Life Inside The Salad Bowl

Talking with Brodie as he shares his story of ICE addiction, growing up with 11 siblings and not knowing his father until his was 17 made his early years difficult.

Brodie really struggled in school, and now that he is diagnosed and medicated for ADHD, he compares sending a child to school without medication for such things the same as sending a child to school without glasses

Once meeting his father, he found it was more of a friendship than your typical father-son relationship, and when his dad wasn't in jail, they were moving constantly.

His father smoking meth Infront of him, and then with him for his 18th birthday kind of always felt like he was destined to fail in some regard.

While in active addiction Brodie still managed to hold down several decent jobs, with large amounts of responsibility, but in the end it all fell apart. He rang his mum in the early hours of the morning while walking down a highway wanting so bad a chance to "leave this life" telling her if she didn't pick him up, he'd throw himself under the next truck going past.

Spending 7 months in rehab terrified that his daughter would think he's "a piece of shit", Praying every day that he gets to see her again, until a chance encounter at a shopping mall on Father's Day that he says was his first encounter with God, who was rewarding all his hard work.

Today, on the other side Brodie is reaping the rewards of years of hard work and commitment and is getting ready to welcome twins into the world soon.

You can see it in his eyes just how proud of his achievements he is, and talking to him before we started recording, he speaks with a lot of conviction in his words and is adamant the upward trajectory he is on is one that will not stop.

Imagine getting asked to be in a Mr. Beast video but having to say no...

Talking to Memeio, who has 1.41 million subscribers on YouTube, all of which he has amassed from playing the game "Rust".

This was truly an eye (ear) opener for me learning about a world that is so foreign and so strange to the way of life that I know. To be in the top 0.06% of people in the world with more than 1 million subscribers on YouTube, and gaining them from recording himself playing a game, editing, then uploading it.

This has been the only Job, the only paid gig that Memeio has ever known and as much as people think the life of a "youtuber" would be easy, it's far from the truth.

It has allowed him to buy a house among other things, but the reward hasn't been by accident and not without perfecting his art. The science behind the exact makeup of each video, the background noise, how long each little segment goes for, the voice over, having management reps, brand deals, the thumbnail, previews, the whole thing, it's nuts.

Even with 100K subscribers managing to keep his whole YouTube life a secret from his parents, his best friends, everyone, until a kid at school tried to rat him out. To now getting recognized and the various comical ways he deals with it.

Choosing to do everything in house himself, and the constant fear that even now "tomorrow it will all fall apart, no one will watch his stuff, and it will be over"

We discuss the couple things he picked up from a completely unrelated video that he then included into 2 short 60 second reels that gained him over 200 thousand followers and opened his eyes to a new way of keeping people entertained, and as he said felt like he "cracked the code". 

We discuss how a recent survey of young kids in America returned a number one answer of "content creator", when asked what they want to do when they grow up. Even though Memeio has cracked what nearly all seem to aspire to, he has different plans. He's already done stand-up comedy and would like to continue to follow his acting and directing dreams.

This chat was so different from anything I've ever experienced, to get the opportunity to talk with someone in the 0.06% of anything is amazing. I must admit I've always had this idea in my head of what a youtuber is, but it's not this. There is actually an art to it. It is hard work. There is a lot that goes on you wouldn't even begin to think about.

I honestly don't even need to put his handles in, google Memeio, you can't not find him.

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Talking to Tom Wolfe, front man of the family band "The Wolfe Brothers" who have, among various other awards, won 15 Golden Guitars throughout their amazing career.

Coming from a gene pool of musicians, the band was always destined to form into what it is today, Australia's biggest country music group. We cover the journey to get there, from playing cover songs at one of Tassie's most remote pubs for 30 people, to licensing coming to shut down gigs because of massive attendance number, to Australia's got talent, preforming with Justin Bieber, Touring with Lee Kernighan, the various shows and muster's that make the country music scene what it is.

Leaving the tiny island state of Tasmania to tour at 23, living in Nashville, Tennessee, to getting sober and how it's has changed Tom's whole outlook on life, his achievements, and the bands success.

Talking to Tom was and absolutely amazing experience, he's as funny as they come. Hearing his plans for the future and his outlook on the path that got him to the point he is at today was something I'll remember for a long, long time.

Talking to Chris about slipping into heavy alcoholism without really realising it.  The health consequences 7 months on, of large quantities of alcohol every single day, in his case 9L of pure lemon juice and vodka.

