Podvan Podcast with Rabbit

I once saw a lady walking down my driveway and thought she was a massive celebrity. Turns out, she was just the face on every real estate billboard around our place. This is a ripper of a conversation with someone who knows exactly what happens when the market goes dead, when buyers pull out three days after auction, and why your dog might be costing you the sale. Liz has been selling houses aroun...

Today is the release day for Julie's brand new cookbook Home for Dinner . And you can win a copy for yourself on the ⁠Podvan Socials right now! This one's quite different. It's not just recipes. It's about bringing people back to the table, taking the stress out of cooking, and making dinner time something you actually look forward to. Jules walks us through the strategies, the sho...

Mark was a chippy for 27 years. Then redundancy hit, and now he delivers flowers, sings Happy Birthday and dishes out hugs to strangers. His wife Danielle has been a florist for 30 years. She's the one who builds the arrangements. He's the one who takes them to people's doors, knowing which face to wear - depending on whether it's an anniversary, a birthday, or someone's cat ju...

An 18 year old walks into Pepsi with a resume and walks out with a 28k salary, a blue wagon, and a massive lesson in how to sell. That's Adam from RukSak . He's been in the Podvan before (way back, maybe around episode 4?), and is the kind of guy who sells a TV project to Disney from his dining room table at Long Jetty, paints the world's largest grass signage, and now helps businesses...

Mick Morley's dad had a heart attack and passed away on a soccer field 40 years ago. And recently, Mick nearly had the exact same thing happen - on the exact same oval! Six weeks ago, Mick walked into his GP with a bit of tightness in his chest. Nothing dramatic. Still working, still coaching juniors... A couple of weeks ago, he's finished two procedures, a diamond-tipped drill sent up thr...

Jules just spent a month travelling around Australia in a caravan her grandfather built in 1956. But this isn't some restored vintage van. It's a family heirloom that's been maintained for 70 years, and it only still exists because her grandfather passed away before he could build the next one. Julie and Mick recreated its maiden voyage, and along the way she uncovered photos, stories,...

My guest literally came from next door. Jacinda is a tattoo artist who's done everything from emotional memorial pieces to covering up someone's drunken "Corona" leg tattoo. (Written on the leg twice, because the first one "wasn't quite right") We talk about the weirdest requests she's had (yes, people ask to get 🍆 tattooed), the body parts that hurt the most,...

You've seen the videos. You've heard the voice. But who is the guy behind Coast Revealed ? I finally got to sit down with Manuel Romero, the Guatemalan who turned up in Australia with a backpack, a broken heart, and no idea where the Opera House was. The rest of that story is CRAZY! Now he runs one of the Central Coast's most-loved Instagram pages, posting three unedited videos a day o...

HEAVY LANGUAGE WARNING!!! I'd like you to meet my brother and sisters! We all got together to celebrate Dad's 70th birthday – and we've got some stories! Getting Sue Poo, Brutha Vinnie, Nat The Brat and I together in one room is always a bit of an occasion. Lots of laughs - and foul-mouthed fun! (Vince 👀) We go through a bunch of memories that have stuck with us over the years, and reminisce abou...

Donna works for a service called Driving Miss Daisy, and her stories are great! She picks up her clients for shopping, appointments, social outings... (and a couple of other things she's been to - which are pretty awesome!) But it's not just about getting from A to B. It's about companionship. We talk about the bonds she forms with her clients (and how important it is to keep professio...

This episode is a straight-up rollercoaster!! Jules and I jumped on a Zoom call for a bit of a catch up, and she absolutely left my jaw on the floor with a random story that came out of nowhere - that she's never told before! There's so much that I could say here to give it context, but you really have to hear the way Jules tells the story and come along on the rollercoaster ride. It involves a ma...

For something different - I'm flying solo this week, and I've got a LOT to fill you in on. I've been in New Zealand for the past week visiting family, and while I can't go into all the personal stuff just yet, I figured I'd take you through some of the nutty stuff I discovered. Exhibit A: my wife's cousin runs a water blasting operation working on helicopters and in the gol...

