Give it a nudge | Brodie Kane

Give it a nudge | Brodie Kane

From Grey Areas with Petra Bagust by rova | Love It Media

May 20, 2026 · 1h 19m

About this episode

Brodie Kane discusses the challenges and freedoms of self-employment while emphasizing the importance of mental rest in a constantly connected world.

Brodie Kane does not lead a quiet life. The week Petra sits down with her, she's training for the Noosa Half Marathon, producing two podcasts, prepping a live show, MCing events across the country, and running Brodie Kane Media as a one woman band. She is, by her own admission, running around like a “blue-arse fly”. And when things are getting out of hand, she's getting better at noticing it - which is progress. In this kōrero, Brodie and Petra cover a lot of ground, talking about what it actually means to be self-employed, the freedom, the loneliness, the addictive achievement loop of answering one more text. And why giving your brain genuine rest is one of the most radical things you can do in a world that has made constant availability the default setting. Brodie talks about sitting in a doctor's waiting room for 20 minutes without looking at her phone, and crossing the Harbour Bridge on the bus listening to Toto's “Africa”. Both feel like acts of quiet rebellion in an age that wants us to be chronically online. They get into the formation of Brodie Kane, where her fire comes from, the mum who stormed out of council meetings and took on patriarchy without apology, the…

People in this episode

Host: Petra Bagust

Guest: Brodie Kane

Topics covered

  • self-employment
  • mental health
  • work-life balance
  • advocacy
  • podcasting
  • marathon training

Keywords

  • Brodie Kane
  • Petra Bagust
  • self-employment
  • mental health
  • podcasting
  • Noosa Half Marathon
  • work-life balance
  • advocacy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Brodie Kane Media

Books & works: Africa

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