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Mud Between Your Toes is a memoir about my life - a gay, white boy growing up during the 1970s Rhodesian Bush War. This podcast started as an audio version of the book, but has now evolved into a series of conversations -- mostly of an African theme -- with characters and personalities with stories to tell. I hope you enjoy them.
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Wednesday May 06, 2020
Wednesday May 06, 2020
EPISODE 43 – CONVERSATIONS with LINDIE HENSMAN, THE ELEPHANT WHISPERER. Mud Between Your Toes. In this episode I talk to my cousin Lindie about fleeing Angola, her beloved elephants and love letters.
Photo: Lindie Hensman with Lindiwe. They shared a deep and special bond. © Lindie Hensman.
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Wednesday Apr 29, 2020
Wednesday Apr 29, 2020
EPISODE 42 – PARADISE ISLAND – Mud Between Your Toes. I chat about the now abandoned Santa Carolina island off the coast of Mozambique. In the 1960s and early 70s this idyllic island was host to the rich, the famous, hippies, adventurers and a few farmers!
Photo: The old man and the sea. My dad and brother, Duncan, Paradise island, early 70s. © Peter Wood
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Wednesday Apr 22, 2020
Wednesday Apr 22, 2020
EPISODE 41 – CONVERSATIONS with LOUISE STOBART. I chat to Louise Stobart, currently in COVID-19 quarantine in Auckland following their evacuation from Vanuatu, after the devastating cyclone Harold. Louise and I also discuss her successful African Shona sculpture business, Birdwoods.
Photo: Louise and husband, Bruce, on board a New Zealand Hercules, following cyclone Harold. Vanuatu, April, 2020. © Louise Stobart.
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Wednesday Apr 15, 2020
Wednesday Apr 15, 2020
EPISODE 40 – CONVERSATIONS with LARRY NORTON. International wildlife artist, Larry Norton, speaks to me in “conversation” from his studio in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe about childhood, painting, wildlife and conservation in southern Africa.
Photo: Artist, Larry Norton at work in one of the world’s most spectacular locations – Victoria Falls. © Tami Walker. Sound effects ©Audiojungle #MudBetweenYourToes #Zimbabwe #Rhodesia #petewoodhk @peterwoodhk #LarryNorton #LarryNortonArt #wildlife #art #VictoriaFalls #TheLongSandsOfGonarezhou #TamiWalker
Wednesday Apr 08, 2020
Wednesday Apr 08, 2020
EPISODE 39 – HORSEY BIT. Pony clubs, paperchases and the dreaded gymkhana. The horrors of the Christmas holidays - for me anyway..
Photo: Me riding Piccolo, M’sitwe farm, circa 1965. My sister, Mandy in the trough. © Peter Wood.
Sound effects ©Audiojungle
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Wednesday Apr 01, 2020
Wednesday Apr 01, 2020
EPISODE 38 – WOODS HIT EUROPE. In 1979, travel restrictions were lifted after 14 years out in the cold. My brother and I hit Europe – we had been living life in a time capsule and Greece, Spain and Switzerland were quite simply, an alien world.
Photo: My brother Duncan, dressed to the nines prior to embarking on a 22-hour flight to Athens, via Lisbon and Rome. We believed people still dressed up when travelling. © Peter Wood.
Sound effects ©Audiojungle
#MudBetweenYourToes #Zimbabwe #Rhodesia #petewoodhk @peterwoodhk #Greece #Switzerland #Spain
Wednesday Mar 25, 2020
Wednesday Mar 25, 2020
EPISODE 37 – SALAD DAYS. Thursday nights at the country club, weekends with my gang, known as the Hoods, James Hughes and friendships forged.
“We were young and we were green as the leaf on the tree / For these were our salad days.”
Photo: Good friend and life of the party - James Hughes, 1961-1987. © Ann Francis
Sound effects ©Audiojungle
#MudBetweenYourToes #Mvurwi #Umvukwes #Zimbabwe #Rhodesia #petewoodhk @peterwoodhk
Friday Mar 20, 2020
Friday Mar 20, 2020
EPISODE 36 – CONVERSATIONS with DOCTOR ELIZABETH PISANI. With an over-load of information and plenty of conspiracy theories surrounding COVID-19, Elizabeth, an epidemiologist, academic researcher and the director of Ternyata Ltd., a public health consultancy based in London, UK, investigates the ways in which politics, economics and culture influence public health. She talks to me from London about Corona virus (COVID-19) and other epidemics such as HIV/AIDS. She has written 2 books - Indonesia Etc.: Exploring the Improbable Nation, and The Wisdom of Whores: Bureaucrats, Brothels and the Business of AIDS, and her TED Talk "Sex, drugs, and HIV - let's get rational" describe the ways in which politics, religion and culture can outweigh scientific evidence in decision-making about HIV prevention.
Pisani is a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at King's College London's Policy Institute, an Honorary Professor in the Department of Population Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and a Fellow of the School of Health Policy and Management at Erasmus University, Rotterdam.
Photo: Dr Elizabeth Pisani. © Elizabeth Pisani.
Wednesday Mar 18, 2020
Wednesday Mar 18, 2020
EPISODE 35 – KARIBA! The holiday destination was lake Kariba on the border of Rhodesia and Zambia. Spending one night in the bright lights of Caribbea Bay resort for a flutter at the casino, then across the lake to the beautiful Matusadona national park. Idyllic days marred by terrorism. Teenage antics. Crocs and hippos and spearfishing.
Photo: “The Hoods”, Tashinga, Lake Kariba, circa 1978 (L to R) James Hughes (laughing), Michael “Mungo” Hyde (singing), William Hughes (unimpressed), Peter Wood (over-acting). © Ann Francis
Sound effects ©Audiojungle
#MudBetweenYourToes #Kariba #Zimbabwe #Rhodesia #petewoodhk @peterwoodhk
Wednesday Mar 11, 2020
Wednesday Mar 11, 2020
EPISODE 34 – CONVERSATIONS with ANNABEL HUGHES ASTON. This week I am in conversation with my friend Annabel calling from her farm in Livingstone on the banks of the Zambezi river in Zambia. Annabel is a writer, blogger, bush gourmet chef, lover, housewife, raconteur, entrepreneur. And now a philanthropist.
Photo: Annabel Hughes Aston, G&T firmly clasped in hand, enjoys a rare moment of solitude during her otherwise busy day. Livingstone, Zambia, 2020. © http://annabelhughesaston.co
#savannabelbushgourmet #AnnabelHughesAston #savannabel #elephantcafe #zambia #livingstone #victoriafalls #zambezi