Experience Adelaide Podcast

Paige Greco kickstarted Australia's Tokyo 2020 Paralympic campaign by winning the very first gold medal of the games. The cyclist won the C1-C3 3000 metre individual pursuit before going on to win two more medals, both in the velodrome and on the road. Paige credits her move to Adelaide from Melbourne for her success in Tokyo, which culminated in her recently being named the Para Athlete of the Year at the SA Sport Awards.

It's not every day a brand-new school opens up in the middle of the CBD, but Botanic High did just that in 2019. SA's first vertical secondary school, it was designed to make a positive contribution to Adelaide's life and identity. In this episode, inaugural Botanic High principal Alistair Brown talks about the learning opportunities infused by city-life in the future-focused school.

Doctor Tom Nehmy is on a mission - he wants everyone to know the six core ingredients of wellbeing in the hope of preventing mental health issues. A clinical psychologist and director of the Healthy Minds Program, Tom is passionate about preventative psychology and teaching people to become mentally healthy, leading them to have more energy, focus and motivation. As heard at WellFest Adelaide, learn about the six ingredients from Tom and how an Adelaide lifestyle can help you achieve them.

­­­The new Hotel Indigo Adelaide Markets is the first hotel under IHG's boutique lifestyle brand to open anywhere in Australia. The hotel delivers a vibrant environment where local culture, produce and history is married with contemporary flair and style. Find out about little surprises hidden throughout the hotel as Marketing Manager Adam Warren shares why you should treat yourself to a staycation in the city.

Renew Adelaide does amazing work in our city. A not-for-profit organisation, Renew supports ventures by offering rent-free spaces in the CBD to give entrepreneurs a chance to trial unique business concepts - from hospitality and retail businesses, to model agencies and web design companies. Renew's CEO Andrew White explains their rent-free model, while LOC Bottle Bar owner Olivia Moore chats about how Renew Adelaide helped her turn a hairdressing salon into a bar.

Liz Walsh has spent her working life telling the stories of the people of Adelaide. Liz has been working as a journalist or editor at The Advertiser and Sunday Mail for almost 16 years. An award-winning journalist, Liz is now a Senior Sports Reporter and has been instrumental in increasing the coverage and profile of women's sport in Australia. We hear Liz's story of working in Adelaide, along with stories of those she's told.

Having lived and worked on major developments in the United Kingdom and the Gold Coast, Diane Dixon has chosen Adelaide to take on her biggest project yet. The State Project Lead for Lot Fourteen on North Terrace, Di looks after a globally connected business precinct that will foster jobs and skills in high growth industries and be an integral part of SA's innovation ecosystem. Hear Di chat about the magic happening at Lot Fourteen.

The Head of Marketing, Ticketing and Digital at the Adelaide Fringe, Ella Huisman has a big role to play in delivering what was the largest event in the Southern Hemisphere in 2021. The Fringe has evolved dramatically over the seven festivals that Ella has been involved in, with ticket sales having nearly doubling over that time. This episode will really open your eyes to the positive impact events like the Fringe have on the South Australian economy.

Wes Heddles and Adam Carpenter are distilling spirits right in the middle of Adelaide. They started Prohibition Gin on Gilbert Street in 2015 and in the years since, the distillery has gained a strong following and won many awards. Listen to Adam and Wes discuss how they have grown their business to now include a tasting room and a café, plus you'll hear them make a cocktail live on air. Wait until you hear the pop of the gin bottle opening!

Puzzling, joyous, surprising, fun - even a "a little bit icky": checking out a MOD. exhibition* - physically or virtually - is guaranteed to illicit some sort of emotional response and hopefully inspire inquiring minds to discover more. Sitting at the intersection of science and art, the University of South Australia's Museum of Discovery is led by futurist Dr Kristin Alford. A 'Big Picture thinker', Kristin's interests lie in building people's capability to navigate the future and inspiring them to play a role in shaping it. In this episode, Kristin explains MOD's approach to presenting its exhibitions to encompass both western and Aboriginal ways of thinking and, as the world slowly emerges from under COVID-19's cloak of uncertainty, how now is an opportune time to reflect on old systems and processes, and start re-imagining the future we want to move towards.