Real Talk With Ross Ross Hanrahan

In 2021, Andrew spent four months in two of Sydney’s maximum-security prisons for the commercial supply of psychedelic drugs.While incarcerated, Andrew began noticing the transportive power of laughter. After all, if a joke can make you forget you’re in prison, what else can it do?Upon his release, Andrew took up stand-up comedy, initially under strict bail conditions where his parents had to come with him to shows, and he had to be home in time for curfew.Since then, Andrew has become a regu...

Danielle Hogan opens up on her incredible journey.Having spent her childhood lost and eventually in the wrong crowd of people she was soon led down a path of selling drugs to the upper class of the eastern suburbs here in Sydney Australia.Coming clean to her parents as the guilt sets in she was caught several weeks later by police and spent time in a female prison in NSW. Since leaving she's turned her life around and works as a youth worker and personal trainer out of https://www.confitgym.c...

Tom Nash a.k.a. DjHookie contracted Meningococcal disease as an early adult resulting in the amputation of his arms and legs.Through this adversity he has since become a renowned DJ with one of New South Wales longest lasting club nights. He is a keynote speaker and author of book "hook, line and sinner"He's a TedTalk speaker and talks about concepts such as "post-traumatic growth" and "anti-fragility"A man with a dark sense of humour and a master storyteller - we hope you enjoy this episode....

Mark Lovell is a former Royal Marines Commando and embarked on military operations including Herrick 9 to name a few. Where his career led him toward security operations in the maritime sector during the "boom" before leaving military style life. A husband, father of 2 and multiple business owner who owns a chain of barber shops and a gym. He talks about the struggles he had in finding his community and identity after the military. Which is something a lot of veterans struggle with.This ...

Dave Coleman is former British Commando who served in warzones such as Afghanistan during Op Herrick 14. He was a Long Range Rifleman. Injured in a Grenade blast on a Company Operation but managed to Return to the Frontline a month later.He's been on Migrant Rescue Missions, Saving Migrants who were Stranded at Sea in fishing vessels during Severe Storms.Since then he's been through what most would call "An adjustment to civilian life" and found it tough in the first few years. He's recently ...

Russell Manser, an ex-bank robber and prison escapee now fights for survivors’ reparation by helping victims access justice through the legal system.Russell Manser, himself a survivor of institutional child sexual abuse, is a committed champion for the rights of others who have experienced these traumatic and painful abuses.Growing up in western Sydney, Russell was committed by a Children’s Court Magistrate to the adult Long Bay Jail, despite having just turned 17 years old.He was housed with...