Jez & Friends

In today's episode, I chat with my running mate Marley Wagner. He has recently moved to Melbourne to study for a Bachelor of Design. He is also a fantastic runner with personal bests of 1:58 in the 800 metres, 3:59 in the 1500 metres and 15:40 in the 5000 metres. We also learn about growing up in Cairns in far North Queensland, jet-skiing near the Great Barrier Reef and plenty more! Both of us...

Second one of 2023! I've known Vi for three years as we both participated in the Western Bulldogs Youth Leadership Program in 2020. Vi and I reminisce about the program and raising $1000 for Batyr: a youth mental health organisation. Funnily enough, we're both studying the same Journalism degree at RMIT! Vi shares her amazing internship opportunity with the 'Ministry of Sport' thro...

First episode of 2023. I really enjoyed this chat with Max Southern who is great mate from the UK. Max and I delve into the fun and gruelling experience of working in Events. Memorable moments involving controlling large crowds at the AO and Formula One. Max shares his journey across Australia as a tourist. He also gives insight into the recent rise of his favourite team, Newcastle United in the P...

Welcome back friends to the first episode of 2023. In today's episode I reflect briefly on a grueling 2022 with the completion of my high-schooling journey. I set some pretty lofty standards for running, which may involve moving up distancess.. Been mingling with Events and Tutoring as work currently, so walkthrough the funny stories of patrons getting a bit rowdy or angry.  My plans for Jez & Fri...

In today's episode, I chat with Paris Gadsden who is an original member from the MUAC Development Training Squad. Paris' running journey has progressed very well in the past few years especially most recently in the 800m at Vic Milers #1... Paris is also a nurse at the RM Hospital often working long shifts and treating many patients in different sectors. Nursing is an incredibly selfless role and...

EXAMS ARE OVER = Podcast return! Today, I chat with a great mate from running, Taine Lang. Taine shares his journey growing up in Bendigo and tranisitoning into tertiary studies at the University Melbourne. In this chat, we dive into topical discussions of our favourite running shoes, and what it's like working in a retail shoe store. Also we reflect on the incredible career of Swiss tennis legend...

WELCOME TO THE FINAL EVER EPISODE OF YEAR 12 DIARIES! Today I am joined by a fellow Year 12, student Bridie as we both reflect in our Year 12 Journeys. While, Year 12 has been pretty grueling and challenging with the pressures of grinding for the study scores and ATARs we all desire, it has been a COVID free year. We celebrate our triumphs this year and list a few plans in a few months after exams...

Welcome to EP 5 of Year 12 diaries which aims to celebrate and uncover the challenges and successes of year 12!  This episode covers - my SAC result for the maths matrices, which I passed.. And also my travels to another high school in order to sit the Critical Thinking Test for Extended Investigations. There was a 30-minute delay!! My SAC goals for the 'Need for Change' Business Management SAC co...

Welcome to EP 4 of Year 12 diaries which aims to celebrate and uncover the challenges and successes of year 12!  This episode covers - my final ever high-school camp, so sadd. We had lots of fun, which includes an elevator incident or two... English Oral presentation mishaps... analysing my survey data gathered for extended investigations and preparing for the Matrices, Further maths SAC..  SAC go...

Today I chat Entrepreneur, Best-Selling Author, Public-speaker Shaun Gold! Shaun's main lesson is to follow your passion instead of following where the crowd goes. He graduated from the University of Miami and from their he ran the majority of the Miami NightLife scene. Shaun has met many incredible people along his entrepreneur  journey which includes parties with 4x NBA CHAMP Lebron James!...

Welcome to EP 3 of Year 12 diaries which aims to celebrate and uncover the challenges and successes of year 12!  This episode covers:  - SAC reflections on an Extended Investigations Oral Presentation, English Comparative APA and Maths Financial SAC - SAC goals for the upcoming English Oral presentation and to nail a 10 marker! Chill zone: weekly tips regarding maintaining mental health - music! ...

Today I chat with my coach Elly who has an awesome running journey to share! She runs through her typical training week during a track season, favourite/least favourite workouts, running in pregnancy. Elly also describes how to manage and coach athlete's from a recreational background and for those who are more seasoned athlete's. Thanks to Elly and the Development Squad coaches, I have gradually...

Welcome to EP 2 of Year 12 diaries which aims to celebrate and uncover the challenges and successes of year 12! This episode covers: - Weekly recaps of school activities during the week including coursework, sacs and other work commitments. - SAC goals and preparation for the Extended Investigations Oral SAC and English APA. - Chill zone: weekly tips regarding maintaining mental health - meditatio...

