In this special episode, Kate and Katherine seek out advice from the best as they both prepare to launch brand new books for kids. They are delighted to be chatting with author, illustrator and current Australian Children's Laureate, Sally Rippin . How to launch a MG book and why it's different from launching an adult book, the art of illustration, taking the business side of author life seriously, the problem with the word 'lucky', how to be a good industry citizen, the difference between 'lear...
Sep 29, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Season 6Ep. 274
This special live recording of The First Time Podcast took place on May 23, 2024 at Carriageworks on Gadigal Land for the Sydney Writers Festival. Podcast co-host, Kate Mildenhall spoke to guests Melanie Saward, James Colley and Charlotte Wood about their books, their paths to publication and the writing life. Melanie Saward is a proud Bigambul and Wakka Wakka woman. She is a writer, editor and university lecturer based in Tulmur (Ipswich), Queensland. Her debut novel Burn was published by Affir...
Jul 17, 2024•51 min•Ep. 274
This episode of The Next Step is with Nat Kringoudis. It’s the episode where Katherine FINALLY gets to talk about both ice baths and fasting. Fasting can be problematic for some people so if you feel like food restriction discussions are triggering, maybe sit this one out. Nat Kringoudis is a health care practitioner, she’s also a two times best selling author, Speaker and all-round natural fertility expert. She’s the founder of Melbourne women’s health clinic, The Pagoda Tree and host of The We...
May 14, 2024•55 min•Season 6Ep. 273
Laurie Kilmartin is a stand-up comedian and an Emmy-nominated and award-winning comedy writer. She was a staff writer for all 11 years of CONAN and has performed standup on CONAN, Late Late Show w/James Corden, and Comedy Central. Laurie Kilmartin is also on Twitter . A lot of people are on Twitter or have been on Twitter, but she’s the kind of tweeter that makes you wish Twitter was still a thing . For example, she life tweeted her dad’s death in a way that was both heart wrenching and hilariou...
May 07, 2024•47 min•Season 6Ep. 272
Sarah Pound is the creator of @wholesomebysarah . You’ve probably heard of her before, you may also have cooked her food. Sarah shares easy weeknight recipes on Insta where she a cult following of more than 700,000 people. You can also get Sarah’s meal kids in Woolworths around the country. Sarah recently released her first cookbook also called ‘ Wholesome by Sarah ’. When pre-orders of her cookbook were announced to her within hours it was the #1 bestselling on Amazon Australia. It stayed in th...
Apr 30, 2024•45 min•Season 6Ep. 271
Have you ever wanted to own your own business but not known where to begin? Like, literally all you know is that you WANT a business and nothing else? This interview with coach and entrepreneur Luisa Zhou is for you. Luisa Zhou is the founder of LuisaZhou.com , which teaches people how to go from employee to entrepreneur, and scale their businesses to 6- and 7-figures. She’s helped thousands of people make their first $10K to $100K in less than a year. Luisa has appeared in numerous online and p...
Apr 23, 2024•53 min•Season 6Ep. 270
Brigid Delaney is currently a political speechwriter. She was a journalist for The Guardian , and wrote popular weekly column, ' Brigid Delaney's Diary ',’ which we little a little about in this interview. She wrote that column for eight years. It is so good. Like unbelievably and consistently funny, it’s stood the test of time. Read the cheese story and the mansion story mentioned in the episode—they’re incredible! Brigid also wrote Wellmania , the book that the Netflix series is based. But the...
Apr 16, 2024•36 min•Season 6Ep. 269
It's surprising how much the discussion about thoughts and thinking in basketball can apply to creativity. This episode is with BriAnna Garza , a professional basketball shooting coach. She currently coaches players in the (American) NBA, WNBA (as well as the NCAA and youth players) on both shot development and thought development. BriAnna is also the founder/owner of Shooters Shoot— a mentorship program that focuses on the same two things. The training model was inspired by BriAnna’s passion fo...
Apr 09, 2024•49 min•Season 6Ep. 268
Jack Druce is a comedian. Katherine thinks he's the best comedian in Australia (he's also the most humble). If you have the chance to see his stand up, GO. He's not at the Melbourne Comedy Festival this year unfortunately, but you can see his stand up special Rat Paradise on YouTube. It featured in New York Magazine. Katherine gets excited telling people about Jack Druce because he’s genuinely hilarious and she knows they’re going to like him if they go see him, and somehow she thinks this refle...
Apr 02, 2024•45 min•Season 6Ep. 267
This interview is with Jessica Weisberg . Jessica Weisberg is an award-winning writer and producer. Her writing has appeared in the New Yorker, New York Times, Harper’s, and Atavist , among other publications, and been nominated for a National Magazine Award. She ran the features unit at Vice News Tonight on HBO, for which she was nominated for an Emmy, and is a senior producer at Serial Podcast. Her first book, Asking for a Friend , came out in 2018. Katherine read it last year and LOVED it. Th...
