Bryn Edwards at The WA Real

#31 Joel Camp – Putting the love into food

Bryn talks with Joel Camp, Chef and Owner of New Ethic Plant Food which brings plant based pop up & private dining experiences. Joel talks about bucking the trends of industry to create a business in line with personal his values and ethics. He also explains how New Ethic Plant Food turns the eating experience on its head from being ‘chef focused’ to ‘diner focused. You can’t help but be moved by the passion and love, as well as detail, Joel has for creating human connection and experiences through food.

#30 Dr. Ros Worthington OAM – Real Philanthropy

Dr. Ros Worthington OAM shares her humbling journey and how she’s made a habit of overcoming adversity and turning it into something bold and beautiful that brings light into areas of darkness for others. She talks openly about her experiences with childhood abuse, breast cancer and the suicide of her husband and how each experience became the catalyst to take action and do something great through the power of giving to others. Ros also talks about philanthropy and how giving doesn’t have to come from the wallet but simply from the heart. Listening to this you can’t help but be impressed by Ros’s grounded and ironclad belief in herself.

#29 Chris Nurse – Restless Innovator

Enjoy fascinating conversation with Chris Nurse, former CTO of a number of large companies & the Telethon Kids Institute and now founder of Mashean, a platform to guide impatient innovators to clarity their Purpose, Vision & Mission and support their journey ahead. This episode provides not only numerous insights and pointers into the journey, and pitfalls, that face innovators but also into the importance of having meaning and purpose to what you do. Bryn and Chris also go deep into the myth of job security in today’s age and how through this fear we trade our time and life for a salary that keep us contained from doing what we really want to do.  

#28 James – Alcohol Addiction

Bryn interviews James, a 32-year old still in the grips of an alcohol addiction. Confronting in places, this is a firsthand insight of drink addiction from the trenches. Listening to the story, explanations and patterns reveals some of the mechanics of the addiction that you may well recognise in yourself to a lesser extent. 

#27 Julie Broad – Connecting Food and Community

In this conversation Bryn follows the journey of Julie Broad from growing up as the only daughter on a remote Wheatbelt Biodynamic farm in WA to Manager of Food Rescue which feeds disadvantaged people in Western Australia by rescuing food supermarkets and wholesalers and then delivering it to disadvantaged, vulnerable people. Julie talks about the impact of being sent to boarding school, her passionate of connecting food to community, her time at Perth City farm, scale of current food waste and her work with those who are in a disadvantaged position in life. This episode of full of humility and honesty that will leave you reflecting on a deeper level. 

#26 Kim Gibson-Newton – Cryptocurrency and Plant Medicine

Join Bryn in a wonderful exploratory conversation into new paradigms and thinking with Kim Gibson-Newton from the angles of Cryptocurrency and Plant Medicine. Kim, who has co-founded the community group Crypto Rocks, shares her research and knowledge into cryptocurrencies, what they are, how they reward attention and her views as to how they have the potential to change the structure and the manner of the world we live in. Kim goes on to also share her relationship with plants and herbs and the knowledge they share that we can access, in particular ayahuasca. Going into this conversation Bryn had little experience in either areas and so this is a great conversation if you are in the same place. 

#25 Emma Stewart – Let’s talk about Sex

Everyone is either at it, thinking about it, or wishing they were having it, but how many of us actually talk about and explore sex to any depth? In this episode, Bryn has a very far ranging conversation with Sexologist Emma Stewart. Emma talks about what a Sexologist is and how she came to be one, before delving into the many facets of sex, how we form our early views on sex, what constitutes good porn, the impact of external expectations and how sex on one level is a celebration of our own body and physicality. 

#24 Julia Wheeler – One Breathe

Competitive Freediver, Julia Wheeler provides a fantastic insight into the mystical world of competitive Freediving. Julia shares how she got into the sport by chance, what training involves, how she prepares for competition and how these lessons transfer to other parts of her life. Also a professional photographer and environment champion, you can’t help but be drawn in with her enthusiastic approach and philosophy on life. 

#23 Renee Cochrane – Feed your Energy

Renee Cochrane shares her journey to building the successful company Wholistically Healthy, which creates and delivers healthy plant based meals based on Ayurvedic principles. Channelling lessons and drive from an earlier life of drink and drug abuse, Renee talks about how she overcame her past and herself, took action and created the life she lives today. 

#22 James Young – Make Booze, Be Awesome

Pull up a gin and tonic and enjoy the journey of James Young from CEO of SwimmingWA to owner of Old Young’s distillery and 2017 Australian Champion Distiller. James shares the breadth of his extensive gin ‘research’, how he’d never made a bottle of gin himself before buying the distillery, what makes a good gin, his manifesto on life, as well as the story behind how chasing Eurovision resulted in him becoming the Head coach of the Lithuania men hockey team. This is both highly entertaining and insightful podcast that will have you giggling for sure.