"We might not have achieved what we wanted to, but by Jesus we tried."

This episode was recorded live from the Woodford Folk Festival as part of First Wine of the Day. Day four, and Harley Breen and Nikki Britton are running on fumes, festival feeling, and a very good chilled red. They'd already cried before the show started — two men had just got married on the hill, and their friends sang to them. That's Woodford.

Bar manager and sommelier Linus Wilson opens with a lesson in Beaujolais-style winemaking, Professor Ian Lowe delivers one of the most quietly galvanising conversations about our relationship with the natural world you'll hear anywhere, The Cartridge Family play two songs about tolerance and mismatched love, and Katie Noonan — in her 30th year at Woodford — closes the show with a performance dedicated to Quandamooka Country.

This episode is for:

• Anyone who needs a reminder that the natural world is worth fighting for — and that the fight is winnable
• Anyone who loves a love story between two people who probably shouldn't work — but absolutely do
• Anyone who's ever cried at a Folk Festival and didn't even try to stop

Dive in to hear about:

• The hoop pine Ian Lowe planted at the first Woodford Folk Festival — now standing 20 metres tall
• Why Professor Ian Lowe believes we're pulling random bricks out of the wall of life — and what we owe the generations coming after us
• Katie Noonan's 30th Woodford, her 30th album, and a song performed on the 30th of December — some things are just meant to happen

To come to the Woodford Folk Festival and FWOD next year visit: https://woodfordfolkfestival.com/

FOR MORE:

Katie Noonan: https://www.katienoonan.com.au

The Cartridge Family: https://www.instagram.com/the_cartridge_family_band

Professor Ian Lowe: https://experts.griffith.edu.au/9862-ian-lowe

Harley Breen: https://www.harleybreen.com.au

Nikki Britton: https://www.instagram.com/thenikkibritton

CREDITS:

Hosts: Harley Breen, Nikki Britton

Guests: Professor Ian Lowe, Rusty Berther & The Cartridge Family, Katie Noonan, Linus Wilson

Producer: Bree Hickson-Jamieson

Executive Producers: Benny Wallington, Georgia Shaw

Artwork: Hannah Rose

Social Media: Eliza Cowan

Assistant: Madeline Corcoran

Camera Operators: Amelie Barham, Ben 'Tofty' Toft

Editing: Amelie Barham

Music by: The East Pointers

Recorded on Jinibara Country

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Credits:

Host: Harley Breen

Executive Producers: Bree Hickson-Jamieson, Josh Weier, Benny Wallington

Audio mastering: Kieron Atkinson

Music by: The East Pointers

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