256: Emma Roche

10/14/18 • 86 min

Better Than Yesterday with Osher Günsberg

Emma Roche is an Australian author and whole-food plant-based food advocate who lives year-round in Belgium.

You can find her on instagram @plantplate

I’m very aware of the privilege that I have as a white, male, middle class guy that I can afford to live a plant-based life.

Indeed at times in my life I have definitely gone overboard and bought the $20 jar of organic virgin dirt single origin solar-powered peanut butter.

However it doesn’t have to be like that.

And lately I’ve been getting more and more frugal about how I feed myself to live this way, and you know what - chickpeas are cheap. Rice is cheap. Veggies are cheap.

It doesn’t have to be a Gwennyth Paltrow $470 a week for one person grocery bill. It can be, but it doesn’t have to be.

This is where Emma Roche comes in.

She’s written a couple of brilliant books about living a whole-food plant based life on a budget. In fact they do what they say on the box

“Whole Food Plant Based on $5 a day” is the book I first found, and it spread the message that you can feed yourself and your family well, and cheaply, on less than $50 a week per person - which is a pretty excellent price point if you ask me. Her books are available at plantplate.com

If you’re new to the idea of eating this way, or you’ve been curious about it but don’t know how to make the first steps away from the food you grew up knowing, or you're befuddled at the $10 macrobiotic sprouted tempeh that you think you need to put in each meal - this episode is for you.

A warning, if you haven’t eaten yet and you’re listening to this on an empty stomach, you’ll want to cook something delicious today I can guarantee it.

Emma’s a great chat, and we caught up over Skype from her home in Europe. Enjoy this conversation with Emma Roche.

Until we speak next time, do what you can where you are with what you have, and urge those in power to do the right thing.

Our Prime Minister’s number is:

Telephone:

(02) 6277 7700

Fax:

(02) 6273 4100

Angus Taylor the Minister for Energy is

Phone: (02) 6277 7710

And Melissa Price, Minister for the Environment is at

Ph: (02) 6277 4242

It’s up to us my friends.

You can’t do everything, you can’t do nothing, but you can do something.

So let’s do it.

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Emma Roche is an Australian author and whole-food plant-based food advocate who lives year-round in Belgium.

You can find her on instagram @plantplate

I’m very aware of the privilege that I have as a white, male, middle class guy that I can afford to live a plant-based life.

Indeed at times in my life I have definitely gone overboard and bought the $20 jar of organic virgin dirt single origin solar-powered peanut butter.

However it doesn’t have to be like that.

And lately I’ve been getting more and more frugal about how I feed myself to live this way, and you know what - chickpeas are cheap. Rice is cheap. Veggies are cheap.

It doesn’t have to be a Gwennyth Paltrow $470 a week for one person grocery bill. It can be, but it doesn’t have to be.

This is where Emma Roche comes in.

She’s written a couple of brilliant books about living a whole-food plant based life on a budget. In fact they do what they say on the box

A warning, if you haven’t eaten yet and you’re listening to this on an empty stomach, you’ll want to cook something delicious today I can guarantee it.

Emma’s a great chat, and we caught up over Skype from her home in Europe. Enjoy this conversation with Emma Roche.

Until we speak next time, do what you can where you are with what you have, and urge those in power to do the right thing.

Our Prime Minister’s number is:

Telephone:

(02) 6277 7700

Fax:

(02) 6273 4100

Angus Taylor the Minister for Energy is

Phone: (02) 6277 7710

And Melissa Price, Minister for the Environment is at

Ph: (02) 6277 4242

It’s up to us my friends.

You can’t do everything, you can’t do nothing, but you can do something.

So let’s do it.

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255: Jarrad Seng

Jarrad Seng is an Australian photographer, videographer, artist and former contestant on the toughest game on the planet - Survivor.

I’m very aware that as a white, straight, male, middle class person - that I was always seeing people that looked like me not only in the world but also on TV.

Jarrad didn’t have that.

With a mum from Christmas Island and a Dad from Malaysia - the phrase ‘you can’t be what you can’t see’ was very real for him growing up in Western Australia.

Today we speak about what life was like growing up where he did - his path to becoming a professional photographer, and indeed what affect instagram is having on us as a society.

Then somewhere around the 1/2 way mark we start talking about Survivor.

If you don’t know what survivor is - as far as I’m concerned it’s probably the greatest game invented by people.

Part hunger-games, part battle of the minds, it’s an incredible exploration to the nature of humans in the face of adversity. If you’ve never watched an episode - it’s more than just shirtless dudes throwing coconuts through a hoop - it’s so much more. It’s like the hardest game of chess you can imagine, combined with the back-channeling and politics of a climate-summit, mixed with the toughest crossfit class you’ve ever taken, while living in the outdoors in a way that would make Bear Grylls wish for a sleeping bag.

I’m grateful that Jarrad made the time to come on the podcast, and since we recorded this - we’ve both attended the finale show - and let me tell you, it’s going to blow the roof off when you see who wins.

So without any further delay, come to a hotel room in Sydney where my family is living while the bathrooms in our apartment are being renovated, and enjoy this conversation with Jarrad Seng.

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257: Matthew Mitcham

Matthew Mitcham is a retired Olympic Diver who has a life full of firsts. He’s the first openly gay athlete to ever win an Olympic gold medal, winning that gold medal with the highest-ever single dive score in Olympic History.

While his career was incredibly high profile, and he indeed achieved dominance in his sport - it was what happened out of the pool that has in my opinion shaped the wonderful man who came over to our apartment this week.

Matthew wrote a memoir in 2012 called “Twists and Turns”, and is currently topping off a linguistics degree as he grows into a superb cabaret performer.

He’s got a show coming up this week in Sydney -

UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL

with Matthew Mitcham

Saturday 27 October, 7pm

Bondi Pavilion Theatre

http://www.bonditheatrecompany.com.au/shows/up-close-and-personal

This conversation talks a bit about diving.

A bit about sexuality, and a LOT about addiction and recovery.

There’s quite a bit of stuff in here that might trigger you if you or someone you know has a history of crystal meth use - and if you need someone to talk to in Australia please call Lifeline on 13 11 14, or reach out to the crisis counselling service in your area.

Speaking of reaching out.

In this conversation Matthew and I speak a lot about meetings. The meetings are everywhere, they’re not hard to find, and if you need help, and you’re willing to do whatever it takes to not need to drink or use again, you’ll find what you need in those meetings. I can’t recommend them enough.

If you’ve never had a problem with drinking or using - I hope this conversation gives you a window into what life can be like in recovery, and the daily work that can happen so that life doesn’t need to be a repetitive downward spiral heading to the foregone conclusion of institution, hospitalisation or incarceration, or worse.

That’s not the chirpiest intro I’ve done - but this is a solid chat with a guy that’s got some solid time, it was good to talk about recovery this way.

You can find Matthew on twitter he’s @matthew_mitcham and instagram @MatthewMitcham88- let him know you heard him here, and enjoy this conversation with Matthew Mitcham.

That was he’s on Twitter @matthew_mitcham and instagram @MatthewMitcham88- let him know you heard him here

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