The Ebbs and The Flows.
The Ebbs and The Flows is a podcast revolving around the essential questions about the light and shade of our life. The adventures, the challenges, the journeys through grief and trauma, the humour we find in the struggle, the beauty and depth of the experiences we hold close to us individually and the lessons we take from them universally. Warts and all conversations about mental health, the art of feeling and healing, the power of connection and the absurdity of the paths we have trodden and the roadblocks we have encountered.
- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Average duration
- 53 minutes
- Episodes
- 38
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
#38: Ferg Linacre: ‘Clap Trap, the fundamental importance of friendship and The Honesty-Kindness Spectrum’
Fergus Linacre. Kingswood founding member. Award winning musician. Writer. Lover. Appreciater of life. Here is in the form you've never heard him before. Candid, considered, hilarious and telling. Fe…
#37: The Things We Carry V: Gender, Sexuality and The Backlash against Diversity
The Things we Carry is a title inspired by a book that had an indelible impact on me, and still does. Tim O’Brien’s ‘The Things They Carried’ changed me in many ways. It explored the depths of the em…
#36 with Bardie Somerville: ‘The Seasons of Life and Death: Go Toward Life but Recognise Death’
It's been a bit of a hiatus for The Ebbs and The Flows but the show is back with a guest, and this is a thought-provoking, challenging and bloody fascinating chat with tradie, businesswoman and advoc…
#33: The Things We Carry II - SHAME.
A seven part series of short podcasts revolving around challenging discussions and topics. The Things We Carry. On this episode, we focus on Shame and the impact it has on individuals, groups and soc…
#35: The Things we Carry IV - A frank conversation about suicide, grief and some hard lessons to learn.
The Things we Carry is a title inspired by a book that had an indelible impact on me, and still does. Tim O’Brien’s ‘The Things They Carried’ changed me in many ways. It explored the depths of the em…
#34: The Things we Carry III - Gender Based Violence and why our words and actions matter
The Things we Carry is a title inspired by a book that had an indelible impact on me, and still does. Tim O’Brien’s ‘The Things They Carried’ changed me in many ways. It explored the depths of the em…
#32: The Things We Carry - the darker side of booze
The Things we Carry is a title inspired by a book that had an indelible impact on me, and still does. Tim O’Brien’s ‘The Things They Carried’ changed me in many ways. It explored the depths of the em…
#31 with Jack Davis, founder of It's Cool to Cry: Normalising and frothing our mental health, soaking up the simple pleasures and being proactive when it comes to the hard conversations
Jack Davis from It's Cool To Cry joins The Ebbs and The Flows for episode 31. There are some heavy themes relating to suicide in this episode, but we do tread lightly. There's also plenty of swears. …
#30 with Madeleine Thornton-Smith: Fighting for the rights of precarious workers, solidarity forever, searching for more equitable and safer systems and why the arts are so vital to culture.
It's our thirtieth episode! And we want our fair share! How come artists and creatives are so often undervalued for their contribution to culture and society? Madeleine Thornton-Smith is an artist, a…
#29 with Eliza Hull: 'The Way You Walk is not something you need to hide', Hope is an Action, Love is the way and Running Underwater.
On this episode of The Ebbs and The Flows, Soft Chats about Hard Stuff, musician, advocate and writer Eliza Hull joins us for a gorgeous, moving and compelling conversation. Eliza is a musician livin…
#28 with Reagan Morel: Education Matters, 20 years old, feelin' pretty fine, a passion for community and an ingrained love of music, family and the beach.
On this episode of The Ebbs and The Flows, Soft Chats about Hard Stuff, Reagan Morel joins us for a chat with our youngest guest on le pod. Reagan is a 20 year old studying teaching, but it is at The…
#27 with Kierren Robinson: Finding your identity in the aftermath of grief, why early intervention is the way for young people and climbing mountains in search of universal truths
On this episode of The Ebbs and The Flows, Soft Chats about Hard Stuff, Kierren Robinson is a boxer, the founder of Awakened Warrior - a mentoring and coaching platform to connect people to a greater…
#26 with Matt LaFontine: Pulling Up for Mental Health, Building Beautiful Gardens and finding deep and meaningful connection and community after rock bottom
Matt LaFontine, founder of Safe Space Mornington and a man who belies expectation of a footy bloke is on a mission for mental health. On October 12, he will be Pulling Up for Mental Health. Join us a…
#25 with Andy Bull - 'The prize for making music is you made music and you get to do it again', finding the essence of your art and accepting life is kind of pointless gives you freedom to truly be who you want to be
Welcome to episode 25 of The Ebbs and The Flows with musician and creative Andy Bull who is currently writing an album in sixty days. This is a long form podcast because I just really enjoyed every l…
#24 Mia Dyson on 'The Tender Heart', panic, living through life and death and the healing utility of love and meditation
On the 24th episode of The Ebbs and the Flows and our first recorded remotely, Mia Dyson, multi-nominated ARIA artist, acclaimed musician and writer of the rugged and the radiant joins us to discuss …
#23 Shane McCurry on the value of leadership, culture and living and breathing your values, loving the rollicking, sometimes rickety ride of life and his love of storytelling
“I would rather be ashes than dust!
I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot.
I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnif…
Remote Community Musing #3: A Reflection upon an experience my heart will never forget
The third and final installment of Remote Community Musings from Balgo in the Kimberley in the North East of Western Australia. A conversation about broken systems, the little wins, the power of comm…
EBBS with Raphael Wong (Part II) on the perspective we gain from rejection, the greatest pain his eyes have seen and the advice he'd offer to his demoralised 21 year old self
Part II of our two part conversation with Raphael Wong, Opera and Musical Theatre performer who has just finished a run in The Phantom of The Opera at the Sydney Opera House. Raphael is a performer, …
EBBS with Raphael Wong (Part I) on the changing face of Opera, the thrill of live theatre and The Phantom of The Opera
Part I of our two part conversation with Raphael Wong, Opera and Musical Theatre performer who has just finished a run in The Phantom of The Opera at the Sydney Opera House. Raphael is a performer, b…
Remote Community Musings PT. II - Delving into Despair - Iron Claw, Wrasslin', letting the thing you love kill you and finding meaning in the 'sad and bad stuff'
Welcome back to The Ebbs and The Flows, Soft chats about Hard stuff. Today is our second edition of Remote Community Musings and we chat about despair. Why does despair send shivers down our spine? W…