<p>Welcome to the tenth episode of TONTS Season 5 Matrescence Festival edition, join us as we look back through our Melbourne festival from March 2025.</p><p>In this episode you'll hear from Dr Winnie Orchard again, who spoke with us earlier in the season, Dr Orchard is a cognitive neuroscientist who specialises in understanding how caregiving reshapes our brain and minds and in this episode talks specifically to those going through parenting from a queer perspective.</p><br><p>We invite you also to take care when listening to Claire's song The Beast after Dr. Orchards talk, the music video with the dance choreography from Bonnie can be found here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNBN7AzHeuM" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNBN7AzHeuM</a></p><br><p>For more from Claire you can head to: <a href="https://www.clairetonti.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.clairetonti.com/</a> or her instagram @clairetonti</p><br><p>For more from Lizzy you can head to: <a href="https://www.lizzyhumber.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.lizzyhumber.com/</a> or her instagram @lizzyhumber</p><br><p>And to keep up to date with past and upcoming Matrescence festivals you can follow @matrescencefestival on instagram or go to https://www.matrescencefestival.co.uk</p><br><p>Original theme music: Free by Claire Tonti</p><br><p>Editing: Maisie JG</p><p>Social Media: Surabhi Pradhan</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>