Today I chat with Tahlia who is a great mate who envisages to pursue media down the road. We chat about her amazing Media experiment interview with James Robinson. Also we uncover the production process as a media-maker. It generally involves quite hefty amount of pre-production set-up, delegating and adapting to different settings and equipment available. Aside from our media journeys, we also co...

Welcome to the new series. Year 12 diaries is a podcast series which aims to celebrate and uncover the challenges and successes of year 12!  This first episode covers: - Weekly recaps of school activities during the week including coursework, sacs and other work commitments. - SAC goals and preparation for the 'Rear Window' English SAC and Media written SAC on ideologies. - Chill zone: weekly tips...

Honoured to chat with talented youngster Max Becker on his media credentials so far. Only in Year 9, Max demonstrates that age is just a number by hosting his very own podcast 'The Sporting Max Podcast' interviewing pro sports people, their careers, struggles and laughs along the way. He has had the likes of 2010 Premiership Superstar Steele Sidebottom and Basketball Legend Andrew Gaze as guests....

In today's episode, I chat with Zacca Newman who has been at Melbourne University Athletics Club since 2010, co-founder of Run2PB online coaching and ambassador for Pillar Performance. Zacca has a wealth of experience in distance running, his pbs are 30:25 in the 10k , 66 in the half and 2:25 in the marathon. We discuss Zacca's journey through running initially running in College at West Virginia,...

2022 Good Friday appeal.   Just like last year, I want to discuss the wonderful things all the volunteers, staff do to make sick kids' lives just that 1% better. Today, I chat about the wonderful ways to contribute on Good Friday, patient stories and if you are going to the game between North Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs, there is a very special bandana you can purchase for $10 wit...

Welcome to EPISODE 73! Today I chat with Quan Nguyen who runs for Melbourne Uni and also currently studying a Bachelor's of Science, majoring in Mathematics. We touch on the year 12 journey during COVID in 2020, ambitious running goals, speed cubing (Completing a rubik's cube within 10 secs) and Quan's YouTube channel which delves into imaginary numbers and exotic maths ideas (qncubed3). If you lo...

Welcome to EPISODE 72! Today I chat with Riley Walsh who runs for Athletics Essendon recently ran 1:59 in the 800 and goes to school with me. Riley is a multi-talented athlete and recaps his 100 he made in cricket, medaling at States for MAC and the funny All Schools experiences from over the years. Also some cheeky fireworks at Falls Creek.. If you loved this episode, please share with mates, fol...

Welcome to another episode. Today I chat with Greg Steele who is a great mate from Melbourne University Athletics Club. Greg went to the infamous scoreboard on fire game at Waverley, and reminisces his experiences growing up in the 90s with the likes of Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls a major influence. Greg also gives us a rundown of his journey to become an Audio Engineer and owning a recor...

Today is a Gnurad catch-up with both my good mates Declan and Seth. We have some laughs about the funny stories from our expo's with our respective groups playing around on camp. For those who didn't know, Declan was my roommate and Seth was Aymane's. The boys speak about their respective part time jobs and career outcomes. Seth is close to purchasing a Kombi and starting his very own Kombucha bus...

WELCOME ANOTHER EP! Today I chat with Jack Lunn who is a 1:46 800m runner and 4:15 in the 1500m. Jack shares his experiences with running in high school and finding the balance with enjoying other life activities. Jack is also studying a Bachelor's of Science at Monash University alongside his aspirations of representing Australia at Paris 2024 and Melbourne Com Games 2026. Jack also talks about t...

WELCOME EPISODE 68! Today I chat to former MAC College Captain and recent graduate Brendon Henry. Brendon shares his journey growing up in Jamaica with the major influence of Usain Bolt inspiring him to achieve his best and watch his diamond leagues. Brendon is also a high achieving student achieving our schools only 40 study score and setting himself well for his dream course at Melbourne Univers...

WELCOME EPISODE 1 OF SEASON 3! Today I chat to my mate Shyam from MUAC who holds PBs of 4:41 in the 1500, 10:19 in the 3K, 17:15 in the 5K. Shyam captures his experiences growing up in Singapore and Malaysia and how it differs to Australia from an educational perspective and living circumstances. We touch on the variety an arts degree offers through Journalism to Economics. Shyam is an entrepreneu...