Best Stephanie Griffith Podcasts (2025)

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From hobby dancer to leading choreographer: The ‘luck and pluck’ of Stephanie Lake 34:16

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In this episode, we talk to Stephanie Lake. The former dancer turned choreographer is the artistic director of Stephanie Lake Company, and also the resident choreographer for The Australian Ballet. She’s the winner of many awards, including the Helpmann, and while her rise was stratospheric, it wasn’t always linear. It was also somewhat delayed: La…

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Ken Done on colour, critics and the 'real reason' he went to art school 30:26

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In this episode, we talk to Ken Done. The legendary Australian artist has been splashing colour across canvases for more than four decades, from instantly recognisable depictions of Sydney Harbour to vibrant doona covers and T-shirts. Today he talks about his "Mad Men" days in advertising, the critics and characters that defined his career – as wel…

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Eat Pray Love author Elizabeth Gilbert: 'True grief feels like the end of the world' 59:45

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In this episode, we talk to Elizabeth Gilbert. Her memoir – Eat Pray Love – sold millions, became a hit movie starring Julia Roberts and encouraged readers to embark on their own spiritual journeys. But for the author, it was the death of her new partner many years later that actually helped her find what she was looking for. That’s all detailed in…

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'I just felt like such a loser': Olympic champion Cate Campbell on loneliness and depression 44:23

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In this episode, we talk to Cate Campbell. Australian Dolphin number 665 debuted at the Beijing Olympics in 2008 at the tender age of 16. The teenager won two bronze medals at those games, and that was only the beginning. In her 16-year career in the pool, Campbell won eight Olympic medals – four of them gold – and breaking seven world records (her…

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The “fusion of hilarity and horror” that inspired children’s author Andy Griffiths 40:32

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In this episode, we talk to Andy Griffiths. The children’s author has written 40 books, including The Day My Bum Went Psycho, and the wildly popular Treehouse series. Griffiths has been published in more than 35 countries, and sold an astonishing 13 million copies in Australia and New Zealand alone. He’s led an interesting life, too. He wanted to b…

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Tracey Holmes: Meeting a Beatle, driving with Pele – and ‘this thing that still exists’ in sport 40:08

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In this episode, we talk to Tracey Holmes. The TV trailblazer has spent more than three decades covering Australian sport and dissecting some of the biggest sporting events on the planet, bearing witness to the rise and rise of women's sport, which has had to bust through the walls of misogyny and male chauvinism. Her new book, The Eye of the Drago…

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‘Connecting your identity to sport is a dangerous game’: AFLW star Libby Birch 30:07

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In this episode, we talk to AFLW star Libby Birch. She's done something no other female or male player has done - winning three premierships at three different clubs, with the Western Bulldogs, the Melbourne Demons and the North Melbourne Kangaroos. Since joining the league in its inaugural season, Birch has also played 91 consecutive games of AFLW…

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From dance floor to ‘orgy room’: What happens on a typical swingers’ night? 31:03

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In this episode we talk to Jess Cattelly, the co-founder of Sydney swingers club Our Secret Spot. The 32-year-old got into swinging – also known as The Lifestyle - when she was just 20, and her Parramatta Road venue has since become an example of the way in which the swinging community is changing. Middle-class suburban key parties are no longer, n…

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What worries Sarah Wilson? Nothing less than the collapse of civilisation 49:32

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In this episode, we talk to Sarah Wilson. She’s had an incredibly diverse career - from teenage model, to newspaper columnist, to women’s magazine editor, and then best-selling author of the book, I Quit Sugar, in 2012. More books followed, on anxiety, and finding purpose in a disconnected world, especially through the climate change crisis. Now sh…

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Meet Hugh de Kretser - president of the Australian Human Rights Commission 49:40

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In this episode, we talk to Hugh de Kretser. The president of the Australian Human Rights Commission has quite the job. Never has society been more polarised, with distressing displays of religious and ethnic hatred bursting onto our streets - while at the same time the relevance of the commission itself has been called into question. De Kretser, w…

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Soprano singer Danielle de Niese - making opera cool again 39:14

