Better Than Yesterday with Osher Günsberg

Chris Raine is the founder and CEO on the not-for-profit “ Hello Sunday Morning ” you can find him on Twitter by following  @ckraine .   And if you like, you can download that app daybreak. Downloaded from wherever you download me.   Hello Sunday morning is all about creating a healthy relationship to alcohol. So when is conversation Chris and I talk a...

Nigel Marsh is an Author, Speaker, Body Image activist and the powerhouse behind “The Sydney Skinny” which is one of the largest organised skinny dips in the world, in an effort to promote body positivity and a healthier relationship with your self. Nigel wrote the best selling book “Fat, Forty and Fired”, and has a brilliant outlook on life that will challenge whatever amount of comfort you have...

Mark Humphries is a comedian, writer, multi-linguist and satirist from Australia who currently bringing the funny every night on the SBS News Show “The Feed”.  He’s the blonde guy, the funny one.  On November 24th Mark and his writing partner put out an end-of year special which you can catch on SBS On Demand, it’s called “Privatise Now” - https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/1092676163...

Joel Pilgrim ( https://www.twitter.com/joelspilgrim ) is the Founder and CEO of the Waves of Wellness Foundation. He also works closely with One Wave is All it Takes, who have featured on this show before. Joel is a surfer who has a passion for helping others, particularly in the mental health space. He’s worked as an occupational therapist for mental health patients transitioning back to life aft...

Luke Ford is an Australian actor best known for his roles in Animal Kingdom, Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, The Black Balloon and most recently What if it works? You can find him on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lukeford__/ We met at the premiere of What If It Works his latest film, which is an exploration into a love story between two young folks living with very different brains. Luke...

Barry DuBois is a carpenter, builder, developer, philanthropist and TV Renovation guru from Sydney, Australia. He is probably best known to Aussie audiences as the man who re-makes people’s homes on “The Living Room” which is on Network Ten on Friday nights. Two weeks before he and I had the conversation you’ll hear today, Barry announced to Australia that the cancer he’d beaten a few ye...

Mike Munro is an Australian journalist and author, who rose to prominence as a part of the early line-up of the then groundbreaking TV Show 60 minutes. He went on to host the nightly magazine show “A Current Affair”, which broke some of the biggest stories of its time, before editorially turning a corner that lead him to split from the show - which he talks about in this conversation. Mike’s lates...

Alicia Malone is an author, film critic and friend who lives in Los Angeles California. She and I crossed paths a few times in our careers and grew to become quite close during my time in L.A. Difference is, she managed to stay afloat while I had to come back to Sydney. Alicia’s career path reads like a blueprint for success. When people ask me about getting into the industry, Alicia’s tireless wo...

Benjamin Law is an Australian journalist, author, screenwriter, activist and speaker.  He shot to fame when the semi-autobiographical TV series based on his best-selling book “The Family Law” became a massive hit.  He’s recently written the latest “Quarterly Essay” which addresses the “Safe Schools” education debate in Australia and is an active campaigner for equality in Australia.&nbsp...

Dr Easkey Britton is a passionate ocean advocate from Donegal in the rugged North-West of Ireland.  Find her on Instagram at @easkeysurf, where you can follow her adventures around the world. She and I met in Amsterdam when I attended the THNK school of creative leadership. Easkey is the co-founder of Waves Of Freedom - which uses surfing as a creative medium for social change. Last time...

Sam Dastyari ( @samdastyari ) is an Australian Politician, he represents NSW in the Senate - and he’s a part of the Labor Party.  He was only 30 when he won the seat and has made quite a name for himself in the four years that he’s been in office.  A non-practicing muslim, Sam has drawn a lot of scrutiny from some people who can’t quite conceive of there actually being such a thing.&nbsp...

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 we talk about here - but we also talk about what it was to have worked s...

Fiona O’Loughlin is an Australian stand-up comedian and Author, find her on twitter @FionaOLoughlin_ She came to my house one afternoon last week, with a documentary crew in tow - as she’s been filming the last few years of her life’s journey which will become a film before too long. Fiona has an incredible story. I will let her tell most of it, however it’s important to know how incredible her Co...

