Better Than Yesterday with Osher Günsberg

Susan David PhD is an award-winning Harvard Medical School psychologist, and author of the number one best-selling book Emotional Agility.I asked her to come on the show a couple of months into the COVID-19 pandemic to help us navigate the fear and uncertainty the Corona Virus had brought into our lives.Two years on, her advice based on decades of research is more helpful than ever. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Peter Singer is an ethical and political philosopher best known for his work in bioethics and his role as one of the intellectual founders of the modern animal rights movement.His book "Animal Liberation" is a cornerstone of ethical treatment of animals and has had far reaching effects in both kitchens and farms all across the planet.His work is absolutely timeless, the questions he poses for us to answer remain pertinent. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Checking in, March 11, 2022 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James Mathison has been my friend for over 20 years. We presented on Channel [V] together, hosted Australian Idol and more recently reunited for our podcast Idle Australians.James is going to change the world. In 2016 he contested Tony Abbott’s federal seat of Warringah and is one of the most informed and intelligent people I know.He joined me at my kitchen table on the day of the last Australian Federal Election in 2019. We discussed democracy, social media and James presented some interesting solutions to political problems that we still have today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr Anika Molesworth is a Founding Director of Farmers for Climate Action – a national network of over 5,000 Australian farmers undertaking climate change action. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Checking in, March 4, 2022 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rachel Neylan is a Professional Cyclist who’s a part of the UCI Women's Continental Team, she’s an Olympian, a silver medalist at the World Championships and a very driven and fascinating human being. Rachel Came to my house after reaching out to say she listened to the podcast on Twitter. She’d even post #podsie photos of her training rides when she was in Rio in the lead up to last year’s Olympics. So she came around and we had a chat - a chat that was so engaging, that I didn’t end up talking to her about going to ride for Australia in Rio. Occasionally as an interviewer I get so caught up in the conversation that the ground we are covering is so engaging that it’s sometimes as good a story as the thing that they’re really known for. I texted Rachel afterwards to apologize and she responded that it was in fact a relief to not have to talk about Rio again. Reason being it was a quite emotional journey that she’d covered many times - which involves talking about the death of her Father at the start of 2016. For whatever reason, we didn’t go there but when the chat was over I didn’t feel I’d missed out on getting an authentic connection with Rachel at all. If you’d like to know in greater detail about Rachel’s path to the Olympics there’s a great SBS article which you can read.So come to our old apartment in Bronte, the first time I’d had an Olympian in that house, I still get a thrill meeting athletes of that calibre. This is a cup of tea at my kitchen table with Rachel Neylan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kylea Tink is the Independent candidate for the seat of North Sydney in the upcoming federal election. She's the former CEO of the McGrath Foundation and most recently was the CEO of Camp Quality. However before those roles she worked at the highest levels of communications consultancy, a job that took her all over the world, including to the Pentagon when she went toe to toe with Donald Rumsfeld after questioning his justification on the US invasion of Iraq.There's also a story about when she went head-to-head with Peter Dutton that had me giggling with glee. Enjoy the show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Checking in, February 25, 2022 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Julie Stevanja is co-founder and CEO of Stylerunner.com Her story is bloody inspirational. In particular what I love about her tale is not only the grit to keep going, and her ability to see a gap in the market - but how she knew and valued the power of her personal network so much that she relocated back to Australia to build the business, and now is running an internationally massive retail operation from an office in Alexandria in Sydney.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.