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Bosses can drive you crazy. How do you deal with micromanagers, unclear direction -- or get a promotion? Our workplace heroes Liz Dolan (ex-CMO, Nike, NatGeo Channels) and Larry Seal (executive coach) will help you make the big decisions, sort through the small stuff, and get more fulfillment from your work life. A fictional ad agency, Penn & Pencil, will serve as a comedic point of reference for your questions. I Hate My Boss. Workplace Drama. Comedic Relief. All episodes are available now. ...
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Life at work can be funny, challenging, ridiculous, and -- yes, even satisfying. Here at Safe For Work, we're all about helping you find balance and happiness in your career. After all, many of us spend more time with our co-workers and clients than with our friends and family. Hosts Liz Dolan and Rico Gagliano give advice on everything from how to avoid burnout on the job to how to fake an illness when you're calling in sick. We also talk to experts about those moments at the office that ca ...
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Join schoolgirl Abbie as she chats to current champions, legends and rising stars of women’s sport in one-on-one interviews. They chat about how they got to where they are, the challenges they’ve faced along the way, and what lies ahead. Plus in ’The Mixed Zone’, listeners can join the interview by submitting questions.
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Every person who works in sports has a story. Hear from some of the most notable names in the sports and fantasy sports industries and learn about the journeys they traveled along with the choices they made to reach the height of their profession. Brought to you by FantasyPros, host Dan Harris talks to all the Game Changers who literally changed the game and blazed a trail for all those who want to work in sports to follow.
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Champions: Layne Beachley, Lauren Jackson, Heather Garriock
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Recorded live at the NSW Champions of Sport Awards 2023, HER WAY chats to three champions of Australian sport just moments after receiving awards - Former Matilda Heather Garriock was inducted into the Hall of Champions, basketball great Lauren Jackson received the rare Waratah Award, while 7 time surfing World Champion was elevated to Legend Statu…
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Leticia Bufoni is the most successful female athlete at the X Games in history, and has featured on Forbes' most powerful women in sport list. Not bad for someone whose dad cut their first skateboard in half because he didn't think skateboarding was for girls. Find out about Leticia's career in this chat while she was in Sydney for a Red Bull demo …
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Listen Now: 'Tis The Grinch Holiday Talk Show
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Cuddly as a cactus and charming as an eel, he’s your new favorite snarky talk show host. Join The Grinch (and his faithful dog Max) each week as he rants against Christmas cheer and roasts celebrity guests like chestnuts on an open fire. Starring Saturday Night Live’s James Austin Johnson as the notorious curmudgeon and broadcasting straight from W…
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Georgia Beikoff took up sport when she was a child as therapy for her Cerebral Palsy diagnosis. Soon, she was identified as an emerging star in cricket and athletics, and as a teenager would become a track and field Paralympics medallist. But football was always Georgia’s true love, and just before the covid pandemic, she became one of the first at…
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Rosie Malone is a member of the Australian Hockeyroos team which competed at the Tokyo Olympics, won bronze at the 2022 World Cup and silver at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games. As a gifted young athlete, she excelled at multiple sports, and in this chat she reveals her decision to pursue hockey over other opportunities, dealing with low moments o…
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Erin Phillips is a two time WNBA champion and World Cup basketball winner, a three time AFLW premier, and has won the AFLW’s Best and Fairest Award twice. She has also suffered an ACL injury in both knees across her legendary career. Erin joins HER WAY to chat about why this injury is so much more prevalent in female athletes, and why she’s joined …
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From Women's A-League player pioneer, to now part of a new era in female sports broadcasting, Grace Gill has had a fascinating journey. We chat about playing with some of the current superstars of Australian sport when they were teenagers, to making the leap to becoming a commentator and being one of the voices of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. R…
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Liz Watson took up netball at age 12 when her school friend invited her to play in a school team. Since then, she’s gone on to win league titles in Australia, represent her country, and in 2021 was named captain of the Australian Diamonds, leading them to Commonwealth Games gold in 2022 as well as other tournaments. Liz joins HER WAY to chat about …
