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With FW Live, you get to ask the questions. Tune in every Thursday at 4PM as Jamila Rizvi and Helen McCabe interview notable women excelling in their fields.
From Gladys Berejiklian to Bernardine Evaristo, we have an interview to cover every interest and professional development topic. Watch these recordings at your leisure.
LEADERSHIP
GLADYS BEREJIKLIAN
NSW Premier, Gladys Berejiklian, speaks with Future Women Founder Helen McCabe about her career, leadership style and guiding NSW through COVID-19.
TEELA REID
MALCOM TURNBULL
Future Women’s Chief Creative Officer Jamila Rizvi speaks with the former Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, about policy, politics and his book, A Bigger Picture. Watch here.
SALLY MCMANUS
Future Women’s Chief Creative Officer Jamila Rizvi speaks with ACTU Secretary, Sally McManus, about work, unionism and financial security during COVID-19. Watch here.
MIM BARTLETT
Future Women’s Chief Creative Officer Jamila Rizvi speaks with Executive Coach, Mim Bartlett, about building a personal board and carving out balance when the personal and professional lines begin to blur. Watch here.
KATE JENKINS
Future Women’s Founder Helen McCabe speaks with Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Kate Jenkins, about the National Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in Australian Workplaces. Watch here.
SUMMER MAY FINLAY
Future Women’s Chief Creative Officer Jamila Rizvi speaks with University of Wollongong Lecturer, Summer May Finlay, about what non-Indigenous Australians can do to progress reconciliation and be true accomplices to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Watch here.
GRETA THOMAS AND CLAIRE HATTON
Future Women’s Chief Commercial Officer Alicia Stephenson speaks with Don’t Stop Us Now! Podcast hosts, Greta Thomas and Claire Hatton, about the practical strategies we can apply to our careers to navigate COVID-19 and build careers that will be suited to the future of work. Watch here.
KATHARINE MURPHY
Future Women’s Chief Creative Officer Jamila Rizvi speaks with Guardian Australia’s political editor, Katharine Murphy about going behind the scenes of Australia’s COVID-19 response in Quarterly Essay 79: The End of Certainty: Pandemic Politics and Scott Morrison. Watch here.
AMINATA CONTEH-BIGER
Future Women’s Chief Creative Officer Jamila Rizvi speaks with Aminata Conteh-Biger about overcoming trauma, using power as a force for good and improving maternal health outcomes in Sierra Leone. Watch here.
SUE MORPHET
Future Women’s Founder Helen McCabe speaks with Chief Executive Women President, Sue Morphet, about the results of the ASX200 Senior Executive Census for 2020. Watch here.
TARANG CHAWLA
Future Women’s Chief Creative Officer Jamila Rizvi speaks with Our Watch Ambassador and anti-violence campaigner, Tarang Chawla, about gender-based violence, the legacy of his sister, Niki, and the leadership we need to end violence against women and their children. Watch here.
WELLNESS
DR. FATIMA KHAN
Future Women’s Chief Creative Officer Jamila Rizvi speaks with The Menopause Specialist, Dr Fatima Khan, about how women can balance their hormones to optimise physical, emotional and psychological wellbeing.
DR. KERRYN PHELPS
Future Women’s Founder Helen McCabe speaks with doctor, author and health advocate, Dr. Kerryn Phelps, about her new book Everyday Food As Medicine and the role food plays in protecting our bodies against. Watch here.
SHARON KOLKKA
Future Women’s Founder Helen McCabe speaks with wellness consultant, Sharon Kolkka, to bust some popular wellness myths and discuss the impact of stress on physical and mental wellbeing. Watch here.
JULIA BAIRD
Future Women’s Chief Creative Officer Jamila Rizvi speaks with author and TV presenter, Julia Baird, about her new book Phosphorescence and the things that can sustain us when the world goes dark. Watch here.
JILL STARK
Future Women’s Chief Creative Officer Jamila Rizvi speaks with author and mental health expert, Jill Stark, about how she’s managing her anxiety through COVID-19 and keeping her inner critic in check. Watch here.
GEORGIE DENT
Future Women’s Chief Creative Officer Jamila Rizvi speaks with author and journalist, Georgie Dent, about overwhelming anxiety, when life falls apart and what it takes to put it back together again. Watch here.
