{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F380ebcb3-db28-4f85-8887-d583427e9777","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Rodney Claxton on memorialising Michael Hutchence (INXS), traffic lights and Bono's wife, and the Monument Hill Redevelopment","description":"Listen: https://www.jcaldigital.org/punching-sideways\nSupport: https://buymeacoffee.com/joshuacliston\n\rIn this episode Josh and Mel are joined by the very funny (and very smart) Rodney Claxton from Albury-Wodonga.\n\rRodney grew up in Sydney and has lived quite the life. He started out working in the funeral industry before starting an apprenticeship as a chef. Cooking led him to working on the Queensland coast where he met his amazing wife, Selina. Rodney then moved back into the Funeral and Cemetery Industries and has built a career around memorialising every day people (and very famous people) in the absolute best way.\n\rJosh, Mel and Rodney talk about:\n\u2022 Growing up in Sydney, working in the funeral home industry, and dealing with dyslexia as a child.\n\u2022 Rodney's time moonlighting as a Crime Scene Cleaner.\n\u2022 Meeting famous musicians while working as a professional chef in Cairns, Queensland.\n\u2022 Coordinating the funeral services for the likes of Fred Hollows, and INXS frontman Michael Hutchence.\n\u2022 What do traffic lights and Bono's wife have in common?\n\u2022 Monument Hill (Albury, NSW) - why it's in Rodney's Top 10-20 destinations to visit in Australia.\n\u2022 Rodney's involvement in the recent works on the Monument Hill Memorial.\n\rSocials: @punchingsideways on Twitter and Instagram\nEmail: feedback@punchingsideways.com\n\rSupport the Show Here: https://buymeacoffee.com/joshuacliston","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/0f576595-5311-4037-a1d0-089f169c42b5/cacf27-punching-sideways-2020-artwork.jpg"}