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Born and raised in the Australian country town of Ballarat, Georgia Amoore took the basketball world by storm in 2022-2023, leading her college side Virginia Tech Hokies to the iconic NCAA Final Four for the first time in history. Along the way, the Hokies side broke records, while Georgia broke some individual ones as well. Georgia and I chat abou…
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HER WAY was on the black carpet and chatted to some of the biggest names in the A-League, Australia's professional football league. Hear my chats with Chloe Logarzo, Michelle Heyman, Tash Rigby, Ellie Brush, Melina Ayres, Mackenzie Hawkesby, plus Coach of the Year Mark Torcaso, Golden Glove winner Hillary Beall and Young Footballer of the Year Sara…
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An Olympic medal-winning, record breaking sailor, Nina Curtis has done just about everything in her chosen sport. And in 2024, Nina will be part of history as co-captain for the Australian crew for the inaugural Women's America's Cup. In this chat, recorded live in front of an audience at a Trailblazers Women In Sport Business event in Sydney, I as…
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Neither being born with spinal muscular atrophy, nor growing up in a small regional town of 800 people has stopped Jamieson Leeson from achieving some amazing things in her life so far. The youngest person to represent Australia, Jamieson is a World Cup and World Championship gold medal winner in the sport of Boccia, one of only two Paralympic spor…
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An inaugural captain of the AFLW in 2017, Katie Brennan was always confident that women's Australian Rules would have a successful competition, and she was determined to be a big part of it. The Richmond captain inspires and empowers females of all ages in a number of ways, whether it be through her own female-only gym or mentoring other players an…
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Anika Wells is the Australian Federal Minister for Sport at possibly the most exciting time ever for women in sport. The Minister and I chat about how Australia can make the most of the extraordinary opportunities of hosting women’s World Cups, Commonwealth Games, Olympics and Paralympics over the next decade. I also ask her about the challenges of…
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Jasmine Parr grew up around combat sports, with both of her parents champions in kickboxing. She fell in love with it when she was young, but has now turned her attention to traditional boxing, where she is already a title holder. In our chat, Jazzy and I talk about why she loves combat sport, answers some HER WAY community questions in 'The Mixed …
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Top ten tennis player Coco Gauff grabbed the world's attention in her very first grand slam match, at age 15, when she defeated one of her idols, Venus Williams, at Wimbledon. Still only 18, Coco is now a grand slam finalist, and in 2022 became the second youngest woman to be ranked number one in doubles. We chat about her love of superheroes, deal…
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FIFA World Cup Winner. Trailblazer. Fighter for equality. Football (soccer) star Jessica McDonald has won several NWSL titles, named Championship MVP, and was a key member of the USWNT which took its own governing body to court over low pay conditions. In this chat, Jess and I discuss how she's fought to overcome prejudice due to her skin colour, g…
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In 2022, 23 year old Elly Morrow made her debut in the Super 2 Series Racing - the precursor to the hugely popular Supercar Championship, Australia's premier motor racing series. Not only that, but in her debut season, she was the only female driver. During our chat, Elly shares how it was an injury from another sport which led her to motor racing,…
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Swimmer Emma McKeon is Australia's most successful Olympian, and the most successful athlete in the history of the Commonwealth Games. In this chat, we discuss how she needed to step away from swimming in order to be successful at it, the difference between confidence and humility, plus she reveals the strange place her medals were stored at one po…
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Ella Sabljak is one of Australia's most respected Para Athletes. Taking up wheelchair basketball as a teen as a way to make new friends, within three years she represented Australia's Under 25 side. Since then she has become a Paralympian, won Commonwealth Games silver medal as part of the 3x3 team in 2022, before deciding to give Wheelchair Rugby …
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Jane Fernandez has possibly the most important job in Women's Sport for 2023 - Chief Operating Officer for the FIFA Women's World Cup. In this one-on-one chat held to mark one year to go, I ask Jane about what the tournament will do for female football participation, why it's important to have women in leadership, plus the legacy of the event beyon…
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Imagine throwing yourself head first down an 1800m icy track at 150km per hour and barely able to see anything - that's exactly what Jackie Narracott does in the winter sport of Skeleton. Jackie and I chat about what she loves about the sport, the health risks involved, why winter sports deserve more media coverage in Australia, and more. This inte…
