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The Unplayable Podcast delivers cricket analysis, insight and exclusive interviews with the biggest names in Australian cricket.
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Storyteller Caitlin Hicks, (playwright, performer, author, actor) describes the stories in these podcasts that explore the grief of life as well as the meaning, the humour, the redemption. The series features a variety of first-person character stories in a number of episodes from her international theatrical touring shows: Mother Love, Next of Kin, The Trouble of Christmas, The Life We Lived. Hicks will also share chapters from her novel," A Theory of Expanded Love". But here, she shares a ...
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"Maybe my story can be a tiny beam of light in a large, dark cave," says Anneke Lucas in the podcast that begins to tell her story, from her book QUEST FOR LOVE. "Elite pedophilia is the world’s best protected secret.By Anneke Lucas as voiced by Caitlin Hicks
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Your eyes cannot help but see what is here: the sight of someone like yourself And then you think: How can this be? Is that really all the time there is left? A chance encounter in the dark winter days of December 2022. A benevolent energy in a hospital room with snaking tubes and mystery signs, the face of a newborn and a lifetime of important peo…
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Naïve but adventurous, twenty-two years young and fresh out of university, Public Health Nurse Marion McKinnon accepts an assignment for a four day, multi stop, two-hundred mile trip from Williams Lake to Anahim Lake into the vast Cariboo-Chilcotin country of British Columbia. It’s December and the first snow has fallen across the land. The year is…
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A flight attendant with 25 years seniority works through the early pandemic. An essential worker with close family ties and lots of friends. Suddenly, her life is upended.By Caitlin Hicks (for Erin Em)
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BC author Claudia Cornwall’s discovered almost 30 years ago that she was descended from family murdered in the Holocaust by a Waffen SS Sargent named Arlt. The remaining details were shrouded in the mystery of her grandparents’ last moments, one historical May day in a forest in Minsk. 80 years after their death, Cornwall received their executioner…
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What happens to a robust 49-year old with Omicron in a BC hospital in 31 days? A Mother's account of her son's care in a British Columbia hospital between November 2021, and a few days before Christmas.By Lena's story narrated by Caitlin Hicks
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What better time to chat to Australia's greatest ever off-spinner than right before a Test series? The interview with Lyon starts at 15:54, where he discusses fitness, Test preparation, sub-continent conditions, Muttiah Muralitharan and Rangana Herath and plenty more. Before that, cricket.com.au journalist Louis Cameron, who is in Sri Lanka, joins …
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At 19 weeks pregnant, a young Indigenous woman must make an excruciating decision - within hours - to save the lives of her unborn twins. "I remember being so afraid." This story has it all: fear, love, pain and alienation. Courage, community, and resilience. A generous, joyful storyteller.By Nievelina Carmona, presented by Caitlin Hicks
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Cricket.com.au's Louis Cameron sits down with Steve Smith in Colombo to talk about his holiday to New York, no longer being the Australian T20 team's anchor, the relaxed approach of the side on their Sri Lanka tour, his Test hundred drought as well as his battles with vertigo.By cricket.com.au
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Australia fast bowler Jhye Richardson is back on tour with the national side and eager to make a big impact in the three-match T20I series. The chat with Richardson starts at 16:48. Before then, Louis Cameron in Colombo chats with Josh Schonafinger about the series ahead, how the Aussies will shape up and which Sri Lankans to watch out for. Watch P…
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Forever changed by her two pregnancies, Amanda Snelson tells of the unpredictable and complicated process of 2 births. As part of the discussion around Women's Choice and Roe v Wade, Amanda's story introduces new considerations to the complex picture of individual soverignty over our bodies.
