Winner of 'The Voice' Australia in 2023, Tarryn Stokes talks to Laura about the release of her new single 'Hold You', breaking age-based barriers that hold us back and how finding confidence has helped her heal. Tarryn also shares the later-life health diagnosis that's given her a newfound freedom and the one thing that always gives her purpose. Listen to more from our Hope Podcasts collection at hopepodcasts.com.au . And send the team a message via Hope 103.2’s app , Facebook or Instagram . See...
Jul 04, 2024•31 min
Since her debut album 'How Can it Be' in 2015, Grammy winner Lauren Daigle has brought joy and soul and seemingly boundless energy to stages globally. Her latest self-titled album was the first in 5 years, bringing new definition to Lauren's sound and identity as an artist. In this conversation Lauren speaks about the pressure of fame, the evolution of her calling and how she keeps her joy authentic. Listen to more from our Hope Podcasts collection at hopepodcasts.com.au . And send the team a me...
Jun 26, 2024•28 min
Josh Baldwin has been part of the Bethel Music collective since 2014. In recent years his wife Sheila experienced debilitating anxiety with effects that rippled through the family, and that now shape Josh’s songwriting and the couples desire to help others walking the same road. In this conversation Josh talks about the role of peace in healing, why worshipping matters to our soul and how knowing who Jesus is reframes our understanding of ourselves. Listen to more from our Hope Podcasts collecti...
Jun 19, 2024•25 min
Geologist and environmental law attorney Cheryl Leutjen understands what it's like to have a passion for looking after the planet but not feeling like you've got time or emotional energy to deal with the job at hand. In 'Love Earth Now' Cheryl helps us address the mental hurdles that can hold us back and find ways to make eco-friendly living easier. Listen to more from our Hope Podcasts collection at hopepodcasts.com.au . And send the team a message via Hope 103.2’s app , Facebook or Instagram ....
May 29, 2024•28 min
Former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison joins Laura to talk about the intersection of faith and politics, the country's move away from Christianity and who he'd like forgiveness from now he's left office. Scott Morrison's memoir 'Plans for Your Good' is out now. Listen to more from our Hope Podcasts collection at hopepodcasts.com.au . And send the team a message via Hope 103.2’s app , Facebook or Instagram . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
May 08, 2024•30 min
Former Buddhist now Chrisian pastor Steve Kang talks about the drug-induced near-death experience that led him to follow Christ, and how understanding eternity has affected the way he lives. Steve's story appears in 'After Death' a documentary exploring the afterlife with the guidance of New York Times bestselling authors, medical experts, scientists, and survivors that shed a light on what awaits us. Listen to more from our Hope Podcasts collection at hopepodcasts.com.au . And send the team a m...
May 05, 2024•27 min
UNDISTRACTED will be back late April while Laura's on holiday. Catch you then! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 20, 2024•42 sec
We enter and exit many rooms over the course of our life - jobs, relationships, communities, life stages - the transitional moments between them though can lack clarity. Our guest today is spiritual director and bestselling author Emily P. Freeman. Emily hosts 'The Next Right Thing' podcast and is passionate about helping people understand when it’s time to move on from a situation that no longer fits, to find new spaces where we can flourish and grow. Her latest book 'How to Walk into a Room' i...
Mar 13, 2024•33 min
Our culture has a fascination with greatness. We celebrate people who reach certain heights of success and in the church world we talk about the “great things” God can do with your life and how he’ll position and promote us. Our guest today is the former pastor of Embassy City Church in Texas now full-time podcaster and host of The Basement, Tim Ross. Tim thinks ideas about greatness are due a do over and shares his philosophy in 'Welcome to the Basement: An Upside-Down Guide to Greatness'. List...
Feb 28, 2024•30 min
Are your emotions something you see as a gift, a nuisance, or a flawed part of being human? Jennie Allen is a renowned speaker, author and founder of the IF:Gathering. Jennie's a leading thinker in the areas of personal growth and spiritual development and in her latest book 'Untangle Your Emotions' she practically guides us through our complex inner worlds and considers Gods purpose for emotions. Listen to more from our Hope Podcasts collection at hopepodcasts.com.au . And send the team a messa...
Feb 21, 2024•37 min
Sheridan Voysey is a writer, speaker, and broadcaster on faith and spirituality. After being told he and wife Merryn couldn’t conceive, the couple spent nearly a decade trying to have children by other means, but eventually chose to end their quest. In the years since Sheridan has encouraged thousands around the world with his story, recently compiling A 90-Day Devotional, “Praying Through Infertility”. Sheridan is a regular contributor to BBC Radio 2 and other international networks, and has fe...
