WHAT I'VE LEARNT
Rock legend Keith Urban, the iconic KD Lang, and the unforgettable Lionel Richie are just some of the names Deborah interviewed in the Melbourne Age column called, 'What I've Learnt.'Everyone has a story to tell, and a lesson to learn. What I’ve Learnt is a Podcast from journalist Deborah Blashki- Marks. "What I've Learnt' is a unique platform for International and national talent to delve deep into their own challenges, successes, failures, and life lessons. As a journalist of over 30 years, Deborah has been lucky enough to interview some of the most influential people from around the world - actors, musicians, designers, doctors, business professionals and writers. Now, introducing ‘What I’ve Learnt’ the podcast. This season on ‘What I’ve Learnt,’ Deborah catches up with:Sigrid Thornton - ActorDeb Lee Furness - ActorDeborah Conway - Singer/ SongwriterAlyce Platt - ActorLior - Singer/ SongwriterSusan Barton - Lighthouse FoundationKatie Noonan - Singer/ SongwriterJoanna Murray Smith - PlaywrightAnd many more… Follow: @what.ive.learnt on InstagramWhat I've Learnt on FacebookCREDITS:Host and Executive Producer:Deborah Blashki Marks (mindfilmandpublishing.com)Audio and Video Production:Luke Evans(Luke.j.evans3@gmail.com)Artwork: Rebecca Bana PhotographyOriginal Music:Jonah OrbachVoice Production:Matia MarksDesign:Annika Lad(annika.lad01@gmail.com)
Episodes
165 episodes
What I've Learnt - Anthony Koutoufides
Anthony “Kouta” Koutoufides is a former award winning AFL player and a Carlton Football Club legend, playing over 270 games for the club. Anthony was often referred to as the ‘Prototype of the Modern Footballer’ as he was notably athletic and v...
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Season 6
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Episode 9
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34:22
What I've Learnt - Michael Klim
Michael Klim is an entrepreneur and head of the Klim Foundation best known for being and awesome guitar strumming and pumping Olympic swimming gold medallist. In July 2022, Klim revealed that he had been diagnosed with th...
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Season 6
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Episode 8
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46:23
What I've Learnt - Eylon Levy
It takes courage to stand up and that is what Eylon Levy has done since Oct 7As the cultural wars rage across media platforms he has used his skills intelligence and even humour to tell the world about the siege that has engul...
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Season 6
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Episode 7
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38:46
Beyond Words - Molly Ness
Molly Ness is a former classroom teacher, a reading researcher, and a teacher educator. She earned a doctorate in reading education at the University of Virginia, and spent 16 years as an associate professor at Fordham University in New York Ci...
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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34:41
What I've Learnt - Simone O'Brien
Simone O’Brien is a domestic violence survivor, speaker, strong advocate for women against violence, and mother of three beautiful children.Her journey started in 2012 when she suffered a horrific attack at the hands of a perpetrator wh...
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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37:25
What I've Learnt - Mia Findlay
Mia Findlay, Founder and Principal Coach | AustraliaMia is deeply passionate about helping others reach the same freedom she now enjoys without her eating disorder. She has worked in the eating disorder advocacy field for nine years and ...
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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51:06
What I've Learnt - Fiona Sweet
The Stella Prize CEO - Fiona SweetFiona is the former Artistic Director and CEO of the Ballarat International Foto Biennale responsible for the programming and curation of three Biennales. She founded the National Centre for Photography ...
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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36:08
What I've Learnt - Anna Grosman
Anna Grosman, creator and owner is relaunching a new male escort agency - HER CONFIDANT. In its new incarnation, HER CONFIDANT will also cater to women who are looking for companionship in any form: emotional, sexual or for company on a date. "...
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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31:52
What I've Learnt - Suzy Zail
Suzy Zail has worked as a litigation lawyer, specialising in Family Law, but now writes full time. Among other titles, she has written The Tattooed Flower, a memoir about her father’s time as a child survivor of the Holocaust. Her first novel f...
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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37:06
What I've Learnt - Summer Series Gems (January - April 2024)
Hi, Welcome to the What I’ve Learnt podcastFrom food to fashion and art to music we’ve got you covered. We wanted to highlight some amazing moments of the podcast from JAnuary to April.This Episode FeaturesDr Gina Cle...
