Jenny Valentish is a very successful journalist and author, a former editor of both Triple J's Jmag and Time Out Melbourne. She currently writes for the ABC, The Age, The Monthly and The Guardian. Jenny has done a lot of research into grit and resilience for her fourth book "Everything Harder Than Everyone Else" about people who push their bodies to extremes. For her research she took on the challenge herself and trained for a Muay Thai Boxing Fight which took place earlier in the year at the Me...
Sep 15, 2021•45 min•Season 2Ep. 43
Yasmina McGlone proves girls can do anything. She is what grit is all about. She was raised in Scotland and born with a rare movement disorder called Myoclonus Dystonia similar to a disorder we maybe more familiar with Tourette Syndrome . Living with Myoclonus Dystonia makes simple tasks for us like sipping a cup of tea or coffee a very difficult task. She was subjected to bullying in school, stares , harsh comments as she grew up. She just wanted to be a normal like everyone else. Yasmina took ...
Sep 08, 2021•48 min•Season 2Ep. 42
Baby Et Lulu are an Aria Nominated Faux French sensations Abby Dobson and Lara Goodridge, they are a musical partnership seducing audiences around Australia. Both have stories of overcoming life challenges with grit and resilience. Abby Dobson started her career busking the streets of Paris, New York and Athens then shot to stardom in the late 90's with the the Aria's Song of the Year hit as frontwoman for Leonardo's Bride Even When I'm Sleeping, but what you didn't know was Abby was in agony an...
Sep 01, 2021•49 min
Over the years Moira Kelly has helped those less fortunate across the world, from her time with the inspirational Mother Theresa in Calcutta, to volunteering in soup kitchens in Johannesburg, nursing crack babies in The Bronx, working in refugee camps in Bosnia and so much more. Her desire to help others culminated in a self-funded program which arranged medical evacuations for children to Australia so they could have life saving operations. The stories of the children who came into Moira's care...
Aug 16, 2021•58 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Kerri and her volleyball partner Nat Cook were responsible for one of the most iconic sporting moments of the Sydney Olympic Games when they won gold on Bondi Beach. Kerri is a three-time Olympian, author, MC, motivation speaker, an inductee into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame, a Mum AND she’s an Olympic Games commentator for Channel Seven. In addition to her gold medal, Kerri has an Order of Australia Medal and we can’t wait to see her grit on display in Seven’s upcoming SAS Australi...
Aug 04, 2021•43 min•Season 2Ep. 39
Joe Williams is a proud Wiradjuri/Wolgalu, First Nations Aboriginal man born in Cowra, raised in Wagga NSW, Australia. Joe played in the National Rugby League for South Sydney Rabbitohs, Penrith Panthers and Canterbury Bulldogs before switching Joe to professional Boxing in 2009. Joe is a 2x WBF World Jnr Welterweight champion and won an WBC Asia Continental Title. Although forging a successful professional sporting career, Joe battled the majority of his life with suicidal ideation and Bi Polar...
Jul 10, 2021•47 min•Season 2Ep. 38
Buddy Goode is a singer, songwriter, live performer and a sensational artist. He blasted onto the Australian music scene after moving from his hometown, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA. One of 18 children, he came from adject poverty but was always destined to be a star. Keith Urban suggested he "come Down Under" so that is exactly what he did. His musical rise to the top really kicked off when he signed to ABC Music/Universal Australia. His rare and striking talent earned him 5 ARIA Award nominati...
Jul 07, 2021•36 min•Season 2Ep. 37
Phil Burton has been at the top of his field for over 2 decades as a member of the legendary Aussie quartet Human Nature. Human Nature have achieved huge success both in Australia and the US (including a record breaking residence in Vegas). He has an Order of Australia Medal, was inducted into the Aria Hall of Fame with the band, he’s an incredible singer, keyboard player and guitarist and one of the most down to earth stars on the planet. Even with all this success, there have certainly been to...
Jun 24, 2021•55 min•Season 2Ep. 36
Dr Alice Edwards is a diplomat, skilled activist, lawyer and thought leader with over two decades of professional experience in human rights. This is not a career for the faint hearted and you certainly need pure grit and resilience when you’re doing your part to save humanity! Alice has a doctorate in public international law and she has published over 30 books, articles and reports. She is truly the most intelligent and compassionate human, selflessly fighting for justice for innocent victims,...
