Imagine that suddenly you thought you were going to die. More than that, imagine you thought you actually had. And yet, you wake up, and here you are.

How would that experience change how you live out the rest of your days?

Dr Matt Morgan has witnessed this situation and heard the answer to that question many, many times - as a medical doctor of over twenty years, most of those spent in the ICU. He has collected the most profound stories and lessons from those people he has known who have had near-death experiences in his latest book A Second Act: What Nearly Dying Teaches Us About Really Living.

In this chat with Osher, he reveals the most valuable things he's learned, how they've changed his life, what he thinks is really going on during a near death experience and more.

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How you can bridge the gap between the person you are and the person you aspire to be (feat. Biggie Smalls)

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There's a fair bit about Michelle Brasier's life that doesn't seem that funny. She lost her Dad, then her brother, then was told she had a 97% chance of her own life being cut short by cancer too. Yet she's still finding humour, choosing optimism and singing just about any chance she gets.

And like, she's a very funny and talented comedian (and writer, and actor) - so yeah, there's still plenty of laughs still around.

In this very special live episode, recorded at the Factory Theatre in Marrickville, celebrating the launch of Michelle's memoir 'My Brother’s Ashes Are In A Sandwich Bag' (named one of Apple’s Best Books of 2024 and first in the list of Audible’s Top Ten Memoirs of the year 2024), Michelle discusses how she lives her life and chooses to see the world, her creative practice, and honoring people who aren't there anymore, even if they're past versions of yourself. Also some very raunchy teenage cast parties.

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This is it - Osher delivers the final part of his 25 ideas for 2025, including:

• Protecting truth in political advertising
• Teaching kids about the superpowers they all have
• Finding a better use for $14bn per year
• Building a revolutionary travel solution (that we maybe should have already started building)
• Getting real about the infrastructure we need for the future 

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Osher is joined by Dr Will Bulsiewicz (aka. Dr B), a gastroenterologist, author of the book ‘Fibre Fueled’ and founder of 38TERA daily microbe nutrition. 
He explains what a healthy gut looks and feels like, the dramatic effect it has on not just our physical but mental health, he takes a deep dive into Osher’s own experience, and he tells us the three key things your gut is crying out for - and more importantly, how to get them into us.  

Yes, this episode deals with poop. But even if you’re squeamish or don’t normally like to think about it, this is definitely a chat worth hearing. It could hold the key to changing everything about your health. 

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Feb 9 at Factory Theatre
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Ado Ferreira
Mark Sutton
Zoe Norton Lodge
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Osher's penultimate offering of ideas for 2025, featuring:

• Questioning the cost of online anonymity
• Incentivising people to commute with their own power
• Saying no more when it comes to messages that damage marginalised people
• Cutting down on compliance training
• Giving Aussie artists a better way to make the great art we need

Plus, a way to win tickets to Osher's upcoming Story Club.

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STORY CLUB, Feb 9 at Factory Theatre

Shaun Micallef
Rob Carlton
Ado Ferreira
Mark Sutton
Zoe Norton Lodge
Hosted by Osher Günsberg

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Osher speaks with Nir Ayal, an Israeli-born American author, lecturer, and investor, renowned for his expertise in behavioral design and habit formation.

When it comes to his book “Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products,” - it’s hard to overestimate the enormous influence his work has had on the user experience and product design in the tech space.

If you find yourself using an app which keeps you on there even when you want to put it down, chances are that the people who designed that app are using Nir’s four-phase model of habit formation (Trigger, Action, Variable Reward, Investment) that explains how products can create habits in users. In that book he goes into the ethics of building apps which people can’t put down - and in many ways the book he’s here to talk about today, “Indestractable” is the antithesis of that.

This conversation is packed with useful ideas, techniques and concepts to help you get your action and intentions aligned.

Nir’s books are here

An Article on Timeboxing

Exploring your Values

And a free schedule maker tool

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Rob Carlton
Ado Ferreira
Mark Sutton
Zoe Norton Lodge

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The third part of Osher's offering of ideas for the new year, including:

• The benefits of a school bus (that's not a school bus)
• Should we see 'best before' dates on more things?
• Being better informed of everyday carbon costs
• Treating pollies like parents
• Asking what prisons are really for

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As another January 26 rolls closer, so too do the questions and conversations that come with it.

This time however, even though those conversations are another year older, the sentiments seem all the more raw and inflamed.

In this episode, Osher chats co-hosts of the podcast First Things First; youth worker, author (and former Bachelorette) Brooke Blurton, and broadcaster, advocate and podcaster Matty Mills.

They discuss the current political landscape both here and abroad and how it is impacting the discussion on first nations issues, why symbols like flags matter, the place for empathy and hope, and a vision for a possible future regarding First Nations issues in Australia.

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Osher shares five more ideas for 2025, including:

• How everyone can keep the lights on
• A challenge to Aussie scientists to reduce water use
• A call to curb a common electronic annoyance
• How penalties can make companies play fair
•  How making sure teeth are cared for actually takes care of so much more

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