Best Declan Carey Podcasts (2024)

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Year 9s can smell fear — Declan Fay's tips and stories about speaking in schools, Eltham High Valedictory, 2023 1:40:22

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Comedy writer Declan Fay is Tony's Speakola guest. Declan was the co-writer of Ronny Chieng International Student and the hilarious Crossbread podcast, about a Christian rap duo who hit the big time, but don't happen to be Christians (stars Megan Washington and Chris Ryan). Declan was head writer for this year's AACTA Awards, and has been part of w…

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'Laughter is the closest distance' — Jules Schiller's tips for the Best Man speech, Tony and Kate's wedding, 2003 1:03:08

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The cohost of ABC breakfast radio in Adelaide, Jules Schiller delivered a beautiful best man speech for his old comedy partner Tony Moclair when he married Kate in 2003. It's a Speakola favourite, and in this episode, Jules comes on in the aftermatch of a Married at First Sight best man speech abomination to talk about what makes a great best man s…

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Best Speeches of 2023 — Tony presents 'The Speakolies' with Dylan Bird on The Grapevine, 3RRR 38:24

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For the sixth year running, Tony awards his speeches of the year on Triple R's 'The Grapevine' with Dylan Bird. This year, no Kulya who has moved on from the show after 13 years. Congrats Kulya. Thank you to Triple R for the audio. Dylan will be back in 2024 with a new show called Future Perfect. Join Speakola's mailing list and Substack Join Tony'…

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The art of the MC — Julia Zemiro and Brian Nankervis talk about hosting and MCing 1:09:49

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For 15 seasons and 181 episodes, Julia Zemiro and Brian Nankervis have been the dual hosts of 'Rockwiz', bringing their wit, charm and performance energy to Australia's legendary music quiz show. In this episode Tony chats to them about what makes a good MC, and they share tips and yarns from several decades of hosting big events. In the second hal…

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Sinead Donovan - Newly elected President at Chartered Accountants Ireland 27:48

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Sinead Donovan - Newly elected President at Chartered Accountants Ireland discusses her plans for the upcoming year including her upcoming visit to New York on Oct 23.By Breiffni O Domhnaill

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My husband had a magical cape — Lahra Carey's eulogy for husband Ben Cowen, Springvale Cemetery, Melbourne, 2017 58:08

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Lahra Carey's husband Ben Cowen died in paragliding accident on 8th of January 2017. A few days later, Lahra spoke at her husband's graveside, paying tribute to 'the Ben effect' and summoning friends and mourners to 'Ben's Army'. The speech is recreated for the episode, and Lahra talks to Tony about love and loss, and the challenge of giving a eulo…

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'Men, you have ten minutes to live' — Dr Brendan Nelson's speech at a Soldier On charity gala, Canberra 2014 (witnessed by cohost Lehmo) 1:15:16

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Dr Brendan Nelson was Liberal Party leader and Leader of the Opposition in Australia in 2007-08. After he retired from politics, he became Director of the Australian War Memorial, and has a masterly knack of sharing the stories of this country's military heroes. The feature speech here was delivered in 2014 at a Soldier On charity fundraiser. Tony'…

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The year my brain broke — Clare Wright's 'Epic Fail' speech at The Wheeler Centre, Melbourne, 2014 42:00

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Clare Wright is an award winning author and documentary maker and a previous guest on this podcast (Ep 46). This very personal speech about depression was delivered at a The Wheeler Centre event called 'Epic Fail' featuring well known authors and artists sharing their stories of failure. Clare's description of a state of depression is so evocative …

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Chat GPT: Real Life Use Cases with Andrew Gunter and Jannie Wentzel from Cential Consulting 30:09

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The show outlines some real-life use cases of Chat GPT that are being used in risk management today.By Breiffni O Domhnaill

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Developing a Growth Mindset with Declan Scott, The Resilience Institute 47:15

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Are you looking to grow in your role? Or find a position that will fulfill you? Here are some practical tips that are applied by business leaders in growing professionally and developing high performance teams.By Breiffni O Domhnaill

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We have been a collective failure — Brendan Gale's CEO address to players and officials, Richmond Football Club, March 2010 33:05

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Brendan Gale became CEO of Richmond in late 2009, and delivered this speech to the whole of the football club in the rooms in the old Punt Road grandstand in early 2010. it was a vision for the future, and it was mocked in the press at the time. Richmond had not won a final for 30 years and had competed in finals twice in the previous fifteen. Gale…

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ARCHIVE: He is one of us ─ Don Watson on Prime Minister Paul Keating’s Eulogy to the Unknown Soldier, Remembrance Day, 1993 29:31

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Tomorrow is ANZAC Day in Australia, our most important day for commemorating and recognising the sacrifice of armed servicemen and women. To coincide, here is a re-release of speechwriter Don Watson's interview about the Paul Keating's 'Eulogy to the Unknown Soldier' delivered at the Canberra War Memorial on Remembrance Day 1993. The occasion was t…

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'Won't keep you, Les' — Andrew Rule's eulogy for Les Carlyon, Flemington, Melbourne, 2019 24:36

