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WHAT I'VE LEARNT

Deborah Blashki- Marks

Rock legend Keith Urban, the iconic KD Lang, and the unforgettable Lionel Richie are just some of the names Deborah interviewed in the Melbourne Age column called, 'What I've Learnt.'

 

Everyone has a story to tell, and a lesson to learn. What I’ve Learnt is a Podcast from journalist Deborah Blashki-Marks. "What I've Learnt' is a unique platform for International and national talent to delve deep into their own challenges, successes, failures, and life lessons. As a journalist of over 30 years, Deborah has been lucky enough to interview some of the most influential people from around the world - actors, musicians, designers, doctors, business professionals and writers. 

 

Now, introducing ‘What I’ve Learnt’ the podcast. Deborah shares conversations with world-class celebrities such as Kate Ceberano, Eric Bana, Deborra-Lee Furness, Troye Sivan, Katie Noonan, Michael Klim, Nick Littlemore, Jane Harper, Marcia Hines, Anthony Koutoufides, and many more.

 

Find us on: 
Instagram: @what.ive.learnt
Facebook: What I've Learnt

 

CREDITS:
Host and Executive Producer: Deborah Blashki Marks (mindfilmandpublishing.com)
Audio and Video Production: Luke Evans (Luke.j.evans3@gmail.com)
Artwork: Rebecca Bana Photography
Original Music: Jonah Orbach
Voice Production: Matia Marks
Design: Thien Bang (thienbang.studio)


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  • S8 · E10
    Today · 30 min

    Clinical Psychologist Dr Shefali on Conscious Parenting & Connection

    Send us Fan Mail New York Times best seller Dr Shefali joins me to explore the complexity of childrens anxiety, emotional fragility, or vulnerability in today’s chaotic world, and stresses you are not alone. The stats are real! Nearly 60% of teen girls reported persistent sadness - the highest percentage ever recorded. 1 in 3 adolescents experience an anxiety disorder, but girls are nearly twice as likely as boys to be affected. Expectations and distractions for boys can be disturbing complex. Most parents feel overwhelmed, confused, and unsure how to guide their children through screens, pressure, social media, and constant stimulation. The problem isn’t that you don’t care. It’s that no one ever taught you how to parent consciously. Dr. Shefali’s has a 3-Phase Method for raising empowered, emotionally resilient, and conscious children. Something unprecedented is unfolding in the inner lives of our children.🙏 On the surface, they are achieving and adapting. Beneath it, many are struggling to stay connected to themselves. 📘 Girls are battling anxiety, perfectionism, and self-doubt despite their achievement. 📘 Boys are navigating impossible mandates around masculinity, strength, and identity. Both are growing up inside a digital culture that amplifies comparison, commodifies worth, and fractures authenticity. Without conscious parenting, children internalize the noise. With conscious guidance, they return to themselves. Deborah's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/what.ive.learnt/ Mind, Film and Publishing: https://www.mindfilmandpublishing.com/ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/what-ive-learnt/id153556330 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3TQjCspxcrSi4yw2YugxBk Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1365850

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  • S8 · E9
    August 22 · 37 min

    Ultra Athlete Jason Dunn on Belief & Overcoming Adversity

    Send us Fan Mail Jason Dunn is an elite, ultra-endurance athlete, having completed more than 14 IRONMAN competitions, multiple ultra marathons, and placing second overall at the Athletics Australia 100k National Road Running Championships. It is through these sporting endeavors that he honed his mindset and resilience. Jason had a successful career in finance and wealth management. He is a Leader, Founder, CEO, high-performance mindset coach, keynote speaker entrepreneur, and elite ultra-endurance athlete. Jason now pursues his interests as an author. His first book UNLIMITED, self-published in late 2023, sold in print, ebook and audio, with sales of 3,500+ across all formats and 18 countries in 18 months. Trunnis Goggins II, a best-selling author and the brother of NYT best-selling author David Goggins, described Jason as “The refined David Goggins". Deborah's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/what.ive.learnt/ Mind, Film and Publishing: https://www.mindfilmandpublishing.com/ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/what-ive-learnt/id153556330 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3TQjCspxcrSi4yw2YugxBk Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1365850

