Best Cal Macpherson Podcasts (2024)

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A Kick in the Head | Blake Manwaring 44:53

3d ago44:53

44:53

Imagine one minute you're sitting down chatting to your mates, and the next you're knocked unconscious by someone you've never met... That's what happened to Blake on a night out in 2012, and it's had a life-changing impact on the now 32 year old. Blake's ordeal put him through the ringer physically and mentally, and recently becoming a father hims…

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Making Art of Bipolar Disorder | Sam Kissajukian 58:27

17d ago58:27

58:27

A comedian, turned artist, turned comedic artist; this guy's story is truly out of the box… He quit stand-up comedy after a decade on the local circuit and unsure what to do with himself, made the unusual decision to hire out a warehouse and start painting… Living on three hours sleep for 6 months, letting his imagination run wild and trying to mak…

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You Think to Yourself, It'll Never Happen to Me... Until It Happens to You | Memorable Moments 15:44

23d ago15:44

15:44

Jack Brown's world was flipped upside down when his cousin Matty died by suicide. The tragedy leaving him devastated, confused and desperate for a way to numb the pain. Fortunately, with the love of his friends and family and a drastic change in life direction, he was able to turn it around. Since 2018, Jack's been one of the people running the tra…

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More Than a Barber | Grant Freedman 1:00:11

1M ago1:00:11

1:00:11

The local barbershop is a place you'll often find men opening up about what's really going on in their lives.Sure, we go for a skin fade and a shave, but many of us also go for a chat; and a barber you'll keep going back to is one who knows how to listen... Grant is one such barber, using the chairs at his shop not just to make a living, but as a s…

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Losing the Jackpot, Fuelling the Beast | Memorable Moments 12:34

1M ago12:34

12:34

Glenn's relationship with gambling and drugs started at a young age and exploded in his twenties. He pumped hundreds of thousands through the pokies, once winning a 50k jackpot, only to lose it all in a matter of months. For more than a decade he lived pay cheque to pay cheque chasing cheap highs, and desperately lacked love and purpose in his life…

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My Thoughts on Mental Health & Podcasting | Cal MacPherson 56:02

2M ago56:02

56:02

It's been 18 months since the last solo episode, and it feels like high time to check-in! In this pod, I rant at length answering all the listener questions sent in to our @youngbloodmensmentalhealth Instagram. Some serious, some not so serious, and overall, hopefully worth your time. Even producer Rory makes a special cameo appearance! Thanks to e…

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Carrying the Weight of the World | Dale Rush 32:08

2M ago32:08

32:08

Raised by a mother who battled severe illness throughout her life and a dad who was her carer, the pressure took a toll that split up Dale's family, and eventually left him looking after both parents. In recent years he's endured the loss of not only his mother and father, but also a son...stillborn at 28 weeks. Battling with overwhelming stress an…

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Not A Day Goes By That I Don't Think of Taking My Own Life | Memorable Moments 14:15

2M ago14:15

14:15

For years, South Australian local legend Marc Ryan aka The Beautiful Bogan, has been using stand-up comedy as a vehicle to open up conversations around mental health in a very special way. Marc is himself a survivor of childhood abuse and battles the black dog day in and day out. He's a dedicated dad, a man who loves and downright Aussie battler wh…

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Dad Life with Autism and ADHD | Matt Carter 46:59

3M ago46:59

46:59

Living his entire life with no idea he had autism; it was his son's diagnosis that led to his own and a whole new perspective on life. Carter's been on a challenging journey with his mental health dating back to his childhood; and it's a big part of why he cares so much about helping others now. A husband and father to 3 young children with his own…

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The Happiest I Ever Feel 0:53

3M ago0:53

0:53

“When sailors were coming home from a stint on the ocean, they would put their anchor upside down on the front of their boat and that would tell all other ships, get out of our way, we’re going home to our families.”

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Raising Myself to Be a Man | Jesse Trout 46:25

3M ago46:25

46:25

Growing up with an absent father and an alcoholic, drug abusing mother. Dropping out of school. Becoming a dad and a business owner. Losing his mum to suicide, bringing down a 12-year relationship by self-destructing and finally building himself up stronger than ever... That's Jesse's story in a nutshell, but there's much more to it than that...I g…

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Jekyll and Hyde 0:59

3M ago0:59

0:59

Jesse grew up with an absent father and mother who was a slave to alcoholism and drug abuse. It was a scary and confusing environment to grow up in and has resulted in him spending most of his life feeling on edge, waiting for something to go wrong… While plenty has gone wrong, he’s done everything in his power to make sure even more goes right and…

