A Passionate Inquiry

Yet another pod from a character in the door-knocking days!! 

Jade and I joined at a similar time and, early on, were flown up to Brisbane together for a week of checking out how different agencies do things. A unique and awesome opportunity which facilitated a friendship that likely wouldn't have existed otherwise (due purely to logistics).

Anyways, the door-knocking industry is undoubtedly a wild ride for anyone who chooses it... and with me being well and truly out of it, it was intriguing to discuss this youthful stage of life under the umbrella of that big question: ‘Is this the right path for me?’

A week after our conversation Jade has made significant changes which is fascinating to watch. Keeping an eye out for part 2 in a year maybe hahaha!

Foolishly, I hadn’t fully charged one of the audio devices and this episode, as the longest pod to date, had its final 10 minutes cut off. So, to Jade, apologies bro:/

To anyone else: Enjoy:)

Benson and I have also knocked a helluva lot of doors together!!

A lovely Italian boy hahaha... Benson, like all of us, has been on his boy-to-man journey through different career paths and, now, a wildly maturing relationship with a woman who brings two young kids to the table.

Such interesting insights from quite a unique position in the scope of my social circle. Not to be outdone by plenty of wild gossiping about our shared old job lol.

Anyways, it was a pleasure to listen and get the full details of the story which made the man he is today. 

A Humble Hulk.

Thanks Bens ❤

Jamie and I met last year doing door-knocking sales and, well, there are few work environments that rival that one for making strong connections.

That being said, throughout the thousands of doors knocked from opposing sides of the street… up until this chat I actually knew so little of Jamie’s story.

I only knew the core character which always shines to the surface no matter the context.

Hopefully here, telling his story, that character is reflected as much and as well as I have always seen it.

Thanks for sharing big dawg!!

Enjoy:)

My Nanna!!

Having grown up close but not as close as might have otherwise been the vase with Nanna, her stories and character was always placed somewhat at a distance.

Despite this interview really going into the weeds at times, that was exactly my selfish intention lol!

To really squeeze as many details out as possible to develop the highest possible resolution image. And I can say listening back weeks after recording, I am so glad to have such a long convo here, primed and ready to show future generations!!

Known to me as ‘Uncle Jack’, Waifro is the uncle of Kimberlie Brown’s (Episode #21) partner Robbie.

Being 90, the time to capture his stories, in his own voice, is clearly sooner rather than later… so here we go!

I had never actually met Jack until 5 mins before rolling the camera and was pleasantly surprised at the strong will which runs through his story. A central spine of hard work for hard work’s sake. A recipe seemingly counter-intuitive to modern sensibilities. In a world now that  doesn’t enforce hard work as the cost of one’s survival, it’s interesting to me to consider its place for the individual…

Evidently, at least as far as the survival instinct is concerned, working full-boil for 80+ years seems to have worked for Jack!

My little sister Charlotte returns to the pod for a more normal chat and life update!

With her having started work at a funeral home, we discuss the ins and outs of what morticians actually do.

Further yarns about relationships and literature were also had.

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After a decent uploading break very glad to have the pod back out there!!

I have known Daniel briefly and really hadn't even conversed much with him before inviting him onto the pod as I knew his was a story I wanted to learn more about... Sure enough, it did not disappoint!

Daniel is the chaplain coordinator of my University in Sydney, so is essentially attempting to offer the best support for 48,000 student's spiritual lives.

The primary way this is achieved is through a free food program which I attend most Wednesday evenings after class. On offer is a really superb and gourmet meal with fine ingredients. This is done by Daniel and his team of volunteers en masse, consistently, and with a smile.

Anyways, the journey of becoming the man I now have the pleasure of being served dinner by, tracks across continents, and weaves through the spiritual depths of many encountered souls.

I will be coming back to this capturing of his story, as a source of wisdom, well into the future, I have little doubt.

Thanks again Dan!!

Enjoy:)

Grandma joins for her THIRD ep in which she was far more comfortable on the mic lol

I have moved away but decided to come down and visit, arriving unannounced for a family weekend. 

Was a lot of fun and obviously very special. 

Super grateful to have this platform that hopefully will still be accessible in years and decades to come as a safeguard of these memories.

As we'd previously dissected most of her life story in the previous two episodes... this one featured a death discussion to begin and veered into specific memories of some of the highlights of her life, her own grandparents, and even some philosophising which is a rare treat from her.

Shoutout to anyone (or version of me) from afar time or space-wise who might watch this... Grandma's a legend ay!

Dan is the leader of a Bible study group at my uni. Having always been curious about this book and its incomprehensible impact on the world we live in, I have been going along for a listen.

Not necessarily the space to ask all the weird and whacky questions I tend to have... I figured a pod ep is probably the due course of action.

For anyone who may be curious as to what the religion which lies near the base foundations of our civilisation is all about... 

Thanks again Dan!

...and Enjoy:)

Xav was our first ever episode and has since joined for three boys eps on our recent Latin America trip.

One of my favourite humans and one I intend to stay close to for many years to come... in our first interview we merely glazed over the story of his journey through Christianity.

Many listeners mentioned to me how they would have loved to unpack that particular chapter further.

And so, this is it!!

An initial 40ish minutes of us speaking spiritual stuff, Xav then told the story of his intense relationship with God, in detail for the first time.

Feel very honoured to have heard this and then to have it recorded to be able to share to anyone else who may gain value from it.

Anyways,

Enjoy:)