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In this episode, we talk to Danielle de Niese. The internationally acclaimed soprano has dazzled audiences since childhood – from her breakthrough on the TV show Young Talent Time at just nine years old to starring on the world’s greatest opera stages. She joins us to chat about her life in music, and what keeps her voice – and spirit – so vibrant.…

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True crime writer Mark Dapin on cops, Chopper, and the good within bad people 39:40

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In this episode, we speak with Mark Dapin. Dapin is a veteran true crime writer, with a career including a stint as editor of the lad mag Ralph - but also as a columnist for Good Weekend. He has spent many, many hours with infamous hardened criminals, and now - for a story in the current issue of Good Weekend - has flipped sides to see through the …

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Artist Vincent Fantauzzo on fighting, dyslexia – and painting Heath Ledger 44:36

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In this episode, we talk to Vincent Fantauzzo – the Melbourne portrait artist famous for hyperrealist renderings of a long list of prominent people. He’s painted movie stars (like Hugh Jackman), underworld figures (like Mick Gatto), politicians (like Julia Gillard), sporting heroes (like Oscar Piastri) and icons (like Michael Gudinski). Good Weeken…

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Crime writer Mark Brandi on the ‘incredibly painful’ experience that changed his life 39:51

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In this episode, we talk to Mark Brandi. The renowned crime novelist writes about outsiders: heroin addicts, former prisoners and child victims of poverty and violence – and joins us to chat about his new book, Eden, out on June 25. We take a look at Brandi's family background, including the racist, small-town harassment of his father – as well Bra…

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How China ate Apple – and is now weaponising its technology against the West 35:53

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In this episode, we talk to award-winning investigative journalist Patrick McGee, who for years led the Financial Times’ reporting on the meteoric rise of Apple Inc to become the world’s most valuable company after being on the brink of bankruptcy in 1996. As the iPod, iPhone and iPad revolutionised the way we live, Apple injected eye-watering amou…

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Dos and don’ts of home renos and building: A checklist from Grand Designs’ Anthony Burke 41:06

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In this episode, we talk to Anthony Burke. You might know him as the ubiquitous host of multiple renovation TV shows on the national broadcaster, including Grand Designs Australia, Grand Designs Transformations and Restoration Australia. (He's even got a new one about Asian design, called Culture by Design.) Today, he shifts from sympathising with …

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'I was so scared': A forced-marriage survivor's harrowing story – and escape 25:46

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In this episode we bring you the remarkable story of Miriam* (not her real name), a survivor of forced marriage. Often confused with arranged marriage, forced marriage means one person is not giving their full consent – sometimes due to coercion, deception, incapacitation or threats. Each year the Australian Federal Police deal with about 90 cases,…

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Chef prodigy Hugh Allen on his new restaurant, creativity – and recognising critics 37:54

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In this episode, we talk to Hugh Allen. Allen, of course, was made executive chef of iconic three-hat Melbourne restaurant, Vue de Monde, at the tender age of 23. The son of a nurse and a paediatrician – both terrible cooks, it must be said – Allen was once marked at high school as a "struggling" student, but through food, he became a star. Allen j…

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Sleep expert Matthew Walker on snoring, napping, nightmares and the power of slumber 51:53

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In this episode, we speak with Matthew Walker. The British neuroscience professor is the author of “Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams”, and he’s coming to Australia shortly to speak at Vivid Sydney in conjunction with the Sydney Writers' Festival. Walker has lately become the sleep expert of choice around the world for his deep …

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Novelist Hannah Kent on writing, nightmares – and the ghost who lives with her 39:05

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In this episode, we talk to Hannah Kent. The South Australian author burst onto the literary scene in 2013, with the publication of her debut historical novel, Burial Rites, about the execution of a young woman in Iceland, two centuries ago. The book was a global bestseller, optioned by Hollywood with Jennifer Lawrence attached to star in the film …

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Meet historian Rutger Bregman – fighting the good fight with 'realistic idealism' 37:28

