Forrest Chat

Interview - Jenni Doherty - Artist

Jenni talks about being an artist, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.
Jenni studied to be an art educator and eventually ended up with her own studio in the southwest of Western Australia.
My favourite quote of the episode is "Having a picture is a guaranteed disappointment.  Surely we've all had a picture of how an event's gonna be or how a meal's gonna be, or how a person's gonna be, and how disappointing is that Most of the time. If you go in with an open heart and an open mind,  what comes from you needs to be respected,  and if you don't like it, it's yours. You can burn it."
Talking With Painters https://talkingwithpainters.comArtRank https://artrank.comTalk Art Podcast https://www.instagram.com/talkart/Steal Like An Artist https://austinkleon.com/steal/

Interview - Dianna Evans - Podcaster

Dianna talks about being a podcaster, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.
My favourite quote of the episode is "I'm so curious about so many things, and you just cannot get all the answers by yourself. The other day. I was talking to a friend and she was talking about the noxious gases released by a lake in South Africa, or around that way, and I ended up going on a side quest for several hours researching Noxious Lakes and how they impacted communities in the area. If I didn't have that person to talk to, and this was within the Finding Elara Group, if I didn't have that person to contact, or speak to, I wouldn't have even thought of that for a world building aspect. There's just so many fascinating things you can't know by yourself."
Finding Elara podcast episodes: https://findingelara.libsyn.comShadow Lair: https://ko-fi.com/findingelarahttps://www.bushlandcastleproductions.com/findingelara
Contact DiannaWebsite: www.dlnix.comFacebook: (DL Nix) https://www.facebook.com/FaepatriantalesInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/findingelara/Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@findingelarapodcast

Interview - Dan Baldwin - parkrun Statesman

Dan talks about being a parkrun Statesman, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.
My favourite quote of the episode is "And sometimes like we'll have a parkrun coffee.  And you go, okay, I've had coffee and then suddenly it's morning tea. And then after morning tea, suddenly, lunches come out. And then it's like after lunch we've left coffee. Right? So at times we up to, sometimes I've had parkrun coffees that have gone for say, five hours, and you can talk a lot about parkrun in five hours, but at the same time,  we all walk her away with a smile on our face. So, which is great."

Interview - Ray Jones - Musician

Ray talks about being a musician, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.
My favourite quote of the episode is "I don't play it because it's too hard for anyone in the audience that has suffered. You know, it, it deals with domestic violence. And a, a lady that worked for me in the early days told me her story, the next day I wrote her song and I wrote her story. And I always say to people, be careful what you tell me, because I can't help it. I might, you know, somehow inadvertently in a third person tell your story. And that song is powerful, but so much so that I don't wanna make people cry, you know, in just what I, and it's very subtle. It's. When I say powerful, it's subtle, but it says enough for, and I, I have seen people in audiences hang their heads  during that song. So yeah, I just don't do that anymore.  I like, I like to make people happy."
https://www.facebook.com/rayjoneslivemusic

Interview - Barry Green - Operating a Radio Station

Barry talks about operating a radio station, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.
My favourite quote of the episode is "We rely on fundraising. We have two or three raffles a year. And it's very satisfying when you're selling raffle tickets or people come oh, I love listening to you. I don't want a ticket, but here's $50. Now, you know, that's the sort of thing that, that's the feedback we need because,  that, that doesn't naturally happen with, with radio as a broadcast format. I get a buzz out of that."
Western Tourist Radio
Donnybrook Balingup Community Radio (dbcr.com.au)

Interview - Don Phillips - Missionary

Don talks about being a missionary, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.
My favourite quote of the episode is "This is all the things that I've learned about with it,  and these are the things that I go and I teach people how they can lead.  That none of us are gonna be perfect, let's face it mate, you know, none of us. But I can go and I can teach these people how they can live more of a sinless life. None of us are gonna make it to perfection. There's only one perfect, and that's Jesus."

Interview - Chris Smith - The Flying Painter

Chris talks about being The Flying Painter, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.
My favourite quote of the episode is "Oh it's like just a passion I always had  since a young teenager. And now we can use this experience and the aircraft that we have to go out and quote where we can and fly into these places. And I'll also use it not just for business, but mainly for recreation because it's something I'm passionate about. And,  yeah, I just love aviation in general."

Interview - Duncan Booth - Radio Show Host

Duncan talks about being a radio show host, what it takes, what it mens and how you do it.
My favourite quote of the episode is "The old expression practice makes perfect, is one that I've always said is incorrect. It's perfect practice makes perfect. Because if you keep practicing the mistakes over and over again and not learn from them, you know, it doesn't get you any better at all."
https://www.harveycommunityradiofm.com.au/
Community Radio Plus App announced (with store links)
https://radio.garden/

Interview - Karen Crutchlow - Cycle Busselton to Eucla

Karen talks about cycling from Busselton Jetty to Eucla and back, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.
My favourite quote of the episode is "I think what it highlighted for me is just how powerful community is. And when we create mechanisms to divide community, it's not helpful. But if we can find ways to unite community, that says a lot, it's huge."

Interview - Richard Williams - Military Digital Library

Richard talks about digitising military history records, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.
My favourite quote of the episode is "They got a big three meter by three meter canvas photograph done of that pyramid and he donated it to us. And we've been using that as a backdrop when we go out on site. And, this lady came and said, oh, this person here is my great, great grandfather and, we know that, he had medals, but nobody knows where they are. And we went and looked on our website and we had him there and it said that his medals were collected by her great aunt, who was still alive. She didn't tell me she had the medals and we've talked about it heaps of times. So she was gonna go straight back and talk to this lady, show me these medals."
Western Australian Military Digital Library (wamdl.com.au)