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My Mother's Story is a project that encourages everyone to write the facts of their mothers’ lives. It's a series of anthologies begun by Marilyn Norry. This is the story of DORIS, told by her daughter, Colleen Winton. My Mother's Story: Gone Too Soon is the latest anthology in the series and is now available.…
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Usman Khawaja on his Pakistan run spree, evolution against spin & how tennis has shaped his fitness
Usman Khawaja, in a rare moment when he wasn't at the batting crease in Pakistan, joined Louis Cameron ahead of the third Test to discuss his Saqlain Mushtaq impersonations and the evolution of his bowling action (2:03), whether he gets sledged in English or Urdu (or Pashtun!) (4:45), his dropped catch in Karachi while he was wearing a helmet (9:30…
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As Australia's women win and their men draw, let Josh Schonafinger and Louis Cameron walk you through the events of these two sides over the past week. Perfect run outs, reverse swing, Usman Khawaja, Covid-dodging and World Cup rivals plus plenty more is discussed on this week's episode.By cricket.com.au
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How would your life be different if you couldn't drive a car? If once a week, a steamship arrived at the dock with supplies to keep you going for the next week? If your husband and the father of your children came home on "The Daddy Boat" once a week? Cynthia Jones Meets The Union Steamship at 1 AM tells of a much simpler time on the Sunshine Coast…
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The Rawalpindi bat-a-thon, remembering Warnie, leg-spinners galore for the Aussie women and the Marsh Cup final
Josh Schonafinger and Louis Cameron open the batting on a flat one and prove difficult to remove. They discuss the drawn first Pakistan-Australia men's Test in Rawalpindi and consider changes for the second match in Karachi (0.06), reflect on the legendary Shane Warne after his recent death (15.31), consider the Australian women's leg-spin conundru…
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The cricket world is in mourning today with the loss of legendary leg-spinner Shane Warne. This episode was originally published a little over two years ago for Shane Warne's 50th birthday and it includes stories of the great man from Glenn McGrath, Ricky Ponting, Mike Atherton, Ian Healy, Mike Hussey, Nasser Hussain and Shane Warne himself. We hop…
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'I'm a bit flat, to be honest': Adam Zampa on IPL snub, rescuing horses, keeping the receipts and AUSvSL
Ahead of the final two Dettol T20Is against Sri Lanka, the straight-shooting Adam Zampa joined Louis Cameron on the Unplayable Podcast to discuss the finale to the home summer (0.37), the fuel for Australia's World Cup victory (11.11), missing out on an Indian Premier League payday (19.05), saving horses on his Byron Bay property (22.48), his imped…
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It’s 1980, two days from the summer solstice in the wild landscape of Northwestern British Columbia. Deanna and her husband, Jay Kawatski, tend their food garden carved out of the wilderness in the Ningunsaw Valley when Deanna realizes that their first child will be born very soon. The couple must hike difficult mountain & bog terrain through cloud…
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Ahead of Australia's Dettol T20I series against Sri Lanka, Unplayable favourite Kane Richardson returns to the podcast to chat about his move to the Gold Coast (2.28), Justin Langer's four years as the men's team coach and the credentials of Andrew McDonald (6.12), whether Adam Zampa might channel Michael Jordan in his leg-spin duel with Wanindu Ha…
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We Got One! celebrates moments that, whatever else happens in life afterwards, we have, as artists, in those moments, all the meaning we will ever need. It marks the Cinderella achievement of having been chosen, of having hit the bulls-eye on the dartboard of current social and artistic reality. We can now stand on the world stage and beam our happ…
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On Tuesday Australia named a 16-player squad to face Sri Lanka in five T20Is as they officially begin their campaign for back-to-back T20 World Cup victories. Martin Smith joins Josh Schonafinger to chat about Ben McDermott's rise, Glenn Maxwell's role, the use the quicks and much more.By cricket.com.au
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Test legend Ricky Ponting joined Louis Cameron for one final time this summer to recap the Australia's dominant Ashes series. Ponting names his Player of the Series, weighs in on English kids in Sheffield Shield, nominates four key players for the Aussies' future and backs Justin Langer as coach. Josh Schonafinger then joins Louis as the pair revis…
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Ashes series complete! Australia walked away from Hobart 4-0 winners of cricket’s oldest rivalry - and Louis Cameron was there to see it happen! As the final few wickets fell on the historic Test match, he spoke to Ricky Ponting for his analysis, discussing Cameron Green’s exceptional bowling, Mark Wood’s success with the short ball, Alex Carey’s s…
