Best Josie Hess Podcasts (2025)

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S2 E5: Yallourn: The Town That Disappeared – Displacement, Energy Extraction, and Loss 1:26:47

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Yallourn was a much loved company town built to house power industry workers and their families. It was much loved by resident's and a showpiece for the state of Victoria. After the Second World War, many migrants arrived to help run and expand the power station, mine and some took up residency in Yallourn. Unfortunately, the industry that helped b…

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S2 E4: The Long Burn: Hazelwood Minefire, Health and Defunding Prevention 1:33:17

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The Hazelwood Mine Fire of 2014 left the Latrobe Valley blanketed in toxic smoke for 45 days. But the real story doesn’t end when the fire was extinguished. What came after was a reckoning: a landmark inquiry that exposed corporate negligence and health impacts. This episode asks: what did the Hazelwood Mine Fire Inquiry change, and what did it lea…

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S2 E3: Radical Valley? Power struggles, unions, the SEC and economic geography 1:10:46

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Radical Valley? Power struggles, unions, the SEC & economic geography. Hear from our guests Naomi Farmer, Luke Van Der Mullen & Sally Weller as we learn about economic geography discuss the SEC in its heyday, the radical history of the Latrobe Valley, power struggles. And how union actions in the Valley influenced the broader workers rights movemen…

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S2 E2: The Golden Age of Coal? Modernist Dreams, Company Towns and Monuments 1:06:49

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For episode 2 we pick up the story in the 20th century, when Gippsland’s brown coal fields were transformed into power stations, company towns and modernist dreams. From Purvis Plaza to Hazelwood’s hot-water pondage, the Valley was sold a “golden age”... but golden for whom? Along the way, we speak with historian Erik Eklund about Gippsland’s twin …

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S2 Ep1 4.5 Billion Years: Gippsland's Ecology & Our Energy Destiny (& Worms) 1:01:24

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We kick off Season 2 by going back, WAY back. From prehistoric swamps that became Gippsland’s coal seams, to Cloggs Cave and its 12,000-year-old stories, to the giant earthworms squelching under our feet, this episode digs into the ancient ground that shaped the Latrobe Valley. Along the way, we talk with botanist Ian Sluiter about coal’s ecologica…

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Coal Face S2 - Teaser 4:42

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We are back (well almost) find out what is in store for season 2 of Coal Face in this special announcement teaser. Episode 1, will be released later this week. Keep your podcast feeds subscribed to COAL FACE. Follow us at https://www.instagram.com/coalfacepod/By Josie Hess and Stephanie Sabrinskas

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Gippsland New Energy Conference 2023 - Youth & Future Special 1:18:11

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Coal Face covers the 2023 Gippsland New Energy Conference. Get all the juicy details about how the billions of dollars of new energy are going to impact the next generation of workers in Gippsland. We spoke to the Chair of the Australian Renewables Academy, Bernadette O'Connor, the Director of Emerging Industries at the Latrobe Valley Authority, Bo…

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Coming out 2: Art & Intersectionality in The Valley with Ronald Edwards Peppers 50:00

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Josie and Steph speak with local Gunaikurnai artist Ronald Edwards Pepper about everything from creativity to cul-de-sacs. We learn about the power art has to change spaces, and how Ronald's sexuality and connection with the land intersect with his work. Find Ronald here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1590978367 Show notes: https://docs.g…

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”No one is going to swim in that” EES Spectacular with Bronya Lipski from Environment Victoria and Chloe Babcock from Environmental Justice Australia 33:45

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Josie and Steph speak with Environment Victoria's Bronya Lipski and Environmental Justice Australia's Chloe Babcock on the newly released draft of the Environmental Effects Statement scope for the Hazelwood Mine Rehabilitation project. We learn what an EES is, what this one gets right, and wrong, and why it's important for people to have their say …

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Renewable Energy Revolution: Coal Face goes to the Gippsland New Energy Conference. 1:03:27

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Join Josie & Steph as they speak with special guests Darren McCubbin, Ashley Hall, Edwina Vega, Dr Jarra Hicks, Mayor Kellie O'Callaghan & Marianne Robbinson as they discuss the Gippsland New Energy Conference, what community-owned renewable energy projects could look like and what a 40 billion dollar renewable energy sector could mean for Gippslan…

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Smoke Stacks & Explosions - Art, Identity & The Environment at The Latrobe Regional Gallery 57:52

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Josie and Steph take you on a whirlwind recap of the Hazelwood Exhibit that was on display at The Latrobe Regional Gallery. The Coal Face team discuss the role of art in shaping collective identities, how space can facilitate conversations around trauma and a Morwellian myth about the Hazelwood landowner who would drive his Rolls Royce around the p…

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The True Cost of Water — With Hayley Sestokas from Friends of Latrobe Water & Environment Victoria 1:04:16

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Water feeds the arteries of all life on earth, what is that truly worth? Josie & Steph chat with activist, chef and mushroom farmer Hayley Sestokas about growing up in the Latrobe Valley, coal ash dams, mine rehabilitation, and the important advocacy work of Friends of Latrobe Water & Environment Victoria. Show Notes: https://docs.google.com/docume…

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Co-ops, Climate Change and the Future — With Dan Musil from the Earth Worker Manufacturing Co-Op 1:09:00

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Your voice will be heard. You control the capital. You can do something for your community even as you keep succeeding. Sounds pretty good right? Josie and Steph chat with worker, musician and Weet-Bix enthusiast Dan Musil about cooperative workplaces. Could cooperative energy manufacturing help to rebuild the Latrobe Valley as we move towards a li…

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After the Smoke — The Hazelwood Mine Fire with Wendy Farmer 1:01:34

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Eight years ago the Hazelwood mine caught fire with devastating consequences to the people of the Latrobe Valley. Josie and Steph chat to local legend and activist Wendy Farmer about how the Hazelwood mine fire changed the Latrobe Valley and the course of her life. Resources/ Show Notes https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kyORq_98-jphG80tpE4PuCA0_K…

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Wow, that’s a really big hole — With Rhonda Hastie / Mine Land Rehab Authority 1:01:19

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Josie & Steph learn about the complexities of mine rehabilitation in the Latrobe Valley from horse-loving, environmental scientist and acting CEO of the Mine Land Rehabilitation Authority Rhonda Hastie.By Josie Hess and Stephanie Sabrinskas