Yep, a one-stop pod that shows how we can make our vote count toward a more caring, humane, vibrant Australia on May 21. To kick off, I explain why I think this election is the most important in recent history, why things feel so fractured and dismal (you’re not imagining it; the country has swerved well off track!), but most importantly how we can strategically shake things up election day and land a hopeful result. I’ll be posting twice a week over the next month or so, speaking to my old friends from my political journalism days, and covering off how to vote if you care about the following: a legit climate policy; stamping out integrity and corruption in Canberra; fixing the bloody gender violence and inequality mess (it’s 2022, fellas!!); installing a First Nations voice to parliament; as well as the growing social issues that are splitting the haves and have nots like I’ve never seen before. So…not your usual political podcast. Sound good? Tell your friends and remember to keep sending me voice messages in my Instagram messages if you want your questions answered along the way.show notes:Find out how to postal vote and how to vote if you’re interstate or overseas on election day: https://www.aec.gov.auTo find your electorate and all the candidates running in your electorate go to https://votecompass.abc.net.auAAnd while you’re there, fill in the survey to find out which party your values are aligned with.To have your question answered in the series, send me a direct message via Instagram @_sarahwilson_ . When you go to post your message, hit the microphone icon and record your question. Please state your name and where you live, and then fire off what you’d like addressed (1-2 sentences max!).Find out more about Sarah Wilson Subscribe to Sarah's Substack newsletter Get your copy of Sarah's book, This One Wild and Precious LifeConnect on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Frankly, if the world needs anything right now it's better, more authentic, and discerning communication. In so many ways we seem to have lost track of how and WHY we get into such polarised positions. Sara Nass is a world expert (and the unofficial organiser of) the global authentic relating movement. I invite her to share tips on how we can be more artful at relating. How do we RELATE to people who've gone down conspiracy rabbit-holes? How do we navigate teenagers who've been in a pandemic cocoon…? How do we ask for a pay rise? How do we combat gaslighters? And how do we inject more kindness?Find out more about Sara Ness and Authentic Relating: https://www.authrev.org/ Find out more about Sarah Wilson Subscribe to Sarah's Substack newsletter Get your copy of Sarah's book, This One Wild and Precious LifeConnect on InstagramSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's time to give a shit. To fire up. To say yes — and mean it. Whether you're endlessly scrolling Netflix for the perfect movie or looking for a date online or wanting to make a “difference", it's time to commit. Global democracy expert Pete Davis says we've been hoodwinked into thinking we need to keep our options open. But our creative urges, our sense of humanity, our political system needs decisiveness, and all that flaking is eroding society (not just the dating scene!). We talk how to build our "psychological immune system”, the Grateful Dead, why good things take a long time and the loveliness of “long haul heroes”.Read Dedicated by Pete Davis: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/mgkVDZ Find out more about Sarah Wilson Subscribe to Sarah's Substack newsletter Get your copy of Sarah's book, This One Wild and Precious LifeConnect on InstagramSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Economic anthropologist Jason Hickel is possibly the leading voice in the degrowth movement that's bubbling about the place. Heard of it? Degrowth pivots around the wild idea that constant growth - and GDP - is the wrong goal. Instead, human, and planetary wellbeing should be our marker of progress. You know, if we want to survive. I drill Jason on the implications: the necessary end of capitalism, four-day work weeks, accepting renewable growth can't save us (eek!), the uncomfortable truth that our unchecked obsession with “more" is killing the poor (despite what Bill Gates will try telling you). Basically, all the talking points to chuck on the table at your next (too) comfortable dinner party!Read Less is More by Jason Hickel: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/Gj1rqn Find out more about Sarah Wilson Subscribe to Sarah's Substack newsletter Get your copy of Sarah's book, This One Wild and Precious LifeConnect on InstagramSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The 'world's most influential philosopher' loves to whack us around the head with our own morality. Aussie-born Peter Singer, the guy who brought us vegetarianism (and is also dubbed the most “dangerous” man on the planet) has spoken out on euthanasia, abortion, bestiality, cancel culture and mandatory vaccinations. But this episode he gets us wrestling with the ‘effective altruism' movement he helped bring about. We go in hard. Can you be good if you don't give a chunk of your income away? Is it moral to send your kids to private school? And should we shame the rich who don't give?Details about Peter's speaking tour: https://thinkinc.org.au/singer/ More about Peter's book and