Podcast - Light & Life - Choice Cuts Podcast
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Light & Life is a weekly show put together by writers, journalists, presenters and producers in the Salvation Army, then broadcast around Australia on local radio stations. Now its available to you online!
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- Churches Fighting Crime?
One of Australia's most iconic beaches also has a reputation for alcohol related violence and anti-social behaviour; now the local churches are taking action!
Listen - The 'Masterchef' Effect
We've seen time in the kitchen changing lives on TV, now see what effect it has in Banjo's Bistro...
Listen - Breakfast with Branson
It's not every day a billionaire cooks you a breakfast BBQ!
Listen - Fun, Fearless Female
One of Australia's biggest magazines nominated Kristie Clifton amongst our nation's great role models. What is it she does that's so inspiring?
Listen - Swapping a Couch for a Paintbrush!
Art therapy is everywhere from London, to Sierra Leone, to Baton Rouge. We go inside an art therapy practice to find out more.
Listen - Fair Go Salvo!
Something new is happening in every single Salvation Army centre, program and church around our region...
Listen - Finding Paula
We're launching a search-party! Can you help us find Paula?
Listen - A Dubious Honour
In a recent report, one region picked up a title no-one was vying for.
Listen - Echoing Down the Ages
Some speeches keep impacting us decades after they're made - like 'I Have a Dream' or 'Never, Never, Never Give Up'. Here's one more to add to the list.
Listen - The Selah Soul Sisters
Meet a soul choir singing their way back from the brink.
Listen - Phoenix From the Ashes
The Parramatta Eels and the local Lord Mayor drop by for the grand re-opening of the Parramatta Salvos Store, less than 3 months after it was burnt to the ground in an arson attack.
Listen - Home Sweet CAR
Lou and Ashika found themselves in a situation no parent wants to be - they and their three children had nowhere to live and were forced to sleep in the family car. Hear their brave and generous story here...
Listen - Simeon's Story
He was a teenager who moved around a lot and had trouble fitting in, so one day he decided to re-invent himself to try and get that elusive popularity. Listen now to where that led him...
Listen - Love, Work and Rehab
When you work with your spouse, and the work you do together is running a drug and alcohol rehab, you have a few stories to tell...
Listen - From Patient to Practitioner
John's gone from walking the halls as an inpatient of the program, to joining the staff as a support worker. Not bad in the space of two years!
Listen - A Life Transformed
Meet Adam. About a year ago, his drug abuse was so bad his mum had to carry him around the house. See what his life's like these days...
Listen - Fletcher Street Cottage
A short walk from the beach, in the heart of Byron Bay, the community has rallied to custom renovate this very special cottage.
Listen - God's Sports Arena
A whistle at kick-off, oranges at half-time then switching sides...where exactly are we?
Listen - Life on the Frontline FINAL
Parting words from a generous group of people, sharing their stories of what life is like when you're homeless: Where they'll be 5 years from now, plus their words of advice.
Listen - Life on the Frontline 6
Generous people share their experiences with homelessness. This week, find out when things get scary.
Listen - Life on the Frontline 5
What is day-to-day life like when you have no home? The happy, sad and the routine; honest reflections from people who are homeless in our community.
Listen - Life on the Frontline 4
Homelessness described first-hand - these are stories recorded at a street kitchen, a domestic violence refuge and a youth homelessness service centre.
Listen - Life on the Frontline 3
A series looking into life for the workers on the streets - they run street kitchens, court and prison chaplaincy, youth homelessness services, but what is it like for them? This week, the stories of danger!
Listen - Life on the Frontline 2
Ever wondered what it's really like, to work with the homeless and marginalised in our community? Share the joys and heartaches of frontline workers in this honest series.
Listen - Life on the Frontline 1
What drives someone to abandon the chance for a cushy job with great pay and perks, to devote themselves to people living on the fringes of our society?
Listen - All Aboard!
