You've Gotta Start Somewhere

Ross Greenwood is the Nine Network's business and finance editor and host of Money News on 2GB. Ross started his career in print journalism and decided to specialise in finance after noticing the finance guys seemed to take a lot of long lunches. Smart move. His first TV gig was as the money guy on Healthy, Wealthy & Wise and he's now a reporter and commentator on The Today Show where he hosts his Money Minute segment. Ross was the editor of a number of finance publications including Business Review Weekly, Personal Investor and Shares, a magazine he co-founded in London. In this episode, Ross Greenwood talks about his early days working at The Melbourne Truth, how going into every job with an escape plan has served him well, what it was like to build a magazine from scratch and why finance doesn't have to be boring. Episode show notes: https://rachelcorbett.com.au/ygss/ross-greenwood/ About the host... My name is Rachel Corbett and I've spent almost two decades working in media professionally, creating and hosting radio shows and podcasts for Australia's largest media organisations. I'm also a regular on Channel 10's The Project and have worked as a TV host and panelist on shows including Q&A, The Roast, The Today Show, Studio 10, Hughesy We Have A Problem and Have You Been Paying Attention. I'm currently Head of Podcasts at Mamamia and I host a number of other shows including Lady Startup, Before The Bump, Paul & Rach, PodSchool and Sealed Section. I also founded the online podcasting course, Podschool.com.au, to help budding podcasters create a kick-arse show. Contact... Twitter: @RachelCorbett Facebook: @RachCorbett Instagram: @_RachelCorbett Website: www.rachelcorbett.com

Deborah Knight is a journalist, newsreader and host of The Today Show. Deborah was part of the "Mitchell Mafia" studying journalism at Charles Sturt University. After graduating she started working for 2GB in Wagga Wagga before moving to Mix 106.5 in Sydney and then the ABC. Deborah has reported on some of the biggest news stories of the last two decades and was in Washington the day of the September 11 attacks. In this episode, Deborah Knight talks about her early love of journalism and writing letters to the editor at 14, how she's dealt with contracts that have unexpectedly come to an end and the bizarre feedback she received when she was pregnant on-air. Episode show notes: https://rachelcorbett.com.au/ygss/deborah-knight/ About the host... My name is Rachel Corbett and I've spent almost two decades working in media professionally, creating and hosting radio shows and podcasts for Australia's largest media organisations. I'm also a regular on Channel 10's The Project and have worked as a TV host and panelist on shows including Q&A, The Roast, The Today Show, Studio 10, Hughesy We Have A Problem and Have You Been Paying Attention. I'm currently Head of Podcasts at Mamamia and I host a number of other shows including Lady Startup, Before The Bump, Paul & Rach, PodSchool and Sealed Section. I also founded the online podcasting course, Podschool.com.au, to help budding podcasters create a kick-arse show. Contact... Twitter: @RachelCorbett Facebook: @RachCorbett Instagram: @_RachelCorbett Website: www.rachelcorbett.com

Gorgi Goghlan is a journalist, singer and host of The Project. Gorgi grew up on a sheep farm in Warrnambool and started her career as a teacher at McKinnon Secondary College. While she loved teaching her students she also loved performing and on nights and weekends she would perform in her own one-woman Shania Twain tribute show. Complete with back up dancers. Eventually she realised she needed to make performing a bigger part of her life so she said goodbye to her high school kids and went off to follow her dreams. Gorgi started in television on the community television station, Channel 31 and eventually got a gig as a reporter on The Today Show. In 2010 she was announced as host of The Circle along with Denise Drysdale, Yumi Stynes and Chrissie Swan. In this episode, Gorgi Coghlan talks about the heartbreaking moment she left her career as a high school teacher, her super power when it comes to manifesting her dreams, how she ended up behind the desk at The Project and starting up the Australian Shania Twain tribute show. Episode show notes: https://rachelcorbett.com.au/ygss/gorgi-coghlan About the host... My name is Rachel Corbett and I've spent almost two decades working in media professionally, creating and hosting radio shows and podcasts for Australia's largest media organisations. I'm also a regular on Channel 10's The Project and have worked as a TV host and panelist on shows including Q&A, The Roast, The Today Show, Studio 10, Hughesy We Have A Problem and Have You Been Paying Attention. I'm currently Head of Podcasts at Mamamia and I host a number of other shows including Lady Startup, Before The Bump, Paul & Rach, PodSchool and Sealed Section. I also founded the online podcasting course, Podschool.com.au, to help budding podcasters create a kick-arse show. Contact... Twitter: @RachelCorbett Facebook: @RachCorbett Instagram: @_RachelCorbett Website: www.rachelcorbett.com

