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Van Badham - award winning theatremaker, writer & activist

This episode's guest is Van Badham, who is an award-winning writer and an accomplished theatremaker. We had a fascinating chat about her career, her adventures growing up in Wollongong, her further adventures in London, and her evolution as a human being.

"Van Badham is a writer and columnist for Guardian Australia. Her recent works include the non-fiction best-seller QAnon And On: A Short and Shocking History of Internet Conspiracy Cults, a stage adaptation of George Orwell’s Animal Farm for the Black Swan State Theatre Company of Western Australia, and political commentary for Channel 9’s Today Show, ABC radio and The New York Times."

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