What's The Craic Podcast

Odhran McCorry
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What’s The Craic with host Odhran McCorry is a podcast about the journeys behind success. Every episode starts with a simple Irish question: What’s the craic? From there, the conversation goes wherever the story leads. The risks people took. The lessons they learned. The failures that shaped them. The moments that changed everything. You’ll hear from founders, leaders, athletes and operators talking honestly about the road that got them to where they are today. Real conversations. Real stories. No script. Where the craic flows and the stories get told. Welcome to What’s The Craic. 🍀

  1. 2d ago

    93: Bill Van Didden - Still Here, Still Fighting

    "He noticed something wasn't right on a cruise in 2015. Ten years, two surgeries, chemo twice, and one clinical trial later, Bill is still here, and still telling every man he knows to get tested." Bill was running a business with 16 employees when a stage four prostate cancer diagnosis turned his life upside down. What followed was a decade of surgery, radiation, hormone therapy, chemotherapy, and experimental treatments, including a first-in-human drug trial he's currently part of. Through all of it, exercise, community, and his wife's support have kept him going, and kept him fighting for other men to catch it earlier than he did. In this episode, we talk about:🩺 Noticing the early signs on a cruise, and the stage four diagnosis that followed back in Perth💉 A treatment journey spanning a prostatectomy, radiation, hormone therapy, two rounds of chemo, and a $10,000-a-dose treatment that didn't work🧪 Being one of only three patients in Australia on a first-in-human trial for a new prostate cancer drug📉 Why his PSA wasn't even that high when the cancer had already spread, and what that means for every man getting tested💪 How Prost's exercise sessions and daily ocean swims have helped him manage the mental toll of treatment🤝 The community that checks in on its own, and why the coffee after training matters as much as the workout❤️ Why he believes the disease is often harder on partners than patients🎯 His message for Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: ask your GP for a PSA test, and don't take no for an answer This is a conversation about resilience, community, and refusing to give up, even a decade in. Whether you're facing your own diagnosis, supporting someone who is, or just due for a check-up you've been putting off, this episode is worth your time. 🎧 Now live on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube.🌐 prost.com.au

  2. Sep 3

    92. Jeff Leach: From Paper Rounds to Prostate Cancer Advocacy

    "He bought his first pharmacy in 1968 with $200 cash and a borrowed car. Nearly six decades later, Jeff Leach is still fighting for men's health, one PSA test at a time." Jeff Leach built a career from nothing, cycling door to door as a teenager until a pharmacist gave him his first apprenticeship for three pounds and fourteen shillings a week. He went on to found Friendly's Chemist, one of WA's first pharmacy franchises, before his own cancer scare and the loss of his brother pulled him into a very different kind of work: making sure fewer men die unnecessarily from a disease that's now hitting one in five. In this episode, we talk about:💊 From paper rounds in Carlisle to buying his first pharmacy with $200 and a borrowed car🏥 How the pharmacy industry has changed, from independent chemists to franchise giants like Chemist Warehouse📊 Why prostate cancer now affects one in five men, and the case for targeting awareness campaigns at women🩺 His own diagnosis, his brother's death, and how both led him to Prost🤝 Why the coffee after exercise matters as much as the exercise itself, and what only other men who've been through it can offer each other🌏 How New Zealand now fully funds prostate cancer exercise groups nationally, while Australia lags behind🎯 Jeff's goal to see Prost available to every man who needs it, nationally and internationally This is a conversation about business, mortality, and what it takes to build something that outlasts you. Whether you're in pharmacy, know someone facing a cancer diagnosis, or just want to understand why early testing matters so much, this episode has something worth hearing. 🎧 Now live on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube.

  3. Aug 27

    91. Aileen Mathyssen - Teaching Kids to Understand Their Brains

    "She landed in a remote mining town for a four-month contract and never left. Now Aileen is helping kids across the Pilbara learn to understand their own emotions." Aileen, originally from Waterford, came to Australia in 2011 for a working holiday. A short stint in Sydney left her cold, so she took a four-month occupational therapy contract in Paraburdoo, a remote mining town in the Pilbara. She fell in love with the community, met her husband there, and built a life and a career around a region that most people only fly over. In this episode, we talk about:🇮🇪 Swapping corporate Sydney for a four-month contract in the Pilbara, and staying for good👶 What years of paediatric OT work in a remote community taught her about kids' emotional development📈 The growing wait list of seven to ten year olds struggling with focus, confidence and emotional regulation, and the local gap in services that pushed her to start her own practice🎮 Building Busy Brains, an online program that teaches kids how their brain and body work through six voiceovered, game-style modules🧠 Why the program is designed to be dripped out weekly instead of binged, and the real conversations parents say it's sparked at home👨‍💻 How her husband taught himself to code to help build it, and where the program is headed next This is a conversation about remote life, spotting a gap nobody else was filling, and building something from scratch to help kids talk about what's going on inside their heads. Whether you're raising kids, working in health, or just curious how a four-month contract turns into a whole new life, there's a lot here worth taking in. 🎧 Now live on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube.🌐 www.busy-brains.com.au

  4. Aug 13

    90. Damian Beausang: From A Bar in Cork, To A Life in Perth

    "From a night in a Cork bar with a mate and a one-way ticket, to running one of Perth's biggest scaffolding companies. Thirty-seven years on Damian Beausang still calls Ireland home." Damian Beausang landed in Perth in 1988 almost by accident, choosing Australia over America on a whim after a big night out with his cousin. What started as a working holiday turned into a life: a wife, two kids, deep roots in the local GAA scene, and a business, Access Engineering Group, that now employs around 100 people across scaffolding, powered access, rope access, and engineering. In this episode, we talk about:🇮🇪 Leaving 1980s Ireland during the unemployment years, working construction in London, and landing in Perth just after the America's Cup win🏗️ Building Celtic Scaffolding from a single ute and lockup into Access Engineering Group, and why every business owner needs an exit strategy from day one👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 How meeting his wife and having kids became the real catalyst for growing the business⚰️ A workplace tragedy in 2011 that changed how Damian leads, and what the company learned from it🎧 Coaching the Australian ladies' Gaelic team to a World Cup win, and why he still weighs up a return to Ireland every few years🤝 Networking advice for newcomers to Perth, from GAA and the pub to Irish groups online This is a conversation about emigration, building something from nothing, and staying connected to home while putting down roots eighteen thousand kilometres away. Whether you're Irish in Perth, running a trade business, or just weighing up a big move of your own, there's plenty here to take something from. 🎧 Now live on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube.

  5. Aug 6

    89. Nutrition For Busy Professionals

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  6. Aug 2

    88. How To Exercise For Results and Longevity

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  7. Jul 31

    87. Stress Reduction Strategies

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  8. Jul 28

    86. How To Optimise Your Sleep

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What’s The Craic with host Odhran McCorry is a podcast about the journeys behind success. Every episode starts with a simple Irish question: What’s the craic? From there, the conversation goes wherever the story leads. The risks people took. The lessons they learned. The failures that shaped them. The moments that changed everything. You’ll hear from founders, leaders, athletes and operators talking honestly about the road that got them to where they are today. Real conversations. Real stories. No script. Where the craic flows and the stories get told. Welcome to What’s The Craic. 🍀

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  • Creator
    Odhran McCorry
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    93
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Odhran McCorry
  • Show Website
    What's The Craic Podcast