A Colourful Past Podcast

In the final episode of season one of A Colourful Path podcast, host Danny Shannon interviews rap artist and creative content creator Josepe. Josepe shares his harrowing journey from an incredibly sheltered childhood within a reformed 7th Day Adventist church—which he describes as a cult—to being homeless at 15 after his mother chose her boyfriend over her children. He discusses his early exposure...

In this raw episode of A Colourful Past Podcast, Danny Shannon sits down with his close friend Mick Lappin, also known online as the meatthead. Mick addresses the intense rumours surrounding a notorious Brisbane incident where a man fell five stories from a balcony during a dispute over a two-thousand-dollar drug debt. He shares the brutal reality of the aftermath, the near-life-ending charges he...

Danny Shannon hosts Mick and Nadia Condello, the founders and sponsors of Rewire & Realign, a private trauma-focused rehabilitation center. Mick shares his harrowing journey through 25 years of active addiction, including heroin use starting at age 14 and spending over five years in prison. Now nearly one year clean, he uses his lived experience to connect with and inspire clients. Nadia discu...

In this episode of "A Colourful Past Podcast," host Danny Shannon sits down with Milo, a community leader and social media brand creator who turned his life around after spending nearly seven years in the adult prison system starting at age 20. Milo opens up about his early exposure to drugs, his struggles with addiction inside prison, and the grit it took to get clean from heroin and "bup" while...

In this high-impact episode of the Colourful Past podcast, host Danny Shannon sits down with Jeffrey Morgan, a former bank robber who spent 20 years in custody and transformed his life into a successful entrepreneur and strategist. Morgan provides a raw, play-by-play look at his past life—from high-stakes bank robberies involving sledgehammers and getaway cars to living a glamorous lifestyle of lu...

In this episode of A Colourful Past Podcast, host Danny Shannon interviews speaker and advocate Jason Bligh, who shares his harrowing life story. Conceived through rape and subjected to horrific physical and sexual abuse by his brain-injured mother, Jason discusses the systemic failures of child protection services in New Zealand and Australia. Jason details his rock bottom at age 30, which led hi...

In this episode of the podcast, host Danny Shannon interviews Zach Wackett about his intense life journey. Zach shares his experiences growing up as a "troubled" middle child, facing an early fear of death due to multiple family losses, and being heavily medicated from as young as five years old. He discusses his 14-year battle with substance abuse, which began with smoking bongs at age eight and...

Why They Can Not Hide The Truth Anymore | The Real Story Finally Revealed | Podcast #podcast #relationshiptalk #healingjourney In this episode of A Colourful Past Podcast, the truth finally comes out. After months of speculation, social media reactions, and growing attention, Gaz and Renee sit down to share what is really going on behind the scenes. This is not just about a relationship. It is abo...

In this powerful episode of A Colourful Past Podcast, host Danny Shannon sits down with Caleb (known in the music world as Belac BTD), a rap artist who has survived a life of unimaginable tragedy. From losing his father in a freak accident at age six to the heartbreaking loss of all three of his brothers to murder, suicide, and cancer, Caleb’s story is a testament to the sheer will to survive. Cal...

In this powerful episode of A Colourful Past , host Danny Shannon sits down with Lee Stewart, the founder of the "Let’s Get Grounded" Facebook community. Leigh’s story is a masterclass in radical accountability and turning a negative situation into a positive empire. Leigh opens up about his recent "wake-up call"—a drink-driving charge that landed him on four and a half months of home detention wi...

In this episode of A Colourful Past Podcast, host Danny Shannon sits down with Prince to explore his powerful transformation from a high-profile criminal case to becoming a successful entrepreneur and mentor. Prince discusses surviving over a year in solitary confinement, the moment he realised his potential, and how he used his eight-year prison sentence to shift his focus from building an empire...

From being raised in the brutal world of the Melbourne Painters and Dockers to becoming a multi-millionaire property developer while leading a double life, Ron Isherwood has seen it all. In this gripping episode of A Colourful Past, Ron joins host Danny Shannon to share the raw, unfiltered truth about his journey through the Australian criminal landscape. Ron details his incredible 1977 escape fro...

In this powerful episode, Kimmie Jeans shares her incredible journey from a childhood of severe physical abuse to celebrating over 21 years of sobriety. Kimmie discusses the traumatic "discipline" she faced growing up and how she began using drugs at age 13 to mask her pain. She details the harrowing experience of losing her best friend to a drug-induced heart attack at age 16 and her su...