Michael Usher is an Australian journalist, newsreader and host of Seven News Sydney and The Latest: Seven News. Michael started his television career at the Golden West Television Network, Bunbury where he was posted to Kalgoorlie. After dipping his toe in regional reporting he moved to STW-9 Perth and eventually to the Nine Network in Sydney where he got a job as Olympic reporter covering the Atlanta and Sydney Olympic Games. He's also worked as a foreign correspondent and has reported from some of the most dangerous places on earth. But now sits safely behind the news desk at Channel 7. On this episode, Michael Usher talks about his biggest on-air stuff ups, the psychological toll of reporting from war zones, what it feels like to have a front row seat to history and why Rose Porteous made him a special video for his wedding. Episode show notes: https://rachelcorbett.com.au/ygss/michael-usher/ About the host... My name is Rachel Corbett and I've spent almost two decades working in media professionally, creating and hosting radio shows and podcasts for Australia's largest media organisations. I'm also a regular on Channel 10's The Project and have worked as a TV host and panelist on shows including Q&A, The Roast, The Today Show, Studio 10, Hughesy We Have A Problem and Have You Been Paying Attention. I'm currently Head of Podcasts at Mamamia and I host a number of other shows including Lady Startup, Before The Bump, Paul & Rach, PodSchool and Sealed Section. I also founded the online podcasting course, Podschool.com.au, to help budding podcasters create a kick-arse show. Contact... Twitter: @RachelCorbett Facebook: @RachCorbett Instagram: @_RachelCorbett Website: www.rachelcorbett.com

Marc Fennell is a podcaster, radio and television presenter, documentary maker, author and host of SBS Viceland's The Feed. Basically, he's a busy guy. Marc's career began when he won an AFI Outstanding Young Film Critics Award in high school and not long after that he started as the film critic for FBi 94.5. Marc was only 19 when he was hired to present DVD reviews for SBS's rebooted version of The Movie Show but it was his next role that really put him on the map as "That Movie Guy" on Triple J. He also worked as a host and producer on all three seasons of Hungry Beast under Executive Producer, Andrew Denton and is the host of the award-winning podcast, Download This Show. In this episode, Marc Fennell talks about why he decided to give up his role on Triple J, how his Asian work ethic has gotten him to where he is today, what he's learnt about interviewing celebrities and why Brendan Fraser throwing a newspaper at him taught him an important lesson about how to treat movie stars. Episode show notes: https://rachelcorbett.com.au/ygss/marc-fennell/ About the host... My name is Rachel Corbett and I've spent almost two decades working in media professionally, creating and hosting radio shows and podcasts for Australia's largest media organisations. I'm also a regular on Channel 10's The Project and have worked as a TV host and panelist on shows including Q&A, The Roast, The Today Show, Studio 10, Hughesy We Have A Problem and Have You Been Paying Attention. I'm currently Head of Podcasts at Mamamia and I host a number of other shows including Lady Startup, Before The Bump, Paul & Rach, PodSchool and Sealed Section. I also founded the online podcasting course, Podschool.com.au, to help budding podcasters create a kick-arse show. Contact... Twitter: @RachelCorbett Facebook: @RachCorbett Instagram: @_RachelCorbett Website: www.rachelcorbett.com

