All episodes

#123 Nedd's Uncomfortable Challenge Explained (my on-stage pitch to 100+ students and leaders)

#122 How to Measure and Increase Student Belonging with UNSW’s Director of Engagement & Student Success, Natalie Nickson

#121 From Kenyan Student to Founder and LinkedIn Superstar - Alexis Ngunyi on Courageous Action, Resilience & Kindness

#120 Making University Less Scary for Students AND Parents - Lisa Buchner & Tijana Ilic on First-in-Family Success + Students as 'Near-Peer Role Models'

#119 From Refugee to 2026 Young Australian of The Year (Victoria) - Abraham Kuol on Why Belonging Could Change a Young Person’s Life

#118 Joo Kim: Why “Why?” Is the Key to Better Marketing, The 5x5 Strategy + GPA Method for Student Engagement

#117 Sophie Richardson: Team Principal (QUT Motorsport) on Leading 250 Students, Gratitude and "Starting Before You're Ready"

#116 Professor Andrew Martin: The 6 Cs to Bounce Back Every Student Leader MUST HEAR

#115 Alana Kilmartin: Why Your Career Is an Adventure, Not an Exam — Unserious Careers, Transferable Experiences and Giving Young People Hope

#114 Natalia Hogan: Homeless at 15. Now Giving Hope to Thousands of Young People

#113 Tanvir Kaur Sohi: “I Was on the Verge of Giving Up” to Thriving Student Leader in Just 10 Weeks

#112 An Interview with Josh Farr: Why Service is the Ultimate Business Strategy, and How Generosity + Relationships Drive Growth

#111 Smita Maruti: What 1 Million Student Job Searches Reveal About Careers, Employability and Getting Hired

#110 Lushomo Chinganya: UMSU President on Representation, Cost of Living and Building Communities Students Can See Themselves In

#109 Will Towart: How a Student Leader Sold $27,000 of Ball Tickets in 12 Seconds

#108 Casey Geaghan: Inside Student Retention Data and "The Success Monitor" at Federation University

#107 Zeecee Moskow: RMIT Online’s Student Success Manager on Why Universities Must Rethink the Modern Student Experience

#106 Mark Trevaskis: CEO of the University of Newcastle Students' Association on Campus Collaboration, DGR Status and Funding the Future of Student Organisations

#105 Jessica Jayaswal: 1 Year Later - Multi-Award Winning 'Volunteer of the Year', 120 Hours of Volunteering + Paid Work Secured!

#104 Josh Farr Teaches Marketing 101: The ONLY 8 Ways To Market ANYTHING to ANYONE

#103 Michael Berkman: Greens MP on Power, Advocacy and Why Real Change Comes From Community

#102 Zoe Lewis: UOW Pulse Marketing Coordinator on the “B.E.S.T.” Marketing Strategy that Led to RECORD SETTING Follower Growth!

#101 Kashish Saini: Attending Josh's Workshop Led to 4x Leadership Roles in Months!

#100 Noah Yang: From KPMG to Raising $3.3m for Homelessness Support, Lessons in Leadership + Living with Purpose and Passion

#99 Donna Ballard: CEO of Taree Universities Campus on Regional Study, Local Jobs + Innovation Approaches to Student Support

#98 Claude Silver: VaynerX Chief Heart Officer on Why the Future of Leadership Is Human 

#97 Mish Eastman: RMIT Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Vocational Education) and Vice-President - "It's not about study load, it's about work conditions"

#96 Megan Pozzi: Director (Student Life) UniSQ: Why Fun, Governance and “Failing Cheerfully” Are the Future of Higher Ed Leadership

#95 Yolanda Saiz: CEO of the St Vincent de Paul Society NSW on Supporting 225,000 Lives and Leadership That Walks With People

#94 SENCON Best Newcomers: Kim, Jamie & Victoria on Scaling Student Experience for Success

#93 Saving Students $5m Annually: Gabriel Boyd on Power, Policy, and Student Voice at Scale

#92 Kelly Linden: “The Problem Really Is Us!" CSU Sub Dean Retention + ACSES Equity Fellow on What Universities Get Wrong About Retention and How to Fix It

#91 Oliver Oh: The Student Who Flew Across the Country to Create His Own Internship - “Don’t Take No as the Final Answer.”

#90 Ann Sherry AO - Chancellor of QUT: Why Curiosity, Flexibility and Context Are the Real Work of Leadership

#89 Thisath Senevirathne "Coming To Your Event... Best Decision of The Year" ~ Volunteering, Networking, and The Power of Decisions That Shape Your Life!

