Trying To Belong In A World That Constantly Judges You (with Nikki Justice)
When we tell ourselves stories about who belongs and who doesn’t: what’s that person doing in my street? How’d a person dressed like that get in here? Who let that guy who works for that politician wh...
10 Helmi 55min
Three Things You Didn’t Know About Merrick Watts
As comedian and radio legend Merrick Watts prepares for his Grapes Of Mirth festival in Tasmania, I thought it would be a good time to look back at a couple of interesting things that we learned about...
8 Helmi 11min
Why Sometimes Being Miserable Is Actually A Good Thing (with Eamon Evans)
What if I told you that the secret to happiness was to pay more attention to the times when life absolutely sucks? How can that make sense? Everything I scroll past berates me with a message about fi...
3 Helmi 51min
The Secret Weapon Against Increasing Polarisation (and how I’m terrified of it)
When I open my phone, it explodes in a cascade of fear, fury and furphies. That content does exactly what it is designed to do—leave me spinning in a tizz of powerlessness and desperation. Besides ju...
1 Helmi 18min
Connecting Communities Through Creativity with Diesel (aka Mark Lizotte)
The man, the music legend - Diesel (aka Mark Lizotte) is my guest the week as he prepares to tour the nation for his By Request tour. It's a wide-ranging conversation about creativity, addiction, comm...
27 Tammi 1h 41min
Identity, Storytelling and Resilience with Stan Grant
Today is January 26th. If you’ve listened to the show for a while you’ll probably have an idea about where I view the significance of this day. If there’s one thing I wish for 2026, it’s that two thi...
25 Tammi 19min
The Concept Of Common Knowledge with Steven Pinker
Steven Pinker is a cognitive scientist, bestselling author, and one of the most influential thinkers of our time. His latest book unpacks the concept of 'common knowledge', and how it impacts our soci...
20 Tammi 49min
How To Stop People-pleasing and Have Strong Boundaries with Dr Hannah Korrel
Today, we dive into the fascinating world of relationships, mental health, and neuroscience with neuropsychologist and author Dr. Hannah Korrel. Dr. Korrel specialises in understanding why our brains...
18 Tammi 14min
