Keegan and Company

Keegan Hipgrave
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Ever wondered what drives the world’s top athletes beyond the scoreboard? Former professional NRL player Keegan Hipgrave uncovers the untold truths about mental health, resilience, and redefining success - one candid conversation at a time.

  1. 3d ago

    #199 Eddie Hearn: What It Takes to Be Great, "You Will Never Outwork Me"

    This week on a special edition of the Keegan & Company Podcast we welcome Eddie Hearn. Eddie Hearn took over a promotion built by his father and turned it into the biggest name in world boxing. He runs around forty fight nights a year. This year Matchroom landed in Australia. A new deal with Foxtel brings seven of those cards onto Australian soil, available on Kayo, and the first is at The Star on the Gold Coast, headlined by Teremoana Teremoana and Michael Zerafa. The morning before the card, Eddie and Keegan ran 5k together and then sat down on the sand and recorded this. Grateful he gave us the time.In this episode, we discuss growing up as Barry Hearn's son and why outperforming a successful father is its own kind of hard start, the drive behind his rule that nobody in his industry will ever outwork him, and why the person with a nine to five walking this beach can be more successful than the billionaire. We also discuss consistency (keep banging on the door, it might take one bang or a thousand), why his favourite saying, this too shall pass, is really about the good times, what interviewing Adam Peaty, Mark Cavendish, Mo Farah and Frank Lampard taught him about the cost of obsession, the selfishness it takes to be the best at anything, and the legacy he wants to leave by making boxing a prominent sport in Australia. For more just like this #113 Tim Tszyu: Learning from Loss, Fighting for Redemption: Spotify · Apple · YouTube #146 Harry Garside: Masculinity, Vulnerability & Boxing: Spotify · Apple · YouTube Listen and subscribe Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4L7zyEBXeNYBDK4rRjBK0K Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/keegan-and-company/id1695873736 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Keeganandcompany Follow for more Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/keeganandcompanypodcast/ Keegan's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/keeganhipgrave/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@keeganandcompany See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    #199 Eddie Hearn: What It Takes to Be Great, "You Will Never Outwork Me"

  2. 5d ago

    #198 Johnny Gannon: Bra Boy to Black Belt on Grit, Self Respect and Staying Curious

    Johnny Gannon grew up in Maroubra in the Bra Boys era, when you did not talk about your problems and showing any weakness put you at the bottom of the pile. He has spent the last 25 years on the jiu-jitsu mats, took nearly 20 years to earn his black belt, and now runs eight-week health challenges with chapters right across Australia. At 54 he still trains most days, teaches his three kids, and is as curious as he has ever been. We were stoked to get him in. In this episode, we discuss how training became his way of coping, why he reckons you have to look after number one before you can look after anyone else, and the mate who told him to respect himself. He explains his wheel of health, the eight-week challenge that has people quitting the drink for good, and learning to hold his breath for three and a half minutes on an empty lung by getting curious instead of scared. We also get into the Bra Boys years, the grit that came out of them, and what he wants for his own kids instead. For more just like this #164 Jai Arrow: Fatherhood and What Really Matters: Spotify · Apple · YouTube Listen and subscribe Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4L7zyEBXeNYBDK4rRjBK0K Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/keegan-and-company/id1695873736 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Keeganandcompany Follow for more Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/keeganandcompanypodcast Keegan's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/keeganhipgrave TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@keeganandcompany See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    #198 Johnny Gannon: Bra Boy to Black Belt on Grit, Self Respect and Staying Curious

  3. Aug 5

    #197 Why Resilience Is the Skill Behind Every World Record | Lessons from the Canning Stock Route

