WhyWork Podcast

S10 Trailer 05: WhyWork: Why Silent? The WhyWork crew - Alan, Trajce, and Sara - are on extended break. But the world of work is as crazy as ever. We encourage In the meantime, Check out Sara's afternoon keynote presentation on Good Work Design at the Work Well Conference 2026 , 7th Oct, Brisbane Conference Centre, sponsored by the Office of Industrial Relations, Workplace Health and Safety Queens...

Season 10 Episode 06: The Circular Saw Case: A Labour Hire Blind Spot Warning: This episode references workplace injuries and fatalities - we advise listener discretion. In this subscriber-exclusive episode, the WhyWork team, Alan, Trajce, and Sara, examine a real labour hire incident involving a serious circular saw injury to explore where responsibility begins—and where it ends. “Nothing to see...

S10 E05: The Convergence: Nothing is Out of Bounds Warning: This episode includes tribute to the life and death of one of the podcast hosts' father. We advise listener discretion if this is a sensitive topic for you. This episode explores why the management of modern work demands integrated thinking. Rather than separating psychosocial hazards, manual handling, critical controls, environmental con...

Season 10 Episode 04: Turn Down the Chilli in My Con Carne 'Turn Down the Chilli in My Con Carne' explores the tension between compliance and operational excellence. Alan, Trajce, and Sara discuss why workplaces often become consumed by paperwork, while the realities of work continue to evolve much faster than legislation and codes of practice. This episode extends discussion on safety paperwork,...

Season 10 Episode 03: Predicting Risk: Why Psychosocial Safety Needs a New Playbook WARNING: This episode refers to sexual harassment and occupational psychosocial risks – we advise listener discretion. Meep-meep. The roadrunner—an analogy for the rapidly changing occupational sociocultural landscape. What happens when psychosocial risk management, industrial relations, human rights, and WHS law i...

Season 10 Episode 02: Coyote Ugly - Scandal upon Scandal WARNING: This episode refers to sexual harassment and cultural prejudice at work – we advise listener discretion. Trajce laments, “We’ve never mentioned the UK Royals in our podcast – that is fodder for scandal upon scandal, where do we begin? However, we have a good case from the UK involving a Brazilian woman, a bar, and cultural prejudice...

WARNING: This episode refers to sexual harassment and prejudicial treatment at work – we advise listener discretion. Alan presents an extract from a complicated UK case—he is focussed on a particular passing comment rather than a binding ruling. In this comment, the aggrieved person complained that a alleged perpetrator labelled him, ‘bald.’ The defendant viewed this as discriminatory and a form o...

Season 10 Special-Release Bonus 6: Kidney Bean Reflection Series: The Conclusion O–100 km/h in 3.5 Seconds. But Did You Die? WARNING: This episode includes discussion about the confronting topic of live organ donation. Trajce, CJ, and Sara use this episode to conclude the special 6-part reflection series on kidney donation. Alan continued to sun himself in Tassie. Part 5 of the reflection series e...

Season 10 Special-Release Bonus 5: Kidney Bean Reflection Series O–100 km/h in 3.5 Seconds. But Did You Die? WARNING: This episode includes discussion about the confronting topic of live organ donation. This episode discusses the gamification of kidney donation—when the 'shut down phase' intersects with another person's incessant curiosity. More than a Facebook or TikTok challenge, CJ reflects on...

Season 10 Special-Release Bonus 4: Kidney Bean Reflection Series O–100 km/h in 3.5 Seconds. But Did You Die? Kidney x 3. Friendship x Infinity. Perspective x 1000 WARNING: This episode includes discussion about the confronting topic of live organ donation. Sara donated a kidney. CJ received it. Trajce joked about it. Alan sunned himself in Tassie. Months after a life-changing transplant, the WhyWo...

S10 Trailer 4: Travel Back in Time with WhyWork - 10 Seasons of salacious tales, 100's of episode recordings with case law dissection and work re-design gems. Like homemade cooking leftovers - tasty!

