Lauren Miller Cilento is the CEO of HMMG , one of the most significant talent management agencies in Australia. What she doesn't know about showbuisinness isn't worth knowing. The daughter of one of the greatest producers and managers our country had ever seen - Harry M Miller, Lauren learned the business in the centre of some of the biggest media deals ever done in Australia. Lauren is a smart, funny, powerful woman who is mother to a wonderful son and CEO of a brilliant company. Hosted on Acas...
Apr 17, 2016•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 129
Zahlen Titcomb is one of the founders of Five Ultimate and Bamboxers , both specialized apparel companies. You may not realize this - but the game of ultimate frisbee is played by more people worldwide than Rubgy Union and Lacrosse combined. That's a lot of people. It's a very special sport, there's no referees - the elite teams are all co-ed, there's a lot about it that's pretty magical. I met Zahlen in Amsterdam at THNK where we were classmates together. Oh and he also once snuck into North Ko...
Apr 10, 2016•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 129
Jack Delosa is an incredibly successful Australian entrepreneur. By the age of 27 he amassed a fortune of over $25M through his various startup ventures, including his largest public facing project. The Entourage - a business education company that teaches business in a way that universities don’t. Jack’s one line story is that he’s the kid who dropped out of uni to become a millionaire by his early 20’s. He’s already written one book, Unprofessional - and now is about to launch his new book Unw...
Apr 03, 2016•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 128
Rachael Johns is one of Australia's most successful romance novelists. She's penned over fifteen books, and has amassed a legion of followers who look forward to what will next unfold in the impossibly romantic Australian outback where men are men who wander in from out of town to get work and then turn up one morning on the farm to lift heavy things with rugged muscled bodies in the sunset. You get the idea. The most interesting thing about this is Rachael's path to success. Yes she's published...
Mar 27, 2016•59 min•Ep. 127
Sports Scientist, Physiotherapist, motivation guru and self described "Bogan who meditates", Brandon Hasick is here to talk to you about why your current workout sucks, and why life is better when you move. This episode brought to you by the good people who supported the show over at Patreon.com/osher - thank you with all my heart! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Mar 20, 2016•1 hr•Ep. 126
Simone Milasas is an entrepreneur, business coach and author of the book Joy Of Business. There's some great words in this one about reframing what your disadvantages are - for example how Simone turned being $187K in debt into a possibility. This episode brought to you in part by the great humans who've supported through patreon.com/osher. For as little as $5/month you can access exclusive episodes, starting with James Mathison - which is live now for supporters only. Hosted on Acast. See acast...
Mar 13, 2016•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 125
Jason Wachob is the founder and CEO of MindBodyGreen.com You can find him on twitter at @jasonwachob Chances are you've read a blog post or two at mindbodygreen.com but if you haven't - it's a health and wellbeing community that's got 4000 contributors, over 12 million unique visitors every month, and a worldwide community of people dedicated to living the best life they can live whle while being kind to themselves, others and their environment. I'm grateful to have met Jason a few years back, a...
Mar 06, 2016•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 123
This episode is brought to you by wonderful listeners who have leant their support on Patreon My guest today is Georgina Venzin who’s the Youth Ambassador for the Mindshift Foundation - a place dedicated to raising the self worth of youth across Australia. They develop self-esteem programs for high-school teachers to provide skills to students, they’ve a pilot program happening now at a high school in Brisbane, and are looking to scale statewide and then nationally. She’s also a high-profile res...
Feb 28, 2016•55 min•Ep. 123
My guest this week is Nathan Birch . Nathan is an incredibly interesting guy, he retired from regular work at 24 and is a self-made multi-millionaire. Following a strict protocol which he freely explains in this show - he's amassed a property portfolio of over 200 properties worth over $50M which after all is said and done provides him with more than $500K a year in passive income. But that's not why he's on the show. He's on the show because he's a guy who's seen the railroad tracks that we as ...