Jun 02, 2021•43 min•Season 2Ep. 34
Em Rusciano is truly one of a kind. She is incredibly talented in so many ways. She truly is an all-round entertainer. Comedian, singer, radio and television presenter, creator of a successful podcast (Emsolation), author and mother of 3. As Em says, in this interview she leaves ‘no stone unturned, I’ve probably said things I’ll regret!’ We talk about why her time in commercial radio left her with PTSD and how she longs to be Madonna’s daughter. She also reveals how she came to be diagnosed with...
May 26, 2021•50 min•Season 2Ep. 33
Ahmed Kelly is a two times Paralympian and Silver Medallist at 2019 World Para Swimming Championships in London. Born with severely underdeveloped arms and legs which was not uncommon in Countries torn by chemical warfare. He was born in Iraq where in a Bagdad Orphange he met his now brother and previous guest on Pure Grit in April Emmanuel Kelly where they met their Mum Humanitarian Moria Kelly. She adopted them both bought Ahmed and Emmanuel to Australia. His sisters Krishna and Trishna who we...
May 20, 2021•38 min•Season 2Ep. 32
Dave Charles has been at the very top of his career for a very long time . He has a company in Canada Media Results . He is a global radio and music consulting expert. If there is anyone who knows radio it is Dave. He was instrumental in the development of the radio network Austereo, 2Day Network and Triple M and consulted to many stations around Australia. I met Dave early in my career he helped shape me and guide my radio career. He was giving advice to same of the best programmers and executi...
May 11, 2021•50 min•Season 2Ep. 31
Leah Scott is one extremely tough woman. She is an extreme cold tolerance practitioner , mountain guide and Level 2 Wim Hof Method( The Ice Man) instructor . Plunging your body into ice cold water....brrrrr Leah has overcome her own battle of anxiety , depression, and stress. She is based in the Snowy Mountains and her mission in life is to show people that they can do more than they think with their mind body and spirit.... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
May 06, 2021•40 min•Season 2Ep. 30
Kristina Ruth is a successful business owner and now Author based Queensland's Sunshine Coast. She has wanted to write this book for a long time but had to overcome her own self doubt and negative self talk to actually put pen to paper. Her book The Self-Preservation Guide -How to leave a toxic relationship and change your life. The statistics in Australia are shocking more than 1 women is killed by her partner or former partner EVERY week in domestic violence related incidents. Kiristina had a ...
Apr 27, 2021•40 min•Season 2Ep. 29
As a baby, Emmanuel Kelly was found by soldiers, barely alive in a shoe box in Iraq. He was then taken to the Mother Theresa Orphanage in Bagdad with no birth certificate, no identity. It is nothing short of a miracle he is alive today. His Mum, Humanitarian Moira Kelly, met and fostered Emmanuel and his now brother Ahmed after they spent a harrowing 7 or so years living as children of war. Over the next 14 years, Emmanuel had 6 surgeries and overcame massive obstacles to learn to walk and feed ...
Apr 21, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 28
Jamie Pultz is a former policeman with an incredible sense of justice. A Sunshine Coast local who has become an incredibly successful podcaster, with his True Crime Podcast "Beenham Valley Road". The podcast was picked up by Australian Story on ABC which condensed all of the episodes into a 2 part series last year. Jamie was haunted by the brutal death of Kirra McLoughlin, a beautiful young 27 year old mother of 4. He met Kirra on a domestic violence call out and 6 months later she was dead. I f...
Apr 07, 2021•49 min•Season 2Ep. 27
Nici Andronicus represented Australia for 10 years in Penthalon, then as a Triathlete in 10 World Championships and over 90 international events. She reached No. 2 in the World in 1997 in Triathlon (after having her first child). A mother of 5, she studied for her Masters in Business all whilst supporting her husband Paul McClean (Ep 18 Pure Grit )as he has battled terminal brain cancer. Nici updates us on Paul's condition in this episode. Nici is the CEO of 10x10 Philanthropy. She is so passion...
Mar 25, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 26
Toni Pearen is an actress , singer, and TV Presenter. She burst onto Australian screens as Toni Windsor on E Street. In the 90's she became a pop star she had 2 Gold certified Aria hits with In your Room and I Want You. She has acted in many movies, hosted Australia's Funniest Video Show (there is a story to how we met) She has been on Dancing with the Stars which she made Top 5 which I was lucky enough to be in the audience for and just became Australia's sweetheart on Network 10's I'm a Celebr...
Feb 11, 2021•46 min•Season 2Ep. 25
Angelique Clark is an Advanced Sports Dietition , Performance Nutritionist and Sports Physiologist. She is the top of her field. Her clients have been elite athletes like Libby Trickett Olympic Swimmer, Jeff Horn Professional Boxer and Danni Prince Australian Champion Gymnast also celebrity transformations Osher and what a transformation he has had....amazing. Her biggest mission in life is to help uncomplicate nutrition so you can access ultimate performance in your activity and in life. Here s...
