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From Down Under to Down South is a twice-weekly reflection from an Australian making a life in the American South. After moving from Australia to Tennessee in 2018, I began noticing the subtle cultural differences most people miss — the way politeness sounds different, the way goodbyes stretch longer, the way everyday moments quietly reveal what’s different. Some episodes explore those contrasts directly. Others are quiet stories from the week — conversations and small moments that say something bigger. It’s not outrage or culture wars. And it’s not a travel diary. It’s simply one Australian perspective on life between two countries. If you’ve ever lived overseas, loved two places at once, or found yourself caught between familiar and foreign — you’ll feel at home here. New episodes are released twice weekly as part of the broader From Down Under to Down South series across podcast and YouTube.

Recent Episodes

Why Does America Still Have the Death Penalty?

Send us Fan Mail Why does America still have the death penalty when countries like Australia abolished it decades ago? Living in Tennessee, I've found myself asking that question more than once. But a recent failed execution brought the issue much closer to home. In this episode of From Down Under to Down South, I explore the history of capital punishment in America, the troubling questions surrounding execution methods, the enormous costs involved, and the arguments on both sides of a debate...

20 MIN

Why Americans Can't Agree on America

Send us Fan Mail Ask ten Americans what America is like, and you might get ten completely different answers. The funny thing is, they could all be telling the truth. After sharing my observations about American friendliness and why Americans talk to strangers, I started reading the comments. People from different parts of the United States were describing completely different experiences of American life. What one person considered perfectly normal, another insisted simply didn't happen where...

12 MIN

This Week in America - When America Stops Being Something You Watch

Send us Fan Mail This week in America, I finally reached one of the stranger stages of immigrant life: realising I am no longer just watching the country from the outside. There was long awaited rain in Tennessee, a storage facility tenant who still seems confused about the difference between storage and housing, Georgia’s new dance competition schedule, a fall break theatre camp, baby names in America and Australia, reaction videos about my YouTube channel, and a surprisingly heated argument...

13 MIN

Tennessee Tried to Execute Christa Pike. She Survived.

Send us Fan Mail Tennessee tried to execute Christa Pike. The lethal injection began. The drugs were administered. Then something went wrong. Instead of leaving Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in a hearse, Pike left in an ambulance, alive. But this episode isn’t only about what happened inside Tennessee’s execution chamber. It’s about a state that had already failed to carry out another execution just five months earlier. It’s about what happens when the government claims the power to ...

17 MIN

Apparently, I’m Old Now. Nobody Bothered to Tell Me

Send us Fan Mail Nobody actually tells you when you’re getting old. One day you’re driving along, find a radio station playing Supertramp and think, “Finally, some decent music.” Then you discover you’re listening to the golden oldies station. Apparently, this is how they tell you. In this episode, I’m coming to terms with the increasingly suspicious evidence that I may no longer be young. My daughters think Home and Away is ancient, Honey Boo Boo is somehow 21, children are collecting foam s...

9 MIN