Feb 14, 2024•38 min
David Talbot is the founder of Glowface, an organisation that helps improve our relationship to technology and reflect on our allegiance to digital progress. His book 'Glowface', is a guide to reclaiming your purpose, and restoring humanity in the digital era. Listen to more from our Hope Podcasts collection at hopepodcasts.com.au . And send the team a message via Hope 103.2’s app , Facebook or Instagram . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Feb 07, 2024•30 min
Our guests today are Melissa Doyle and Naima Brown, the authors of 'How to Age Against the Machine', an empowering guide for women ageing on their own terms. Melissa Doyle is one of the best-known and trusted voices in Australian media with more than 30 years of journalistic experience, including fourteen as the host of Channel 7’s 'Sunrise'. Naima Brown is an experienced TV producer, journalist and writer who has worked for SBS and NBC News New York in addition to Channel 7. The pair met while ...
Jan 10, 2024•32 min
Spiritual Wellbeing is so important. good to reset during start of the year and to weave it in as a discpline. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 03, 2024•25 min
Gabi Macaulay is the President of Nurses Christian Fellowship Australia - an organization focused not only on medical care, but the holistic wellbeing of all patients. Gabi has travelled to disaster zones around the world with her work and is an example of someone who has taken a passion to care for people and turned it into a meaningful career with far reaching impact. In this conversation Gabi talks about how to make crossroad decisions, the qualities of a life-long learner and what the effect...
Dec 27, 2023•36 min
Justine Whitchurch is a sobriety advocate, Health and Fitness Coach and writer who almost lost her life in 2012 when her alcohol addiction became too much. With a music career, kids and relationship in the wings, entering rehab was do or die for Justine and now she’s set on helping others break cycles of addiction. Read more of Justine's story in her book, 'Sobriety Delivered Everything Alcohol Promised'. Listen to more from our Hope Podcasts collection at hopepodcasts.com.au . And send the team...
Dec 20, 2023•33 min
Wendy Harmer is one of Australia's most versatile and much-loved entertainers. From being born with a severe facial deformity, Wendy’s gone to perform as a stand-up comedian, a national television host and was the highest paid woman in Australian radio when she led 2Day FM's Breakfast Show for 11 years. She’s hosted on the ABC in the years since, and written multiple books, including the children’s series 'Pearlie in the Park' series. As a trailblazer for women in media and comedy, Wendy’s story...
Nov 08, 2023•36 min
Julia Baird is a Sydney-based author and journalist. She co-hosts 'The Drum' on ABC TV and writes columns for the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and Harper's Bazaar. She is a former senior editor of Newsweek in New York and op-ed contributor for the New York Times and the Philadelphia Enquirer. Her first book, Media Tarts, was based on her PhD in History about the portrayal of female politicians. Victoria, her biography of Queen Victoria, was published to critical acclaim in 2016 and, during the...
Nov 02, 2023•30 min
This week, we're joined by futurist, pastor and author Erwin McManus. In the business world he’s known as a mentor, fashion designer and filmmaker, and in his hometown of Los Angeles he’s the lead pastor and visionary behind Mosaic. Erwin is a profound thinker, and he’s returned to talk to us about the impact our mind has on our personal fulfilment, performance and joy. His new book 'Mind Shift: It Doesn’t Take a Genius to Think Like One', helps light the pathway forward with principles Erwin’s ...
Oct 25, 2023•43 min
Robert Fergusson has been a teaching pastor for over 30 years. He’s an internationally recognized Hillsong Church preacher, and author of three books including 'Are you Getting This?', 'Making Connections That Work', and his latest, 'Jesus And'. In this conversation Robert gives us the questions to ask to find our purpose, explains the value of the ordinary and unpacks Jesus’ interest in our lives. Listen to more from our Hope Podcasts collection at hopepodcasts.com.au . And send the team a mess...
Oct 23, 2023•35 min
Rabbi Sobel is the spiritual advisor to the worldwide hit TV series 'The Chosen' which dramatises the life of Jesus and his disciples. His new book 'Signs and Secrets of the Messiah: A Fresh Look at the Miracles of Jesus' reexamines Scripture, biblical culture and ancient texts to help readers better understand the intention behind God's miracles. Listen to more from our Hope Podcasts collection at hopepodcasts.com.au . And send the team a message via Hope 103.2’s app , Facebook or Instagram . S...
