All Episodes
Guilt-free and going after what YOU want in life - Karen Foster & Jodie Fleming
KAREN FOSTER & JODIE FLEMING
Do you have a goal or dream that you want to pursue, but stop yourself because you feel it’s too selfish or you don’t have enough time? Sometimes we women formulate the idea that we need to be of service to others… in order to be loved. And it’s not our fault.
Tackling the big, complex issues in agriculture - Catherine Marriott and Kirsten Diprose
CATHERINE MARRIOTT & KIRSTEN DIPROSE
Agriculture isn’t just the act of growing crops or tending to the animals, as the dictionary likes to define it. It’s actually a complex system …which impacts and is impacted by a variety of things from government regulation, people, climate change, politics and so much more.
Knowledge in Ag is Power - Part 3: Lifting an entire industry
EMILY KING
Tea tree oil and nanotechnology for fly strike and foot-rot resistant sheep…. These are just some of the exciting innovations happening in agriculture. But how do you lift an entire sector or industry? It’s not always easy in farming when most of us work alone or with family.
Knowledge in Ag is Power - Part 2: Building a Farming Business From Scratch
LEXIE LEONARD
Owning a home these days is hard enough, so what about building your own farm from scratch? Dr Lexie Leonard is a vet, an animal health trainer and a farmer who is building her own farming business alongside her husband and their young children in Balmoral, Victoria.
Knowledge in Ag is Power - Part 1: Managing the Family Farm
RACHAEL MCGRATH
Women have a powerful voice in agriculture, but would you call it equal to men? In Australia, there are more than 88,000 women working in agriculture across multiple industries. The numbers are growing, but women only make up one third of the overall ag workforce.
Paving the way for more women in country footy
TARA MCGRATH-WEST & BEC MALSEED
Chances are, when you were growing up, the idea of becoming a professional female footballer or even a female footy umpire for men’s games… was simply impossible. But NOW, it is.
How to turn your career skills into a business
REBECCA SAUNDERS & PAIGE CROSS
If you’ve spent a decade or more building a professional career - the idea of starting a business might seem out of reach. But you have plenty of skills already, in fact you are probably REALLY good at a couple of things… that people will actually pay you for.
Why you’re allowed to care about the clothes you wear
MARION SAUNDERS & OLIVIA THWAITES
Clothing is not trivial, it’s actually an expression of self. This episode is not about needing to look like a supermodel or spend ridiculous amounts of money on clothes (gosh, there’s enough pressure on us as women to do that already!).
How to make friends when you’re new to town
MALINDA GUEST & KATJA WILLIAMS
There are suggestions that Australia is in the middle of a loneliness epidemic; in fact one in three people experience it. Country towns are pretty good at welcoming people in, but making close, meaningful relationships takes time and it takes effort.
Does HOW we talk about our rural men, matter? Part 2 - Louise O’Neill
LOUISE O’NEILL
How do we get our men to actively participate in a stand to stop violence against women? This is a tricky conversation. Clearly, it would be great if men just stop being violent. But telling men to simply ‘stop it,’ isn’t working.
Does HOW we talk about our rural men, matter? Part 1 - Leila McDougall
LEILA MCDOUGALL
With gender roles for men not being as defined as perhaps they once were, what does this mean for our rural men who grew up with certain ideas of 'what a man should look like?'
Balancing Big Goals and Chronic Illness
KELLY BARNES & CHRISSY SYMEONAKIS
Being diagnosed with a chronic illness is a massive change. And most people who have experienced this, speak about a grieving process for your old life and even your old identity, especially if it was based on being physically active.
Are bricks and mortar stores dead?
KRYSTIE HOLLEY, HEATHER BALDOCK & DANNA KASSEBAUM
There’s this persistent notion that starting up a retail store in the main street of town is just too hard. From the high rents, cost of living crisis, to the relatively low foot traffic in country towns, finding a physical space to sell things, the ‘ye olde way’ can seem impossible.
Getting Your Next Big Idea Off the Ground
ANGIE ARMSTRONG & NATALIE EGLETON
It’s important for community projects and local businesses to come from the bottom up. It’s the people on the ground who know what’s actually needed and how to best deliver it. But so many grants and programs are top-down.
Can you have a screen career in the country?
JOSEPHINE CROFT
She’s a film producer and actor, based in Melbourne, but is part of a movement that’s making film more accessible to women. This includes job sharing on film sets, shorter hours and looking after the mental health of film crews.
Were you born in a barn? Raising farm kids.
BARNYARD LANGUAGE PODCAST HOSTS
Is parenting on a farm different to parenting in the city? What are our farm kids missing out on...
Self Care is Not Selfish Pt 3: Hormones and Happy Chemicals
DR BELINDA BELL
In our final episode of our 3-part collaboration series with Lets Talk, we chat about the ways we can naturally boost our moods, through what we eat and what we do, on a daily basis.
Self Care is Not Selfish (Part 2) - How to support others, while looking after yourself
JENNA ROBINSON
So, when someone you care about is not OK, how do you start the conversation? And just as importantly, make sure it leads to that person taking action (such as talking to a GP).
Self Care is Not Selfish (Part 1)
ABBI POWER & KAREN FOSTER
In this 3-part collaboration series with Let's Talk, a charity with the goal of breaking down the stigma around mental health, we delve into self-care; why it’s not selfish, and how do it properly.
Do you always have to put the farm first?
CHLOE BROWN & CLAIRE BOOTH
This year we celebrate 30 years since women were officially recognised as farmers on the Australian Census. Yep, you read that right, it was only in 1994 that happened.