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The reMAKERs
by Australia reMADE
Welcome to the reMAKERS… …a new conversation that asks, ‘what is the best version of us, and how do we actually build it?’ How can we be more collaborative, transformative and ambitious? How can we help change systems, not just treat symptoms? This is your home for nuanced, curious, delightful conversations with some of our most impactful leaders, thinkers and reMAKERs from all walks of life. It’s a chat about politics and social change, about humans and all our weird and wonderful ways, about celebrating what we love while we reMAKE even more of the world we want. It’s a place to try on big ideas, change our minds, hear different perspectives and explore less chartered territory. Guests’ views are their own, obviously, and it would be pretty boring if we always agreed with each other and everything we heard. The reMAKERS is recorded on Darug Country and we acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of these lands and waters, honouring Elders past and present.
Episodes
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Season 4, Ep 2: Our vulnerabilities sit where our infrastructure collapses with Mario Peucker
What are the social conditions that make people susceptible to the lure of the far right, and what might we do to change these conditions? Mario Peucker is an Associate Professor and the author of Democracy Strikes Back: Understanding and Countering the Rise of the Far-right. Mario is an expert…
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Season 4, Ep 1: Abundance with Matt Berry, Dan Hill, Sisonke Msimang & Millie Rooney
This episode is a recording of ‘Book Club Live’ hosted by the wonderful folk from Good Together. Matt Berry (Good Together) hosts Millie Rooney (Executive Director at Australia reMADE), Dan Hill (Director at Melbourne School of Design), and Sisonke Msimang (Author and Program Lead at the Centre…
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Season 3, Ep 13: IMAGI-NATION with Jack Manning Bancroft
What if we could unearth for humanity the most enduring source of human knowledge on the planet – Indigenous systems thinking — and fuse it with the best of modern knowledge and technology? What if we could bake in more relational, expansive, nature-based design into how we approach our lives and...
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Season 3, Ep 12: Caring through Disaster with Dr Millie Rooney and Rachel Hay
In tumultuous times, how do we ensure that communities can care and be cared for through disaster? It’s all hands on deck for this episode of the reMAKERS podcast, as Lily welcomes Dr Millie Rooney (Co-Director) and Rachel Hay (Research and Projects Officer) onto the podcast to talk about…
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Season 3, Ep 11: A Wellbeing Economy for All, with Lisa Hough-Stewart and Amanda Janoo
The economy is just how we produce and provide for one another. So what if we threw out the old indicators of growth and profit, and instead measured its success by our collective wellbeing? On this episode of the reMAKERS podcast, we talk to Amanda Janoo (Economics and Policy Lead) and Lisa...
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Season 3, Ep 10: thinking in (eco)systems with Dr Vishnu Prahalad
What do a grandmother’s advice on ants, a time machine and an iceberg have in common? According to Dr Vishnu Prahalad, they’re all part of what it means for us to live more sustainably, by learning to think in terms of systems. On this episode of the reMAKERS, we talk to Dr Prahalad: a...
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Season 3, Ep 9: Mark Zirnsak
How do we reMAKE our systems to treat people with respect, kindness and empathy? On this episode of the reMAKER’s podcast, we talk to Mark Zirnsak, Senior Social Justice Advocate at the Uniting Church, who works on issues from climate change and tax to modern slavery, as director of its Justice…
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Season 3, Ep 8: Purpose-driven business with Sally Hill
How can business better serve society and the planet we share? What’s holding us back from doing business better, and where is the momentum for change? How can we tell a true purpose-driven business from one that’s just doing a little good (or a nice PR campaign) on the side? Today we’re chatting...
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Season 3, Ep 7: building an economy that doesn't screw young people, with Jane Body and Thomas Walker
Young people today have the deck stacked against them, and they know it. They’ve grown up in a world defined by the global financial crisis, the climate crisis, a housing and cost-of-living crisis, and a global pandemic. Their HECs debts are growing, their confidence in the future is shaky, and...
