The Leap Year
The Leap Year
Episodes
Episodes of The Leap Year
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Clem Baade is a public servant and performer. He has worked for the Department of Human Services for thirty years, and this year, like many others, he moved his work and his art online. For the very last episode of The Leap Year, Clem talks to
Ed Caesar is a contributing writer to The New Yorker whose work has taken him on a number of adventures, while covering stories about the mysterious owners of London’s largest private residence, Russian money-laundering scams, and Mount Everest
Ramachandra Guha is an Indian writer and social commentator, whose work traverses environmental, social, economic, historical and political issues. Speaking to Sally from India, he discusses India’s coronavirus response, Prime Minister Narendra
Ahmed Dini is an African youth community leader, who lives in one of the nine Melbourne public-housing towers that underwent hard lockdown in July. In this episode, he speaks with Sally about the shock and the lingering implications for residen
Hana Assafiri is the owner of the Moroccan Soup Bar, a Melbourne dining and community institution, employing vulnerable women workers. In this episode, she talks with Sally about the creative ways she and her colleagues connected, supported and
The public health response to Covid-19 in remote Indigenous communities has been a remarkable success story of the pandemic in Australia. In this episode, Sally speaks with the former Northern Territory politician Alison Anderson, about how com
When the New South Wales-Victoria border opened up on Monday, Veronica Haccou was among those who felt great relief. Veronica lives in Albury, New South Wales, and works in Wodonga, Victoria. She'd been navigating daily border checkpoints since
At the start of the year, 23-year-old Will Smith was pursuing his dreams in Boston on a competitive rowing scholarship. When he returned to Australia in March, he was diagnosed with Covid-19. Eight months on, he speaks to Sally about the effect
Dr Mario D’Cruz is a medical educator and practitioner, whose work is focused on spinal and mobility impairment. Mario himself was injured in a car accident 20 years ago and lives with quadriplegia. He talks to Sally about the challenges and up
Rebecca Marshall is an inspector with Victoria Police. In this episode, she speaks with Sally about the chaotic first weeks of March; the pressures, dangers and heartbreaks of policing during Melbourne’s lockdown and her efforts to protect hers
Rabbi Ralph Genende was shattered when, for the first time in 75 years, he had to close the doors of Melbourne’s Caulfield Shule in March. In this episode, he talks with Sally about leadership during times of hardship, prayer in isolation, pres
Kara Baker is a fashion designer, whose business stopped dead on 13 March this year, when a host of major events including Melbourne Fashion Festival were cancelled. In this episode, she talks with Sally about how major historical events influ
Luke Davies is a poet, novelist and screenwriter, best known for Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction, and the Academy Award-nominated film, Lion. This year, he has found himself alone in Los Angeles with the thing a writer wishes for most: all
Gabrielle Chan is the author of Rusted Off: Why Country Australia is Fed Up. Speaking to Sally from her farm in Harden, in the South West Slopes of New South Wales, Gabrielle reflects on regional economies, food production and how Covid-19 has
Glyn Davis is a Distinguished Professor at the Australian National University's Crawford School of Public Policy, and previously served as the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne. The coronavirus pandemic has had a huge economic and
Earlier this year, Todd Heery was already preparing himself for a year of isolation. Todd is the plumber at Mawson Research Station in Antarctica – the only continent so far untouched by the coronavirus. When he boarded the boat for departure,
Earlier this month, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews appeared for his 100th consecutive press conference. But politicians are not the only ones on this marathon. Rachel Baxendale is the state political reporter for the Australian, and is one of
Professor Margot Prior was a pioneer in the advancement of autism research in Australia. She was also a multi-talented talented musician, and a loving mother. Her life ended when she contracted the coronavirus in an aged care facility this year
Dennis Altman is a writer and academic who first came to attention in 1972 with the publication of his book Homosexual: Oppression & Liberation.While the coronavirus pandemic is most people’s first experience of having their lives affected by
Dr Neil Cunningham is an emergency physician at St Vincent's Hospital, where he oversees 600 junior doctors. Throughout his career, he has witnessed a number of pandemics, including Sars, Swine Flu, and now the Coronavirus. In this conversatio
Robyn Archer AO is a singer, performer, writer, artistic director and public advocate for the arts. She was first introduced to the topic of resilience by Dr Brian Walker, who writes, ‘Bouncing back is not resilience – this means nothing has be
Robyn Archer AO is a singer, performer, writer, artistic director and public advocate for the arts. She was first introduced to the topic of resilience by Dr Brian Walker, who writes, ‘Bouncing back is not resilience – this means nothing has be
In July 2020, Victoria’s AFL teams left the state amidst tightening restrictions and a spike in Covid-19 cases. The teams expected to spend 32 days in the Queensland hub, isolating and only interacting with other players, before returning home.
Amongst her teachers, Chenxin Tu is known as a ‘force of nature'. In this episode, Chenxin talks about coming of age during a global pandemic, and navigating her final year of school after moving to Australia from China seven years ago. She sp
Gustav Nossal is famous for his contributions to the fields of antibody formation and immunological tolerance. He's the former Chairman of the committee overseeing the World Health Organization's Immunisation, Vaccines and Biologicals programme
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