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Mud Between Your Toes podcasts — 100 episodes
NIGEL SIMMONDS, author of the highly recommended book, EATING THE WIND, opens the doors to his life in Bali... and the highs and lows when escaping the rat race.
This podcast is all about vaginas—medical grade vaginas. I speak to “Vagina Betty” McCarthy about—err—vaginas. And a few other body parts.
AFP’s sports correspondent Danny Hicks, speaks to me from Hiroshima, where he regales us with all the news and gossip following the Tokyo2020 Olympic Games.
Lynne O’Donnell speaks to me from Kabul about Taliban threats to kidnap girls and women, raising concerns about them effectively becoming sex slaves.
South Africa recently experienced some of the worst violence in modern times. Veteran journalist, Peta Thornycroft, explains how the rainbow nation descended into such chaos.
Former World Bank Country Director for Central Africa, Robert Calderisi discusses his books, The Trouble with Africa, and, Cecil Rhodes and Other Statues.
When journalist, Mary Lloyd, moved to Australia to work for the ABC, her dreams of big skies came crashing down after she was diagnosed with cancer. Mary opens up to me about her battle.
Actor Nick Reding, best known for his role as PC Ramsey in The Bill, founded S.A.F.E Kenya – an NGO combatting female genital cutting, HIV/AIDS and violent extremism.
Gary Stokes, co-founder of OceansAsia and former director of Sea Shepherd Asia, chats about the illegal fishing industry, sharks fins, pollution and his role in the Netflix blockbuster, SEASPIRACY.
In 1898, Ewart Grogan became the first man to walk from Cape to Cairo – for love. Over 100 years later, Julian Smith, author of Crossing the Heart of Africa, followed in his footsteps – also for love.
In the wake of the #RhodesMustFall campaign, I chat to Duncan Clarke, author of Rhodes Ghost and try to get to the bottom of Cecil Rhodes – man, myth, legend or monster?
Rob Parry-Jones, head of WWF Wildlife Crime Programme, discusses the devastating impact that organised crime has on the extinction our wildlife species.
Luke Hunt chats about his book, Punji Trap – the spy who didn’t love us: a Communist agent whose spying was as perfect for Hanoi as they were shattering for USA during the Vietnam War.
Michela Wrong, author of In the Footsteps of Mr Kurtz, discusses her new book, Do Not Disturb - which explores the controversial career of Paul Kagame and the legacy of the Rwandan genocide.
Mike Smith, the Australian Financial Review’s China correspondent, was awoken by the secret police banging on his door, marking the end of Australian journalism on the ground in China since the 1970s.
David Pope, one of Asia’s leading voice coaches, talks to me about gravitas, the science of the voice and the vital role it plays in the corporate world.
Lindsey McAlister, OBE, founder of the HONG KONG YOUTH ARTS FOUNDATION, chats about the role the arts plays on today’s children – especially in an age of social media.
Listen to Danny Hicks, senior sports correspondent for AFP, wax lyrical to me about the debacle that is the Tokyo Olympic Games – scheduled to open on 23 July.
Rusty Labuschagne spent 10 years in a Zimbabwe jail for a crime he didn’t commit. He speaks to me about the harrowing experience and how he overcame the worst decade of his life.
For the first time in history the Gay Games will be hosted in Asia - in Hong Kong in November 2022. Lisa Lam and Dennis Philipse chat about the 9-day international world-class diversity festival.
The Kings Cross Steelers are the world’s first gay rugby club. Tim Sullivan discusses the impact the club has had on rugby and on why the world’s roughest sport is also the most gay friendly.
Lynne O’Donnell - award winning journalist, foreign correspondent and war reporter chats to me about her fascinating book, High Tea in Mosul: The True Story of Two Englishwomen in War-Torn Iraq.
Craig Leeson is an award-winning filmmaker, television presenter & news correspondent. I chat to him about his breath-taking documentaries A Plastic Ocean & The Last Glaciers.
Alex Perry discusses his book, The Good Mothers - the gripping true story of how a group of brave women helped take down the powerful Calabrian mafia criminal empire.
S02E30 - YEARENDER (PART 6) - MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES - JACK MILBANK-ADAM JOGEE-DJ CONNELL-DOWAGER COUNTESS CAWDOR - 12 JANUARY 2021
S02E29 - YEARENDER (PART 5) - MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES - MARK OLDEN - LISA HYWOOD - LACHLAN COLQUHOUN - KEITH RICHBURG - 06 JANUARY 2021
S02E28 - YEARENDER 2020 (PART 4) - MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES - SARAH FOX - CYNRIC TEMPLE-CAMP - ZANELLE NDLOVU - DAVID FOX - 30 DECEMBER 2020
S02E27 - YEARENDER (PART 3) - MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES - Innocent Mutanga - Tertius Myburgh - Bruno Hansen - David Fox - 23 DECEMBER 2020
Angelika, Dowager Countess Cawdor, chats to me about her childhood in Zimbabwe and life in Cawdor castle, home of Macbeth.
