Full Video Episodes

July 31, 2024

Walk across Australia with adventurer Sophie Matterson

My guest is Sophie Matterson. In 2019 Sophie's desire for a different kind of life led her to set an audacious goal – to walk across the width of Australia, covering an astounding 5000 kilometres, from Shark Bay in Western Australia to Byron Bay in New South Wales. Sophie was…

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July 31, 2024

Maggie Dent - Algorithms

It’s not all good, and not all bad. Unfortunately lately, it’s mostly bad. Maggie Dent's take on social media and young people is pretty interesting/and that’s just the tip of the iceberg! Search "Better Than Yesterday" where you get your podcasts.

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July 29, 2024

A path back from PTSD with former war correspondent Dean Yates

For decades, Dean Yates decades was the ideal warzone correspondent: courageous, compassionate, dedicated. After years of facing the worst moments imaginable - including the Bali bombings and the Boxing Day tsunami, it was one final incident which undid him. In July 2007, two of his staff members were brutally gunned…

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July 29, 2024

Rules of Showbusiness: 20-24

This rule is a big f**kin’ deal. Just ask Joe Biden. Every mic is a live mic. Inside voice needs to stay inside, no matter what. You never know who’s listening or recording. You’re literally wearing a wire, and the van outside is full of people that hear every word.…

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July 26, 2024

Abby Coleman - Full Episode

Abby Coleman is on B105 every morning, and she’s a total superstar. I’ve wanted her to come on the podcast for a long while, and I can’t thank her enough for her openness and honesty. We cover a lot: raising boys, her overcoming an eating disorder, and what it was…

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July 26, 2024

Abby Coleman

Abby Coleman is on B105 every morning, and she’s a total superstar. I’ve wanted her to come on the podcast for a long while, and I can’t thank her enough for her openness and honesty. We cover a lot: raising boys, her overcoming an eating disorder, and what it was…

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July 23, 2024

Abby Coleman

Abby Coleman is on B105 every morning, and she’s a total superstar. I’ve wanted her to come on the podcast for a long while, and I can’t thank her enough for her openness and honesty. We cover a lot: raising boys, her overcoming an eating disorder, and what it was…

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July 22, 2024

Celeste Mountjoy and the Question: "What The F**k Is This?"

Celeste Mountjoy is a Melbourne based artist, who has become a voice for a generation of women that, she says, are no longer prepared to smile politely at the outrages, uncertainties, and absurdities of life on the path to adulthood. Celeste uses her art to share her observations on being…

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July 22, 2024

You Can Only Ever Sleep Your Way to the Middle

Rule Number 19: You can only ever sleep your way to the middle. Recently on Mondays I’m working through my 101 Rules Of Showbusiness. Rule 19 is very important. Nobody, really, nobody sleeps their way to the top. If you see a successful person, killing it in their craft, you…

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July 19, 2024

Mark Wales - Full Episode

I love my country. I love Australia so much, I became an Australian. And if push came to shove, I’d do whatever my haggard old frame that’s filled with prosthetics could do in order to defend it. As someone who grew up around the military (my Mum worked as a…

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July 19, 2024

Calm is Contagious

This week, former SAS Commander, Author and winner of #survivorAU (@mark.a.wales) was my podcast guest. We have the idea that an SAS Soldier or a Navy SEAL or Commando will be all noise, threat and twitchy danger. Nope. Like every person I’ve met who have served in intense combat -…

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July 18, 2024

Courage with Mark Wales

I love my country. I love Australia so much, I became an Australian. And if push came to shove, I’d do whatever my haggard old frame that’s filled with prosthetics could do in order to defend it. As someone who grew up around the military (my Mum worked as a…

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July 17, 2024

Mark Wales

I love my country. I love Australia so much, I became an Australian. And if push came to shove, I’d do whatever my haggard old frame that’s filled with prosthetics could do in order to defend it. As someone who grew up around the military (my Mum worked as a…

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July 16, 2024

You're Not To Blame for Tech Addiction with Prof Gaia Bernstein

Professor Gaia Bernstein is an expert in privacy and policy law, and is co-director of Gibbons Institute of Law Science and Technology. Her latest book "Unwired: Gaining Control over Addictive Technologies" explores device addiction and what it’s doing to us. Rather than blaming users, the book really shatters the illusion…

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July 15, 2024

Why is there Better Tech in Online Shopping than Mental Health? With Rachel Green

Rachel Green has been CEO of SANE Australia since 2021. She’s a mother of 3, and has a long and celebrated career in policy, particularly as a part of the national mental health commission, work at the Black Dog institute’s Lifespan project, and CEO of Independent Community Living Australia. She…

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July 15, 2024

Nothing works unless everything works (and four other gems from the 101 rules of show business)

A new episode today adding to my 101 rules of show business, including this cracker… Rule Number 13: Nothing works unless everything works. Every moment you’re at work is a moment you’re not with your family or doing something you love. Time is money and you only get so many…

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July 12, 2024

Snezana Wood

So you think you know @snezanawood? Turns out there’s far more to this remarkable mother of four who has a has a degree in Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology and once scrubbed toilets for a job, than how she met her husband… Search "Better Than Yesterday" where you get your podcasts.

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July 12, 2024

Prove Yourself Wrong

Have you ever wanted to prove someone wrong so badly, that you end up doing exactly what they said you couldn't? I mean, spite can be a heck of a motivator (just ask Larry David) but it’s not very sustainable. But what about proving yourself wrong? What if it’s a…

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July 11, 2024

Getting Deep with Zoe Marshall

Zoe Marshall is a podcaster, broadcaster and entrepreneur from Australia. She’s worked in media for over a decade, from writing a weekly newspaper column to hosting a radio who with her husband Benji Marshall - a prominent football player in Australia. Zoe’s podcast “The Deep” is well worth the listen…

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July 10, 2024

So you think you know Snezana Wood?

So you think you know @snezanawood? Turns out there’s far more to this remarkable mother of four who has a degree in Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology and once scrubbed toilets for a job, than how she met her husband… Search "Better Than Yesterday" where you get your podcasts.

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July 9, 2024

Capturing the hyper-object of Climate Change in a conversation with Playwright David Finnigan

David Finnigan, an accomplished Australian playwright, climate researcher and author who has been working in this space for over 20 years. His theatre work is visionary to say the least. Among his notable works is "Kill Climate Deniers," a bold and audacious play that cleverly weaves together politics, climate change,…

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July 8, 2024

The Surprising Positives of Seeking Solitude with Kerri Sackville

What if I told you, that there was a simple way to improve your creativity, self-awareness, focus, concentration, and reduce your stress and anxiety? It’s free. It’s not exercise. It’s not sleep. Any ideas? Turns out - a way to achieve all of those things is solitude. Not sitting in…

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July 8, 2024

Rules of Show Business: 5-9

Rule Number 7: The moment your heart doesn’t race when you turn on the microphone, get out of the chair and give someone else a go. I’m slowly working my way through the 101 Rules of Show Business on Monday’s episodes, and rule 7 is a doozy. Even if you…

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July 5, 2024

Ali Abdaal - Full Episode

Has anyone ever shouted at you “Oi! It’s worktime not playtime!“? On Wednesday's episode with Ali Abdaal, we explored why incorporating play into our work and life might just be the most powerful cheat code ever when it comes to boosting productivity. Search “Better Than Yesterday” where you get your…

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