There’s a moment in every man’s life where he either keeps drifting… or draws a line in the sand.

Episode 45 of Who Is Your Hero isn’t about success.

It’s about how easy it is to lose direction when you’re young, adapting, trying to fit in, trying to belong — and sometimes rebelling against systems you don’t fully understand yet.

And it’s about what happens when life starts looking like a dead end.

I first met Dane Miller on the tools in Byron Bay.

A mutual mate said, “Give this bloke a go.”

That simple act — giving someone a go — is something we’ve lost a bit of in modern Australia.

Later, life rolled on. I found myself in Pottsville, trying to get my own health back on track. Dane was working at a local bait and tackle shop. And what started as a quick stop-in turned into daily conversations.

Out the front of that shop, people from all walks of life would stop and talk. Proper talk. No filters. No masks. Just real conversations about life, responsibility, resilience and truth.

That’s where this episode lives.

In Part 1, we unpack the early foundations:

Growing up moving towns and adapting constantly

Bullying and the moment you decide to stand up

Identity, belonging and rebellion

The difference between comfort and complacency

Why responsibility is power

How hitting zero can reset your perspective

There’s no victim narrative here.

Dane owns his choices.

He talks honestly about what it means to rebuild your worth before you rebuild your wealth.

And that’s a message many people need to hear.

Because here’s the truth:

If your health isn’t right, you can’t help anyone.

Rock bottom can either bury you… or build you.

This episode also touches on themes that don’t get spoken about enough:

Standing up for yourself.

It’s raw.

In Part 2, we go deeper:

The Melbourne chapter.

If Part 1 is the foundation… Part 2 is where it gets real.

Massive thanks to Rob and Katie at The Townsville Hotel for backing this podcast and supporting real community conversations.

If you’re in Townsville, get in there. Support the locals who support movements like this.

This is Who Is Your Hero.

Real people.

If this episode hit home — share it.

Because sometimes the hero isn’t the one who never fell…

It’s the one who got back up.

Hero up.

Part 2 of this conversation goes somewhere different.

If Part 1 was about survival — anxiety, addiction, and the weight people carry quietly — Part 2 is about what comes after.

In this episode, Buzz and Kim Daley explore freedom — not the loud, flashy kind, but the calm that comes from self-regulation, awareness, and letting go of the need to control everything.

Kim speaks openly about:

Surrender versus forcing outcomes

Health before wealth — and why getting the order wrong costs everything

Minimalism, freedom, and choosing enough

Why horses don’t need to be “fixed” — and neither do people

The power of pause, breath, and nervous system regulation

Leadership without dominance

Why horses are mirrors — not tools

And how service, presence, and emotional intelligence raise consciousness more than success ever will

This conversation also touches on equine therapy, meditation, breathwork, and why nature strips away the masks we’ve learned to wear in modern life.

Horses don’t respond to pressure.

And so does life.

If you’ve ever felt stuck, overwhelmed, disconnected, or like you’re constantly white-knuckling your way through — this episode offers something rare: permission to slow down.

🎧 Episode 44 – Horses Don’t Lie (Part 2)

📌 Who Is Your Hero — real stories, real lessons, no bullshit.

Some lessons don’t come from words.

In this episode of Who Is Your Hero, Buzz sits down with Kim Daley for a raw, unscripted conversation about horses, humans, and the things we carry beneath the surface.

Horses don’t respond to ego, pressure, or performance.

This episode goes deep into awareness, anxiety, addiction, self-worth, and why the horse is so often just the mirror. If you’ve ever felt stuck, reactive, or disconnected — this conversation will land.

🎧 Press play when you’re ready to slow down.

EPISODE 43 – PART 4 is LIVE 🔥

🎧 Record label parcels every day

This one is raw, funny, and full of proper radio war stories — cousins yarning, no filters.

Stay safe. Hero up. 💪

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Support the show (if you feel like backing the tribe):

In Episode 43, Part 3, Paul Fidler takes us from teenage DJing and record-shop life to a 30-year career behind the mic, where he created the on-air alter ego Jim Morrison and helped shape playlists across regional Australia.

The episode explores music programming, the shift from local stations to networked shows, the responsibility of influencing daily soundtracks, and how love for music and community kept him going through an industry in flux.

A candid family conversation between cousins exploring their grandfather's wartime return, how toughness, humour and silence were passed down, and the everyday stories that bind a family.

They mix laughter and honesty while discussing aging fathers, music, pranks and the realities of health—especially the importance of blood tests, blood pressure checks and mental wellbeing.

This episode is a warm, honest reminder to check on loved ones and to book those long‑avoided GP appointments. Part three will continue into Paul Fiddler's radio years.

Two cousins sit down to talk family, upbringing and the hidden costs of a life behind the radio mic. They trace how mothers, fathers and childhood shaped a man who spent decades shaping the sound of regional Australia.

This episode explores memory, responsibility and identity — from Sunday lunches and Johnny's story to the roots that forged a gatekeeper of music and culture. Part two will dive deeper into the fathers, war and work that followed.

Host Buzz sits down with Sam Childers, the Machine Gun Preacher, to hear his raw testimony: a violent past, a radical conversion, and nearly three decades rescuing and protecting children in Uganda through schools, trade training, wells and daily feeding programs.

This episode highlights Sam’s faith-driven obedience, the challenges he’s faced with governments and personal loss, and the new documentary MGP Never Stop — a call to support real, on-the-ground impact.

Episode 41, is a prelude with Greg Mackay about Sam Childers — the man known as the "machine gun preacher." Greg shares lived experiences, showing how Sam's faith, sacrifice and action changed his life and inspired real, ongoing work to protect children.

This short episode focuses on impact over controversy, personal stories of mentorship and courage, and sets up the full interview with Sam Childers coming next. It highlights the work on the ground and points listeners toward the documentary MGP Never Stop and ways to support the mission.

🎙️ NEW EPISODE DROPPED

This one isn’t comfortable — and it was never meant to be.

We’re not cancelling Christmas.

We are questioning one of the biggest stories we’re told never to question.

In this episode, Buzz and Gypsy unpack:

It’s raw.

You don’t have to agree — but if this episode makes you think, we’ve done our job.

🎧 Listen now on Podbean and all major platforms.

This isn’t just a podcast anymore.

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