S02E25 - YEARENDER 2020 (PART 2) - MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES - ALLAN SAVORY - FEE HALSTED - LOUISA TREGER - JONATHAN SYMMONDS - 09 DECEMBER 2020
“It's as if Crocodile Dundee has crashed Muriel's wedding and run off into the desert with Priscilla”. That’s how New Zealand author DJ describes her book “Julian Corkle is a Filthy Liar”.
Councillor Adam Jogee, the new mayor of the London borough of Haringey chats to me about his Zimbabwean roots, politics and the challenges he faces in one of London’s most diverse boroughs.
SEASON 02 - EPISODE 22 - YEAR-ENDER 2020 - MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES -JILL BAKER - ROXY DANKWERTS - DOUGLAS ROGERS - PALANI MOHAN - 18 NOV 2020
Zimbabwean, Jack Milbank, chats about his Tuli cattle stud in Queensland – a breed indigenous to Zimbabwe, but one ideally suited to dry climates.
"Thank God my nameless ancestor - brought across the ocean in chains and leg irons - made it out alive. Thank God I am an American." Keith Richburg discusses his time in Africa in the 1990s.
Journalist, Lachlan Colquhoun, chats about Australian Lives - an online space where the life stories of Australians can be stored, collected, curated, honoured and read.
The pangolin is referred to as the most trafficked mammal in the world. Lisa Hywood, founded the Tikki Hywood Foundation in response to their near extinction.
Journalist, Mark Olden, discusses the tragic story of how a person can simply fall through the cracks in the system - even in a first world country.
David Fox was enjoying a beer on the island of Bali. After just one sip he was tapped on the shoulder by a man who identified himself as a police officer asking “do you have something on you?” He did.
This is the story how Zanelle Ndlovu lost her arm to a croc attack whilst canoeing with her fiancé Jamie Fox on the upper Zambezi at Victoria Falls.
A pathologist dazzles us with macabre stories that include spontaneous combustion and exhumation, drug mules, devil worshippers, rare diseases, cot deaths and a controversial landmark murder case.
Sarah Fox is the co-founder of VIVA LILY and has been instrumental in introducing the menstrual cup to thousands of women in Zimbabwe, many living on remote parts of the country.
War correspondent, David Fox, Chats about his 25 years covering war and conflict in Africa, Middle East and Asia.
Surface-to-air missiles, car-jackings and tsunamis are just 3 of the traumatic events that shaped the life of Bruno Hansen.
As the world locked down because of COVID-19, many nationals found themselves stuck in alien lands. But Tertius Myburgh had a plan.
Innocent Mutanga was the first refugee to graduate from a university in Hong Kong – gaining a degree in anthropology from the prestigious Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Zimbabwean raised, Jonathan Symmonds was the lead animator for the dragons on series 5,6 and 7 and is speaking to me from his home in Mauritius.
Louisa Treger, author of The Dragon Lady, chats about the life of Lady Virginia (Ginie) Courtauld
A few years ago, I happened - purely by chance - upon a ceramic sculpture so extraordinary, so out there…so subversive, I felt compelled to find out about person behind the art.
Allan Savory is one of the world’s leading voices in land degradation (or desertification) of the world’s grasslands.
Photographer, Palani Mohan, chats about his art, his career and his extraordinary work around the world.
I chat to Douglas Rogers, author of THE LAST RESORT, a Zimbabwe memoir and TWO WEEKS IN NOVEMBER, The astonishing untold story of the operation that toppled Robert Mugabe.
Roxy Dankwerts has been helping sick & orphaned animals for over 20 years. She has rescued and rewilded a whole menagerie of animals, from African cats, primates, pangolins, birds & elephants.
Jill Baker was the voice of the Rhodesian Broadcasting Corporation – I share her life with you.
