Over the Back Fence

This week Nicola and Di chat with award-winning author Annabel Abbs about her incredible new book Sleepless . Annabel has written both novels and non-fiction books, which have been published internationally in 30 languages. Her latest book Sleepless gives a refreshing and positive new take on sleepless nights and how we can all discover the power of our night self. In this conversation, Annabel sh...

This week Nicola and Di chat with the wonderfully talented Matilda Brown. Matilda is an actress, writer and director turned entrepreneur, who now spends her time running her meaningful and successful online business, The Good Farm Shop , with her husband Scott. They provide organic ready-made meals sourced from regenerative farms, which are delicious, healthy and ethical. Matilda is also the daugh...

This week Nicola and Di chat with the uplifting and inspiring Steffani LeFevour. Steff is one of the world’s top happiness coaches, a best selling author, international speaker and master at manifesting. She’s also a wife and mother of two kids.   In this conversation Steff shares some really practical tips for how you can manifest your deepest desires, as well as why she believes so many people a...

This week Nicola and Di chat with clinical nutritionist, author and TV presenter Sarah Di Lorenzo. Sarah has a wonderfully holistic approach, and has spent her life helping rejuvenate the health of Australians of all ages. She’s the author of 4 best-selling cookbooks, including The 10:10 Plan and The 10:10 Recipe Book. Sarah is also known for her work on Channel 7’s Sunrise, where she’s been the r...

This week Di and Nicola chat with the hilarious and uplifting Kathy Lette. Kathy is a celebrated comic writer who has penned 20 novels, many of which have become international bestsellers and been turned into films, TV series and even an opera. Kathy’s career began when she wrote the iconic novel Puberty Blues when she was just 17. She went on to do stints as a singer, a newspaper columnist and a...

This week Nicola and Di chat with longevity coach, author of Your Exceptional Life and podcaster, Marcus Pearce. This is such a fun and lively conversation full of incredible tips for how you can live an exceptional life. Marcus is a journalist, who has been studying longevity and blue zones for years - in fact, his podcast 100 Not Out has been going for more than a decade and has over a million d...

We have a bonus episode for you this week as Di and Nicola sit down with two wonderful women, Marcella Zemanek and Sue-Ellan Vasiliou to hear about their stories from grief to giving. Marcella and Sue-Ellan both lost loved ones to brain cancer, and they’re now passionate about raising money for brain cancer research and doing their part to support other families who are going through a similar jou...

This week Nicola and Di chat with Australian food icon and restaurant royalty, Matt Moran. Matt is best known for the incredible restaurants he’s created, including Chiswick, North Bondi Fish, The Opera Bar, and of course the stand out of them all, Aria - and that’s only a handful from a very long list. But it’s not only his restaurants that make Matt an icon, he’s also worked on 12 popular TV sho...

This week Nicola and Di chat with the fascinating travel expert, Captain Greg Fitzgerald. Greg had an incredible career with Qantas, where he flew for 35 years. He was involved in some pretty amazing flights during that time and shares with us some great stories. After retiring from Qantas during the pandemic, Greg was offered the opportunity to work with Antarctica Flights and provide historical...

This week Nicola and Di chat with the absolutely amazing Dr. Gladys McGarey. Gladys is a 103 year-old holistic doctor, who’s written several books and has so much wisdom to share. Her latest book, The Well-Lived Life, has become Nicola and Di’s bible and is full of Dr. Gladys’ secrets for living a healthy and happy life.  In this chat Gladys shares some incredible stories of what it was like growi...

This week Nicola and Di chat to the inspiring Lisa Greenberg about her journey from alcohol addiction to sobriety. Lisa is a fitness professional, wife of former NRL CEO Todd Greenberg, mother of 2 wonderful children and as we hear in this interview, soon to be grandmother. From the outside, Lisa’s life looked pretty perfect. She had the waterfront home, the BMW, the designer wardrobe and was walk...

Welcome back to Season 2! Nicola and Di are so excited to be back with the first of many inspiring guests they have lined up for you in 2024. This week we kick off the new season with the utterly amazing David The Medium. David has a true gift and is able to  connect with those who have departed the physical world and crossed into the afterlife. He’s able to hear, see and feel their presence and p...