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Season 3, Ep 6: Richard Denniss calls bullsh-t
“We don’t need a new economics to tackle most of these problems, we just need less bullsh-t.” - Richard Denniss Chief economist and Executive Director of The Australia Institute, Richard Denniss, joins us for a frank and refreshing look behind the curtain of economics, politics and power. He says...
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Season 3, Ep 5: Sophie Howe on How A Country can Transform
What if Australia had a national conversation about the country we want to have, and the kind of ancestors we want to be — and then enshrined these goals into legislation? What if we asked school children to write postcards to their future selves and construct their dream cities using lego and...
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Season 3, Ep 4: John Quiggin wants you to get a pay rise
Are you overdue for a big pay rise? Would moving a 4 day standard working week be the best way for your employer to give you one (even if you work part-time)? Economist and Professor John Quiggin thinks so — and he joins for a fireside chat to explain this and other big ideas gathering momentum…
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Season 3, Ep 3: The Economics of Arrival with Dr Katherine Trebeck
When it comes to our economy, can we dare to ask the question, ‘when is enough, enough?’ Is it time to be more discerning about what we want from our economy and how we define success, from our personal lives to the world at large? Political economist, writer and advocate for economic system…
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Season 3, Ep 2: The road to wellbeing
Imagine if we put wellbeing at the heart of government. Imagine a National Conversation that kicks off and creates shared goals for the ‘Australia We Want’, with input from all corners of society. Our former Treasurer may have mocked wellbeing budgets as all mala beads and incense, but more than...
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Season 3, Ep 1: reMAKING Economics 101
It’s the economics course you’d actually like to take, and today’s guests hope the best universities in the world copy their approach and put them out of business. In the meantime, they’re educating a new generation of leaders to remake economics from the inside out, and you’re invited to apply....
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Bonus Summer Series: CONTRIBUTION
What does it mean to contribute? What do we need to to enable everyone to meaningfully contribute to society (and for this contribution to be recognised)? In the second half of 2022, Australia reMADE and Women’s Health Goulburn North East hosted a series of live panel discussions based around the...
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Bonus Summer Series: CONNECTION
Welcome to the second instalment in our Bonus Summer Series — a deep dive into CONNECTION. It’s a conversation about radical love and the peace we gain when we are still, vulnerable and connected to place — accepting Country as a place of care and love that loves us back. It’s about the gender...
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Bonus Summer Series: CARE
We bring you the first episode of our Bonus Summer Series — a conversation reframing CARE. Why is it that a fence line on a National Park changes our care relationship with a piece of land? What does it look like to recognise care as a policy choice rather than just an individual responsibility?...
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Season 2, Ep 13: Farewell 2022!
It’s the end of the year, folks. No one needs anything overly demanding to listen to, but nor do we need a whinge-fest (state of nation: “tired”). Enter Millie and Lily for the final reMAKERS pod of this year: a pretty chill but perky chat that comes full circle to the start of this season, about...
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Season 2, Ep 12: The Story of Us
What does it mean to be Australian? Do we have a national story, a national identity; and do we need one if we’re going to heal the wounds of our past and rise to the challenges ahead? Join us for a fascinating discussion with two of Australia’s leading historians, authors and academics about...
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Season 2, Ep 11: Should art and politics mix?
Ah, fiction. Just when you think you’ve had enough of the real world, here comes our refuge. Our imagination and joy. Our space to play and safely try on bold ideas, delve into our pain, recover our humanity; laugh, cry and walk in each other’s shoes. Recently inspired by some great guest...
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Season 2, Ep 10: The power of story, with S. Shakthidharan
A story, well told, has unmatched power. So how do we tell stories that take us through pain, overcome division and make room for all of us to be our full selves and still belong? What is it about story that makes it one of humanity’s oldest and best technologies? And how can those of who want to...
