About

If These Trees Could Talk and it's companion branch What Would They Say is an Australian storytelling project created by Shannon and Megan.

Shannon is the storyteller — drawn to landscapes, memory, and the human experiences that linger beneath the surface. Megan is the producer, editor, and moral compass — ensuring every story is approached with care, intention, and respect. Together, they share a commitment to storytelling that prioritises humanity over spectacle.

Their work spans two connected arms: one that listens to place, and one that listens to people. Across both, the guiding principle is the same — stories matter, and how they are told matters just as much.

This project is grounded in listening, reflection, and responsibility. It exists to make space for stories that deserve care, context, and time.

If These Trees Could Talk is a place-based Australian storytelling podcast exploring true crime, history, mystery, and the paranormal through the landscapes where they unfolded.

The land is not a backdrop — it is part of the story. Each episode considers what happened in a place, but also what remains: the echoes, silences, and unresolved threads that linger in the environment and the people connected to it.

Rather than focusing on shock or resolution, this work centers context, knowledge and humanity. It looks closely at where systems failed, where voices were lost, and how stories continue to shape communities long after the moment has passed.

What Would They Say is a companion branch that turns the same care and attention toward people rather than places.

This space exists for real stories from real people; lived experience shared through conversation, not performance. There is no expectation to resolve trauma, provide answers, or be extraordinary. What matters is consent, boundaries, and respect.

What Would They Say values reflection over exposure and listening over visibility. It recognises that wisdom often lives in quiet stories held by regular people, and that being heard can be meaningful even without an audience or outcome.