Join us for an intriguing conversation with Len, a seasoned accountant with a unique life story that spans extraordinary places around the globe. As an indigenous American, Len's upbringing involved frequent travels and attending various schools, offering him a diverse perspective on life and education. From bustling cities to remote corners of the world, Len's adventures have shaped his understanding of different cultures and landscapes. Notably, during his time in Singapore, Len crossed paths ...
Mar 17, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 61
Join us for an engaging conversation with Jacob, a former sports journalist whose career has taken a delightful turn into advocacy within the disability sector. With his witty humour and love for cricket, Jacob brings a refreshing perspective to our podcast. In this episode, we explore his journey from sports journalism to his current role as a Communication and Engagement Lead in the disability sector, delving into his passion for inclusivity and accessibility. Additionally, we dive into Jacob'...
Feb 21, 2024•52 min•Ep. 60
In this episode, we're back after a hiatus due to moving countries and visa challenges. Now settled in New Zealand, we're restarting the podcast, focusing on community, family, and our upcoming Love Festival in Thailand. Expect revamped formats with shorter solo episodes, insights into Elisa's work, and engaging local interviews. We're exploring community engagement strategies and aim to stay politically neutral. Join us for stories about people, not politics. Support us via donations as we cont...
Dec 06, 2023•4 min
More Info: www.unpopularpeople.com UP Community: www.unpopularpeople.com/community UP Shop: www.unpopularpeople.com/shop About this episode: Isaac was born in New South Wales, Australia. He grew up in a house with seven family members. When he became an adult he went to Indonesia as a missionary. He is able to speak fluently Indonesian now. Sometime after his return, he moved to the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia to study for a master's degree in psychology and mental health practice. Isaac...
Nov 17, 2022•58 min•Ep. 59
More Info: www.unpopularpeople.com UP Community: www.unpopularpeople.com/community UP Shop: www.unpopularpeople.shop About this episode: Dave was born in Brooklyn, New York but moved away when he was very young. He lives in Miami Beach, Florida now. He started as a photographer very early and can see beauty everywhere, even in empty spaces. Dave runs a Wynwood shop where he sells clothes and other extraordinary articles. Everything is made by himself or his partner. Dave is a free spirit and a n...
Oct 09, 2022•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 58
More Info: www.unpopularpeople.com UP Community: www.unpopularpeople.com/community UP Shop: www.unpopularpeople.shop About this episode: Michelle is an actress from Mexico City. She is involved in many different projects and also teaches English to kids. Nowadays, she lives in Oaxaca City and manages a hostel there. She went through some rough times in her life but she learned how to use them as strength and to understand who she is. You will learn from this interview how to be able to use good ...
Sep 21, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 57
More Info: www.unpopularpeople.com UP Community: www.unpopularpeople.com/community UP Shop: www.unpopularpeople.shop About this episode: Tina is a young independent woman that finished her PhD in Psychology before she turned 27. As a migrant child from Iran, it wasn't the easiest to grow up in the US. She tells us about her parents and the struggles they had after moving there from Iran. Tina also tells us about her amazing projects within the field of psychology. In this interview, you'll learn...
Aug 30, 2022•51 min•Ep. 56
More Info: www.unpopularpeople.com UP Community: www.unpopularpeople.com/community UP Shop: www.unpopularpeople.shop About this episode: Gregory is an old friend of Ben. Ben and he went to school together until Gregory’s mother passed away. He moved to Konstanz, Germany with his grandmother. They struggled to get along, so Gregory had to go to an orphanage. He started selling and taking drugs when he was pretty young. Gregory needed structure in his life and decided to sign up for the army and s...
Jul 26, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 55
More Info: www.unpopularpeople.com UP Community: www.unpopularpeople.com/community UP Shop: www.unpopularpeople.shop About this episode: Dimitri is a polymath, originally from France. He lives in Australia and has completed his PhD in astrophysics here. As if astrophysics wouldn't be enough, he's also an actor, coach for people with porn and/or sex addiction, entrepreneur, stargazing tour guide, master in martial arts, comedian, cultural astronomer and just a great human being. He has many abili...
Apr 06, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 54
More Info: www.unpopularpeople.com UP Community: www.unpopularpeople.com/community UP Shop: www.unpopularpeople.shop About this episode: Rusty is the General Manager of SomaFM, an independent and donation-based radio station from California in the US. He’s been managing the playlists of several stations on there for more than 20 years. His music collection seems endless, and he always finds the right sound for the right moment. SomaFM feels like it magically adapts to the setting you’re listenin...
Mar 01, 2022•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 53
More Info: www.unpopularpeople.com UP Community: www.unpopularpeople.com/community UP Shop: www.unpopularpeople.shop About this episode: Dustin is a drag queen from Brisbane, Australia. He grew up in Kilcoy, Queensland and had to move away as the town he was born in hasn't had anything more to offer for him. He was married to a woman and has two children with her. Nowadays, Dustin is a single dad sharing the responsibilities for the kids with his ex-wife. Next to his everyday job and being a sin...
