Checking In #9
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Jun 13, 2019•12 min•Ep. 309
Better Than Yesterday with Osher Günsberg
With every new day comes the opportunity to grow. Hosted by Osher Günsberg - a best-selling author, podcaster, TV host, husband, dad, stepdad, electric mobility enthusiast and part-time climate worrier. This podcast is here to help make today better than yesterday. Since 2013, the show has set out to improve life for you and the people you love. Sometimes it’s authentic conversations. Sometimes we’ll unpack the news or hear how Osher deals with life as a sober person with a different brain. But you’ll always hear something you need to hear (and laugh while you do). Listen to feel less alone, build better habits and discover some solution-based approaches for when life gets tricky.
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287: Stephen Dupont
Stephen Dupont is a conflict photojournalist from Australia. For thirty years he’s travelled the world photographing people, places and cultures at their most beautiful, their most vulnerable, and often their most violent. Stephen is a rare breed of person, the kind that willingly forges forward into a conflict zone, hoping to get the right shot that will tell the story of those in side the conflict so that those on the outside world may bear witness to it and maybe do something to change it. As...
Jun 09, 2019•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 308
Checking In #8
Checking in, June 7, 2019 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 06, 2019•9 min•Ep. 307
286: Doris Younane
Doris Younane is a highly acclaimed Australian actor who became a household name for her role in Nine Network’s McLeod’s Daughters. However she’s been on our screens and stages for a long time. Heartbreak High, Rake, False Witness, Water Rats, Blackjack, Stingers, Sea Change, Party Tricks, Janet King, Catching Milat, Soul Mates, even The Wrong Girl. Now Doris is on the new Ten drama “Five Bedrooms". Doris came around to the apartment the other day to chat about life, studying at NIDA, being in a...
Jun 02, 2019•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 306
Checking In #7
Checking in, May 31, 2019 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 30, 2019•14 min•Ep. 305
285: Stan Grant
Stan Grant is an Australian television news and political journalist. He is currently the ABC's indigenous and international affairs analyst, and professor of global affairs at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia. He’s written a number of books, two which absolutely stand out are Talking to My Country, and his latest book Australia Day. You see Stan is an Aboriginal First Nation Australian man. His father was an elder of the Wiradjuri people - a country that stretches across central NSW...
May 26, 2019•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 304
Checking In #6
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May 23, 2019•8 min•Ep. 303
284: Julian Mitchell
Julian Mitchell is the co-founder of the Mushroom cultivation company Life Cykel find about more about him and the work he’s doing at LifeCykel.com He’s an interesting guy - he used to work in the mining industry and had a moment where he chose to do something different. Something very different. Something that would put people more in touch with the food they ate, and something which would allow recycling of food and waste products in a sustainable way. Life Cykel have made some heavy hitting f...
May 19, 2019•52 min•Ep. 302
Democracy with James Mathison
Checking in, May 17, 2019 James Mathison. My former Channel [v] and Australian Idol team mate. Former campaigner for the federal electorate of Waringah up against Tony Abbot. Host of the TV show Thrones 360, the wrap up show that airs after Game Of Thrones on Foxtel - the last ever episode which comes out this Monday. It’s an election tomorrow in Australia. Let’s talk democracy, and what is working - what isn’t working and what else we might do about fairly governing millions of people. Come to ...
May 16, 2019•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 301
283: Briggs
Briggs is an Indigenous Australian rapper, actor, comedian, and record label owner from Shepparton, Victoria. From his breakout album in 2009, Briggs has gone on to dominate the hip hop scene here and abroad. He’s released four solo albums, as well as the landmark “Reclaim Australia” with AB Original - an album that spoke volumes to the conversation about race relations in our country. A.B. Original were recently crowned APRA’s 2018 Songwriters of the Year and in 2017 won the ARIAs for Best Inde...
May 12, 2019•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 300
Checking In #4
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May 09, 2019•14 min•Ep. 299
282: Jonathan Haidt
Jonathan Haidt is a Social psychologist at NYU-Stern. He’s the author of The Righteous Mind, and his latest book The Coddling of The American Mind. We are a few weeks out from an election here in Australia so I couldn’t think of a better time to get someone on the show to help us explore how our thinking is being swayed from outside influences, why we are getting just so super-sensitive to things we never used to be sensitive about, and indeed what we stand to lose by protecting ourselves from a...
