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Radio Woodfordia

Radio Woodfordia

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What happens when Australia's biggest music and arts festival becomes home to a community of dreamers, builders, and storytellers?


Join comedian Harley Breen as he uncovers the wild stories behind the biggest festival you just might never have heard of. Broadcasting live from Woodfordia: A 500-acre regenerated dairy farm on Jinibara Country that's hosted the Festival for the past 30 years.


Expect cracking yarns from the visionaries who built this cultural phenomenon from humble Maleny beginnings, plus the artists whose careers launched from this hidden Queensland valley, just an hour from Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast.


There are familiar faces and unsung heroes who come together to produce something many have experienced as a rite of passage. Like everything at Woodfordia, from the 136,000 trees planted, to our chai tent (one of the first places to serve chai in Australia), this podcast is unfolding, growing, expanding the Woodfordia Universe to invite more of us in.


Many arrive at all ages of life and say 'I've finally found my people'.

This is an invitation into the lives of our people who might just become yours too.


To learn more visits www.woodfordia.org or www.woodfordfolkfestival.com

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  • Better to Light a Candle — with Professor Ian Lowe

    Better to Light a Candle — with Professor Ian Lowe
    2026/08/30
    "I'm conscious of the old adage that it's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness." — Professor Ian LoweHarley Breen sits down with Professor Ian Lowe AO, one of Australia's most respected environmental scientists, for a conversation ranging from dodgy cricket umpiring to the fate of the planet, often in the same breath. Now 83, Ian is Emeritus Professor of Science, Technology and Society at Griffith University, with forty years working on energy, climate and sustainable futures. He was President of the Australian Conservation Foundation (2004–2014), chaired the advisory council behind Australia's first national State of the Environment Report, and spent over a decade on the Australian Radiation Health and Safety Advisory Council. He has authored ten books and over 500 other publications, wrote a regular New Scientist column for thirteen years, and is a long-standing opponent of nuclear power as a climate solution. In 2015 he was appointed to South Australia's Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission Expert Advisory Committee. His accolades include an AO, a Eureka Prize, the Prime Minister's Environment Award, and the Konrad Lorenz Gold Medal.Ian's connection to Woodfordia runs just as deep. A life member, he planted a hoop pine at the very first Woodford Folk Festival — now twenty metres tall after thirty years on-site. He's delivered talks and keynotes here for years, written and performed a sustainability anthem with the crowd singing along, and appeared on Radio Woodfordia live in 2025. He's also a stalwart of the John Thompson Great Comedy Debate. Most recently, Ian was appointed inaugural Chair of the new Woodfordia Foundation — established to hold the land in trust once the Forest of Goodwill campaign reaches its target — and led the ceremonial planting of a Bunya tree at The Planting earlier this year to mark its establishment.This conversation covers cricket as an antidote to solitary work, the accidental origins of the Greenhouse tent, the economics of Australia's military spending, and what it means to take on a responsibility measured in centuries rather than election cycles.This episode is for:Anyone who needs a reminder that speaking up matters, even without a guarantee of changePeople curious what it takes to buy back the land underneath a beloved institutionWoodfordians who want to understand the festival's 500-year planDive in to hear about:How a tent of twenty people on hay bales at the last Maleny Folk Festival grew into the Greenhouse — which, under different guises, remains the beating heart of environmental talks at WoodfordThe Woodfordia Foundation, the $2.66 million raised toward the $5 million land buyback, and why the fund sits at arm's length from the festivalWhy Ian sees cricket and choir singing as the antidote to solo, ego-driven workThe UNESCO biosphere status held by the Sunshine Coast, Noosa and the Great Sandy region, and what it takes to keep itCandles from Caragabal, Ian's forthcoming memoir, and lighting a candle rather than cursing the darknessKey topics: Professor Ian Lowe, Woodfordia Foundation, land buyback, climate change, environmental activism, 500-year plan, UNESCO biosphere, Greenhouse tent, nuclear power, Woodford Folk Festival, sustainability, First Nations land managementTo come to the Woodford Folk Festival this year visit: https://woodfordfolkfestival.com/FOR MORE:Harley Breen: https://www.harleybreen.com.auWoodfordia: https://woodfordia.org/A Forest of Goodwill - Woodfordia Land Fundraising Campaign: https://aforestofgoodwill.woodfordia.com/CREDITS: Host: Harley Breen | Guest: Professor Ian Lowe | Executive Producer: Bree Hickson-Jamieson | Production: Josh Weier | Runner: Monica Clayton | Video Editor: Nick Haddow | Music by: The East Pointers | Recorded on Jinibara CountryRecorded July 2026#RadioWoodfordia #IanLowe #HarleyBreen #WoodfordFolkFestival #Woodfordia #ClimateAction #Environment #WoodfordiaFoundation #Sustainability #Nuclear #PodcastJoin the Woodfordian Citizens:Perks -- Bi-Monthly emails sharing the ins and outs of the world of Woodfordia and the people who keep the heart beating.- Special invites to special events on site at Woodfordia. Super special.- Bonus podcast content- Early early bird access to Woodford Folk Festival tickets- Early access to workshop bookings at Woodford Folk FestivalVisit: woodfordia.org/woodfordia/become-a-citizenMore information at www.woodfordia.orgFor the festival: www.woodfordfolkfestival.comFor Harley: https://www.harleybreen.com.au/Credits:Host: Harley BreenExecutive Producers: Bree Hickson-Jamieson, Josh Weier, Benny WallingtonAudio mastering: Kieron AtkinsonMusic by: The East Pointers Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • Love at First Play — with Barleyshakes Duo