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A Massive Wake-Up Call | Memorable Moments 12:27

3M ago12:27

12:27

This week's Memorable Moment is a follow up from last week's main episode with Sean Phillip, Founder of The Shaka Project. This clip takes you back to 2021, when Sean was first on the podcast, to share his intense and inspiring origin story, which includes drugs, violence, trouble with the law and miraculously surviving a suicide attempt to go on a…

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The Shaka Project: On a Mission to Stop Suicide | Sean Phillip 1:10:25

4M ago1:10:25

1:10:25

Sean Phillip is the Founder of The Shaka Project, an increasingly recognisable charity doing big things for mental health in Australia. Sean shared his personal story on the podcast 3 years ago, so this time around we spoke about what life’s been like since then, the highs and lows of working in this space, and our thoughts on where men's mental he…

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It Breaks Your Heart 1:27

4M ago1:27

1:27

Imagine making four separate phone calls to offer an ear and support to people who've just lost a loved one to suicide... That's all in a day's work for Sean, the young founder of The Shaka Project, a national mental health charity that evolved out of his own close call with suicide and recognising Australia's need for a louder mental health conver…

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I Was Hooked | Memorable Moments 9:59

4M ago9:59

9:59

For more than a decade, Luke McLean was controlled by a gambling addiction he couldn't escape. He was 17 when he got hooked after his first win at the TAB and went on to spend just every cent he ever earned on online sports betting. The habit made him hate himself and very nearly claimed his life. Fortunately he found a way to finally break free be…

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Legal Battle: A Junior Lawyer's Mental Health Recovery | Kian Rafie 51:51

4M ago51:51

51:51

Kian Rafie is a junior lawyer who got the dream start to his career that he'd always wanted, when a mental health crisis threatened to completely derail it...Renowned for being a cut-throat, high pressure industry with little room for error and lofty expectations, the legal profession has been known to chew up new graduates and spit them out. Kian …

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I Didn't Want to Handball My Problems to Someone Else 2:09

4M ago2:09

2:09

It wasn't long after Kian started his law career interstate that his mental health started imploding. Pride and embarrassment stopped him going to his family for help, even though he knew they'd be supportive. He felt like it was on him to solve the problem alone, because he didn't want to burden anyone.…

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I Wanted to Get Hurt | Memorable Moments 10:07

4M ago10:07

10:07

When the end of his AFL career coincided with the breakdown of his marriage, the effects of alcohol abuse and improperly medicated bipolar disorder, Heath Black spiralled dangerously out of control to point where anything could've happened, and part of him was hoping for the worst. Scroll back to October 2020 in our podcast library for the full sto…

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Back from the Brink | Brad Wright 1:11:50

4M ago1:11:50

1:11:50

Brad Wright very nearly wasn't here to tell this story...His teenage years were a mess; with the combination of depression, crippling low self-esteem and refusing help almost costing him his life.He had to learn how to walk again and even that paled in comparison to working out how to love himself for the first time.Now six years on from what could…

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My Parents Got That Dreaded Knock at the Door 0:58

5M ago0:58

0:58

There was a time Brad thought no one would care if he died...After miraculously surviving a suicide attempt, he got the chance to realise just how wrong he'd been.

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Knowledge Dispels Fear | Memorable Moments 11:09

5M ago11:09

11:09

Dylan Conway is the creator of 'Brothers N Books', a popular Instagram page that grew into a charity, raising funds to install community libraries all over the country, which has since become a downright phenomenon! Dylan got hooked on books while he was stuck in hospital for over a year recovering from an unlikely condition. Reading gave Dylan som…

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You Only Live Twice | Locky Miller 56:34

5M ago56:34

56:34

2023 marks 10 years since Locky Miller was involved in a horrific car crash that changed the course of his life in an instant. Locky lives with a brain injury and chronic pain that he’s had to learn to adapt to. It’s set him on a path he never expected to be on and it’s been an uphill battle. Through grit and determination Locky has made a remarkab…

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Less Than a 5% Chance of Survival 1:27

5M ago1:27

1:27

By all odds, Locky shouldn't be alive.

