Grit means to have courage and show strength of character, passion and perseverance. Paula’s career in radio and television is where she discovered her natural ability to interview, bringing out the best in her guest with empathy warmth and humour. Paula interviews a diverse range of guests who have made it to the top of their chosen field. They chat about the journey, obstacles and surprising moments they faced on the way to the top.
Karen Jacobsen AKA Siri
Karen Jacobsen was destined to be on stage as she dreamed of being just like Olivia Newton John as a young girl and she sure did moving to New York and becoming an award winning singer and songwriter. What she didn't expect was to go for an audition to record a text to speech voice system...that would then make her world famous ! " Siri" ' Is your name Karen?"
From that moment on she became a legend in pop culture and also has been getting us to our destinations and giving us directions via GPS all over the world . Karen is in over a billion devices. She is a business woman , powerful speaker, amazing singer songwriter and has just released an album. A delightful conversation with an incredible story which goes from losing it all to how you can start again and succeed.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
12/15/2021 • 42 minutes, 2 seconds
Moria Kelly
Over the years Moira Kelly has helped those less fortunate across the world, from her time with the inspirational Mother Theresa in Calcutta, to volunteering in soup kitchens in Johannesburg, nursing crack babies in The Bronx, working in refugee camps in Bosnia and so much more. Her desire to help others culminated in a self-funded program which arranged medical evacuations for children to Australia so they could have life saving operations. The stories of the children who came into Moira's care have captured the hearts of our nation. First, we met Ahmed and Emmanuel Kelly from Iraq who both overcame severe disabilities and multiple surgeries to live a better life thanks to Moira. Emmanuel, with a successful singing/songwriting career and Ahmed a record holding Paralympian swimmer who we will see compete in Tokyo.
We also fell in love with conjoined twins Trishna and Krishna from Bangladesh who are known all around the world for surviving a 38hr separation surgery. Moira has so much compassion and empathy and her lifetime of service has earned her an Order of Australia Medal plus a long list of other awards including a Prime Minister Award, ANZAC of the Year Award, a Victorian of the Year Award and many nominations for Australian of the Year. This is a Mother I have dreamed of speaking with. Dreams do come true. Moira updates us on how the twins are going now as teenagers and shares her parenting tips. It is my honour to bring Moira to Pure Grit.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
8/16/2021 • 58 minutes, 21 seconds
Ep. 19 - Grant Denyer - Part 1
Grant Denyer is the happiest television presenter in Australia and the most popular, with a Gold Logie to prove that. He is a man of many talents , V8 Supercar driver, Guiness World Record holder and has hosted just about every prime time television show in Australia. We fell in love with Grant on Sunrise travelling the country doing the weather. Grant is an adrenalin junkie and with that comes accidents, and injury. With his incredible strength of character and determination his inspiring story and larger of than life personality is truly infectious. He is a great father and current host Network Ten's Family Feud. In this podcast I get to know the off camera Grant Denyer....and yes he certainly reveals some secrets.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
