• Grand Gestures

  • By: SBS
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Grand Gestures

By: SBS
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  • Have you ever thought about how much of who you are comes from your grandparents? Comedian Lizzy Hoo is on a quest to unravel our deepest multicultural relationships – the ones with our grandparents. On Grand Gestures, notable Australians take you inside their family, culture, and traditions by introducing you to the grandparents who made a huge impact on them. Hear about Lizzy’s Chinese Malaysian Irish Australian family line, find out what journalist Pat Abboud’s Teita and Gedo taught him about love, how actor Pia Miranda embraces her Nonna’s Sicilian superstitions, and the lessons about food and family that chef Alice Zaslavsky learnt from her Babushkas. This show is the nonna bear hug we all need, the anchor our grandparents provide in a complex world. Wrap yourself up in Grand Gestures - a podcast from SBS Audio produced by Deadset Studios.
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Episodes
  • When Cassar met Daley: Jem Cassar-Daley's musical lineage traces back to all four grandparents

    When Cassar met Daley: Jem Cassar-Daley's musical lineage traces back to all four grandparents
    Aug 22 2024
    Singer-songwriter Jem Cassar-Daley dives into her rich artistic lineage in this final episode of Grand Gestures. She shares the love story that brought her dad’s parents together, reflects on her nan’s influential country music collection, and introduces you to her grandmother Dell - Jem's first piano teacher and the artist behind the cover of her latest EP.
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    33 mins
  • Pearls of wisdom: What Suren Jayemanne’s grandparents taught him about priorities

    Pearls of wisdom: What Suren Jayemanne’s grandparents taught him about priorities
    Aug 15 2024
    Comedian, writer and actor Suren Jayemanne shares the life lessons he learned on school drop-offs with his urbane and worldly grandparents - his Sri Lankan Siya and Atchi, who moved halfway across the world to Melbourne to help raise their grand kids.
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    36 mins
  • Service and sass: What Linda Marigliano’s Nonna taught her about love

    Service and sass: What Linda Marigliano’s Nonna taught her about love
    Aug 8 2024
    Presenter and podcaster Linda Marigliano introduces you to her Malaysian-Chinese grandparents and her Italian grandmother in this episode of Grand Gestures. Hear about the core values that tie both sides of the family together.
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    29 mins

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