Better Than Yesterday with Osher Günsberg

Today, Osher speaks with Sylvia Jeffreys, an incredibly accomplished journalist and presenter, originally from Brisbane Australia. Sylvia has a matter-of-fact, get-after-it vibe about her which makes the career success she’s had make perfect sense. Sylvia is very open about how she juggles family life and home life, also how she has found particularly interesting ways to deliberately work em...

Osher brings a slightly late (sorry about that) monologue reflecting on the 2nd season of NTNNNNN at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Reflections on ego, fear, swinging for the fences, and how supporting your partner is an act of love. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Who is going to write the next Aussie Anthem if there's nobody making enough money to do it? Osher reflects on his conversation with Angie McMahon and the recent news that half of Australian musicians earn less than 15% of the minimum wage. There's a massive cultural risk that we're facing. Something has to change. Final Melbourne shows this weekend - https://bit.ly/49iqy6p What did you think of t...

Would you believe that a conversation with a singer-songwriter will change how you think about exercise? In this ep Osher chats with singer-songwriter Angie McMahon about exercise, minding her mental health, overcoming fear of performing, and assessing her relationship with alcohol. ‌ Check out Angie on tour:   Home - Angie McMahon Get tickets to the last few MICF shows:  Osher Günsberg...

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy has a lot in common with the way we get our news. In this conversation, Osher uses the way that we get our news and the algorithms which then reinforce those stories to draw out the relationship between facts, stories and our mental health. ‌ Tickets to NTNNNNN shows at MICF  TicketSearch Online What did you think of this episode? Leave a comment on insta  @...

Checking in, March 29, 2024 What did you think of this episode? Leave a comment on insta  @osher_gunsberg Get tickets to Osher’s Live gigs at MICF  https://bit.ly/ntnnnnn24 Get on the mailing list  https://bit.ly/oglinktree Got suggestions for Better Than Yesterday? I'd love you to get involved in our listener survey! https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/osher Come check out our new B...

Have you ever thought what it might be like to lose your father when you were still a toddler, but in many ways come to know him intimately through the ways people - sometimes strangers - told you how he made them feel? That’s the absolute reality for Robert Irwin who joins Osher for this episode. They talk about conservation, photography, having a Dad who was a super-hero and Robert reveals...

After seeing a poster for a lost cat, Osher wanted to talk about what it means to be a cat owner. As a former owner of two furry, purry executioners, he was shocked at recent research out of ANU which shows that the scale of devastation that domestic, cute, furry pet cats are having on native wildlife is absolutely catastrophic. (Not even sorry for that pun) This is absolutely not a rant against c...

Osher is joined by Clare Cavanagh and Hayden Wright from the NTNNNNN news team to talk about Townsville’s new waterslide in honour of Pink, Religious schools and the sequel to their favourite book, and school principals’ fear of violence from students. Discount tickets! 50% off Osher’s 50th birthday shows at MICF  TicketSearch Online What did you think of this episode? Leave a comment on inst...

Do you talk to yourself harshly? Did you know it’s as threatening as if someone else talked to you that way? Parenting expert Gen Muir is my guest today, in an episode packed with tools and techniques to help you (and me) not be so hard about potentially ruining the life of these kids we love so much. Her new book Little People, Big Feelings is an insight into not just powerful, research bas...

Are you a drinker? Is it serving you? When you drink did it used to be fun? Then it was fun with some problems, and now it’s just problems? 14 years and one day ago, my life was nothing but problems. One day at a time it’s got a lot better. Here’s 14 ways I stay sober today. Checking in, March 18, 2024 MICF shows on sale now Tickets at oshergunsberg.com https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2024/shows...

The week’s news wrap-up ft @jeeves from the NTNNNNN news team is here. Kate’s clone-brush conundrums, Ute Taxes and TikTok traumas all uncovered - link where you think it is to listen and get tickets to the upcoming live gigs at the Melb International comedy festival. Share with a person who sleeps with a man that has a noisy penis. MICF shows on sale now Tickets at oshergunsberg.com https://www.c...

MELISSA ETHERIDGE is my guest this week. Yes, THE Melissa Etheridge. She’s touring once again, kicking off in Perth in May, then heading east stopping all stations, Adelaide, Melbourne, Gold Coast and Sydney (which is already sold out). She’s bringing some family with her as you’re about to hear she is very very excited about it. If this is your first time hearing about this...

