Better Than Yesterday with Osher Günsberg

Ben St. Lawrence is an Australian middle-distance runner, a two-time Olympian and an all around interesting guy.

We met at a Story Club show, one of his friends came up and said “hey you should get Ben on the podcast!” and we exchanged email addresses and then we were able to make it happen.

Ben’s not the first Olympian I’ve had on the show, however his story - his particular triumph over adversity and refocus of his life is one worth hearing.

He came to our old place in Bondi just before we moved out, where we talked about finding the thing you were good at, then finding out you were also good at drinking heavily and sleeping in, and then deciding that you’d prefer to do one and not the other.

It’s a great story.

Find him on twitter @bennysaint and let him know you heard him here.

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Michael Beveridge is an Australian radio broadcaster who is known to breakfast audiences from his national weekend show, and night audiences from You Tube Hits which he hosted up until the end of 2016.

Originally coming to the attention of Australians from his stint on Big Brother, Michael is prolifically funny on twitter @Mickyb273 - he and I caught up in Melbourne late 2016 when he was in a bit of limbo as often happens in the world of radio. His employment status comes up quite bit during the conversation, and it’s important for you to hear because unemployment or underemployment is a common theme in my industry. In TV we work for ten-twelve weeks at a time with no guarantee of coming back next season - and in radio you’re only as good as your last survey, so the Centerlink is always on your mind.

Michael is an incredibly funny man, he’s astonishingly smart and a quicker than I could possibly fathom.

Enjoy this chat on a sunny Melbourne day with Michael Beveridge.

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Laura Kmetko is an Australian Circus Performer who’s currently a part of the Cirque Du Soleil production of “Kooza” which is currently in Melbourne before moving on to Perth in April.

Even though she’s been with Cirque for many years, this is her first time performing in Australia.

We went along to the show in Sydney last year and it was incredible.

I’ve seen a number of Cirque Du Soleil shows - including a few in Las Vegas in the permanently installed theatres constructed specifically for the productions.

It’s worth going to Vegas to check those out - no need to gamble or go to nightclubs.

We met Laura Backstage in Sydney and she agreed to come on the podcast, it was great to have a chat with​​ someone who’s found a way to make her passion her career.

Go and see the show if you can. It’s fantastic.

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Peter Helliar is an Australian comedian best known as the bloke on the end of the desk every night on the news program “The Project”. 

He’s also a producer, a director, a writer and an actor. 

He’s a mad football fan, a loving and devoted father, and someone who’s worked very, very hard to be where he is. 

I was so happy that he came around to our old place in Bondi - he’s one of the busiest people on the planet, so to get this much of his time was superb. 

Enjoy this chat with Peter Helliar.

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It's holiday time and my podcast team are on a break. 

So here's a show I prepared earlier, but a show you've probably not heard. 

An exclusive patreon-only episode with Dr.Karl.

If you like what you hear, for as little as $5 a month you can support the show and hear more chats like this, plus an exclusive check-in feed. 

Have a great NYE. 

Bring on 2017

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Zoe Norton Lodge is a published author, actor, and storyteller from Sydney Australia. She’s one of the people behind the wildly successful “Story Club” which happens in Sydney at the Giant Dwarf Theatre and also on the Story Club podcast. 

She’s also a performer/presenter on The Checkout - the consumer affairs show on the ABC here in Australia that is produced by the team from The Chaser.

Zoe has a big role in my life, as it’s because of her that I was able to first speak about my run-ins with psychosis in a public way, in a format and forum that made sense. 

She’s incredibly intelligent, very very funny and quite wonderful to be around. 

Zoe’s book is called “Almost Sincerely” and is available where all books are bought - 

Find her on twitter @zoenl is her handle. 

Let her know you heard her here. 

Enjoy me and Zoe getting hassled by Frank my dog in my living room in Bondi just before we moved out.

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David Hunt (@DavidHuntGirt on Twitter) is an Author, Historian and comedian. His latest book “True Girt” is out now, the follow up to “Girt” which I read last summer.

It’s a "laugh-out-loud because you can’t do anything else" account of the dark underbelly of Australian history.

David’s first book “Girt” was the basis of the brilliant podcast with Dom Knight “Rum, Rebels and Ratbags” which is still around.

If there’s someone in your life that appreciates a good chuckle while looking at ourselves - Girt and True Girt should definitely be on your Christmas list.

Why I love David’s writing is because he tells Australian history from a modern perspective. One that’s not the tale I heard in primary school, where the British came to Australia and saved the savages from their primitive ways.

His descriptions of the corruption, nepotism and cronyism of the early incarnations of our political systems are gobsmacking. 

The way he discusses how the Aboriginal people were treated is written in a “you’re laughing because if you didn’t laugh you’d weep at the tragedy of their plight” kind of way.

I can’t recommend his books highly enough - a great gift for the coalition voter in your life - because in my experience you can actually change minds if you make people laugh while you’re challenging their rusted on point of view.

Also make sure you listen to Rum Rebels and Ratbags this week.

So with that, enjoy this coffee-filled dive into our very recent past with Mr David Hunt.

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Phoebe Dunn (twitter.com/@phoebeAGF) is the CEO of the Amy Gillett foundation.

They’re the people that are behind the “a metre matters” bicycle safety campaign in Australia.

She’s a very accomplished person, having worked as a lawyer, for the Federal Government as an advisor to the Federal Attorney-General and National Security advisor, and on the state level as Chief Of Staff for the Victorian Government.

Phoebe and I met on the weekend that we went down to Lorne in Victoria to ride in Amy’s Gran Fondo - a 120km ride through the mountains behind Lorne and Apollo bay including a 30km stretch along the fully closed Great Ocean Road.

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