Presenter Mastery Podcast

How do you go from living in a $20-a-month shack surrounded by mice to generating $50M+ in sales and standing on global TEDx stages? In this explosive, high-energy episode of The Public Speaking Podcast , hosts Lucas Reuterstig and Alexander Grabner Jarlung sit down with international speaker and investor, Steven Dossou . Steven shares his personal story where he went from hawking vacuum cleaners...

Why are facts, stats, and logic completely failing to win people over on stage? In this electric episode of The Public Speaking Podcast , hosts Lucas Reuterstig and Alexander Grabner Jarlung sit down with world famous speechwriter and author Simon Lancaster . Having crafted speeches for UK Cabinet Ministers, global CEOs, and world leaders for nearly 30 years, Simon reveals what actually makes word...

What separates the top 1% of paid speakers from the 80% who leave audiences completely disconnected? In this episode of The Public Speaking Podcast , hosts Lucas Reuterstig and Alexander Grabner Jarlung sit down with Mary Tillson-Wharton , Head of Speaker Coaching and Momentum at the Speaking Business Academy. Drawing from her background as a private investigator and decades in learning and develo...

How do you respond when life completely strips away your voice and paralyzes half of your body? In this deeply moving episode of The Public Speaking Podcast , hosts Lucas Reuterstig and Alexander Grabner Jarlung sit down with motivational speaker Tony Mulligan . Diagnosed with a recurrent brain tumor 12 years ago, Tony has survived four major brain surgeries and after losing his ability to speak a...

We always say that every single day in life is just a practice of how you speak, and what happens when there are no guests, no scripts, and zero filters in the studio? This is a funny episode. In this edition of The Public Speaking Podcast , hosts Lucas and Alex turn the micro-interrogations on themselves! Our famous "10 Tough Thoughts" rapid-fire quiz is being asked to both of them, uncovering hi...

Are you ready to step into the $1.6 trillion paid speaking market? In this extraordinary episode of The Public Speaking Podcast , hosts Lucas Reuterstig and Alexander Grabner Jarlung sit down with former speaker bureau executive, commercial strategist, and author of The Bookability Formula , Maria Franzoni. This might be controversial but Public Speaking for free is holding you back, that’s o...

Is it really possible to go from being super shy to speaking on international stages? In this episode of The Public Speaking Podcast , hosts Lucas Reuterstig and Alexander Grabner Jarlung sit down with PhD scientist, international keynote speaker, and author of Neuro Excellence , Dr. Biliana Tod, who breaks down the neuroscience of fear, explaining why waiting until you "feel ready" is a trap that...

In this episode of The Public Speaking Podcast , hosts Lucas Reuterstig and Alexander Grabner Jarlung sit down with international keynote speaker and FullStack HR author Johannes Sundlo .  As Johannes breaks down his journey into becoming a leading voice on artificial intelligence, bridging the gap between overhyped tech promises and the reality of modern presentation skills and workplace cul...

Why do we always feel like going back to work it's such a horrible thing to do?  Have you ever wondered why we have normalized those behaviors? In this dynamic episode of The Public Speaking Podcast , hosts Lucas Reuterstig and Alexander Grabner Jarlung discuss this global very common anxiety most of us suffer after vacation. They explore the fundamental difference between being passionate ab...

Ever wondered why some speakers get booked continuously while others present to empty rooms? The answer to that question will be in this exclusive episode of The Public Speaking Podcast, hosted by Alexander Grabner-Jarlung In this webinar he shares the hard lessons from his long 13 year career in public speaking. From having speaking lessons with David JP Phillips to speaking in front of an empty...

Think avoiding conflict keeps the peace? What if your attempt to preserve harmony is secretly killing your business? In this episode of The Public Speaking Podcast , we sit down with former marketing executive, systemic coach, and conflict resolution specialist Dierdre Messerli. Dierdre reveals how the toxic habit of suppressing hard truths to keep things pleasant, creates massive "elephants in th...

What if the traits making you successful are the exact same ones pushing you toward a physical and mental crash?   In this episode of the Public Speaking Podcast , hosts Lucas Reuterstig and Alexander Grabner Jarlung sit down with Linda Berg, CliftonStrengths coach and founder of MindPartner AB, to discuss how stress secretly sabotages your voice. Linda shares her raw, personal journey of sur...