#88 Amelia Hands: 500+ Gen Z Students on Pathways, Pre-University Pressure and "They Think It's Over!"

#87 James Schlunke: Inside Australia’s #1 Graduate Programs and Why What You Do Outside Class Matters Most For Career Skills + Readiness

#86 Dale Leszczynski: Head of AI Education @ RMIT on Being Human in an AI World and 'Not Making Things Worse'

#85 Colm Gannon: From Counter-Terrorism to Child Protection; Purpose-Driven Leadership and Passionate Team Building

#84 Corey Tutt OAM: CEO of DeadlyScience, Young Australian of The Year Finalist and Proud Kamilaroi Man on Leadership, Life and Learning from Dirt Roads to F1 Cars

#83 Tayla Naicker: Former IG and Magazine Model asks, “Why do you want to be an influencer?” The Dark Side of Modelling and Online Fame + Hope Through Service For Young People As Future Leaders

#82 Davy Roe: Founder, UNSA Run Club: Why A Run Club Is One of the Most Powerful Student Communities on Campus

#81 Sahel Mohammed: Club of The Year President Shares What It ACTUALLY TAKES plus BIG Mistakes To Avoid Being A Leader at UTS

#80 Paris Mordecai: How Indigenous STEM Outreach Changes Lives, Identity, and Creates Pathways That Actually Work

#79 Jared Tippets: How the ASCEND Model Lifts Retention in 6 Steps

#78 AI CEO Ada Guan Shares 10 Years of Lessons: Why Curiosity Is Key For The Future Every Student and Leader Is Entering

#77 Australia in 2100: MP Leon Rebello on Housing, Hope and Why Young Australians Still Matter More Than Ever!

#76 From Invisible to In-Demand: Fabiola Campbell on The Social Capital Gap Facing Migrant Women, The D.A.R.E. Framework and Why Women MUST Reclaim Power in Australia

#75 Fed Uni Vice-Chancellor & President Duncan Bentley on Leadership, the Future of Regional Universities, and Responding After the Tragedy at Bondi Beach

#74 The CEO of Netflix said, “Get Out!” - Nitzan Pelman on Social Capital (Former Entrepreneur-In-Residence at LinkedIn and CEO of Climb Together) + Why 70% of Jobs Come From WHO You Know

#73 First-in-Family Inequity Exposed: What 440,000 Students Reveal About The 23% Point Gap To University Access with UQ Researchers Tomasz Zają̨c and Garth Stahl

#72 My Next Book! Draft 1, Chapter 1 - What do you think?

#71 Inside Griffith Uni’s Most Innovative Girls-in-STEM Program: SuperGEMS with Anita Brandt + 20 Years of Science Success and Student Leadership Activation

#70 From Shy High School Student to Award-Winning Founder: Emma Boyd on Confidence, Leadership and Creating StickyAid

#69 Neuroscientist Dr Jared Cooney Horvath, Author of “The Digital Delusion” Explains Why Schools MUST Limit Technology, Remove Phones and Challenge Thinking That Supports EdTech

#68 Chairman of the National Stock Exchange of Australia, Tim Hart on 4 Principles of Leadership (DEEP DIVE) + Lessons from Leading Multiple Billion Dollar Organisations

#67 How Swinburne Uni Built a Real-World Consulting Ecosystem for Students: Dr Chamindika Weerakoon and John Downes Secrets to Student Success and Scale

#66 Dr Bridie Mulholland: 2025 Queensland Woman in STEM First Nations Award Winner, Assistant Professor in First Nations Health + Former Student President on “Person First, Student Second”

#65 - (12 Months Later) How a 21 Year Old Led an 80 Person Team, Delivered $3.6m of Value and Engaged 5000+ Students!

#64 - Josh Proposes “No Phones Allowed” for 1 Hour Per Week on Campus in 2026 to Tackle Loneliness! [LIVE Q&A with Monash Students]

#63 - ActivateUTS Executive of the Year Emily Pich on How She Helped Her Club (UTS Women in Business) Win Club of the Year

#62 - The Club King: How James Wilson Built the Largest University Clubs Program in the Southern Hemisphere

#61 - How Can Uni Clubs Get Sponsors? 💰 Josh does Q&A with UNSW Club Leaders on Campus!