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A bonus episode with Walkley winning journalist Andrew Rule recorded when we chatted about his eulogy for his father (episode 44) This episode is about Andrew's eulogy for Les Carlyon, a fellow legend of Australian journalism and writing. The speech was delivered on March 12th 2019 at Flemington racecourse, the home of Australian racing and the loc…

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ARCHIVE: 'Lou was bigger than a legend' — Ron Joseph's eulogy for Lou Richards, RIP Ron Joseph 40:41

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We've just had the terrible news that Ron Joseph, Speakola's guest for E36 of this podcast, died this week aged 77. He was so accommodating with this interview, and we chatted for nearly two hours about his incredible life in footy administration and in particular the North Melbourne footy club. I'll put up some of the general (non speechy audio) f…

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Elenie Panos Carey - In Full 29:44

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By Breiffni O Domhnaill

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You daughters of freedom — Prof. Clare Wright on Vida Goldstein's campaign launch speech as first English speaking woman to stand for national office, Portland, 1903 1:14:00

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Vida Goldstein was the first woman to campaign for elected office for a national parliament in the English speaking world. It was the election of 1903, Ms Goldstein ran for the Senate in the Australian parliament, and she lost! Her launch speech was at Portland in Victoria and podcast guest Prof Clare Wright read it aloud for the Sydney Writers Fes…

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No, Tony, I did not write the Misogyny Speech! — Speechwriter Michael Cooney on working for Prime Minister Julia Gillard, 2010-13 1:26:46

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Between 2010 and 2013, Michael Cooney was speechwriter for Australia's 27th Prime Minister, Julia Gillard who was also its first female Prime Minister. Michael has written an excellent book about this experience, called 'The Gillard Project: My Thousand Days of Despair and Hope'. In this episode he talks about what a Prime Ministerial speech writer…

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Marc Walby - Opportunities for Accountants in Risk Management 37:52

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Risk management is an ever growing area of focus for organizations and Accountants are uniquely positioned for a transition into these roles. Marc Walby shares tips for accountants exploring a move and how to land a role as a non-executive director at a non-profit organizationBy Breiffni O Domhnaill

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Solomon in a singlet — Andrew Rule's eulogy for father Keith Rule, Lake Tyers, 1998 53:37

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Andrew Rule is a Gold Walkley winning journalist and author (Underbelly) who grew up on a farm in Gippsland and made his way from The Maffra Spectator to the pinnacles of Australian investigative reporting. His father, Keith, spent his life felling and fashioning timber, and this eulogy is a beautiful ode to a man and his axe. It was written as a f…

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Kathryn Kaminsky - The Role of Auditors - What We Do Matters 18:53

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The Role of Auditors – What we do matters Kathryn Kaminsky, Vice Chair and Co-Leader at PwC’s US Trust Solutions, talks about her journey to become a leader in audit, PwC’s initiatives to attract talent and concludes with her tips for supporting diversity initiatives. Kathryn started out with a different background and went to school part-time whil…

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How to do a TED talk (or three) — Ruth Clare's 'The pain of hiding your true self', TEDx Melbourne, 2019 1:10:27

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Ruth Clare is an Australian author who wrote the award winning memoir 'Enemy — A Daughter's story of how her father brought the Vietnam War home'. She suffered the trauma of domestic violence as a child, and has been talking about trauma for a living since she became a parent herself. She has delivered three TEDx talks: If you don't own your storie…

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Best speeches of 2022 - Tony presents 'The Speakolies' on Triple R's The Grapevine 44:38

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For the fifth year running, Tony awards his speeches of the year on Triple R's 'The Grapevine' with Kulya Coulston and Dylan Bird. Thank you to Triple R for the audio. Listen to The Grapevine on Triple R Mondays 9-12am. They are on break now until 2023. This is the new hub/community base for Speakola with over 5300 subscribers, and a few of those a…

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Simone Walsh - From Partner to CFO: Tips for Making the Move from Consulting into Industry 27:25

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By Breiffni O Domhnaill

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You're more of a mattress — Laura Lexx on her bride speech, Somerset, 2015 58:45

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Laura Lexx is an acclaimed British comedian who has appeared on many television shows ('Roast Battle', 'Mock the Week') and has written a novel 'Pivot' and a bestselling humour book 'Klopp Actually'. Her tweets imagining a steamy yet sensible love affair with Jurgen Klopp lit up Twitter for a weekend in 2020, and scored her a book deal! But this ep…

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Give me your children! — Holocaust survivor Abram Goldberg as eyewitness to Chaim Rumkowski's speech to Jews in Lodź ghetto, Lodź, Poland, 1942 (with memoirist Fiona Harris) 1:18:43

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'Give me your children' is one of the most harrowing and disturbing speeches in history, It was delivered by Chief Elder and Nazi appointed representative of the Jews in the Lodź ghetto, Chaim Rumkowski. In the speech, Rumkowski announces that children under ten, the elderly, and the sick and infirm will be handed over to the Nazis to fulfill depor…

