Game Changers Radio

0:28 Reflecting on how it feels to be out of work

1:44 Thinking about Ratings Survey Results – success and nerves

2:58 Working with Kate Ritchie in radio (on Nova's Kate, Tim and Marty)

3:38 Reflecting on where home is

4:28 Talking fondly of his dad who was a school principal by 29, and asking ‘What are 29 year olds capable of these days?’

5:20 Teaching his kids lessons, such as 'If you make a commitment, stick to it'

6:05 Studying acting at school

6:40 Starring in an amateur production of Godspell

7:38 Reflecting on failings that lead you somewhere and how to react to negative feedback

8:38 Remembering his first paid gig, ‘Brucy The Stripper’, the dildo and the flaming G-String

10:30 Remembering waiting tables at The Last Laugh

12:05 Getting your first ‘in’ to commercial radio through Tim Smith and The Cage

12:50 Putting yourself out there…

13:29 Coping with people in radio who have strong opinions

14: 30 Reflecting on his first radio team experience

15:06 Writing sketches with Richard Marsland and mourning his untimely death

16:02 Dealing with unemployment, 'What do you do when the phone doesn’t ring for 12 months?'

17:02 Talking about The Shebang

18:32 Recognising the importance of chemistry and rapport on radio

19:14 Defining chemistry on radio, 'its an ease of conversation and a turn of phrase and a comfortability between people'

20:27 Ranting about how radio stations grow (or don’t grow) talent

21:20 Being in love with himself, blaming the management structure, and the end of The Shebang

23:14 Trying to network a successful show into Sydney

23:20 Being funny by being mean on radio

24:07 Being closed off to feedback will help you fail

25:45 Fighting to keep his style against what programmers want

26:18 Discussing key practicalities  like podcasting, client integration, story arcs and filler content

27:06 Approaching content creation

28:00 Reflecting that the water cooler conversation doesn’t exist anymore, and you need to work beyond it

28:38 Listening to podcasts: Serial, Andrew Denton’s Better Off Dead, Richard Fidler’s Conversations

29:40 Caring about what you talk about on radio 

31:20 Sharing his view of producers and how they work with talent

32:51 Using social media, or not

33:31 Detailing how a program comes together

34:30 Evaluating yourself and working out what needs improving

35:30 Collaborating with Meshel Laurie

35:45 Choosing to move to Queensland was more attractive than returning to stand-up

37:05 Working with co-hosts and knowing with great ones

38:14 Knowing content is king

38:40 Picking the best anchor in the country

39:30 Thinking about the role of the Content Director/Program Director

40:15 Finding feedback 

40:50 Embracing the structure and discipline of radio, ‘the discipline of trying to be funny’

41:26 Making a career in radio, 'It’s a performance and you don’t have to believe it, you just have to be passionate'

41:15 Keeping a good thing going strong

44:02 Rating the competition, especially when it is Hamish Blake and Andy Lee from Hamish and Andy

45:10 Defining the role of the drive shift at any radio station

46:10 Thinking about what comes next 

47:35 Missing his family

48:28 Loving to win

49:20 Having your Program Director as your anchor