Welcome to the reMAKERS…
…a conversation that asks, ‘what is the best version of us, and how do we actually build it?’ How can we be more collaborative, transformative and ambitious? How can we help change systems, not just treat symptoms?
This is your home for nuanced, curious chats with Lily and Millie, alongside some of our most impactful leaders, thinkers and reMAKERs from all walks of life. It’s about politics and social change, about humans and all our weird and wonderful ways, about celebrating what we love while we reMAKE even more of the world we want. It’s a place to try on big ideas, change our minds, hear different perspectives and explore less chartered territory. Guests’ views are their own, obviously, and it would be pretty boring if we always agreed with each other and everything we heard.
We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands and waters where we live, work, play and record these various conversations — honouring Elders past and present.
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Season 2 out now!
I’m Lilian Spencer, Communications Lead for Australia reMADE and host of the reMAKERs. I’m from the US originally but have been lucky enough to spend the last 20-some years enjoying the beaches, coffee and eye-watering price of housing in Sydney, Australia. I’ve also got two young children, who keep me motivated, laughing, tidying endless mess and addicted to caffeine.
Before joining Australia reMADE I worked as a communications advisor for social enterprises, non-profits, campaigning organisations and the occasional political campaign —but I was never tribal enough for a fully fledged career in party politics. It seems the older I get, the less interested I am in ‘us vs them’, and the more interested I’ve become in building a larger us.
Australia reMADE and our community of reMAKERs inspire, challenge and delight me with their brilliant brains and beautiful hearts. You can find me on LinkedIn, or email me and the team at podcast@AustraliareMADE.org.
I’m Millie Rooney, National Coordinator of Australia reMADE and frequent cohost on the reMAKERS!
As a kid, I spent hours collecting toothbrushes outside supermarkets for Gulf War refugees and, although I wasn’t allowed to watch movies for fear of scary themes like ‘divorce’, was aware from a young age of scarier things like ‘war’. As a result, my childhood dream was to become a butterfly dancer on stilts, catch the eye of a journalist and make it to the front page of the paper so that there could be some good news for once. Is it any surprise I ended up involved in something like Australia reMADE?
Prior to joining Australia reMADE I also worked as an environment officer at both the Australian National University and the University of Tasmania. At the latter, I attended a single seminar on the power of ‘delight not fright’ that changed the course of my life and work. It’s a funny world.
I grew up in Canberra on Ngunnawal country, and although I now call Tasmania home, I still miss the dry scrappy dirt, the warble of the magpies and the smooth, flat bike paths. You can find me on Twitter at @_MillieRooney, or get in touch with me and the team at info@AustraliareMADE.org.
Show credits:
The reMAKERS is produced by the multi-talented Anna Wilson.
Thanks to our Chair (and source of wisdom and sanity) Louise Tarrant.
Episodes
Season 2, Ep 3: What’s our “why” as a country? (Part 2)
What does it look like to put the public good into action? Whether you’re optimistic, indifferent or freaking out about the election, this is a great conversation about purpose and how we build more of the public good.
Season 2, Ep 2: What’s our “why” as a country? (Part 1)
We’ve been through a lot lately, and more of us are questioning our priorities as a country. Add to that a federal election, and we’ve got a real opportunity to reset our sense of purpose as a nation.