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Podcast highlights - Armenian farming blueberries on King Island and professional volleyball in Estonia
Things have been a little slow with the podcast in the past few months, but should be picking up a bit more over the next month with some...
Mark Thomson
May 1, 20242 min read


Celebrating 100 episodes of 177 Nations of Tasmania
Having reached 100 episodes/nationalities on the podcast, I thought it was a milestone worth celebrating and I invited participants to...
Mark Thomson
Mar 19, 20242 min read


Podcast highlights - The Austrian Alps, Aged Care in Singapore and a childhood in PNG
It's been an interesting first month or so on the podcast in 2024, with three quite contrasting stories from Austria, Singapore and Papua...
Mark Thomson
Feb 7, 20242 min read


177 Nations of Tasmania - 2023 in review and future goals
Whenever a new year starts, it's common to look back at the previous year and reflect on what you may have learnt and achieved. With an...
Mark Thomson
Jan 15, 20243 min read


Podcast highlights - Scottish salmon farmer and Latvian choral singing
The two latest episodes on the podcast come from Scotland and Latvia. Both from Northern Europe, but two very different stories in both...
Mark Thomson
Dec 15, 20232 min read


Podcast highlights - Stories from three different continents
My most recent podcast episodes were with three different women from three different continents, and perhaps as geographically apart as...
Mark Thomson
Nov 23, 20232 min read


177 Nations of Tasmania podcast - From Sweden to the heart of Africa
One of the beauties of doing this podcast is the diversity of stories and cultures I get to hear about from quite disparate parts of the...
Mark Thomson
Oct 26, 20232 min read


177 Nations of Tasmania Highlights : Stories of romance and travel adventures
I've done another three new episodes in quick succession, all from Europe, but from quite disparate parts. After a succession of...
Mark Thomson
Sep 11, 20232 min read


177 Nations of Tasmania podcast - Recent highlights
The last few months have been pretty productive and yielded some interesting interviews from both similar and contrasting parts of the...
Mark Thomson
Sep 1, 20233 min read


177 Nations of Tasmania : A personal journey of discovery
After my most recent interview with Ali, who grew up in Beirut, Lebanon I started to reflect on how much I've learned from all these...
Mark Thomson
Jun 28, 20234 min read


Almost 3 years of the 177 Nations of Tasmania podcast - Time for a review and an appeal for help
The podcast has been going for almost 3 years now and I thought it was a good time to sit back and both review what I've achieved so far...
Mark Thomson
May 30, 20233 min read


177 Nations of Tasmania podcast in 2022 - looking back at the achievements and challenges
It's always interesting to look back on what you've achieved during the year, and when I look at the gallery of photos of just some of...
Mark Thomson
Dec 31, 20225 min read


177 Nations of Tasmania - Episode 64 - The simple life in Tonga
As I mentioned in my last blog, I hadn't managed to find any Pacific Islanders until recently, despite many attempts. But once you get...
Mark Thomson
Aug 2, 20223 min read


177 Nations of Tasmania - Episode 63 - Samoa and family
My interview with Loni was my first with someone from any of the Pacific Island nations, an area I've been wanting to cover for a while...
Mark Thomson
Jul 31, 20223 min read


177 Nations of Tasmania - Compiling clips on common themes
In the process of doing the interviews for this podcast, more and more common themes have emerged. There are certain things that are...
Mark Thomson
Jun 29, 20224 min read


177 Nations of Tasmania - Episode 62 - Magical Madagascar
I have to say that Madagascar was actually not on my list of countries from the 2016 census ( which is of course well out of date, but...
Mark Thomson
Jun 19, 20222 min read


177 Nations of Tasmania - Episode 61 - Talk with an Egyptian
I have been doing this podcast for almost 2 years now, and through the process I've learnt many things. One thing that I've taken on...
Mark Thomson
Jun 17, 20222 min read


177 Nations of Tasmania - Episode 60 - In between Hong Kong and Tasmanian culture
I thought it would be interesting to have Anthony on the podcast because of his rather unusual reason for coming to Tasmania and his...
Mark Thomson
Jun 16, 20222 min read


177 Nations of Tasmania - Episode 59 - Norway
In the case of many migrants I've interviewed, coming to Australia/Tasmania has meant coming to a place with a better quality of life,...
Mark Thomson
Jun 5, 20222 min read


177 Nations of Tasmania - Episode 58 - On rural life in Kenya
I guess Kenya is one of those countries we might associate with the quintessential Africa - herds of Wildebeest, sweeping savannah,...
Mark Thomson
Apr 29, 20222 min read
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