After more than 20 attacks on international students in Newcastle, this local church devised a plan to help keep them safe.
Listen - The Choir of Hard Knocks
Our nation's most famous choir! What's life like more than 3 years on?
Listen - Lifelong Love Story
As they approach their 50th anniversary, neither Joyce nor Hilton Harmer can remember when he started making her breakfast in bed, just that he does it each and every day.
Listen - Justin Langer Part 2
Just how close was Justin to those bombings at the Taj Hotel in Mumbai? And how long does he think Aussies can dominate world cricket?
Listen - Justin Langer Part 1
Hear from Cricketing Royalty about retirement, fathering a teenager and a new role with the Salvos.
Listen - For We Are Young and Fair
This group of QLD teenagers may be 'the fairest of them all...'
Listen - Summer of Stories 4: MORANBAH
The Clampetts sure made it look glamorous - striking it rich in a mining boom. But, as always, there can be another side.
Listen - Summer of Stories 3: EMERALD
The hand of friendship is a life-changing thing.
Listen - Summer of Stories 2: IPSWICH
Meet a one-woman, homelessness-fighting machine!
Listen - Summer of Stories 1: CRICKET
This cricket team isn't just about a chance to roll the arm over...
Listen - Trash Talk
It's the time of year when Salvo Stores have a $6million message for us...
Listen - Christmas Calling
The TV shows us a perfect, shiny, happy Christmas, but what else is going on? Behind the scenes at Salvo Care Line in what is their busiest time of year.
Listen - Pete Murray Part 2
More of our exclusive with Aussie singer/songwriter Pete Murray - the youth work memories that haunt him, and when his next album's out!
Listen - Pete Murray
Listen - Guns for Bibles
How did these remote communities go from decades of conflict, and rumours of mothers killing baby boys in a desperate bid to end the fighting, to now swapping guns for bibles?
Listen - Goats in Gift-wrap
Listen - Creative Opportunities
Disability is proving no barrier to employment, self-esteem or enjoyment at this innovative factory.
Listen - Luke Geary
Amazing stories of survival, reunion and generosity! Meet a lawyer who donates his spare time to reuniting families separated by war and conflict.
Listen - An Unexpected Outcome
Choice Cuts #43 No-one working at this unusual NRL finals event will forget what happened there anytime soon...
Listen - From Riverbank to Rolemodel
From a childhood, homeless on a riverbank, to the miracle that changed everything and the 53 years since; this is Vince Ross story.
Listen - HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Were looking into a major issue in the world today, in a special edition of Light and Life: HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
Listen - RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS
Every week, two Rockhampton guys spend a day driving around doing chores for complete strangers.
Listen - THE POWER OF COFFEE
The power of coffee can help you through Monday morning, sure, but what if it can also educate kids & help the homeless?
Listen - BRONCOS
This year, NRL has made all the wrong kind of headlines. We talk with BRONCOS PLAYERS and their CHAPLAIN.
Listen - CHRISTINE GEE
Ever taken a trip overseas that you didnt want to end? We visit a woman whose trip to PNG 15 years ago is still going!
Listen - DANGER ZONE
Ever wondered what life is like in a city with 80% unemployment? We travel to one of the world's most dangerous cities.
Listen - CAROLE PARK
We visit a Brisbane couple that left their comfortable suburban life to move into a much tougher area.
Listen - MISS WORLD
Miss World Australia, Sophie Lavers, is not just in it for the glamour. She's also fighting against homelessness.
Listen - FOOD FOR LIFE
Can you imagine being able to buy all the healthy groceries you needed for $10?
Listen - SPOTLIGHT ON HOMELESSNESS
Its NATIONAL HOMELESS PERSONS WEEK, and increasing in numbers on our streets are the ELDERLY.
Listen - DEFENSIVE FAMILY
Were exploring one of the forces shaping our future soldiers... and it may not be coming from where youd expect!
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