Please Blow My Mind Podcast

I first met Tony Nelson through an email regarding my Son. You see, Tony is my Son’s maths teacher and we connected during lockdown after I reached out to ask him what I could do at home to better support my kids maths learning.   

To be clear - I can educate my kid - in my way - but trying to help him follow a curriculum set by an external body - I am not so sure and that’s why I think we send them to school.   

Anyways, Tony sent me a very deep and thoughtful email back with lot’s of heart and caring embedded within it and that’s when my “podcast radar” went off.  I tell my podcast guests that I get a feeling about people and that feeling makes me want to talk to them about life and I have long since learned to trust this feeling.  

So I asked Tony to visit my place and to go on a voyage of discovery with me about his life and how he sees life.  It was so interesting to hear Tony’s journey - especially his weight loss journey as well as his time in the US Navy and his story about moving to New Zealand.  

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“We suggested that Humans had a special relationship with caves, they hold caves as portals to the underground.” —  Professor Ran Barkai

Ran Barkai (PhD, 2000, Tel-Aviv University) is a Professor at the Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures, Tel Aviv University. He co-directs excavations at the Middle Pleistocene site of Qesem Cave and has published extensively on different aspects of Paleolithic and Neolithic technology, subsistence, cosmology, and lifeways.

In this conversation, we talk about the role caves played in connecting us to our consciousness and beyond!   

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Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3BlvC8U 

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“For someone who has been abused as a child there are an extensive amount of boundaries that have been crossed and that actually physiologically impacts the brain...it actually damages the brain cells.” — Tamara Waugh   

Tamara Waugh is the co-founder of EmpowerME a movement that delivers self-discovery programs to create lasting transformational growth for women recovering from sexual trauma.  

In this conversation, we talk about many topics including Tamara's background in film and television and the skills of observing Human nature in the wild as well as working with past traumas to make sense of the future.   

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Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3BlvC8U 

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Bn0WnV 

Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3miX82t 

Anchor.fm: https://bit.ly/3jHJpkc  

CONNECT WITH PLEASE BLOW MY MIND WITH WILL FLEMING ⬇️ 

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“I'm going to use everything in my power to change the system. I'm going to be here pushing for change until the day I die” — Mike King  

Mike King is the founder I Am Hope and The Key to Life Charitable Trust. His passion and dedication is unwavering, whether it be mentoring young people on a one-to-one basis, or visiting schools, Mike is always delivering his message of hope in some way or another.  

In this conversation, we talk about the times we live in and making sense of the busy world we live in. Mike also takes us on a journey into his upbringing and some powerful moments of his life so far.    

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Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3BlvC8U 

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Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3miX82t 

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CONNECT WITH PLEASE BLOW MY MIND WITH WILL FLEMING ⬇️ 

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“One thing my Father always said to me and my brothers is when you're in times of crisis and uncertainty - what are YOU going to do? [He said] Don't blimmin moan about it - what are YOU going to do? ” — Don Mann   

Don Mann is the Chief Executive Officer for Pacific Media Network (PMN), a New Zealand public broadcaster which includes radio stations Niu FM and 531pi.  

In this conversation, we talk to Don about the influences and experiences he had growing up and the path forward he is voyaging for his family, community and culture.   

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Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3BlvC8U

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CONNECT WITH PLEASE BLOW MY MIND WITH WILL FLEMING ⬇️ 

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Wayne Macgillivray is an educator who has reconnected to his identity through the simple act of cooking food. 'Hāngi - Food for Thought' is a charitable organisation with a simplistic goal; feed the people, teach the people. Hāngi is an earth oven; stones are heated and food is cooked in a sealed pit. Simple but far-reaching. Lighting fires before sunrise has become Wayne's meditation. In terms of a holistic view of health the notion of ahi kā - the eternal fire.

Professor Grant Schofield is a person who thinks deeply about health and wellness. On a personal level, Grant has been a mentor of mine for some time now - pushing and encouraging my thinking and celebrating the deep learning that comes from pondering the deepest of ideas together.

I hope you enjoy this conversation with Grant and that it expands your mind as much as it did mine. 

For those who are new to Grant, he is the Director of The Centre for Human Potential at AUT and former Chief Scientific Adviser to the Ministry of Education in New Zealand. He is also the author of four best-selling books.

Thank you Grant for your willingness to make education palatable for the majority of our society.

In this episode of the podcast we wrestle with meaning. The deep meaning – the meaning that the modern world does not know what to do with. Ancient thinking, customs and practices is how deep we go. I invite my friends Paul Rangiwahia & Akash Kumar to join me for a deep conversation to wrestle with the core of meaning itself.

Recently I recorded a powerful podcast with Herbert Chow that if I'm honest - I’m actually not sure what to do with it. I think I might be scared of what I recorded because It touched on the core of our Humanity - our freedom that most of us take for granted. But as I learn through my conversation with Herbert, it's the things that scare you that you must stand up and confront.

Herbert Chow is a businessman born and raised in Hong Kong and in this podcast, he talks about his people’s fight to have the right to say what they what to whom they want when they want how they want. Stay strong Herbert - I hear your voice and feel your bravery.

Follow Herbert on social media here: www.instagram.com/herbertchowsiulung