In this moving episode, Lucas Forbes shares his powerful transition from a high-functioning addict in the entertainment industry to the founder of a community-focused recovery movement. Lucas opens up about his darkest moments, including a near-suicidal night in a high-rise apartment where a desperate call to a helpline saved his life. He details the boozy lunch culture of Sydney's media world, wh...

Join host Danny Shannon as he interviews Saleha from Ability Alliance Care on *A Colourful Past Podcast*. Saleha  shares the challenging experiences that shaped her life, from battling ADHD and experiencing homelessness at age four after her parents' divorce, to living in the high-poverty, drug-affected area of Miller, Sydney (around 2010). She recounts the desperate struggle with food insecur...

Australian Rapper 360 (Matt Colwell) joins A Colourful Past to share his powerful journey from opiate addiction and chasing "fake" fame to finding enduring sobriety and purpose through faith in God. He details his struggle with OxyContin, methadone, and Suboxone, and the game-changing role of the injectable drug Sublocade in his withdrawal-free recovery. Matt reflects on being isolated, people-ple...

Welcome back to A Colourful Past Podcast! I'm your host Danny Shannon, and in this cracker of an episode, we sit down with the incredible Andrew Hamilton: comedian, host of The OG Crew YouTube channel (with over 1.5 million subscribers), and a man who has truly transformed his life. Andrew shares his incredible journey from being arrested by the Raptor Squad and spending time in maximum securi...

I Earned This F&#King Chair: The 18-Year-Old Rule That Forced Me to Stop Blaming My Parents for Addiction. Did a peer in her 12-step fellowship really accuse her of driving her partner to his death? Rebecca Savage shares her raw journey from a childhood riddled with sexual trauma and physical violence to radical accountability mindset. This is an uncensored look at navigating toxic recovery co...

In this incredibly raw and special episode of A Colourful Past Podcast, host Danny Shannon sits down with Glen Fisher, the founder of the Leg Up Project and author of Predators Paradise. While Glen is widely known for his compassionate work with mental health and the homeless today, this conversation strips back the layers to reveal a past marked by intense violence, deep-seated anger, and drug ad...

On this powerful episode of A Colourful Past Podcast, host Danny Shannon welcomes Natasha, a 9D Breathwork facilitator and 'Breath Angel'. Natascha shares her heartbreaking story of growing up as the daughter of a Dutch Mafia figure, losing both parents by age 12, childhood sexual abuse, physical abuse by a family member, and a destructive life of drug abuse that led to domestic violence. She expl...

On A Colourful Past Podcast, host Danny Shannon sits down with special guest Sean Reed, the son of notorious Melbourne crime figure and underworld identity, Stuart John Reed. Sean, who is four and a half years clean, shares his story for the first time. He reveals the terrifying truth about his upbringing, including being taught the "street code" while witnessing his father commit horrific acts, s...

She SURVIVED A CAR CHASE... Then Started Her Healing Journey | A Colourful Past PodcastA terrifying real life police chase turns into a powerful conversation about trauma recovery and addiction recovery and why healing has to include the nervous system. On A Colourful Past Podcast, Danny Shannon sits down with trauma informed psychotherapist Kyra from Authentic Counseling Collective to unpack soma...

The Night Jail Changed Everything | A Colourful Past PodcastA raw recovery conversation about homelessness, meth addiction, jail, and the exact moment “rock bottom” becomes the turning point. This episode dives into what life looks like when you’re surviving day-to-day, why recovery programs can “ruin your using,” and how tools like SMART Recovery can help rebuild thinking and habits over time. It...

In this raw episode of A Colourful Past Podcast, Danny Shannon sits down with Stacey Nicolle to unpack a real recovery journey, how grief, trauma, and relapse nearly took everything, and what finally made total abstinence click. Stacy opens up about losing loved ones to suicide, the chaos of addiction, rehab, NA meetings, “clean time” accountability, and the moment she owned an alcohol slip instea...

In this powerful episode of A Colourful Past Podcast, host Danny Shannon sits down with Adam Smith for a raw, honest conversation about growth, accountability, and why most people stay stuck in life. This episode strips away labels and gets to the truth: most people aren’t unhappy — they’re trapped in environments that no longer serve them. From cutting off negative influences unapologetically, to...