Join Nicola and Di this week as they reflect back on their first year of podcasting and the incredible guests they’ve had through the doors so far. They’ve been lucky enough to chat to comedians, journalists, musicians, doctors, vets, actors, philanthropists, artists, humanitarians, life coaches, models, entrepreneurs and the list goes on. It’s true what they say, variety really is the spice of li...

This week Di and Nicola chat to the multi-talented and effervescent, Christian Wilkins. Many of our listeners would already know Christian - he’s an entertainer, actor, model, singer, dancer, fashion icon and now he’s the author of a new book - Princess Mitchell. All of that and he’s only 28! And of course, he’s also a special member of the OTBF family, being the son of Nicola’s partner, Richard W...

This week Di and Nicola chat to the remarkable and inspiring Dr. Daniel Nour. Daniel is best known as the founder of Street Side Medics, a mobile medical clinic delivering healthcare services to the homeless. In 2022, Daniel was named Young Australian of The Year in recognition of the service he delivers through Street Side Medics to the most vulnerable members of our community. He truly is an ang...

This week Di and Nicola chat to the fun and mega-talented Catherine Alcorn. Catherine is a multi award-winning artist, vocalist, cabaret star, entertainer, comedian, presenter, and producer - there’s not a lot this woman can’t do! She’s best known for her powerhouse vocals, channeling Bette Midler in her most famous role, which won her the Best Cabaret Production in the 2018 Broadway World Awards....

This week Di and Nicola chat to the incredibly dynamic, Zora Benhamou. Zora is a gerontologist and biohacker, who’s an expert in longevity and how to optimise your health. More recently, Zora has specialised in menopause and she loves to educate, support and empower women to transform their physiology and menopause experience. Not only that, Zora is a mother to 2 amazing adult children and a true...

This week Di and Nicola chat to the dynamic and multi-talented Jules Robinson. Many of you would know Jules from her time on Married at First Sight in 2019, when she met and married the love of her life Cam. However her stint on MAFs is just one small part of a wonderfully full and interesting life that Jules has created for herself. Jules is an entrepreneur and founder of shapewear brand Figur, f...

This week Nicola and Di chat to the incredible story teller, Tim Olsen. Tim is one of Australia’s most recognised and respected art identities, successful gallery owner and prize winning author. He is also the son of one of Australia’s most famous artists, John Olsen.  In this episode, Tim shares what it was like living under the shadow of his father and how he had to fight hard to make a name for...

This week Di and Nicola chat to their producer Sam Thomas, who jumps over the fence in this episode to join them behind the microphone. Sam is a life coach and professional speaker, who loves helping people improve the relationship they have with themselves.  Sam met Nicola and Di when they came to stay at a health retreat she was working at in Phuket. Who knew that a beautiful connection that sta...

This week Nicola and Di chat with the inspiring and generous Tina Nettlefold. Tina is a full time philanthropist, who reinvented herself in her 60s and founded T.House - a luxury Australian homewares brand that donates 100% of their profits to charity. Tina is a fabulous storyteller, and this episode is packed full of great stories from her life.  We hear all about Tina’s love life and how it real...

This week we are delighted to speak with the refreshing and inspiring Brigitte Warne. Brigitte is a successful model and entrepreneur both in Australia and internationally. When Brigitte was just 25, she saw a huge gap in the market and a lack of representation for older aged models and decided to start Silverfox MGMT - Australia’s first modelling agency representing models over the age of 30. Sin...

This week we get to share in the laughs with Di and Nicola as they catch up on Nicola’s latest European adventure and Di’s spring skiing trip to Thredbo - from jet skiing and super yachts to grounding and icy dips in the river, it’s always fun to hear what they’ve been up to. After that, Di and Nicola chat with the passionate and inspiring Mandy Spooner about simple changes you can make to contrib...

This week is a special episode where we are doubling up the fun with 2 incredible guests, Dr. Tim Sharp and Muffy Churches. Dr. Tim Sharp aka Dr. Happy is an internationally renowned leader in the field of positive psychology. He’s a writer, a coach, a keynote speaker, a professor and the founder of The Happiness Institute. Muffy Churches is a leading performance coach, a keynote speaker, an autho...

This week’s episode is with the talented and inspiring Deb Coffey. Deb has had a remarkable career within the world of fashion, lifestyle and interiors. Deb spent many years as a journalist, helping people navigate style through the various publications she worked for such as The Sun-Herald , The Sunday Telegraph , Elle Magazine , Cosmopolitan , The Australian Magazine and Vogue . She then went on...