Better Than Yesterday with Osher Günsberg

Chas Licciardello is a comedian and member of the satirical comedy group The Chaser. The impact that The Chaser have on Australian TV, culture and politics is not to be underestimated. They were fearless and there hasn’t been anyone like them since.

You can also watch Chas on Planet America on ABC TV.

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Sam Alderton Johnson is a proud Koori man, a father of five and the Founder and Director at Impact Policy.

Sam lives in South Sydney and remains deeply connected to his community of origin in Glebe.

His background in delivering on sensitive projects within the NSW public service and across the community sector has affirmed his belief that community members must have a voice in the design of services.

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Checking in, January 20, 2023

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Susan David PhD is an award-winning Harvard Medical School psychologist, and author of the number one best-selling book Emotional Agility.

I asked her to come on the show a couple of months into the COVID-19 pandemic to help us navigate the fear and uncertainty the Coronavirus had brought into our lives.

Two years on, her advice based on decades of research is more helpful than ever.

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Kylie Moore-Gilbert is a scholar of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies.

She was falsely charged with espionage and imprisoned in Iran from September 2018 to November 2020 before being released in a prisoner exchange deal negotiated by the Australian government.

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Checking in, January 13, 2023

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Charlie Clausen is an actor, producer and podcaster. You’ll have seen him on Blue Heelers, Home & Away, and heard him on TOFOP with Will Anderson and of course, on our parenting podcast Dadpod.

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David Knoff is an Antarctic Expedition Leader, an Author, and a leadership expert who specialises in remote leadership, hostile environment diplomacy, and resilience.

He served with the Australian Army and has been deployed to diplomatic postings in both Pakistan & Iraq.

When the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, David was Station Leader at Davis Station, Antarctica, where he was leading a team of just 24 through the isolation of an Antarctic winter.

A 365 day rotation turned into a 537 day stay, navigating the tension, the anxiety and the challenges of not knowing how long they’d be stuck there, or when someone would come for them.

The book is called 537 Days of Winter - and well worth the read, taking in an Emergency Medical Evacuation, Stifling Isolation and even Dress-Ups.

Follow David on Instagram - @537daysofwinter

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Checking in, January 6, 2023

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Erin Brockovich is probably the most famous name in Law in the world. Making a name for herself when she went up against utility company Pacific Gas & Electric and helped bring together the largest settlement ever paid in a direct-action lawsuit in U.S. history on behalf of the people of Hinkley, CA who had been affected by polluted water.

Erin went on to become instrumental in numerous other high profile cases, usually up against massive corporate entities who are using their size to get away with either polluting the environment or otherwise neglecting humans basically. 

Erin was out in Australia doing work with Shine Lawyers - whom she’s been working with for over ten years now, in particular around the issue of PFAS, a toxic chemical contained in firefighting foam used widely in Australia between the 1970s and 2000. The substance was sprayed over defence force bases, shipping ports, and regional firefighting stations for decades. It leaches into the soil and surrounding waterways, causing contamination. In 1987, American authorities wrote to the Australian Government to warn about the dangers of PFAS but nothing was done. Research in the United States has linked exposure to PFAS to cancer and a dozen other diseases. Residents in many Australian towns, including Bullsbrook in Western Australia where Erin visited during her visit, say their dogs have been riddled with cancer and die young. They can’t drink the tap water. They bathe infants in bottled water. There have also been reports of birth defects. Unfortunately, it is difficult to prove in Australian law causation between exposure to this chemical and disease. 

The people at Shine reached out to me to ask if I’d have Erin on the show, so of course I said yes. 

I’m terrified to speak about this kind of thing, so I know enough that backing away from it is not the path to freedom - I have to lean into it. 

So I flew my self on a carbon-offset flight down to Melbourne to speak with this incredible human being. 

Erin is as you would expect. Incredibly Clever, Blisteringly Fast, Tall, Powerful, Passionate and a Firehose of Fury.

I get why she’s good at what she does. 

Because if you’re going toe to toe in a boardroom with a company that’s got political donations protecting them, you’ll want to have a secret weapon up your sleeve - and that secret weapon is Erin Brockovich. 

This one blew my socks off. 

Find her on instagram @the_real_erin_brockovich, let her know you heard her here. 

And come now to the beautiful Langham hotel in Melbourne to sit eye to eye with one of the best legal minds of our time, and one of the most ferocious environmental activists you’ll ever encounter. 

Ladies and Gentlemen, Erin Brockovich.

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