    Love at First Play — with Barleyshakes Duo
    2026/08/21
    "It's not just about being in a band. It's about community building and getting out there." — Alan Kelly, Barleyshakes DuoKristin Kelly grew up in Brisbane, heard Martin Hayes play fiddle at the National Folk Festival in Canberra in the early 90s, quit her teaching job, sent a cheque to the other side of the world, and went to his summer school in Miltown Malbay, Ireland. Alan Kelly grew up in Dublin, spending every Sunday at his grandmother's house — 24 cousins, a banjo, an accordion, and an uncle who yodeled through the whole afternoon, undeterred by protests, pleas, or a stick in the ribs. They met in Prague in the mid-90s and have been making music together ever since.Harley Breen sits down with Kristin and Alan — Barleyshakes Duo — fresh off their first Festival of Small Halls tour, the 50th tour in the programme's history, representing over 800 gigs across 12 years. They talk about what it means to take live music into towns where people drive two hours just to get to the shops, and what happens when a tough MC from out near Chinchilla quietly starts crying because a fiddle tune reached his Irish heritage. About the Emu Creek hall that hadn't had a new roof since 1937 and was very excited about this, and the ladies who knitted beanies for $10.They talk about Trad School — the monthly traditional music school at Woodfordia that grew from conversations with Chloe Goodyear and now brings together fiddle, guitar, whistle, and bodhrán students every month. They also talk about Barleyshakes — the full band behind the duo, with deep family and community roots woven through its lineup. Two of their children are now full band members, one of whom started at seven on spoons, has a spoon tattoo, and now refuses to play them. And mandolin player Steve Cook has played every single Woodford Folk Festival since it began — he keeps saying he's done, and he keeps coming back.And they talk about what's at stake for live music right now — screens replacing communal experience, and what it means when a programme simply asks people to show up and trust it. At every Small Halls show, not a single person was on a screen. Everyone was present.Dive in to hear about:How Kristin went from teaching strings in Far North Queensland to studying fiddle in Ireland — and the cheque she sent to the other side of the world to make it happenThe Prague band that brought Kristin and Alan together — and their brief period of fame in Switzerland before they moved to AustraliaThe Festival of Small Halls tour — 800 gigs, 12 years, and what it feels like to play to a sold-out hall in a town that's never heard of youHow Trad School started, what it gives students, and who has a spoon tattoo but won't play themDADGAD tuning, the drone, and why Queenslanders love a jigThe blokes who wandered into a bush dance, put their cans down, and held handsKey topics: Barleyshakes Duo, Kristin Kelly, Alan Kelly, Irish folk music, Festival of Small Halls, Woodfordia Traditional Music School, Trad School, Woodford Folk Festival, community music, regional Australia, folk tradition, bush dance, Irish AustralianTo come to the Woodford Folk Festival this year visit: https://woodfordfolkfestival.com/FOR MORE:Harley Breen: https://www.harleybreen.com.auBarleyshakes: https://www.barleyshakes.comWoodfordia: https://woodfordia.org/ Festival of Small Halls: https://festivalofsmallhalls.com/ Woodfordia Traditional Music School: https://woodfordia.org/traditional-music-school/CREDITS: Host: Harley Breen | Guests: Kristin and Alan Kelly of the Barleyshakes Duo | Executive Producer: Bree Hickson-Jamieson | Producer: Josh Weier | Video Editing: Nick Haddow | Music by: The East Pointers | Recorded on Jinibara Country | Recorded June 2026Join the Woodfordian Citizens:Perks -- Bi-Monthly emails sharing the ins and outs of the world of Woodfordia and the people who keep the heart beating.- Special invites to special events on site at Woodfordia. Super special.- Bonus podcast content- Early early bird access to Woodford Folk Festival tickets- Early access to workshop bookings at Woodford Folk FestivalVisit: woodfordia.org/woodfordia/become-a-citizenMore information at www.woodfordia.orgFor the festival: www.woodfordfolkfestival.comFor Harley: https://www.harleybreen.com.au/Credits:Host: Harley BreenExecutive Producers: Bree Hickson-Jamieson, Josh Weier, Benny WallingtonAudio mastering: Kieron AtkinsonMusic by: The East Pointers Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • Woodfordia's Director Amanda Jackes Answers Your Questions