Adele Vuko is one-third of the Australian all-female comedy team Skit Box. Find her on Instagram @adele_vuko She’s one of the brilliant women behind the viral explosion that was “Activewear” and part of a growing scene of successful online film makers that are finding a way to pay their bills and feed their kids through creating what they’re passionate about. Skit Box have recently finished workin...

Kim Portrate is the CEO of Think TV, an industry-led group promoting the use of television advertising in the marketing community. Find her on twitter  @KimPortrate She and I worked together recently at a conference, doing a keynote on a bubble that many marketers live in. But Kim is so much more than that, she is a smart and funny person who has lived through the darker times of our industry...

Sage Greenwood is the Managing Director of Wink Models, one of the biggest commercial and editorial modelling agencies in Australia. She has a very interesting story which I can’t wait for you to hear - it’s one you’ve heard before, especially when it comes to the behaviour of models living in cramped accommodation in Milan starving themselves for Fashion Week. However you may not have heard the o...

Brandon Webb is a former SEAL Sniper, who served with the US Navy Seals in Seal Team Three. He’s now a NY Times Best-Selling author, independent digital media mogul, dad, experimental aircraft pilot, and all-around interesting and inspiring man to speak to. You can find him on twitter at  @BrandonTWebb  . Brandon is no stranger to this podcast. He was a part of an epic two-parter back in...

Mel Thomas is the founder of The KYUP! Project. You can find her on twitter @kyupproject Mel Thomas is a writer, speaker, media commentator and mother of two girls. She has more than 15 years martial arts experience in Hapkido, the Korean art of self-defence. Mel created KYUP! Project, a self-worth and self-protection program to break the cycle of violence against women and children. You see Mel w...

Morgan Koegel  is the CEO of  OneGirl.org.au They’re a non-profit that are on a mission to educate one million girls across Africa. They believe that every girl has a right to an education and work predominantly across Sierra Leone and Uganda. Morgan has had an interesting career that’s also included working in prisons in Victoria where she helped again with transforming lives through ed...

Donita Menon is the Grief and Bereavement coordinator at the  Leukaemia Foundation Australia , her job is to talk both with people diagnosed, and with families before and after the death of a loved one. She has a brilliant story and I can’t wait for you to hear it. It is fortuitous that we spoke on this day, as we’d had the podcast scheduled in for months in advance - My Mum was in partial re...

Brendan Maclean is an Australian singer/songwriter/performer/unicorn who first came on this show about three years ago but suffered at the hands of the great file loss of 2015. He has been kind enough to return and boy do we have a lot to talk about. Brendan’s about to have a new EP come out in August 2017 and a new album in the works for early 2018 so a great time to have him on. Find him on twit...

Bruce Jeffreys is an entrepreneur from Sydney Australia. He is a cofounder of two successful businesses - GoGet and Dresden optics. This is a brilliant conversation about creating a disruptive business, and the lessons learned from just bloody going ahead and starting while figuring it out as you go. It’s a great chat with a fascinating man - who’s heart is in a great place and aligns his business...

Sophie Hardcastle is an artist, author and all-around adventurous soul from Sydney Australia. She shot to fame when she published her first book - Running Like China, a memoir of a life interrupted by madness. It chronicles her struggle with coming to terms with her own mental illness and life with a brain that operates differently than others. Her second book is a young adult novel called Breathi...

Nathan Cavaleri is an Australian musician, who you can follow at  nathancavaleri.com  or on Instagram at  Nathan_Cavaleri . Nathan first came to the attention of Australia when he was still a kid - he had been diagnosed with leukaemia and the Starlight Foundation sent him over to the UK to Jam with the lead guitar player of the biggest band in the world at the time - Mark Knopfler f...

This week's episode is a best of, mixtape, audible burrito with the lot all focused on comedy. This podcast has hosted many great comedians, and here are just a few. Peter Helliar is an Australian comedian best known as the bloke on the end of the desk every night on the news program “The Project”. He’s also a producer, a director, a writer and an actor. I asked Pete about the first time he g...