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If These Trees Could Talk

If These Trees Could Talk is an Australian storytelling podcast shaped by memory. The kind held quietly in both land and people.Some stories linger where they happened, settling into soil, roots, and place.

Podcast · By Shannon Walters · English · Official site

Indexed episodes, last 90 days
8
Latest publication
Sep 5, 2026
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Jul 4, 2026

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  1. Episode · Sep 5, 2026

    If We Listened | More Than NF1 (opens the original)

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    What might we learn if we listened to young people a little more? If We Listened gives young people the microphone - because sometimes the people we spend so much time teaching have something to teach us too. They have opinions, experiences, questions and wisdom worth hearing. In our first conversation, we meet a group of incredible boys living with Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1). But this isn't a story about asking them to be inspirational or to represent everyone with a diagnosis. It's a chanc

  2. Episode · Aug 22, 2026

    The Thread That Wouldn't Break – An Exploration of Healing with Ruth Carroll (opens the original)

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    What happens after you survive? For much of Ruth Carroll’s life, survival was simply part of everyday existence. Childhood sexual abuse, an abduction at knifepoint and an abusive marriage shaped not only what Ruth experienced, but the way she understood love, trust and safety. But getting out was only the beginning. In this deeply personal conversation, Ruth joins Shannon from New Jersey to talk about what came afterwards — the years of unlearning, therapy, faith, triggers, relationships and slo

  3. Episode · Aug 8, 2026

    Darcey Freeman | When Hurt Becomes Harm (opens the original)

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    On 29 January 2009, four-year-old Darcey Freeman should have been starting her first day of school. Instead, Australia witnessed one of its most devastating acts of family violence. In this reflective episode, we look beyond the headlines to explore the psychology of anger, resentment and emotional responsibility. Rather than asking how could this happen?, we ask a different question: What happens long before violence? This is not a traditional true crime episode. It's a thoughtful examination o

  4. Episode · Aug 1, 2026

    Practising What I Preach (opens the original)

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    This week's episode is a little different. No guest. No big story. Just an honest conversation. Over the last few months, I've spent a lot of time exploring what growth really looks like. We've talked about success, what waits on the other side of saying no, and finding the courage to build a life around what truly matters. Then I realised... I wasn't taking my own advice. Somewhere along the way, I started saying no to the very things that inspired this podcast in the first place—time in nature

  5. Episode · Jul 25, 2026

    Growing Sideways - What a Tree Taught Me About Success (opens the original)

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    For years, I measured my life against a definition of success that never seemed to fit. I celebrated other people's achievements with ease, yet struggled to recognise my own. It wasn't until I chose Growth as my word for the year that I began asking a different question: What if success isn't about becoming someone new, but remembering who you've always been? Inpired by Megan's 'Diary Of' episode, I invite Megan into my own diary pages and my thought processes to explore personal growth, self-wo

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