May 05, 2019•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 298
Checking In #3
Checking in, May 3, 2019. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 02, 2019•10 min•Ep. 297
281: Jo Thornely
My guest today is Jo Thornely - on twitter @JoThornely. Jo is an author, podcaster and music aficionado from Sydney Australia. A rabid live-tweeter of The Bachelor in all its forms, Jo is also utterly fascinated by Cults. Her Book and podcast of the same name “Zealot” is an incredibly interesting exploration into what makes people believe things that really, really aren’t real - and believe them so much that they will do, and have done, many many really awful things. It’s absolutely fascinating ...
Apr 28, 2019•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 296
Checking In - April 26
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Apr 25, 2019•13 min
280: Ian Dickson
My guest today needs very little introduction. Ian Dickson. Dicko as you’d know him, was a brilliantly powerful record company executive that worked hand in glove with Simon Cowell as they created and broke Westlife across the planet. He came out to Australia to work with BMG records and a few years later came to public prominence as the ‘nasty’ judge on Australian Idol. A massive media career followed, TV shows, radio shows, you name it, he did it. But as you’ll hear in our chat - the Dicko as ...
Apr 21, 2019•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 294
Checking in #1
Checking in, April 19 2019. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 18, 2019•18 min•Ep. 293
279: Mahmood Fazal
My guest today is Mahmood Fazal. He’s a journalist for Vice, and hosts the compelling podcast “Violent Times”, a show that explores the role of violence in our modern society. From speaking to graffiti artists who were involved in brutal street violence in Melbourne in the 80s and 90s, to connecting with Australia’s Deadliest Soldier, to spending an afternoon with the Yakuza in Japan - Mahmood gets face to face with the people who have not only committed violence on others, but have been victims...
Apr 14, 2019•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 292
278: Todd Liubinskas
Todd Liubinskas is Strength and Conditioning Coach, Entrepreneur, and the new Fitness Director at Men’s Health. He’s also the founder of “Let’s Get Going” a non-profit mentor and experience program. They aspire to promote the health and well being of adults from the age of 18 years old with an intellectual or physical challenge. One of their goals is to provide a fitness program that will be fun, safe and enhance social relationships; as well as establishing a pattern of physical activity to pro...
Apr 07, 2019•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 291
277: Tanya Hennessy
Tanya Hennessy is a comedian, author, broadcaster and YouTube superstar. She’s currently on the radio every weekend right around the country, on the internet being very, very funny - and about to be on Bachelor in Paradise UNPACKED where she and her colleagues watch every episode of The Bachelor in Paradise and react to it - like a mini version of Goggle Box. It’s extraordinarily funny. That’s mainly because she is extraordinarily funny too. Tanya has an incredible story to tell, and as a woman ...
Mar 31, 2019•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 290
276: Christina Hoff Sommers
My guest today is Christina Hoff Sommers - former Philosophy professor at Clark University in the US and currently a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. Find her on twitter @CHSommers Her work mainly focuses on gender politics, feminism and free speech in universities. She’s out in Australia for the #feminist events with Roxanne Gay - Sydney Friday 29th and Melbourne Sunday 31st. Now I know she’s a divisive figure, and I personally don’t agree with some of the things that she ...
Mar 26, 2019•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 289
275: Dr Ian Chung
Dr Ian Chung has been practising for nearly fifty years in Sydney, Australia. We’ll get into his story shortly - however, he made a name for himself as "Dr Rock”, the doctor to call when you have a major international performer that can’t make the show and there are 20,000 people who have bought tickets and are on the way to the gig as you speak. That’s when you called Dr Chung. If you’ve read my book, you’ll know how I came to meet him - but I can’t tell you how glad I am that I did. Not only w...
