Father Land S2E5: Jack Kennedy on Muster Dogs, mental health and becoming a stay-at-home dad
Jack Kennedy is a livestock contractor in Western Victoria, a dad of two little girls, founder of a local Tough Guy Book Club chapter, and s...
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Hosted by Stephanie Trethewey. Motherland shares real, raw, and unbelievable stories of motherhood told by women on the land. Each week, a rural mum from somewhere in Australia shares her mo...
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Father Land S2E4: Country singer Tom Curtain on the live export ban, losing everything & his extraordinary reinvention
Tom Curtain always dreamed of living and working in the Northern Territory. What he didn’t know was how much that dream would ask of him. Af...
Father Land S2E3: John Murdoch on reaching breaking point, fatherhood & life after the fires
John Murdoch likens people to rubber bands. You can only stretch them so far. And for him, the breaking point came during the drought and bu...
314: Nikita Hayes on Station Life, Raising Irish Twins & the Night Her Family Lost Everything
In June this year, Nikita Hayes was home with her two little boys when their house caught fire. They escaped, but within hours, almost every...
Father Land S2E2: Charlie Arnott on family legacy, finding himself & his extraordinary path to fatherhood
Charlie Arnott’s great-great-great-grandfather founded Arnott’s Biscuits. His grandfather helped create the Tim Tam. And Charlie became the...
313: Kristie Bargenquast on Mothering on the Land Through a Life-Changing Disability
Kristie Bargenquast was pregnant with her son, Mitchell, when she went searching for answers about her own health. Everyday movements were b...
Father Land S2E1: Brendan Cullen on Facing His Demons, Fatherhood and the Swim of His Life
Brendan Cullen lived 600 kilometres from the nearest beach when he decided to become an open-water swimmer. Training before dawn in lakes an...
312: Amie Penny Left Sydney With No Job & No Farming Experience — Now She Runs 1,200 Cattle
Amie Penny was born and raised in suburban Sydney and was building a promising career at Macquarie Bank when one weekend on a family farm ne...
311: Fiona Bryant's Secret Fight to Become a Mum of Five — Plus Raising a Son with Diabetes
Fiona Bryant always knew she wanted to be a mum — she just didn't know how hard she'd have to fight for it. After a polycystic ovaries diagn...
310: Jess Guthrie On Finding Love on Farmer Wants a Wife, Fighting Endo & Finally Becoming Mum
During one of Melbourne’s lockdowns in 2020, Jess Guthrie’s friend convinced her to apply for a little show called Farmer Wants a Wife. Jess...
309: How Young Farm Manager Liz Escaped a Coercive and Controlling Relationship
At 21, Liz thought she was building a business, a relationship and a future. Three years later, she walked away carrying debts in her name t...
308: Georgie Cavanagh on the Chance Meeting at a Rural Pub That Took Her from Sydney Life to Farm Life
Nine years ago, Georgie Cavanagh was living in Sydney, working in influencer marketing while building her French linen and homewares brand,...
307: Jo Edson On Her Wild Adventures From Sheep Stations, Bodybuilding & Losing Herself in Motherhood
Jo Edson first met her partner Nathan at a country rodeo in South Australia more than a decade ago. Before life brought them back together,...
306: Lezli Burgess on Leaving Texas for Love and Building a Life on Remote Bruny Island
Lezli Burgess was living in Austin, Texas when she met the love of her life. The only problem? He was from Tasmania. Just six months later,...
305: "Why Not Me?" Kirstin Fox's Extraordinary Story of Rebuilding Again and Again After Loss
By the time Kirstin Fox was 35, she had been married twice, lost a daughter to stillbirth, and rebuilt her life more times than most people...
304: Rodeo Champion Shianne O'Donoghue-Kent on Becoming a Stepmum of Four & a Pregnancy That Nearly Took Her Mobility
Shianne O'Donoghue-Kent entered her first rodeo at five and by 25 had won Australian rodeo titles, spending most of her life in the saddle....
303: Jess Reynolds on Raising Neurodivergent Kids, Burnout & Finding Herself Again
Jess Reynolds lives in the Snowy Valley region of NSW, helping run her family’s Angus stud while raising four daughters with her husband. Wa...
302: Lacey Long on Building Buck Wild Country, Raising 3 Kids & Backing Herself
At just 19, Lacey Long launched her first online clothing store—long before online shopping became the norm. A proud indigenous woman with a...
301: Katie Craig’s Incredible Journey Raising Her Son After Becoming a Widow at 29
Katie Craig thought she knew what motherhood might look like. She and her husband Lachy were building a life together in Biloela, Central Qu...
EPISODE 300: Lottie Rae’s Most Honest Conversation Yet: Motherhood, Chaos & Change
You might know Lottie Rae from Australian Survivor. Or from Portrait Artist of the Year, where she painted Ken Done. Or maybe from the time...