What would you do if you had nothing to prove?

If you were free to make any project you liked, in whatever shape you liked, to reflect your experience in that moment?

Better yet - what if you got to do all of this with a close mate you’ve known for over 20 years?

That pretty much describes the conversation Osher has around the new music from Bernard Fanning and Paul Dempsey.

Two seminal Australian singer songwriters, they both have enormous careers and a legacy of music which has been the soundtrack to Australian life for nearly 30 years.

Yet when they team up - the music they make sounds nothing like Powderfinger or Something for Kate - yet is still so very distinctly them.

The new album is “The Deluge” - “Fanning Dempsey National Park”.

Are touring in Oct - OG will see you there.

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In today’s instalment of Osher’s 101 Rules of Show Business, he explores a rule taught to him by Charlie Clausen (TOFOP, Home and Away, DadPod.)

It’s not exclusive to entertainment, and it works everywhere because decisive execution is the difference between an idea and a result.

Say you’re pitching Netflix your fake news show.

You’re in the meeting, you show them the reel, you answer their questions really well - If they love it, you’ll know pretty quickly.

Sometimes in the room, sometimes the next day.

However.

Every day that passes is a clue that there’s something else going on…

Luckily there’s a way to handle that outcome, which you’ll learn today along with four other vital bits of guidance for life in the entertainment industry (or any other industry for that matter).

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Following Maggie Dent’s appearance on the show this week - Osher takes a moment to reflect on what it even means to be a man in 2024.

The way we have reframed the role and place of women in our community gives us a far more wonderful world to be in than 30, 50 or 100 years ago.

For all of us.

Feminism has given women the choice to be feminine, masculine, a CEO, a stay at home mum, girly, sexual, powerful, none of the above or all of the above, each of those choices to be seen as a choice to be respected - and yet I wonder - while we have been rightly reframing the role and place of women in our community, and seeing the benefits that we all share from that, have we been paying attention to addding similar amounts of choice to the roles and place of men and boys in our community, or a similar amount of respect to those choices?

Additionally, there’s a surprising amount of talk about Australian rivers in this episode (it all ties in to the idea, we promise).

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Best-selling author and parenting educator Maggie Dent opens up to Osher about the challenges and sensitivities of teenage boys, the impact of evolutionary factors on boys’ behaviour, and the importance of creating a safe and supportive environment for teens.

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This episode is packed with key insights and great wisdom for parents guiding and understanding their children, especially during challenging times.

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A mother and a grandmother from WA who has literally decades of personal experience to draw on and who is robustly supported by the latest research on childhood development, Maggie Dent is one of the most important parenting educators in the world.

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Find out more about her books and seminars here

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In Osher’s ongoing series “101 Rules of Showbusiness”, today he explores rules 20-24 which include the vital rule 23:

NEVER EAT THE LAST MUFFIN.

You never know who just walked past the lunch table and spied that choc chip delight, and how much the day can go sideways if it’s not there when they’re done filming/exploding/fixing something.

Always ask everyone if they want it.

This rule also explains why sometimes you won’t see a full muffin alone on the tray, but 1/2 or 1/4 of a muffin sitting there - because nobody wanted to break the rule…

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If you’re already at saturation with how tumultuous it’s been since the assasination attempt on Donald Trump, and you’re already overwhelmed even though we’re still 4 months away from a US election, and then there’s our own election right around the corner - you’re not alone.

In the interests of being able to cope for the next while, on this episode Osher has a bit of a mental health plan for keeping our heads level.

And it’s got to do with control.

During this conversation Osher mentions Man’s Search For Meaning by Viktor Frankl.

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Abby is the Abby in Stav, Matt and Abby on B105 in Brisbane. She’s a brilliant radio announcer, mum of three boys and the woman who married Osher and Audrey.

This conversation is one Osher has been wanting to have for a long time, mostly because it debriefs a few things about that radio job in a way that hasn't been spoken about before.

Osher and Abby also cover the importance of sleep and mindset about sleep, the impact of framing situations and how eliminating one word from your vocabulary can change everything, and then we get really deep.

Abby talks very openly about her experiences with eating disorders, how she navigates gender dynamics in the radio workplace, and her work with Small Steps for Hannah, which is a foundation set up to prevent domestic violence.

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Eating Disorder Support:

Butterfly Foundation: 1800 33 4673

Sexual assault support services:

1800 Respect national helpline: 1800 737 732

Sexual Assault Counselling Australia: 1800 385 578

Bravehearts (support for child sexual abuse survivors): 1800 272 831

Lifeline (24-hour Crisis Line): 131 114

Victims of Crime Helpline: 1800 819 817

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In this episode Osher explores rules 14-19 of his 101 RULES OF SHOW BUSINESS, including this cracker he learned from Dan Machpherson:

Rule Number 16: If you arrive at your call time, you’re 20min late.

The time on your call sheet isn’t the time you’re pulling into the carpark.

It’s not the time you’re making a cuppa in the kitchen.

It’s the time you’re ready to go.

Get there 20 mins early to do all that other stuff, because working in entertainment is a dance between hundreds of people trying to coordinate perfectly - and you need to be where you’re told to be exactly when you’re told to be there so that everyone else can do their job too.

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When it comes to foreign policy, sometimes a credible military consequence is required to ensure that diplomacy can work.

Keeping peace between nations is vital, however sometimes the decision to move to violence is made by someone else - and then a government has few options on the table.

But what happens when our government’s decision to send our military into a war zone under the auspices of protecting our country no longer serves us?

Today Osher speaks with Mark Wales, a former SAS commander who’s probably going to surprise you with his views on national security.

Mark joined the army at 17 and eventually made ten deployments, including Timor-Leste, Solomon Islands, Iraq, Afghanistan, Fiji and Lebanon.

This conversation dives deep on sleep, mental health, gun violence, trauma, parenting, and life in the military.

And don’t worry. Osher absolutely asked him about winning Survivor.

Mark is not only a fascinating man whose geopolitical knowledge is super-sharp, he’s a fabulous author. He’s penned a best-selling autobiography “Survivor”, and his latest book “Outrider” is a dystopian sci-fi novel set in the woody forests of Victoria.

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If you like this episode be sure to check out Osher’s chat with former SEAL team sniper Brandon Tyler Webb, a cracking conversation with fellow Brisbanian Paul De Gelder and for the other side of things, legendary war correspondent Michael Ware.

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