Two Words with Taku

Two Words with Taku


Latest Episodes

Episode 85 – Lessons from Producing a Podcast for Young Public Speakers
July 30, 2018

Look Ma – I’m producing! The Youth Affairs Council of Western Australia (YACWA) invited me to train 15 young people in public speaking and I suggested we also make a podcast with their short speeches. In this episode I share what I learnt from creating...

Episode 84 – Book Review: Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
June 25, 2018

Dear Tomi, this is the most biased book review I’ve ever given. But I absolutely loved reading Children of Blood and Bone! In this episode I share why I’m excited by the magical words woven into this African-inspired fantasy novel.

Episode 83 – How podcasting is growing my tribe of fellow writers and storytellers
June 08, 2018

Finding and growing your tribe is a two-way street. Yes, I know that doesn’t make grammatical sense, but hear me out as I explain how this podcast is connecting me to people I’m excited about…and people who are excited about me too.

Episode 82 – I finally found my book illustrator for JoYOLO
June 03, 2018

The book based on my radio play is coming soon! JoYOLO by Taku and Peo. Omg I’m dying! I recorded this impromptu episode in a park the other day. Disclaimer: it’s raw and unedited! Then I made this quick little video – sorry the music is so loud and d...

Episode 81 – 10 Branding Lessons from VICE, Junkee and Contiki at YMA 2018
May 28, 2018

Youth Marketing Australia was simply eye-opening! I went to the YMA conference to learn about marketing to young people, but I learnt a whole lot more from watching the different speakers and how they represented their own [media] brands.

Episode 80 – Listen Lynda.com, I Love your Software Lessons
May 21, 2018

I highly recommend Lynda.com for learning Photoshop, Word and other software. Lynda.com is an online learning site with over 3,000 courses on topics like business, design, web development and multimedia skills, and software (Microsoft Office,

Episode 79 – Teaching Young Filmmakers How to Draw a Mind Map
May 10, 2018

My Mama taught me how to mind map 20+ years ago. And now I do it all the time. For almost everything! Yesterday, I helped 19 young documentary makers generate ideas to shoot for Youthworx‘s Our Voices film project.

Episode 78 – Pitches, Speeches and a Pit Stop in Perth
May 08, 2018

An overdue update on my mad writing adventures. I’ve recently written pitches for my kids’ TV show, an investor in my production company and for a book publisher. Also, my MC hat’s back on again, tying together speeches at government-funded symposiums ...

Episode 78 – Lessons from Judging the Australian Podcast Awards
March 28, 2018

Biggest lesson? Do you boo boo! I’ve been judging the Australian Podcast Awards for the last few weeks and it’s been humbling and inspiring. In this episode I share what I’ve learnt and re-learnt about podcasting in general,

Episode 77 – Manners made me a Moth StorySLAM Champion in Melbourne
March 20, 2018

Our Moth StorySLAM theme was simply…Manners. Seriously, out of that whole Moth experience of discussing former in-laws on stage, having an amazing audience that responded to every beat of my story, to having my friends in the crowd cheering for me,