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Podcast highlights for June - Diverse stories from Laos, Manx and Yemen
You couldn't ask for a more eclectic and diverse group of countries than Laos, Yemen and the Isle of Man, both geographically and...
Mark Thomson
Jul 142 min read


Photography project update; ABC story; New nationalities coming out of the woodwork
Portrait sessions in the Hobart Library The photography sessions have been a little sparser this time around, but they have been...
Mark Thomson
Jun 192 min read


Podcast highlights from May - defying Chinese sterotypes and going back to WW2 in Malta
After a few months of inaction on the podcast to focus more on the photo exhibition, it's back with a couple of very interesting new...
Mark Thomson
May 292 min read


177 Nations of Tasmania Photography and Storytelling Exhibition at the Hobart Library
We set up the photo display on Level 2 of the Hobart library back in March, but it's taken a bit of time to get rolling again with the...
Mark Thomson
May 282 min read


177 Nations of Tasmania Photography and Storytelling Exhibition - Highlights so far
The 177 Nations of Tasmania Photography and Storytelling Exhibition started on February 4. Since then Andrew has photographed around 40...
Mark Thomson
Feb 284 min read


The 177 Nations of Tasmania Photography and Storytelling Exhibition has begun !
We have now completed the first week of running the pop-up studio in the Packing Room Gallery, in the Henry Jones Art Hotel , so I...
Mark Thomson
Feb 102 min read


Meet the first participants in the 177 Nations of Tasmania photography and storytelling project
In December 2024, me and Hobart photographer Andrew Wilson did some trial portrait shoots with 5 of the participants from the 177...
Mark Thomson
Jan 172 min read


Unveiling the Unseen: 177 Nations of Tasmania's Photo & Storytelling Project Revealed!
177 Nations of Tasmania is proud to announce a new collaboration with photographer and author Andrew Wilson that will use photography...
Mark Thomson
Dec 9, 20242 min read


Podcast highlights for June : Benin, Tunisia and Israel
The recent podcast episodes involved one that was 11 months in the making, and another came together in a matter of days. Two of them...
Mark Thomson
Jun 27, 20243 min read


Refugee Week and sharing refugee stories. Some thoughts.
At the time of writing this, I have completed 108 interviews for the 177 Nations of Tasmania podcast. These have spanned a whole gamut of...
Mark Thomson
Jun 19, 20242 min read


Podcast highlights for May - Escaping ethnic cleansing and surprising romances
A somewhat provocative heading perhaps, but then 2 of the recent episodes have involved Bosnia Herzegovina and Bhutan. In both countries,...
Mark Thomson
May 15, 20243 min read


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
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