DR. CARMEL HARRINGTON
Future Women’s Chief Creative Officer Jamila Rizvi speaks with sleep expert, Dr. Carmel Harrington, why sleep is so important at the moment and what to do if you are not getting enough. Watch here.
“If you have everyone in the room with the same lived experience, inevitably, your decisions are not going to be the best.”
― SALLY MCMANUS, Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions
CULTURE
BERNARDINE EVARISTO
Future Women’s Founder Helen McCabe speaks with 2019 Booker Prize winning author, Bernardine Evaristo, about her career, early novels, Girl, Woman, Other, and what’s next.
SARAH WILSON
Future Women’s Chief Commercial Officer Alicia Stephenson speaks with Lit Up podcast host Founder Helen McCabe speaks with wellness consultant, Sharon Kolkka, to bust some popular wellness myths and discuss the impact of stress on physical and mental wellbeing. Watch here.
MAYA KING
Future Women’s Chief Creative Officer Jamila Rizvi speaks with Maya King about the upcoming US election and the historic nomination of Kamala Harris. Watch here.
ALICE ZASLAVSKY
In Praise of Veg author, food commentator and educator Alice Zaslavsky speaks with Jamila Rizvi about cooking for comfort during lockdown, how we can all eat more vegetables and her go-to recipes for fun and healthy meals. Watch here.
BROOKE BONEY
Future Women’s Founder Helen McCabe speaks with Entertainment Reporter, Brooke Boney, about her work on the Today show, Next Generation Innovators podcast and how she’s approaching life in lockdown. Watch here.
ZUFI EMERSON
Future Women’s Founder Helen McCabe speaks with actor and Future Women Ambassador, Zufi Emerson, about #blacklivesmatter, growing up in Australia as a child adopted from Ethiopia and why the entertainment industry has a long way to go to eradicate racism. Watch here.
SOPHIE MCNEILL
Future Women’s Chief Commercial Officer Alicia Stephenson speaks with Lit Up podcast host Founder Helen McCabe speaks with wellness consultant, Sharon Kolkka, to bust some popular wellness myths and discuss the impact of stress on physical and mental wellbeing. Watch here.
ANGELA LEDGERWOOD
Future Women’s Chief Commercial Officer Alicia Stephenson speaks with Lit Up podcast host Founder Helen McCabe speaks with wellness consultant, Sharon Kolkka, to bust some popular wellness myths and discuss the impact of stress on physical and mental wellbeing. Watch here.
EMILY J. BROOKS
Future Women’s Chief Creative Officer Jamila Rizvi speaks with writer and author, Emily J. Brooks, about contemporary dating culture, equality in our romantic relationships and her new book, The First Move. Watch here.
ASTRID EDWARDS
Future Women’s Chief Creative Officer Jamila Rizvi speaks with Book Review and Writer Teacher, Astrid Edwards, about our Anonymous Was A Woman podcast and what’s on her isolation reading list. Watch here.
GABRIELLE EBSWORTH
Future Women’s Founder Helen McCabe speaks with Royal Melbourne Hospital Aboriginal Liaison Officer, Gabrielle Ebsworth, about working during a pandemic and how she’s responding to the Black Lives Matter movement. Watch here.
JANE DE GRAAFF
Future Women’s Founder Helen McCabe speaks with TV Presenter, Food & Lifestyle Writer Jane de Graaff about what she’s cooking in her quarantine kitchen and her go-to recipes for comfort during lockdown. Watch here.
KATE LEAVER
Future Women’s Chief Creative Officer Jamila Rizvi speaks with author and writer, Kate Leaver, about the art and science of friendship, and how both people and animals can sustain us through dark times. Watch here.
CLARE BOWDITCH
Future Women’s Chief Creative Officer Jamila Rizvi speaks with author and performer, Clare Bowditch, about her book Your Own Kind Of Girl, kindness, courage and self-leadership in times of crisis. Watch here.
AMELIA ADAMS
Future Women’s Founder Jamila Rizvi speaks with 9News Correspondent, Amelia Adams, from the epicentre of America’s Black Lives Movement. Watch here.