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The bald legend and the feral legend — A last interview with Uncle Jack Charles, Palais Theatre, Melbourne, September 2022 32:25

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The great actor and activist Uncle Jack Charles died in Melbourne on the 13th of September 2022 of a stroke. Five weeks earlier, Speakola's Tony Wilson recorded a chat with him during filming of their AFL Finals promo. Tony had written the words. Jack delivered the voice. During Jack's break, Tony chatted to him about life and career highlights. It…

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We could quell these fires with tears — Ted Baillieu's speech for Black Saturday National Day of Mourning, Melbourne, February 2009 1:02:15

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Ted Baillieu was the 46th Premier of Victoria, elected in November 2010. In this episode he talks about this speech he delivered as Leader of the Liberal Party Opposition in February 2009 at a Day of Mourning ceremony for the Black Saturday bushfire victims at Rod Laver Arena. Mr Baillieu is an excellent speechwriter and orator, and he shares tips …

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He bought the heady outside world into our house —James Button's eulogy for his father John Button, State Memorial Service, Melbourne, April 2008 1:10:47

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Author James Button's 2008 eulogy for his politician father John Button was one of the first speeches ever added to Speakola. It's a beautiful speech, full of stories about one of Australia's most significant Labor politicians. It's also a eulogy that has an honesty to it, it talks about John Button's moodiness, his taciturn nature, his absences. B…

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Kirsty Tan - Using a Framework for Making a Difference as a Chartered Accountant 13:27

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By Breiffni O Domhnaill

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Kirsty Tan - Systematic Thinking & Making a Difference Through Action 5:14

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By Breiffni O Domhnaill

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Kirsty Tan - Career Journey & The Circular Economy Alliance 9:25

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We get one shot to recover from a global pandemic — Premier Peter Malinauskas's election night speech, Adelaide, 19th March 2022 57:38

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Peter Malinauskas is the 47th Premier of South Australia. He gave a terrific victory speech on election night, 19th March 2022, one described by The Australian's literary critic as having 'flawlessly controlled momentum' and reaffirming a belief in democracy. The Premier is a wonderful interviewee and talks about how he wrote the speech, and the im…

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Lou is bigger than a legend — Ron Joseph's eulogy for Lou Richards, St Paul's Cathedral Melbourne, May 2017 44:57

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Lou 'The Lip' Richards was an icon of Australian football in the latter half of the twentieth century. He was an excellent player, playing 250 games for Collingwood between 1941 and 1955, including captaining the 1953 premiership. But he found fame in his home town of Melbourne as a columnist, television wit, and play by play commentator. He died i…

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Paul Byrne-Payments Automation_How to Build a Business Case? 5:10

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By Breiffni O Domhnaill

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Paul Byrne-Leadership Advice for Accountants 3:04

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By Breiffni O Domhnaill

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Paul Byrne-Trends in International Payments_ Real-time payments and De-Fi? 8:45

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By Breiffni O Domhnaill

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Paul Byrne-From Chartered Accountant to Serial Entrepreneur 8:12

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A rat race is for rats! — Kenny MacAskill MP on Jimmy Reid's Inaugural Address as Rector of Glasgow University, 1972 1:09:19

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A speech described by The New York Times in the days after delivery as 'the greatest speech since Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address'. Jimmy Reid's speech was reprinted in full and praised around the world. In this episode, Jimmy Reid biographer and Westminster MP Kenny MacAskill (member for East Lothian in Scotland since 2019) talks about this f…

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ARCHIVE: Gabriel Sterling's speech on steps of Georgia Legislature, 'Somebody is going to get killed', December 2020 1:16:37

2y ago1:16:37

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Gabriel Sterling speech and interview re-release. Republican electoral official Gabriel Sterling was a witness called before the January 6 committee this week to give evidence into what went on in the days leading up to the attack on the Capitol. This is a Speakola interview released as episode 23 in August 2021, during the Olympics. Sterling talks…

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WNL: Danny Murphy reacts to Peamount defeat. 4:15

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City boss Danny Murphy reacts to Saturday's defeat at the hands of Peamount UnitedBy Declan Carey

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Jan Babiak - How to Land a Non-Executive Director Role 22:29

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By Breiffni O Domhnaill

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Masters of our fate — Richard Cohen on Sir Winston Churchill's rhetoric & address to joint sitting US Congress, December 1941 1:11:58

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Terrific episode on Winston Churchill, his prodigious skills as a rhetorician, and in particular his speech to a joint sitting of US Congress on Boxing Day, 1941. Our guest is Richard Cohen, founder of the popular Winston Churchill facebook group and a legal scholar who has immersed himself in all things Churchill. He was a proof reader of Andrew R…

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Queen of the verbal stilletto - Wendy Harmer and the art of the comedy debate, World Series Debating, Canberra 1993 1:08:30

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Wendy Harmer is a legend of Australian media, and comedy, a mainstay since 'running away to join the circus' and the standup scene in the mid 1980s. She talks about those years at the Last Laugh and Le Joke, and also the shows that established her, 'The Big Gig' and 'World Series Debating' on the ABC. where she captained a comedy debate team each e…