#60 - If You Don’t Know About It, You Can’t Stop It: RespectX CEO, Sally Calder on Safety, Data and Culture Change in Universities

#59 - Building Australia's first student-focused VC fund: How Club President Mana Vinothkumar is using Courage, Community and Cracked Ideas to Get Ahead!

#58 - Dr Hugh Gundlach on Avoiding Death by PowerPoint, Saving Lectures and How to Communicate and Connect When You Speak

#57 - Workshop Participant to World Cup Leader: The Akshad Shalah Story of Stepping Up, Showing Up and Following Up

#56 - Australia's Shopify King: How Tim Sullivan Transformed RMIT’s Online Experience + How Your Website Is Key To Your Student Success!

#55 - Does Leadership Training Work? Irina Wong and Josh Farr Reconnect 12 Months Later to Find Out!

#54 - Communication Masterclass with TEDx Hobart Director & TEDx Speaker Coach Theo Kapodistrias (Author of A Way with Words)

#53 - The Presidents of UNSW: Lessons in Leadership, Culture and Community from Five College Leaders

#52 - The Smith Family CEO Doug Taylor on Equity, Education, AI and how being a 'Reformer' is the secret to long-term impact and patient change!

#51 - Q&A with Josh: “Pull the future forward!” + a Step-by-Step guide to build your OWN niche podcast

#50 - Hacking College: Why Your Major Doesn’t Matter (and What Really Does) with Scott Carlson & Dr Ned Scott Laff

#49 - Readygrad CEO & Founder Owen Firth on Employability Lessons for Universities — Creating 20,000 Internships, Partnering with 6,000+ Companies and Redefining Career Readiness in Higher Education

#48 - Student Clubs Build Community: How Three Women Are Bringing a Club Back to Life at Griffith University

#47 – The Philosophy of Leadership: Harry Moffitt (Australian Special Forces Veteran) on how Ethics, Praxis and Mentorship are Keys to Growing Young Minds and Community Leaders

#46 - Paul Majumdar Grew His Club 9x, Won a University Council Seat and now Represents 60,000 Students: How 'Saying Yes' Is a Key to Success!

#45 - From Club President to CEO: Jessica Brown on How Relationships, Connection, Courage and Getting ‘Stuck In’ Build Better Student Leaders

#44 - From 100,000 Conversations to One Powerful Book: My new book on Leadership is out now!

#43 - 2x Olympian and QLD Olympic Council President Paul ‘Gonzo’ Gonzalez on The 1% Rule: How a $2.2 Million Fundraiser, a $120 Million Opponent, and a Team-First Mindset Redefine Leadership

#42 - Leading through Fear into Courage: How First-Year Engineer Mariefinah Marcuelo is Reviving the Women in Engineering Podcast at the University of Auckland

#41 Vice-Chancellor George Williams on Building a Personal Brand: How Higher Education Must Build Trust and Shape the Future of Democracy

#40 - Empathy Safaris, AI and the Future of Student Life: How RMIT's Associate Director of Student Life Tim Burdeu uses Curiosity to Rethink the World of Work

#39 UNE's Vice-Chancellor and CEO, Chris Moran: Future-Proofing Universities through Courage, Community and Kindness

#38 Ambition Loves Company: Branding Masterclass with Bond University’s Director of Marketing and Brand, Shannon Tricklebank

#37 How Hannah Arndt Climbed Australia's Tallest Building After Attending Our Growth Mindset Workshop - *Special Student Episode*

#36 International Award-Winning Mentoring Program Coordinator Shivani Tholasi on the Tips, Tricks and Secrets to Make YOUR Mentoring Program Succeed

#35 Scaling to 160,000 young people with CEO of The Youth Impact Foundation, Andy Skidmore: The power of relationships, humans and 'leading with'

#34 Why Great Student Leaders Quit - Whitepaper based on 150+ years of experience in residential accommodation

#33 Inside the Student Experience Network: CEO, Paul Clayton on Service and Leadership

#032 Opportunity + Confidence = Momentum: Building Leaders at UoW Pulse with Jaimee Evans and DJ

#031 Passion + Humility: Stef Maccar’s Formula for Leadership Growth

#030 How to set goals (featuring a Dose of Pharma)

#029 Mastering Your Energy (an excerpt from our monthly coaching program)

#028 How to get experience with no experience

#027 Mental Resilience for Leaders

#026 Supporting & Engaging Students

#025 How leaders use LinkedIn to stand out and find work

#024 Graduate Employment Tips from 7 Career Experts