe, always call the police on 000.
There’s No Place Like Home is a Future Women podcast in collaboration with our proud partner, Commonwealth Bank, who are committed to helping end financial abuse through CommBank Next Chapter. No matter who you bank with, if you’re worried about your finances because of domestic and family violence, you can contact CommBank’s Next Chapter Team on 1800 222 387 within Australia or visit commbank.com.au/nextchapter.
*Source: ANROWS. (2022). Transforming responses to intimate partner and sexual violence: Listening to the voices of victims, perpetrators, and services.
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Nothing makes a person go weak at the knees quite like a job interview. Enter: Shortlisted, a podcast by Future Women where Helen McCabe and Jamila Rizvi hold your virtual hand, walking with you every step of the way, right to the interview door and straight onto the shortlist.
Shortlisted is now available wherever you get your podcasts.
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Through ten captivating episodes, There’s No Place Like Home pulls back the curtain to reveal the nature and impact of domestic and family violence in Australia. Told in survivors’ own words, each episode tells the story of ten extraordinary people who generously share their most intimate thoughts, feelings, and experiences with you.
There’s No Place Like Home is hosted by Tarang Chawla, whose sister Nikita was killed by her partner in 2015. Tarang brings his lived experience, empathy and understanding to the fore as he presents an unflinching assessment of the current situation and explores the possible solutions.
This is a podcast by Future Women, made in collaboration with CommBank, which is supporting long-term financial independence for victim-survivors through CommBank Next Chapter.
There’s No Place Like Home drops 22 February 2022. Subscribe now. Subscribe on Spotify, Apple or Google Play Visit the official website Follow @Futurewomen on Instagram and Twitter and stay in touch with hashtag #TNPLH More information on Commbank’s Next Chapter Join Future Women
Content note: This podcast includes descriptions of family violence and may be upsetting to some listeners. If you have experienced or are at risk of domestic and family violence and/or sexual assault, you can call the national counselling service 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732). In an emergency, or if you are not feeling safe, always call the police on 000.
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Anonymous Was A Woman with Jamila Rizvi and Astrid Edwards is a conversation on books by, and about, women.
Season 4 is out now. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
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Labor MP Linda Burney is a fascinating blend of realist and optimist.
She’s pragmatic but she dares to dream of a kinder, fairer Australia.
In this episode, Leila McKinnon speaks to the Shadow Minister about her past and her dreams for the future – for herself, and for the nation.
This is the last episode of season two. Make sure you subscribe so you don't miss Drive when it returns.
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Guest: Linda Burney, Shadow Minister for Families and Social Services and for Preventing Family Violence
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We are thrilled to bring you a very special episode with our boss lady in chief, Helen McCabe.
Helen speaks with Leila about being an "extreme introvert" in the public eye, how getting sacked in her twenties put her on a path to success, what's changed for women and what remains the same.
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Guest @mccabehelen
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“You're either a Paralympian doing incredible things, or a really sad and depressed person who is burdened by a miserable life with disabilities.”
Lisa Cox is an award-winning writer, presenter and consultant. She’s also spent nearly two decades advocating for better and fairer representation of people with a disability in media and pop culture.
In this week’s episode of Drive, she and Leila McKinnon talk about using spending power to create change, gratitude, and reshaping cultural norms.
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On paper, Bec Nyst has lived many lives. She went from Brisbane schoolgirl to Harvard Business School, eBay, Google and now Head of Restaurants for Uber Eats Australia and New Zealand.
In this episode of Drive, Bec talks to Leila McKinnon about taking the worry out of decision-making as well as feeling the fear and doing it anyway.
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Guest: Bec Nyst, Head of Restaurants UberEats Australia New Zealand.
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Ally Watson’s goal is clear: a world where Mark Zuckerberg isn’t the face of tech.
This week on Drive, she joins Leila McKinnon to talk about breaking the binary in the world of coding through her social enterprise, Code Like A Girl.
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Guest @ally_c_watson, CEO and founder of @codelikeagirlau
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In this episode of Drive, Leila McKinnon speaks to one of Australia's top surgeons, Professor Kate Drummond AM about why work/life balance is a myth, the mysteries of the brain and how to keep yours in good shape.