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In a wide-ranging interview, superstar cricketer Alyssa Healy joins me to chat about how cricket helped her through a family tragedy, experiencing sexism as teenage star, how she approaches her batting, how the women's game has changed since she debuted for Australia, and lots more. Recorded June 2022. Photo: Getty Images/Cricket Australia. You can…
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Keira Stephens' physical appearance made her a bit different to other kids growing up in Queensland, but playing sport gave her a feeling of acceptance and belonging. A talented athlete, in 2018 she made her first Australian Para Swimming team at age 15, Keira chats about her journey so far, including making the podium at her first Paralympics, and…
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Adelaide's Maeve Plouffe only took up cycling after a talent identification camp said she'd be good at the sport. Now she's an Olympian, Commonwealth Games gold medallist, UCI Track Nations gold medallist, and in 2023 will make her road debut in Europe. Maeve chats to me about how she has used injuries as a positive, explains the intricacies of cyc…
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Netball star Kelsey Browne joins me to talk about finding her own identity with an older superstar sister, the highs and lows of her career, and much more. Recorded July 2022. You can support HER WAY financially at abbieherway.square.site/support-her-wayBy abbieherway
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Basketballer Tess Madgen made her Opals debut as a 20 year old in 2011, yet it would be another decade of persevering before she would achieve her dream of representing the Opals at the Olympics. In 2022 she then had the honour of captaining her country in a home World Cup. HER WAY spoke to Tess about dealing with setbacks, resilience, and playing …
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Alanna Smith represented the Opals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and has played several seasons in the WNBA after playing college basketball in the US. We chat about growing up in a famous basketball family, and playing with legends like Diana Taurasi and Brittney Griner. You can support HER WAY financially at abbieherway.square.site/support-her-way…
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Racewalker Jemima is a 20km Dual Commonwealth Games gold medalist, Australian record holder, and is passionate about keeping girls and women in sport through her IOC Young Leaders Program 'Play On'. You can support HER WAY financially at abbieherway.square.site/support-her-wayBy abbieherway
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Creating FanDuel with Lesley Eccles (Ep. 12)
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You may or may not know who Lesley Eccles is, but you surely have heard of the company she helped create, FanDuel. While creating a sports startup was never her dream as a child, it didn't stop her from working tirelessly to create one of the most recognizable names in our industry. So how did a Scot who knew little about American sports help creat…
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Joe Pisapia of The Fantasy Black Book (Ep. 11)
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Joe Pisapia joins us for a new episode of Game Changers. It started with a love for baseball and over the years, football became a passion as well. But unlike many other stories, his entry into the fantasy sports world came later after his first love and career in acting and teaching as a fight director/choreographer. Long travel days allowed for t…
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It started as a childhood dream and the pursuit of that dream never shifted for Michael Fabiano. As a college graduate with a degree in tv/radio communications, the lack of opportunities right after finishing his schooling almost led to quitting before his career even started. Now as one of the biggest names in fantasy football, listen in as Fabs t…
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It's not easy being successful in the fantasy industry but Joe Dolan has made his mark. His love of sports started early and despite being told to pursue a different path, his desire led him through mentally challenging paths. Listen in as Joe gives his story on what it took to finally feel comfortable and have a sense of belonging.…
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From youth to adulthood, Liz Loza has faced roadblocks in the sports world simply for being a female. Now as one of the faces of fantasy football, she's here to tell her story on what it took to arrive on the scene and luck wasn't a part of it. Her successes aren't limited to any one area. From being a competitive figure skater to graduating from B…
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Creating the Scott Fish Bowl w/ Scott Fish (Ep. 7)
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If you've never heard of Scott Fish, perhaps you've heard of his massive fantasy league, the Scott Fish Bowl. As the creator and manager of the biggest most notable fantasy football league in the world, find out how Scott went from thinking about being a teacher to lifting cases of soda for Pepsi to creating the tournament that every fantasy expert…
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Justin Boone may be coming to us from Canada, but his passion for American football has been around for quite some time. His journey starts with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, a Canadian football team, but the most accurate fantasy expert in 2019 has been grinding his way to the top of the fantasy industry for years. Find out what it took for him to be w…