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Life Gets Tough and We've Got to Put Some Tools in Place to Get Through | Memorable Moments 11:06

5M ago11:06

11:06

Construction has some of the highest suicide rates of any industry and as psychologist and former construction worker Simon Tyler will tell you, that's partly down to the hyper masculine culture that exists on work sites. Simo’s good mate Richie Welch has been in the construction game for more than two decades and there was a time both men were sav…

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The Tornado Within | Nathan Schulz 44:19

5M ago44:19

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That’s Nathan Schulz, he’s a mountain of a man who was scary to watch flying into fits of rage when he was living with uncontrollable anger and didn’t know why… With a history of being severely bullied during his school days, Nathan fell into a depressive slump for many years and had no idea what was behind it; the distress only increasing his feel…

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I Want to Be Here 0:58

5M ago0:58

0:58

It took coming close to death for Nathan to realise he wanted to live… Luckily he still had the chance and since then he’s been making the most of it.

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A Man of Extremes | Tyran Mowbray 59:07

6M ago59:07

59:07

Tyran Mowbray is a former footy player, bricklayer and mineworker and for a long time, his main focus was getting smashed and having as much sex as possible. Tyran had deep-seeded intimacy issues, made all the worse by a porn addiction he couldn't kick; and by his late twenties he was so detached and desperate, that he took off across the world in …

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Young Blood - Men's Mental Health on ABC Radio 18:02

6M ago18:02

18:02

Young Blood creator and host Callum MacPherson joins ABC radio for Mental Health Month, to share the Young Blood - Men's Mental Health podcast origin story and talk men's mental health with host Sonya Feldhoff.

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Why Worry About the Things You Can't Change? | Memorable Moments 13:20

6M ago13:20

13:20

Charles Brice's life changed forever when a motorbike accident shattered his spine and left him a quadriplegic. He was 19 when he was told he'd never walk again. His isn't a story of a miracle recovery, but it is one of incredible grit and heart.Having adapted to his restrictions and rehabilitated himself to the point of independence, Charles is no…

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Young Blood: The Mental Health Podcast for Young Men 0:59

6M ago0:59

0:59

Suicide is the #1 killer of young people aged 15-44 and accounts for three times as many deaths in men as it does women. As a society we can’t allow these appalling statistics to continue and that means making changes. Our mental health revolution requires a cultural shift and creating open dialogue about a range of difficult topics we typically do…

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Anxiety, Panic Attacks & the Power of the Mind | Toby Whittle 41:44

6M ago41:44

41:44

Toby Whittle is a personal trainer and on the surface, a confident, easy-going dude. But on the inside it's not all smooth sailing. In fact throughout his life Toby's increasingly struggled with anxiety that eventually manifested in frequent panic attacks. And in 2020 a combination of social isolation, stress and confusion threatened to drive him o…

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The Panic Attacks Kept Coming 1:03

6M ago1:03

1:03

When Toby first started having panic attacks he had no idea what was happening or what he could do to stop it. He kept it all to himself, but that only made it worse.

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The Trifecta: Quitting Drinking, Cocaine & the Punt | Angus Wood 1:01:49

7M ago1:01:49

1:01:49

Angus Wood is a 25 year old knock about bloke fromMelbourne, who not too long ago didn't think he'd still be here at all; let alone creating the positive change he is now. Gus has struggled intensely with his mental health since his late teens, going down a dark path of drug and gambling addiction. By the age of 23, it was either going to be the en…

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I Am Living Proof 3:31

7M ago3:31

3:31

“There’s been days where I wanted to quit, there’s been days where I cried, there’s been days where I thought I was gonna relapse, there’s been days where I’ve gone to the gym and just let all the anger out…But I’M HERE,I’m alive and I’m showin’ the people how to live a better life with addictions and mental health. I’ve been there, I’ve thought th…

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Surviving with the Scars of Child Sexual Abuse | Edan van Haren 52:15

7M ago52:15

52:15

Edan van Haren is one of bravest young men you’re ever likely to meet…He's a survivor of child sexual abuse, one of many to be preyed upon by convicted paedophile, Maurice Van Ryn. Ashamed and confused, Edan internalised the horrendous trauma and didn’t tell a soul for seven years, with the unimaginable pain manifesting in uncontrollable anger and …

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The Dark Secret That Owned My Life 1:01

7M ago1:01

1:01

From the age of 14, Edan suffered repeated sexual abuse at the hands of a convicted serial paedophile and spent seven years hiding the truth of what happened from everyone he knew. Finally telling his family was a giant first step in his recovery.