Ben Fordham is an Australian journalist, sports reporter, radio presenter and regular on Today. Ben started his career as a work experience kid at 2UE. He worked his way up to a reporter and won a Walkley Award for his coverage of the 1997 Thredbo landslide. He wasn't even 21. In 1998 Ben moved to Sky News as a reporter and presenter and less than a year later was poached by the Nine Network to work on 60 Minutes, A Current Affair, Nine News and Today. Ben worked as a fill-in host on radio and eventually took over the drive spot on 2GB where he hosts Sydney Live. He's also the host of Australian Ninja Warrior with Rebecca Madden. In this episode, Ben Fordham talks about how his desire to be a 60 Minutes reporter saw him chasing cannibals in West Papua, why he decided to leave Today despite Karl Stefanovic's protests and the time he corrected Alan Jones live on air as a 15-year-old work experience kid. Episode show notes: https://rachelcorbett.com.au/ygss/ben-fordham About the host... My name is Rachel Corbett and I've spent almost two decades working in media professionally, creating and hosting radio shows and podcasts for Australia's largest media organisations. I'm also a regular on Channel 10's The Project and have worked as a TV host and panelist on shows including Q&A, The Roast, The Today Show, Studio 10, Hughesy We Have A Problem and Have You Been Paying Attention. I'm currently Head of Podcasts at Mamamia and I host a number of other shows including Lady Startup, Before The Bump, Paul & Rach, PodSchool and Sealed Section. I also founded the online podcasting course, Podschool.com.au, to help budding podcasters create a kick-arse show. Contact... Twitter: @RachelCorbett Facebook: @RachCorbett Instagram: @_RachelCorbett Website: www.rachelcorbett.com

Mia Freedman is a journalist and co-founder of the Mamamia Women's Network. Mia began her career as the work experience kid at Cleo Magazine and got her first paying job as the magazine's Beauty Editor. She left Cleo after five years and in 1996 became the youngest editor of Cosmopolitan at the ripe old age of 24. After leaving magazines, Mia had a brief stint working at the Nine Network before starting her own blog, Mamamia. That blog has now become the largest women's media company in Australia. In this episode, Mia Freedman talks about seeing the writing on the wall for the magazine industry and how that meant she was uniquely placed to create Mamamia, how she got a foot in the door at Cleo magazine, her first meeting with Lisa Wilkinson and what it's like to be in the middle of a social media sh*t storm. Episode show notes: https://rachelcorbett.com.au/ygss/mia-freedman/ About the host... My name is Rachel Corbett and I've spent almost two decades working in media professionally, creating and hosting radio shows and podcasts for Australia's largest media organisations. I'm also a regular on Channel 10's The Project and have worked as a TV host and panelist on shows including Q&A, The Roast, The Today Show, Studio 10, Hughesy We Have A Problem and Have You Been Paying Attention. I'm currently Head of Podcasts at Mamamia and I host a number of other shows including Lady Startup, Before The Bump, Paul & Rach, PodSchool and Sealed Section. I also founded the online podcasting course, Podschool.com.au, to help budding podcasters create a kick-arse show. Contact... Twitter: @RachelCorbett Facebook: @RachCorbett Instagram: @_RachelCorbett Website: www.rachelcorbett.com

Waleed Aly is an Australian journalist, academic, lawyer, television and radio presenter. Basically he's one hell of an overachiever. He's best known as the host of The Project, but he also writes for the New York Times, the Sydney Morning Herald and lectures at Monash University. Waleed started his career as a newspaper columnist after reaching out to journalist, Martin Flanagan and was one of the panel members on the Channel 31 show, Salam Cafe. He'd been a regular in the fourth chair on The Project when he got the call up to replace Charlie Pickering and left his role as host of drive on Radio National to take the gig. In this episode, Waleed Aly talks about what it was like being a Year 6 radio star, how saying "yes" to everything has been instrumental in his success and why the media's tendency to 'perform' opinions is dumbing down the collective conversation. Episode show notes: https://rachelcorbett.com.au/ygss/waleed-aly/ About the host... My name is Rachel Corbett and I've spent almost two decades working in media professionally, creating and hosting radio shows and podcasts for Australia's largest media organisations. I'm also a regular on Channel 10's The Project and have worked as a TV host and panelist on shows including Q&A, The Roast, The Today Show, Studio 10, Hughesy We Have A Problem and Have You Been Paying Attention. I'm currently Head of Podcasts at Mamamia and I host a number of other shows including Lady Startup, Before The Bump, Paul & Rach, PodSchool and Sealed Section. I also founded the online podcasting course, Podschool.com.au, to help budding podcasters create a kick-arse show. Contact... Twitter: @RachelCorbett Facebook: @RachCorbett Instagram: @_RachelCorbett Website: www.rachelcorbett.com