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Sean Koerner from The Action Network (Ep. 5)
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Going to Las Vegas for fantasy drafts beginning at the age of 9 is the start of Sean Koerner's journey into the sports world. What happened from then to now can be best explained by the man himself who worked at an airport and was able to fly back and forth to Vegas for free during his college years. Get a peek inside Sean's life through his words …
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We're getting to know Jake Ciely from The Athletic in our latest episode of Game Changers! Before The Athletic came calling, he was fired from an insurance company, started a deli that failed, and got bullied by Tony Kornheiser over the phone. How do you go from that to one of the most accurate fantasy analysts in the industry? Listen in as Jake te…
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Creating Harris Football w/ Christopher Harris (Ep. 3)
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This week's guest is none other than the creator of the award-winning Harris Football Podcast, Christopher Harris. How did he go from covering Nascar while attending grad school for a second time to working for ESPN and writing every football player profile in their magazine? Find out about Chris' journey that led him to leave ESPN and create what …
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Becoming the Fantasy Hitman w/ Mike Wright (Ep. 2)
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We're back and this time we've got the ever-entertaining Mike Wright of The Fantasy Footballers. From starting as the host of their podcast to considering creating a beard oil company, you'll want to listen in as The Hitman talks about his journey as an aspiring musician to meeting his best friends and eventually starting an industry-staple of a po…
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Brad Evans a.k.a. Noisy Huevos' Foray Into Sports (Ep. 1)
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The moment you've been waiting for is here! Our inaugural episode is kicked off with special guest Brad Evans, who has been a leader in the fantasy sports industry since really the early days of the game becoming popular. How did this teacher become one of Yahoo! Sports' biggest personalities and what does he predict for sports media as gambling be…
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Game Changers. That's what they're called. That's who they are. The sports industry wouldn't be the same without them and we're here to give you first-hand accounts of what it took to reach the pinnacle of their careers. Want to get into the world of sports? This is the podcast for you.
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Failure is often seen as something negative, but it’s not always a bad thing. When one door closes, another opens. Or, if you’re like television and film producer Nina Jacobson, you make your own door, so to speak. Jacobson’s credits include The Hunger Games and Crazy Rich Asians. But she was also fired as a Walt Disney Company studio exec more tha…
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Achieving The Ever-Elusive Work-Life Balance
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The perpetual battle between time spent at work vs. home can be heart-wrenching. But if your kid is asking for an appointment to get a hug, Coach Larry joins us with some thoughts on how to change that. In this episode, Larry will parse the challenges men and women face to find time for family, the importance of your phone’s “Do Not Disturb” functi…
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The show is about making your work life better… because that makes your life life better. Hosted by Liz Dolan, former chief marketing officer of Nike, the Oprah Winfrey Network, and National Geographic...and co-host of the long-running podcast, Satellite Sisters along with Rico Gagliano a former reporter for the public radio business show “Marketpl…
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Friend or boss? How to set boundaries | 2
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How to respond when your boss shocks you with a statement, where to draw the line between personal and professional, and what to do if you crash your company car - Liz and Larry answer listeners' questions. Plus, You Can't Make This Up: when people get bored, they prank - and pranks can go wrong. All episodes of I Hate My Boss are available now. Yo…
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Fear, change, and six glasses of rose | 1
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Liz and Larry introduce Penn & Pencil, our fictional ad agency whose characters will sound too familiar. Lisa, the CEO, believes fear is a powerful motivator. Do you? Does your boss? When the company goes through a significant change, everybody starts reevaluating their priorities and loyalties. How should you deal with change? Prominent headhunter…
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When you have a workplace problem, who do you turn to for advice? Your coworkers are not objective, and your friends don't really know what to say. In this format-busting series, Liz Dolan and Larry Seal give you real life advice with the help of a fictional workplace: the Penn & Pencil advertising agency. All episodes are available now. You can bi…
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