There were no new podcast interviews in the last month, and certainly it's getting more difficult both to find people and then to find a time that they're available to be interviewed - especially at this time of year. I will put a list of some of the countries I'm still looking for at the end of this blog post. In the meantime, the photography project has been continuing slowly but surely, and we had an unexpected opportunity to photograph a Slovenian participant, who just h

October was a bit of a slow month for the 177 Nations of Tasmania project, but there was one big highlight, and that was a trip to Launceston to photograph and video some of the Launceston-based podcast participants. We had 6 booked for sessions, though one had to withdraw late due to illness, nevertheless, it was certainly enough to make the trip worthwhile. What a diverse and interesting bunch of people we had come in too, with small island nations, war and sacrifice be

In the last month we have had some great photo shoots with several people who were obviously really proud to share and display their culture, but who also interesting personal stories involving overcoming some pretty tough life challenges. Interestingly enough, they were from all from just two regions - the South Pacific and Central America. For the podcast, I also interviewed Roque from El Salvador, and Olive, a Māori woman from New Zealand. Manu from Tonga, passionately e

It's been quite a contrast of stories with the episodes of the last month, though with a bit of a Caribbean and Celtic flavour. I had...