A Cure For Baldness Podcast: Recent Episodes
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This week we chat with the "Walk it Off" Team. Ben Higgs (founder) and his mates "Webby" "Macca" "Brownie" "Snowy" and "Heighsy" walked from the Gold Coast to Sydney to raise awareness and funds for suicide prevention. We listen to their stories, the highs and lows, the impact the walk had on local communities and how the walk has changed their lives.
Matt Dee - FTW founder, soldier of life and activist for suicide prevention.Matt Dee in his own words has been to hell and back. He chats with us about growing up in Victoria, moving to Sydney at 16 and his lust for adventure. From being held hostage in the jungles of Sumatra to ending up in jail in Mexico, Matt has seen and lived through a lot!!We talk about the impact mental heath has had on him and his family and the pain he has endured losing loved ones.. Finally we talk about the FTW movement and how it began, the work he his doing to create awareness for suicide prevention and what the future holds.. Don't Miss!!
On this episode of A Cure for Baldness we chat with MMA fighter, big wave surfer and author Richie Vas. Richie talks about his life growing up at Maroubra beach. How joining his beloved Maroubra Boardriders shaped his career as a big wave surfer and mixed martial artist.The bond between his mates and how they pushed each other in the early days. His journey to becoming a UFC fighter and the lessons he has learnt along the way.And the launch of his book "Bra Boy"
In this 4 part series we talk to former commando Damien Thomlinson. Part 4In the final instalment of the podcast we look at Damien's long list of achievements from climbing Kokoda, Targa Rally, snowboarding and of course his acting debut in Hacksaw Ridge.
In this 4 part series we talk to former commando Damien Thomlinson. Part 3
Damien talks about the moment his life changed forever..
The horrific injuries he suffered by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan and how he handled the recovery.
In this 4 part series we talk to former commando Damien Thomlinson.
Part 2 Preparing to become a soldier and what it took to make it into the elite commando unit.
In this 4 part series we talk to former commando Damien Thomlinson. We go right back to the beginning, growing up in Terrigal on NSW Central Coast.Preparing to become a soldier and what it took to make it into the elite commando unit.The horrific injuries he suffered by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan and how he handled the recovery.His long list of achievements from climbing Kokoda, Targa Rally, snowboarding and of course his acting debut in Hacksaw Ridge.
Welcome to episode 1 of A Cure For Baldness..Over the next 8 weeks we will be interviewing people from all walks of life who have an interesting story to tell.To "kick-off" this series we caught up with our good mate Barry Dubois. Baz is part of the hit Channel 10 TV Show "The Living Room".He is an accomplished builder, philanthropist, sailor, story teller and a cancer survivor. On this podcast Baz talks about his humble beginnings growing up with his close knit family in Sydney's Western Suburbs. How his career as a builder led him to the Eastern Suburbs and the success that followed courtesy of hard work and Sydney's property boom.We hear about the horrific injuries he suffered from a work place accident and the sequence of tragic events that followed with his mother passing away from cancer and his wife diagnosed with cancer also. We also get an insight into some of his personal struggles with depression and how his love of sailing helped him overcome it. He talks of his ongoing battle with cancer after he learned in 2010 that he had plasmacytoma myeloma, a cancer of the immune system which attacks healthy bone marrow. He shares his story of how he found his way into television and finally his proudest moment, the birth of his twins Bennett and Arabella.As Barry so eloquently puts it "I've had a great life"