    Dr Geoff Wilson kite skied 5,306 kilometres across Antarctica on his own, the longest solo unsupported polar journey anyone has done. He holds a stack of other polar records and works as a vet in between them. Keegan spent two weeks with him on the Canning Stock Route, a recce for Geoff's next crossing, 1850 kilometres of Western Australian desert by wind power. Keegan recorded this one alone at sunrise, at the end of the trip. What stood out was not Geoff's fitness or his gear. It was how fast he came back to baseline when everything went wrong. In this episode, we discuss why emotional regulation is the skill behind Geoff's world records, the campfire conversations about building resilience in adults and in kids, the suicide rate among vets and the resilience training Geoff runs for his staff, why comfort quietly costs us, Keegan getting rag dolled out of a kite buggy for an hour before it all finally clicked, the experienced four wheel drivers who said the crossing was not possible, working within your means instead of jumping to extremes, the 50 kilometre ultra that made Keegan hate running for 18 months, and why the more space you have above your head, the bigger the idea gets. For more just like this #189 Oliver Foran: Mount Everest World Record (Sea Level to Summit), Losing his Mum 16 & Finding His WhySpotify | Apple Podcasts #131 Geoff Wilson: A Life of AdventureGeoff's full conversation with us, recorded before this trip.Spotify | Apple Podcasts | YouTube Listen and subscribeSpotifyApple PodcastsYouTube Follow for morePodcast InstagramKeegan's InstagramTikTok See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    #197 Why Resilience Is the Skill Behind Every World Record | Lessons from the Canning Stock Route

  4. Aug 2

    #196 Geoff Wilson: 1800km Across the Desert by Wind & Why Hard Times Make Good People

    Geoff Wilson is one of the most experienced adventurers in the world, with a particular affinity for wind powered travel. He's crossed Antarctica (and holds the world record for doing so), the Sahara Desert and the Simpson Desert, to name a few. His latest mission is to cross the Canning Stock Route, an 1,850km route regarded as the most remote 4WD track in the world, using wind power or human power alone. This episode was recorded on the reconnaissance mission to scout out the project, shot in the Tanami Desert just outside Billiluna, WA. Thanks Geoff for having us out there. In this episode, we discuss how a wind powered crossing actually works, why the people who've walked this track by camel say the vegetation makes it impossible, kiting into Billiluna and the kids who'd never seen a kite before, why he changes kites instead of persisting with one that half works, the ice bath course and the young vet who wouldn't put her toe in, suicide in veterinary science, losing his dad and his best mate in the same twelve months, and why he thinks hard times make good people. If you'd like to hear more adventures from Geoff, we sat down for a full length episode last year. #131 Geoff Wilson: A Life of Adventure — Spotify | Apple Podcasts | YouTubeYou may also enjoy these episodes: #124 Mark Mathews: Recreate the Fear — Spotify | Apple Podcasts | YouTube #156 Kitalé Wilson: How a Life of Adventure Taught Me to Slow Down — Spotify | Apple Podcasts | YouTube Listen and subscribe:SpotifyApple PodcastsYouTube Follow for more:Podcast InstagramKeegan's InstagramTikTok See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    #196 Geoff Wilson: 1800km Across the Desert by Wind & Why Hard Times Make Good People

  5. Jul 26

    #195 Alex Boyce (Sun Devil): Building the Viral Coffee Shop & Hitting Rock Bottom After Closing The Doors

    Alex Boyce is the founder and owner of Sun Devil. He grew up in Arizona and moved to the Gold Coast in his twenties. A few years later he started Sun Devil started as a farmers market stall, soon enough there were queues of 70+ people to get their hands on a Sun Devil coffee, before the doors shut overnight. In this episode, we discuss why he stayed silent when the rumours started, the decision to only ever do cold coffee, what it does to a business when one video changes the volume overnight, why Keegan thinks good marketing makes a bad product fail faster (Sun Devil has a good product), what money does to friendships, what happened during the months after the doors shut, and the stretch he describes as the first time he actually understood what depression was. This episode includes discussion of depression and suicidal thoughts. If you need support, Lifeline is on 13 11 14.For more just like this #141 Jason Daniels: The Real LSKD StoryBuilding a brand from nothing and what it costs to keep it going.Spotify | Apple Podcasts | YouTube #146 Harry Garside: Masculinity, Vulnerability & BoxingSpotify | Apple Podcasts | YouTube Listen and subscribe:SpotifyApple PodcastsYouTube Follow for more:Podcast InstagramKeegan's InstagramTikTok See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    #195 Alex Boyce (Sun Devil): Building the Viral Coffee Shop & Hitting Rock Bottom After Closing The Doors