Mar 24, 2019•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 288
274: Josh Szeps
Josh Szeps is a Tv presenter and radio broadcaster now based in Sydney Australia. He’s currently working on the ABC presenting the Weekend Breakfast on ABC News. Josh and I have worked together a few times in our careers - however, he went on to become far more successful than I with his award-winning satirical radio work, his work as a founding host of Huff Post Live, and his podcast We The People Live. Josh has a show coming up at the Melbourne International Comedy festival #youtoo, tickets ar...
Mar 17, 2019•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 287
273: Graeme Simsion Part 2
Graeme Simsion is an Australian author, screenwriter, playwright and data modeller. Yes, we get nerdy and talk about Data Modelling in this chat. Graeme changed careers relatively late in life to become an author, and achieved astonishing success with his books centred around the character Don Tillman - the Rosie Trilogy, The Rosie Project, The Rosie Effect, and now most recently The Rosie Result. Graeme kindly and gently introduced the world to Don Tillman a few years ago now, a man who has a d...
Mar 11, 2019•30 min•Ep. 286
273: Graeme Simsion Part 1
Graeme Simsion is an Australian author, screenwriter, playwright and data modeller. Yes, we get nerdy and talk about Data Modelling in this chat. Graeme changed careers relatively late in life to become an author, and achieved astonishing success with his books centred around the character Don Tillman - the Rosie Trilogy, The Rosie Project, The Rosie Effect, and now most recently The Rosie Result. Graeme kindly and gently introduced the world to Don Tillman a few years ago now, a man who has a d...
Mar 10, 2019•54 min•Ep. 285
272: Joe Williams Part 2
Joe Williams is an author, speaker, and activist. A proud Wiradjuri, 1st Nations Aboriginal man born in Cowra NSW, raised in Wagga NSW. Joe’s a former elite athlete - having played Rugby League at the highest levels in this country before switching to boxing and becoming the 2x WBF World Jnr Welterweight Champion. Joe now dedicates his time to traveling the country giving talks and running workshops on Suicide Prevention and Wellbeing Education. I obviously knew about Joe before I met him, but w...
Mar 05, 2019•40 min•Ep. 284
272: Joe Williams Part 1
Joe Williams is an author, speaker, and activist. A proud Wiradjuri, 1st Nations Aboriginal man born in Cowra NSW, raised in Wagga NSW. Joe’s a former elite athlete - having played Rugby League at the highest levels in this country before switching to boxing and becoming the 2x WBF World Jnr Welterweight Champion. Joe now dedicates his time to traveling the country giving talks and running workshops on Suicide Prevention and Wellbeing Education. I obviously knew about Joe before I met him, but w...
Mar 03, 2019•44 min•Ep. 283
271: Naomi Simson Part 2
Naomi Simson is an Entrepreneur, Speaker, Author, Founding director of Red Ballon and Co-Founder of the Big Red Group. She’s written three books - Live What you Love, Ready to Soar and "I Want What She’s Having”. She also featured for a number of years on Shark Tank as one of the investors. This is the second time Naomi’s been on the show and so much has happened since then. We do give our conversation some context but if you’d like to get the full story of her background we cover that extensive...
Feb 26, 2019•49 min•Ep. 282
271: Naomi Simson Part 1
Naomi Simson is an Entrepreneur, Speaker, Author, Founding director of Red Ballon and Co-Founder of the Big Red Group. She’s written three books - Live What you Love, Ready to Soar and "I Want What She’s Having”. She also featured for a number of years on Shark Tank as one of the investors. This is the second time Naomi’s been on the show and so much has happened since then. We do give our conversation some context but if you’d like to get the full story of her background we cover that extensive...
Feb 24, 2019•32 min•Ep. 280
270: Adam Guthrie Part 2
Adam Guthrie is a Chef and Wellness coach that splits his time between Byron Bay and Bali. Living a life chasing what he thought was success, and at the frighteningly young age of 39, Adam suffered a heart attack. Unlike many men who simply take the stent and don’t change their diet and just stay on the downward spiral, Adam made a lasting commitment to change - and as he describes managed to get off his heart medication through taking a path of more physical activity and a plant based diet. But...
Feb 19, 2019•38 min•Ep. 279
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