Community Conversations with Pietro
Community Conversations with Pietro is a podcast for those who have a heart for helping others. Perhaps you work in a community service or you're someone helping family or friends through different circumstances. We promote stories of how lives are impacted and changed by individuals, organisations and government and our goal is to showcase people who are going over and above to help others. Whatever situation you find yourself in as a listener, we hope you find something in each and every podcast that is helpful for yourself or someone you know. Please follow us on LinkedIn, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Facebook, Instagram or YouTube and if we've covered a topic that has been helpful, please share it so others might also be helped. At the heart of the matter, our heart is to create content that is helpful.#CommunityConversations #CommunityConversationsWithPietro #AHeartForHelpingOthers #HelpingOthers
Episodes
21 episodes
Cost of Living Crisis - Hope Economy (Part One)
Rising interest rates. Mounting debt. Financial pressure. For many Australians, the cost of living is becoming increasingly difficult to navigate.In this episode, Pietro sits down with Stuart Sampson, Head of Community and Services at Ho...
Cost of Living Crisis - Insights from financial advisors (Part Two)
In this episode, Pietro continues chatting with Geoff Whiddon and Luke Kaprilian, financial advisors with Vision Wealth Strategies, as they share practical insights and guidance on navigating the current cost-of-living crisis.For m...
Cost of Living Crisis - Insights from financial advisors (Part One)
Rising mortgage interest rates and increasing fuel costs are just some of the unexpected pressures facing families across Australia right now. In this episode, Pietro sits down with two financial advisors - Geoff Whiddon, who brings over 30 yea...
Cost of Living Crisis - Retirees
In this episode, host Pietro sits down with retirees Alan and Helen as part of our ongoing series exploring the impact of Australia’s cost-of-living crisis. Although they are self-funded retirees, Alan and Helen open up about how rising expense...
Cost of Living Crisis - Single People
In this episode, we continue our series looking at the impact of the cost of living crisis in Australia. Our host Pietro chats with two single people: Nikki, a Masters student living in a share house in Sydney, and Grant, a man near...
Cost of Living Crisis - Family with Kids
In this episode, our host Pietro chats with Darren and Jenna, parents of three young children, to hear how this family are managing during the current cost of living crisis. Darren and Jenna share not only their experience, but also some tips w...
Connect Global Drug & Alcohol Rehabilitation Centre
In this episode we’re coming to you from Connect Global, a drug and alcohol rehabilitations centre. Unlike other centres, this one is about rebuilding the man and not just treating existing addictions. We would like to thank Ross Pene, Program ...
2021 Feature Podcasts in Review
Everyone loves a 'best of' album because you get to hear all your favourite songs on one album. We, in the podcast world, love it too. For us, it's an opportunity to reflect on the various guests and the wealth of knowledge, skill and lov...
2020 Feature Podcasts in Review
In this episode of Community Conversations our Producer, Michael Smith, jumps in to provide some insight to the highlights from podcasts we recorded in 2020 which was the year we started the podcast.
What you didn't know about Lifeline
In this episode of Community Conversations Pietro speaks with Robert Sams, the Executive Director and Volunteer Crisis Supporter for Lifeline Newcastle and Central Coast. Nearly everyone would have heard of Lifeline before, but there are some t...
Tanya Davies MP - A personal insight to her heart and motivation
Until recently Tanya Davies MP had a Facebook following of about 4000 people and in a very short space of time it has grown exponentially to 84,000. Is it divine favour or that she was willing to go against her own boss, the former Premier Glad...
What you didn't know about Voluntary Assisted Dying
NSW Member of Parliament, Alex Greenwich, has introduced a Bill to the NSW Parliament called the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill. This episode seeks to explore some of the issues with euthanasia and listeners will be challenged by the thoughts pr...
Mark Latham - Advocating for others
It was our pleasure to host the Honourable Mark Latham, State Leader for Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party for the latest episode of Community Conversations with Pietro. In this episode, Mark speaks about his time away from politics and his re-...
COVID-19 and the Law (Part 2)
In this episode, we welcome back Lawyer, Mark Ramsland to continue the conversation about Covid-19 and the Law. We cover questions such as how public health orders can be repealed if the queen has the constitutional power to avert emergency use...
COVID-19 and the Law
In this episode of Community Conversations Pietro speaks with Mark Ramsland a lawyer from Newcastle, NSW Australia about the impacts of mandatory vaccinations, vaccine passports, employment and how the law is applied. There is a lot to learn an...
Talking Homelessness in the Hunter
In this current climate there is a new demographic of people experiencing homelessness. Not people who have drug, alcohol or gambling addictions and not the long term unemployed but people with jobs and a good rental history. Such is the shorta...
How chaplains support the community in disaster situations
Most people have heard the word chaplain and will have a concept of what they are and do. But how accurate would that concept be? As someone working in the community services sector, I learned some things. In this episode, chaplains, John Wolfe...
If you were an immigrant what would you hope for?
In this episode Pietro speaks with Janelle Karbowiak and Kim Taylor about their experience connecting with new Australian's. Also, Pietro speaks with Saied who came to live in Australia after fleeing Syria. Through this episode you will find ou...
Zoe's Place - For when you have an unplanned pregnancy
Zoe's Place is for those who have experienced an unplanned pregnancy the opportunity to pause, reflect and be guided, by unbiased help, to decide the next steps. In this episode we speak to Director of Zoe's Place, Selina Stewart, along with Me...
Kinship Care - When drugs impact parents raising their children
What happens when parents are drug affected and unable to raise their children? Mirabel is a support service for children who are being raising by family members who should be in a retirement lifestyle... yes grandparents. Truth, Mirabel is sup...
Mental Health During COVID19 - The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
Our guests will share how mental health is impacting individuals and families during COVID19 and how to stay well and reach others who are isolated.In this episode Ann-Maria Martin, CEO of Survivors R Us, Tony Kitchener who is a psychoth...