Jan 20, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 24
Ruby Sillato (aka Ruby Noosa ) believes everything we do in life should be about our passions, and she has followed hers with serious conviction. Ruby is a single Mum of two and an inspirational Italian woman who has called Australia home for 14 years after moving here from Sicily. She is a domestic violence survivor, showing extraordinary grit to remove herself and her children from an abusive home in a foreign country with no friends or family for support. After settling in Noosa on the Sunshi...
Oct 28, 2020•45 min•Season 2Ep. 23
Part 2 with Henry Keogh, Henry reveals what life was really like in jail, and what physical harm he had to endure whilst incarcerated as an innocent man. It's shocking to hear, graphic but it's the reality of life in prison. Henry tells me about losing his Mum and also finally about his freedom and what it felt like. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 21, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 22
As seen on Australian Crime Stories Bodies of Evidence, I chat with Henry Keogh who was jailed for over 20 years for the murder of his fiancé Anna Cheney due to the infamous thumb bruise evidence from an unqualified and completely incompetent forensic pathologist Colin Manock who was involved in over 400 criminal cases in South Australia See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 15, 2020•42 min•Season 2Ep. 21
Grant Denyer is the happiest television presenter in Australia and the most popular, with a Gold Logie to prove that. He is a man of many talents , V8 Supercar driver, Guiness World Record holder and has hosted just about every prime time television show in Australia. We fell in love with Grant on Sunrise travelling the country doing the weather. Grant is an adrenalin junkie and with that comes accidents, and injury. With his incredible strength of character and determination his inspiring story...
Sep 16, 2020•34 min•Season 2Ep. 20
Grant Denyer is the happiest television presenter in Australia and the most popular, with a Gold Logie to prove that. He is a man of many talents , V8 Supercar driver, Guiness World Record holder and has hosted just about every prime time television show in Australia. We fell in love with Grant on Sunrise travelling the country doing the weather. Grant is an adrenalin junkie and with that comes accidents, and injury. With his incredible strength of character and determination his inspiring story...
Sep 09, 2020•49 min•Ep. 19
Paul McClean is a Sports entrepreneur, starting at Australian Rugby Union, moving on to starting a sports marketing company with Rod McGeoch (Sydney Olympic bid fame) , called McGeoch McClean he was a visionary with so many achievements one of which was the dream and now his legacy the Australian National Netball League. He then married an athlete ex Pentathlete and former number 2 in the world, triathlete Nici Andronicus they have 5 children and for over 13 years Paul has been battling Brain Ca...
Sep 02, 2020•1 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Natasha Zuvela is no ordinary TV presenter, from her days at MTV to being the face of many national brands like Virgin and XXXX to featuring on informercials on Channel 7,9 and 10. Natasha also stepped into the shoes of Steve Irwin after he passed away, huge shoes to fill, presenting the live shows in the Crocoseum locked in with 500kg Saltwater Crocs and snakes entertaining over 5000 people. You would never have known Natasha had to overcome not only shyness but child abuse, depression then att...
Aug 27, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Rebekah Elmaloglou is an Australian Actress she has had many roles in numerous programmes and films. She become a house hold name when she was cast as a teenage tearaway Mother " Sophie" in Home and Away back in 1990. It was during that time she suffered panic attacks. She then had a break in her career as she struggled , she was so well known from her role in Home and Away . She overcome her panic attacks and never gave up on her craft and passion . She is well known now in over 60 countries of...
Aug 20, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 16
My guest today is my very first SoulPrenuer, and Viking. He is living proof that with Grit and Inner Strength, you can overcome massive challenges and obstacles, not just once but over and over again. A neuroscientist, Chiropractic Dr, presenter, speaker on a world stage, yoga guru, life coach, father and Ninja Warrior Finalist. His curiosity and commitment to combining the universal laws of Quantum Physics (the mystical) with Self-development (the science) and Meditation (the application) throu...
Aug 18, 2020•53 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Amber Petty - Music Hustler to Storyteller See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 05, 2020•1 hr 32 min•Season 1Ep. 14
On Part 2 of this weeks podcast we chat to an Australia house hold name, top of her chosen field, a comedian, a mum, a wife, and everyone has their own opinion on her, we have known here since the 90's in full frontal, she can act, she can sing and host, is there anything Julia Morris can't do? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 29, 2020•39 min•Season 1Ep. 13
