Better Than Yesterday with Osher Günsberg

My guest today is Christina Hoff Sommers - former Philosophy professor at Clark University in the US and currently a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.  Find her on twitter @CHSommers Her work mainly focuses on gender politics, feminism and free speech in universities. She’s out in Australia for the #feminist events with Roxanne Gay - Sydney Friday 29th and Melbourne...

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...

Josh Szeps is a Tv presenter and radio broadcaster now based in Sydney Australia.  He’s currently working on the ABC presenting the Weekend Breakfast on ABC News.  Josh and I have worked together a few times in our careers - however, he went on to become far more successful than I with his award-winning satirical radio work, his work as a founding host of Huff Post Live, and his podcast...

Graeme Simsion is an Australian author, screenwriter, playwright and data modeller. Yes, we get nerdy and talk about Data Modelling in this chat.  Graeme changed careers relatively late in life to become an author, and achieved astonishing success with his books centred around the character Don Tillman - the Rosie Trilogy, The Rosie Project, The Rosie Effect, and now most recently The Rosie R...

Graeme Simsion is an Australian author, screenwriter, playwright and data modeller. Yes, we get nerdy and talk about Data Modelling in this chat.  Graeme changed careers relatively late in life to become an author, and achieved astonishing success with his books centred around the character Don Tillman - the Rosie Trilogy, The Rosie Project, The Rosie Effect, and now most recently The Rosie R...

Joe Williams is an author, speaker, and activist.  A proud Wiradjuri, 1st Nations Aboriginal man born in Cowra NSW, raised in Wagga NSW.  Joe’s a former elite athlete - having played Rugby League at the highest levels in this country before switching to boxing and becoming the 2x WBF World Jnr Welterweight Champion.  Joe now dedicates his time to traveling the country giving talks a...

Joe Williams is an author, speaker, and activist.  A proud Wiradjuri, 1st Nations Aboriginal man born in Cowra NSW, raised in Wagga NSW.  Joe’s a former elite athlete - having played Rugby League at the highest levels in this country before switching to boxing and becoming the 2x WBF World Jnr Welterweight Champion.  Joe now dedicates his time to traveling the country giving talks a...

Naomi Simson is an Entrepreneur, Speaker, Author, Founding director of Red Ballon and Co-Founder of the Big Red Group. She’s written three books - Live What you Love, Ready to Soar and "I Want What She’s Having”. She also featured for a number of years on Shark Tank as one of the investors.  This is the second time Naomi’s been on the show and so much has happened since then. We do give our c...

Naomi Simson is an Entrepreneur, Speaker, Author, Founding director of Red Ballon and Co-Founder of the Big Red Group. She’s written three books - Live What you Love, Ready to Soar and "I Want What She’s Having”. She also featured for a number of years on Shark Tank as one of the investors.  This is the second time Naomi’s been on the show and so much has happened since then. We do give our c...

Adam Guthrie is a Chef and Wellness coach that splits his time between Byron Bay and Bali.  Living a life chasing what he thought was success, and at the frighteningly young age of 39, Adam suffered a heart attack.  Unlike many men who simply take the stent and don’t change their diet and just stay on the downward spiral, Adam made a lasting commitment to change - and as he describe...

Adam Guthrie is a Chef and Wellness coach that splits his time between Byron Bay and Bali.  Living a life chasing what he thought was success, and at the frighteningly young age of 39, Adam suffered a heart attack.  Unlike many men who simply take the stent and don’t change their diet and just stay on the downward spiral, Adam made a lasting commitment to change - and as he describe...

Allan Sparkes is Dep Commissioner - Mental Health Commission of NSW. Cross of Valour, OAM & Commendation for Brave Conduct recipient.  He’s a Best selling Author & Speaker. And self described Rugby Tragic. Find him on Twitter  @AllanSparkes  and on IG  @Allansparkes_cv   Allan Sparkes OAM is one of Australia's most highly decorated citizens and a leader in the shif...