In this episode, Lucas and Alex sit down with crisis communications and media relations expert Jennie Zetterström to explore what really happens when the cameras turn on. She has spent more than 20 years helping leaders, organizations, and public figures communicate in high-pressure situations where a single sentence can change public perception. Together they unpack why so many media interviews g...

In this episode, Lucas and Alex sit down with Swedish stand-up comedian and content creator Tomas Kaminski to explore what comedians understand about communication that most public speakers never learn. Tomas shares how a career in teaching unexpectedly led him to the comedy stage, why making people laugh creates trust, and how bombing in front of a live audience became one of his greatest teacher...

In this episode, Lucas and Alex sit down with entrepreneur, author, keynote speaker, and leadership consultant Jim Koetting. Jim shares lessons from decades of building businesses, leading teams, speaking on stage, and helping organizations improve performance through better communication and stronger leadership. They explore why leadership problems are often communication problems, how AI is chan...

Are you losing people during presentations? Is it the topic? Is it the speaker? Or is it something deeper? In this episode we sit down and explore why some speakers can make the most boring topic sound fascinating while others can make skydiving sound boring. Lucas and Alex break down the real reasons you might be losing an audience, the mistakes that kill attention and why trying to sound "profes...

In this SPEAKERx edition of The Public Speaking Podcast, we sit down with Jonas Frydal, leadership expert and bestselling author. He shares why leadership it's about creating environments where people feel safe enough to speak up, contribute ideas, make mistakes, and grow. The conversation explores the difference between management and leadership, why human connection matters more than ever in the...

In this SPEAKERx edition of The Public Speaking Podcast, we sit down with Tamara Christmann Olofsson, entrepreneur and speaker focused on personal development and leadership. For nearly two decades, her work building adventure parks Tamara has seen people all the time standing up in the trees on the heights and  has helped them face something most of us try to avoid: fear. Tamara shares the c...

In this episode, Lucas and Alex sit down with Ben Sherry, speaking coach, live-event strategist, and founder of The Live Event Studio, to talk about the gap between having ideas and actually putting them into the world. The conversation explores why public speaking is becoming more valuable in the AI era, how live events create trust faster than online content, and why so many smart people stay in...

In this episode, Lucas and Alex sit down with Jutta Wohlrab, women’s health expert, speaker and recent winner of a Global Leadership Award. Jutta shares the deeper story behind her SPEAKERx signature talk and why her mission has always been bigger than public speaking itself. She talks about why women are still forced to adapt to systems that were never designed for them, the difference between fi...

In this episode, Lucas and Alex sit down with Caroline Forssblad, cybersecurity expert, entrepreneur, and creator of “The Interesting Theory.” Caroline shares her journey from burnout and high pressure leadership roles into personal development, public speaking, and helping people question the patterns running inside their own minds. The conversation dives into the moment she discovered the power...

In this episode, Lucas and Alex sit down with Stuart Wedge to talk about friction, the invisible thing that slows down communication, creates resistance, and makes collaboration harder than it needs to be. Stuart shares how his background in the military, information security, fire performance, and coaching eventually led him to develop the Congredior  Method, a framework built around reducin...

In this episode, Lucas and Alex sit down with John Doorbar, a speaking coach focused on helping introverts communicate with clarity and confidence. John shares why being an introvert isn’t the problem and how most people have simply learned the wrong patterns around speaking. They talk about the internal blocks that stop people from speaking up, the pressure of trying to “perform,” and what actual...

In this episode, Lucas and Alex sit down with André Rossbach, a safety engineer working at the intersection of AI and product development. André shares his experience on the SPEAKERx and how he went from relying entirely on slides and reading during presentations to build and deliver a structured 10-minute signature talk on a highly technical topic. The conversation goes deeper than presentation t...

After working closely with speakers inside SPEAKERx, this episode introduces one of the talks that stayed with us long after the stage. Lucas and Alex sit down with Ayo Johnson to break down his signature talk on resilience and why most people misunderstand what it actually means. He shares how resilience isn’t built in the moment things go wrong, but in what you train before anything happens. The...