Men of Words Podcast

Got a question? Text us here and we’ll respond next ep! Mow. Our chat today is with Australian & Torres Strait Islander artists Busby Marou.  Tom Busby & Jeremy Marou are 2 parts of the all time duo, responsible for one of the all time great Triple J Like a Versions...!  The fellas are touring this year and joined us in Melbourne on the couch, decked out in the "Rockhampton safety boo...

Got a question? Text us here and we’ll respond next ep! Mow. This is the 1st of our conversations that we will be bringing to you in which we sit down together, check in with each other and have a meaningful chat. We encourage everyone else to do this when they get the chance to, it genuinely fills us up and we hope you will take something from this ep.  CW: We cover some topics in this chat that...

Got a question? Text us here and we’ll respond next ep! Mow. Our inaugural chat in the new studio is with Australian Singer Songwriter, winner of the Voice 2022 and friend of the pod, Mr. Lachie Gill.  Lach is a gem! He's an incredibly driven guy and is working hard to make his dreams of a life in music a reality.  Lach opens up about some of his insecurities and how he has struggled with his...

Got a question? Text us here and we’ll respond next ep! Mow. Today's chat is with founder of the Kindness Factory, author and soon to be legendary drummer Kath Koschel!  Kath's story is amazing. She is one of a few people to be told twice that she'll never walk again only to defy the odds, she has travelled the country on the kindness of strangers and now travels the world sharing h...

Got a question? Text us here and we’ll respond next ep! Mow. Our episode today is with AFL Footballer and advocate in the world of Mental Health, Liam Stocker. This is a big conversation. Liam has an incredible story of his Mental Health journey through his career and there’s a lot to take from this… where to begin!  Stocker is one of the most articulate people we’ve spoken to and for a young fell...

Got a question? Text us here and we’ll respond next ep! Mow. Our chat today is with Alex Johnson,  former Sydney Swan premiership player with one of the unluckiest injury records in the AFL.  We were very grateful for Alex coming to join us a couple weeks before he and his partner Zoe welcomed little Ivy into the world! SO happy for them getting another member on the team :-) Our chat goes a long...

Got a question? Text us here and we’ll respond next ep! Mow. Our boy. Sam Fischer is an Australian Singer Songwriter, we had the honour of talking to him a while back and this time we got to join him in person!  It's amazing to see the trajectory he has taken from the last time we spoke, really leaning into therapy and doing the hard work to improving his Mental Health.  We cross the board on...

Got a question? Text us here and we’ll respond next ep! Mow. Our chat today is with Australian Singer-songwriter Kita Alexander.  Kita’s is an unusual trajectory into the music industry… but once she had begun this amazing career there were more than enough roadblocks to dishearten anyone and think about giving up. Fortunately for us, Kita persists and is making great music for the people now and...

Got a question? Text us here and we’ll respond next ep! Mow. The Men of Words return... and we are very happy to be back!  After a little time off and a lot of life lived, we are returning with new episodes and some very exciting news... we are going BIG this season and bringing along some very talented friends to hopefully build the community and the impact of the podcast.  We have plenty of grea...

Got a question? Text us here and we’ll respond next ep! Mow. Hey everyone, welcome to another episode.  Today’s ep brings us the 2nd of the legends behind Keep it Cleaner, the health & wellness community & app, our guests is the the partner-in-pilates to Steph Claire Smith & CEO of their hugely successful business - Laura Henshaw.  Laura is an author, speaker, podcast host and even snu...

Got a question? Text us here and we’ll respond next ep! Mow. Pete Murray. If you've learned guitar for more than a week in Australia you've found your way to one of Pete's hits and this is a very proud chat for the Men of Words to be having!  Pete is an Australian Musician, came to music pretty late in life by industry standards when he travelled and picked up a guitar at 21. From t...

Got a question? Text us here and we’ll respond next ep! Mow. We are joined once again by founder of The Push-Up Challenge, Mr Nick. Hudson - a year after our first conversation.  Nick speaks about the terrific work that TPUC did last year in raising much needed money - in fact, JUST shy of $9,000,000 was raised last year! He speaks of the continuing efforts of the challenge and where the money rai...

Got a question? Text us here and we’ll respond next ep! Mow. Josh Pyke. Oh boy.  When we started the podcast, we made a list of dream chats. This was one that was on there and we are stoked to have. He's had a bit on the last few years...  Launched to fame around 2007 with Memories & Dust, followed by Chimney’s Afire 5 ARIA wins, 18 ARIA nominations, multiple Gold/Platinum accreditations....

