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Freedom Hunters
by Suzanne Delahunty
Have you ever dreamed of packing in your job to pursue your dream career? Do you have a passion in life you want to follow? Freedom Hunters is about inspiring people who have escaped the rat race to pursue their dreams. Suzanne Delahunty, media lawyer turned writer, blogger, editor, stylist and podcaster, interviews fascinating people about where they started out, how they changed their careers and their lives and what success is for them now that they are doing what they love.
Episodes
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Jamila Rizvi: Political Advisor to Columnist, Author and Presenter
Jamila Rizvi started her career in politics. Her first job out of university was working for the then Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd. From her role as government advisor, Jamila took her career into media, where she worked at the online news site Mamamia as editor in chief. Today, Jamila…
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Kat Stewart: PR to Award Winning Actor
Kat Stewart is an Aussie household name due to her many stellar and powerful performances in the very best of Australian TV and theatre, which have led to her winning many accolades including AACTA and Logie awards. Kat became known in Australia for her stunning performances as Roberta Williams…
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Lana Wilkinson: Marketing to Celebrity Stylist & Shoe Designer
Lana Wilkinson is one of Australia's best-known celebrity stylists. Her client list includes some of Australia’s most stylish women, including Ruby Rose, Megan Gale and Nadia Bartel. Lana started her career in marketing and public relations until her side hustle of styling celebrities for events...
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Maria Hatzistefanis: Banking to Beauty Entrepreneur & founder of Rodial
Maria Hatzistefanis, founded her ground-breaking skincare group, Rodial, in 1999 by identifying a niche for treatments targeted to specific skin concerns. Maria has become a respected and sought-after opinion-leader as she is known for her mentoring and entrepreneurial guidance. Recently she was…
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Expert Special: Liz Ward founder of Slick Pivot
Liz Ward is the UK’s first pivot coach and founder of Slick Pivot, a boutique coaching hub for career changers, startups and entrepreneurs. She has been the coach working behind the scenes of growing startups including, The Marshmallowist and Taylor Morris Eyewear. An AOC (Association for…
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Andy Griffiths: media lawyer to International Justice Mission Regional President
The world needs more people like Andy Griffiths. His work has taken him into brick kilns in India where he lead a team of freedom fighters rescuing people who had been subject to enforced slavery, and to the West Bank in Palestine where his organisation help run a program to create harmony and...
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Kristina Karlsson: travel to founder of Kikki K
Kristina is the founder of the stationary and lifestyle brand Kikki K, which has stores in Australia, New Zealand, the USA, UK, Singapore and Hong Kong. And it is available online in over 140 countries around the world. Kristina really is living her dream life. But before she started Kikki K,...
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Poh Ling Yeow: Artist to TV Chef and Restaurateur
Most of my Australian listeners, and probably quite a few of my UK listeners will have heard of today’s guest on Freedom Hunters. You might have watched her come runner up in the first ever series of Australian Masterchef in 2009. Or you might have watched her subsequent TV cooking series, or…
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Olly Bengough: Bar Owner to Media Mogul
Olly Bengough started his first business in his twenties when he opened a bar on the King’s Road in Chelsea. From there he went on to set up venues which have become London institutions, including Infernos in Clapham and Koko in Camden. Along the way he started up the music festival Lovebox with...
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Tash Sefton: Fashion Buyer & Manager to Entrepreneur
Anyone with a passing interest in fashion will have heard of Tash Sefton. She is one of Australia’s most successful fashion entrepreneurs. Tash started out her career in fashion manufacturing, and moved into a business role, overseeing production, manufacturing and buying for one of Australia’s...
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Sally Hepworth: HR Manager to Best Selling Author
In episode 8, Suzanne talks to Sally Hepworth. Sally started out her career in event management and HR, but it was while she was on maternity leave with her first child that she finally followed her instinct for writing and penned her first novel. Her first book, the Secrets of Midwives, was the...
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Naomi Mdudu: Fashion Editor to Business Coach
In episode 7, Suzanne talks to Naomi Mdudu. Naomi started her career as a fashion editor for some of the UK’s biggest print publications. Several grueling years later, Naomi dreamt up a career which involved the creation of content which was meaningful to her. This led to her establishing the...
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Emily Johnston: PR to Lifestyle Blogger
Emily Johnston, blogger, columnist and digital content creator moved from South Carolina to London straight out of university to pursue her dream of forging a career in the art world. Early on, she found a role at an art auction house and ended up as a PR manager for the auction house. But it was...
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Lucy Beard: lawyer to gin distiller
Today’s inspiring guest on Freedom Hunters is Lucy Beard. Originally from South Africa, Lucy started her career as a lawyer in London city law firms, and as an in-house lawyer for the UK’s largest commercial TV producer and broadcaster, ITV. She then spent two years as general manager of the...
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Bola Marquis: IT manager to luxury fashion brand founder
Bola Marquis started out his career as a business analyst and then programme manager in industries including oil and gas, travel and advertising. It was his entrepreneurial spirit and creative flair that led him to leave it all behind (although not quite entirely - more on that in the podcast) to...
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Celeste Wong: barista to multi-hyphen business woman
Celeste Wong started out her career as an actress and barista. Since moving to London, she has been listed as one of London’s top five baristas in The Financial Times and has held top positions in artisan cafes. In recent years, in pursuit of more fulfillment from her work, Celeste produced and...
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Chloe Roberts: music industry exec and inventor
Chloe Roberts is a music industry executive in London. Her company has developed the careers of artists such as Zayn and Ellie Goulding and currently manages Rita Ora amongst other big names. Chloe also invented and launched a baby product, Lapbaby. Chloe talks to Suzanne about how she got into…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Have you ever dreamed of packing in your job to pursue your dream career? Do you have a passion in life you want to follow? Freedom Hunters is about inspiring people who have escaped the rat race to pursue their dreams. Suzanne Delahunty, media lawyer turned writer, blogger, editor, stylist and podcaster, interviews fascinating people about where they started out, how they changed their careers and their lives and what success is for them now that they are doing what they love.
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Have you ever dreamed of packing in your job to pursue your dream career? Do you have a passion in life you want to follow? Freedom Hunters is about inspiring people who have escaped the rat race to pursue their dreams. Suzanne Delahunty, media lawyer turned writer, blogger, editor, stylist and...
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Freedom Hunters is created and hosted by Suzanne Delahunty.
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