How Did I Get Here?: Recent Episodes
Student Edge
Join the Student Edge team as they ask the movers and shakers ’how did you get here’. Bianca takes celebrities, sports players, academics and professionals back to their school days and covers the highs, the lows and everything in between.
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You might not know this, but Tasmania is the roadkill capital of the world.
That’s a fact that has stuck with nature lover and engineering student Meg Phillips her whole life.
So when she came across the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Competition, she formulated a ground-breaking idea to help prevent roadkill on Tasmanian roads.
Her idea involved using radio signals and sensors to essentially warn animals of oncoming vehicles and help save their lives.
But don’t just take it from us – Meg joins us this week on How Did I Get Here? to chat about her experience building the idea and how her early life led her to inspiration.
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Kendall Whyte is the founder and CEO of Blue Tree Project, and was named Western Australia's Young Australian of the Year in 2022.
If you’ve seen any blue trees out in the wild, Kendall Whyte is the genius behind them. She started the Blue Tree Project to spark conversations surrounding mental health.The Blue Tree Project was born after the loss of her brother Jayden, who took his own life in 2018.
Kendall joins us to chat about the Blue Tree Project and how her title of Young Australian of the Year has impacted her work.
Since signing up at eight years old, Girl Guides has been a fixture of Laura Ives Hicks' life.
She's now a young adult and continues to gain skills, make connections and have fun as an Olave Program member, Assistant Chief Commissioner - Young Women at Girl Guides Australia and as a Unit Leader.
Laura joined us on How Did I Get Here to chat about the role the organisation played in her formative years.
Thomas Thistlethwaite always wanted to be an animator - but he never expected to work on something this big.
Thomas has just finished up as an animator on one of the most hotly-anticipated movies of the year, Spider-Man, Across the Spider-Verse.
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On How Did I Get Here?, we've had some pretty incredible guests - their credentials include AFL Premierships, interviews with Obama, hit novels, award winners and so much more.
With careers week upon us and having just notched our 25th episode in Molly Rocket, we decided to look back on some of our fav career stories.
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00:00 Introduction
00:36 Kate Chaney's first job
01:39 Will Schofield's first (and only) job
03:01 Samantha Jackson's first job
05:02 SLUMBERJACK's first job and first gig
05:59 Matt Pavlich's first job
06:30 Stella Jinman's first job
07:24 Seva Mozhaev's early aspirations
08:00 Will Schofield's first AFL Game
08:40 Holly Ransom's first job
09:10 Zac Williams' first international tour
10:43 Brooke Dunnell's first 'job' and first published piece
12:16 Nick Hobson's Scorchers Debut
14:03 Matt Pavlich's AFL Debut
Fresh off a stellar performance at Groovin the Moo and their debut EP, 'Syrup', Ben and Joe from Molly Rocket joined us on How Did I Get Here? to chat their rise and their upcoming tour.
From supporting Spiderbait to how their band name came to them in a dream, these guys have got some stories to tell.
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Romcom-inspired music videos with a twist, songs about Harry Styles and reflections on the WA Music Scene - EDIE's got some things to chat about.
In this week's episode of How Did I Get Here?, we're joined by EDIE, a Perth-based singer-songwriter with big things on the horizon.
After growing up gay and managing mental health in a regional West Australian town, Holden's drawn on his experiences to pen two incredible young adult novels, Invisible Boysand The Brink. This week, Holden's our guest om How Did I Get Here?
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Songs that somehow sound like burgers, plays on BBC and deciding a band name last minute - Late 90s have got some interesting stories.
This week on How Did I Get Here?, we're joined by Steve and Elliot, the lead singer and drummer of up-and-coming Perth alt-rock band, Late 90s.
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It's been a whirlwind ten months since Fatima Payman was elected to parliament.
The last time we spoke to her she was a political candidate, and wasn't really expecting to be elected.
Now, close to a year later, she joins us on How Did I Get Here? as a fully-fledged senator.
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Fresh off a massive tour and recording their latest EP, we chat to Tom and Lenny from the up-and-coming surf/indie/alt rock band, DICE.
DICE are one of the most exciting bands on the aus music scene, having had some massive songs and huge shows since they got together a few years ago.
With two guests on the show, we're able to get into the nuts and bolts of running a band, creating music (including accidentally crafting a hit song) and playing to live crowds.
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WA might be playing in the Sheffield Shield Final this weekend, but on 4 February, it was the Perth Scorchers who took home the BBL12 Final.
Two players were instrumental in Perth’s win, the 19-year-old Cooper Connolly, and this week’s guest on How Did I Get Here?, Nick Hobson.
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For as long as she can remember, Brooke Dunnell has been a writer.
From her first creation of a picture book at six years old, to now an award-winning writer, she's managed to achieve her childhood dreams.
In 2021, Brooke was awarded the Fogarty Literary Award for her manuscript, The Glass House.
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Growing up queer in a small Australian town, Abbie Kelly was always looking for ways to show her pride.
At 12 years old, she started putting rainbow beads on her shoelaces to show her identity. Two years later, she's handed out more than 82,000 packs of beads across the globe.
