Unpaused the Podcast
Episodes
S8, Ep 54 - Polly Leonard: Founder of Selvedge Magazine
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Polly Leonard is the founder of Selvedge, the world’s leading magazine about the culture of cloth. It’s a one-word cipher about textiles with a c...
S8, Ep 53 - Elena Goded Rimbaud: ÁBBATTE - reviving Spain’s textile heritage
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Judy enters the monastic world of ÁBBATTE, where traditional Spanish artisanal techniques are used to create exquisite handwoven textiles. Project...
S8, Ep 52 - Ruth Ribeaucourt: A Creative Collaboration with Antoinette Poisson
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Photographer and magazine founder, Ruth Ribeaucourt, talks to Judy about her creative collaboration with cult French interiors and homewares brand, An...
S8, Ep 51 - Ana Lamata: Hat Maker & Botanical Artist
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Judy steps inside the wondrous Madrid atelier of Ana Lamata, maker of exquisite bespoke hats and a world many may have thought was a distant memory. ...
S8, Ep 50 - Emily Kam Kngwarray: Renowned Australian Desert Artist
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back! In this new series, Unpaused is changing direction. No longer about corporate women reinventing corporate careers, the new Unpause...
Unpaused is back - new season coming
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Coming very soon: a brand new season of Unpaused with Judy Stewart.Unpaused is changing direction. No longer about corporate women reinventing corpo...
S7, Ep 49 - Carolina Guthmann: Rousing Sicily’s Embroidresses
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Earlier this year, Judy chanced upon meeting Carolina Guthmann, who, with her husband (former Italian television journalist Piero di Pasquale), are th...
S7, Ep 48 - Margot McKinney: If Not Now When
27 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Margot McKinney is a fourth generation jeweller who has built a global fine jewellery empire. Having hit rock bottom in her early forties, Margot made...
S7, Ep 47 - Lara Keating: Let Them Eat Viennoiserie
20 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
At the end of 2006, a French patisserie bakery and cafe called Choquette opened in Brisbane. And with it a small slice of French epicurean life began ...
S7, Ep 45 - Catherine Walker: The Humanitarian at Home
09 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Catherine Walker is the most modest of success stories; retired but by no means idle. I find her happily sequestered in an early Tasmanian farmhouse i...
S7, Ep 44 - Carol Westmore: A Career Evolution
08 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Carol Westmore is a very capable woman. A mathematician by training, she exudes order and authority. However, Carol has found herself immersed in an ...
S6, Ep 43 - Danielle Alvarez: Leaving Fred's: The Sequel
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For 8 years, Danielle Alvarez presided at Fred's on Oxford Street, Sydney, over a stylish open kitchen and hearth, roasting pedigreed lamb legs and ch...
S6, Ep 42 - Naomi Bulger: A Writer Rights Herself
13 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
She writes to paint… or perhaps she paints to write. Either way, Naomi Bulger is a woman who has both sides of her brain hot-wired. And to think it ...
S6, Ep 41 - Eleanor Roosevelt Revisited
18 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Eleanor Roosevelt conducted a parallel life beyond the view of most of the American people, despite occupying the most prominent role for a woman in t...
S6, Ep 40 - Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: A Spectacular Unpause (you may not know about)
11 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when one of the most famous women in the world goes back to work? She proves she has something to give by giving her all and leaving a le...
S6, Ep 39 - Juliet Kinsman: Fighting For The Fee
04 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sustainable luxury travel expert, Juliet Kinsman, is your go-to person if the travel hotspots of the world that give back are on your wish list. She’...
S6, Ep 38 - India Hicks: A New Chapter of Her Own Making
28 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
India Hicks has been called the quintessential Brit “It” Girl-turned-entrepreneur but it's her latest chapter as a committed philanthropist that i...
S5, Ep 37 - Oana Aristide: The Accidental Hotelier
12 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today, I am bringing you a story that is unfolding on a small Greek island - SYROS, where author and economist Oana Aristide has renovated a run-down,...