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  • S8 · E8
    August 15 · 27 min

    Performance Dietitian Jessica Spendlove on Burnout and Recovery

    Send us Fan Mail Jess Spendlove is a leading voice on wellbeing and high performance Becoming a top performer is about talent, drive and ambition. Staying a high performer is about consistency, habits and non-negotiables. Her journey began as an elite athlete, where she became a state and national swimming champion across breaststroke, butterfly and individual medley. Before moving into the corporate arena, she spent over a decade at the forefront of elite sport, working with seven professional teams, Olympic medallists, world champions, premiership-winning sides and the Special Forces Command. From her early years as an elite athlete, to supporting top performers in business, sport and the military, and now navigating life as a new mum, she understands that wellbeing and performance evolve across different seasons. Her mission: to help you and your team succeed not at the cost of your health, but because of it. Deborah's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/what.ive.learnt/ Mind, Film and Publishing: https://www.mindfilmandpublishing.com/ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/what-ive-learnt/id153556330 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3TQjCspxcrSi4yw2YugxBk Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1365850

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  • S8 · E7
    August 6 · 46 min

    Minkie Spiro on Directing Great Actors and Creative Collaboration

    Send us Fan Mail Award-winning film & television director Minkie Spiro likes to tell big stories. Her critically acclaimed body of work only proves her innate versatility to create cinematic masterpieces. Her hit series All Her Fault with Aussie Sarah Snook has become a global sensation, beating all records for the platform with over 2 billion hits in the first week. This mystery thriller is Sarah Snook’s first TV role since Succession and also stars Dakota Fanning, Michael Pena and Jake Lacey. Directing Peacock’s latest hit series The Five Star Weekend streaming now follows Hollis Shaw, a widowed food author played by Jennifer Gardner who hosts a Nantucket getaway with four friends from different life stages after a devastating loss. The series explores grief, friendship, and personal growth against a coastal backdrop. Deborah's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/what.ive.learnt/ Mind, Film and Publishing: https://www.mindfilmandpublishing.com/ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/what-ive-learnt/id153556330 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3TQjCspxcrSi4yw2YugxBk Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1365850

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  • S8 · E6
    July 31 · 31 min

    What I've Learnt - Dr Amy Wilson

    Send us Fan Mail Dr Amy Wilson is a senior OCRF ovarian cancer research foundation researcher and endometriosis patient with lived experience including an ovarian cancer scare. Amy brings personal and professional insight to the OCRF mission: to detect ovarian cancer earlier, improve treatment outcomes, and prevent the disease altogether . Having just had her first child she is hopeful and dedicated to closing the gender health gap and to improving healthcare for women in every stage of life. Deborah's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/what.ive.learnt/ Mind, Film and Publishing: https://www.mindfilmandpublishing.com/ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/what-ive-learnt/id153556330 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3TQjCspxcrSi4yw2YugxBk Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1365850

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  • S8 · E5
    July 19 · 30 min

    What I've Learnt - Em Rusciano

    Send us Fan Mail Over the past few years, Em has found herself navigating the end of an 18-year marriage, dating again in her 40s, single parenting, rebuilding her career independently and questioning many of the beliefs she’d carried since childhood about love, worthiness, approval and what it means to be a “good woman.” Her new national tour “Addicted To Love” grew out of that experience, but the conversation itself is really about what happens when the life you built no longer fits and you’re forced to start listening to yourself again. Deborah's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/what.ive.learnt/ Mind, Film and Publishing: https://www.mindfilmandpublishing.com/ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/what-ive-learnt/id153556330 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3TQjCspxcrSi4yw2YugxBk Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1365850

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  • S8 · E4
    July 12 · 28 min

