This Australian Life

16 Jul 2020

Kristen Smyth

Arts, Design, Fashion & Beauty, Government & Organisations, Performing Arts, Visual Arts

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In this episode of This Australian Life we talk with Kristin, Kristin has had an amazing life.

*spoiler alert* Growing up in a working class Irish home in the UK, Kristin lets us in on what it’s like to grow up in a family she describes as ‘loud talkers and big drinkers.’ We learn how that affected her and what affect music and other forms of art have had on her life as she made her way through a myriad of careers the likes of which most of us couldn’t even boast one of to the success that she has achieved. She helped start and run a number of magazines, has interviewed celebrities, traveled all over the world with an aid organization and even worked in parliament making recommendations where hundreds of thousands of dollars – probably much more – were at stake.