Jan 31, 2022•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 52
More Info: www.unpopularpeople.com UP Community: www.unpopularpeople.com/community UP Shop: www.unpopularpeople.shop About this episode: Kevin Liew is a multi-talented person and expert when it comes to exercise. He lives in Brisbane, Southeast Queensland. He was born in Canberra and moved to Brisbane because of skin issues. Kevin is a self-taught professional in many fields, ranging from callisthenics over pole dance to graphic design. He’s a role model concerning discipline and proving that yo...
Jan 07, 2022•53 min•Ep. 51
More Info: www.unpopularpeople.com UP Community: www.unpopularpeople.com/community UP Shop: www.unpopularpeople.shop About this episode: Ben Fein was born in Heidelberg, Germany and was raised in a family with a huge love for music. While making music, he kept very busy, working, going to school and completing a university degree in economics. But Ben was having fun too! A decade of partying in the techno/trance scene in Europe opened his ears and heart more and more to electronic music and soli...
Dec 19, 2021•1 hr 40 min•Season 3Ep. 50
More Info: www.unpopularpeople.com UP Community: www.unpopularpeople.com/community UP Shop: www.unpopularpeople.shop About this episode: Marla is a positive bubbly woman originally from the Philipines. We met her recently in Australia. Marla was born on the resort island Sibu where she and her four siblings had an unconventional upbringing without their parents. During her life, Marla has had many different jobs so far. She travelled a lot, worked as a diving instructor on a boat, and in hospita...
Nov 15, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 3Ep. 49
More Info: www.unpopularpeople.com UP Shop: www.unpopularpeople.shop About this episode: Our special guest today is Annie, a strong Wiradjuri woman. She was born in Sydney and raised in Gosford. Spiritually, she is from central NSW. She is residing on the Gold Coast in Queensland now. Annie is a mother of two who is currently studying a Certificate IV in Mental health Peer Support Work after completing a Diploma in Mental Health last year at Tafe, Gold Coast. She is using her broad life and live...
Sep 27, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 3Ep. 48
More Info: www.unpopularpeople.com UP Shop: www.unpopularpeople.shop About this episode: Melbourne DJ & Producer Ollie Wilkes is a self-confessed techno lover from Adelaide, Australia. He grew up in New Zealand and Australia. Ollie started his career in the New Zealand club and outdoor party scene and continued his work in Melbourne after moving back to Australia. In nearly a decade since, Ollie has played around Australia, New Zealand, South America, and Germany - where he developed his own...
Aug 27, 2021•44 min•Season 3Ep. 47
More Info: www.unpopularpeople.com UP Shop: www.unpopularpeople.shop About this episode: Emmanuella is originally from Canada. She grew up in an academic family and moved to many different cities, countries & continents during her childhood. She has got a master's degree in neuroscience and currently studies medicine at Griffith University in Queensland. Her family is originally from Ghana (West Africa). As Emmanuella is used to change places, she shares her learnings from moving often and h...
Jul 12, 2021•58 min•Season 3Ep. 46
More Info: www.unpopularpeople.com UP Shop: www.unpopularpeople.shop About this episode: Jeanene is an event planner from Canberra, Australia. She grew up on the Gold Coast, Australia, and went backpacking all over the world. After she worked in the travel and hospitality industry for several years, she has started her own company called Winederlust. Winederlust provides events with wine education, showcasing local and regional wines, featuring alternatives and emerging varietals, and comparing ...
Jun 14, 2021•49 min•Season 3Ep. 45
More Info: www.unpopularpeople.com UP Shop: www.unpopularpeople.shop About this episode: Fatima is a French Teacher originally from Lebanon. She was born during the civil war (1975 to 1990) and grew up with five sisters and two brothers in the Lebanese capital Beirut. Fatima has been living in Australia for 15 years. Recently, she changed her career to become a mental health worker because she wants to help people in her community. As her parents were fashion designers with their own company, sh...
May 18, 2021•41 min•Season 3Ep. 44
More Info: www.unpopularpeople.com UP Shop: www.unpopularpeople.shop About this episode: Kellie is an enrolled nurse and single mum from Australia. She grew up in Brisbane and lives on the Gold Coast now. During her childhood, Kellie spent a lot of time in church as she grew up in a religious family. Nowadays, she studies mental health at TAFE Queensland. She has chosen this course because of her father, who lived with an undiagnosed bipolar disorder for 56 years. In this interview, Kelly shares...
Apr 19, 2021•1 hr 21 min•Season 3Ep. 43
More Info: www.unpopularpeople.com UP Shop: www.unpopularpeople.shop About this episode: Terry is a motivational speaker and author from the US living in Colorado. He has been a cancer warrior for the last nine years. During his life, Terry worked in many different jobs. He says, “Each time I took on a new job, I had to develop new skills and faced different challenges.” Today, Terry sits in a wheelchair because he has an amputated leg and tumours in his lungs. The biggest challenge in his life ...
