# Jessica Chapnik Kahn

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Making An Impact On Climate Change From Your Own Home

According to the UN Environment Program, if food waste were a country it would be counted as the third biggest greenhouse gas emitter, behind China and the US. In Australia, over 5 million tonnes of food ends up in landfill. That's enough to fill 9,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools. So if Australian…

Ronni Kahn on finding her calling in 'A Repurposed Life'

As the owner of a successful events company, throwing away huge volumes of leftover food at the end of the day came with the territory. But when Ronni Kahn hit midlife, she found herself no longer able to turn a blind eye to her food waste problem. Hand delivering the untouched food to homeless she…

Jessica Chapnik Kahn - Welcome home, identity and motherhood

Jessica is a singer-songwriter, actress, mother, and author.  Her latest book is called Madre. I really enjoyed catching up with Jessica and having this open honest chat with her, about motherhood, the music industry, growing up as an immigrant, and love, devotion, and life. Jessy took me on a jou…

Ronni Kahn on finding her calling in 'A Repurposed Life'

As the owner of a successful events company, throwing away huge volumes of leftover food at the end of the day came with the territory. But when Ronni Kahn hit midlife, she found herself no longer able to turn a blind eye to her food waste problem. Hand delivering the untouched food to homeless she…

S6, Ep3 The Spirituality Of Birth With Jessica Chapnik Kahn

The Spirituality Of Birth With Jessica Chapnik Kahn An honest exploration of two births, femininity, shame, rage and deep love. The becoming and disappearing of a mother. Welcome to Episode 3 of Season 6, our Rise of the Feminine season. In this collection of podcasts we are talking about how th…

06 | #summerseries: Creativity and motherhood, with Jessica Chapnik Kahn

Jessica Chapnik Kahn is a singer-songwriter, author and poet. She's also a mum - and an example of how motherhood and creativity don't need to be mutually exclusive. In fact, her experience shows just how becoming a parent can open up a new layer of inspiration. Madre, the book of poetry that Jessi…

Jessica Chapnik Kahn: Writing words of hope

Jessica Chapnik Kahn was celebrating Hanukkah with her young daughter Shemi when two terrorists opened fire on the gathering. She shielded Shemi with her own body. Fifteen people were killed. In the aftermath, as political discourse dominated the headlines, Jessica turned to Instagram to share her …

Ep 29: Post Bondi - The Promised Land Was the Sound of Children's Laughter with Jessica Chapnik Kahn

My guest on this episode of The Actual is Jessica Chapnik Kahn, an Argentinian–Australian writer, artist, and fellow Bondi survivor. Jessica and I met in the aftermath of the Bondi massacre on 14 December 2025. Jessica and I return to that day reflecting on our different experiences. This discussio…

S11 Ep6. The She Births Book Launch — Live from Bondi with Nadine & Jessica Chapnik Kahn

Hello dear listeners This podcast today is very close to my heart. A few weeks ago we held the very first of the She Births book tour event, at Gertrude and Alice in Bondi.  My family was there. So many beautiful she births families as well, some of you I've known for close to two decades now. Plus…

Leah Purcell's novel The Drover's Wife and crime with Garry Disher, Emma Viskic and Jessica Chapnik Kahn

From stage to screen to page, Leah Purcell has taken Henry Lawson's 1890s story of a lone woman in a tough landscape and remade it as her own in The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson. And thrillers and crime stories with recurring characters.