Better Than Yesterday with Osher Günsberg

Lucy Bloom is a CEO, author, doula, and charity leader from Sydney Australia.  She’s done just so much, it’s hard to put it all into one intro. But what she shares in this conversation is an unflinching drive to make the world a better place - be it by teaching men how they can be present and supportive during the birth of their children, helping charities from Cambodia to Ethiopia provide be...

Checking in, June 28, 2019 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Damien Echols is an author, activist and ceremonial magician from the US, and he was one of the West Memphis Three.  It was an incredibly famous case of the miscarriage of justice.  Along with two others, Damien was falsely convicted of the murder of three eight year old boys. There are plenty of documentaries and dramas that were made about the case - but if you’ve seen Making a Murdere...

Checking in, June 21, 2019 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sonya Pemberton is an Emmy-winning science documentary maker. She’s recently made JABBED - love, fear and vaccines; URANIUM - Twisting the Dragon's Tail, and now, #VITAMANIA all about how many if any vitamins we need daily.  We got in touch when a few months ago I put a photo of myself getting some vaccination shots up on instagram. We have a baby on the way.  I don’t want that baby...

Checking in, June 14, 2019 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stephen Dupont is a conflict photojournalist from Australia. For thirty years he’s travelled the world photographing people, places and cultures at  their most beautiful, their most vulnerable, and often their most violent. Stephen is a rare breed of person, the kind that willingly forges forward into a conflict zone, hoping to get the right shot that will tell t...

Checking in, June 7, 2019 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Doris Younane is a highly acclaimed Australian actor who became a household name for her role in Nine Network’s McLeod’s Daughters. However she’s been on our screens and stages for a long time.  Heartbreak High, Rake, False Witness, Water Rats, Blackjack, Stingers, Sea Change, Party Tricks, Janet King, Catching Milat, Soul Mates, even The Wrong Girl. Now Doris is on the new Ten drama “Five Be...

Checking in, May 31, 2019 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stan Grant is an Australian television news and political journalist. He is currently the ABC's indigenous and international affairs analyst, and professor of global affairs at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia. He’s written a number of books, two which absolutely stand out are Talking to My Country, and his latest book Australia Day.  You see Stan is an Aboriginal...

Checking in, May 24, 2019 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Julian Mitchell is the co-founder of the Mushroom cultivation company Life Cykel find about more about him and the work he’s doing at  LifeCykel.com He’s an interesting guy - he used to work in the mining industry and had a moment where he chose to do something different. Something very different.  Something that would put people more in touch with the food they ate, and something which...

Checking in, May 17, 2019 James Mathison.  My former Channel [v] and Australian Idol team mate.  Former campaigner for the federal electorate of Waringah up against Tony Abbot. Host of the TV show Thrones 360, the wrap up show that airs after Game Of Thrones on Foxtel - the last ever episode which comes out this Monday.  It’s an election tomorrow in Australia.  Let’s talk...

Briggs is an Indigenous Australian rapper, actor, comedian, and record label owner from Shepparton, Victoria.  From his breakout album in 2009, Briggs has gone on to dominate the hip hop scene here and abroad.  He’s released four solo albums, as well as the landmark “Reclaim Australia” with AB Original - an album that spoke volumes to the conversation about race relations in our cou...

Checking in, May 10, 2019 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jonathan Haidt is a Social psychologist at NYU-Stern. He’s the author of The Righteous Mind, and his latest book The Coddling of The American Mind.  We are a few weeks out from an election here in Australia so I couldn’t think of a better time to get someone on the show to help us explore how our thinking is being swayed from outside influences, why we are getting just so super-sensitive...

Checking in, May 3, 2019. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

My guest today is Jo Thornely - on twitter @JoThornely.  Jo is an author, podcaster and music aficionado from Sydney Australia.  A rabid live-tweeter of The Bachelor in all its forms, Jo is also utterly fascinated by Cults. Her Book and podcast of the same name “Zealot” is an incredibly interesting exploration into what makes people believe things that really, really aren’t real - a...

Checking in, April 26 2019. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

My guest today needs very little introduction.  Ian Dickson. Dicko as you’d know him, was a brilliantly powerful record company executive that worked hand in glove with Simon Cowell as they created and broke Westlife across the planet. He came out to Australia to work with BMG records and a few years later came to public prominence as the ‘nasty’ judge on Australian Idol. A massive media...

Checking in, April 19 2019. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

My guest today is Mahmood Fazal.  He’s a journalist for Vice, and hosts the compelling podcast “Violent Times”, a show that explores the role of violence in our modern society. From speaking to graffiti artists who were involved in brutal street violence in Melbourne in the 80s and 90s, to connecting with Australia’s Deadliest Soldier, to spending an afternoon with the Yakuza in Japan - Mahmo...

Todd Liubinskas is Strength and Conditioning Coach, Entrepreneur, and the new Fitness Director at Men’s Health.  He’s also the founder of “Let’s Get Going” a non-profit mentor and experience program. They aspire to promote the health and well being of adults from the age of 18 years old with an intellectual or physical challenge. One of their goals is to provide a fitness program th...

Tanya Hennessy is a comedian, author, broadcaster and YouTube superstar.  She’s currently on the radio every weekend right around the country, on the internet being very, very funny - and about to be on Bachelor in Paradise UNPACKED where she and her colleagues watch every episode of The Bachelor in Paradise and react to it - like a mini version of Goggle Box. It’s extraordinarily funny.&nbsp...