Leigh Sales is host of the ABC's flagship current affairs program, 730 as well as the hit podcast Chat 10 Looks 3. Since starting at the ABC in 1995 Leigh has held a number of prominent roles at the network including the co-host of Lateline and their Washington correspondent from 2001-2005. In her current role, Leigh is constantly going head to head with the countries biggest political figures which is an excellent contrast to her conversations about baking and musical theatre on Chat 10. In this episode, Leigh Sales talks about how Australian politics feels like Dubbo city council when you return from covering the White House, her thoughts on politicians who refuse to give a straight answer, the social awkwardness of political interviews and her dreams of becoming a Broadway superstar. Episode show notes: https://rachelcorbett.com.au/ygss/leigh-sales About the host... My name is Rachel Corbett and I've spent almost two decades working in media professionally, creating and hosting radio shows and podcasts for Australia's largest media organisations. I'm also a regular on Channel 10's The Project and have worked as a TV host and panelist on shows including Q&A, The Roast, The Today Show, Studio 10, Hughesy We Have A Problem and Have You Been Paying Attention. I'm currently Head of Podcasts at Mamamia and I host a number of other shows including Lady Startup, Before The Bump, Paul & Rach, PodSchool and Sealed Section. I also founded the online podcasting course, Podschool.com.au, to help budding podcasters create a kick-arse show. Contact... Twitter: @RachelCorbett Facebook: @RachCorbett Instagram: @_RachelCorbett Website: www.rachelcorbett.com

Peter Helliar is an Australian comedian, actor, writer, producer, director, television and radio presenter. So there's pretty much nothing in showbiz he can't do. His first crack at high-profile television was as a part of the cast of Rove Live where he worked with people who've gone on to become some of the most well-known names in television including Meshel Laurie, Dave Hughes, Carrie Bickmore and Hamish & Andy. He's currently the funny guy on The Project, creator of the sit-com How To Stay Married and author of the Frankie Fish children's book series. In this episode, Peter Helliar talks about the benefit of having an ideas tap that doesn't turn off, how UDL cans can mend a broken heart, the difficulties of fame and how a decision by Rove to turn down a million dollars at the age of 23 changed his life forever. Episode show notes: https://rachelcorbett.com.au/ygss/peter-helliar/ About the host... My name is Rachel Corbett and I've spent almost two decades working in media professionally, creating and hosting radio shows and podcasts for Australia's largest media organisations. I'm also a regular on Channel 10's The Project and have worked as a TV host and panelist on shows including Q&A, The Roast, The Today Show, Studio 10, Hughesy We Have A Problem and Have You Been Paying Attention. I'm currently Head of Podcasts at Mamamia and I host a number of other shows including Lady Startup, Before The Bump, Paul & Rach, PodSchool and Sealed Section. I also founded the online podcasting course, Podschool.com.au, to help budding podcasters create a kick-arse show. Contact... Twitter: @RachelCorbett Facebook: @RachCorbett Instagram: @_RachelCorbett Website: www.rachelcorbett.com