We talk about him having a fair few goes at getting sober without real help but only being able to last a couple weeks at most before everything fell apart again.

The day-to-day life in rehab, the classes, the tools, the people, and how some of them refused to take it seriously and were still drinking and using drugs whilst in rehab making it extremely difficult for others.

We also share comparisons in the rehab's we both attended, the rules, the do's and don'ts and I share some of my journal entries from my time in there.

We talk about our experience with A.A and how as an alcoholic you think you can hide it, but once you're sober you realise just how ridiculous that idea is.

As Chris mentions he feels in a place to help others and has said if anyone would like to reach out for advice from his experiences, he'd be more than happy to talk to anyone who may be thinking about rehab.

Talking to Jacko.Takes.Photos about his Journey so far, from living in Canada, to having several go's at "content creation" before a relationship set him on a path to where he is today.

Jacko definitely possesses wisdom well beyond his years, fast tracked no doubt from working in pubs both here and abroad.

We talk about finding the balance of creating the things you want to create, while trying to please the algorithm of Instagram.

The legalities and difficulties of trying to respect other people's boundaries while trying to capture pure, unscripted pictures.

Not getting so fixated on an idea that you miss natural moments.

My pre-sober content online, and how for the most part I avoid watching it now.

The story behind the most recognized video I ever did and how it came about, Timber.

Jacko is a very humble, easy to talk to guy and I think this will be one of the interviews that I reference in years to come and say, "I had him on my podcast just as his career properly kicked right off".

If you haven't already jump on insta and check him out after you listen to this interview.

Instagram: jacko.takes.photos

Talking to Ryan, a butcher, gym owner and all round legend about the many aspects and journeys of life. Most recently through his decision to walk from one end of Tassie to the other to honor a mate who he suddenly lost.

We talk about Ryan feeling like the funeral was not final enough, and how he felt he had to give part of himself, he needed to push himself to physical pain to be able to move forward.

Self awareness, choosing to break certain laws, fasting, the rise of A.I, and my personal journey with ADHD and being medicated for my whole schooling life, and also my dog eating valium, twice.

Instagram: @ryan_sc13

In this absolutely massive 3 hour episode I'm talking with Otis Cordwell about so so SO much. 

A Recent trip I did with a mate Hog deer hunting on snake Isalnd in Victoria.

Shooting deer in Tasmania and some of the emotional stories we have behind them.

A hunting trip Otis took to the USA hunting bear.

How having a following made my journey with soberity both extremely difficult and also very very easy, and what made Otis realise that it was tike for him to spell off the booze.

Car racing.

And.....

Christianity. 

Otis reveals he is a born again Christian and some of the events leading up to him finding God. Which then leads to myself telling the story I've not yet shared of myself finding God in rehab and the massive signs and events that lead me to believe.

This episode covers so much and if there is an episode your thinking of listening to wondering if the podcast is for you. Its this one.

*towards the end for a small 15 minute window the video and audio do become unsynced briefly

Talking with Karen from R.A.W who was the outreach worker that found me just before I hit my lowest with alcohol addiction and bad mental health issues.

Despite me being very stand off-ish, rude, and blatantly refusing to have anything to do with her.

She was ready to catch me when I did hit my lowest, and fought the hard fast battle to get me detoxed and into rehab.

Discussing how she found me, how she helped me, and the on going support that was provided to me for a long time after leaving rehab.

Make no mistake, there is no exaggeration when i say you would not be listening to any of this without alot of people that helped me along the way. None more so than Karen.

Talking to the amazing Kelly Hunt, affectionately known as Hooch about his amazing best friend "Mozza" who was sadly taken from us all way to soon in 2021. The impact that Mozza had on people's lives (myself included).

The Beauty of music

The High's and low's of social media.

Fishing.

Running for politics and if he'd do it again.

And a hell of a lot more in between

Talking to Sonia about the sudden and tragic passing of her partner from a truck accident. Navigating the absolutely horrific time only made worse by being in the thick of covid, where Sonia faced the task of calling her daughter who was interstate to break the news. To then try to navigate organising a funeral, while supporting those close to her. Trying to deal with the possibility that her daughter may have to fly back into 2 weeks isolation, and the mental toll it would take on her being trapped in a hotel room instead of burying her father.

We talk about the before, during, and after, how there are often so many little day to day things people miss with tragedy with such loss.

Sonia's TikTok: V8tassiestrengthofmayhem