Better Than Yesterday with Osher Günsberg

Waleed Aly is the Anchor of the very popular national nightly news program "The Project", he's an Author, an academic, a lecturer at Monash University where he is also a staff member at the Global Terrorist Research Centre, he's a Dad and a very well measured and lovely man.  He exudes a calm about him that is comforting, and a learned way of speaking that makes you feel confident t...

Ryan O'Kane is an actor from New Zealand who's doing great things - most recently starred in "Mary, making of a princess" and is on the way in the Peter Brock telemovie, also played Jeff Thompson in the miniseries about World Series cricket - Howzat! He's a lovely guy, a deep guy and a very, very funny guy. Dry as anything but goodness he had me cracking up.  He came up to...

Ben Gerrard is an extraordinarily talented performer from Victoria in the lower right hand side of Australia. He's currently playing more than 20 characters all by himself in the brilliant solo show "I Am My Own Wife", which explores transgender issues, human rights, communism, and resilience - it's currently playing at the Old Fitz Theatre in Kings X, Sydney. There's a few shows left, d...

Jeffrey Foskett is a singer and guitar player from Northern California who’s been a permanent member of the Beach Boys since the late 1970’s. He went on to be Brian Wilson’s musical director and right hand man for many years, and recently has rejoined the Beach Boys as they continue to write, record and tour to millions of fans all around the world.  It’s not often I get the chance to ch...

Peter Garrett  is one of the world's most iconic and recognisable musicians and activists, and is also the former federal environment minister and education minister.  For twenty five years he fronted Midnight Oil, one of this country's most powerful, outspoken, noisy, sweaty and thought-provoking bands. Their musical career intertwined with activism from the very beginning, th...

Eiji Han Shimizu  is a highly successful publisher, film maker and lecturer.  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. Following a moment in his lif...

Greg Callaghan is the Acting Editor of Good Weekend, SMH, The Age, journalist, & author of a book that shook me to the core: Bondi Badlands. It's the true crime story of some heinous and depraved murders that happened at the park on the south end of Bondi Beach, Marks Park. Right now, the park is home to Sculpture by the Sea - the fantastic annual public art event that stre...

Emma Leonard is an Australian actor, voice actor, improvisor, and all-round lovely human.  She's most famous internationally for her long-time role on Home and Away, the landmark Australian Soap Opera coming up to 30 years - and more recently for the huge drama hit 800 words.  She joined me to talk about Steiner Schools, how set is like school camp, and why there hasn't been a...

My guest today  Mike Cotty is a legend in the worldwide cycling community for his marathon cycling efforts, having ridden astonishing feats of endurance - non stop rides across entire countries, and even continents - his longest being a 50hr and 29 minute non-stop epic 1,021km across the Dolomites, Eastern Alps and Swiss Alps. On this ride he conquered over 21,250m of brutal mo...

Jono Nicholas  is the CEO of ReachOut.com , which was the first online mental health service in the world. He's been working there for over fifteen years, as you'll hear - back in a time when you would have to dial a phone number to get access to the internet. This week, Reach Out is launching a big campaign "There's life after year twelve" - which I'm sure is an internationally com...

Lindsay McDougall  is one of Australia's icons of alternative culture. For nearly twenty years he's been the guitar player for the iconic Australian punk band Frenzal Rhomb, and for ten years was a radio announcer on the national youth radio network JJJ. Lindsay is never backward in coming forward about his thoughts on fairness - and in this conversation we discuss all kinds of expectati...

Dwayne Martens is the founder and CEO of Amazonia, an incredibly successful health food and supplement company that he started in a juice stall in the Fremantle markets - and is now worth eight figures. Dwayne is a brilliant CEO, a super successful manager, expert marketer and forward-thinking leader. His view on the place he and his company have in the market is unique. He's pioneering...

This episode is brought to you by http://theiconic.com.au/osher who are offering my listeners 10% off full price styles with any purchase over $99. Please support the people who support my show! My guest today is Actor, Author, Writer, Casting Director, Producer, Comedian, Mother of five and founding member of Working Dog - Jane Kennedy .  Jane is part of one of my country’s mo...

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Aussie Entrepreneur Naomi Simson (Red Balloon/Shark Tank) on Passion & Purpose, modern leadership and life on Wall St. in the 1980's. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Leigh Sales from ABC TV's 7:30 Report on political bias, interviewing the heavy-hitters, and being Sandy from Grease. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Musical theatre superstar Simon Gleeson (Les Miserables, Mama Mia) on Powerchesting, National Anthems, and living your dream. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Grant Tribelco on raising mental health awareness with surfing, because One Wave is All it Takes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Adam Richard on equality, sobriety, and releasing the saucer section. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mathematician Lily Serna on Letters & Numbers, emigrating to Australia, and the spiritual side of surfing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.