My Warm Table Podcast

24/02/2024

Have you ever wanted to join a Community Choir?! My Warm Table Podcast tuned the vocal chords to support Annabel Tellis Tunley who you'll remember as our Royal Housemaid from Season 1.
Annabel has started an A Capella Community Choir on Wednesday nights 7.30pm-9pm at the Rod Evans Community Centre, 160 Hay Street Perth.
Come and join the fun, make new friends and sing up a storm! $10 to join in with all proceeds donated to homelessness charities. ♥️
See you there!!

17/02/2024

What a night! 🙌🌟 Famous Sharron hosted a super fun 🤣 ‘silent disco’ tour of the hidden history of Perth ( )!

🌟 Famous Sharron is such fabulous WA talent and we loved chatting with her ‘creator’ Bonnie Davies around the warm table in Season 1.
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1943823/11725310

17/02/2024

😇It's RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS DAY! 🥰
Catherine Kolomyjec is a Global Ambassador for Compassion and Kindness and we loved it when she joined us around the warm table to encourage us to be kinder. Today's the perfect day to be re-inspired by her words!

Catherine Kolomyjec is studying at Stanford University’s Centre for Compassion and Altruism Research to become a Global Ambassador for Applied Compassion.  She talks to us about her journey in social work, helping to resettle Bosnian refugees...

14/02/2024

Today is International Book Giving Day (as well as also being Valentine's Day!).
We loved our conversation with author Mark Berridge who wrote his book A Fraction Stronger about his experience of recovering from a traumatic cycling accident. Join us to remember this conversation here

Mark Berridge is an author, speaker and lived adversity expert talking about his book A Fraction Stronger.  It’s a book Mark never imagined he would write. Mark’s high powered corporate career came to an abrupt end in March 2019 following a v...

11/02/2024

It's International Day of Women and Girls in Science today!
We've had many amazing and groundbreaking scientists around our warm table. Professor Melinda Fitzpatrick's work in understanding concussion is a must listen for us all. Enjoy the conversation here:

Professor of Neurotrauma, (Melinda) Lindy Fitzgerald is on a mission to improve outcomes for people who have experienced traumatic injury to their central nervous system.Lindy and her team at Connectivity Traumatic Brain Injury Australia have deve...

09/02/2024

🍕It's International Pizza Day 🍕 today and there is no one better around the woodfired pizza oven that Valerio Fantinelli who shared his life story of leaving Italy as a restless teenager and arriving in Fremantle where he has made his mark as one of most renowned private chefs. Join us around a very warm table for this flashback from season one! ⚡⚡

Valerio Fantinelli is a personal chef who's created a slice of Italy by hand in his backyard. He offers Perth's most authentic Italian secret dining location.  Together with his wife Anna, Valerio brings the tastes of his Nonna's kitchen, war...

28/01/2024

⚡⚡HAPPY NATIONAL LEGO DAY!
We talked about the benefits of Lego play in Leadership with cybersecurity expert Vannessa Van Beek. Enjoy this Warm Table flashback from Season 2. 💖💖

Have you ever been hacked? Are you worried about your data privacy? Do you know someone who has been unscrupulously scammed and lost money, lost data and basically lost their trust in the cyber world?Cyber security is a growing concern for everyda...

25/01/2024

We loved it when Bonnie Davies (aka Famous Sharron) joined us on the My Warm Table Podcast. We've got our tickets to go and experience Famous Sharon's fringe events ... make sure you check them out and support our fabulous WA talent 🥰🌟

Come and see me on the Sunday Funday 💖stage at Fringe World Festival from 1pm - 6pm for a whole lot of family fun today!🥰

Then drop the kids home and then buy a ticket to Briefs Factory International and join me at their opening night 💞💕💞

HAPPY FRINGE DOLLS 😘😘😘

xx Shaz 💕

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P.S. My brand new FRINGE WORLD show with Hidden Detours is a VVVVIP experience and tickets are limited! Come discover the secrets, scandals and hidden histories of Perth with me… 😘

Link in comments 🌟

12/12/2023

❤ IT'S A WRAP FOR SEASON 2! ❤
Thank you to all of our generous guests for the passionate and purposeful conversations we enjoyed around the warm table this year.
Join Sonia for this gratitude episode as we refresh on the many diverse conversations we've had.
Listen now:

Thanks for listening to Season 2 of My Warm Table Podcast.In this episode, Sonia wraps up the season with highlights of the previous episodes.Thanks to all of our wonderful, generous guests and to you our listeners for supporting a warm table of c...