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Season 5
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Episode 13
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54:26
Beyond Words - Oliver James
California has one of the lowest literacy rates in the country and according to the National Center for Education Statistics, around one in five adu...
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Season 5
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Episode 12
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39:43
What I've Learnt - Summer Series Gems (Febuary-March 2024)
Hi, Welcome to the What I’ve Learnt podcastFrom food to fashion and art to music we’ve got you covered. We wanted to highlight some amazing moments of the podcast from Febuary to March.This Episode FeaturesCaitlin Mar...
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Season 5
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Episode 11
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58:00
What I've Learnt - Michelle Stanton
Michelle Stanton, Founder and CEO of Complete Success utilises her expertise to empower people to achieve exceptional results through innovative speaking, teaching and coaching programs. Formally, the CEO of her family's 8O ...
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Season 5
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Episode 10
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42:41
What I've Learnt - Annabelle Hickson
Annabelle Hickson, editor of the award-winning independent print magazine GALAH. Despite having no publishing or business experience, Annabelle started the magazine from her kitchen table to document regional Australia and the people who live t...
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Season 5
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Episode 9
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33:38
What I've Learnt - Tammy Casselson
Tammy Casseslon was just 15 years old when she first saw him from across the room. They smiled at one another, and that was it. She was smitten. "He was 17. Charming, funny, very good looking and looked at me like I was special," sa...
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Season 5
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Episode 8
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36:12
Beyond Words - Henry Warren (Turn On The Subtitles)
Turnonthesubtitles Extensive research from top academics in many countries has shown that simply turning on the subtitles for children’s television improves literacy. Dramatically. In fact it may double their chance of be...
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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30:03
What I've Learnt - Caitlin Marshell & Lizzie Rose (MakeShift)
Caitlin Marshall & Lizzie Rose, founders of the award-winning MakeShift. This not-for-profit org is one of the first creative prescribing agencies in Australia. Lizzie and Caitlin are known and respected internationally for their work on cr...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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27:02
What I've Learnt - Summer Series Gems (January 2024)
Hi, Welcome to the What I’ve Learnt podcastFrom food to fashion and art to music we’ve got you covered. We wanted to highlight some amazing moments of the podcast from January.This Episode FeaturesDr Gina Cleo: a ...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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55:06
What I've Learnt - Nicki Gostin
Nicki Gostin is a Page Six digital reporter who covers red carpets, the royal family and all ‘70s and ‘80s megastars. She has interviewed hundreds of celebrities about touchy topics and even took the now-infamous video of an aghast Anna Wintour...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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33:13
What I've Learnt - Jacob Klein
Born in Romania in 1953 to two Holocaust survivors who lost their family in the Holocaust. Immigrated to Israel in 1962.Married and father of three children, all living in Israel.Social-organizational psychologist, coach, group an...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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43:47
What I've Learnt - Jason Kimberly
Stepping out of the limelight to become Cool Jason Kimberley is an adventurer, photographer, author, and the founder of Cool, an education organization dedicated to inspiring students to learn for life. Jason is an altruistic...
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Season 4
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Episode 36
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44:43
What I've Learnt - Dr Gina Cleo
Dr Gina Cleo, behavioural scientist, world-renowned habit-change researcher and Adjunct Professor at Bond University. Gina’s new book, The Habit Revolution: Simple Steps to Rewire Your Brain for Powerful Habit Change, will be published in Jan 2...
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Season 4
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Episode 35
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48:06
What I've Learnt - Nimrod Palmach
A father of two small Nimrod children aged 4 and 7, Nimrod lives in Israel he is a Major reservist in the IDF. On 7 October at approximately 6am he received a phone call from his Commander to immediately drive to Jerusalem and collect his unifo...
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Season 4
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Episode 34
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34:51
What I've Learnt - #BringHershHome
URGENT: U.S. Citizen taken hostage to Gaza in dire medical need. (Updated Wed Oct 13, 8am IST) Hersh Goldberg-Polin was wounded and violently abducted at the Nova Music Festival in Southern Israel on October 7 by Gazan terrorists. ...
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Season 4
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Episode 33
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57:22