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Talk of the Town
Popular singer songwriter Megan Washington performs on stage for huge audiences. But as Australian Story reveals this week, she's been terrified of public speaking all her life. When she was asked to be a presenter at the annual ARIA Awards the very thought made her 'feel sick'. From the age of five, she's suffered a debilitating stutter. Years of speech therapy helped her to overcome and disguise the condition. Then last year, she says, she wrote a song so personal it wound up changing her whole outlook on life. As a result she decided to stare down her personal demons and deliver a speech to a capacity crowd at Sydney Opera House...
Aired: Jul 07, 2014 Genre: Documentary NewsCasts:Duration: 30m Rating: 0 Country:Production:
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01: The Other Side02: The Back of His Mind03: No Half Measures04: Call Me Cate05: His Driving Force06: An Unnatural History07: The House of Tara08: Out of the Box09: Set in Stone10: A Complicated Life: Kerry Packer , Part 111: A Complicated Life: Kerry Packer , Part 212: A Man Called Boy13: A Very Good Rascal14: The Edge of the Mountain15: In Tracy's Corner16: All the Right Moves: Kieren Perkins , Part 117: All the Right Moves: Kieren Perkins , Part 218: Out of the Kitchen19: The Last Commando , Part 120: The Last Commando , Part 221: Driving Miss Davis22: Forget Me Not23: Talk of the Town24: The Game Changer25: Leaps and Bounds26: Divide and Conquer27: Lock Me Away28: Searching for C1129: Searching for C11 (2)30: Before the Storm31: Out of the Shoebox32: Getting the Hang of It33: The Past Is a Foreign Country34: The Past Is a Foreign Country (2)35: The Pursuit of Happiness36: I Am Jack37: Vanishing Act38: The Innocent39: The Innocent (2)40: How I Met Your Father41: Just Call Me Bob42: Just Call Me Bob (2)43: Letter from Wooleen