Welcome to The Pros and The Cons Podcast - a conversational audio experience hosted by David Zaharakis and Daniel Smith featuring interviews with athletes, entrepreneurs, TV and film personalities and everything in between.  

Elden Henson joins us from Hollywood via Zoom to chat about his amazing career as an actor. He's known for his roles in Marvel's Daredevil, The Hunger Games, Butterfly Effect alongside Ashton Kutcher and of course the original Mighty Ducks trilogy. Elden chats us through reprising the role on Disney+ in the new series as well as his history starting as a child actor and now being a part of some of the biggest films and TV shows.

Joe Avati is an Italian-Australian comedian with a huge cult following across the world. He is the the number one selling bilingual comedian and is the only Australian artist to have had two albums charting simultaneously in the top 5 internationally. Dubbed “The biggest comedian you've never heard of" he joins Daniel and Zacka to chat about his career and life as a travelling comedian.

Tayla Harris is a professional boxer and AFLW marquee player for Carlton. She joins the guys to chat about her rise in both sports, her life and controversies.

Special episode today with Melbourne Victory defender Ryan Shotton joining us in the studio and Entourage creator Doug Ellin via Zoom from LA.  

Hosted by Daniel Smith and David Zaharakis

Two young guns of the Essendon Bombers, Jordan Ridley and Harry Jones join us in studio. Rids is the current 2020 Crichton Medalist and made the All Australian squad last year. Harry Jones was Essendon’s first pick in the 2019 NAB AFL Draft and debuted in rd 1 2021.

Olympian, 100-metre freestyle world champion and one of the fastest swimmers of all time. James Magnussen joins Daniel and Zacka and talks all things swimming, being an olympian in the spotlight and life after retiring.

Sooshi Mango is an Australian comedy group known for their ethnic dad and ethnic mum characters. Andrew, Joe and Carlo join Daniel and David (out of character) to chat about their rise in the comedy world from video skits to live stages and all the way onto our tv screens.

Frank Grillo is an American actor known for his roles in Warrior, End of Watch, The Grey and cult series Kingdom. He's also portrayed the fan favourite villain, “Crossbones,” in Marvel’s CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR. His most recent movie "Boss Level" starring Naomi Watts and Mel Gibson has just launched and he joins Daniel and David via Zoom from Los Angeles to chat about it and all things Hollywood.