Mika and Rayne talk to Shanti Mathias about cycling, journalism, political engagement, and how to engage in media in the most helpful way. Shanti works as a journalist for The Spinoff and spends her days writing, making ice cream, biking and reading poetry. Shanti shares about what gives her hope for the future and where she sees transformation in her work and life.

Show notes

• ‘Connecting the Chathams’ (Dec 2022) The Spinoff
• ‘Inside an exclusive, chaotic, painful NFT party’ (Dec 2022), The Spinoff
• Marshall McLuhan’s phrase, ‘The medium is the message’ (Wikipedia)
• ‘The Writing's on the Wall’ (Aug 2022) North & South Magazine
• The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable (2016) Amitav Ghosh
• The hero's journey (Wikipedia)
• More to come…!