Mar 26, 2024•40 min•Season 6Ep. 266
This interview is with Mia Freedman. Mia Freedman needs no introduction! But we'll introduce her anyway. Mia Freedman is the co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of the Mamamia Women’s Media Company in Australia.She very famously started Mamamia sitting at her kitchen table in the the aftermath of walking away from a big job in TV that was a TOTAL disaster. Mamamia now has an audience of more than six and a half million women every month and is also the largest women’s podcast network in the wo...
Mar 19, 2024•50 min•Season 6Ep. 265
Welcome to the very first episode of The First Time podcast's spin off series, The Next Step. The Next Step is all about figuring out what to do next in life. This episode is on manifestation. It's a bit woo woo but probably it’s less woo woo that you might expect. Longer time listeners of The First Time podcast might remember Katherine mentioning To Be Magnetic last season. To Be Magnetic ('TBM') describes itself as a modern guide to manifestation. Jessica Gill is TBM's chief content officer an...
Mar 12, 2024•51 min•Season 6Ep. 264
It's finally arrived! Many of you will know that The First Time is taking a break in its current format this year BUT! Katherine is hosting a spin off series called The Next Step. The Next Step is figuratively (but also literally in this case) what happens after The First Time. It’s about figuring out what to do next in life... It'll still feature interviews with writers but other creatives, comedians and entrepreneurs as well. This the teaser episode, the first proper episode will drop on Wedne...
Mar 06, 2024•3 min•Season 6Ep. 263
Welcome to the last episode in Summer Series -- a chance to catch up on some episodes you may have missed out on the first time around. If you listened to the season 6 finale, you'll know that The First Time is taking a break in it's current format in 2024 BUT! Don't delete the feed just yet, Katherine will be back (solo) as of next week with The Next Step. The Next Step is figuratively but also literally in this case, what happens after The First Time. It’s about figuring out what to do next in...
Mar 03, 2024•43 min•Season 6Ep. 262
Welcome to our Summer Series -- a chance to catch up on some episodes you may have missed out on the first time around. If you listened to the season 6 finale, you'll know that The First Time is taking a break in it's current format in 2024 BUT! Don't delete the feed just yet, Katherine will be back (solo) in March with something new. It'll feature interviews with writers but also creatives, comedians and entrepreneurs. Finally, to celebrate six years of the pod and to kick off the coach-sulting...
Feb 25, 2024•32 min•Season 6Ep. 261
Welcome to our Summer Series -- a chance to catch up on some episodes you may have missed out on the first time around. If you listened to the season 6 finale, you'll know that The First Time is taking a break in it's current format in 2024 BUT! Don't delete the feed just yet, Katherine will be back (solo) in March with something new. It'll feature interviews with writers but also creatives, comedians and entrepreneurs. Finally, to celebrate six years of the pod and to kick off the coach-sulting...
Feb 18, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Season 6Ep. 260
Welcome to our Summer Series -- a chance to catch up on some episodes you may have missed out on the first time around. If you listened to the season 6 finale, you'll know that The First Time is taking a break in it's current format in 2024 BUT! Don't delete the feed just yet, Katherine will be back (solo) in March with something new. It'll feature interviews with writers but also creatives, comedians and entrepreneurs. Finally, to celebrate six years of the pod and to kick off the coach-sulting...
Feb 11, 2024•2 hr 44 min•Season 6Ep. 259
Welcome to our Summer Series -- a chance to catch up on some episodes you may have missed out on the first time around. If you listened to the season 6 finale, you'll know that The First Time is taking a break in it's current format in 2024 BUT! Don't delete the feed just yet, Katherine will be back (solo) in March with something new. It'll feature interviews with writers but also creatives, comedians and entrepreneurs. Finally, to celebrate six years of the pod and to kick off the coach-sulting...
Feb 04, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Season 6Ep. 258
Welcome to our Summer Series -- a chance to catch up on some episodes you may have missed out on the first time around. If you listened to the seas 6 finale, you'll now that The First Time is taking a break in it's current format in 2024 BUT! Don't delete the feed just yet, Katherine will be back flying solo in March with something new. It'll feature interviews with writers but also creatives, comedians and entrepreneurs. Finally, to celebrate six years of the pod and to kick off the coach-sulti...
Jan 28, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 6Ep. 257
We're kicking off our Summer Series -- a chance to catch up on some episodes you may have missed out on the first time around. If you listened to the seas 6 finale, you'll now that The First Time is taking a break in it's current format in 2024 BUT! Don't delete the feed just yet, Katherine will be back flying solo in March with something new. It'll feature interviews with writers but also creatives, comedians and entrepreneurs. Finally, to celebrate six years of the pod and to kick off the coac...
