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Episode 154 – Bianca Nogrady (Science Journalist, Author, Broadcaster)
Bianca Nogrady is a Freelance Science Journalist, Author, Broadcaster, Tutor and much more. In my opinion, Bianca is a jack of all trades when it comes to world of Science commentary. For more than a decade, Bianca’s work has been featured in Nature, The Guardian, Undark, the BMJ, Australian Geographic, Scientific American, the ABC, and BBC.
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Episode 153 – Luke Robertson (Ale of Time, Author, Podcaster)
Luke Robertson might have my dream job. Writing about drinking beer. It sounds absolutely, deliciously perfect. For close to a decade, Luke has running his Ale of a Time blog which has gradually positioned him to be a key person of influence in the Australian Craft Beer industry. Years of slogging out reviews and
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Episode 152 – Macinley Butson (Award Winning Young Inventor)
Like a lot people, I’m never short of an idea. The problem I have though is that the ideas are usually fleeting thoughts that are never followed through on. Macinley Butson, on the other hand, is one of the few who has taken action on her light bulb moments which are having a profound impact on
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Episode 151 – Adam Ballinger (ex-NBL Player, Artist Illustrator)
Adam Ballinger had a long career in the National Basketball League (NBL) playing with the Victorian Giants, Wollongong Hawks, Adelaide 36ers and Melbourne Tigers. During this time Adam was named to All NBL teams, had a number of finals appearances, and competed with some of the leagues all-time best players. Born in Bluffton Indiana, Adam came out
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Episode 150 – Rob Brens (Hadal Maw, I Built The Sky)
Rob Brens is what I would like to call a real hot commodity. Like many of us musicians trying to find and hold onto a drummer is freaking hard, so when we discover world class drummers like Rob, many of us are fighting for a piece of the action. Rob has taken full advantage of
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The (Not So) Secrets to a Productive Day
When it boils down to it, there are no secrets to being productive at all. The concepts are simple and straight forward. In fact, many of us know them already. Despite this we continuously fail to remember them in the heat of the moment. Before we know it, we’re groaning about how we’re not getting
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14 Tunes You Must Hear – Music from The Guests
We’re still early days when it comes to The Andy Social Podcast, however let’s highlight some of the amazing music that has come from the guests who have been generous to give their time and appear on the podcast to date! This is the first of hopefully many blogs of this nature as I continue
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Be a wanker! Be creative!
I’ve been pretty lucky. For a large chunk of my life I’ve been in the company of many creative people. Musicians, artists, performers, and the like. Overall it’s been a pretty supportive group that are open minded and embrace their creativity and the creativity of those around them. With that being said, however, I have
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Fear of Fear
Fear. I don’t think a lot of people understand the word at times, or more so realise that their actions are often being ruled by it. This isn’t about fear in a situation where your life or health depends on it. We all know that there are circumstances where we need to be controlled by
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Breaking through incoherent mutter
You know how much energy it has taken me to stop, sit down, and starting typing this? Honestly, to try and slow my brain down just enough to get that *little* bit of focus to begin tapping away was such a hard task. But hey, here I am and I’m now on a roll. Have
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