From Ambassador to Outcast in seven simple words with Yassmin Abdel-Magied

Author, Engineer and Activist Yassmin Abdel-Magied is a brilliant Australian.While still a teenager, her activism earned her many accolades and praise - Young Australian Muslim of the Year and Young Queenslander of the Year.Her 2014 TED Talk ‘What does my Headscarf mean to you’ launched her into a higher orbit and brilliantly addresses unconscious bias which like it or not we all have within us.It’s well worth the watch.Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop appointed her to the Council for Australian-Arab Relations and in late 2016, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) sent Abdel-Magied, as a CAAR board member, to several Middle Eastern countries, including Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Jordan, Egypt and Sudan, to promote Australia.Her latest book "Talking about a Revolution" is out now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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With every new day comes the opportunity to grow. Hosted by Osher Günsberg - a best-selling author, podcaster, TV host, husband, dad, stepdad, electric mobility enthusiast and part-time climate worrier. This podcast is here to help make today better than yesterday. Since 2013, the show has set out to improve life for you and the people you love. Sometimes it’s authentic conversations. Sometimes we’ll unpack the news or hear how Osher deals with life as a sober person with a different brain. But you’ll always hear something you need to hear (and laugh while you do). Listen to feel less alone, build better habits and discover some solution-based approaches for when life gets tricky.