Newsreader, journalist, writer and philanthropist Tracey Spicer doesn’t tolerate make-up, God, prudishness or sexism in the workplace. She rips through bullshit with a smile and had stories to burn from her time studying, working in the trenches at Channel Ten and Sky News and her colourful personal life.

Tracey told me about how liberating it is to shake off the image of the “perfect” newsreader, how Joh Bjelke-Petersen inspired her to become a journalist, the issue of bias in journalism, her work as an ambassador for World Vision and the time she almost killed her mum.

My upcoming dates on the MICF Roadshow

Q&A’s forthcoming special panel on Between A Frock And A Hard Place 

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Tracey on the ABC’s Confession Booth podcast  

Daily Mail Article: Tracey Spicer’s VERY spicy confessions

Article: What If We Admitted To Children That Sex Is Primarily About Pleasure? by Alice Dreger 

Article: I’m Sorry I Didn’t Kill You, Mum

The Lady Stripped Bare: A TED Talk by Tracey Spicer 

Cause of the Week: Dying With Dignity (dwdv.org.au) 

Nic Holas is a moustached writer and advocate living with HIV. He’s written for Junkee, Hello Mr., Star Observer, Cosmopolitan and others, he’s appeared on the ABC’s Q&A and he’s co-founded a social media umbrella for positive people.

He’s fearless, frank and funny and I love him for it. In this chat Nic shared his story about becoming positive and we discussed the ins and outs of what HIV is, the spectre of the 80s epidemic, shame, sex education, the problem with condoms, same-sex marriage and wolf-daddies.

My upcoming dates on the MICF Roadshow 

Windsor’s Way by Tony Windsor 

Photo Opp with Julia Gillard at Giant Dwarf Theatre

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Holding The Man by Tim Conigrave 

Article: How Do We Solve A Problem Like Condoms

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Cause of the Week: The Institute of Many (theinstituteofmany.org.au) 

Jarrod McKenna is one of those “cool Christians” you’ve heard about, except he actually is genuinely cool.

Jarrod is many things: a pastor, a protestor, the National Advisor for Youth, Faith and Activism for World Vision Australia, founder of the Love Makes A Way campaign and the First Home Project, theologian, husband, dad and drealocked d00d. He subscribes to the whacky idea that Christianity should look like Jesus and that compels him to do good, important things.

In this conversation (recorded in the communal kitchen of the First Home Project) we covered a lot: the problematic nature of ANZAC Day, his journey to faith, living Jesus’ love, being the Christian kid at school, non-violent protest and how he turned a further meth lab in the Perth suburb of Midland into a home for people who are trying to build a new life for themselves.

My upcoming dates on the MICF Roadshow

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Jarrod on Facebook

Love Makes A Way on Facebook

The First Home Project campaign video

The First Home Project on Facebook

Causes of the Week: The Coalition for Asylym Seekers, Refugees and Detainees (carad.org.au), the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (asrc.org.au), SOS Blak Australia (sosblakaustralia.com)