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Most people think they're one pay rise away from financial freedom. Graeme Holm says they're wrong.

Graeme Holm is a mortgage broker, financial educator and founder of Infinity Group, where he's helped thousands of Australians take control of their money and get ahead financially. He breaks down why so many people stay stuck in the paycheck-to-paycheck cycle, even on high incomes; and what it actually takes to build lasting wealth.

From hidden spending habits to mortgage strategy, cash flow, debt reduction and financial psychology, Graeme shares the practical systems behind his approach to money.

We Discuss:

• The biggest money mistakes keeping people financially stuck
• How to break the paycheck-to-paycheck cycle
• Mortgage strategies that could save you thousands
• Why knowing what you spend daily is a budgeting unlock
• The habits that separate wealth builders from everyone else
• How to build a financial system that actually works

Get in touch with Graeme:

Infinity Group Coach

The Money Mentor Book

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Democracy feels like something we can take for granted, but few people are talking about how quickly it can unravel from the inside.

Around the world, authoritarianism is on the rise, not through invasions or coups, but through the slow erosion of institutions, elections, and truth itself. It's a pattern that has repeated across countries and decades, and one that's now playing out closer to home than many would like to admit.

Anne Applebaum is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and staff writer at The Atlantic, and the author of Twilight of Democracy, Autocracy, Inc., and Gulag: A History. She has spent her career studying how democracies fall apart, and what it takes to stop them.

We discuss:

• How authoritarianism took hold across Central and Eastern Europe
• The shared playbook autocrats use to consolidate power today
• Why democratic institutions are more fragile than we assume
• Whether America is following a path she's seen play out elsewhere
• What it will take to defend democracy before it's too late

Get in touch with Anne:

Website

YouTube

X (Twitter)

AI is changing everything, but few people are talking about the infrastructure making it possible.

As artificial intelligence accelerates, data centres are becoming one of the world's most critical assets. They power every AI model, every search, every chatbot, and every breakthrough. But they also face enormous challenges around energy, efficiency, and scalability.

Antonia Collings is the CEO of Enaxiom, a company pioneering the next generation of AI infrastructure through advanced HydroCool™ technology.

We discuss:

• Why data centres are the backbone of AI
• The growing energy demands of artificial intelligence
• How innovation is transforming the future of digital infrastructure
• The biggest opportunities and challenges facing the industry
• What businesses and leaders need to understand about the next wave of AI

Get in touch with Tia

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The Man Who Sold AI to the World: On Why Ordinary People Win the Most.

Most people talk about AI like it's something happening to us. Zack Kass thinks that's exactly the wrong way to see it.

Zack spent years at OpenAI as one of the key architects of its go-to-market strategy, the person responsible for taking the most transformative technology in human history and bringing it to the world. Zack pulls back the curtain on what AI actually means for your job, your kids, your healthcare, your education, and why the people who lean in early are about to have an unfair advantage the rest of the world hasn't woken up to yet.

We Discuss:

• Why AI will become infrastructure as fundamental as electricity or the internet
• How AI could solve healthcare, education and housing where governments have failed
• What Gen Z actually needs to hear to thrive in an AI world
• Why AI safety has become the new religion

Connect with Zack:

Website: https://zackkass.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zackkass/

Newsletter: https://substack.com/@zackkass

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ZackKassAI

Book: https://www.zackkass.com/books

What happens when the technology powering today's AI gets left behind?We sat down with John Martinis, Nobel Prize-winning physicist, the man behind Google's quantum supremacy milestone, and co-founder of Qolab to find out what's actually coming next.

This isn't theoretical. Quantum computing is already threatening the encryption protecting your money, your data, and the internet as we know it.

We Discuss: 

• Why quantum computing could make today's AI look like a calculator
• The science behind quantum bits, tunneling, and superposition explained
• How quantum algorithms could transform medicine, security, and industry
• The inside story of achieving quantum supremacy at Google and why he walked away
• What winning the Nobel Prize in Physics actually means for the future of technology
• Why cryptocurrency and current encryption systems are sitting on a ticking clock

Academic papers: 

John Martinis' Nobel Lecture:  

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2025/martinis/lecture/

Quantum Computing Paper by Google: 

https://research.google/pubs/pub12345/

Michelle Simmons' Quantum Research at UNSW: 

 https://www.unsw.edu.au/about-us/our-story/our-people/michelle-simmons

Connect with John:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-martinis-5856911a6/

Official Website - https://qolab.ai/team/john-martinis

Why are humans obsessed with serial killers, disasters, and true crime?

Dr. Coltan Scrivner is one of the world's leading researchers on morbid curiosity. We unpack the psychology behind our darkest fascinations: why millions binge true crime content, why women consume more of it than men, and whether our obsession with death and danger is a flaw or an evolutionary advantage.

If you've ever found yourself unable to stop watching a true crime documentary at midnight, this is why.

We cover:

• What morbid curiosity actually is (and why you almost certainly have it)
• The evolutionary reason your brain is drawn to threat and uncertainty
• Why women consume more true crime than men — and what that tells us
• The psychology of serial killers and mass disasters
• What your obsession with dark content reveals about who you are

Connect with Coltan

https://www.coltanscrivner.com/

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What if the most important skill of your life is one nobody ever taught you?

Daniel Goleman is the psychologist and bestselling author who introduced emotional intelligence to the world. In this episode, he gets practical breaking down the four domains of EQ, why our kids are losing emotional skills to screens, and what it really takes to lead, connect, and thrive in a rapidly changing world.

We Discuss:

• The hidden cost of screen time on children's emotional development
• How self-awareness actually works
• The gut feeling debate: when instinct is data, and when it's noise
• Why empathy is the most underrated leadership skill right now
• How AI is reshaping trust, in the workplace and in everyday life
• What the Dalai Lama taught him about living with emotional intelligence

🔗 Connect with Daniel GolemanWebsiteEI Courses

📚 Daniel's Books

Emotional Intelligence

Altered Traits

A Force for Good

Optimal

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What's really happening to sex, intimacy, and relationships in the age of smartphones, porn, and AI companions?

Dr. Nicole McNichols is a sex educator, researcher, and professor whose work focuses on helping people have more satisfying, fulfilling sex lives. In this episode, she breaks down what science actually says about desire, pleasure, and intimacy; and why so many people are struggling in silence.

We Discuss:

• Why porn is giving young people (and adults) deeply unrealistic expectations about sex
• How loneliness and lack of intimacy is becoming a modern mental health crisis
• Why faking orgasms is quietly destroying communication in relationships
• The truth about female anatomy and pleasure that most people were never taught
• How AI companions and digital relationships are changing human intimacy
• Whether penis size actually matters (she settles it once and for all)

📚 Dr. Nicole's Book — You Could Be Having Better Sex:

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Most relationships don't end because of one big betrayal. They die slowly through small moments of disconnection.

Drs. John and Julie Gottman are the world's leading relationship researchers, having studied couples for over 40 years, publishing more than 200 academic journal articles and 46 books. They are the co-founders of The Gottman Institute and the renowned Love Lab.

In this episode, they break down what decades of research on thousands of couples reveals about communication, trust, and what actually destroys love.

We Discuss:

• Why small daily interactions matter more than grand romantic gestures
• The Four Horsemen of relationship destruction: Criticism, Contempt, Defensiveness, and Stonewalling
• How to build and update Love Maps for deeper emotional connection
• Why emotional neglect is more damaging than conflict
• How smartphones are quietly eroding intimacy
• Whether relationships can truly recover after betrayal and infidelity

📱 Gottman Card Decks App: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gottman-card-decks/id1071747474

📚 The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0553447718

📚 The Relationship Cure: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0553384393

🔗 The Four Horsemen Explained: https://www.gottman.com/blog/the-four-horsemen/

🌐 Visit the Gottman Institute: https://www.gottman.com/

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Most people believe they’re clear on what they want in a partner. Science says they’re not even close.Paul Eastwick, one of the world’s leading relationship scientists, breaks down what decades of research actually reveal about attraction, dating, and long-term compatibility.We Discuss:

• Why your “type” is a poor predictor of real attraction
• The disconnect between preference and behaviour in dating
• How dating apps may be distorting who we choose
• Why love languages aren’t predictive of relationship success

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