Voodoo Medics

Episode 1 is published Sunday 19th April, subscribe on Apple Podcasts, follow on Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts now See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Introducing - Mates Under Fire

Mar 19th, 2020 1m 21s

This Australian bush fire season has been unprecedented. In this podcast you will hear harrowing accounts of survival and the incredible acts of bravery and kindness which are helping the town of Malua Bay in southern New South Wales on the pat

Voodoo Medics: Kristin Shorten

Nov 19th, 2018 18m 22s

The journalist behind The Daily Telegraph's Voodoo Medics investigation Kristin Shorten chats about the project and how it went from a discussion in a Bali bar, to becoming Australia's top news subscription series. See omnystudio.com/listener

Voodoo Medics: Peter and Marie Robinson

Nov 15th, 2018 16m 18s

The bullet that ricocheted into Rowan Robinson’s throat and killed him missed his body armour by millimetres. Just hours earlier, the 23-year-old Special Forces engineer, who was on his second deployment to Afghanistan, had rung his parents Pet

Voodoo Medics: David and Mary McCarthy

Nov 13th, 2018 20m 24s

Signaller Sean McCarthy had thoroughly prepared for the worst before he was killed by a Taliban IED in Afghanistan, even organising a touching gift for friends back home in the event of his death. His parents David and Marty sit down with Krist

Voodoo Medics: Tom Newkirk

Nov 12th, 2018 12m 12s

Corporal Tom Newkirk had an advantage while settling into life after 10 years in the military; his wife Kate who also deployed overseas as a medic, assisting tsunami-affected Indonesians in Sumatra. The medic couple forged a strong connection,

Voodoo Medics: Clint Marlborough

Nov 11th, 2018 12m 53s

Former military psychologist Clint Marlborough has described combat medics as “unflappable” soldiers who in most cases, walk away from trauma “feeling fine”. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Voodoo Medics: Chad Elliott

Nov 8th, 2018 10m 22s

Chad Elliott was one of the first Australian soldiers to be seriously wounded in Afghanistan. It is a day that the former commando describes as both vivid in parts but “a bit blurry”, and above all “pretty chaotic”. See omnystudio.com/listene

Voodoo Medics: Bram Connolly

Nov 7th, 2018 16m 26s

If you couldn’t be saved by a medic in the field in Afghanistan, you weren’t going to be saved. It’s that simple, according to 20-year Australian Defence Force veteran Bram Connolly who deployed to the Middle Eastern country twice during his 15

Voodoo Medics: Brad Watts

Nov 6th, 2018 19m 32s

The differences between Afghanistan and Australia became clear on the operating table for Voodoo Medic Brad Watts who has described the difficulties of treating injured women civilians. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Voodoo Medics: Jeremy Holder

Nov 5th, 2018 21m 39s

Jeremy Holder patched up dozens of civilians and soldiers while deployed as a combat medic in Afghanistan and now his battlefield experiences are helping save lives at home, including the life of NSW Police Officer Jonathan Wright. See omnyst

Voodoo Medics: Dan Pronk

Nov 2nd, 2018 24m 55s

Despite 14 “invigorating” years in the military, the deaths of three soldiers on the battlefields of Afghanistan sent Major Dan Pronk into a tailspin. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Voodoo Medics: Mark Donaldson

Nov 1st, 2018 19m 22s

Mark Donaldson was the first Australian to be awarded a Victoria Cross in almost four decades, but the former SASR Operator claims he was a "professional bum" before joining the ADF in 2002. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information

Voodoo Medics: Jody Tieche

Oct 31st, 2018 17m 16s

The role of a combat medic has changed dramatically over the decades with war zone healers tasked with keeping up or becoming a burden. Voodoo Medic Corporal Jody Tieche explains the “ditch medicine mentality” of the elite specialist forces gro

Voodoo Medics: Jonathan Walter

Oct 31st, 2018 18m 7s

Sergeant Jonathan Walter sits down with Kristin Shorten for a chat about his time in Afghanistan and East Timor, receiving a Nursing Service Cross and Bar, and treating Signaller Sean McCarthy after an IED explosion in 2008. See omnystudio.co

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