Feb 21, 2016•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 122
Mark Holden is a household name in Australia. He’s had more extraordinary careers than I’ve had hot dinners. He’s been a Teen Pop idol, an on-screen soap opera heart throb, a heavyweight songwriter, publisher and manager in L.A., a music manager here in Australia who managed artists like Vanessa Amorosi, a judge on the first five seasons of Australian Idol, a cancer survivor and now a full-time Barrister in the Victorian legal system. You’ll hear that I’m very fond of Mark, he was a great hero o...
Feb 14, 2016•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 121
Marcus Haney is a film maker, producer and photographer from Pasadena California. He’s on twitter @marcushaney We spoke when he was in Australia for the premiere of his film “No Cameras Allowed”, which is the chronicling of a journey that starts with him and his friends sneaking in to the Coachella Festival in Palm Springs and ends with him being employed by the very bands he jumped a fence to shoot pictures of without permission. This is a fantastic story about passion, enrolling others in your...
Feb 07, 2016•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 120
This week's episode is with ABC Radio's Sydney breakfast host Robbie Buck. He rates higher than all of my FM colleagues, has a pedigree from JJJ that is beyond par, and was once at the centre of a Bjelke-Petersen era QLD Police raid. As we head into 2016, Robbie's story will leave you inspired to keep going until your dream job is a reality too. x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jan 31, 2016•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 119
Damian Barbeler is an award-winning composer who I actually grew up with in Brisbane, and now lives with his family in Sydney. Find him at barbeler.com Damian's works have been commissioned from and performed in all parts of the world, his music is at the same time avant-garde and incredibly accessible. He's got a PhD from the Sydney Conservatorium of music, he regularly teaches both young and old the art of composition and is indeed a man that can inspire his students to achievements they never...
Jan 24, 2016•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 118
Robert DeCastella is an International Sporting legend. He set the World Record for the Marathon in 1981, competed in four consecutive olympic games, took Gold at two commonwealth games, won the boston marathon, & set a city to surf record that stood for ten straight years. He's also a remarkable man who's focused his life after competition on helping others. Not only through his time as Director of the AIS, but now as Director of the Indigenous Marathon Project. Australian Indigenous Issues ...
Dec 20, 2015•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 117
Cassie Howarth is an Actress from the Central Coast in NSW Australia. She's currently a major character on the landmark Australian TV show Home and Away, and is just a lovely human. She came to my house one afternoon during the last week of their shooting schedule, and opened up about how her path to success pretty much broke her before redemption. It's a common story on this show - that you've got to get broken to build back stronger, and Cassie was very generous sharing what she had to say. It...
Dec 13, 2015•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 116
Waleed Aly is the Anchor of the very popular national nightly news program "The Project", he's an Author, an academic, a lecturer at Monash University where he is also a staff member at the Global Terrorist Research Centre, he's a Dad and a very well measured and lovely man. He exudes a calm about him that is comforting, and a learned way of speaking that makes you feel confident that everything's going to be alright. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.co...
Dec 06, 2015•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 115
Ryan O'Kane is an actor from New Zealand who's doing great things - most recently starred in "Mary, making of a princess" and is on the way in the Peter Brock telemovie, also played Jeff Thompson in the miniseries about World Series cricket - Howzat! He's a lovely guy, a deep guy and a very, very funny guy. Dry as anything but goodness he had me cracking up. He came up to the house to hang out, have a chat. Enjoy this conversation with the delightful Ryan O'Kane. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p...
Nov 29, 2015•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 114
Ben Gerrard is an extraordinarily talented performer from Victoria in the lower right hand side of Australia. He's currently playing more than 20 characters all by himself in the brilliant solo show "I Am My Own Wife", which explores transgender issues, human rights, communism, and resilience - it's currently playing at the Old Fitz Theatre in Kings X, Sydney. There's a few shows left, do whatever you can to go and see it. He's also up for a Logie award for his brilliant comedic performances in ...
Nov 22, 2015•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 113
Jeffrey Foskett is a singer and guitar player from Northern California who’s been a permanent member of the Beach Boys since the late 1970’s. He went on to be Brian Wilson’s musical director and right hand man for many years, and recently has rejoined the Beach Boys as they continue to write, record and tour to millions of fans all around the world. It’s not often I get the chance to chat with someone who is so clearly gifted, and has had a career in music that’s gone on for so long - and you ca...
