Better Than Yesterday with Osher Günsberg

Checking in, August 16, 2019 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Marieke Hardy is an actor, writer, screenwriter, presenter and currently the Artistic Director of the Melbourne Writer’s Festival. From her beginnings as a child actor on Australian TV, to her work as a presenter on JJJ, and as a Screenwriter for shows like Last Man Standing and Packed to The Rafters, Marieke has always had a solid through line of creativity in her life. In her role as Artistic Director of the Melbourne Writer’s Festival, Marieke is responsible for shaping the tone and vision of the festival which I was very fortunate to be a part of in 2018. The Melbourne Writer’s festival kicks off at the end of August 2019 and the theme this year is “When we talk about love” featuring extraordinary appearances from Ben Folds, Charlie Pickering, former NZ PM Helen Clark, Sloane Crosley and many, many more. mwf.com.au for more details. As someone who grew up in the public eye - Marieke has a lot to teach us about not only how we can deal with life on that level, but dealing with the criticism that can come from putting yourself out there - something we can all learn from even if we’re not someone who’s got a career in broadcast. I hope you enjoy this conversation as we explore the benefits of being creative in your life - both creative in a way that leads back to you, but also in an anonymous way, which Marieke has found incredible benefit from. It’s a great chat, with a fascinating human being. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Checking in, August 9, 2019 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Nazzari is the founder and managing director of Fonzarelli Electric bikes - based in Redfern here in Sydney. As you no doubt know I’m a big fan of electric mobility - I test drove EV’s as far back as 2009 and have owned Electric Vehicles since 2011. There’s no other way to say it - Electrification of transportation is the future. Thanks to decreasing costs of battery production and increasing emissions standards worldwide - soon it will be cheaper to manufacture an electric transmission vehicle than a petrol vehicle, and then that’s it. As is often the case, global purchasing options depend on the most economically viable production specification, and with the largest auto market in the world now being China, and China having increasingly strict laws around emissions - sooner than later we will be only be able to buy EVs because that’s the most economically viable product to produce worldwide. What does all this mean? That Electric Vehicles will not only transform our ability to get around but also power our cities when you think of the megawatts of now-available battery storage.I tracked down Michelle and got her on the show because she’s a total game changer in the field. She started and runs Fonzarelli Electric Moto - a company based in Redfern Sydney that design and build electric scooters. The kind you need a motorbike license to ride. I must warn you - we recorded this interview a while back now, and not long after talking to Michelle I took one for a test ride - and a few months later I now own one of these machines. I was in the market for a scooter anyway - and once I rode it I was done.This is a chat that’s not just about electric scooters, it’s a chat with a woman who had a vision, and every day strives to make her vision become a reality. Enjoy this conversation with Michelle Nazzari. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Checking in, August 2, 2019 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lucy Lawless is an internationally known actress from New Zealand who shot to world wide stardom as Xena, in 1995, then Spartacus, Ash Vs Evil Dead and that one excellent episode of Flight of the Conchords. Lucy is currently in the new series “My Life is Murder” which is on Ten here in Australia. Lucy’s story is one that I found so inspiring, as she’s someone who’s unshakable drive to pursue what she essentially defines as “play” has allowed her to build an incredible life that not only is very satisfying to her - but one that is by design so authentic, she connects naturally to millions of people around the world. Her work ethic, her spirit of adventure, her willingness to take a chance - all these things left me just chomping at the bit to get on with things. I can’t wait for you to hear this. We caught up over Skype when she was in NYC the other week so thanks for understanding the audio ambience that is a part of this. Enjoy this conversation with the one and only Lucy Lawless. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Checking in, July 26, 2019 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rob Wilson is the CEO and CoFounder of Incent, a cryptocurrency startup based in Australia, you can find you more about him and the work he’s doing at incent.comIf you’ve never heard of cryptocurrency before - let me quickly run over it with you.So - money was a way that we found to put value into a common language that served as a way to help us exchange that value. If I spent a day digging up your garden and you wouldn’t give me a trolley full of groceries - even though that’s what I need. You give me a common language of agreed value, in this case money - which you probably got doing something of value for someone else. And I take an amount of that agreed language to the supermarket and I buy my fruit and veggies - which I didn’t have to plant or grow or dog up or transport to the market, and I give that money to the people that did and so on and so on.Back in the day, money was of actual Value - made of metals that we agreed were valuable. Then a few hundred years back the Chinese went paper, which confounded some people but ultimately won out - but it solidified this idea that it’s just agreed value.In our community money is plastic and metal, but it’s really just a useless object until two people decide its valuable.But now, as we pay pass and tap our cards on terminals everywhere - money doesn’t even exist. It’s data on a file somewhere that you and the people who’s terminal you’re tapping your card on have agreed is worth something.So now we are at essentially digital money, the next level from that is cryptocurrency.Essentially, cryptocurrency is another agreement of value. One that by design makes all the transactions secure and importantly does away with intermediaries represented by banks, which have pesky fees and differing investment policies and things like that. The main feature of cryptocurrencies, security is provided by Blockchain technology — which is a network of computers having an identical copy of the database and changing its records by a common agreement based on pure mathematics. It’s kind of like - there’s only one bank statement - and everyone can see it. Those who deposited and withdrew are anonymised, but the amounts are there for all to see, and every time a transaction happens, it verifies itself with another copy of this statement to be sure the transaction is legitimate. Where things get interesting, is that within that baked in security and legitimate, there’s a thing called — smart contracts — it becomes possible to create your own cryptocurrency and issue your own token. Token is a type of privately issued cryptocurrency, a unit of value that exists and pays off within the ecosystem of a particular business model. And that’s kind of the work that Rob Wilson and the team at Incent are working on. Rob has a fascinating story, and the way his own life experience lead him to explore other ways of the way we run things is something I found truly inspiring. Big thanks to my buddy Jaxon for making this conversation happen. I hope you enjoy this conversation with Rob Wilson  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Checking in, July 19, 2019 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I know a lot of people listening will be heading to Byron Bay for Splendour in The Grass - an annual music festival which is coming up on 20 years of gigs - and in honour of that yearly pilgrimage which so many music lovers make, Today's guest is one of the founders of Splendour in the Grass, and indeed one of the founders of Homebake before that - the one and only Jess Ducrou. She’s an incredible woman to listen to, and she has some excellent things to say about what it takes to make a safe event, what it takes to make a great event and some powerful words as well about pill testing.She’s an inspirational person to listen to and I am so excited she’s on the show this week. I hope you get a lot out of this chat.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.