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After a hectic day of Test cricket - where 17 wickets fell - there was plenty to unpack for Ricky Ponting as he joined Louis Cameron for the latest edition of the Unplayable Podcast. They chatted about Australia's dominance with the ball, England's repeated failures with the bat, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Joe Root and plenty more. This podcast is p…
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What a day of Test cricket! We may have only got 59 and a half overs on the opening day of the fifth Ashes Test, but there was no shortage of action. Louis Cameron spoke to Aussie Test legend Ricky Ponting about the green Hobart pitch, Marnus Labuschagne's weird dismissal, Travis Head's irrestible form and the rise of Cameron Green. This podcast is…
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In this episode of the Unplayable Podcast, Louis Cameron is in Hobart to chat to Marnus Labuschagne to preview the fifth and final Ashes Test match, and the pair also discuss Labuschagne's battle with Mark Wood, Usman Khawaja's hot form, Pat Cummins as skipper and spending hours and hours at the Kookaburra bat factory.…
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Ponting's Recap: 'They've probably been sloppier inthe field this test', Sydney day five It came down to the very last ball, but Englandhung on for a draw to deny Australia the chance at a whitewash. At the end of athrilling day five, cricket.com.au’s Louis Cameron chatted withlegend Ricky Ponting to talk through it all. They covered Australia's mi…
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Finally the rain stayed away in Sydney and day four delivered plenty of highlights and talking points. At the end of the day's play, cricket.com.au’s Louis Cameron chatted with legend Ricky Ponting to talk through it all. They covered the irresistible form of Usman Khawaja, selection dilemmas for the Hobart Test, Cameron Green’s innings, Australia’…
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Ponting's Recap: 'Some of the tougher batting conditions I've seen in Australia', Sydney day three
Ponting's Recap: 'Some of thetougher batting conditions I've seen in Australia', Sydney day three On the back of courageous knocks from Jonny Bairstowand Ben Stokes, England kept themselves in the contest on day three in Sydneyand cricket.com.au's Louis Cameron chatted with legend Ricky Ponting to discussall the talking points from the day’s play. …
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Usman Khawaja was the shining light on day two of the Sydney Ashes Test match, and cricket.com.au’s Louis Cameron chatted with legend Ricky Ponting to discuss all the talking points from the day’s play. Items covered were Khawaja’s knock, his LeBron-inspired celebration, Steve Smith’s battle with Stuart Broad, a potential Hobart selection dilemma a…
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Ponting's recap: 'He might've been a little bit overconfident',Sydney day one The Unplayable Podcast's Louis Cameron spoke toTest legend Ricky Ponting for his Ashes analysis of a rain interrupted day onein Sydney, where honours were shared, after the two late wickets of set battersMarcus Harris and Marnus Labuschagne left Australia on 3-126 at stum…
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Two spinners in Sydney? 5-0? Ashes-winner Nathan Lyon on singing the song on the MCG, Green's leadership potential, Starc's stunning Ashes and more
Nathan Lyon joins Louis Cameron as they reflect on Australia's comprehensive Vodafone Ashes series victory over England. Lyon discussed his second car trip of the season from Melbourne to Sydney (0.54), news that COVID-19 penetrated the Aussie bubble (4.14), leading the Aussie team song on the MCG (8.17), his premonition that Scott Boland was going…
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As the MCG Test wrapped up and Australia retained the Ashes, cricket.com.au’s Louis Cameron chatted with legend Ricky Ponting to discuss the Scott Boland’s big haul and England’s dismal performance. Items on the agenda were Starc’s improvement (2:40), Scott Boland’s incredible debut (3:55), Australia’s selection options for Sydney (6:00), England’s…
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Ponting's Recap: 'The call to bowl first was the right one', Melbourne day two The Unplayable Podcast's Louis Cameron spoke to Test legend Ricky Ponting for his Ashes analysis of day two in Melbourne, as Australia took complete control of the third Vodafone Ashes Test, taking four English wickets in the final hour and holding a 51-run lead at stump…
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The Unplayable Podcast's Louis Cameron spoke to Test legend Ricky Ponting for his Ashes analysis of day one in Melbourne, as Australia took advantage of overcast conditions, bowling England out for just 185, before reaching 1-61 at stumps. They chat about Pat Cummins' seamless return and whether he should take the new ball more often, the ugly dism…
