Mud Between Your Toes podcasts

EPISODE 7 - WOODY (PART 2) - MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES

Simply put, this is the story of my father, Woody.

(Part 2)

Photo: John Wood, circa 1998 ©Libby Wood

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EPISODE 6 - WOODY (PART 1) - MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES

Simply put, this is the story of my father, Woody.

(Part 1)

Photo: John Wood as a young man.©Libby Wood

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EPISODE 5 - LIZ & CASPAR - MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES

Having been thrown off their farms, many house wives, often of retirement age, were thrust into an alien world overseas, where they were forced to work in menial jobs just to stay alive. 

Of course this experience generated many amusing stories, one of which is the tale off Liz and Caspar.

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EPISODE 4 - THE OLD HOUSE - MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES

In this episode, I travel back to the old house on M'sitwe farm, Umvukwes. I am with my brother and mother - neither of whom have seen the place since it was taken from my parents by Mugabe's war veterans a decade earlier.

This is both a cathartic and indeed, painful experience.

The farm house, M'sitwe circa 1995

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EPISODE 3 - "CONVERSATIONS" with Peter Wood & Lachlan Colquhoun - MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES

The first in a series of one-on-one "conversations" with Peter Wood. In this episode I chat with Lachlan Colquhoun - journalist, friend and most importantly, the editor my book.

Lachlan has written for some of the world's best known mastheads such as the Financial Times, the South China Morning Post, and The Australian Financial Review.

Photo: Lachlan Colquhoun and the author.  ©Mark Presley

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EPISODE 2 - I AM AN AFRICAN - MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES

My first journey back to Zimbabwe clutching my shiny new Hong Kong passport and how immigration departments the world over must have thought I was some white Chinese illegal immigrant.

Photo: The author "Black Dog" and his mother circa 1965, M'sitwe farm

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EPISODE 1 - ABOUT ME - MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES

This episode introduces my book and my life to the listener.

Photo ©Mark Presley

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EPISODE 0 - INTRODUCTION - MUD BETWEEN YOUR TOES

Mud Between Your Toes; A Rhodesian Farm

By Peter Wood

Mud Between Your Toes is a memoir about my life. Gay, white boy growing up during the 1970s Rhodesian Bush War. Despite this dark subject matter, this is a series of recordings that are, largely, light-hearted tales about family, independence, loss and identity. And a few hippos and leopards thrown in for good measure!

Based on my school boy diaries written in the 1970s, Mud Between Your Toes tracks back to an earlier time in Africa – a more innocent time, perhaps, but one that was also fraught with danger and an awful lot of fun.

Cover photo ©Jason Fusher-Jones

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