Two Indian blokes walked past the Podvan while I was recording with Billy Mac, and what started as a casual chat turned into one of the most eye-opening conversations I've had on the podcast! Jag and Lakshman are from a country of 1.46 billion people!! (Whaaaaaat?!?) We chat through the biggest differences between Indian and Australian culture, cricket obsession, the constant friendliness of I...

I've been quietly building something for the last year. It launches on July 1st. And I'm absolutely terrified. Edit the Pod is an online podcast editing site that does all the heavy lifting before you even open the project. You upload your recording (audio or video) and behind the scenes it's transcribing, working out who's talking when, automatically cutting the camera angles if i...

Billy Mac is back! Last time we talked trauma, footy, and what it's really like to carry PTSD for decades. This time we get into what happens to the people around you when you're living with it. Warning: There's a story early on about a baby seat he found in a car accident. It's really heavy (we don't go into details - but and can easily skip past that bit), but it stayed with...

When your homebrew hobby wins competitions, you might think: I could do this for a living! Well... Chris thought that. What followed was 13 years of growth, a stunning new venue, and then a twist they just didn't see coming. Today, I'm sitting down with Chris and Sharon, the owners of Six String Brewing Co , to talk about what happens when demand suddenly disappears, when costs triple duri...

Last year, I got diagnosed with ADHD, and it explains literally everything. If you liked last week's episode with my guest Kylie (KK), you'll enjoy this one. We started chatting about my diagnosis. It turns out I've spent my entire life running on ADHD energy without knowing it. The psychiatrist told me I've essentially forged an entire career out of it. Which, when you think about...

In this sprawling, hilarious, and surprisingly moving conversation, I catch up with a long-time mate from Adelaide radio days who (in her new job) has learned to castrate goats, keep bees, run three massive fundraising gala balls, and personally escort a fugitive through Cambodia - all while never missing a single sports day for her kids. The story is awesome. 10 years ago, our mate Cosi started a...

What happens when a Canadian psychologist becomes a high school teacher on the Central Coast and decides her Year 9 students need to see the world? That's Brenda's story, and it's the kind of thing that makes you wonder why more people aren't doing this. (I reckon you'll love this episode!) Brenda's been organising community give-back trips for her students – building house...

Julie Goodwin walked into Donut King, ordered a coffee and two cinnamon donuts, and was immediately offended. This story is soooo funny! In today's episode, we get into blood tests, sleep deprivation, and the utter chaos of watching a five-year-old play soccer - while totally distracted by something way more interesting... Julie also shares something genuinely useful about how she tests her re...

What do a teenager with swimming goggles, a half-eaten Nutella cruffin, and a 20yr old x-ray result all have in common? They all turned up in one conversation with my daughter Tiana, and every single one of them broke my brain a little. Have you seen any kids wandering around shopping centres with swimming goggles around their necks? We can explain it! We also talk about a kinda secret (and awesom...

This one starts with a warning… and a story that sounds like it belongs in a crime scene, not a bathroom. Kyla from Cakes By Kyla jumps back into the van, and within minutes we’re talking about the recent moment she blacked out, hit the floor, and woke up surrounded by blood with no idea how she got there. It’s hectic, a bit scary, and somehow still very Kyla. But underneath that story is somethin...

If your kid has ever picked up a clarinet… there’s a fair chance this bloke had something to do with it. Rowan McBride joins me in the van, and if you grew up on the Central Coast, you probably already know his name. He’s been running school band programs for over 20 years, shaping thousands of young musicians and watching everything from first-day squeaks to full-blown “that was the best thing I’...

I asked for driving stories… and got everything from written-off cars to someone literally driving into a fridge. This one’s a bit different. You’ll hear from Leanne, Karen, Britney, Katrina and Harrison as I jump on the phone and collect some absolute ripper stories about getting your Ls, Ps and everything that can go wrong in between. It all started with my daughter getting her Ls and our first...

I did not expect to be talking about sexy cockroaches today… but here we are. This week, I'm joined by the absolutely brilliant Ed and Amanda from the Not Quite Right podcast, and we get into some pretty wild territory! They're here to chat about their latest project, "Flesh Fiction" – a writing competition and now a book that challenged authors to make the unsexy, utterly irresi...