Sarah Harris is an Australian journalist and host of Studio 10. Sarah studied journalism at the Queensland University of Technology and got her first job at the Seven Network in Brisbane where she was filing reports for Seven News and Today Tonight. Over the years Sarah has worked as a reporter and news presenter for shows including Today, Weekend Today, Nine News Sydney and Prime Gold Coast News. In 2013 Sarah resigned from the Nine Network to host Network 10's morning show, Studio 10 with Ita Buttrose, Joe Hildebrand and Jessica Rowe. She's also the host of Shark Tank and fill-in host on The Sunday Project. She also holds a Guinness World Record for the most pumpkins smashed in one, an achievement I'm happy to say I was present for. In this episode, Sarah Harris talks about her thoughts on being a woman in the media (including a pregnant one), why she wishes she hadn't been so hard on herself in the early years of her career and what it's like having a front-row seat to history. Episode show notes: https://rachelcorbett.com.au/ygss/sarah-harris/ About the host... My name is Rachel Corbett and I've spent almost two decades working in media professionally, creating and hosting radio shows and podcasts for Australia's largest media organisations. I'm also a regular on Channel 10's The Project and have worked as a TV host and panelist on shows including Q&A, The Roast, The Today Show, Studio 10, Hughesy We Have A Problem and Have You Been Paying Attention. I'm currently Head of Podcasts at Mamamia and I host a number of other shows including Lady Startup, Before The Bump, Paul & Rach, PodSchool and Sealed Section. I also founded the online podcasting course, Podschool.com.au, to help budding podcasters create a kick-arse show. Contact... Twitter: @RachelCorbett Facebook: @RachCorbett Instagram: @_RachelCorbett Website: www.rachelcorbett.com

Brendan "Jonesy" Jones is a radio presenter and one half of WSFM's incredibly successful breakfast radio show, Jonesy & Amanda with Amanda Keller. Brendan started his career at the community radio station 2BCR in Bankstown. In 1990 he got the night gig at 6KA in Karratha, Western Australia before doing mornings and afternoons at 2NM, Muswellbrook and then arvos at i98 in Wollongong. After living the regional radio life Jonesy started working in the big smoke with gigs on B105 Brisbane and Triple M Brisbane & Sydney. Brendan got the call up to host the breakfast show on the soon to be revamped WSFM and said the only way he'd do it was if he got to co-host with Amanda Keller. Luckily Amanda said yes because they've now had one of the longest-running shows on Sydney commercial radio. In this episode, Brendan "Jonesy" Jones talks about the move that changed his career, why you can never trust Jules Lund on a red carpet and why he thinks the hours are the best thing about his job (remember, he's a breakfast radio host.....WTF???). Episode show notes: https://rachelcorbett.com.au/ygss/brendan-jones/ About the host... My name is Rachel Corbett and I've spent almost two decades working in media professionally, creating and hosting radio shows and podcasts for Australia's largest media organisations. I'm also a regular on Channel 10's The Project and have worked as a TV host and panelist on shows including Q&A, The Roast, The Today Show, Studio 10, Hughesy We Have A Problem and Have You Been Paying Attention. I'm currently Head of Podcasts at Mamamia and I host a number of other shows including Lady Startup, Before The Bump, Paul & Rach, PodSchool and Sealed Section. I also founded the online podcasting course, Podschool.com.au, to help budding podcasters create a kick-arse show. Contact... Twitter: @RachelCorbett Facebook: @RachCorbett Instagram: @_RachelCorbett Website: www.rachelcorbett.com