Checking in, March 11, 2024 MICF shows on sale now Tickets at oshergunsberg.com https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2024/shows/osher-guensberg-ntnnnn Got suggestions for Better Than Yesterday? I'd love you to get involved in our listener survey! https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/osher Stay up to date by joining the mailing list here:  Osher Günsberg - Better Than Yesterday Podcast | Linktree C...

Catch NTNNNNN at Melbourne International Comedy Festival - tix here This week, Alex Reynolds and John Glover join G to talk Mardi Gras, concreting protected nature reserves, snakes on a plane and Sam Kerr's copper's court case. MICF shows on sale now Tickets at oshergunsberg.com https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2024/shows/osher-guensberg-ntnnnn Got suggestions for Better Than Yesterday? I'd love...

Today we’re talking to SHARON CALLISTER - she’s the CEO of Mission Australia. Sharon is one of these rare humans that’s just born to help. Can’t stop her, won’t stop her. Among the things she’s focusing on - is addressing the grim challenge of rising homelessness among women in Australia. You might be confronted by some of the misconceptions about homelessn...

Osher’s Simple Instructions to build a Time Machine which you can use today. a) Open a music streaming app b) Create a playlist. C) populate the playlist with the following: Track 1: First song you remember hearing Track 2: First song you memorised all the word to Track 3: Song that was playing around your first kiss Track 4: Song that was playing when you lost your virginity Track 5: The song you...

Jeeves Verma and Jez Fenton-Menzies join Osher to discuss the gender pay gap, all-boys' schools going co-ed, and how hard can it be to land something on the freakin' moon? MICF shows on sale now Tickets at oshergunsberg.com https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2024/shows/osher-guensberg-ntnnnn Got suggestions for Better Than Yesterday? I'd love you to get involved in our listener survey! https://podc...

Jess Urlichs is on the show today, she’s an author and a poet, who lives in New Zealand with her husband and their three kids. She has written a variety of children’s books, to help babies and young children navigate their emotions in their early years. Jess is very successful, she’s sold hundreds of thousands of copies of her books all around the world, her most popular boo...

Checking in, February 26, 2024 MICF shows on sale now Tickets at oshergunsberg.com https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2024/shows/osher-guensberg-ntnnnn Got suggestions for Better Than Yesterday? I'd love you to get involved in our listener survey! https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/osher Stay up to date by joining the mailing list here:  Osher Günsberg - Better Than Yesterday Podcast | Linktre...

Josh Magee and Jeeves Verma join Osher to discuss the Woolies CEO going undercover boss, Albo’s wedding vows and how much Asbestos can we actually eat? MICF shows on sale now Tickets at oshergunsberg.com https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2024/shows/osher-guensberg-ntnnnn Got suggestions for Better Than Yesterday? I'd love you to get involved in our listener survey! https://podcastsurvey.typef...

Taryn Brumfitt is here, she’s the 2023 Australian of the Year. Leader of the @ bodyimagemovement , an Adelaide-based organisation that teaches people to love and appreciate their bodies. She has made two brilliant films, Embrace and Embrace Kids - the first film explores the serious issue of women’s body loathing and Taryn’s path to body acceptance, her second film Embrace K...

Every day, I stare deep into the darkness of his empty eye sockets, my own death unflinchingly staring back at me from darkness. And you know what? It’s one of the best parts of my day. Checking in, February 19, 2024 MICF shows on sale now Tickets at oshergunsberg.com https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2024/shows/osher-guensberg-ntnnnn Got suggestions for Better Than Yesterday? I'd love you to...

Get your news where it matters, from NTNNNNN. @alexkreynolds and @jezf.m join me for the weekly update, covering asbestos super villains, no-poo pools and how we’ve been lied to - science says there are WAY more than just five love languages. Oh yeah, and Jez had a microbat try to attack him while he did a wee. Tickets to gigs and link to listen in the thing under the round photo. MICF shows...

Abbie Chatfield is the most exciting figure in Australian media today, and she’s only just getting started. A finance degree graduate who arrived on reality TV fresh from a career in corporate real estate, Abbie absolutely exploded on to our screens in Matt Agnew’s season of The Bachelor Australia.‌ However it was what she did next that changed everything. Earnestly, honestly, and...