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Season 2, Ep 9: Humanity's Moment — a time for healing, with Dr Joëlle Gergis
Where were you in the 2020s? Our next guest wants you to be able to say, ‘I was part of it, leading the change’. Dr Joëlle Gergis is one of the world’s leading climate scientists and, we reckon after this conversation especially, a national treasure. She’s devoted her career to the cutting edge…
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Season 2, Ep 8: The systems we inherit, and the ones we choose to change
This conversation is for anyone who’s ever been ambivalent about their phone (or secretly longed to smash it), as well as those of us trying to thoughtfully navigate our way through a beautiful, troubled, at times exhausting world with love, hope and joy. On today’s episode of the reMAKERS…
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Season 2, Ep 7: Together We Can - climate tales for the totally freaked out
If you’re someone who has ever felt freaked out about the climate crisis, this is the episode for you. In this episode of the reMAKERS, Millie gets chatting with Claire O’Rourke — campaigner, behaviour-change expert and author of Together We Can: Everyday Australians doing amazing things to give...
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Season 2, Ep 6: The POWER is YOURS!
So we’ve had this energy crisis. We’ve got this climate crisis. Now what? Look, we know what we want and it’s not that complicated: power that works for all of us — clean, safe, affordable and equitable. So how did we get into this mess, and what can we do about it besides nervously wait for our...
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Season 2, Ep 5: Ruth McGowan wants you to run for office
“There’s nothing that I like better than talking to kick-arse sassy women about politics!” -Ruth McGowan, the reMAKERS podcast We couldn’t agree more, which is why we’re so excited about this conversation with Ruth McGowan. Ruth McGowan is an author, mentor, trainer and champion of community,...
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Season 2, Ep 4: People waking up to their power — election reflections
Welcome to the Post-Election Therapeutic Celebratory Download Chat! How are you feeling post-election? Joyful? Weary? Cynical? Numb? Millie and Lily dig into it all. It’s a chat about what this election means for democracy, about ‘strategic joy’ and hope, and how to make the most of this…
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Season 2, Ep 3: What’s our “why” as a country? (Part 2)
So, we’ve got this election. What would you do if you became PM for a day? Join Lily and Millie for this and many other questions, as we talk about what reMAKERS really want for our country, and how we can start to reclaim our “why”. A great follow-up to our last episode, or enjoy as stand-alone...
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Season 2, Ep 2: What’s our “why” as a country? (Part 1)
Not gonna lie, this is one for the nerds among us. Covid was a giant portal. There’s no going back to the old world. Add to that the climate disasters we’ve endured in Australia (hello fires, floods) and more and more Australians are questioning the role of government, what we really want as a...
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Season 2, Ep 1: Permission to be excited??
The reMAKERS podcast is back, and just in time for the federal election! Dare we be excited about democracy, even when it’s at its most nauseating? Join Millie and Lily for a chat about what is actually exciting us this election, what we’re noticing from the people around us, and the mindset we...
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Ep 14: End of year wrap up with Millie and Lily
It’s the final episode of the year, and Millie and Lily are feeling reflective. What did we learn this year that we don’t actually want to forget over the delightful amnesia of holiday shut down? What were the good bits to hang onto out of covid, and where did things fall apart? What are the wild...
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Ep 13: Caring for each other well, with Dr Greg Shields
We are living in uncertain and anxious times. Mental health is everywhere, but it’s also been largely ‘privatised’ — treated as a personal issue for individuals to address, rather than as a collective response to systemic conditions. This episode of the reMAKERS asks, ‘do we need therapy, or do…
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Episode Twelve: The ‘pondcast’ - aka: why wellbeing matters, with Lily and Millie
Dr Millie Rooney is back! And she has a pond! On this episode the reMAKERS, Lily (pictured left) and Millie (on the right) dive into why things like wellbeing, rest and care are actually the hard work of remaking, rather than the fluff on the side. As writer Elizabeth Gilbert reportedly said…
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Episode Eleven: The Good Life with author and permaculture educator Hannah Moloney
What does it mean to live a good life, in the face of the climate emergency? Or as Hannah asks in this interview, ‘how are we meant to live a life that counters the world’s problems meaningfully, without being a sad mess, and still experience love and joy in our lives?’ Hannah Moloney is the...