S10 Trailer 03: We've got it all - from baldness to Brazilian accents We spread like a new disease... you want a war by the same TV ... We come in via back force entry, the mugs from Backwater Brissie. Why are you talking shit about the underdogs who never quit? WhyWork underdog caselaw dissection is returning to the airwaves soon. Check out our special-release episodes until then.

S10: Trailer 2: Turn Down the Chiles in the Con Carne We're talking about being a good-time girl, when documentation only goes so far, Swimmin' to safety or when SWMS ain't swimmin' upstream at all. Stay tuned, the full episodes for S10 will release soon.

S1o: Trailer 1: Receding hairlines, lap dance moves, and culture clash: Welcome to work. Are you upset because people are making fun of you at work? Listen to S10 WhyWork - full episode releases coming soon. Hear about how work becomes all-to-human when collegues exploit personal issues like receding hairlines, Coyoto nightclub dancing, and accented variations of spoken English.

S10 Special-Release Bonus: Early Intervention Under Cross Examination – Band-Aids, Bureaucracy, and Better Design Welcome to this special episode release recording during the launch of the Phoenix Occupational Medicine Early Intervention Done Right Symposium 2026 . This episode promises nudity, sex, drugs, and almost rock & roll. The WhyWork Podcast - Alan Girle, Trajce Cvetkovski, and Sara Pa...

The second trailer for the Launch of the Phoenix Occupational Medicine Early Intervention Done Right Symposium 2026 - Special Episode Release - promising nudity, sex, drugs, and almost rock & roll. Of course, Sara must shamelessly promote the podcast - voluntarily recorded, produced, and promoted - listen in, subscribe, download, and submit your 5-star rating to keep the @WhyWorkPodcast in the...

The second trailer for the Launch of the Phoenix Occupational Medicine Early Intervention Done Right Symposium 2026 - Special Episode Release - promising nudity, sex, drugs, and almost rock & roll.

The first trailer for the Launch of the Phoenix Occupational Medicine Early Intervention Done Right Symposium 2026 - Special Episode Release.

S10: Special-Release Bonus 3: How Far Would You Go For a Workmate? WARNING: This episode discusses the difficult journey of organ donation, which may confront some listeners – we urge listener discretion before tuning in to this special three-part series. In this deeply personal and provocative three-part special, Sara, Trajce, and Alan traverse beyond the usual boundaries of work dynamics leading...

S10: Special-Release Bonus 2: How Far Would You Go For a Workmate? WARNING: This episode discusses the difficult journey of organ donation, which may confront some listeners – we urge listener discretion before tuning in to this special three-part series. In this deeply personal and provocative three-part special, Sara, Trajce, and Alan traverse beyond the usual boundaries of work dynamics leading...

S10: Special-Release Bonus 1: How Far Would You Go For a Workmate? WARNING: This episode discusses the difficult journey of organ donation, which may confront some listeners – we urge listener discretion before tuning in to this special three-part series. In this deeply personal and provocative three-part special, Sara, Trajce, and Alan traverse beyond the usual boundaries of work dynamics leading...

S10: Bonus Trailer 03: How Far Would You Go For a Workmate? Payback conversations - a foreign, special guest: CJ Harding - kidney donor receipt - with discussions on reframing an experience of sacrifice to shared humanity. The crew explore what it really means to care at work in friendship and in life when the stakes are life & death.

S10: Bonus Trailer 02: How Far Would You Go for a Workmate? Testing institutions and confronting friends through extraordinary life choices. Prepare for a special bonus-release series on live organ donation for a workmate.

S10: Bonus Trailer 01: How Far Would You Go For a Workmate? A special three-part, provocative bonus series releasing soon.

Season 09 Episode 12: “Puppy-Gate” and Stripping as a Side-Hussle WARNING: This episode includes discussion on stripping as a trade – we advise listener discretion Alan reflects on the South Australian work-from-home ‘puppy-gate’ test of law when a local government worker claimed worker’s compensation for an injury she sustained while working from home. In this instance, she tripped over a puppy f...