The View From A Broad
Hi welcome to The View From A Broad. I'm Teresa Norton and this podcast dives into my past, revisiting columns I wrote for the South China Morning Post between 1993 and 2000 during my 40 years living in Hong Kong.
These often funny, sometimes tender, occasionally provocative musings cover everything from marriage and working motherhood, to national identity and global events. As a weekly columnist I aimed to capture the quirks of human interactions, carve up a few sacred cows and tell it like it is... but did I? In the 30 years since those columns were written much has changed and... so have I.
In each episode I read a column and talk to a guest about how the piece stands up today - what still rings true and what feels out of sync with today’s world. They then share a true story from their past that's been unearthed by something in the column.
The result is an engaging and honest conversation about the evolution of social norms, culture and humor, re-examining the past through the lens of today’s values.
By looking back with compassion and curiosity, my hope is that The View From A Broad encourages reflection on how our perspectives have changed... or not... and why.
The View From A Broad
Trouble's a Brewin' | Teresa talks to Tim Peirson Smith
Teresa's guest, Tim Peirson Smith, had a completely different take on the column he chose for this week's episode! An episode that begins as a 3 decade old gripe about her then husband's inability/refusal to make the coffee becomes a conversation about love and caring for one's partner, children and parents. "You're a romantic!" Teresa declares.
Tim, a self-professed lapsed Brit has been proud to call Hong Kong home for the last 35 years. For the last quarter century, after founding Executive Counsel Limited, a strategic communications advisory he has been advising the corporate world on government relations and the public and private sector on public relations, crisis management, stakeholder management and corporate governance.
However, as evidenced in this podcast episode, Tim is by far, most proud to be the father of Ben, Milly and Issy, recently married husband and as son to parents he clearly loved and admired.
Learn more about the charity that Tim supports here: https://www.crossroads.org.hk
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