On the final episode of this season of The JaePod, we speak to former Australian Test cricketer Matthew Elliot about his time wearing the baggy green, the pressures of elite sport and his life post sporting career.

On this episode we speak with Jeremy McClure, who lost his sight at 14 years old and is a FOUR time Paralympian. He recently became the first person ever to swim from the Abrolhos Islands to Geraldton (62kms) and has crossed the Rottnest Channel 11 times already!!

This week we are joined by the spectacular Ahmed M Kelly, an Iraqi-born Australian Paralympic swimmer. Ahmed shares with us his memories of growing up in Baghdad's Mother Teresa Orphanage, before being adopted and moving to Australia and falling in love with the game of AFL. His passion for sport and competition never wained and his transition from football to swimming was an incredibly successful one, seeing him compete at 3 Paralympics!

This episode of The JaePod is another special conversation with the formidable Kevin Humphreys. Kevin shares some truly fascinating tales from his time as a Black Hawk and Chinook helicopter pilot for the Australian Army and how he came to accept a diagnosis of PTSD, depression and anxiety. It is an incredibly uplifting conversation and empowers us all to have the courageous conversations that can change our lives! 

In this week's episode, we speak to Ashlee Morton from Accessible Accommodation who tells us about the car accident she was involved in at 2 years old that left her with a spinal cord injury (T6 Paraplegic). She shares her story, the incredible high octane activities she regularly takes part in, her life as a single mum, and the incredible service Accessible Accommodation is providing. 

For more information, check out their website at https://www.accessibleaccommodation.com

We are thrilled to bring you a brand new season of The JaePod, kicking things off with the incredible director Jacqueline Pelczar. Jacqueline has worked as a mentor for creatives with various living disabilities and severe mental illness and a support worker to those living with mental illness. She speaks to us about her lived experience with mental health, as well her film work, including the very successful short film SPARKLES.

In this our last Episode of Season Three, Coach chats to Louise... yes just Louise...

It is an episode that whilst at times is confronting, is inspirational and up-lifting.
TW: rape and incest will be mentioned in this story.

Louise was molested as a child by her brother and again as a 20 year old by a stranger.
She opens up about her life and her mental health struggles and how she is coming through the other side. She wants you to remember, it is possible to heal from deep trauma.

Louise.

This is her story.

In this episode of the JaePod I speak to an extraordinary person who has a  tale of guts and survival and  just a determination to live a great life.

Alice Rumble has Myalgic Encephalomyelitis... which means she spend most of her day in bed, but she hasn’t let her fatigue stop her from advocating and also writing about ME.

She is a vibrant, intelligent person who has left  her mark on me and I'm sure she will do the same for you.

Alice Rumble.

This is her story.

In this episode of the JaePod we touch on a subject that has mostly been swept under the carpet.
Binge drinking.
Victoria Vanstone was an expert at it and got so good at pretending that she was in control she kept telling herself that she was just like everyone else and it was all ok
But it wasn't and one fateful day not long after the birth of her second child she decided to make a change.
Victoria doesn't preach but she sure as hell screams out loud that there is something about our drinking culture that has to change.

Victoria Vanstone
Funny witty and honest.

This is her story

In this episode I talk to a man who has crammed so much into his  remarkable 27 years on the planet.

Jordon Steele-John is a senator for the Greens Party and also lives with Cerebral Palsy

We spoke about a week before the last Federal election and I've decided to leave some of our predictions about the result, in the chat.

If I don’t say so myself we were both pretty spot on.

Jordon Steele-John.

This is his story.