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May 16: Keith Urban
Jeff Apter … in conversation with Bill Kable
He has won Four Grammies and had 20 US number ones. Now he has a Hollywood marriage. This is a long way from Keith Urban’s humble origins in the suburbs of Brisbane. Keith’s father worked at the local tip and Keith was a high school dropout. But Keith had a plan to conquer Nashville and he saw his guitar playing as the way to achieve his destiny. So that meant moving to Nashville in the 1990s and forming a band called The Ranch. But still Keith could not make a mark on the scene and then came the first of several breakdowns. Ultimately his talent, charisma, sex appeal and dogged perseverance won out. Jeff Apter has been following the journey of Keith Urban for decades and here for the first time we get a look at what makes up our own Australian raised superstar.
May 23: L Platers
Madonna King … in conversation with Bill Kable
The world is a very different place from two years ago. And the impact on our 16-, 17- and 18-year-old girls is huge.
They have had to deal with enormous disruption and dislocation, and come to terms with living life from their bedrooms. The long stints of remote learning and the anxiety of at-home exams has compounded with the ever-present pressure of the ATAR and worries around friendships and relationships, who they want to be, gender identity, alcohol, vaping, and sex, body image and mental health. Self-harm and eating disorders have risen dramatically. For school-leavers, the uncertainty around university study and the jobs market only adds to the heavy toll.
Having consulted 1000 young women, along with parents, senior educators, and health care professionals in her research for this book journalist and social commentator Madonna King delivers the answers we need as parents to help our girls on the road to adulthood.
May 30: Defying the Enemy Within
Joe Williams … in conversation with Bill Kable
Joe Williams knows a lot about labels. He has already attracted enough for a few lifetimes including professional boxer, rugby league player in the NFL, Aboriginal activist, a campaigner to reduce the number of suicides among young men, a mentor, a father of five children and more. We ask Joe what is behind that successful story and he candidly tells us of his battle with inner demons that take no prisoners. Joe has presented at home and abroad about his ongoing struggles that we can all learn from.
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