Better Than Yesterday with Osher Günsberg

Guy Sebastian is a singer, songwriter and producer from Sydney, Australia.   He’s on instagram and twitter @guysebastian   The first winner of Australian Idol back in 2003, he and I have known each other for most of our careers.   We’ve had interviews along the way, at Channel [v] or on radio - but he and I have never spoken like we speak today.   Guy Sebast...

Todd Sampson is an adventurer, award-winning documentary-maker, television presenter and businessman. Originally from Canada, he’s made a home for himself in Australia where he rose to become one of the most influential business executives in the country.   Known to Australians as the guy in the t-shirt on one of Australia’s most successful and longest-running panel shows “Gruen”, Todd’s...

Jamie Pride is a serial entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist and author on a mission to help shift the needle on startup culture. Find him on instagram @ jamiepride    We’ve all heard the Cinderella story - two people create an iPhone app, sell their business to Google for $20M after 18 months and now everyone’s taking baths in Lambos and Bitcoin taking Uber Jets to Burning Man.  ...

Melissa Ambrosini is an Author, Podcaster and Motivational Speaker. You can find her on instagram @melissaambrosini. Her first book “Mastering your Mean Girl” was an absolute hit, and she’s just released a new book “Open Wide”.  We might not all be authors, we might not all reinvent ourselves and work hard to become authorities on self-help and self-love : but all of us have been at rock bott...

Simon Hill is an entrepreneur and advocate for plant-based eating. Originally from Melbourne, he’s now based in Bondi Beach. You can find him on Instagram @plant_proof and online at plantproof.com - a guide to living a plant-based diet for people who like to be on the more active side of life. Simon’s story is just remarkable. He is one of Australia’s most successful young entrepreneurs, investors...

My guest today is elite cyclist Shane Perkins, you can find him on twitter  @perkoperkins .  Shane is an Olympic Games Bronze Medalist, a world champion team sprinter and a former Keirin track world champion.   Shane’s story is one of coming out from under his father’s shadow, committing to a goal and striving for what he wanted.  We might not all be track cyclists capable...

Fraser Bayley is a bodybuilder and trainer originally from NZ and now living in New Orleans, Louisiana. You can follow his adventures at @evolvingalpha on Instagram or FB.   Fraser’s story is a heroes journey if ever there was one.   From an unwell butcher who lived with a diagnosis of ADHD and then bipolar disorder, to a powerful bodybuilder who has achieved an incredible...

Brett Robinson, or Robbo to his athletes and clients, is a high-performance coach who worked for years with the Australian Paralympic team.  He’s since branched out into the wider community, hoping to bring his concepts and ideas that he learned and developed over the course of his incredibly successful career with elite athletes, and share them with the wider community.  He has an excel...

Bernie Black is the CEO of  Brave Foundation , and the author of the book "Brave Little Bear: The inspirational Story of a Teenage Mother”.   Bernie’s story is not uncommon, but it’s something we don’t really speak about still.   Teenage pregnancy.   I know that Bernie’s story will resonate with many people listening, and I am sure it might even be confronting to...

Luke Heggie is a comedian from Sydney Australia. I’ve known Luke since we were eight and growing up with him and watching his career flourish has been one of the true pleasures of my life.  One new year’s day he decided he’d give stand up comedy a go. Less than a month later he’d won his heat in JJJ’s high-profile national Raw Comedy competition, and soon after that had won the whole thing.&n...

My guest today is Michael Cassel.   He’s an internationally acclaimed theatre producer - when you see Lion King or “Beautiful” the Carole King musical - he’s the man who put everyone together in the same place to make the show happen.   Hundreds of people didn’t suddenly decide to learn the same songs and dance routines and turn up in a theatre to perform them in synchronicity...

Today’s show is with Dr Elise Bailylew, founder of Mindful in May and you can find out about her work at  Mindfulinmay.org  ( https://www.mindfulinmay.org )  It’s no mistake that Dr Bailylew is on the show today, as you know I’ve been trying to work a mindfulness-based meditation practice into my day as a way to help me deal with life now I’m off meds. It is certainly not enoug...

