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Jorge is an Emmy Award-winning freelance Video Journalist, Fixer/Field Producer & Camera Operator. He was born & raised in Mexico but now lives in Australia & manages his team in Mexico where they cover stories related to Mexico and the USA. We discuss El Chapo, the underground tunnels, being held at gunpoint, what its like to be a journalist on the boarder & so much more!!

Alen is a creative director, photographer & YouTube genius, but more than that, he's an incredible person. Alen has done work for massive brands such Lamborghini, Mercedes & Lexus to name a quick few. He's traveled the world, now has 800K following. His business is booming & after his appearance on the podcast over a year ago, a lot has changed! We discuss life, lessons learnt, political views & sharing your thoughts as a profiled person. We talk travel, family, business & all that's happened since our last chat.

Since 2019 SunButter has expanded from handmade sunblock to launching Australia's first reef safe sunscreen packaged in reusable and recyclable tins and Australia's first vegan surf zinc. All our products are listed with the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration and comply with Australia's world leading sunscreen standards. Their teams passion to grow a socially and environmentally ethical skincare company is driven by their mantra, "Protecting People & The Planet".

Talking about your anxiety, depression & battling the people pleaser within can take it's toll. Listen to the episode with Rhiannon on Monday, Founder & owner of the Plant Lounge for this personal & relatable conversation! We all have our proclivities & idiosyncrasies, what is important is your support network, your people, your community & giving credence to those that deserve it rather than the faceless keyboard warriors out there.

Introducing James Bartle, Founder & CEO of Outland Denim. They started as an avenue for victims of sexual exploitation to engage in safe, dignified employment as they rebuilt their lives, and have since widened our doors to accept employees from varying backgrounds of vulnerability and exploitation. This episode touches on 2 important issues for us, combating trafficking and being sustainable in business. This is a conversation not to be missed

Doing business sustainably & creatively, a conversation about the urgency of environmental awareness, the future of business & not being perfect but striving for better a better way, always! A great human, a good conversation

How do we fair in our relationships when in lock down? The proclivities, the annoyances, the fun stuff, it's all relevant! Trace talks with Stav Davidson about covid, the impact throughout this time on friendships & his relationship! It's hilarious, the conversation is broad & you can't miss it, it's jam packed full of interesting thoughts!

This episode concludes the 3 part series on International Day of Rural Women, which recognises the crucial role that women and girls play in agriculture, food security and nutrition. I was grateful to sit across from Rushini Perera, Head of Resilience, Emergency Preparedness and Response (EPR), and Social Protection, Sri Lanka to discuss such matters and why humanitarian aid is important to encourage the younger generations to get involved with

Katiuscia Fara, is the Senior Climate and Disaster Risk Reduction Advisor for WFP's regional bureau for the Asia Pacific, in Bangkok. She has been with WFP for over 6 years, and the broad scope of her roles includes climate risk management, disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, sustainable development, urban risk, food security and building resilient communities.

Part one of this series coincides with International Day of the Girl Child, which focuses on the need to address the particular challenges girls face, as well as promoting girls' empowerment and the fulfilment of their human rights. In this episode I spoke with Neera Sharma, the School Meals Programme Manager from WFP Nepal. We discussed WFP's work and initiatives that support children, including those positively impacting young girls and women. For example, the school meals program she manages helps serve meals to 250,000 girls and boys living in food insecure districts throughout Nepal. Neera's team is driven by Zero Hunger targets that include ensuring access by all people, especially infants, poor and vulnerable people, to safe, nutritious and sufficient food all year round.