11/12/2023

From today (12 December 2023), the Australian Human Rights Commission has the right to walk into any workplace in Australia and ensure they have created a safe environment for their people according to the Respect at Work Act passed a year ago. There have been huge changes in workplace behaviour laws in the last couple of years - more so than in 20 years prior. Find out what you need to know around the warm table with Franca Sala Tenna.

PASSION: Changing workplace behaviours for the better.PURPOSE: Translating the law on workplace behaviours through interactive theatre and training workshops through her business EEO Specialists. The laws have changed around workplace behaviour. I...

10/12/2023

Join us around the warm table as we learn about the history of how Australia became connected with energy across the country through the efforts of Riggers, Engineers and a lot of sweat (!!) by fearless workers of Electric Power Transmission (EPT).

It's a fascinating story! https://www.buzzsprout.com/1943823/13968000

09/12/2023

This episode of My Warm Table Podcast is an emotional one for Sonia as her Papa (pictured), Norberto Faccin, worked for Electric Power Transmission (EPT) and was a pioneer of constructing electricity towers and other key infrastructure projects, like Hamersley Iron Ore, Muja Power Station, Forrest Tower, throughout WA and Australia.

Find out how EPT helped shape and modernise Australia. Join us around the tavola calda (Norberto's famous saying!) https://www.buzzsprout.com/1943823/13968000

08/12/2023

Work Christmas parties are in full swing now, but there are few celebrations which would rival the fun and memories as the family work picnics held by Electric Power Transmission (EPT) back in the 60s and 70s! 😂

EPT was extremely progressive in its company culture and looked after its many migrant men with good food, social activities and a full time Chaplain. It was way ahead of its time in understanding the importance of mental health and social connection. 💙

Listen to our warm table conversation with Matthew Quomi who has been researching EPT's history. https://www.buzzsprout.com/1943823/13968000

07/12/2023

Hooray! 🌟 Thank you for all your support! What a great result as we wind up Season 2. ♥️

06/12/2023

We're paying tribute to the migrant and hard working men of Electric Power Transmission (EPT) - a company which connected Australia through the construction of electricity towers and other key infrastructure projects.

Join us around the warm table as Matthew Quomi shares what he's learned from gathering the memories of these pioneers. https://www.buzzsprout.com/1943823/13968000

05/12/2023

Check out these 'dongas' in Dampier! 😲 This tent camp on the beachfront at King Bay (Dampier) housed EPT's men in 1964 as they worked to construct the Hamersley Iron Ore Project.

This huge project was the catalyst for EPT to put down roots in Western Australia.

Isolated so far from the company's base in Sydney, that group of EPT employees were true pioneers.

Listen now to hear more: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1943823/13968000

Photo: State Library of Western Australia

04/12/2023

The grain silo in Midland was the first infrastructure project undertaken by Electric Power Transmission (EPT) in WA in the 1950s.

In record time and drawing on its expertise from across Australia and Europe, EPT built this silo to store grain for local farmers when the international market was in excess.

After standing for 60 years, sadly this iconic structure was demolished in 2016.

Listen to our warm table conversation with Matthew Quomi: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1943823/13968000

Image from Collections WA.

04/12/2023

Matthew Quomi is an architect with a passion for history. Matthew spends 6 months of the year in WA gathered around the warm tables of men, now in their 70s and 80s, who share stories and memories of working for Electric Power Transmission (EPT) - the company which connected Australia.
Listen now: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1943823/13968000

03/12/2023

Did your family have a TV like this when you were growing up? Mine did! 🥰

The advent of television in Australia during the 1950s heralded opportunities for Electric Power Transmission (EPT) to diversity its business into building telecommunications structures.

Towers for the broadcast of TV mushroomed on the horizon all over the country, followed by microwave towers for Australia's telephone network.

Take a trip down memory lane with us around the warm table today: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1943823/13968000

02/12/2023

What do the NASA Space Program and EPT have in common?!

Australia was modernising and growing exponentially in the 1950s and EPT was at the heart of many projects including the construction of Carnarvon's satellite dish that was built as part of the global communications satellite system that incorporated the NASA space program.