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Guest: Professor Kate Drummond AM, Director of Neurosurgery at The Royal Melbourne Hospital
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In this bonus episode, Leila chats to Aminata Conteh-Biger about why she set up the Aminata Maternal Foundation. Listen to the full episode with Aminata here.
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In this week's episode of Drive, Leila McKinnon speaks to Aminata Conteh-Biger about the horror of being captured by rebel forces in Sierra Leone, the freedom in owning her story and how she forgave the unforgivable.
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Guest @aminata_conteh_biger CEO @aminatafoundation - read her story in Rising Heart.
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Drive is back with a brand new host - journalist and presenter, Leila McKinnon.
In this week's episode, Leila speaks to retired NSW detective Deborah Wallace about how leading with authenticity shaped her ascension within the police force.
She also takes us through her biggest career-defining moments – from re-enacting Anita Cobby's final hours, cracking down on the seedy underworld of organised crime, and how a legal stoush with Alan Jones helped fulfil a lifelong dream.
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Guest Deborah Wallace's biography is A Woman of Force by Mark Morri
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We'll be back in your feed soon with a second season of Drive and this time, there's a brand new host.
Join journalist and presenter, Leila McKinnon, as she chats to inspirational women who are living their lives, their way. Find out what drives them; the lessons they've learned; and the ones they wish they'd known earlier.
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In our season finale, Georgie chats to Co-founder and Managing Director of GINGER & SMART, Alexandra Smart about starting a company without financial backing, structuring business around family and creating a brand with sustainability at the heart.
Alexandra’s recommendations
Travelling to Morocco Business of Fashion podcast Future Women podcasts Any Ordinary Day by Leigh Sales
Thanks so much for joining us for the first season of Drive. We hope you enjoyed hearing from these incredible women as much as we enjoyed making the podcast for you. We’ll be back with season two soon.
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Georgie chats to entrepreneur and The Remarkable Woman founder Shivani Gopal about the myth of meritocracy and her new venture Upstreet.
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Georgie chats to entrepreneur Shivani Gopal from The Remarkable Woman about why ambition shouldn’t feel like a dirty word, the freedom that comes with bucking social norms, and how to ask for what you deserve.
Shivani’s recommendations Dumplings and Kung Pao chicken at Spice Temple in Sydney The book All That I Am by Anna Funder
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Georgie chats with Culture Amp’s Global Head of Equitable Design & Impact Aubrey Blanche (aka the Mathpath) about how we can address bias in the recruiting process.
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Georgie chats to Culture Amp’s Global Head of Equitable Design & Impact Aubrey Blanche (aka The Mathpath) about how her experiences of discrimination cultivated empathy, why belonging is more important than inclusion in the workplace, and what leadership should look like in 2020.
Aubrey’s recommendations Culture First podcast Signal app The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House by Audre Lorde Any book by Pema Chodron Aubrey’s Good Reads list (https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/5586566-aubrey)
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Fred's head chef Danielle Alvarez talks about her love for Australian produce and the ingredients she always has in her fridge.
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Georgie chats to Fred’s head chef, Danielle Alvarez about leading an award-winning restaurant with kindness and compassion, her sliding door moment and the thing in her kitchen she can’t live without.
Danielle’s recommendations The apple galette in her new cookbook Always Add Lemon The podcast Unpaused
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Georgie chats with AFL’s General Manager of Inclusion and Social Policy, Tanya Hosch about the Black Lives Matter protests in Australia and how her parents influenced her career path.
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Georgie chats with AFL’s General Manager of Inclusion and Social Policy, Tanya Hosch about the importance of doing what’s right rather than what’s popular, and the pain she felt watching the Adam Goodes documentaries.