the organisation he founded — www.thelifeyoucansave.org.au/ Read the Journal of Controversial Ideas: https://journalofcontroversialideas.org/ Recommended charities, analysis and research — www.givewell.org/ Looking to find a more meaningful career? https://80000hours.org/ The national animal advocacy organisation that Peter helped start: https://animalsaustralia.org/ Find out more about Sarah Wilson Subscribe to Sarah's Substack newsletter Get your copy of Sarah's book, This One Wild and Precious LifeConnect on InstagramSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Author, Johann Hari reckons our ability to focus didn't just disappear — it was stolen! This is a crisis and it's not your fault. Johann explains why you touch your phone 2167 times a day, why the average office worker can only focus on a task for three minutes, and why our kids' attention is shot. But it's one thing to lose the joy of reading a long book, it's another to distract an entire society away from democracy, peace and, well, survival. This is what distresses me most - we've become a shouty-yet-consenting “society on fire”. Mercifully, Johann has fixes...Read Stolen Focus by Johann Hari: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/9Wr9e3 More about Johann Hari: https://johannhari.com/Find out more about Sarah Wilson Subscribe to Sarah's Substack newsletter Get your copy of Sarah's book, This One Wild and Precious LifeConnect on InstagramSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Political reporter for The Guardian and sexual assault survivor Amy Remeikis joins me for International Women's Day to give an insider's view on the vile situation for women in politics - and beyond - in this country. The national conversation has erupted over the past 12 months and accusations from inside Parliament House itself continue to unfold. Amy reveals why the usual political deflection tactics didn't work, why it's perfect we're all angry and the shocking statistics that put Australia at the BOTTOM of all the latest global gender gap indexes.Read On Reckoning by Amy Remeikis: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/7mx96g International Women's Day is Tuesday, 8 March.Find out more about Sarah Wilson Subscribe to Sarah's Substack newsletter Get your copy of Sarah's book, This One Wild and Precious LifeConnect on InstagramSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Leading international political scientist Brian Klass answers the Big Questions we're all asking: Why does it seem everyone in charge is a narcissistic psychopath? Does power corrupt or is it just that dodgy people are really really good at weaselling their way into power? And how does our PM get away with brazenly lying? It's a great time in history to get Brian in; he interviewed 500 leaders around the world — presidents, cultists, war criminals, and even drank wine with the daughter of a cannibalistic dictator — to arrive at the (throughly wild) answer to our questions above. If nothing else, you'll better understand why your kid's netball coach is a hell-bent tyrant…Read Corruptible by Brian Klass: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/EaVgDX Find out more about Sarah Wilson Subscribe to Sarah's Substack newsletter Get your copy of Sarah's book, This One Wild and Precious LifeConnect on InstagramSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meet the 82-year-old radical Catholic nun who's the most prominent campaigner against the death penalty in the US. Sister Helen Prejean wrote ‘Dead Man Walking', which became the movie (Susan Sarandon played Helen). In this episode you'll hear about the horrifying close calls, when prisoners have been spared moments before their execution and other statistics that have us confront our humanity. But first, why did Sister Helen become a nun and… how do you handle a life without sex!? Sister Helen's website: https://www.sisterhelen.org/  Read Dead Man Walking: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/OR5vAA  Sister Helen has a memoir, River of Fire: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/2rYLmD Find out more about Sarah Wilson Subscribe to Sarah's Substack newsletter Get your copy of Sarah's book, This One Wild and Precious LifeConnect on InstagramSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is the third in a series of bonus episodes of Wild for the holiday period, as inspired by my New York Times bestselling book ‘first, we make the beast beautiful: A New Story About Anxiety'.I explore how I turn my anxiety into a superpower, something I practice daily.In this episode I'm joined by Brooke McAlary from Slowyourhome.com and we explore ways I listen to my anxiety and use it to change direction to a better life. I use these techniques daily.This episode reminded me of the interview I had with New York-based surfer, psychiatrist and neuroscientist Dr Jud Brewer, who uses curiosity to steer anxiety. It's an awesomely effective technique grounded in good science.Here's the link to the interview: https://pod.link/1548626341/episode/183988cac79938b8b6d44c34c3f345f5 Get your copy of my book ‘first, we make the beast beautiful: A New Story About Anxiety' here: ​​ https://amzn.to/3FcOtG0 Find out more about Sarah Wilson Subscribe to Sarah's Substack newsletter Get your copy of Sarah's book, This One Wild and Precious LifeConnect on InstagramSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.