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The Unplayable Podcast's Louis Cameron spoke to Test legend Ricky Ponting for his Ashes analysis of day five in Adelaide, as Australia took the final six wickets and claimed a 2-0 series lead. They chat about Jhye Richardson's maiden Test five-wicket haul, Jos Buttler's bizarre dismissal and England's selection issues ahead of the remaining three T…
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Six Palm Trees is the journey of a family through the emotional landscape of their shared past. Annie Shea, the family clown, provides stand-up entertainment.Annie Shea, the family clown, provides stand-up entertainment. Annie Shea, the family clown, provides stand-up entertainment at a family reunion, where everyone has gathered to celebrate 24 ye…
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High school graduate Teresa Feeney becomes pregnant from one encounter with a trusted priest Father Sully, who is leading a choir of students in a showcase of songs from the radical hippie production of HAIR. Annie Shea, herself from an enormous Catholic family where abortion is unthinkable, reluctantly becomes Teresa’s confidante. When Annie reali…
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What if you suddenly discovered that you had a twin? A person who grew beside you in your mother’s womb, whose heart beat right next to your own for nine months. A person identical to yourself, born on the same day to the same mother. Suddenly, your questions are endless: Who are you? Where is she?By Deanna Barnhart Kawatski with Caitlin Hicks
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Your father - a threat to national security? Imagine when men in heavy boots came to your home, your garden, to claim him. An introduction to the story of a family, during World War II, living with the abrupt loss and the mystery of their father.By Amanda Hale with Caitlin Hicks
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"This morning, Lisa gave way to an anxiety she'd been stifling the past several weeks. She was afraid if she got behind the wheel of her red Toyota Tercel wagon, and drove onto the highway, she was going to give into the temptation she'd had lately to steer herself into a telephone pole."By Caitlin Hicks
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Gramma Ester flies from Wisconsin to California to help with a big family wedding in 1976. Flowers, frozen turkey, chocolate groom's cake. Guests fill the church with summer: pastels and hats, ties and shiny shoes. The congregation murmuring, waits. And waits. If the music would just start to play, if the bride would just walk up the aisle on Daddy…
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A THEORY OF EXPANDED LOVE = a big Catholic family 1963 in Pasadena. Chapter 7 is set on a warm California night at an enormous event: dinner. Clashing are the noisy and urgent desires of each child in a sprawling group of sixteen. Everyone is famished. And then, there’s the guest. Who represents everything. God, Church, Community, Family. Everyone …
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Before Gramma Ester was Gramma, when she was just a little six- year-old girl, in first grade, she had a crush on a family friend named Walter Gaulke (who was 13 years older). She carried this secret hope in her heart for almost two decades before she could have the moment with her sweetheart that she wished for all her life. And yet that moment qu…
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I ached for them, and for the nearby ultimate loss I anticipated feeling when they died. But I brushed it aside, because it wasn’t my issue right then. Far from it: we were on opposite trajectories and I was so excited about mine: getting ready to go into the world!By Caitlin Hicks
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What is it about this story? The benign nature of the tanning salon? The casual event of some man walking in the front door? The front-desk training, Be friendly, smile at the customers? What was so haunting?The kindness on her beautiful face? Or was it the closeness of his face right up against the cash machine? It was 1995. It happened in our sub…
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Sharky died on the same day the pope died, and two days after Terri Schaivo was finally allowed to. Even though, as the Dalai Lama says, we all suffer and are going to die someday, there never seems to be a good day to die. As we slid him out of a shoe box into a hastily-dug hole out in the daisy garden under a dark sky and a pelting spring rain, I…
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And out of his comfortable life. It happens in an instant. A deafening clap assaults his ears. It takes a second, but George rallies. He can see he's the only one who has stepped into the intersection, so he must be the one. He puts his other foot forward.By Caitlin Hicks
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In 1983, I left my husband, my home, my friends, my family and my country to live with my lover, an artist from Toronto. In the months while waiting for his divorce to come through, we produced a show there, the first Canadian production of LETTERS HOME, by Rose Leiman Goldemberg. It was the story of Sylvia Plath's life from 1950 to 1963, when she …
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