Jarrod Watt – Aussie journalist / Paul French - Author / Merrin Pearse – Sustainabilist / Morris Miselowski – Business Futurism / James Ross - the late Olivia Newton-John

Welcome to Tuesday on Morning Brew. Jarrod Watt will be with us after 10.30, live from Melbourne. He’ll bring you the latest news from Down Under, which isn’t great today, as the wonderful Aussie singer Olivia Newton-John passed away just a few hours ago. At 11.10 New York Times best-selling author Paul French reads part two (of four) of 'Carry On Kidnapping', another of our especially adapted (by Paul) for Morning Brew radio stories, from his popular historical 'long reads' in the SCMP's Post Magazine. Today; we’re back in the bandit camp, deep in the Manchurian hills, and things are a little desperate for English hostage Tinko Pawley, and her three dogs. You can also listen to this on Facebook live. At 11:40 Dr. Merrin Pearse will be live from New Zealand. Today he’ll be joined by jellyfish expert John Terenzini, from the Hong Kong Jellyfish Project, for an update on all the sightings since we last spoke in February 2021. After 12 we're back to Melbourne with biz futurist Morris Miselowski. Today is the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples.There's a growing interest around the world in indigenous food, culture, and medicine. Morris will talk about all this with relevance to his area of interest... the future. Well, as you will know by now, actress and singer Olivia Newton-John passed away a few hours ago, so James Ross will join Phil after the 12.30 news to play some of her songs and remember her great work.