So How Did I Get Here? with Sam Lax
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So How Did I Get Here? with Sam Lax
Fascinating stories and priceless life experience can't be allowed to just blow away with the sands of time. It's for this reason I've started a bi-monthly podcast series with incredible and inspiring people at home and abroad, to tease out the moments in their life that made them who they are today...
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21 episode
Ep 20 - Director of Photography Arlen Figgis talks the birth of Drum and Bass, filming Gumball 3000 with Dirty Sanchez and creating his music festival stage, The Shack
This episode I was lucky enough to have a old good knees up with a friend I’ve got to know working in the video biz; Director of Photography / DJ / mu...
Ep 19 - Journalist Alice Matthews talks about finding missing people, winning Walkleys and what it's like to work at the Triple J and The Feed
From hosting a ‘this is your life’ style show for her dad at age 10, to winning a Walkley on her first reporting shift and even finding a missing pers...
Ep 18 - Director Julietta Boscolo talks acting, directing and finding your own creative voice
Julietta Boscolo is a writer, director, actor, improviser and all round lovely human being who I’m lucky enough to do a sporadic comedy radio show wit...
Ep 17 - The Inspired Unemployed talk about becoming inspired and being self-employed
This episode I was joined by the comedic duo behind the instafamous Inspired Unemployed, self proclaimed ‘Aussie battlers’ Jack Steele and Matt Ford....
Ep 16 - Scott Findlay talks about cooking for the stars, making it in the restaurant game and surfing his way around the globe
Scott Findlay has been a professional chef for over 22 years. He’s trained under Gordon Ramsay, started a successful restaurant franchise in Australia...
Ep 15 - Luke Boyton talks about new ways of teaching, lifelong learning and lightsabers
This episode I recorded in a park with theatre combat instructor and owner of Sons of Obiwan Saber Academy, Luke Boyton. I met Luke and was introduced...
Ep 14 - Marc Fennel talks about his career and creative process; from interviewing news makers on The Feed to chasing chillis around the World in story telling and production
Marc Fennell is an Australian interviewer, journalist, tv/radio presenter, author and Rose d’Or nominated documentary maker. He’s also a very kind cha...
Ep 13 - Brent Wilson talks fashion, suit making and running your own business
This week I was joined by Brent Wilson - founder and director of fashion and lifestyle brand of his namesake. Leaving school for full-time work to bec...
Ep 12 - Emma Metcalf talks TV producing, coming up in the creative industry and the importance of work/life balance
Emma Metcalf is first and foremost a wonderful human being. For work, she’s a Senior Producer, Director and Film-Maker with global experience spanning...
Ep 11 - Carlo Ritchie talks about language, founding Improv Theatre Sydney and the creation of the Bear Pack
This week I had the pleasure of talking to improviser, teacher, actor, comedian, podcaster and dulcet toned wordsmith, Carlo Ritchie. He’s one of the...
Ep 10 - Nathan Dalah talks founding Fishbowl, systematising growth and changing fast-food culture
This week I was joined by Nathan Dalah - one of the young gun co-founders of Australia’s quickest growing healthy restaurant chain, Fishbowl. From the...
Ep 9 - Flex Mami talks self-confidence, personal development and manifestation
This episode I was joined by Lillian Ahenkan AKA Flex - one hell of a busy millennial bee whose list of skills is longer than the Lord of the Rings mo...
Ep 8 - Paul Parks talks Beach Beer Bondi, drop-shipping sex toys and pursuing his passion
This week I chatted to one of my neighbours. It just so happens that he’s the man behind Bondi Beach Beer - brewer Paul Parks.
After spy...
Ep 7 - Cathrin Machin talks deep space, nervous breakdowns and following your dreams
Cathrin Machin is an epic human being. Self confessed scotch lover, hardstyle DJ and oh yeah, Australia’s highest crowd-funded artist of all time. Jus...
Ep 6 - Kate Peck talks modelling, motorsports and making it as a presenter
She’s incredibly vivacious, funny and high achieving; yet she manages to be the most modest and down to earth person you’ll come across. She’s a huge...
Ep 5 - Scott Purcell on accidental entreprenuership and the journey of Australia's Man of Many
This week I’m joined by Scott Purcell; one half of the duo that started one of Australia’s largest independent men's lifestyle sites, Man of Many.
Ep4 - Danny Clayton talks Channel V, interviewing stars and getting kissed by Katy Perry
This episode I sit down with a multi talented man most prevalently known in Australian for being a fantastic Presenter, DJ and all round great bloke,...
Ep3 - Steve Crabtree talks about his journey from painting nuclear submarines to being the Editor of BBC Horizon (and going on a night out with the maker of Tetris)
At the time of recording, Steve Crabtree is Editor of BBC Horizon, the world's longest-running science documentary series.
After leaving...
Ep2 - Chris Greenwood talks about unwitting entrepenurship, hanging out with the Beastie boys and what it takes to run nightclubs, bars and festivals
Within the music industry, Chris Greenwood aka Madera Verde has done a bunch.
In our conversation at his house in South London Chris talks us th...
Ep1 - Jamie Sparks talks about rowing the Atlantic and Indian Ocean, his Guinness World Records and what drives him as an Entrepreneurial Adventurer
At the tender age of 24 age he’s already got 6 Guinness world records to his name. The first few of which he gained at the start of 2014 by being one...
From A to Bul. A mini adventure stretching from London to Istanbul
It was April Easter holiday from uni 2015. I had a week off to study etc, I chose etc.
A I got into myhead that it’d be a good idea to try and h...