    What I've Learnt - Lucinda Hartley

    Send us Fan Mail “We’ve lost the village”: Housing expert Lucinda Hartley on the loneliness crisis hiding in plain sight. Australia is facing a loneliness epidemic and according to housing expert and urbanist Lucinda Hartley, the problem isn’t just our busy lives or screen addiction. It’s the way our cities have been designed. From long commutes and car dependence to apartment buildings that prioritise privacy over connection, modern Australian life is making it easier than ever to move through entire days without meaningful human interaction. As rates of loneliness soar, particularly among young Australians, Lucinda says we need to stop treating loneliness as a personal failing and start recognising it as a housing and city design issue. Author of Finding Home, Lucinda can discuss why the “village” that once sustained communities has quietly disappeared and simple changes individuals, developers and governments can make to rebuild connection into everyday life. Deborah's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/what.ive.learnt/ Mind, Film and Publishing: https://www.mindfilmandpublishing.com/ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/what-ive-learnt/id153556330 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3TQjCspxcrSi4yw2YugxBk Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1365850

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  • S8 · E3
    June 26 · 40 min

    What I've Learnt - Shelly Horton

    Send us Fan Mail You’re going to love Shelly Horton as she explores all things Peri and Menopause! She’s transformed her own perimenopause experience into a mission to ensure other women aren’t sideswiped like she was. 💕 Through her book, I’m Your Peri Godmother: A happily-ever-after guide to kicking perimenopause in the ovaries, and her signature sassy delivery, Shelly blends lived experience with expert-backed advice to smash the stigma around perimenopause and menopause. With over 30 years in media, including a decade on TODAY EXTRA, she’s a trailblazer for menopause-friendly workplaces that boost productivity and support women with evidence, not eyerolls. Find out more about her Pri Godmother at Work training https://shellshockedmedia.com/peri-godmother-at-your-workplace/ Tickets to the Hot, Healthy and Unbreakable: Midlife Reimagined https://www.tegdainty.com/tour/hot-healthy-unbreakable/ Deborah's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/what.ive.learnt/ Mind, Film and Publishing: https://www.mindfilmandpublishing.com/ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/what-ive-learnt/id153556330 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3TQjCspxcrSi4yw2YugxBk Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1365850

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  • S8 · E2
    June 5 · 51 min

    What I've Learnt - Ruby Kraner-Tucci

    Send us Fan Mail Deborah's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/what.ive.learnt/ Mind, Film and Publishing: https://www.mindfilmandpublishing.com/ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/what-ive-learnt/id153556330 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3TQjCspxcrSi4yw2YugxBk Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1365850

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  • S8 · E1
    May 29 · 40 min

    What I've Learnt - Dane Hudson

    Send us Fan Mail 500+ scuba dives have taught this exec about business leadership Dane Hudson credits the late @visyforabetterworld former CEO Richard Pratt with guiding him on his life’s journey as a young @visyforabetterworld employee. Through half a century in the water, Dane Hudson has mastered the core tenets he brings to business coaching: heightened awareness and disciplined, deliberate action. Global CEO Dane Hudson on his new book, Discipline Beats Vision shares powerful leadership lessons learnt. Dane has 25+ years as a CEO across five industries across Australia, the US, Asia and Africa, including roles as CEO of Regional CEO of ISS Asia Pacific (overseeing 200,000 employees) Experience, insight and wisdom. Deborah's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/what.ive.learnt/ Mind, Film and Publishing: https://www.mindfilmandpublishing.com/ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/what-ive-learnt/id153556330 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3TQjCspxcrSi4yw2YugxBk Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1365850

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  • S7 · E17
    May 22 · 35 min

    What I've Learnt - Bernadette Schwerdt

    Send us Fan Mail Deborah's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/what.ive.learnt/ Mind, Film and Publishing: https://www.mindfilmandpublishing.com/ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/what-ive-learnt/id153556330 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3TQjCspxcrSi4yw2YugxBk Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1365850

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  • S7 · E16
    April 25 · 37 min

