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Guest interviews
English
United States
38 episodes
since Feb. 25, 2026
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Dan and Erin sit down with Justin McGurgan, a well-respected name in the hospitality industry with 40 years of experience. He started out at 16-years-old running stadium bars in Canberra, then worked his way through clubs, catering and gaming management. He’s now a consultant, an author, and a boar…

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Content Note: This episode discusses sensitive topics including alcohol addiction and domestic violence. Listener discretion is advised. Most weeks we discuss shifts in business. This week, the shift is personal.  Dan and Erin sit down with wellness advocate and educator Bianca Criaco, who opens …
Dan and Erin sit down with Jae Fraser, a teacher, business owner and philanthropist who went from running one of Australia’s biggest childcare companies to buying a rundown Gold Coast centre with no plan and no money. We hear how he woke up one morning, realised his work no longer matched his valu…
Dan and Erin sit down with David and Luke Ridden, the father and son duo behind Granddad Jack’s, one of Australia’s most awarded craft distilleries. They opened on the Gold Coast in 2018 with no distilling experience, inspired by the story of David’s grandfather, a New Zealand born farmer and barbe…
Dan and Erin sit down with Nick Proctor, who went from freight runner to running a $15M-a-year international freight business. It started with a simple idea: ship cars from Australia to New Zealand for less. A $2k website and one viral post turned that side hustle into the main event. They discuss …
Dan and Erin sit down with natural health practitioner Holly Mayo to unpack why so many high performers walk around bloated, exhausted and foggy, accepting it as the cost of the job. Holly explains why the stomach is our "second brain," how chronic workplace stress quietly wrecks the gut …
Dan and Erin sit down with Daniel Watkins - a three-time world wakeboarding champion, Ski and Wake Hall of Famer, and the entrepreneur behind some of the Gold Coast's biggest waterparks. Daniel takes us right back to the beginning: from being a kid dragging a ski handle around Victoria, to chasing …
This week, it's just Dan and Erin for an episode all about routines: the ones that actually work, the ones they're still figuring out, and what happens when life throws them off track. They get into the nitty-gritty of their weekly meal prep systems, the boundaries they've set around travel and wor…
Dan and Erin sit down with Charmaine Schembri, one of Australia's most recognised beauty business coaches. Charmaine started hustling at 13 years old by talking her way into a street promo team gig before she was legally allowed to work, and has spent 22 years since then building brands across Aust…
Dan and Erin sit down with serial entrepreneur Mick Spencer, the founder behind OTG Sports, Gravity Drinks Co and Australia's homegrown agave brand SOLLOS. Mick gets real about the health scares that shaped his mindset early on, and how nearly running out of time taught him that every single day co…
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