Perth Wildcats legend Trevor Torrance gives a unique insight into the world of an elite basketballer who has also had a successful business career, while discussing with raw emotion the lasting impact of being bullied as a young boy and not being able to come out as a gay man in the 80s and 90s when intolerance and prejudice was rife in our community and the world of sport.

Trevor, a 300+ game player in the NBL, talks about how basketball, with the support of a special mentor, became a safer environment for him in an often-brutal world. He describes how he rose above the torment inflicted by others to play at the highest level, then progressing to become a professional coach to some of Australia’s leading business executives.

The word “inspiring” is often used too flippantly, but this truly is the story of an inspiring person.

Do yourself a favour and take the time to listen to the extraordinary story of a remarkable individual

Listen to one of Western Australia’s greatest cricketers who excelled at both state and national levels – Graeme Wood. He shares some very interesting stories of his experiences playing for WA and Australia from a very early age, in numerous tests and one day internationals, including regularly facing the fearsome West Indies bowling attack of the late 70s and 80s.

His Test debut came against in 1978, at the time of great upheaval for cricket with the advent of World Series Cricket. His recollections of that time are insightful, including his recollections of and interesting phone call he received from Kerry Packer.

Graeme also won a hat-trick of Sheffield Shields as captain of WA and later progressed to having a very successful business career, including taking on the role of CEO with the WACA.

He is one of those all-round talented sportsmen who was also a very accomplished footballer, playing league with East Fremantle and we hear about some of the good times he had in the WAFL too.

So do yourself a favour and listen in to one of WA’s greatest sports stars!

Sam Harding is a proud West Australian Paralympian that has put in the hard yards to get to where he is today. Early in life, Sam was diagnosed Choroideremia. A vision impairment that effects his peripheral vision. He explains how that effects his day to day actives as well daily training and events. 

Sam discusses his early sporting choices in rowing and athletics, before taking a liking tandem cycling to keep fit in the off seasons. However the love of athletics took over and saw him earn a chance at the AIS. 

Sam was selected for the 2012 London Paralympic games, but unfortunately couldn't compete due to illness, but he got his chance at the 2020 Toyko Paralympics. Which shortly after Sam decided to make the change to the Paralympic Triathlon team, which in his first year earned him a Silver Medal at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games. 

Sam's story is one of perseverance and makes you want to just give everything a go! 

Michael Veletta is renowned in Western Australian cricket circles as one of the finest opening batsmen our state has produced.

Born to an Italian family, and brought up on soccer, Mike broke the mould at an early age and took like a duck to water to cricket, soon showing talent as a batsman, fielder and wicket keeper.

He made his debut with the WA Sheffield Shield and One Day side at the young age of 19 with some of the great names of WA cricket such as Lillee and Marsh and progressed to representing Australia in both one day and test formats.

Mike tells us about the highs and lows of his career, what it takes to face some of the fastest bowlers in the world and the comraderies he formed with his team mates, that last to today.

He also shares his experiences in life outside of sport and his time on the WACA Board.

This is a great listen and one that you will enjoy right in the heart of cricket season.

Mike Ellis is one of the most recognisable sportsmen in Western Australia, being captain of the Perth Wildcats in the 80s and 90s (formerly the Westate Wildcats) when they were the biggest show in town with their games played in prime time TV across WA. 

As a member of Western Australia’s most famous basketball family, he is a dual championship captain, playing over 300 games for the Wildcats, was named in their 30th anniversary all-star team and was assistant coach and coach of the team along the way. 

Mike mixes some very funny stories with brutal honesty about former players and coaches, as he tells us about the challenges of getting a basketball team from WA into the National Basketball League and helping the sport in Western Australia rise from relative obscurity to popularity and fame.

Regardless of whether you like basketball or not – this is a fascinating story.

Grant Schubert reached the pinnacle of his chosen sport of Hockey, being a two Time Olympian for the Australian Kookaburras Hockey team, an Olympic gold medallist at Athens, a gold Medallist at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games and a bronze medallist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In 2003 he was awarded the world young hockey player of the year – receiving a very unique prize!

Grant shares with us what it took to become an elite Hockey player, including relocating to Perth from South Australia at a young age to give himself the best chance to make it to the top. A couple of decades later – he still gladly calls Perth home. 

You will really enjoy listening to some of his incredible experiences in playing sport around the world, as well as amusing anecdotes of his time in the Olympics including escapes with Laurie Lawrence and the late Peter Brock, Grant reminds us how Athens looked twelve months out from hosting an Olympic games &  his excitement at meeting world famous basketballer – the late Kobe Bryant.

Grant is an engaging guest with a story that shouldn’t be missed.

Our guest is a national treasure who is Australia’s most renowned gymnast. A proud West Australian, she shares her amazing and challenging experiences in starting in elite sport from a very early age.

We hear about the incredible dedication it took to be a world class gymnast including the amount training, managing serious injuries and the pressure of performing on the world stage.

Lauren also shares some of the amazing highlights of her career including setting the record for the most gold medals won by a female gymnast at a single Commonwealth Games, becoming Australia's first female World champion in gymnastics and becoming one of the youngest ever recipients of Australia’s greatest honour – an Order of Australia Medal.

We also hear how elite sport has influenced Lauren’s career choice since retiring from gymnastics in her mid twenties.

To top it off she is a humble and delightful person. 

Our guest is one of a select group of WAFL players who have reached the pinnacle of the league by leading their team to a WAFL premiership.

He describes his career journey from early life in football to the ups and downs he has experienced along his football journey.

Dylan shares the elation of being drafted by West Coast Eagles and then the disappointment of being released by the club before playing an AFL game and how he picked himself back up off the canvas to pursue a highly successful WAFL career that continues to flourish today.

He gives us an insight into what it takes for a team to reach the ultimate success, while also talking about the great opponents he has played against.

Dylan also describes how he manages to balance the expectations and commitments of being a WAFL captain with the requirements of a full-time job as an accountant.

Subiaco’s league coach Beau Wardman has had a different pathway to the norm to get where he is today. 

 We have all heard of some WAFL/AFL players becoming umpires, but Beau is unique in being an elite umpire that became a successful WAFL league coach, despite only playing football at a junior level.

We got a great insight into Beau’s early interest in sports as a participant before being guided into the pathway of football umpiring – progressing through the WAFL system to umpire over 100 league games.

We then hear about his big switch to coaching, where Beau progressed from a colts assistant coach to as succesful a colts coach, then being appointed as a league coach and taking his team to two premierships.

Beau explains the life of WAFL league coach and what is involved, - which is a lot more involved than what the average punter might think. 

 This is a fascinating story.

Richard - A.K.A Bulldog shares some fabulous anecdotes of growing up in rural Tasmania, and progressing to representing his state in cricket and football at junior level – then out of the blue he is approached to come to WA to play for South Fremantle, and his world completely changed.

Richard shares some great anecdotes of playing WAFL in the glory days prior to the Eagles and Dockers entering the AFL, including the great opponents and team mates as well as unique approaches of his coaches Mal Brown, Don Haddow and Stan Magro. 

He also has great cricketing stories of playing first grade cricket for South Perth and winning the flag in his first year, playing against the might of many renowned international cricketers in the WACA’s peak years.