Allan Sparkes is Dep Commissioner - Mental Health Commission of NSW. Cross of Valour, OAM & Commendation for Brave Conduct recipient.  He’s a Best selling Author & Speaker. And self described Rugby Tragic. Find him on Twitter  @AllanSparkes  and on IG  @Allansparkes_cv   Allan Sparkes OAM is one of Australia's most highly decorated citizens and a leader in the shif...

Johann Hari is the author of two New York Times best-selling books.  His first, ‘Chasing the Scream: the First and Last Days of the War on Drugs’, is currently being adapted into a major Hollywood feature film, and into a non-fiction documentary series. You can search for his  Ted Talk  “Everything you know about addiction is wrong” online or in the show notes.  His most recent...

Johann Hari is the author of two New York Times best-selling books.  His first, ‘Chasing the Scream: the First and Last Days of the War on Drugs’, is currently being adapted into a major Hollywood feature film, and into a non-fiction documentary series. You can search for his  Ted Talk  “Everything you know about addiction is wrong” online or in the show notes.  His most recent...

@Michael_McQueen  is a speaker, author and futurist from Australia.  The majority of his work centres around helping organisations prepare for what’s to come, to look beyond the horizon at how trends in society, in politics, in technology will change the way they work.  This applies to not only the private sector but also the public sector.  I’m happy about this because ideas c...

Andrew Taylor made world headlines a few years ago when in seeking to battle food addiction, he lost over 50kg by eating nothing but potatoes for a whole year.  It’s a simple headline however his story goes much deeper than that.  Speaking to Andrew, I learned that even though in my case the addiction was alcohol - our stories were very similar, and the abstinence model was what worked f...

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Kath Koschel is an incredibly inspiring human. She’s the founder of  kindnessfactory.com  and has a story that will break your heart three times before it lifts you up into the glowing warm of the collective love of humanity.  This conversation deals with suicide and the effects of road trauma, so if you do need to talk to anyone please seek help from your doctor or call Lifeline on...

Jane Lu is the founder and CEO of online fashion retailer Showpo, a company valued at over $30M dollars.  You can find her on Instagram @thelazyceo and I can tell you first hand that this woman is a powerhouse.  A quick scroll through her feed will show you she’s living the dream, surrounding herself with an incredible staff and working damned hard to make her business not only grow but...

Eiji Han Shimizu  is a highly successful publisher, film maker and lecturer. Find out more about him at  latinsamurai.com His exceptional Manga biographies of influential world figures have been published in 25 countries & 10 languages. At 35, working with the biggest media companies in Tokyo his life resembled a picture perfect example of what a highly successful person would have.&...

Steve Baccon is a photographer based in Sydney, Australia. Find him on IG  @bacconphoto Over the years you would have seen his work on numerous magazine covers, ad campaigns, billboards and book covers - including my own.  In fact the photo that became the cover of my book has been named as a finalist in the National Photographic Portrait Prize and will be exhibited at the national portr...

Doug Menuez is a photographer from the US, who has covered everything from the Ethiopian Famine, the emergence of the AIDS crisis, and most notably the rise of Silicon Valley between 1985 and 2000.  You and I are communicating right now, both broadcasting and listening, thanks to people that he chronicled during his time documenting the incredible emergence of that part of the world and the t...

Paul De Gelder is a former naval clearance diver whom after a horrific shark attack which saw him lose his right forearm and right leg, has since become a high-profile shark conservationist, author, actor, motivational speaker and advocate for a plant-based diet.  A former Brisbane boy, he found incredible success in the military. First with the Australian Army and then with the Navy - until...

Damon Herriman is an Australian actor best known for his work in the TV show Justified and Mr Inbetween.  He and I met when I first started working in TV back in the day, and even lived in the same building for a while when I was living in LA.  Damon is on the cusp of exploding into the stratosphere - when we spoke he wasn’t able to discuss what he was working on while I was recording, h...