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Seize the Yay

A lawyer turned funtrepreneur's investigation into how some of the world's most inspiring people find their "yay", whether it's through work, rest or play and any other pearls of wisdom they have along the way.

Sophie Walker // Australian Birth Stories

58 mins; March 07, 2023

Ben McIntosh // From college football to demystifying (dis)abilities - the disability support worker the world needs!

56 mins; February 23, 2023

Valentines Day Special // Anonymous Q&A with Niccyboy!

81 hours 20 mins; February 13, 2023

Van-Anh Nguyen // Candlelight concerts, composing and career crescendos!

51 mins; February 08, 2023

First #yaysofourlives for the year!

56 mins; February 01, 2023

Josh Piterman // The Phantom of the Opera is here....

58 mins; January 25, 2023

Ang's Anonymous Q&A // PART II

71 hours 21 mins; January 18, 2023

Ang's Anonymous Q&A // PART I

51 mins; December 20, 2022

On a good wicket with Alyssa Healy

40 mins; December 14, 2022

Yays of our lives // The Antarctica edition

50 mins; December 07, 2022

Martin Cohen // Polar play, passion projects and PENGUINOLOGY

31 mins; November 30, 2022

Ang is back for #yaysofourlives at long last!!!

41 mins; November 02, 2022

Rob Mills // Putting on a show!!!

62 hours 22 mins; October 12, 2022

Laura Henshaw & Steph Smith // Our (nearly) four year reunion episode!

68 hours 33 mins; October 05, 2022

D'Leanne Lewis // From Blacktown to Bondi and Luxe Listings Sydney

49 mins; September 29, 2022

Feastpod teaser // Life as a gay, First Nations amputee, model and triathlete with James Parr

70 hours 9 mins; September 26, 2022

Kristina Costalos // Sail a-YAY, sail a-YAY, sail a-YAY...

64 hours 56 mins; September 01, 2022

Matt Purcell // Two South Korean adoptees walk into a rage room....

60 hours 33 mins; August 24, 2022

Aimee Blacker // Surfing the Spectrum

51 mins; August 16, 2022

Erin Holland // On classical voice, congeniality and conceiving through IVF

84 hours 8 mins; August 10, 2022

Anna Podolsky // Prestige in the professions to puppies and pet food!

53 mins; August 03, 2022

Anonymous Q&A - Pt II

58 mins; July 28, 2022

Anonymous Q&A - Pt I

85 hours 10 mins; July 18, 2022

Samantha Brett // News, new starts and Naked Sundays

64 hours 8 mins; June 25, 2022

Bobby Holland Hanton // From stunt double (to Thor!!) and sportsman to starting something new...

62 hours 54 mins; June 22, 2022

Dr Zac Seidler // Men's Health Week, Movember and mental wellbeing

68 hours 48 mins; June 13, 2022

Finders, SEEKers // Kendra Banks

41 mins; June 09, 2022

Allan Ball // White Ribbon Tax Appeal 2022

32 mins; June 07, 2022

Effie Kats // On fashion, failure and flames of a phoenix

73 hours 30 mins; June 02, 2022

What PLEH means, why it's changed our lives and how It's impossible to fall behind in your own life.

59 mins; June 01, 2022

Finders, SEEKers // Brooke Taylor

49 mins; May 18, 2022

Finders, SEEKers // Ekaterini Karabatos

63 hours 25 mins; May 11, 2022

Finders, SEEKers // Kemi Nekvapil

44 mins; May 04, 2022

Belated birthday Q&A chaos with Ang // Part 2

51 mins; April 27, 2022

Belated birthday Q&A chaos with Ang // Part 1

51 mins; April 26, 2022

Michelle Wong // The chemistry behind our cosmetics!

60 hours 39 mins; April 20, 2022

Alison Gordon // From the Army to Antarctica with some animal agriculture in between...

58 mins; April 13, 2022

CASTA-YAYS // Sole Survivor 2022... Mark Wales!!!

43 mins; April 12, 2022

Michael Theo // Love on the Spectrum

50 mins; April 05, 2022

CASTA-YAYS // Sammy spills the beans on survival, strategy and sacrifice!

64 hours 57 mins; March 22, 2022

Anna Robards // When one thing turns intu another... From Batchie to business with INTU WELLNESS!

59 mins; March 16, 2022

The one where we forget to do a quote of the yay...

48 mins; March 13, 2022

Steve Gelagotis // Paramedicine, pride parades and puppy parenthood

69 hours 40 mins; March 02, 2022

CASTA-YAYS // King Khanh has left the building...

52 mins; February 28, 2022

Gabe Adams & Adam Wheatley // A life of love, learning and limb-itless possibilities

73 hours 52 mins; February 23, 2022

CASTA-YAYS // Not tonight, Satan! Introducing, Amy Ong...

34 mins; February 17, 2022

Galentines Day episode // How Ang and I met

67 hours 19 mins; February 13, 2022

Briony Benjamin // Life is tough, but so are you!

74 hours 45 mins; February 09, 2022

The beauty of the world lies in the diversity of its people // Francesca Hung

60 hours 50 mins; February 06, 2022

CASTA-YAYS // Bonus behind the scenes Survivor chats with Khanh Ong & Jordie Hansen

73 hours 4 mins; February 03, 2022

A bend in the road is not the end of the road, unless you fail to make the turn - Helen Keller

54 mins; January 31, 2022

You have exactly enough energy for one day at a time.

