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.
Today we're going back to 2015 to chat with Aussie actor Daniel MacPherson. He has been on our screens for over twenty years now. As so many successful Aussie actors before him, Daniel got his start on local Aussie soap Neighbours. He's also appeared on The Bill, Strike Back and so much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Claire O’Rourke is a journalist, activist and author with experience in writing and campaigning all over the world. Claire has held a number of leadership positions, including most recently at Amnesty International Australia and as National Director of community-led renewable energy advocacy organisation Solar Citizens. Claire’s book - Together We Can - is a glorious story of Australians on the front lines of Climate Action. For us to maintain and even improve our way of life - it’s going to tak...
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Today we’re going back to 2016 to spend time with business leader, author and facilitator Simone Milasas who at the time had just released her book Joy of Business. Simone’s story is quite remarkable; she went from being $187,000 in debt, to a successful and financially wealthy woman worth over a million dollars. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
A tangential pinball of a brain adventure about sport, real estate and physics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Checking in, September 16, 2022 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
TV, Radio and Podcast host Ash London Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A hospital-based tangential thinking adventure. Episode artwork from an AI-generated visualisation of the podcast episode title. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Cyclist, playwright, author and Oscar-winning director Bryan Fogel is best known for his documentary "Icarus", which explored illegal doping in sports. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Andrew Dowling is an internationally recognised social entrepreneur and loneliness expert. Andrew is currently founder & CEO of Stitch, the world's leading social community for older adults, and also founder of the non-profit charity WipeOutLoneliness.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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There are very few Australians who don’t know who Turia Pitt’s name. She’s made a huge impact on so many people’s lives in this country. Eleven years ago, Turia Pitt was running an ultra-marathon in Western Australia, when she and several other competitors became caught in an out of control bush fire. Turia received burns to more than half of her body. Since then, Turia has told her story and used her experiences to help make people around the world happier. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac...
David Knoff is an Antarctic Expedition Leader, an Author, and a leadership expert who specialises in remote leadership, hostile environment diplomacy, and resilience. He served with the Australian Army and has been deployed to diplomatic postings in both Pakistan & Iraq. When the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, David was Station Leader at Davis Station, Antarctica, where he was leading a team of just 24 through the isolation of an Antarctic winter. A 365 day rotation turned into a 537 day stay,...
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Chas Licciardello is a comedian and member of the satirical comedy group The Chaser. The impact that The Chaser have on Australian TV, culture and politics is not to be underestimated. They were fearless and there hasn’t been anyone like them since. You can also watch Chas on Planet America on ABC TV. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Professor George Paxinos, AO is a leading global neuroscientist who studied at Berkeley, McGill in Canada and Yale and is Professor of Medical Sciences at NeuRA and the University of New South Wales, Sydney. George has mapped more parts of the brain than anyone in history. He has a remarkable understanding of how we as humans react to our environment - and indeed how in altering our environment we have changed not only our planet but also our ability to choose a different path. To explore this c...
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Sophia Hamblin Wang is the chief operating office of Mineral Carbonation International, an Australian company that’s working on decarbonising the atmosphere and repurposing the CO2 from many industrial processes by locking it up in building materials like concrete and plasterboard. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Yvonne Weldon is a proud Waradjuri woman born into a family legendary in the fight to achieve justice for Aboriginal people. With 30 years' experience working in key government and Aboriginal organisations driving positive reform in health, education and child protection she is is an independent councillor for the City of Sydney and is the first Aboriginal councillor in the City's 180-year history. On top of her work with the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land council and Domestic Violence NSW -...
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Tom Nash is a DJ, storyteller and quadruple amputee from Sydney. We spoke about his battle with meningococcal septicaemia, learning who your real friends are, and relearning how to do what you love. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Melanie Zanetti is an actor who splits her time between Australia and Los Angeles. She’s appeared for years on our screens in films and television - everything from the supernatural thriller “Raven’s Hollow” to “Young Rock”. However, it’s her work on a TV show called Bluey that is her most high-profile gig to date. Melanie Zanetti plays the voice of Chilli Heeler, the mum of the two young girls Bingo and Bluey and the wife of Bandit Heeler. If you’ve never watched Bluey - let me tell you. In my ...
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Sandra Sully is an Australian journalist and icon. She has been a trusted and highly respected newsreader on Network Ten for nigh on thirty years. Sandra first came on the show in 2018. We spoke about what journalists' role in the community were when there were just a few ways we could get our news. What she learned in her training that she still uses today, and how we can ensure that the news we are consuming is based in fact. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omn...
Dr Norman Swan is a physician and journalist most recently known for Coronacast - the Walkley Award winning Podcast that he hosts with Tegan Taylor. Combining his decades of experience in journalism and healthcare, Dr Swan has a way of cutting through myths, half-truths and misconceptions about our health and lifestyle choices that deliver the absolute facts to us - in my experience allowing me to make a informed decision, as much as that may be an uncomfortable decision. Following his most rece...
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Dr Richard is the Chief Economist and former Executive Director of The Australia Institute. He is a prominent Australian economist, author and public policy commentator. Richard came on the show at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. It's interesting to look back, and hear his predictions about what would happen, and how they compare to what is happening now. We discuss climate change, and what the economy will look like on the other side of lockdowns. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy ...
Sarah Krasnostein was born in America and is based in Australia. She’s got a PhD in criminal law and is the award-winning author of The Trauma Cleaner, The Believer and her new work is the latest in the brilliant Quarterly Essay series. Not Waving, Drowning: Mental Illness and Vulnerability in Australia is an intense exploration into the lives of three women and their treatment by the State when they were at their most vulnerable. Twitter @delasarah IG @sarahkwrites sarahkrasnostein.com Hosted o...
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