Tag: Mark Thomson
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#592 177 Nations: Anne from Papua New Guinea
This week we’re bringing you another feature from our partnership with the podcast ‘177 Nations of Tasmania’. In this podcast, host and producer Mark Thomson aims to interview subjects from each of the 177 nationalities represented in Tasmania’s last census. This story belongs to Anne from Papua New Guinea. She enthusiastically shares her childhood traveling…
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#573 Koshari & Empanadas
This week we’re bringing you stories about food, cooking and the richness it brings to our lives. Food warms bellies, embodies memories and generates some pretty great stories! Discovering Koshari First up, Shivika Gupta, our resident food expert here at FBi Radio, tells us about one of her all-time favourite culinary delights – Koshari. You…
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#565 Ali from Lebanon
This week we’re bringing you another feature from our partnership with the podcast ‘177 Nations of Tasmania’ by Mark Thomson. This week’s story belongs to Ali from Lebanon. Ali spent his childhood in Beirut, a city that was once a pearl of the SWANA region torn apart by violence. However, it wasn’t the war but…
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#546 177 Nations: Jenny from Slovakia
This week we’re sharing the story of Jenny Williams from Slovakia. Jenny is an author who has written multiple books of her experiences growing up in and later fleeing from what was then known as Czechoslovakia. This story was from 177 Nations of Tasmania, a podcast by Mark Thomson. To hear the full episode head…
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#521 177 Nations of Tasmania: Palestine
Adel : Born in Baghdad, spirit in Palestine, living in Tasmania This week we’re bringing you another story from the podcast ‘177 Nations of Tasmania’. 177 Nations is the creation of Mark Thomson, who started the project during Covid-19 lockdown in 2020 after reading the Australian Census and discovering that there are 177 different…
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#512 177 Nations of Tasmania
Melika shares the story of her and her husband’s decision to emigrate to Australia and the different ways she has fallen in love with Tasmania.