Got a question? Text us here and we’ll respond next ep! Mow. Talk about an AFL legend... All Australian, Coleman Medalist, 4x premiership player and captain of the Hawks in 2017/18 (take a breath...) Jarryd Roughead!  Roughy is one of the greats of our game and we are very excited to bring this conversation to the Men of Words community. In this conversation we talk about his career, challenges th...

Got a question? Text us here and we’ll respond next ep! Mow. Today's chat is with Melbourne Rebels and Wallabies superstar, Reece Hodge.  We caught up with Reece late last year, shortly after he suffered a torn pectoral muscle that put a premature halt to his Spring Tour campaign.   We spoke about his career and how quickly things can change. Between last minute call up to play for Australia,...

Got a question? Text us here and we’ll respond next ep! Mow. Today our conversation is with Western Bulldogs premiership and B&F player Tom Liberatore. Libba is a legendary name in the world of the AFL, and Tom is one of the much loved players in the league!  Tom joined us not long after last season finished and we had an absolute ball chatting to him! We went through his early days of footbal...

Got a question? Text us here and we’ll respond next ep! Mow. Today our conversation is with Steph Claire Smith! Model, Brand Ambassador, Podcast host & founder of the health & wellness community Keep It Cleaner... Steph is already flat chat and with her little 10 month old legend Harvey in tow, we are extremely grateful she was able to join us for a conversation!!  Steph has an incredible...

Got a question? Text us here and we’ll respond next ep! Mow. Todays conversation is with meditation & mindfulness teacher, coach and founder of Mind Maverick - Janoah Van Kekem. What a chat! Janoah provides us with non stop wisdom and gives a great re-telling of how he found his way to the mindfulness space. This served as a great check-in for myself and I know that people will get a lot from...

Got a question? Text us here and we’ll respond next ep! Mow. Our 1st Women of Words chat for the year is a winner - we chat with Lola Berry!  Lola is an author, nutritionist, TV presenter, actor, yoga instructor and host her own podcast Fearlessly Failing - which if you enjoy the Men and Women of Words pods you'll LOVE it!  Lola has that thing... Liam and I both were feeling a little flat goi...

Got a question? Text us here and we’ll respond next ep! Mow. Todays chat is with CEO & Founder of The Imperfectly Perfect Campaign, Glenn Marsden.  Glenn is Business Strategist and International Guest Speaker (works with Celebrities, Miss World Contestants, Professional Athletes and Corporate Leaders) & the Imperfectly Perfect Campaign has seen over 350 of the world’s most influential peop...

Got a question? Text us here and we’ll respond next ep! Mow. Cap Carter - wow. This conversation is one of the hardest hitting, raw and honest conversations we’ve had to date.  Cap is an up and coming Australian musician from Western Sydney with a story and a half to share with you all.  From growing up and having his mum leave when he was 10, to being introduced to drugs at 12 and getting caught...

Got a question? Text us here and we’ll respond next ep! Mow. Australian singer/songwriter/producer/audio angel Georgia Mae joined us for a conversation today and she is an absolute champion!  Georgia has released her own music, worked on some amazing films & TV shows making music & SFX/sound design so knows her way around the nuts and bolts of making music and has the drive and ambition to...

Got a question? Text us here and we’ll respond next ep! Mow. We. Love. Teenage. Dads.  Jordy Finlay and Vince Kinna joined us for this conversation today from a very much still in lockdown Melbourne a few weeks ago.  These guys are mates making music with no plans to stop making more of both! They have a very clear determination and it's so great to hear each of them bounce off one another an...

Got a question? Text us here and we’ll respond next ep! Mow. In this episode, we talked to entrepreneur and founder of BIANKO Jewellery Belinda Madonini.  We love the Women of Words conversations as a way to get new perspective on Mental Health and this is a great one. Belinda has found her way in the jewellery business to have a positive impact on the Mental Health space and in particular raise m...

Got a question? Text us here and we’ll respond next ep! Mow. Today we have a conversation with Clemens Rehbein, one of the founding members and lead singer/guitarist of Milky Chance. What a band, and what a great fella for joining us for a chat!  Clemens jumped on from Germany, where they were getting warmed up for their touring starting to kick off again and we are so grateful he made the time fo...