Better Than Yesterday with Osher Günsberg

Peter Singer is an ethical and political philosopher best known for his work in bioethics and his role as one of the intellectual founders of the modern animal rights movement. His book "Animal Liberation" is a cornerstone of ethical treatment of animals and has had far reaching effects in both kitchens and farms all across the planet. His work is absolutely timeless, the questions he poses for us...

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James Mathison has been my friend for over 20 years. We presented on Channel [V] together, hosted Australian Idol and more recently reunited for our podcast Idle Australians. James is going to change the world. In 2016 he contested Tony Abbott’s federal seat of Warringah and is one of the most informed and intelligent people I know. He joined me at my kitchen table on the day of the last Australia...

Dr Anika Molesworth is a Founding Director of Farmers for Climate Action – a national network of over 5,000 Australian farmers undertaking climate change action. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Rachel Neylan is a Professional Cyclist who’s a part of the UCI Women's Continental Team, she’s an Olympian, a silver medalist at the World Championships and a very driven and fascinating human being.  Rachel Came to my house after reaching out to say she listened to the podcast on Twitter.  She’d even post #podsie photos of her training rides when she was in Rio in the lead up to last y...

Kylea Tink is the Independent candidate for the seat of North Sydney in the upcoming federal election. She's the former CEO of the McGrath Foundation and most recently was the CEO of Camp Quality. However before those roles she worked at the highest levels of communications consultancy, a job that took her all over the world, including to the Pentagon when she went toe to toe with Donald Rumsfeld...

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Julie Stevanja  is co-founder and CEO of  Stylerunner.com  Her story is bloody inspirational. In particular what I love about her tale is not only the grit to keep going, and her ability to see a gap in the market - but how she knew and valued the power of her personal network so much that she relocated back to Australia to build the business, and now is running an internationa...

Nat's What I Reckon is a comedian, musician, author and cook from Sydney. He started a YouTube channel in 2006 which has grown into a mighty online empire with an audience of over 2.5 million people that enjoy a good laugh and a full tummy. LINKS Watch the full chat on  YouTube More info on Nat's live shows and books Sign up to the Better Than Yesterday  newsletter Get tickets  for our next S...

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Erin Brockovich is probably the most famous name in Law in the world. Making a name for herself when she went up against utility company Pacific Gas & Electric and helped bring together the largest settlement ever paid in a direct-action lawsuit in U.S. history on behalf of the people of Hinkley, CA who had been affected by polluted water. Erin went on to become instrumental in numerous o...

Clinical Psychologist and Author Dr Rachel Menzies focuses her work on how our inevitable death shapes our lives. She's co-written three books with her father on the subject including "Curing the Dread of Death: Theory, Research and Practice.", "Tales from the Valley of Death: Reflects from Psychotherapy on the Fear of Death" and " Mortals: How the Fear of Death Shaped Human Society". In between w...

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Dr Ian Chung has been practising for nearly fifty years in Sydney, Australia.   We’ll get into his story shortly - however, he made a name for himself as "Dr Rock”, the doctor to call when you have a major international performer that can’t make the show and there are 20,000 people who have bought tickets and are on the way to the gig as you speak. That’s when you called Dr Chung.  If yo...

Campbell Walker (aka Struthless) is an Artist, Author, YouTuber and Animation Studio Boss from Sydney, Australia. His brilliant book "Your Head Is A Houseboat" is out now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Ben St. Lawrence is an Australian middle-distance runner, a two-time Olympian and an all around interesting guy. We met at a Story Club show, one of his friends came up and said “hey you should get Ben on the podcast!” and we exchanged email addresses and then we were able to make it happen. Ben’s not the first Olympian I’ve had on the show, however his story - his particular triumph over adv...

Johann Hari is a brilliant investigate journalist whose new book "Stolen Focus" digs into the deep and profound reasons how second by second your attention, my attention, and I'd argue our very humanity - is being drained from us for profit that we don't participate in by forces bigger than us, and how we can fight to get it back. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See om...

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Today I want to take you back to 2015, when I met with actor, comedian and writer Nakkiah Lui. Nakkiah is a talented writer. She was playwright in residence at Sydney’s Belvoir Theatre and was also artist in residence for Griffith Theatre. You probably know Nakkiah best for her writing and acting on Black Comedy. You can see Nakkiah in her latest comedy ‘Preppers’ on ABC iview now. If you would li...

Emily Ehlers is an Author, Artist and Environmental Activist. Her latest book  Hope is a Verb  is out now. Follow her  here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Hamish Blake is a Broadcaster, Author, Producer and living legend now from Sydney Australia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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