Apr 04, 2021•1 hr 21 min•Season 3Ep. 42
More Info: www.unpopularpeople.com UP Shop: www.unpopularpeople.shop About this episode: Charlotte is a female entrepreneur from Adelaide. From her childhood on, Charlotte was always caring for the environment. This is why she founded her own business called Earthyma. Earthyma sells earth-friendly skincare and living products online and on local markets. In this interview, Charlotte tells us about her independent upbringing in New Zealand and what she got taught in life that helped her to get to...
Mar 28, 2021•57 min•Season 3Ep. 41
More Info: www.unpopularpeople.com UP Shop: www.unpopularpeople.shop About this episode: Elisa is the co-founder of Unpopular People. She’s a textile engineer, originally from Germany. Today, she lives on the Gold Coast in Australia. In this interview, she explains her journey from Germany to Australia and why she stopped working in the traditional fashion industry, although fashion is her passion. You can learn why she is not attached to a particular place or country and why the earth is her ho...
Mar 17, 2021•59 min•Season 2Ep. 40
More Info: www.unpopularpeople.com UP Shop: www.unpopularpeople.shop About this episode: Nick Langer is a chef originally from Germany. He grew up with two brothers in Heidelberg. Impressed by his father and one of his brothers, who are chefs as well, Nick decided to work in hospitality, too. After his apprenticeship in the fine-dining kitchen of the exclusive 5-star superior hotel “Europäischer Hof”, he decided to combine his passion for travelling and his love for cooking. Nick started travell...
Feb 22, 2021•50 min•Season 2Ep. 39
More Info: www.unpopularpeople.com UP Shop: www.unpopularpeople.shop About this episode: The living example of the book “The Alchemist” - Pepe is a Puerto Rican artist living in Miami, Florida. He was born and raised in Puerto Rico among a family of engineers. In his early 20’s, Pepe moved to New York City to finish his studies in architecture. Since then, he has learned a lot about life. With an authentic passion for art, he started his own company called ARTKTR in 2011. ARTKTR began creating n...
Jan 29, 2021•56 min•Season 2Ep. 38
More Info: www.unpopularpeople.com UP Shop: www.unpopularpeople.shop About this episode: Steven is a musician and healer living in Cairns, Australia. He was born in Tasmania and grew up in Sydney. When Steven was 11 years old, he picked up the guitar for the first time. Since then music is his life. Stay tuned until the very end of this episode to listen to a spontaneous live act from him. You can hear in the intro and outro of this episode one of his productions he did in collaboration with Ben...
Jan 01, 2021•1 hr 27 min•Season 2Ep. 37
Learn more: www.unpopularpeople.com Nick is the manager of “ The Burleigh Heads Surf Club ” at the Gold Coast, Australia. He has been working in this position for almost 13 years. He is originally from Liverpool, England. Before he came to Australia, he travelled to America and Asia. His passion is his family and gardening. He has four children and has been living in Australia for 28 years. In this interview, Nick gives useful advice on how to increase your self-confidence and how to stay fit an...
Dec 17, 2020•53 min•Season 2Ep. 36
More info: www.unpopularpeople.com Gennaro is a sportsperson and PT from Naples, Italy. He’s specialized in Functional Movements, Calisthenics, and Animal Flow. Currently, he lives at the Gold Coast, Australia. We met him during our training at Mermaid Beach Park. Gennaro grew up in a family with a simple lifestyle. When he was 16 years old, he moved away from home and has been travelling back and forward between countries for more than 12 years now. In this interview, Gennaro shares the story o...
Dec 01, 2020•1 hr 19 min•Season 2Ep. 35
Learn more: Unpopular People (www.unpopularpeople.com) Marco is a free spirit (originally from Cologne, Germany) and a part of the DJ/Producer duo "Boy Oh Boy". They have been quite popular in New Zealand for more than two years. They experienced a lot, had many gigs all over New Zealand and also Berlin, Germany. They played on festivals like "Luminate" and "Shipwrecked" and clubs that are known all over the world like "Sisyphus" and "Ritter Butzke" in Berlin, Germany. If you're interested in th...
Nov 17, 2020•53 min•Season 2Ep. 34
Learn more: Unpopular People (www.unpopularpeople.com) Gareth is a self-employed exercise physiologist from Austria who has travelled the world for the last five years after a difficult breakup with his fiancée. During this journey, he has learned a lot about himself, relationships and social skills. Currently, he lives at the Gold Coast, Australia - the place where Gareth’s and our ways crossed. Gareth spent his early childhood in South Africa. In this inspiring interview, he shares his memorie...
Nov 04, 2020•1 hr 17 min•Season 2Ep. 33
