Jacinta Parsons
Jacinta Parsons is a radio broadcaster and writer from Melbourne, Australia who has worked at community radio station Triple R, and for the ABC at Double J, ABC Radio Melbourne, and ABC Radio National. She has released three books, Unseen (2020), A Question of Age (2022) and her most recent in 2025 – an investigation on wisdom and the elder woman – A Wisdom of Age.
She works extensively as an advocate for chronic illness and against age discrimination in both her work and in role as a speaker around the country. She is the co-chair of Rollercoaster Theatre, a company dedicated to access for intellectually disabled and neurodiverse actors on Australian stages and enjoys teaching at RMIT university in Media and Communication where she gained her PhD in talkback radio.
Parsons currently hosts the Friday Revue and Saturday Mornings on ABC Radio Melbourne.
Jacinta Parsons is appearing in the following events:
Sunday 14th June