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  • When Cassar met Daley: Jem Cassar-Daley's musical lineage traces back to all four grandparents

    When Cassar met Daley: Jem Cassar-Daley's musical lineage traces back to all four grandparents
    2024/08/22
    Singer-songwriter Jem Cassar-Daley dives into her rich artistic lineage in this final episode of Grand Gestures. She shares the love story that brought her dad’s parents together, reflects on her nan’s influential country music collection, and introduces you to her grandmother Dell - Jem's first piano teacher and the artist behind the cover of her latest EP.
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    33 分
  • Pearls of wisdom: What Suren Jayemanne’s grandparents taught him about priorities

    Pearls of wisdom: What Suren Jayemanne’s grandparents taught him about priorities
    2024/08/15
    Comedian, writer and actor Suren Jayemanne shares the life lessons he learned on school drop-offs with his urbane and worldly grandparents - his Sri Lankan Siya and Atchi, who moved halfway across the world to Melbourne to help raise their grand kids.
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    36 分
  • Service and sass: What Linda Marigliano’s Nonna taught her about love

    Service and sass: What Linda Marigliano’s Nonna taught her about love
    2024/08/08
    Presenter and podcaster Linda Marigliano introduces you to her Malaysian-Chinese grandparents and her Italian grandmother in this episode of Grand Gestures. Hear about the core values that tie both sides of the family together.
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    29 分
  • Role reversal: Nadine J. Cohen reflects on becoming her Nanna’s carer

    Role reversal: Nadine J. Cohen reflects on becoming her Nanna’s carer
    2024/08/01
    Author Nadine J. Cohen became her Nanna’s carer after her parents passed away. She speaks about their bond and recounts the long shadow of the traumas her Nanna faced as a young Jewish girl during World War II.
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    35 分
  • Mega matriarch: How Emo Majok’s grandmother inspired her descendants to forge a new life in Australia

    Mega matriarch: How Emo Majok’s grandmother inspired her descendants to forge a new life in Australia
    2024/07/25
    Comedian Emo Majok’s journey from Sudan to suburban Perth via a Kenyan refugee camp is a testament to the power that his family draws from the resilience of his grandmother, Martha.
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    24 分
  • Globe-trotting Grandma: While Marcia toured, Deni Hines' gran made sure there was oxtail soup on the table

    Globe-trotting Grandma: While Marcia toured, Deni Hines' gran made sure there was oxtail soup on the table
    2024/07/18
    Singer Deni Hines introduces you to her grandmother, Esmerelda McPherson, sharing the story of how Esme moved from Jamaica to the US and eventually to Australia, to raise two generations of Hines women at once.
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    31 分
  • Water baby: Emily Wurramara’s island childhood with her grandmothers, her Lola and Gagu

    Water baby: Emily Wurramara’s island childhood with her grandmothers, her Lola and Gagu
    2024/07/11
    Warnindhilyagwa singer-songwriter Emily Wurramara takes you back to her childhood on idyllic Groote Eylandt and introduces you to two of the women who made her who she is today: her Lola and Gagu. By day, young Emily would be learning her Gagu’s dreamtime stories on the beach, before heading to her Filipino Lola’s house for karaoke parties at night. Hear how these artistic women inspired Emily's music career and taught her what matters.
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    28 分
  • Love language: Pat Abboud’s relationship with his Teita changed when he learned to speak Arabic

    Love language: Pat Abboud’s relationship with his Teita changed when he learned to speak Arabic
    2024/07/04
    Journalist Pat Abboud tells the wild story of his parents’ marriage, which his Lebanese grandparents – his Teita and Gedo – desperately tried to prevent. He also explains how his relationship with his beloved Teita changed when he learned to speak Arabic, picking up new words and phrases as they cooked together.
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    33 分