We chat to Abbie about starting a community project at such a young age and ask her the question, how did you get here?
From an awards show in Kwinana to performing alongside some of the biggest Australian bands, Dulcie is an act that's here to stay.
This week on How Did I Get Here?we're joined by Ash from Dulcie, who takes us through how the band got it's start and how they got to where they are.
Zac Williams always had one dream - to take photos of major cycling races.
Now 24, Zac's achieved that dream, and has spent the last five years travelling around the world taking photos of major cycling events, from the Tour de France to the Giro D'Italia.
This week, Zac joins us on How Did I Get Here? to chat everything, from his processes to his fav photos.
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From her first gig at 11 years old, to a to a starring role in Legally Blonde: The Musical, all the way to a spot at Laneway Festival - Siobhan Cotchin's rise is encapsulating.
This week on "How Did I Get Here?", we're joined by Siobhan Cotchin, a songwriter and singer who's doing some pretty incredible things.
Walkley award nominations, interviews with Oasis and a tattoo of Ernest Hemingway - Martin McKenzie Murray has done it all. Martin joins us to answer the question, "How Did I Get Here?"
On this week's episode of "How Did I Get Here?", we're joined by Holly Ransom - CEO of Emergent Global, author, leader, speaker, interviewer and entrepreneur.
We take Holly back to her high school and uni days and ask her the question, how did you get here?
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For the first episode of 2023, Charlie's joined by Josh Trindle, bassist for the up-and-coming Perth indie band South Summit.
Charlie and Josh chat all things music, including building a band, performing and what's next as he asks the question, How Did You Get Here?
On the last episode of How Did I Get Here? for 2022, Charlie's joined by Lucas Lane, the 13-year-old founder of Glossy Boys.
After a trip to the chemist with his mum, Lucas noticed there was no nail polish being marketed to men. Although he was just 13, he decided to change that.
Lucas launched Glossy Boys, a nail polish company targeted at men, and has seen some huge success so far.
We chat to Lucas and ask him the question, how did you get here?
This week on How Did I Get Here? we chat to teacher turned tiktok sensation Seva Mozhaev (of Sevspics) and ask him the question - how did you get here?
After a career in state AFL, Seva changed directions to become a teacher, before a TikTok account led him to massive success. We take Seva back to his high school and uni days.
On a special episode of How Did I Get Here?, Student Edge travelled out to Cecil Andrews College and chatted to their dynamic principal, Stella Jinman. After a long career in education, Stella started at Cecil Andrews, a school that, at the time, had a low attainment and graduation rate. Nearly a decade later, Stella and her team have managed to transform Cecil Andrews into a school of the future. We chat to Stella about her early life, throwing a 'rebellion' in high school, becoming a teacher and learning how to be a modern principal.
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On this week's episode of How Did I Get Here? we're joined by young entrepreneur Alexis (Lexy) McDonald.
After suffering through bullying and mental health issues in high school, Lexy sat down and decided to launch a social media app to help young women realise their potential - HerHelp.
This week on How Did I Get Here?, Charlie's joined by the legendary Matthew Pavlich - after growing up in SA, Pav moved to WA to go on to play 353 games for the Fremantle Dockers and kick 700 goals, and become the side's captain. We take Matthew back to his school days and ask him the question, how did I get here?
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On a unique episode of How Did I Get Here? Charlie's joined by not one, but two guests. Stefanie Scott and April Gomm are students who are part of the Future Female Leaders program, and their projects, Meals for Many and Successfully Sustainable, aim to create change in their local communities. We take them through their ideas, what it means to be a student today and their dreams for the future.
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This week we're joined by Fletcher Ehlers, one half of the electronic music duo SLUMBERJACK. Along with his partner Morgan Then, Fletcher exploded onto the electronic scene 10 years ago, and over the past decade has produced popular tracks, collabed with major artists and won a heap of awards.We take Fletcher back to his early days, including living in Vietnam, his days at high school, and studying a Bachelor of Science while developing a career as a musician.
- Podcast Content -
00:00 Introduction
00:40 Growing up in Vietnam
01:25 High school experience
03:43 Becoming a DJ
04:26 Rapid fire questions
05:58 Start of SLUMBERJACK
08:39 Studying and performing
10:30 Collabing with other musicians
12:16 Award recognition
13:01 Reflections
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On this week's episode of How Did I Get Here? we chat to Samantha Jackson, Perth-based health coach. After working as an executive in multiple industries, Samantha Jackson decided she needed a change, and became a health coach. After one conversation over dinner, she became Mel Gibson's personal health coach, and has built a career out of helping people make the right choices.
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Episode two of How Did I Get Here? is out and this week we're joined by West Coast Eagles Premiership Player Will Schofield. Will played 194 games of AFL, including a winning premiership in 2018, but how did he get there? We take Schoey back to his school days to see how he built a great footy career and his media career after retirement.
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On the first episode of How Did I Get Here, we chat to Federal Independent Member for Curtin, Kate Chaney. After a long and diverse career, Kate entered the world of politics in the 2022 election. We take Kate back to her high school and uni days to ask her how did you get here?
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