Tanya’s recommendations Outer Sanctum podcast TV - Insiders, Offsiders, Kath and Kim, Black Comedy Movies - The Little Miss Sunshine and Australian films like Kenny and The Castle
In Adelaide: Barossa Valley and McLaren Vale Peel Street restaurant The Greek on Halifax Art Gallery of South Australia Adelaide Central Market, particularly Lucia’s for coffee Botanic Gardens and Mount Lofty Gardens
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Georgie chats to founder of Adopt Change, actor, director and passionate children’s rights advocate Deborra-lee Furness about living in New York during the Black Lives Matter protests and Covid-19 lockdown.
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Georgie chats to founder of Adopt Change, actor, director and passionate children’s rights advocate Deborra-lee Furness about why communicating important issues is often best done through art, embracing imperfection and not letting fear stand in the way of life’s pursuits.
DEBORRA-LEE’S RECOMMENDATIONS
Books The War of Art by Steven Pressfield When The Body Says No by Dr. Gabor Maté
Podcasts Brene Brown’s Unlocking Russell Brand’s Under the Skin Selected episodes on Goop
Eat at Locanda Verde in Tribeca, New York Lucien in East Village, New York Ricotta hotcakes at Bill’s in Sydney
Watch Reminiscence Ozark
Next on Deborra-lee’s travel list are Sweden, Tibet, Bhutan and Iceland.
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Kellie Clenton is the Head of Delivery Partner for Uber Eats across Australia and New Zealand. In this bonus episode, she talks to Georgie about the role of continuous learning when it comes to advancing your career.
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Georgie chats to Kellie Clenton, Head of Delivery Partner for Uber Eats across Australia and New Zealand, about what effective leadership looks like in a Covid-19 world, why the path to coveted senior roles is often not linear, and why knowing yourself is just as important as the skills you bring.
KELLIE’S RECOMMENDATIONS Travelling to Kakadu National Park and Patagonia is on her bucket list Eat at BRAT and Barrafina in London Stay at Town Hall Hotel in London Shop in London by strolling around Shoreditch and Spitalfields Order Uber Eats from The Char Rotisserie in Bondi, Sydney The book Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo The Sam Harris Making Sense podcast
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We're jumping in your Drive feed to tell you about another Future Women podcast we think you'll love.
Off the back of a very successful season one, Anonymous Was A Woman with Future Women's Chief Creative Officer Jamila Rizvi and Astrid Edwards is back. A conversation on books by, and about, women.
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Award-winning Australian actor, producer, writer and director Rachel Griffiths chats to Georgie about dealing with rejection, the role that got away, and finding stillness in an unexpected place.
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RACHEL’S RECOMMENDATIONS Tara June Winch’s book The Yield
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Aminatou talks about what it felt like in the U.S. after the killing of George Floyd.
Aminatou’s book Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close is available wherever you get good books.
Her podcast with Ann Friedman is Call Your Girlfriend.
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Georgie Gardner and Call Your Girlfriend’s Aminatou Sow chat about the joy and complexity of friendships, the need for open conversations about salary, and following your gut with career decisions.
Aminatou’s book Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close is available wherever you get good books. Her podcast with Ann Friedman is Call Your Girlfriend.
AMINATOU’S RECOMMENDATIONS Cumulus Inc restaurant in Melbourne The works of Toni Morrison and Helen Garner Who? Weekly podcast The New York Times podcast Still Processing
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Georgie Gardner chats with former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard about mentoring.
Julia’s book Women and Leadership is available wherever you get good books.
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Georgie Gardner chats with former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard about dealing with sexism, the misogyny speech, and how we create a world where female leadership is welcomed not chastised.
Julia’s book Women and Leadership is available wherever you get good books. Her podcast is A Podcast of One’s Own.
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JULIA'S RECOMMENDATIONS The Book Review podcast by The New York Times World vs Virus podcast Australian horror movie, Relic The Star of Greece and the Victory Hotel restaurants in South Australia
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Drive with Georgie Gardner is a new Future Women podcast in partnership with Uber Eats.
Each week, she will speak to accomplished and interesting women about their enviable careers and how they manage to make time and space for themselves. From work and life advice, to travel and wellness tips, Georgie will find out what engages them, and where possible, pass on their shortcuts.
The podcast begins on 29 July, with new episodes in your feed every Wednesday.
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