Jan 21, 2024•37 min•Season 6Ep. 256
We're kicking off our Summer Series -- a chance to catch up on some episodes you may have missed out on the first time around. If you listened to the seas 6 finale, you'll now that The First Time is taking a break in it's current format in 2024 BUT! Don't delete the feed just yet, Katherine will be back flying solo in March with something new. It'll feature interviews with writers but also creatives, comedians and entrepreneurs. Finally, to celebrate six years of the pod and to kick off the coac...
Jan 14, 2024•46 min•Season 6Ep. 255
We're kicking off our Summer Series -- a chance to catch up on some episodes you may have missed out on the first time around. If you listened to the seas 6 finale, you'll now that The First Time is taking a break in it's current format in 2024 BUT! Don't delete the feed just yet, Katherine will be back flying solo in March with something new. It'll feature interviews with writers but also creatives, comedians and entrepreneurs. Finally, to celebrate six years of the pod and to kick off the coac...
Jan 07, 2024•48 min•Season 6Ep. 254
We're kicking off our Summer Series -- a chance to catch up on some episodes you may have missed out on the first time around. If you listened to the seas 6 finale, you'll now that The First Time is taking a break in it's current format in 2024 BUT! Don't delete the feed just yet, Katherine will be back flying solo in March with something new. It'll feature interviews with writers but also creatives, comedians and entrepreneurs. Finally, to celebrate six years of the pod and to kick off the coac...
Dec 31, 2023•39 min•Season 6Ep. 253
It's a big ep. We debrief, reflect, recommend and share some rather big news about the pod in 2024. We discuss: Things that have happened in writing and pod life for us since episode one of this season Fishing as a key theme of Katherine's year (and yes, the free fishing rods for Grade 4s is an actual thing ) A delightful school visit for Katherine and why she's excited for 2024 and the publication of her first MG novel - Shellsville Kate reflects on a big year and the tour (and wrote about it h...
Dec 03, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Season 6Ep. 252
We are coming up to the last episode/s of the season and will have news about the podcast for next year very soon but for now, we're re-releasing an episode from earlier in the year with (American writer) Kevin Wilson... Enjoy! Kevin Wilson has been on Katherine's interview wishlist oh about forever and FINALLY she got to speak to him. The discuss weirdness, including how Kevin writes about it with such tenderness, and talk a lot about art -- it's creation, secrecy vs publicness. Also, how often...
Nov 26, 2023•45 min•Season 6Ep. 251
This season we are returning to our first-time roots! We hear all the time from listeners who’ve gone from thinking about writing a book to starting to write a book to having their own debut author experience. One of the things that these new authors say is that they’ve gone back and listened to the episodes that cover off the various milestones. So this year we’re going back too. We want to capture that first time again ourselves... We’re going to being follow a first time author across the yea...
Nov 23, 2023•48 min•Season 6Ep. 250
This is a conversation Kate has been waiting years to have. She spoke to Richard Flanagan at the end of his most recent tour, in person at State Library Victoria. Richard Flanagan's novels have received numerous honours and are published in forty-two countries. He won the Booker Prize for The Narrow Road to the Deep North and the Commonwealth Prize for Gould’s Book of Fish . A rapid on the Franklin River is named after him. His latest book is Question 7 . Kate and Richard discuss: wanting to be ...
Nov 19, 2023•54 min•Season 6Ep. 249
Kate and Katherine are hidden away on a writing retreat in the mountains with Sydney writer Anna Downes. Anna Downes is an actor-turned-writer, born in the UK and now based in Australia. She is the author of two bestselling novels, The Safe Place and The Shadow House , with a third Red River Road to be published in 2024. Anna lives on the NSW Central Coast just north of Sydney with her husband and two children. We've spoken to Anna before on the pod on author headshots and back in 2020 on mother...
Nov 12, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Season 6Ep. 248
Kate speaks to Melbourne author Lucy Treloar about her writing life. Lucy Treloar was born in Malaysia and educated in England, Sweden and Melbourne. Her novel Salt Creek (2015) won the Dobbie Literary Award among others, and was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award and the UK's Walter Scott Prize. Wolfe Island (2019), her second novel, won the Barbara Jefferis Award and was shortlisted for the Prime Minister's and NSW literary awards. She is a previous winner of the Commonwealth Sh...
Nov 05, 2023•50 min•Season 6Ep. 247
It's been a big week for the pod! Welcome to new listeners :) In this episode's Featured Book segment, Kate speaks with Joanna Morrison about her debut novel The Ghost of Gracie Flynn . This segment is brought to you by Fremantle Press . Joanna Morrison has a background in journalism and a PhD in Creative Writing. Her short fiction has appeared in Australian literary journals and anthologies. In 2020, The Ghost of Gracie Flynn was shortlisted for the City of Fremantle Hungerford Award and was pu...
Oct 29, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 6Ep. 246