    Woodfordia's Director Amanda Jackes Answers Your Questions
    2026/08/11

    "The real program is how people engage — the decisions they make, and what interrupts their day as they think they're going to go and do that. But instead, they go and do that." — Amanda Jackes


    This is a special one. In this citizens-only episode, Woodfordia Managing Director and Co-founder Amanda Jackes sits down with Harley Breen to answer questions submitted by you, the Woodfordia community. No standard interview format, no curated talking points. The citizens asked the questions and Amanda answered them.


    What emerges is a portrait of an organisation that thinks in centuries, not quarters — and a woman who has dedicated her life to building something she knows she won't live to see completed, and who finds that not diminishing but clarifying.


    The questions range from the practical to the personal. Can you stay on site after the 2nd of January? Why is the festival in December and not Easter? How does volunteering work for young people? What's the story behind the carved pavers near the tea house? How does Amanda balance authentic relationships with professional accountability? What is Woodford doing to buy the land back, and how close are we?


    The episode closes with Harley's own question: you could lead any organisation in this country, probably for more money, and the 500-year plan will outlast you. So why do you do it? Amanda's answer is worth the wait.


    This episode is for:

    Every Woodfordian who has ever wanted to ask Amanda something directly

    Anyone who has wondered what it takes, and what it means, to build something for the long term

    People who love this place and want to understand it more deeply


    Dive in to hear about:

    Why the festival stays in December, and what Woodford is doing to make it more comfortable for those who feel the heat

    How volunteering works for young people, what Champions of Woodfordia is, and why the second program is always the more powerful one

    The story of the carved pavers: from the Yellow Brick Road at Maleny to the tea house today

    The millennial New Year's Eve, the 3 minutes of silence, and Bill's idea to connect 20,000 birthday candles to a flame lit by the Dalai Lama

    The Forest of Goodwill: where the campaign is, what the next target is, and why it's the community that's going to get this done

    Why the Elders aren't necessarily male — and what we might be projecting on to them

    Guernica, found by walking in a Madrid museum without a map

    Bill's tenacity, his humour, his generosity — and how that shapes the work today

    Why Amanda does this work, and what it means to live a life oriented around purpose


    Key topics: Amanda Jackes, Co-founder, Woodfordia, Woodford Folk Festival, Forest of Goodwill, citizens episode, 500-year plan, Bill Hauritz, volunteering, community, folk culture, arts, environment


    To come to the Woodford Folk Festival this year visit: https://woodfordfolkfestival.com/


    FOR MORE:

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

    Woodfordia: https://www.woodfordia.com

    Become a Woodfordian Citizen: https://woodfordia.org/woodfordia/become-a-citizen/

    Forest of Goodwill: https://aforestofgoodwill.woodfordia.com/


    CREDITS:Host: Harley Breen | Guest: Amanda Jackes | Executive Producers: Bree Hickson-Jamieson, Josh Weier | Video Editing: Nick Haddow | Music by: The East Pointers | Recorded on Jinibara Country | Recorded June 2026

    Join the Woodfordian Citizens:


    Perks -


    - Bi-Monthly emails sharing the ins and outs of the world of Woodfordia and the people who keep the heart beating.

    - Special invites to special events on site at Woodfordia. Super special.

    - Bonus podcast content

    - Early early bird access to Woodford Folk Festival tickets

    - Early access to workshop bookings at Woodford Folk Festival


    Visit: woodfordia.org/woodfordia/become-a-citizen


    More information at www.woodfordia.org

    For the festival: www.woodfordfolkfestival.com

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


    Credits:

    Host: Harley Breen

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

    Audio mastering: Kieron Atkinson

    Music by: The East Pointers

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    56 分
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