    What I've Learnt - Amy Nobile Messing

    Send us Fan Mail After leaving her 20 year marriage and finding her self single scared and confused in New York Amy @love.amy.nyc ❤️embarked on a brave exploration to find her truth. Now she can charge $40,000 to help others find love which she did ! “I track all of the beautiful love stories that I’ve had the privilege of watching bloom. And one thing they all have in common is this: unbridled and glowing gratitude for each other. It’s the kind of energy that beams “We can’t believe we get to DO this together.” In early dating, look for signs that this person sees life through the lens of gratitude. How do they speak about their loved ones? How do they show up for them? Do they take them for granted? What role do they play in their family? In their friend group? The way they speak about their ex is a clue. Even if they had a tough breakup or divorce, do they speak with integrity about them? Do they own their part? The couples I’ve witnessed cannot believe how lucky they are to have found each other. It’s so heart opening to watch. You deserve that, too.” Amy is a holistic dating coach and author of Dating for the One, which will launch in 2027. Love, Amy is her coaching business that marries the technology of modern dating with a holistic view of human-to-human energy and connection. ❤️ Amy lives with her husband Brett (they met on Bumble!) in Los Angeles and New York City. Deborah's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/what.ive.learnt/ Mind, Film and Publishing: https://www.mindfilmandpublishing.com/ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/what-ive-learnt/id153556330 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3TQjCspxcrSi4yw2YugxBk Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1365850

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  • S7 · E15
    April 25 · 38 min

    What I've Learnt - Kathryn Heyman

    Send us Fan Mail “I did not tell my sister that our other sister was dying. Silence was the right choice, yet murky and painful” In family estrangement, the mud and dirt gets everywhere, Kathryn Heyman writes. “And it is very hard to undo what has been done” She is the author of 9 novels, and the acclaimed memoir, Fury. She has won numerous awards infact almost too many to mention. Her new book “Circle of Wonders”is a novel about facing death while rediscovering life, and about the messy grace that emerges when people who’ve hurt one another choose to love anyway. Roni is running out of time. As cancer claims her body, she begins a Book of Wonders, capturing the small, luminous moments she once overlooked. It’s a final gift to the people she loves, and completing it means reckoning with both the flawed life she has lived and the fractured family she’s about to leave behind. Over one charged lunar month, the women closest to her gather: Belle, her daughter fresh from rehab and trying to stay upright; Anna, her brilliant sister returning from London with all her old certainties cracking; and Sylvie, her estranged mother, approaching her own death across the mountain ridge. Meanwhile, Roni’s ex, the Drone, as she’s dubbed him, haunts the house, casting shade on the light she’s fighting to keep burning. Deborah's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/what.ive.learnt/ Mind, Film and Publishing: https://www.mindfilmandpublishing.com/ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/what-ive-learnt/id153556330 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3TQjCspxcrSi4yw2YugxBk Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1365850

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  • S7 · E14
    March 27 · 33 min

    What I've Learnt - Fleur Marks

    Send us Fan Mail Fleur Marks was a high performer who built a successful career on drive and relentless high standards. Until the pace that fuelled this ambition triggered a life-threatening health crisis and landed her in what she describes as the ‘waiting room of death’. Fleur survived. But she also woke up. Because beneath a polished surface, countless other high achievers are silently exhausted and questioning whether relentless striving is worth the cost. The truth? Many are trapped in the ‘overachiever’s cycle’, an unsustainable pattern where self-worth is tethered to achievement and external validation. For Fleur, what followed was not a retreat from ambition, but a total life reset. Drawing on neuroscience, behavioural science and a decade of lived experience, she rebuilt how she lived, led and defined success. Now she shares this blueprint in her new book, The Overachiever’s Reset which combines Fleurs deeply personal story with practical tools for those who want impact without implosion. Deborah's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/what.ive.learnt/ Mind, Film and Publishing: https://www.mindfilmandpublishing.com/ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/what-ive-learnt/id153556330 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3TQjCspxcrSi4yw2YugxBk Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1365850

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  • S7 · E13
    March 20 · 33 min