Nov 15, 2015•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 111
Peter Garrett is one of the world's most iconic and recognisable musicians and activists, and is also the former federal environment minister and education minister. For twenty five years he fronted Midnight Oil, one of this country's most powerful, outspoken, noisy, sweaty and thought-provoking bands. Their musical career intertwined with activism from the very beginning, they made great music you could dance your ass off to - and within this music was a powerful message. Not a acoustic guitar ...
Nov 08, 2015•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 111
Eiji Han Shimizu is a highly successful publisher, film maker and lecturer. His exceptional Manga biographies of influential world figures have been published in 25 countries & 10 languages. At 35, working with the biggest media companies in Tokyo his life resembled a picture perfect example of what a highly successful person would have. Following a moment in his life which we talk about, Eiji changed course and embarked on a global search for sustainable happiness, where he and his director...
Nov 01, 2015•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 110
Greg Callaghan is the Acting Editor of Good Weekend, SMH, The Age, journalist, & author of a book that shook me to the core: Bondi Badlands. It's the true crime story of some heinous and depraved murders that happened at the park on the south end of Bondi Beach, Marks Park. Right now, the park is home to Sculpture by the Sea - the fantastic annual public art event that stretches from Bondi down to Bronte. So while you're wandering around up there on the cliff tops admiring the steel and marb...
Oct 25, 2015•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 109
Emma Leonard is an Australian actor, voice actor, improvisor, and all-round lovely human. She's most famous internationally for her long-time role on Home and Away, the landmark Australian Soap Opera coming up to 30 years - and more recently for the huge drama hit 800 words. She joined me to talk about Steiner Schools, how set is like school camp, and why there hasn't been a great Aussie multi-camera sitcom in nearly twenty years. Apologies about the audio quality on this one, since my Mac updat...
Oct 18, 2015•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 108
My guest today Mike Cotty is a legend in the worldwide cycling community for his marathon cycling efforts, having ridden astonishing feats of endurance - non stop rides across entire countries, and even continents - his longest being a 50hr and 29 minute non-stop epic 1,021km across the Dolomites, Eastern Alps and Swiss Alps. On this ride he conquered over 21,250m of brutal mountain climbing, or 2.4 “Everests”. However Mike is also a brilliant marketer, and he is now director of Media-24, a Cycl...
Oct 11, 2015•56 min•Ep. 106
Jono Nicholas is the CEO of ReachOut.com , which was the first online mental health service in the world. He's been working there for over fifteen years, as you'll hear - back in a time when you would have to dial a phone number to get access to the internet. This week, Reach Out is launching a big campaign "There's life after year twelve" - which I'm sure is an internationally common issue - young adults feeling immense pressure to perform and that if their exams don't work out that their lives...
Oct 04, 2015•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 106
Lindsay McDougall is one of Australia's icons of alternative culture. For nearly twenty years he's been the guitar player for the iconic Australian punk band Frenzal Rhomb, and for ten years was a radio announcer on the national youth radio network JJJ. Lindsay is never backward in coming forward about his thoughts on fairness - and in this conversation we discuss all kinds of expectations of fairness from race relations, to gender issues, climate issues and what it was like being a staunch left...
Sep 26, 2015•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 105
Dwayne Martens is the founder and CEO of Amazonia, an incredibly successful health food and supplement company that he started in a juice stall in the Fremantle markets - and is now worth eight figures. Dwayne is a brilliant CEO, a super successful manager, expert marketer and forward-thinking leader. His view on the place he and his company have in the market is unique. He's pioneering a conscious form of commerce that empowers people all the way down the supply chain, advocating and demonstrat...
Sep 20, 2015•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 104
This episode is brought to you by http://theiconic.com.au/osher who are offering my listeners 10% off full price styles with any purchase over $99. Please support the people who support my show! My guest today is Actor, Author, Writer, Casting Director, Producer, Comedian, Mother of five and founding member of Working Dog - Jane Kennedy . Jane is part of one of my country’s most successful independent film and television production companies of all time - Working Dog. Check this credit list : D-...
Sep 13, 2015•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 103
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Sep 06, 2015•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 102
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Aug 30, 2015•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 101
