Life Inside The Salad Bowl

Talking to Kendal Burke who served in the Australian Navy before being discharged and now is preparing to embark on an epic journey "73 Peaks in 52 Weeks". Kendal signed up to serve in the Navy fresh out of school, young and eager. An Accident that was no fault of her own left her needing to be discharged and that's where the real battle started for her, she explains. She talks us through her time...

In Australia "SPEAK UP! Stay chatTY" would have to be one of, if not the most prominent and well-known charity's around mental health. Stay ChatTY was started in 2013 By Mitch McPherson after his younger brother Ty, died by suicide. Most people in Australia would be familiar with his story as Mitch has talked at well over 1000 events and podcasts, both here in Australia and more recently overseas....

Talking to Tom Robertson about what seems to make the world go round.... Money Tom is from Tas Ethical which has been providing ethical financial advice since 1987. We talk to Tom about the whole reason everyone works, which for most people is to and stop as quick as possible. Personally, it took me a long, long time to get my head around money, and how to use it properly. Superannuation and plann...

Dylan Fowler is not only the man behind a massive amount of his own achievements, but also the man behind a lot of other people's as well. Dylan's main focus currently is "Limitless Performance Coaching", which as the name suggests is coaching people to their absolute potential, not just in fitness or physical pursuits, but he looks at his client's whole life and how he can help them build on it....

Talking with Sarah about a radio career she never planned—but somehow turned into nearly a decade behind the mic. We unpack the not-so-common “trifecta” hosting dynamic with Mick and Johnno, and why that unusual mix just seems to work. From life in the public eye to walking the line between authenticity and oversharing, we talk about what it's like to stay relatable on air. There’s behind-the-scen...

Talking to Matt Duggan, who recently completed a 550km run from one end of Tassie to the other. After being diagnosed at 36 with stage 3 high risk bowel cancer Matt didn't want anyone to treat him differently, he felt ashamed because the whole way along his journey he was constantly told he was too young for bowel cancer. So, he kept it to himself, very few people knew. Once that was out of the wa...

Glenn Pate, known to most as “Patey” was born with a rare heart condition called Ebstein’s anomaly, where a key valve in the heart is displaced and doesn’t function properly. This is a conversation unlike any other I've had. Ever. Patey speaks about mortality with a calm honesty that’s both confronting and deeply human. He always knew something wasn't right, then at 8 years old overheard a doctor...

Talking with Brodie as he shares his story of ICE addiction, growing up with 11 siblings and not knowing his father until his was 17 made his early years difficult. Brodie really struggled in school, and now that he is diagnosed and medicated for ADHD, he compares sending a child to school without medication for such things the same as sending a child to school without glasses Once meeting his fat...

Imagine getting asked to be in a Mr. Beast video but having to say no... Talking to Memeio, who has 1.41 million subscribers on YouTube, all of which he has amassed from playing the game "Rust". This was truly an eye (ear) opener for me learning about a world that is so foreign and so strange to the way of life that I know. To be in the top 0.06% of people in the world with more than 1 million sub...

Talking to Tom Wolfe, front man of the family band "The Wolfe Brothers" who have, among various other awards, won 15 Golden Guitars throughout their amazing career. Coming from a gene pool of musicians, the band was always destined to form into what it is today, Australia's biggest country music group. We cover the journey to get there, from playing cover songs at one of Tassie's most remote pubs...

Talking to Chris about slipping into heavy alcoholism without really realising it.  The health consequences 7 months on, of large quantities of alcohol every single day, in his case 9L of pure lemon juice and vodka. We talk about him having a fair few goes at getting sober without real help but only being able to last a couple weeks at most before everything fell apart again. The day-to-day life i...

Talking to Jacko. Takes. Photos about his Journey so far, from living in Canada, to having several go's at "content creation" before a relationship set him on a path to where he is today. Jacko definitely possesses wisdom well beyond his years, fast tracked no doubt from working in pubs both here and abroad. We talk about finding the balance of creating the things you want to create, while trying...

Talking to Ryan, a butcher, gym owner and all round legend about the many aspects and journeys of life. Most recently through his decision to walk from one end of Tassie to the other to honor a mate who he suddenly lost. We talk about Ryan feeling like the funeral was not final enough, and how he felt he had to give part of himself, he needed to push himself to physical pain to be able to move for...

In this absolutely massive 3 hour episode I'm talking with Otis Cordwell about so so SO much.  A Recent trip I did with a mate Hog deer hunting on snake Isalnd in Victoria. Shooting deer in Tasmania and some of the emotional stories we have behind them. A hunting trip Otis took to the USA hunting bear. How having a following made my journey with soberity both extremely difficult and also very very...

Talking with Karen from R.A.W who was the outreach worker that found me just before I hit my lowest with alcohol addiction and bad mental health issues. Despite me being very stand off-ish, rude, and blatantly refusing to have anything to do with her. She was ready to catch me when I did hit my lowest, and fought the hard fast battle to get me detoxed and into rehab. Discussing how she found me, h...

Talking to the amazing Kelly Hunt, affectionately known as Hooch about his amazing best friend "Mozza" who was sadly taken from us all way to soon in 2021. The impact that Mozza had on people's lives (myself included). The Beauty of music The High's and low's of social media. Fishing. Running for politics and if he'd do it again. And a hell of a lot more in between

Talking to Sonia about the sudden and tragic passing of her partner from a truck accident. Navigating the absolutely horrific time only made worse by being in the thick of covid, where Sonia faced the task of calling her daughter who was interstate to break the news. To then try to navigate organising a funeral, while supporting those close to her. Trying to deal with the possibility that her daug...

Talking to Mohamad who is the face of his Family shop, The Albert Road store about the sudden loss of his brother Ali. This is a very emotional episode where Mohamad talks about rushing to his brother's aid when he first got the call, not accepting the doctor's prediction's, right down to holding his brother while he took his final breath. Raising Ali's son, refusing to let his final ride be in a...

Battle rapping in the UK, South Africa, and Canada. Chasing the dopamine of releasing music and the connection you get from playing to a live crowd. Getting dodgey playstations and CD's into prison. Helping out the youth through support work.

Talking to Brad about his younger years with drugs, suicide, "selling his soul" working in the mines to recover from crippling debt. To life now, swinging from ropes in a harness 100+ meters above ground, welding, racecar's, racing motorbikes, and various other topics. **There are parts of this story that are extremely confronting, hearing about his best mate calling to say goodbye, and Brad rushi...

Talking to Greeley, Tasmanian hip-hop artist and recent history buff about drugs in dead pigeons, Smoking "Prison pocket weed", and other stories from Risdon prison where he wrote the album "Risdon Wisdom". The comparisons and similarities between rehab and prison. Meeting Roberta Williams and discovering she is a KERSER fan. Taking Spanian for a tour of Tassie which resulting in multiple alleged...

Talking to "Mecca", a childhood friend who I grew up with about: My Psychologist discovering the reasons for my anxiety and panic attacks being I'd trained my body to look for and create stress for content. Closing kids out to parts of my life to create videos. The neighbour that died and possibly was asking us for help that day. Construction of the new Bridgewater bridge.

Talking to my youngest sister (affectionately known as "The angry Ranga") about our upbringing, identifying my issue's, and some of the huge calls that she had to make in the attempt to get me help.

Talking to mum about my upbringing, and the years, weeks and days leading up to getting me into a detox facility and then rehab. The effects, damage, pain, and struggle to get me help. Life on the other side, once I left rehab and integrating back into the world again.