Oct 11, 2023•33 min
Creator of @millennial.therapist Sara Kuburic is an existential psychotherapist. She was born in Yugoslavia and raised in Canada and is passionate about helping people seeking change to live authentic, free, and meaningful lives. Her interest in psychology came from her personal experience living through wars, navigating complex relationships, and continually learning what it means to be human. In her first book, 'It’s On Me' Sara helps us identify self-loss: that feeling of being estranged or d...
Oct 04, 2023•29 min
Today’s guest Charlotte Ree is an author and home cook. When the world turned upside in 2020, Charlotte was 29, newly divorced and unexpectedly thrust into lockdown with loneliness, confusion and a wobbly sense of identity after her 10-year relationship. In her “bittersweet” memoir 'Heartbake' Charlotte combines her story of love lost, won and lost again with the recipes that helped her rediscover herself, her community and the life she really wanted. Listen to more from our Hope Podcasts collec...
Sep 27, 2023•26 min
Simone Amelia Jordan is Australia’s most successful hip-hop journalist. She has contributed to 'The Source', 'VIBE', 'Rolling Stone', ABC and SBS and her celebrity interviews have notched over 13 million YouTube views. Simone founded and edited Australia’s highest-selling rap/R&B newsstand title, 'Urban Hitz' magazine and mentors the next generation of multicultural talent through her work with Media Diversity Australia and Diversity Arts Australia. Simone’s memoir 'Tell Her She’s Dreamin’' ...
Sep 20, 2023•33 min
NEEDTOBREATHE's newest member Tyler Burkum talks about the evolution of the band's identity through their new album 'CAVES', creating a healthy creative culture and how to allow people to be themselves. Listen to more from our Hope Podcasts collection at hopepodcasts.com.au . And send the team a message via Hope 103.2’s app , Facebook or Instagram . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Sep 15, 2023•42 min
At 23, Nashville-based artist Riley Clemmons has already spent a decade in the industry after being discovered at a school pageant. Riley sat down with Laura ahead of the release of her new album ‘Church Pew’ to unpack the peak of her identity crisis, her process of self-discovery alongside faith and how she feels about starting so young. Listen to more from our Hope Podcasts collection at hopepodcasts.com.au . And send the team a message via Hope 103.2’s app , Facebook or Instagram . See omnyst...
Sep 07, 2023•27 min
Justine Whitchurch is a sobriety advocate, Health and Fitness Coach and writer who almost lost her life in 2012 when her alcohol addiction became too much. With a music career, kids and relationship in the wings, entering rehab was do or die for Justine and now she’s set on helping others break cycles of addiction. Read more of Justine's story in her book, 'Sobriety Delivered Everything Alcohol Promised'. Listen to more from our Hope Podcasts collection at hopepodcasts.com.au . And send the team...
Aug 30, 2023•32 min
Our guest this week is Canadian Noah Reid who famously played Patrick Brewer on the hit series 'Schitts Creek' and, who after that rendition of Tina Turner’s 'Simply the Best', was revealed to be a wonderful singer songwriter in his own right as well an actor. Noah is bringing his Everything is Fine tour to Australian in October and joins us to talk about playing characters that shape culture, finding identity in fatherhood and being a child in the entertainment industry. Listen to more from our...
Aug 02, 2023•21 min
Clinical psychologist Melissa Levi has specialised in older people’s mental health and dementia for over a decade and in her book, 'We Need to Talk About Ageing' she dispels some of the myths about older age to help us prepare for the unknowns and redefine how we view “growing old”. In this conversation Melissa speaks about the influence of her Zaida on her understanding of healthy ageing, the blessing of maturity and how our sense of meaning and purpose can grow as we get older. Listen to more ...
Jul 26, 2023•37 min
Ben McKelvey is an author, journalist and editor. He’s been the editor of Mr Jones, Sports& Style and Juice magazines and worked at the Sydney Morning Herald as a Senior Feature Writer. As a freelance writer, Ben has been embedded with the ADF in East Timor and Iraq, and has worked independently in Iran, Syria and Afghanistan. Having written extensively about other people’s story, Ben’s now turned his attention to his own, in ' A Scar is Also Skin', a memoir of stroke, heart attack and remak...
Jul 19, 2023•34 min