S5, Ep 36 - Nicolette Rubinsztein: Not Guilty! Strategically Juggling Work & Home
31 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Becoming a mother heralds a dramatic change in the lives of Australian women. New mothers go from spending a weekly average of two hours caring for ot...
S5, Ep 35 - Judy and Annabelle Hickson Live in Conversation
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In our first episode of Season 5 I’m doing something different: interviewing Annabelle Hickson and recording it before a live audience at ‘Berthol...
S4, Ep 34 - Mia Feasey: From coffee cart queen to Australian Woman in Design 2020... How did Mia do it?
02 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ex Asian Spice Girl (yes, this band really existed) turned founder of feted interior design firm SIREN, Mia Feasey has a dazzling Unpaused story to te...
S4, Ep 33 - Michelle May: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
04 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Judy speaks to retired Australian Family Court Justice, Michelle May. Michelle’s is a story with a great twist. She grew up in Brisbane, raised by a...
S4, Ep 32 - Souad Christina Saied: Journal Your Way to a Valuable Data Bank
24 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Judy chats with marketing expert Souad Christina Saied, about embarking on a new career, her journalling process which has amassed a stack of invaluab...
S4, Ep 31 - Jane Bridge: Board Appointments Demystified
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Judy chats with Jane Bridge, Founder of Boardroom Partners. This is the Board intel everyone needs to hear but rarely accesses. For years, Jane ran Bo...
S4, Ep 30 - Emily Brooks: Life Partners - The Most Important Career Decision You Will Ever Make
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
'Sheryl Sandberg was right: the single most important career decision a woman makes is her choice of life partner. Brooks ignites that conversation fo...
S3, Ep 29 - Eleanor Roosevelt 2
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Famous today as a human rights giant, feminist pathfinder and role model, few have had to overcome the glaring life pauses that Eleanor Roosevelt expe...
S3, Ep 28 - Eleanor Roosevelt
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Famous today as a human rights giant, feminist pathfinder and role model, few have had to overcome the glaring life pauses that Eleanor Roosevelt expe...
S3, Ep 27 - Marie Daâge: License to Innovate
10 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After 30 years in business, Parisian Marie Daâge is a model of the truly modern woman. Her eponymous brand of exquisite hand painted dinner porcelain...
S3, Ep 26 - Maggie Beer: Playing the Long Game
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Maggie Beer is defined by many things, not least of which her culinary ambassadorship of the Barossa Valley. Rather than being defined by her ag...
S3, Ep 25 - Molly Beck and Carly Valancy: Networking by Numbers
15 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When the working world feels like it's shrinking, it's time to start enlarging your foothold. This week we change direction to give some practical hel...
S3, Ep 24 - Deborah Needleman: Reinvented by Hand
04 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Former Editor in Chief of T: The New York Times Style Magazine, Deborah Needleman shares her enchantment with the world of the composed and handmade o...
S3, Ep 23 - Uplifts: Recap of Fran Kelly and Gillian Nasato
14 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A recap by Judy and Leonie who were both struck by how Fran Kelly and Gillian Nasato seemed to have found exactly the role they were born to do. We've...
S3, Ep 22 - Uplifts: Gillian Nasato - Reassurance From the Frontline
13 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As 2IC of one of Australia's largest hospitals, Gillian Nasato knows a thing or two about adapting on the job to a massive health crisis. She draws on...
S3, Ep 21 - Uplifts: Nadine Ingram - Baking For Comfort But Staying In Business
10 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Easter is to a baker what Christmas is to a pig farmer... it's peak time. The joy of baking, even in a lockdown, permeates every word of this in...
S3, Ep 20 - Uplifts: Fran Kelly - Mastering the Newsfeed
07 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Fran Kelly, host of ABC RN’s flagship Breakfast program, opens up with Judy about the positives of finding a rhythm, in the maelstrom of news that C...
S3, Ep 19 - Uplifts: Structure Your Day
06 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Struggling to structure your day? Finding the hours bleeding into one another and that your productive time is shrinking? Judy talks to Leonie about w...