EPISODE 49 - LIB AND THE GREAT NEHANDA - Mud Between Your Toes - 17 JUNE 2020
EPISODE 48 - CONVERSATIONS WITH PAT GRIER - Mud Between Your Toes - 10 June 2020
EPISODE 47 - CONVERSATIONS with REV MATT ARNOLD - Mud Between Your Toes - 03 June 2020
EPISODE 46 - THE SAINTS (PART 2) - END OF AN ERA - Mud Between Your Toes - 27 May 2020
EPISODE 45 - THE SAINTS PART 1 - ROOKIES - Mud Between Your Toes - 20 May 2020
EPSODE 44 - CONVERSATIONS with MANDY RETZLAFF - Mud Between Your Toes - 13 May 2020
EPISODE 43 CONVERSATIONS with LINDIE HENSMAN, "the elephant whisperer" - Mud Between Your Toes - 06 May, 2020
EPISODE 42 - PARADISE ISLAND - Mud Between Your Toes - 29 April 2020
EPISODE 41 - CONVERSATIONS with LOUISE STOBART - Mud Between Your Toes - 22 April, 2020
EPISODE 40 - CONVERSATIONS with Larry Norton - Mud Between Your Toes - 15 April, 2020
EPISODE 39 - HORSEY BIT - Mud Between Your Toes - 08 April, 2020
EPISODE 38 - WOODS HIT EUROPE - Mud Between Your Toes - 01 April, 2020
EPISODE 37 - SALAD DAYS - Mud Between Your Toes - 25 March, 2020
EPISODE 36 - CONVERSATIONS with DR ELIZABETH PISANI - COVID19 - Mud Between Your Toes - 20 March, 2020
EPISODE 35 - KARIBA! - Mud Between Your Toes - 18 March, 2020
EPISODE 34 - CONVERSATIONS with ANNABEL HUGHES ASTON. Mud Between Your Toes. 11 March, 2020
EPISODE 33 - 18 HARROW AVENUE - Mud Between Your Toes - 04 March, 2020
EPISODE 32 - CONVERSATIONS with MARK OLDEN. Mud Between Your Toes. 26 February, 2020
EPISODE 31 - THE LUNCH DO (PART 2) - Mud Between Your Toes - 19 February, 2020
EPISODE 30 - THE LUNCH DO (PART 1) - Mud Between Your Toes - 12 February, 2020
EPISODE 29 - THE V BLOCK AND BEYOND - Mud Between Your Toes - 04 February 2020
EPISODE 28 - THE STAMP THIEF - Mud Between Your Toes - 29 January 2020
EPISODE 27 - THE BIRTHDAY (PART 2) - Mud Between Your Toes - 21 Jan 2020
EPISODE 26 - THE BIRTHDAY (PART 1) - Mud Between Your Toes - 15 January 2020
EPISODE 25 - CONVERSATIONS with David Fox - The Birthday - Mud Between Your Toes
EPISODE 24 - THE SEYCHELLES AND THE SUBMARINER - MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES - 01 JANUARY 2020
EPISODE 23 - WOMEN AT WAR (Part 2 - the bush war) - Mud Between Your Toes
EPISODE 22 - WOMEN AT WAR (Part 1 - The pioneers) - Mud Between Your Toes
EPISODE 21 - CONVERSATIONS with Libby Wood - women at war - 24 Dec 2019
EPISODE 20 - OH ZIMBABWE! MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES
EPISODE 19 - CONVERSATIONS with Luke Gilmour on anti poaching - Mud Between Your Toes
EPISODE 18 - CONVERSATIONS with Duncan Wood on hunting on the Zambezi - Mud Between Your Toes
EPISODE 17 -HUNTING, SHOOTING, FISHING (PART 3 of 3 - HIPPOS)- MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES
EPISODE 17 - HUNTING, SHOOTING, FISHING (PART 2 - ZAMBEZI VALLEY!) - MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES
EPISODE 17 - HUNTING, SHOOTING, FISHING (PART 1) - BEIRA!
EPISODE 16. CONVERSATIONS - David Fox speaks to Peter Wood about his early life in London - MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES - 16 October 2019
EPISODE 15 (PART 3 of 3) BACK TO SCHOOL - WAR AND PEACE - 09 October 2019
EPISODE 15 - BACK TO SCHOOL (PART 2) - CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
EPISODE 15 - BACK TO SCHOOL (PART 1) - THE EARLY YEARS
EPISODE 14 - "CONVERSATIONS" with Spike Cockburn
EPISODE 13 - DOGS, DOGS, DOGS - MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES
EPISODE 12 - "CONVERSATIONS" with Libby Wood -MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES
EPISODE 11 - THE RHODESIAN FARM GARDEN
EPISODE 10 - THE BIG BRAVE LEOPARD HUNTER
EPISODE 9 - ALEC - MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES
EPISODE 8 - THE SOUNDS OF AFRICA - MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES