Greg Barns SC, tells you why Julian's case truly matters to EVERYONE, and what you can do about it. Greg is an adviser to Julian Assange and WikiLeaks; a Barrister practising in criminal law, administrative law and human rights. He is a sessional lecturer in the JD Program at RMIT University and teaches innovative Justice and Jurisprudence.

If life feels desperate right now, please listen to this episode with Graeme Cowan, founding Board Director of R U OK? https://www.ruok.org.au/

In 2000 Graeme went through a 5 year episode of depression (2 of which he describes as suicidal) that his psychiatrist described as the worst he had ever treated. Graeme emerged from this crisis with a different view about how we can increase our resilience, mood, and performance. Graeme’s dedication and commitment to creating mentally healthy workplaces has seen him named one of LinkedIn’s Top Voices for 2022 in the Mental Health & Resilience space.

He is the author of 4 books, including the internationally acclaimed BACK FROM THE BRINK. Graeme also hosts The Caring CEO podcast, https://wecare365.com.au/podcast/ where he interviews CEO’s who champion a culture of care AND high performance.

Why Edinburgh is the best city in the UK... Forth Valley competing with Silicon Valley... Skyscanner was Scottish, so was the pneumatic tyre! AKA inflatable tire if you are Joe Rogan ;)

Andrew is enabling people to build their dream and share it with the world through universal app deployment https://fynelabs.com⁠ 

They are engaging early adopters of their low code product here https://fysion.app⁠ 

For people who are interested in the development side of things check out the open source project where this all started https://fyne.io⁠ 

See more about Andrew's writing and work at https://andy.xyz

Psychedelic-assisted Therapy change maker Tania de Jong joins me to tell her story of sober choir starter to Psilocybin seeker. Tania is a ground breaking social change maker, acclaimed soprano, award-winning social entrepreneur, creative innovation leader and global speaker. 

Psychedelic-assisted therapy http://mindmedicineaustralia.org.au

Singing programs changing lives ⁠http://creativityaustralia.org.au

Tania's personal psychedelic story https://www.taniadejong.com/blog/my-magic-medicine-journey/

Tania's TED talk ⁠https://youtu.be/I_HOBr8H9EM?feature=shared⁠

Your 50's and 60's can be your best decades! Author of, 'The Rosie Project', former IT consultant, Graeme Simsion, turned his hand to fiction, aged 50. His novels have since sold more than six million copies in forty languages and all have had movie rights optioned.

The Rosie Project was published in 2013, followed by The Rosie Effect and The Rosie Result, The Best of Adam Sharp, Creative Differences and the Two Steps series with his partner, Anne Buist.
His other books include The Novel Project (how-to), a recipe book narrated by Rosie hero Don Tillman, and two books on data modelling. https://graemesimsion.com/⁠

**Speak With Courage is sponsored by Brei Consulting - Founded by Thor Holt - connect with Thor linkedin.com/in/thorholt **

Thor speaks from the heart, and introduces you to his 'Jamie'

To be coached guest on Speak With Courage, and to connect with Thor go to, https://www.linkedin.com/in/thorholt/

KWC Global, CEO, Russell Wardrop roams the field, from Stoicism to Alan Watts, with a dash of Viktor Frankl, and Scottish farm tales.

Connect with Russell on LinkedIn here linkedin.com/in/russell-wardrop-60503211

Nothing is off limits in this positivity-micro-dose session. WW3 to C19 to Billionaires and Bra Baroness monkey business! If you'd like to naturally anaesthetise yourself to algorithm driven news angst, why not enjoy Rory's birds eye video views of Scotland; head to his beautiful mariner site https://westcoastpilotage.com - after all, stunning Scotland welcomes all visitors, not just Super Yacht toting Billionaires!

Outdoorsman CEO, speaker on AI, Techy Founder Dan Hawtrey joins Thor in the HippiHut. Dan's company deals with Intranets, digital workplace, AI & people tech and he's got a nuanced take on AI - Connect with Dan here linkedin.com/in/danhawtrey

Ollie is the National Geographic Master of Ceremonies, but initially trained as a lawyer - fitting then, that he's delivered comedy to 4 people in a hen coop and been terrorised by a room full of drunken Primary School Teachers! Enjoy our upbeat conversation .... we end up with how to heal Brexit broken hearts! btw, Ollie's tech start-up was a competitor to to Duolingo, he exited for a life changing stash, and then opted to burn it all on comedy! Ollie lived and worked in Japan and we discuss Hiroshima and cultural differences, especially with Americans.

https://www.instagram.com/olliehorncomedy/