The Do Landers

You need to listen to both the A side and the B side of the Danny Walsh album to appreciate everything that makes up this Do Landers guest. On the A side you will hear some great tunes about the boy who grew up in the home of the duck... Donald, in regional Victoria. How teachers like "Lucky Leishman" shared their wisdom in both the classroom and the pub, and how the power of music has helped Dann...

The Do Landers were honored to be asked to interview Gloria Tabi to help launch the new podcast: Voice Everyday Racism. This is the first episode of VER which will be an important platform to make visible overt, covert and structural racism in our society. It also aims to to provide connection and community support, to understand how communities deal with racism and what Australia can learn and cr...

What do the podcasts Conversations, Ladies We Need To Talk, Judith Lucy Overwhelmed and Dying, CrossBread, Unravel true crime, The Pineapple Project, Short & Curly, and The Eleventh all have in common? Kellie Riordan, that's what. Kellie is a pioneer of the podcast industry. In fact Kellie has been extracting the best out of cohorts of creatives since MP3 players and iRivers were a thing. She know...

Lucy Chen is the co-CEO of Chen Foods. In Asian culture it is very much the sons who take over the running of the family business & not the daughters, but fortunately for Chen Foods and for all of us that love dumplings, Lucy has bucked the trend. In this episode we talk to Lucy about what it has been like to take the reins of the family business and how progress and not perfection has been the fo...

Jeremy Bettle's purpose is to create elite athletic performance. In this episode we talk to Jeremy, the Director of High Performance at the Anaheim Ducks, about how he uses science, technology and psychology to unlock the best from the very best. We will find out how a young lad from Leicester made his way into the gyms, locker rooms, courts and rinks of some of the greatest sporting teams from ac...

This is Part B of our interview with Jeremy Bettle. Make sure you listen to Part A before this one!

This is the top secret Part C of our interview with Jeremy. In this Part, Jeremy talks about what Masters Athletes (40+) can do to look after themselves in terms of exercise and nutrition.

James Thornton is the group CEO of Intrepid Travel. In this episode we strap on the back pack and don the hiking boots to explore James's life and career. We trek the mountains he has climbed and travel to never seen before destinations. You will hear what it takes to become CEO at just 35, how to build a half a billion dollar business and exactly what it takes to lead through a never seen before...

Hass Dellal has dedicated his life to creating a uniquely successful multicultural Australia. At the age of 14 Hass decided to own his identity, an Australian of Turkish descent. As he says "part of belonging is owning who you are". For over 50 year Hass has worked tirelessly to bring people of many cultures together to live in a community that thrives. He was the founding executive of the Austral...

Part B of Dr Hass Dellal - make sure you listen to Part A before this one!

Lauren Foote is a world champion! A world champion at roller derby and we reckon a world champion human. In this week's episode of The Do Landers you will hear how Lauren has championed gender equity in sport from an early age and how she has become a leader in a community that celebrates diversity, and making the most of your own unique strengths. Today she is a "change our game"ambassador and wo...

Marcus Godinho is the CEO of FareShare. Over the last 14 years he has created a community of individuals, volunteers and businesses who come together to rescue surplus food, cook it into delicious and nutritious meals and feed people that have fallen on hard times. In this week's episode you will hear how Marcus decided to jump off the straight line of his career trajectory in accounting and finan...

Alison Pennington is a political economist and she does her thing in the Think Tank at the Centre for Future work. She analyses jobs, employment and what it means to live in today's economy. Her purpose is to create great idea's that deliver change and provide a more meaningful life for people. In this episode you will hear how Alison owned the problems and struggles of the working class from an e...

Lesley Hughes is a climate scientist and describes herself as an explorer. She has spent all of her life in search of the answers to how do humans, plants and animals thrive in our environment together. There wouldn't be many people across the globe that know more about climate change science than Lesley. For the last 25 years she had dedicated her life to finding the answers to how do we create a...

Nyadol Nyuon has constructed her whole identity around being strong. She had to. Nyadol was born in a refugee camp in Ethiopia, at the tender age of 4 she was separated from her mother. As a child she was enveloped in an environment full of fear, abuse and trauma. But fear, pain and loss are not Nyadol's whole story. Since arriving in Australia at the age of 18 Nyadol has been sprinting towards wh...

A patient once said this of Andrew Weickhardt: I'm sitting on the wings of angels in a never ending circle of bliss and joy. And it's all due to you and your spicy, clever and frightfully brilliant ways. You're the man, the dude, the chic researcher and clinician in your crisp grey suit. I love you and what you have done and do. Andrew is a leading oncologist and he uses cutting edge science and t...

Declan Fay does funny. He writes funny, directs funny and produces funny. In this episode you will hear how Declan kicks off his career playing a baby in Prisoner, tinkers with the idea of a career on the cello and dabbles in teaching, before realising all he wants to do is create comedy. And what amazing stuff he has created, from Rove to Ronny Chieng: International Student to the award winning p...

Rob Spurr can pull a crowd, he has played a significant role in the renewable energy space and is a creator of communities with AFL at its heart. In this episode you will hear how a young Rob and his brass quintet bring Bourke Street Mall to a stand still thanks to a bit of skill in the wind instrument department and a fish-swinging man. We will follow his career from Melboure to Sydney to Vietnam...

From an early age all Scott Tindal wanted to do was pull on the green and gold and represent Australia in Rugby union. He was well on his way when an injury crash tackled that dream. So what do you do when your body wont let you perform at the highest level? You help others get the most out of theirs, help them reach their potential and deliver elite performance. In this episode you will hear how...

Nik and Blake dissect the year that was in this episode. They discuss how the pandemic impacted the production of the podcast and the way in which it impacted guests and listeners. There's a listener call-in, along with the hopes and dreams for The Do Landers podcast in 2021.

She is both sharing it with us and the world. Doing life can be challenging at times for all of us. The pressures of school and Uni, getting our heads around teenagering. What am I going to do with my life? Bringing our best to relationships be it a daughter, son, sister, wife, husband, friend or parent. And then there is the juggle....kids, partner, parents, friends, career, everybody else and th...

What is a doer? A person that is characterised by taking action and one who gets stuff done with vigor, efficiency and purpose. Bridie ODonnell is an elite and prolific doer. In this episode you will hear how hard work, persistence, consistency and belief fuel Bridie's pursuit of her very long list of "To Do's". Bridie is a Doctor, Elite Cyclist, Teacher, Rowing Champion, Board Member, Triathlete,...

Rachel Lowry was born with the nature loving gene and today as the Chief Conservation Officer WWF Australia she leads a team whose purpose is to make the world a better place by protecting our wildlife and nature. In this episode Rachel shares with us what she is doing to educate Australians to ensure what we are doing is fair and right for the future of our planet. What Rachel does is hard work,...

How do you create a business that's purpose driven with a shared vision of more than just turning a profit? And how do you attract the brightest minds from across the globe that are focused on creating a better and more sustainable future for society and the planet. In this episode Matthew shares with us his thoughts and ideas on how to do just that. Matt provides his insight on profit with purpos...

What do you do when you realise what you are doing on a day to day basis isn't making you happy? Well, you compile a list of all of the things that inspire you and do make you happy, find the common themes and then create a business and a life centred around those things. That's how Meraki Produce was born. In this episode you hear how Jacquie Koschitzke gets her John Travolta strut on as she resi...