RESEARCH
DEEPMALA MAHLA
Regional Director for Asia at the international aid gaency CARE, Deepmala Mahla, speaks with Future Women’s Chief Creative Officer Jamila Rizvi about their aid projects, fundraising and the impact of COVID-19 on women and girls in the developing world.
REBECCA HUNTLEY
Future Women’s Chief Creative Officer Jamila Rizvi speaks with writer and researcher, Dr. Rebecca Huntley, about her new book, How To Talk About Climate Change In A Way That Makes A Difference and why it is so hard to talk about climate change in a meaningful way. Watch here.
LEAH RUPPANNER
Future Women’s Chief Commercial Officer Alicia Stephenson speaks with Associate Professor Leah Ruppanner from the University of Melbourne about women, work and inequality at home during COVID-19. Watch here.
ANGELA JACKSON
Future Women’s Chief Creative Officer Jamila Rizvi speaks with Lead Economist from Equity Economics, Angela Jackson, about how COVID-19 has impacted the economic participation of women and what we can do to ensure women are supported through the recovery. Watch here.
KRISTINE ZIWICA
Future Women’s Chief Creative Officer Jamila Rizvi speaks with gender policy expert, Kristine Ziwica, about the emerging phenomenon of the ‘she-cession’ and what’s required for an economic recovery that’s inclusive of women. Watch here.
SUE VERCOE
Future Women’s Chief Creative Officer Jamila Rizvi speaks with the Managing Director of Newgate Research, Sue Vercoe, about the latest COVID-19 research and what we have learned during the pandemic. Watch here.
MEDIA
JACQUELINE MALEY
Columnist and senior journalist, Jacqueline Maley, speaks with Future Women’s Founder Helen McCabe about her two year investigation breaking the Dyson Heydon story with fellow journalist Kate McClymont.
LISA DAVIES
Future Women’s Founder Helen McCabe speaks with the editor of the Sydney Morning Herald, Lisa Davies, about the biggest story of her career and being one of only few women in history to edit a metropolitan daily paper. Watch here.
JANE GILMORE
Future Women’s Chief Creative Officer Jamila Rizvi speaks with author and journalist, Jane Gilmore, about her Fixed It campaign, gender and power in the media and the myths we’re unconsciously sold about violence against women. Watch here.
ANNIKA SMETHURST
Future Women’s Chief Creative Officer Jamila Rizvi speaks with the Walkley award-winning journalist and author, Annika Smethurst, about press freedom, her new book On Secrets and experience becoming the news story in 2019. Watch here.
“Not all of the allegations that we’ve heard about or that we’ve been told about, we’ve been able to publish. “
―JACQUELINE MALEY, Columnist and senior journalist
BUSINESS
LACEY FILIPICH
Future Women’s Chief Creative Officer Jamila Rizvi speaks with Lacey Filipich about how we can secure our financial independence during uncertain times.
ROSS GREENWOOD
Future Women’s Chief Creative Officer Jamila Rizvi speaks with finance expert, Ross Greenwood, about the Government stimulus packages and what this uncertain economic climate means for your finances. Watch here.
CHRIS MARR DSM
Future Women’s Founder Helen McCabe speaks with the Chief Commercial Officer of Sonder, Christopher Marr DSM, about creating a global responder network and building a business to support women’s safety. Watch here.
COVID-19
DR NEELA JANAKIRAMANAN
Future Women’s Chief Creative Officer Jamila Rizvi speaks with surgeon, writer and campaigner, Dr. Neela Janakiramanan, about how we should approach the easing of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions.
DR. KERRYN PHELPS
Future Women’s Chief Creative Officer Jamila Rizvi speaks with Dr. Kerryn Phelps about the latest on COVID-19. Watch here.
DR. CHARLOTTE KEATING
Future Women’s Chief Creative Officer Jamila Rizvi speaks with psychologist, Dr. Charlotte Keating, about how to talk to kids about COVID-19. Watch here.
DR. KERRY CHANT
Future Women’s Founder Helen McCabe speaks with NSW Chief Health Officer, Dr. Kerry Chant, about being thrust into the spotlight, keeping NSW safe and re-opening the community. Watch here.
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