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Real Deal or World Cup Scam – Ash Jurberg with Helen Hayes

Graeme Kemlo — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 06:33:15 +0000

In 2010 Melbourne Writer Ash Jurberg promised his three-year-old twins he would take them to a FIFA World Cup game and wrote a story about how it had proved too expensive to go to the USA for this year’s competition. Then he got an email, but was it for real, or a World Cup Scam? He feared the worst as he explains to Helen Hayes in this heart-warming story.
Photo: Ash Jurberg and his twins.Read More

What Worries Americans Most – Fuel & Grocery Costs – Phil Brown

Graeme Kemlo — Thu, 14 May 2026 01:57:56 +0000

With everything going on in the world right now, and much of it driven by the White House, we wondered what the average man in the street in USA worries about. So we checked in with New York correspondent, Phil Brown.Read More

Kristin Henning Update on TSA and ICE Agents

Graeme Kemlo — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:32:54 +0000

We had seen reports about America’s militarist ICE agents, who shot and killed two American citizens in their heavy-handed crack down on illegal immigrants in Minneapolis …we heard they were being deployed to 14 US airports to “help” during the period when TSA agents were not working because of the government;s financial shutdown. So I asked our Minneapolis correspondent Kristin Henning for an update
Image: ICE agebts at Atlanta Airport -WikipediaRead More

Backstage with the NFL in LA -Helen Hayes

Graeme Kemlo — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 07:00:47 +0000

Helen attends her first NFL game in Los Angeles and is blown away by the stadium and the technology, not to mention the volume coming over the PA. She then gets a backstage tour of the stadium that will feature in next year’s Superbowl, the World Cup soccer and then the LA Oympic Games,
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Don’t Miss SLO CAL Between LAX and SFO -Helen Hayes

Graeme Kemlo — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 06:10:24 +0000

Tucked between San Francisco and LA on California’s Central Coast, is San Luis Obispo County….and Helen Hayes shares some highlights of her visit to SLO CAL – in Paso Robles and the city of San Luis Obispo.
Photo: Helen Hayes – getting up close with an otter during a kayakRead More

San Francisco Experiences You Maybe Never Knew -Helen Hayes

Helen Hayes — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:29:44 +0000

Helen Hayes is just back from another trans-Pacific crossing on assignment as one of Australia’s busiest travel writers, editors and broadcasters. Here’s what she got up to in San Francisco on her recent visit courtesy of the State of California. Among the amazing experiences were some we’d never heard of. She rode an e-bike across the famous Golden Gate Bridge, which was both exhilarating and a bit scary, she says.
Photo: Helen Hayes and that bridge.Read More

On The Road Again … in Massachusetts – Helen Hayes & Carolyne Jasinski

Graeme Kemlo — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 09:54:40 +0000

It’s the end of the road (for now) for reporters Carolyne Jasinski and Helen Hayes. Massachusetts is the last section of their 1700km, six-state drive through New England in the US. Where will the road take them next?
Photo Carolyne Jasinski – Church sets the scene for Salem’s spooky night tourRead More

Losing His Job, Saved Oral Patrick’s Life on Sept 11 – Bridgett Leslie

Graeme Kemlo — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 09:01:14 +0000

On September 10, 2001, Oral Patrick was laid off from his job in New York’s Twin Towers. It saved his life. The next day, the towers were destroyed. Oral returned to Ground Zero as a volunteer, beginning a battle with illness and PTSD. In this 9/11 commemoration, 24 years on from the terror attack, Bridgett Leslie interviews him about his book, “Restorative Healing Begins With Rest”.
Photo: Oral Patrick (supplied)Read More

The MAINE Event – Helen Hayes and Carolyne Jasinski road-tripping New England’s largest state.

Graeme Kemlo — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 08:34:27 +0000

Carolyne Jasinski and Helen Hayes continue their road trip around New England. In this fifth episode they visit state of Maine and focus on Kennebunkport – a fantastic seaside town famous for its maritime connections, lobster fishing (of course) and summer home for the Bush presidential family.
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On the road again … in New Hampshire – Carolyne Jasinski; Helen Hayes

Graeme Kemlo — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 09:43:47 +0000

Two journo mates on a two-week, six-state, 1700km drive through New England in the US.
In Episode 4 of this 6-part podcast series, Carolyne Jasinski and Helen Hayes take us through New Hampshire.
Flanked by the Green Mountains, peaks and lakes dominate the scenery which is vivid green and gorgeous. And there are a few new surprises – like moose.

Photo: Helen Hayes’s selfie shows her with Carolyne atop Mt Washington which proudly boasts the worst weather in the world.Read More