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She Gave Me Life...If I'd Stayed on the Path I Was on, Would I Still Be Here? | Memorable Moments 9:06

7M ago9:06

9:06

West Auckland native Zane Munro never met his birth father and grew up putting on the tough guy front as he struggled to define his identity.Charging into young adulthood, Zane moved away from everyone he knew and found himself very much alone. He rapidly developed addictions to drugs and gambling in an attempt to fill the hole. It led him down a d…

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An Unconventional Path to Inner Peace | Dave Porter 51:55

8M ago51:55

51:55

(Dave) Porter is a very different man today to the lost boy he used to be...Porter’s had a colourful life to put it mildly, finding himself stuck on a lonely, confusing path from a young age. It led him to live under a dark cloud of drug addiction and chronic depression for a decade; spurred on by crippling low self-esteem.His quest to understand h…

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Using to Live, Living to Use | Memorable Moments 9:40

8M ago9:40

9:40

Memorable Moments Jack Nagle was a nice, middle-class kid from a supportive, loving family. Not the background befitting the stereotype of those who destroy their lives on drugs…but that didn’t matter. Jack ended his teens and started his twenties as the most hardcore drug addict imaginable and the fact he’s lived to tell the tale defies all probab…

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How Denying My Sexuality Turned Me Into Someone I Never Wanted to Be | Matt Kovatchis 49:29

8M ago49:29

49:29

Matt Kovatchis went through school, college and most of his 20s as a closeted bi-sexual, only coming out around a year ago.An athlete raised in a hyper masculine and sometimes homophobic environment, Matt lived with deeply ingrained guilt and shame which he projected onto others, as a bully.For the longest time, he couldn't accept and love who he r…

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I Was a Bully 0:59

8M ago0:59

0:59

For so many years, Matt denied his sexuality to himself and the world. He was so terrified of accepting who he really is, that he thought it wouldbe better to just live a lie and it turned him into someone he hated.

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Ultra Mental Health Marathon | Cooper Hough 45:34

8M ago45:34

45:34

This October Cooper Hough is running the entire 1200km of the Heysen Trail for mental health!Cooper's been touched by suicide indirectly through friends and family who've lost people.Like many of us, his experiences have made him feel helpless and desperate to do something to make things better.He's an outdoorsman and fitness fanatic who's channeli…

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I Did Think That if Anybody Found Out, Everything Would Come Crashing Down | Memorable Moments 12:20

9M ago12:20

12:20

There's a misconception that people only get depression when something terrible happens. But for some, depression slowly takes hold for no obvious reason at all. What would you do if all the experiences and people that have always brought you joy suddenly didn't anymore? Luke is a proud survivor of the darkest chapter in his life that no one ever s…

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It Grabbed Me, Pulled Me Underwater and We Disappeared | Memorable Moments 11:39

9M ago11:39

11:39

Chris Blowes is one of the very few people on earth to literally escape the jaws of death...In 2015 Chris was surfing at Fishery Bay in Port Lincoln, South Australia when he came face to face with every surfers worst nightmare, a great white shark.Surviving the horrific attack defied near impossible odds that to this day Chris still can’t fully com…

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Living with a Brain Tumour That's Growing Back | Harry Malcolm 48:17

10M ago48:17

48:17

Cancer doesn’t care that you have your whole life ahead of you. It affects everyone and can target anyone.Harry Malcolm was just your average easy going bloke cruising along in life when out of nowhere he had a seizure at work. From then on, Harry endured seizure after seizure, with the culprit soon revealed as a brain tumour the size of a golf bal…

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I Keep Waking Up and I Keep Showing Up 2:27

10M ago2:27

2:27

Harry's a 22 year old go-getter living a full and active life. He's also got a slow growing brain tumour he can't get rid of.

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A Mountain to Climb | Ben Hirst 46:26

10M ago46:26

46:26

Ben Hirst; on the 12th of July he'll be climbing twice the height of Mount Everest, by trekking up and down the slopes of Mount Wellington in Hobart. It's the latest in a long line of ultra endurance challenges that he's been pumping out over the past 8 years to raise awareness and funds for mental health. His passion comes from living through his …

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Bourne to Run: A Desert Odyssey | Blake Bourne 39:49

11M ago39:49

39:49

This August, Blake Bourne is running 380km across the Simpson Desert to raise money for mental health.Blake has a long history of mental health struggles dating back to childhood; that culminated in multiple suicide attempts when he was just a boy. Thankfully he found boxing; giving him years of direction and confidence as he became an adult. But f…

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I Believed I Was a Bad Person and That Tomorrow Might Never Come | Memorable Moments 10:36

11M ago10:36

10:36

Take a look back at a Young Blood moment that'll stay with you... Episode 36 - The Conversation That Saved A Convicted Ex-Cop with Matt Newlands Matt Newlands is a former police officer turned mental health worker, community leader and podcast host. During his decade in the force, Matt was confronted by distress and violence on a daily basis and th…

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