Introducing our new series! The Do Landers Health Quest - a shorter form series with experts in their field to help you live a happier and healthier life. Personally we're trying to live forever (so far so good!) but you might get some handy tips out of it. Nik & Blake provide an introduction to the new series about what to expect and then they ramble on about what they (selfishly) want to get out of this episode. Enjoy!
What does it really take to get a start up off the ground and create a half a billion dollar business? Some serious smarts, a truck load of work ethic and a whole lot of precision. This week we talk to Luxury Escapes Founder & CEO Adam Schwab. Adam is a former corporate lawyer, angel investor, writer for Smart Company & Crikey, author, podcaster, board member & entrepreneur. He has a bit on. Buckle up, Adam and this episode move at speed.
Fleur McDonald is the voice of the outback and one of Australia's leading rural authors. She know what it's like to live on the land and she writes about what she knows. Her prolific talent has produced 20 novels and she has seen over 700,000 copies fly out the door. Like the characters Fleur brings to life she is salt of the earth, authentic & inspiring.
Dean's Dad calls him the Ultramarathon Man and its an apt description. Dean is a runner, an author and has been named in Time Magazine's top 100 most influential people. When Dean runs, he goes long....really, really long. Think 50 marathons in 50 days, 350 miles in 80 hours without any sleep....and there are so many more amazing human feats. In this episode Dean takes us on his grand running adventures of intrepid outward exploration of the world's landscape & how his running is an inward j...
In this episode we talk to Stella Smith the CEO of Crime Stoppers Victoria, Director of the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth) and ambassador for Change Our Game. It's human to want to be part of a village, a community, where we feel safe, understood & where we can thrive. Stella talks to us about her passion for creating & impacting communities that deliver great outcomes for people. You will hear all about the way she leads with her heart and uses her commercial head to ...
Lael Stone works for the kids! She helps parents, educators and adults understand kids better. In this episode Lael provides great advice and insight into how we deal with our kids' big emotions and how we can manage screen time. She gives us guidance into the sex education and consent discussions and how do we help our kids sleep well. Lael is an author, public speaker, therapist and in her spare time, a co creator of a primary school. This one is a must for all parents! You will love everythin...
In this episode we talk to award winning Chef, author & television presenter Scott Pickett. For entree you will hear a delightful recount of what it takes to build an esteemed career and create some of Melbourne's best restaurants. There are buttery bombs of experience & wisdom, mixed with robust, crisp & flavourful authenticity. The main course will transport you. We discover all of the ingredients that make Scott up, from his early years in Adelaide where he found his people and hi...
This is Part B of our interview with Scott Pickett - make sure you check out Part A first!
In this episode we talk to Professor Ricky Johnstone, the Executive Director Cancer Research at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. Ricky grew up in the blue collar suburb of Preston, Melbourne. He lost his father at 10 years of age and his school was labelled "the school of despair". But Ricky's story is not made up of it's not fair and woe is me. He has a mother that led by example and instilled work ethic and care, was surrounded by a community that had his back and found mates that propelled ...
This is Part B of our interview with Ricky Johnstone. Make sure you check out Part A first!
In this episode we talk to environmental geomorphologist, educator, communicator, innovator and entrepreneur Rob Gell. Oh and in a previous life Rob presented weather information for thirty-one years on commercial television. The forecast for episode 45 is there is a chance of some early humour, followed by some insight into the environment around us and the world of TV. There will be some light levels of enthusiastic banter becoming stronger to form thought provoking and passionate conversation...
This is Part B of our two-part interview with Rob Gell. Check out Part A before getting stuck into this one!
In this episode we had the joy of talking to Henry Gold, the Founder and Director of TDA Global Cycling. Some years ago Henry Gold had a crazy vision to create Tour d Áfrique. A cycling race across Africa, north to south, from the pyramids of Giza to Cape Town. That crazy idea became a reality in 2003, and that reality was a true test of bike, body and the stuff between the ears. And from that 4 month test of spirit, belief and once in a lifetime experience, TDA was born. Get on your bike and ha...
Part B of our interview with Henry Gold. Make sure you check out Part A first!
(This is Part A of our interview with Emma Carney.) Many of us dreamed of becoming a world champion as a kid. Our guest in this episode made that dream come true! And that's because Emma Carney is hard wired: hard wired to win. Emma takes us through all of the stages that make up her amazing race. It's full of big beautiful dreams, torturous training, drama and politics, gut wrenching loss and blatant unfairness to world domination and athletic performances that may never be repeated. Emma is am...
This is Part B of our interview with Emma Carney - make sure you listen to Part A before getting to this one.