(Fun Fact: EPT was also involved in the er****on of the antenna array at the North West Cape in Exmouth). Listen to our fascinating My Warm Table Podcast episode with Matthew Quomi today: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1943823/13968000

01/12/2023

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30/11/2023

LIsten to Sonia's warm table conversation with Matthew Quomi today! https://www.buzzsprout.com/1943823/13968000

29/11/2023

Electric Power Transmission (EPT) holds an important chapter in Australia’s story.

The story of migrants making their way in a new land.

The story of connecting Australia across a remarkable and unforgiving landscape.

The story of powering Australia into prosperity – signalling the start of industry, new jobs and new economic opportunities.

To help tell this story, I’m joined by Matthew Quomi around the warm table. Matthew’s father, like mine, worked for EPT and this paternal legacy inspired Matthew, an architect and passionate historian, to research and write a book about EPT and its communities.

Listen today and join us around a very warm table! https://www.buzzsprout.com/1943823/13968000

28/11/2023

S2 E16: TURNING THE LIGHTS ON - A HISTORY OF EPT, MIGRATION AND MODERNISING AUSTRALIA WITH MATTHEW QUOMI

In this episode we stop a moment to think about how we are so connected to electricity.

We’re going to honour the courageous and skillful people who climbed heights without fear to assemble and construct those tall steel structures across our Australian landscape.

We’re going to step back in time to 1951 when the Australian branch of an Italian company set up in Australia to connect our vast, remote country to a reliable electricity source which enables a future of possibility and prosperity.

Electric Power Transmission Pty Ltd or EPT - was that company.

EPT holds an important chapter in Australia’s story.
The story of migrants making their way in a new land.
The story of connecting Australia across a remarkable and unforgiving landscape. The story of powering Australia into prosperity – signalling the start of industry, new jobs and new economic opportunities.

EPT turned on the lights for Australia, so it’s only fair that we should shine a little light on it today. To help tell this story, I’m joined by Matthew Quomi around the warm table. Matthew’s father, like mine, worked for EPT and this paternal legacy inspired Matthew, an architect and passionate historian, to research and write a book about EPT and its communities.

Matthew has spent the last few years sharing warm tables across Australia piecing together the history of EPT with the pioneers of Australia’s energy legacy – migrant men now aged in their 70s and 80s.

Listen now:

In this episode  we  stop a moment to think about how we are so connected to electricity.  We’re going to honour the courageous and skillful men who climbed heights without fear to assemble and construct those tall steel structures ...

27/11/2023

Donalea Patman's charity For the Love of Wildlife (FLOW) needs your support to continue tackling cruelty and the big issues of mass extinction at a strategic level. You can support FLOW here: https://fortheloveofwildlife.org.au/
And you can listen to our warm table conversation here:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1943823/13892396

26/11/2023

The Quenda Project is Donalea Patman's latest ambition is to rewild and revegetate barren areas in our state and her charity For the Love Of Wildlife is working with Quenda Ecologics here in WA.

Quenda is a low-cost solar powered, autonomous “Mars style” rover that simply emulates a quenda (bandicoot) by drilling shallow, angled holes into the ground at a rate of 20,000 holes per hectare per day.

Find out more around the warm table: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1943823/13892396

24/11/2023

Join us for the full warm table conversation here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1943823/13892396

23/11/2023

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Remember the wise advice from Vannessa Van Beek who joined us around the warm table recently to remind us to pause before we do anything online during this time. Listen now to protect yourself online from being scammed or hacked.

Have you ever been hacked? Are you worried about your data privacy? Do you know someone who has been unscrupulously scammed and lost money, lost data and basically lost their trust in the cyber world?Cyber security is a growing concern for everyda...

22/11/2023

Donalea Patman is a Fremantle woman who has lived life large. She locked eyes with a lion in South Africa and it changed her career trajectory so that she has changed laws, spoken out against the ivory trade and continues to warn us about the crisis of mass extinction. Join us around the warm table today and hear Donalea's passion and what you can do: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1943823/13892396

21/11/2023

For the Love Of Wildlife (FLOW) is Donalea Patman's charitable organisation raising awareness of the plight of lions and other animals hunted for trophies, ivory or simply for sport. Listen to her story here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1943823/13892396