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In this episode, we talk to Rutger Bregman. You might remember the Dutch historian and author from a 2019 appearance at the World Economic Forum in Davos, which went viral after he called out millionaires and billionaires for tax avoidance. He joins us to talk about everything from the loss of America's moral authority after the re-election of Dona…

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Inside the battle to retain Labor's traditional heartland voters 39:29

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In this episode - one week before the federal election - we talk to Kos Samaras. Samaras had a long career as a Labor strategist - particularly in running campaigns for the Victorian party - before founding the political consultancy firm RedBridge in 2020. He's one of the big thinkers in Australian politics, who grew up in a blue collar Labor famil…

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You Am I's Tim Rogers on addiction and anxiety, playing footy and prowling the stage 42:06

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In this episode, we talk to Tim Rogers. Best known as the frontman for rock band You Am I, Rogers was born in Kalgoorlie, WA, but lived all over the country growing up, spending time in Adelaide, Sydney and Canberra, and now, rural Victoria. The 55-year-old has lived a big life so far as a songwriter, raconteur, talking head and author. He's had hi…

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Melinda French Gates on perfectionism and pain, parenting and philanthropy 41:34

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In this episode, we talk to Melinda French Gates. Famous as one half of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation – one of the largest philanthropic outfits in the world – Melinda spent more than two decades overseeing the giving-away of more than $US77 billion. Then, in 2021, she and Bill divorced after 27 years of marriage, and Melinda began to chart a…

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‘My goggles filled with tears’: Ellie Cole on medals, motherhood – and silver linings 42:28

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In this episode we speak with Ellie Cole. Cole, of course, is a childhood cancer survivor whose right leg was amputated when she was 3. Within weeks of that operation, she was swimming as a form of rehab, before ultimately going on to become the most decorated Aussie female Paralympian of all time, with 17 medals over four games. In recent years sh…

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From hobby dancer to leading choreographer: The ‘luck and pluck’ of Stephanie Lake 34:16

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Ken Done on colour, critics and the 'real reason' he went to art school 30:26

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Eat Pray Love author Elizabeth Gilbert: 'True grief feels like the end of the world' 59:45

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'I just felt like such a loser': Olympic champion Cate Campbell on loneliness and depression 44:23

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The “fusion of hilarity and horror” that inspired children’s author Andy Griffiths 40:32

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Tracey Holmes: Meeting a Beatle, driving with Pele – and ‘this thing that still exists’ in sport 40:08

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‘Connecting your identity to sport is a dangerous game’: AFLW star Libby Birch 30:07

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From dance floor to ‘orgy room’: What happens on a typical swingers’ night? 31:03

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What worries Sarah Wilson? Nothing less than the collapse of civilisation 49:32

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Meet Hugh de Kretser - president of the Australian Human Rights Commission 49:40

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Soprano singer Danielle de Niese - making opera cool again 39:14

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True crime writer Mark Dapin on cops, Chopper, and the good within bad people 39:40

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Artist Vincent Fantauzzo on fighting, dyslexia – and painting Heath Ledger 44:36

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Crime writer Mark Brandi on the ‘incredibly painful’ experience that changed his life 39:51

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How China ate Apple – and is now weaponising its technology against the West 35:53

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Dos and don’ts of home renos and building: A checklist from Grand Designs’ Anthony Burke 41:06

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'I was so scared': A forced-marriage survivor's harrowing story – and escape 25:46

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Chef prodigy Hugh Allen on his new restaurant, creativity – and recognising critics 37:54

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Sleep expert Matthew Walker on snoring, napping, nightmares and the power of slumber 51:53

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Novelist Hannah Kent on writing, nightmares – and the ghost who lives with her 39:05

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Meet historian Rutger Bregman – fighting the good fight with 'realistic idealism' 37:28

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Inside the battle to retain Labor's traditional heartland voters 39:29

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You Am I's Tim Rogers on addiction and anxiety, playing footy and prowling the stage 42:06

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Melinda French Gates on perfectionism and pain, parenting and philanthropy 41:34

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‘My goggles filled with tears’: Ellie Cole on medals, motherhood – and silver linings 42:28