S3, Ep 18 - Uplifts: She's Back - Julie Gibbs
01 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
You may remember book publisher Julie Gibbs, in Season 1 of the podcast; in fact, she was our very first guest. Today, we revisit Julie's story, as...
S3, Ep 17 - Uplifts: Get Your House in Order
24 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The pandemic has brought Unpaused into the here and now. So today, and in coming weeks Unpaused is changing direction temporarily, to help you focus o...
S2, Ep 16 - Season Highlights of Eps 9-15
01 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Judy looks back over Season 2; summarising all the gems in each episode in one easy listen. Make sure you have a pencil and paper to hand! w...
S2, Ep 15 - Ruth Ribeaucourt Part 2: Unpausing via an Antique Ribbon Loom
25 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode you will hear Part 2 of Ruth Ribeaucourt's magical tale. www.unpaused.net | Instagram: @_unpaused
S2, Ep 14 - Ruth Ribeaucourt Part 1: Unpausing via an Antique Ribbon Loom
18 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ruth Ribeaucourt’s great unpause was occasioned by the discovery that her husband’s family was the last of St Etienne’s highly skilled jacquard ...
S2, Ep 13 - Olivia Rubie: Real Beauty
11 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Olivia Rubie is a young Swedish professional photographer, looking for the essence of what makes a woman arresting, whatever her age. She is increasin...
S2, Ep 12 - Fiona Golfar: Soft Skills
27 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When she was at British Vogue Fiona Golfar, journalist and long-time editor-at-large, she went deep into the private lives of women from all walks of ...
S2, Ep 11 - Annabelle Hickson: Building a Body of Work
20 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 3 features Australian Annabelle Hickson, an accomplished woman. Listen to Annabelle's story of her transition from big-city journalist to Tent...
S2, Ep 10 - Marc Blazer: The Investor’s Eye
13 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Marc Blazer, long-term investor in Rene Redzepi's renowned restaurant, noma, and now co-investor in PRIOR, is our second guest for Season 2 of Unpause...
S2, Ep 9 - Skye Gyngell: Staying in the Middle of the Bed
06 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We launch Season 2 with the wonderful Skye Gyngell of Spring restaurant in London. Skye has the wisdom of someone whose approach to work has been forg...
S2 Teaser
20 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Unpaused is back for Season 2! Announcing some of our very exciting S2 guests here so stay tuned. @_unpaused / www.unpaused.net
S1, Ep 8 - Season Highlights of Episodes 1-7
11 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A reflection, threading the 7 episodes of Season 1 together and highlighting all the nuggets of actionable advice that each guest had to of...
S1, Ep 7 - Briony Fitzgerald: Taking the Long View
31 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
From the outside, Briony Fitzgerald’s life looks like an exotic tapestry - it's her job to weave brilliant textiles, memorable art and in...
S1, Ep 6 - David Prior: Reinventing Travel, Reinventing a Career
24 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
David Prior is the founder of luxury travel club, PRIOR, which launched late last year to great fanfare across the globe. His curiosity and search for...
S1, Ep 5 - Virginia Braden: Confidante for Confidence
17 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Virginia Braden is one of Australia’s first artist managers, establishing her firm, Arts Management, in 1979. Representing a wide range of creative ...
S1, Ep 4 - Jodie Gibbens: Professional Perspectives
06 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jodie Gibbens is the founder of leading London executive coach consultancy, Aesara Partners. She works with top executives, both male and female, who ...
S1, Ep 3 - Tim Walker: Creating a Pause on Your Terms
06 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Walker is the Chief Executive and Artistic Director of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. He explains how an intentional pause at a time of intens...
S1, Ep 2 - Julie Gibbs: The Comeback Queen
06 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Julie Gibbs was the doyenne of the Australian publishing world when her 11-year-old creation, the Penguin imprint LANTERN, became the sacrificial lamb...
S1, Ep 1 - Press Unpause
06 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Unpaused Founder, Judy Stewart, explains how the seed for the Unpaused project was first planted on International Women’s Day 2011. Renowned journal...
Trailer
26 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sneak preview of Unpaused the Podcast! @_unpaused / www.unpaused.net