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Episode Ten: what unity means to writer and advocate Thomas Mayo
Unity: it’s something Thomas Mayo has thought a lot about in his life and work as a unionist, advocate and writer. Thomas is a Torres Strait Islander man born on Larrakia country in Darwin. Gentle and softly-spoken, he has come to embody unity in his work and in his life — first finding his voice...
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Episode Nine: David Barrow and Thuy Nguyen, Big Deal, Part 2
People power is a nice slogan, but how do we actually do it? And can we do it effectively, without adding to the combustible anger and division in the world today? There's some hard-won wisdom in our next episode of the reMAKERS — part two of our series on democracy and the new movie, Big Deal....
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Episode Eight: Craig Reucassel and Saffron Zomer, Big Deal, Part 1
They say democracy is not a spectator sport, and the new film, Big Deal, will have you ready to get up off the couch. Directed by The Chaser’s Craig Reucassel and starring Bondi Hipster comedian Christiaan Van Vuuren, it follows everyman Christiaan as he tries to unravel the story of money in our...
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Episode Seven: In Case of Emergency with Kelly O’Shanassy & David Ritter
Is 1.5 degrees of warming the cliff to the end of the world? Is everything falling part? Are we all to blame? Can we solve this problem, even without the federal government? It’s been a few weeks since latest IPCC report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, was released by the United...
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Episode Six: Grace Williams, Gentle Activist
Grace Williams is an emerging leader with a love of law, story-telling and ‘activism without resistance.’ She was born into a refugee camp in Ghana; her early life was spent in learning to speak different languages, befriending with other largely displaced peoples and not taking much of anything...
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Episode Five: Creating the Next Economy, with Dr Amanda Cahill
Is it really possible to build an economy that works better for people and planet? How? Few leaders understand this question from as grounded, practical and hopeful a perspective as Dr Amanda Cahill. In 2014, Dr Cahill was invited to help present to a regional community in Queensland, Australia,...
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Episode Four: Dan Ilic, comedian and activist
Dan Ilic is a comedian for good trouble. He is one of the most prolific comedy voices in Australian media — with a resume that spans tv, radio, digital and live performances in Australia, the US and beyond. As the creator and host of A Rational Fear, winner of Best Comedy Podcast in 2020, Dan and...
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Episode Three: Dr Emma Lee on ‘real, revolutionary love’
Dr Emma Lee is a trawlwulwuy woman from tebrakunna country, north-east Tasmania. She is a leader, advisor and multi award-winning academic at the Center for Social Impact at the Swinburne University of Technology. We first came across Dr Lee in 2019, reading her article, “We love-bombed the...
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Episode Two: David Ritter, CEO Greenpeace Australia Pacific
‘The Rebellion will Prevail’ David Ritter has worn many hats: mischievous kid (“a real nuisance in class”), lawyer, author, husband, father and now CEO of Greenpeace Australia Pacific. In this brilliant, wise and deeply-hopeful conversation, he gives the best answer we’ve ever heard to the...
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Episode One: Introducing the reMAKERS
Show notes Here are some of the things we mention: Doing democracy differently in Australia — stories we’ve written “From trepidation to transformation: democracy, Indi-style” “Uncommon victories: lessons from Warringah and Indi” The decade-long community campaign that led to a constitutional ban...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to the reMAKERS…
…a new conversation that asks, ‘what is the best version of us, and how do we actually build it?’ How can we be more collaborative, transformative and ambitious? How can we help change systems, not just treat symptoms?
This is your home for nuanced, curious, delightful conversations with some of our most impactful leaders, thinkers and reMAKERs from all walks of life. It’s a chat about politics and social change, about humans and all our weird and wonderful ways, about celebrating what we love while we reMAKE even more of the world we want. It’s a place to try on big ideas, change our minds, hear different perspectives and explore less chartered territory. Guests’ views are their own, obviously, and it would be pretty boring if we always agreed with each other and everything we heard.
The reMAKERS is recorded on Darug Country and we acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of these lands and waters, honouring Elders past and present.
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Australia reMADE
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