69 hours 1 min; January 24, 2022

Jarrad and Michael Duggan-Tierney // The Real Dads of Melbourne in their first podcast EVER

86 hours 26 mins; December 01, 2021

L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science // Dr Philippa Karoly, Dr Jiawen Li and Dr Olivia Harrison

85 hours 41 mins; November 28, 2021

L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science // Dr Mahkdokht Shaibani and Dr Kirsty Nash

60 hours 15 mins; November 24, 2021

Colleen Callander // People with purpose + passion = profit

53 mins; November 17, 2021

Power Your Inner Runner // Refuel, replenish and recharge with Linden Hall

54 mins; November 10, 2021

Do we want to make this into post-traumatic stress or post-traumatic GROWTH? // Dana Phang

34 mins; October 31, 2021

THREE YEARS OF SEIZING THE YAY

86 hours 2 mins; October 25, 2021

Deni Todorovič // On style, sexuality, and striving for self-acceptance

74 hours 29 mins; October 21, 2021

Marc Champagne // We are all only one question away from a completely different life...

72 hours 14 mins; October 14, 2021

Be kind, for everyone is fighting a battle you know nothing about // World Mental Health Month

52 mins; October 11, 2021

Grace Brennan // The brilliant, benevolent brains behind Buy from the Bush

88 hours 9 mins; October 06, 2021

The quickest way to make your own day is to make someone else's.

7 mins; October 04, 2021

Joe and Renae Ingles // From courtside to courtship and commitment to the clan

97 hours 26 mins; September 29, 2021

A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself // Thank you, healthcare workers!

55 mins; September 28, 2021

Sarah Rani // Sowing serendipitous seeds to grow a global gardening gang

59 mins; September 23, 2021

Hugh van Cuylenberg // Happiness, humanity and a cracking sense of Hugh-mour

73 hours 12 mins; September 20, 2021

Kim van Haaster // Big boss in the big apple to pashing at Pacha to forging a field-to-face future with Bloomeffects

87 hours 50 mins; September 15, 2021

Maria Thattil // The woman to (yayborhood) watch

60 hours 15 mins; September 13, 2021

Ben and Dan Pronk // Mastering the military, MBAs, micro goals and mindset

79 hours 19 mins; September 08, 2021

We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give. // Tom Howell, Disaster Relief Australia

36 mins; September 06, 2021

You don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing // Ang Roan

65 hours 1 min; August 30, 2021

Dr Richard Harris SC OAM // A deep dive into the anaesthetist, adventurer and Australian of the Year 2019

75 hours 32 mins; August 26, 2021

If what you're doing isn't working, don't do it harder // Emma Isaacs

46 mins; August 23, 2021

Rachael Sarra // From sixth Spice Girl to symbolism, storytelling and starting Sar.ra

68 hours 31 mins; August 18, 2021

Don't be afraid of death, Winnie. Be afraid of the unlived life - Piglet // Ang Roan

54 mins; August 16, 2021

Sophie Cachia // Change, challenge and chapters of a BRAND NEW BOOK

74 hours 33 mins; August 10, 2021

Diana Nyad // Fifth time's a charm - on failure, fearlessness and finding a way

63 hours 9 mins; August 04, 2021

Success doesn't halve when you share it - it doubles.

12 mins; August 03, 2021

Abbie Chatfield // Star signs, sex toys and smashing social stigma

74 hours 3 mins; July 28, 2021

Never be limited by another's limited imagination // Tory Archbold

46 mins; July 26, 2021

Samantha Wills // Of Gold and Dust...

54 mins; July 21, 2021

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough // Khanh Ong

29 mins; July 19, 2021

Holly Ransom // Lifelong learning, leaving law and finding the leading edge

66 hours 24 mins; July 14, 2021

Sarah Andrews // From spatial science and stormy seas to settling in Strahan at Captain's Rest

67 hours 28 mins; July 07, 2021

I am no longer present for things that make me feel like shit // Tully Humphrey and Sarah Pasini

67 hours 48 mins; July 04, 2021

Caleb Marshall // From tennis coaching and total fatigue to transformation with Tropeaka

70 hours 47 mins; June 30, 2021

Aimee Stanton // Lady tradie, life-lover, legend

64 hours 52 mins; June 23, 2021

You are not a drop in the ocean, you are the entire ocean in a drop - Rumi // with Dr Kieran Kennedy

66 hours 25 mins; June 21, 2021

Victoria Devine // She's on the money!

84 hours 44 mins; June 16, 2021

Flex Mami // Flexistential questions on identity, introspection and individuality

82 hours 27 mins; June 14, 2021

Morgan Mitchell // Why off-track quests mean on-track personal bests

63 hours 4 mins; June 09, 2021

Joshua Coombes // Styling on the streets, storytelling and starting #DoSomethingForNothing

63 hours 2 mins; June 02, 2021

Just keep going, no feeling is final // with Rob and Lachie from Funny Business

39 mins; May 31, 2021

May as well be here, we are as where we are - Aboriginal Proverb // Samantha Gash & Jo Nevin

61 hours 49 mins; May 24, 2021

Rob Kenney // The dearest, devoted dad behind "Dad, How Do I?"

49 mins; May 20, 2021

Georgie Mankey // Nursing, night shifts and namaste

59 mins; May 17, 2021

Mat Bowtell // On giving others a hand... literally!

35 mins; May 10, 2021

Julia Stone // On songwriting, self-discovery and Sixty Summers

60 hours 11 mins; April 28, 2021

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