  6. Jul 19

    #194 Clint Kimmins Big Wave Surfer & Triathlete: No One's Coming to Save You

    Clint Kimmins has chased 60 foot waves at Nazaré and finished Ironmans. The thing he's most proud of is surviving six months in a maximum security prison. He went in at the peak of his surfing career with a beer belly and came out an athlete. This week we sat down with the big wave surfer and long course triathlete to talk about the surf club brawl that put him inside, the pile of letters that showed him he was actually loved, and the mindset that got him through the door on day one. We get into the harder stuff too. Losing his mum, the morning he woke to a voice memo from his dad, and how the two of them talk more now than they have in twenty years. And then there's Nazaré. One of the biggest days ever, borrowed gear, the wrong vest, over the falls near the cliff, held under longer than he's ever been. He calls it the best thing that's ever happened to him. Full episode out now. Related episodes#182 Alex Hermanson: Weighing 140kg & 30 Beers a Day to Running Ultra Marathons (Apple · YouTube)#180 Michael Hooper: Overthinking Nearly Broke Me. Now It's My Superpower (Apple · YouTube)#172 Rob Dalto: Losing Dad, 38 Marathons & Building the Bronx Burners (Apple) Listen and subscribeSpotify · Apple · YouTube Follow for more@keeganandcompanypodcast · @keeganhipgrave · TikTok See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    #194 Clint Kimmins Big Wave Surfer & Triathlete: No One's Coming to Save You

  7. Jul 15

    Moments #23 Harry Garside: Softness, Masculinity & the Olympic Medal That Didn't Make Him a Man

    Harry Garside won an Olympic boxing medal, then sat in hotel quarantine with it around his neck, crying, because the thing he'd chased for sixteen years still hadn't made him feel like a man. He started boxing at nine because he felt soft next to his two older brothers, and spent most of his life wearing what he calls an impenetrable armour to hide it. This Moment is about the version of masculinity you never stop having to prove, why external validation stopped working once he finally had it, and what he found underneath when he went looking internally instead. We first ran this conversation in December, recorded a few weeks earlier in November 2025. After the response to our recent chat with Luke Bateman on shame and vulnerability, Harry's take felt worth putting back in front of you. Still one of our favourites. Listen to the full episode: Spotify | Apple | YouTube Related episodes: Justin Knussi: Vulnerability Is a Superpower — Spotify | Apple | YouTube Ryan Clark (Whippet): Bondi Rescue, Swimming the English Channel & Overcoming Fear — Spotify | Apple | YouTube Alexis Fernandez: The Neuroscience of Connection, Creativity & Heartbreak — Spotify | Apple | YouTube Listen and subscribe: Spotify | Apple | YouTube Follow for more: @keeganandcompanypodcast | @keeganhipgrave | TikTok See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Moments #23 Harry Garside: Softness, Masculinity & the Olympic Medal That Didn't Make Him a Man

  8. Jul 12

    #193 Luke Bateman: Ex NRL Player turned Fantasy Author, Why Vulnerability Is the Antidote to Shame

    While Luke Bateman was playing in the NRL, his mum was paying his mortgage and ordering food to his door. Gambling had taken every cent he had, and hundreds of thousands more he didn't. This week Keegan sits down with Luke Bateman: former NRL player, now an author, keynote speaker and one of the more honest voices going around on shame and addiction. We get into the gambling that spiralled in 2018, the suicidal low that followed, rehab and the 12 steps, and the tiny one-minute promises he used to start trusting himself again. He explains why vulnerability is the antidote to shame, why he hid his love of books from teammates for twenty years, and the fantasy novel that handed him a blueprint for who he wanted to become. Also in here: values as a decision filter, boundaries, and why he says he wouldn't change any of it for himself but wouldn't wish it on anyone. For more just like this:#101 Kieran Foran: "I Just Wanted to Have Peace". NRL Star on mental health, grief and finding peace after football: Spotify | Apple | YouTube#146 Harry Garside: Masculinity, Vulnerability & Boxing: Spotify | Apple | YouTube Listen and subscribe:SpotifyApple PodcastsYouTube Follow for more:Podcast InstagramKeegan's InstagramTikTok See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    #193 Luke Bateman: Ex NRL Player turned Fantasy Author, Why Vulnerability Is the Antidote to Shame
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Ever wondered what drives the world’s top athletes beyond the scoreboard? Former professional NRL player Keegan Hipgrave uncovers the untold truths about mental health, resilience, and redefining success - one candid conversation at a time.

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  • Creator
    Keegan Hipgrave
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    222
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    Explicit
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    © 2026 Keegan Hipgrave
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