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⛳🎙️ GOLF CART CHRONICLES – EPISODE 4PATRICK MURDOCK – “16 GOING ON 30”He’s only 16 years old… but spend five minutes with Patrick Murdock and you’ll swear this young bloke is going on 30.Respectful. Driven. Grounded. And already trying to build something bigger than himself through junior golf at Townsville Golf Club. This episode isn’t just about golf. It’s about: ⛳ Resilience ⛳ Family hardshi...

🎙️ Episode 56: Predator on the Pulpit – Kathleen Walsh (Part 2)There are episodes you listen to…  And there are episodes that stay with you. Part 2 of Predator on the Pulpit with Kathleen Walsh takes us deeper into the lived reality of abuse, silence, and the devastating ripple effects that follow when systems fail to protect the vulnerable. Kathleen speaks with raw honesty about her childhood—abo...

🎙️ Episode 56: Predator on the Pulpit – Kathleen Walsh (Part 1) This is not an easy listen… But it’s an important one. Recorded live at C-Bar on The Strand, overlooking Magnetic Island, this episode pulls back the curtain on a story that should never have happened — and a truth that should never have been hidden. In Part 1, Buzz sits down with Kathleen Walsh — a survivor, advocate, and voice for t...

🎙️ Episode 56: Predator on the Pulpit – Kathleen Walsh (Part 1) This is not an easy listen…  But it’s an important one. Recorded live at C-Bar on The Strand, overlooking Magnetic Island, this episode pulls back the curtain on a story that should never have happened — and a truth that should never have been hidden. In Part 1, Buzz sits down with Kathleen Walsh — a survivor, advocate, and voice for...

🎙️ THE HARRY DEAKES COMEBACK – PART 1 From the edge… to a second chanceThere are episodes you record…  And then there are episodes that stay with you. This is one of them. This isn’t about fame.  This isn’t about headlines. This is about a 24-year-old bloke who went toe-to-toe with the black dog…  and somehow found his way back. Not perfectly.  Not overnight.  But day by day. Step by step.⚠️ THE R...

🎙️ Clint Mackay – Part 2 | Breath, Truth & Becoming Your Own Hero In Part 2 of this powerful conversation, Buzz sits back down with Clint Mackay — and this is where things go deeper. From the beaches of Australia to the birthplace of yoga in India, Clint shares how his journey through injury, pain, and self-discovery opened his eyes to a completely different way of living. This episode dives i...

🔥 EPISODE 52 – PART 3 (FINAL): REN PEDERSEN OAM 🎙️ Pain Into Purpose – The Final ChapterThis is it, legends… the final chapter of one of the most powerful stories ever told on Who Is Your Hero .If you’ve followed Part 1 and Part 2 , you already know — this isn’t just a podcast… this is a journey. A journey through:  💔 heartbreak  💪 resilience  👨‍👧 fatherhood  🔥 purpose  🇦🇺 mateship  …and wha...

E pisode 52 – Ren Pedersen (Part 2): Pain into Purpose In Part 2 of this powerful conversation, Buzz sits back down with Ren Pedersen to go deeper into the mission, the mindset, and the fight that grew from unimaginable loss. After sharing the heartbreak of losing his daughter Amy to DIPG in Part 1, Ren now opens up about what came next — rebuilding after devastation, recalibrating through divorce...

Episode 54 – Clint Mackay (Part 1): From Pain to Presence – Breath, Tribe & Awakening In Part 1 of this powerful chat, Buzz sits down with Clint Mackay — son of Greg Mackay, a man known for grit, storytelling and never giving up — for a deep conversation about family, toughness, pain, purpose and waking up to life. Clint opens up about growing up in the Mackay tribe, the lessons his father pas...

pisode Name Episode 53: Kara Robinson — Laughter, Service & Shellshocked Comedy Buzzsprout DescriptionWhat happens when comedy becomes more than just a laugh? In Episode 53 of Who Is Your Hero , Buzz sits down with Kara Robinson — Brisbane comedian, community-minded storyteller, and a driving force behind Shellshocked Comedy , a project helping veterans and their families reconnect through hum...

Episode 52 – Ren Pedersen (Part 1): Pain Into Purpose In this deeply moving episode of Who Is Your Hero , Buzz sits down with Ren Pedersen at the C-Bar in Townsville for one of the most powerful conversations yet. Ren is many things — a Burdekin local, a crane driver, a father, and a man who has lived through every parent’s worst nightmare. After losing his young daughter Amy to DIPG , one of the...

🎙️ EPISODE BLOG — WHO IS YOUR HERO “The One We Couldn’t Cut” Some episodes you plan…  Some you structure…  Some you split into clean little parts so they fit nice and tidy…👉 This wasn’t one of them. This episode…  Just kept going — and for all the right reasons. Because when the conversation is real…  When the walls come down…  When truth starts flowing without filters…You don’t interrupt that. Y...

