Episode 136 - Kelly Hodges
2018-11-02
— open the full-size coverHostsMelissa Erbacher Scott Trickett
Roving reporterLyndell Murray
GuestKelly Hodges
Show notes
The parkrun adventurers are feeling festive and frocking up fancy-like to celebrate our home parkrun anniversaries! One of our fave regulars, pa pod resident nutritionist Kelly Hodges is back with the inside word on snacks and fermented foods. And some of the Channel 5 News Crew gals check in with roving reports from Chelsea Bicentennial (opens in a new tab) parkrun and Ocean View (opens in a new tab) parkruns.
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Kelly Hodges
Nuts as a snack (varieties, fats, portion size), a homemade raw chocolate recipe, antioxidants and free radicals, fermented foods and gut health including kombucha; plus running through pregnancy at 34 weeks.
Roving reports
In this episode
Welcome starts at 0:07
Melissa Erbacher and Scott Trickett, Scott back after Tim Oberg's week as guest co-host. They peel back the curtain on the parkrun Australia HQ office in Airlie Beach, a container-sized room with a standing desk and no chair, rug or lamp, which explains last week's echo; Scott proposes the staff pool for a lamp for Christmas. Scott enjoyed his first week off from organising the podcast in two and a half years, and Mel notes the usual Christmas and New Year break is coming.
The Perlustration starts at 4:50annual listener survey
Scott reveals he has glanced at the early perlustration (annual listener survey) results but won't share yet; the survey stays open a couple more weeks, and they confirm they act on it, "if you tell us something sucks, it's gone. If you tell us you want something back, it's coming back." A brand-new TomTom Runner 3 watch is the prize, open to overseas listeners too. Revisited and.
Nutrition Q&A with Kelly Hodges starts at 17:18
Resident nutritionist Kelly Hodges returns (show notes: "one of our fave regulars"). Covers nuts (30g/day, variety over single types, macadamia/almond/cashew/Brazil nut profiles, price vs nutrition), a three-ingredient raw chocolate recipe (coconut oil, cacao powder, maple syrup), antioxidants and free radicals, and fermented foods, prebiotics/probiotics, kombucha, sauerkraut, kimchi. Closes with Kelly, 34 weeks pregnant, on continuing to parkrun.
Roving reports & the Channel 5 News crew starts at 39:40
Two roving reports back-to-back after a dry spell, Melissa Ellis from Chelsea Bicentennial parkrun (Victoria) interviewing Dawn, then Lyndell Murray from Ocean View parkrun (Queensland) covering the new course launch. Mel recaps "Melissa Ellis was at Chelsea Bicentennial... And Lyndell was at Ocean View", and reminds listeners that roving reports are welcome from anyone, not just crew members.
Hotline starts at 56:58
Listener phone-in question, played after a "Hotline" sound drop: "Hey, Scott and Mel. Jackie from the ACT here... if you could do any three parkruns in the next 12 months that you haven't done yet, what would they be?" Mel picks Chesham, Cannibal's Cave (or Piggly Wiggly) and Bear Island; Scott picks Ocean View, Largs Bay and Broken Hill. The hosts explicitly flag this as likely the segment's last outing.
The Compass Club starts at 1:05:31new tourist club
Mel flags her Tasmania trip as the final leg of her own Aussie Compass Club, heading to Geeveston parkrun, the southernmost event in Australia, to complete all four compass points. She dismisses the alphabet-style clubs ("that's not a real compass club"), Scott counters that he's in one, and Mel appeals for a graphic designer to help with artwork for the medals she's having made.
Launches and anniversaries starts at 1:09:16"Where is the cake?"
No launches this week, but anniversaries at East Richmond (NSW), Karkarook and Coonwara (Victoria), Maitland (NSW), Port Hedland (WA), South Bank (QLD) and Willoughby (NSW). Earlier in the intro the hosts also cover their own shared home-event anniversaries, Kawana's sixth (spooky/fancy-dress theme, cupcakes) and Westerfolds' (W theme, Scott dressed as a "wish list").
Sign-off starts at 1:10:12
Mel thanked Scott for joining her again, teasing him about the week off and his jealousy that she had been talking to Tim, and Scott admitted a moment of it plus some anxiety at being compared. They pushed the perlustration again, welcomed roving reports from anyone rather than just the Channel 5 News crew, revisited podcast merchandise - Scott now serious about it, Mel still "knitting" the leg warmers - and agreed to work on something for Christmas; Scott floated the idea of regular guest co-hosts, and Mel signed off promising to give all the gory details of her sixth parkrun birthday next week.