Ugly Phil O'Neill is a radio legend and for anyone over the age of 30, he's probably best known for his time as host of the Hot30 Countdown with his then-wife, Jackie O. Phil's story is one of focus and determination. He started his career in Western Australia where he applied for a radio gig despite having no experience. His first shift was a disaster but he was determined to make it in the industry he loved. Radio had been a huge source of comfort for him as a lonely kid and over the years he's moved all over the country and the world to keep working in the business he's so passionate about. In this episode, Ugly Phil talks about why he decided to leave one of the biggest shows in radio in the early 2000s, the twelve-step process of getting his career back on track and what it's like to fall from the top. Episode show notes: https://rachelcorbett.com.au/ygss/ugly-phil/ About the host... My name is Rachel Corbett and I've spent almost two decades working in media professionally, creating and hosting radio shows and podcasts for Australia's largest media organisations. I'm also a regular on Channel 10's The Project and have worked as a TV host and panelist on shows including Q&A, The Roast, The Today Show, Studio 10, Hughesy We Have A Problem and Have You Been Paying Attention. I'm currently Head of Podcasts at Mamamia and I host a number of other shows including Lady Startup, Before The Bump, Paul & Rach, PodSchool and Sealed Section. I also founded the online podcasting course, Podschool.com.au, to help budding podcasters create a kick-arse show. Contact... Twitter: @RachelCorbett Facebook: @RachCorbett Instagram: @_RachelCorbett Website: www.rachelcorbett.com

Lawrence Mooney is a comedian and host of Triple M Sydney's breakfast show, Moonman in the Morning. Lawrence worked a number of different jobs, including as a customs officer, before getting into stand-up. Now he's one of Australia's most loved comedians. In 2018 Lawrence took Triple M Brisbane's breakfast show to No 1 before making the move to Sydney to host his own show for Triple M Sydney featuring Gus Worland, Jess Eva and Chris Page. Lawrence has also done a bunch of TV including the ABCs Dirty Laundry Live and Fox Sports The Beep Test. He also had a sell-out season at the Sydney Opera House with his show An Evening with Malcolm Turnbull. In this episode, Lawrence Mooney talks about the time he stole drugs when he was working as a customs officer, why amateur theatre is a Shangri-La for straight blokes and what he learned from hitting rock bottom. Episode show notes: https://rachelcorbett.com.au/ygss/lawrence-mooney/ About the host... My name is Rachel Corbett and I've spent almost two decades working in media professionally, creating and hosting radio shows and podcasts for Australia's largest media organisations. I'm also a regular on Channel 10's The Project and have worked as a TV host and panelist on shows including Q&A, The Roast, The Today Show, Studio 10, Hughesy We Have A Problem and Have You Been Paying Attention. I'm currently Head of Podcasts at Mamamia and I host a number of other shows including Lady Startup, Before The Bump, Paul & Rach, PodSchool and Sealed Section. I also founded the online podcasting course, Podschool.com.au, to help budding podcasters create a kick-arse show. Contact... Twitter: @RachelCorbett Facebook: @RachCorbett Instagram: @_RachelCorbett Website: www.rachelcorbett.com

Tim Gilbert is an Australian television and radio presenter and host of The Business of Sport on Sky News Australia. Tim's career began at Radio 2GM in Goulburn and he got his start in television as a sports reporter for the Nine Network back in 1996. Over the years he worked as a presenter on shows including Nine News, The Cricket Show and The NRL Footy Show. In 2009 Tim was appointed sports presenter on Weekend Today and in 2014 was announced as Ben Fordham's replacement on Today. In 2019, Tim left the Nine Network after 22 years and he's now working as a presenter on Sky News Australia with friend and Nine Network colleague, Peter Stefanovic. In this episode, Tim Gilbert talks about his love of The Sound of Music, why he thought his career was over before it began and why it doesn't pay to be a dickhead in show business. Episode show notes: https://rachelcorbett.com.au/ygss/tim-gilbert/ About the host... My name is Rachel Corbett and I've spent almost two decades working in media professionally, creating and hosting radio shows and podcasts for Australia's largest media organisations. I'm also a regular on Channel 10's The Project and have worked as a TV host and panelist on shows including Q&A, The Roast, The Today Show, Studio 10, Hughesy We Have A Problem and Have You Been Paying Attention. I'm currently Head of Podcasts at Mamamia and I host a number of other shows including Lady Startup, Before The Bump, Paul & Rach, PodSchool and Sealed Section. I also founded the online podcasting course, Podschool.com.au, to help budding podcasters create a kick-arse show. Contact... Twitter: @RachelCorbett Facebook: @RachCorbett Instagram: @_RachelCorbett Website: www.rachelcorbett.com