    What I've Learnt - Graeme Cowan

    Send us Fan Mail Deborah's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/what.ive.learnt/ Mind, Film and Publishing: https://www.mindfilmandpublishing.com/ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/what-ive-learnt/id153556330 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3TQjCspxcrSi4yw2YugxBk Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1365850

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  • S7 · E12
    February 13 · 34 min

    What I've Learnt - Dr Nellie Torkamani

    Send us Fan Mail As one of the top endocrinologists in Victoria Dr Nellie Torkamani is spearheading transformation for many women with mid life challenges ranging from menopause obesity to diabetes. Having worked with her on my own personal health journey she has paved the way during midlife for me with clear guidance patience and support.🙏 We explore how the new raft of medications and resources have been transformative and why women’s health is slowly but surely becoming front and centre. 💕🌺 @hairevive_au We also explore the complexity and terror of her home country Iran and why she is pleading for the West to take notice and take action which she is supporting today with one of the biggest rally’s here in Melbourne. Thousands gathering to shine the light on the estimated 50,000 Iranians murdered in the past month 300,000 injured or missing and she discusses the fear she has for family still trapped in Iran and why regime change is a must a moment in history and a warning to the west that the madness of extremism could soon be knocking on our door. Deborah's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/what.ive.learnt/ Mind, Film and Publishing: https://www.mindfilmandpublishing.com/ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/what-ive-learnt/id153556330 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3TQjCspxcrSi4yw2YugxBk Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1365850

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  • S7 · E11
    February 4 · 32 min

    What I've Learnt - Melissa Browne

    Send us Fan Mail Melissa Browne is an award-winning former accountant and financial advisor who’s spent 20 years building three successful businesses across different industries, and becoming an independent multi-millionaire along the way. She did it after a divorce in her early thirties left her with nothing. Mel Browne is now a Financial Educator. She has asked thousands of women over the years at events, webinars and keynotes, ‘Who here would like to be wealthy?’ Of these women there’s usually only one brave enough to raise her hand. But when she asks, ‘Who here would like to be comfortable?’ or ‘Who here would like to have financial choice?’, most hands go up. This is just one of the many reasons why Mel Browne started her business in educating women to dare to be wealthy. Because she doesn’t want wealthy to be a dirty word any longer. Or for women to believe it’s out of reach. 🙏☺️ Whether you’re starting over, rebuilding after setbacks, looking to create for your family or simply ready for more her new book 📘Dare to Be Wealthy📘 will help you understand that you’re not too old, too late, or too behind. You’re one decision away from rewriting your financial future. Deborah's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/what.ive.learnt/ Mind, Film and Publishing: https://www.mindfilmandpublishing.com/ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/what-ive-learnt/id153556330 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3TQjCspxcrSi4yw2YugxBk Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1365850

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  • S7 · E10
    January 22 · 37 min

    What I've Learnt - "Sarah"

    Send us Fan Mail Starting the new year with a riveting interview with a brave articulate Australian Iranian medical student who shines the light on the dark depths of a diabolical regime - being the voice for her friends and family struggling in a bloodied and blacked out Iran where up to 20,000 are believe to have been murdered.💔 In a deep dive interview “Sarah” fears for her family left in Iran and even her safety here in Australia as she talks to the gut wrenching silence in some sectors of the globe while Iranian women and men are raped tortured and executed in her homeland a place she and her parents fled only six years ago for the shores of Australia. Devastated and shocked by the Bondi massacre her community has great unity with the Jewish community with thousands of years of shared wounds repression and survival.🙏🏼 We explore the power of this women led revolution - a movement to extricate themselves from the tyrannical regime the desperation determination of her people who are lions in the face of tyranny even as they’re loved ones are piled up in unmarked body bags many young desperate and disappeared. Listen to this brave young woman we must be their voice at a time when silence reigns praying for a new dawn .. 🙏🏼Woman🙏🏼Life 🙏🏼Freedom 🙏🏼 Deborah's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/what.ive.learnt/ Mind, Film and Publishing: https://www.mindfilmandpublishing.com/ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/what-ive-learnt/id153556330 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3TQjCspxcrSi4yw2YugxBk Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1365850