PART A of our interview with Tim Reed. Tim Reed is a seriously good doer. He is the President of the Business Council of Australia, MD at Potentia Capital and Non Executive Director at Transurban. He is a husband, father, optimist, technologist and one of the greatest leaders you will ever get to meet. In this episode you will hear how a boy from country Victoria goes on to become one of Australia's most influential business leaders, who is now focused on Australia's post-pandemic success. We cr...
This is Part B of our interview with Tim Reed. Make sure you listen to Part A first!
Among other things, posters of Allan Border, Blondie and the Rainbow Warrior adorned the walls of his teenage bedroom. This episode's guest did not go on to play Cricket for Australia nor will you find him strutting his stuff singing Call Me, but you will find him at the helm, controlling the rudder, as the CEO of Greenpeace Australia Pacific. David Ritter talks to us about hope, the need for systemic change and agape - a publicly directed love. He tells his story with the kind of passion that c...
PART B of our interview with David Ritter. Among other things, poster's of Allan Border, Blonde and the Rainbow Warrior adorned the walls of his teenage bedroom. This week's guest did not go on to play Cricket for Australia nor will you find him strutting his stuff singing Call Me, but you will find him at the helm, controlling the rudder, as the CEO of Greenpeace Australia Pacific. David Ritter talks to us about hope, the need for systemic change and agape - a publicly directed love. He tells h...
You need to listen to both the A side and the B side of the Danny Walsh album to appreciate everything that makes up this Do Landers guest. On the A side you will hear some great tunes about the boy who grew up in the home of the duck... Donald, in regional Victoria. How teachers like "Lucky Leishman" shared their wisdom in both the classroom and the pub, and how the power of music has helped Danny create communities and conjure up miracles. And on the B side you will hear how Danny has used win...
The Do Landers were honored to be asked to interview Gloria Tabi to help launch the new podcast: Voice Everyday Racism. This is the first episode of VER which will be an important platform to make visible overt, covert and structural racism in our society. It also aims to to provide connection and community support, to understand how communities deal with racism and what Australia can learn and create Educational Programs.
What do the podcasts Conversations, Ladies We Need To Talk, Judith Lucy Overwhelmed and Dying, CrossBread, Unravel true crime, The Pineapple Project, Short & Curly, and The Eleventh all have in common? Kellie Riordan, that's what. Kellie is a pioneer of the podcast industry. In fact Kellie has been extracting the best out of cohorts of creatives since MP3 players and iRivers were a thing. She knows all there is to know about how to make a story fascinating, captivating, alluring and appealin...
Lucy Chen is the co-CEO of Chen Foods. In Asian culture it is very much the sons who take over the running of the family business & not the daughters, but fortunately for Chen Foods and for all of us that love dumplings, Lucy has bucked the trend. In this episode we talk to Lucy about what it has been like to take the reins of the family business and how progress and not perfection has been the focus as she has tripled the size of the business in the last 5 years. She has realised her dream ...
Jeremy Bettle's purpose is to create elite athletic performance. In this episode we talk to Jeremy, the Director of High Performance at the Anaheim Ducks, about how he uses science, technology and psychology to unlock the best from the very best. We will find out how a young lad from Leicester made his way into the gyms, locker rooms, courts and rinks of some of the greatest sporting teams from across the globe. He has worked with the NBA's Brooklyn Nets, USA Rugby, the Toronto Maple Leafs and t...
This is Part B of our interview with Jeremy Bettle. Make sure you listen to Part A before this one!
This is the top secret Part C of our interview with Jeremy. In this Part, Jeremy talks about what Masters Athletes (40+) can do to look after themselves in terms of exercise and nutrition.
James Thornton is the group CEO of Intrepid Travel. In this episode we strap on the back pack and don the hiking boots to explore James's life and career. We trek the mountains he has climbed and travel to never seen before destinations. You will hear what it takes to become CEO at just 35, how to build a half a billion dollar business and exactly what it takes to lead through a never seen before crisis. He is hungry, humble and smart and he leads with what he describes as a casual intensity. Gr...
Hass Dellal has dedicated his life to creating a uniquely successful multicultural Australia. At the age of 14 Hass decided to own his identity, an Australian of Turkish descent. As he says "part of belonging is owning who you are". For over 50 year Hass has worked tirelessly to bring people of many cultures together to live in a community that thrives. He was the founding executive of the Australia Multicultural Foundation, was the board and chair of the board of Directors at SBS and has been r...
Part B of Dr Hass Dellal - make sure you listen to Part A before this one!