Episode 50Awakenings In Real Life – Dan Cohen (Part 2)What if the person you thought you lost… was still there? In Part 2 of our powerful conversation with Dan Cohen , author of Awakenings In Real Life, we dive deeper into the extraordinary moments that inspired his book and the lessons that came from witnessing his father’s awakening from dementia. After years in the grip of dementia, Dan experie...

Front Porch America – Rick White (Part 3)Episode 49 – Who Is Your HeroSometimes the best conversations in life don’t happen in boardrooms, studios, or big stages. They happen on a front porch .A place where people sit down, slow down, and finally tell the stories that matter. In Episode 49 of Who Is Your Hero , Buzz continues his powerful conversation with Rick White , host of the podcast Front Po...

What happens when someone you love slowly disappears… and then suddenly comes back? In this powerful episode of Who Is Your Hero , Buzz sits down with Dan Cohen , author of the memoir Awakenings In Real Life and host of the podcast of the same name. Dan shares the deeply personal story of his father, Herbie — a loving, larger-than-life man who spent years battling dementia after suffering a stroke...

Episode 49 – Rick White (Part 2)Front Porch America | Different Countries. Same Mission. What happens when two podcasters from opposite sides of the world realise they’re chasing the exact same thing? In Part 2 of this powerful conversation , Matthew “Buzz” Fidler sits down again with Rick White , host of the American podcast Front Porch America .Buzz is in Australia.  Rick is in Kentucky, USA.The...

Episode 48 – Tim McKee (Part 2) | Standards, Service & Second Chances In Part 2 of the Tim McKee story, the conversation moves beyond career and into the deeper question of why some people choose a life of service. Tim McKee isn’t a man who chased recognition. He simply kept showing up. For decades, Tim has quietly helped shape the Townsville community through law, mentorship, Rotary, Apex, an...

Episode 49 – Rick White (Part 1) Front Porch America | Different Countries. Same Mission. It’s 1:00am in Australia. Morning in Kentucky. Different hemispheres — same belief. In Part 1 of this powerful international crossover, Buzz sits down with Rick White, founder of Front Porch America, a podcast built on one simple idea: people deserve to be heard. Rick didn’t start with a blueprint. No product...

Episode 48 – Tim McKee (Part 1) Standards, Service & Second Chances Some men are forged quietly. Not by spotlight. Not by applause. But by responsibility. In this powerful Part 1 conversation, Buzz sits down with Townsville’s own Tim McKee — not to talk about titles, but to uncover the foundations behind a life built on service, standards, and duty. From a young boy learning gratitude from his...

Episode 47: Roland Allbrook — Ink Across Empires (Part 2) Who Is Your Hero with Buzz (Matthew Fidler) Welcome back legends — this is Part 2 of my sit-down with Roland Allbrook, and I’m telling you now… this one goes deeper. Roland’s memoir “Ink Across Empires” isn’t a victory lap. It’s not nostalgia. It’s not propaganda. It’s a raw, honest reflection on empire, identity, power, culture, youth, ego...

🎙️ Episode 47 – Roland Allbrook (Part 1) Empire, Boarding School & The Blindfolded Boy This episode is different. No hype. No outrage clips. No culture-war bait. Just a manuscript. In Episode 47 (Part 1), I sit down with Roland Allbrook — a man I first met in West New Britain, Papua New Guinea, between Kimbe and Rabaul. We were both teaching there between 2017 and 2020. I was teaching construc...

Episode 46: Brady Gunn — Standing Alone What does real courage look like? Not the loud kind. Not the social media kind. Not the “I told you so” kind. The quiet kind. The kind where a man stands in a park… alone… for nearly three months… before anyone stands beside him. In Episode 46 of Who Is Your Hero, Buzz sits down with Brady Gunn — founder of Stand In The Park — for a conversation that goes fa...

Rock Bottom to Real Talk: Dane Miller (Part 2) — Pottsville Part 2 hits different, legends… this is where the story gets raw and a bit teary. Dane takes us back to the years after moving to Melbourne — the loneliness, the chronic depression he didn’t even recognise at first (sleeping 18 hours a day and thinking he was physically dying), and the way quick labels and quick fixes can numb a bloke ins...

Rock Bottom to Real Talk: Dane Miller (Part 1) When Drift Turns Into Decision There’s a moment in every man’s life where he either keeps drifting… or draws a line in the sand. Episode 45 of Who Is Your Hero isn’t about success. It’s about survival. It’s about how easy it is to lose direction when you’re young, adapting, trying to fit in, trying to belong — and sometimes rebelling against systems y...

🐎 Episode 44 – Horses Don’t Lie (Part 2) Pause. Breath. Freedom. Part 2 of this conversation goes somewhere different. If Part 1 was about survival — anxiety, addiction, and the weight people carry quietly — Part 2 is about what comes after. What happens when you stop pushing, stop forcing, and finally learn to pause. In this episode, Buzz and Kim Daley explore freedom — not the loud, flashy kind...