Human Cogs Podcast

Jeremy Macvean is a marketing and communications expert who has held senior roles at Clemengers, Young & Rubicam and Austereo among others before deciding he wanted to use his comms expertise and ins…

What do you think are the most important ingredients for a young person to learn and thrive? While we’ve hopefully come a long way since reading, writing and arithmetic topped the list, we wonder how…

You might think you know Shaynna Blaze as the vivacious and talented interior designer from TV shows The Block, Selling Houses Australia, Celebrity Apprentice or Country Home Rescue. What you may not…

The word trauma is everywhere, but what does trauma really mean and can we heal and recover from the impact of assault, neglect, coercive control, parentification, bullying, loss, sexual violence, wa…

How many people do you know who live with hidden conditions?

You might be surprised to learn that an estimated 30 per cent of the Australian population live with neurodiverse conditions including ADHD…

As a very little child, Mariam Issa dreamt of traveling to faraway places. What she did not dream is that she would need to flee the horror of Somalia’s civil war on an overcrowded boat to Kenya. Nor…

How are you feeling right now? Are you wired? Are you tired? Did you sleep ok last night or are you tossing and turning til dawn?

What about your relationship with your body? Are you fasting? Stresse…

If your heart had a voice, have you ever wondered what it would say?

Dr Michelle Woolhouse is an author, podcaster and holistic and integrative GP with decades of experience working in the fields of …

Award-winning documentary maker and author Pete Dickson is no stranger to life’s curved balls.

Childhood illness and a fast-track to an AFL career truncated due to a life-threatening condition were t…

It was the philosopher, Holocaust survivor and author of 'Man's Search for Meaning' Victor Frankl who said: “When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”

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Warning: This episode talks about suicide and mental health.

Did you know that suicide is the #1 killer of Aussie men under the age of 45? Every day in Australia, 7 men and 2 women take their lives, a…

How are you feeling as the end of 2022 looms? It's been a big couple of years, hasn't it? Pandemic life has worn us all down a little, anxiety and burnout are widespread and trying to find balance ag…

Experts say effective communication isn’t just about what you say: it is 50% speaking and 50% listening.

Think about your interactions today.

No doubt you will have countless exchanges with loved one…

“I am so acutely aware that little girls born like me don’t sit in rooms with billionaires and don’t help run tech companies. So with the incredible privileges that I have, I don’t know that I can ju…

When you think about your life, is there a moment that comes to mind which you know changed you indelibly?

Fergus Watts says that moment happened when he was 15 years old, and the legendary AFL footb…

Have you ever wondered how you can use your remaining days on this planet better?

In this episode we explore this question with Dr Amantha Imber, plus unpack stacks of other fascinating, perplexing, …

During the dark days of the pandemic not everyone was baking sourdough. Many women were locked in their homes with people they feared, and psychological, physical, financial and fatal abuse played ou…

Did you know that you spend most of your waking life working – a jaw-dropping 90,000 hours for the average person. 

Work dominates our days. It can be the thing that gets you up in the morning, or th…

Have you ever set yourself a crazy big hairy audacious goal, and found yourself against the odds somehow achieving it?

Women climb invisible mountains every day.

But Laura Youngson's eureka moment ca…

Sushi Das is an award-winning British Australian journalist of more than 25 years, spending much of her career at The Age, where she held a series of senior reporting and editing positions.


She is t…