Doing Epic Stuff

Welcome to the Doing Epic Stuff podcast with your host; Mike Drohan Together we’ll explore the stories and journeys of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. “When people talk about fight or flight I’m definitely in the latter category. I don’t even like verbal confrontations.” *Insert record screeching sound* Wait, what?! THAT wasn’t the narrative I expected from the sort of person who quit...

A long-term, regular practitioner of Judo and Brazilian Ju-jitsu (BJJ), Jason has extensive regarding the personal development pressure cooker that are combat sports. Insight only gleaned through hard work.  Hour upon hour on the mat, pushing your limits against your peers.  Jason launched the Inner Demons initiative during the COVID pandemic as a vehicle to highlight the link between BJJ and posi...

Maureen is The Pound for Pound Peoples Champion of doing things smarter, not harder. A master of finding ways for herself and others to spend more time on doing the things they do best or want to do more of; she’s a little bit of an ‘Original Gangstar Lifehacker’; able to perceive and  leverage opportunities to increase productivity in all walks of life, even cleaning the house! From finding the b...

Welcome to the Doing Epic Stuff podcast with your host Mike Drohan.  Together we’ll explore the stories and journeys of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. Jake Waters and Ebony Campese are your typical modern day teenagers albeit with one significant difference; they both train in the ancient art of 8 limbs or 'Muay Thai' - a full-contact martial art born on the battlefields of...

We’ve all heard that age old adage ‘never mix business with pleasure’ – my next guest found out the hard way what can happen when business partnerships go sour in South East Asia… Riding high with a number of successful hospitality start-ups in Vietnam to his name, Western Australian ex-pat; Andrew Lambie, found his burgeoning empire scuttled over night when a business agreement was dishonoured by...

Riding mountain bikes is fun. Riding mountain bikes for 24 hours in a competitive environment is straight up masochistic! How did Peter Arch; a young, enthusiastic bike mechanic from Torquay, Australia, take his passion for riding bikes with mates to the point of becoming the World Solo 24 hour MTB Champion in under 18 months?! Do you even ride, bro?! Join Pete and I as we discuss: How riding that...

Being a full-time surfboard shaper feels like one of those mythical careers reserved for the 1% of the 5% who live next to a wicked surf break and don’t have to worry about money. Like most things in life it turns out that life is stranger than misconception. José Raimundo walks. Born and raised on the pristine Algarve (Southern Portuguese coastline), José decided that, rather than following his h...

What would you spend an inheritance on? Paying off a home loan? School fees? Tax debt? Chances are it isn't a SCHOONER QUEST! Well, more fool you (and me)! With husband and 4 year old daughter firmly in tow (nautical terminology), Zoe and fam embarked upon a 10 month, 4.5K nautical mile (or 8334 km) adventure up the East Coast of Australia; swilling coconuts, dodging semi-submerged shipping c...

Skydivers: Baggy-fluorescent-parachute-material-pant-wearing-dare-devil-death-wish-stoner-wasters, right? Wrong. Ossie Kahn has made a career out of his passion for cloud walking, developing commercially-viable models such as: Australian skydiving centres that were acquired by an ASX listed company! Innovative marketing activations for a number of corporate entities includes National Australia Ban...

The largest rogue wave ever recorded was 84 feet high and struck Draupner oil platform in the North Sea in 1995. One could argue that humankind is experiencing a kind of collective 'Rogue COVID Wave' at the moment - for many of us it feels like we’re stuck in a kind of stasis; unable to go forward or backward with our lives until the world rights itself again. What if this is the new nor...

Ever wondered about the mindset of a professional fighter? Surely you'd have to be nuts to get in that ring, risking life and limb, for questionable (at best) financial remuneration? What does it take to do it 10 times? How about 50? - Sylvie von Duuglus-Ittu: "Hold my beer"... SHE'S THE WESTERNER (dudes included) WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF MUAY THAI FIGHTS, IN THAILAND, OF AL...

Juggling your passion or side-hustle with a paying gig is tricky for most of us - passion doesn't necessarily directly translate to paid - who knew?!  Aaron Static (aka Aaron Danks) is a self-professed homebody and unassuming kind of cat. He’s managed to be a long term active contributor to the electronic music scene; heading up music labels, continually releasing music and DJ’ing some of Aus...