Geoff Wilson is a noted figure in the Australian Finance industry, he’s the founder and chairman of Wilson Asset Management. In the last year Geoff was named an officer in the general division of the Order of Australia for services to the business and finance sector, professional financial bodies and the community as a supporter of charitable foundations.  I never grew up knowing anything abo...

Tess Haubrich is an Australian Actor who you can find on instagram @tesshaubrich ( https://www.instagram.com/tesshaubrich ).  She's currently starring in Wolf Creek 2, available on demand on Stan in Australia - she’s also in the Ridley Scott film Alien Covenant and kicking ass and taking names in the Jackie Chan film Bleeding Steel.  She’s an absolute badass and proved this by showi...

Sandra Sully is Australian Journalism Royalty.   She’s the Senior News Editor for Network Ten News and has been the Anchor of their afternoon bulletin for more than a decade.   She's on Twitter @sandra_sully (https://twitter.com/Sandra_Sully).   Sandra is an astonishingly focused person, her dedication and drive to do great work is undeniable as you’ll hear in this co...

Beverley Mirolo OAM is the chairman of the Leukaemia Foundation Australia and she’s participating this year in the world’s greatest shave.   Bev’s got an incredible story - she grew up in country Queensland, trained as a nurse from the age of sixteen and is still a RN now in her 70s.   Through her work she had first-hand exposure to the challenges faced by people living with bl...

Yumi Stynes is a Radio & TV Presenter, Podcaster, Photographer and writer from Sydney, Australia. You can find her on twitter and instagram @yumichild.   She and I have known each other for 18 years now, and I get a bit teary at the end of this one when I start telling her how happy I am that she’s still in my life.   Yumi and I got together at the house where she live...

Lucy Durack is a singer and actress from Australia who came to prominence as Glinda the good witch in the Australian production of Wicked. Lucy's method for creating the life she desired is astonishing.   You can follow Lucy on Twitter  @lucydurack  ( https://twitter.com/lucydurack )   Her story of how she manifested her dream role, how she stayed ready for when the o...

Hilary Innes is an Executive Producer at Network Ten, and she oversees the shows that I work on, including Bachelor, Bachelorette and the soon to be seen Bachelor in Paradise.   Hilary is a legend of the Australian TV industry, and we talk all about her time working closely with Ray Martin during the heady days of the Midday Show on 9 - and yes, the famous Normie Rowe/Ron Casey punch-out...

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My guest today is Jan Fran. Find her on twitter  @Jan__Fran  .  Jan is the co-host of the nightly SBS news show “The Feed”.  She’s an incredibly skilled journalist and documentary producer who’s covered stories in places you’d be to frightened even fly over. Her recent work is available to see online at  https://www.sbs.com.au  including her documentary “America’s fir...

Maz Compton is a well-known broadcaster from Sydney who for years was all over the TV when she worked on MTV, and later all over the radio, culminating in her Stint on the high-profile breakfast shift on 2Day FM in Sydney.   That life is mostly behind her now, however she did write a book about her experiences which you can at https://www.mazcompton.net  or on Amazon.   Ma...

James Mathison is an Australian TV Presenter, writer, father, activist and now politician.   James and I worked together for many years on Australian Idol, and before that we worked together on Channel [v]. I’ve known Jim since 2000 and he’s still one of the most clever people I’ve ever met.   He’ll read a paper cover to cover every day, read a book a week, and still find time...

My guest today is Adam Richard.   He’s a standup comedian, writer, TV Guy and all ‘round wonderful human.   We recorded this before Australia enthusiastically voted YES to marriage equality, so you’ll notice that there might be a bit of chat in there about the plebiscite - but I wanted to leave it in as a memory of what we as a country went through.   Find Adam on Twi...

My guest today is a giant amongst men.  He’s a man by the name of Quentin Kenihan. @qkenihan on Twitter.  We’ve known each other about fifteen years, and I’m glad he’s a mate.  He was born with brittle bone disease, which basically means if you hug him too tight, you’ll break him.  The last time he told me, he’d counted 662 broken bones in his life. That number has probably ecl...