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  • S7 · E9
    Dec 21, 2025 · 31 min

    What I've Learnt - Jonah Platt (December 2025)

    Send us Fan Mail Jonah Platt, one of the leading Jewish advocates and speakers globally, and host of the award-winning podcast, "Being Jewish with Jonah Platt," which has featured celebrities and high-profile individuals, such as Tiffany Haddish, Sheryl Sandberg, Van Jones, Ritchie Torres, and beyond. We had a deep dive interview last month never dreaming this carnage at Bondi beach would happen yet both knowing that lurking behind every antisemitic post protest and proliferation of hate on socials tragedy would unfold somewhere somehow and so here we are our world changed forever and those governments sleepwalking into another potential holocaust need to wake up step up and make change ! Jonah joins me from LA on the eve of a national Reflection day here in Aus to honour those victims and explores the global perspective what we can do and how the hell we got here! Deborah's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/what.ive.learnt/ Mind, Film and Publishing: https://www.mindfilmandpublishing.com/ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/what-ive-learnt/id153556330 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3TQjCspxcrSi4yw2YugxBk Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1365850

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  • S7 · E8
    Nov 23, 2025 · 40 min

    What I've Learnt - Jonah Platt

    Send us Fan Mail As a surreal time in history with confluent sources of rage towards Jews enveloping so many western countries a NYC mayoral race turning into a global media war with nyc home to one of the biggest Jewish populations in the world, yet the biggest hit series in streaming right now is “Nobody Wants This” about an orthodox Rabbi falling in love with a non Jewish woman .. it’s as if the world has gone mad literally - so Jonah Platt Broadway actor, singer, musician, writer, producer, director, lyricist, composer, podcaster “Being Jewish With Jonah Platt” is the perfect guest to explore this extraordinary time in Jewish and global history .. From an early age, Judaism, entertainment, and the arts have been the corner stones of Jonah Platt’s life. Raised in Los Angeles by award-winning producer Marc Platt and Jewish philanthropist Julie Platt, Jonah grew up with a deep sense of Jewish identity, creativity, and advocacy. Whether performing for his family or attending Jewish day schools and summer camps, he was immersed in his heritage, which set the stage for his future path. Jonah attended the University of Pennsylvania before kicking off a career as a television writer. This eventually led to a lengthy career as a Broadway actor. He soon became known for his performance as Fiyero in Wicked on Broadway, Horst in Neil Patrick Harris’ Coupled, Woof in Hair at the Hollywood Bowl alongside Kristen Bell, and acting in the Oscar-nominated Being the Ricardos, among many other roles. A pivotal career and life-changing moment came for Jonah in 2023 after the devastating Hamas attacks on Israeli civilians. Jonah saw how polarized the conversation around Jewish identity had become, particularly in Hollywood and the media. Determined to make a difference, he started speaking out publicly and using his platform to reshape perceptions, and began speaking publicly. This eventually led him to start his most meaningful project yet—his podcast, Being Jewish with Jonah Platt. The podcast explores the rich spectrum of Jewish identity. It has featured prominent guests like Congressman Ritchie Torres, Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg, Emmy winner Patricia Heaton, Tony nominee Josh Gad, Oscar winner Marlee Matlin, and CNN’s Van Jones. Jonah is producing his first feature film, The Mensch, in which he will co-star alongside Ginnifer Goodwin. He is also a sought-after singer and musician, an award-winning vocal arranger, a director of improv and theater, and is currently co-writing the musical adaptation of Lois Lowry’s best-selling novel The Giver. Jonah is highly sought after by the media and professional speaking opportunities nationally and internationally. Deborah's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/what.ive.learnt/ Mind, Film and Publishing: https://www.mindfilmandpublishing.com/ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/what-ive-learnt/id153556330 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3TQjCspxcrSi4yw2YugxBk Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1365850

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