Life In Flux

Life In Flux is back with the second half of our interview with A.J. Mackinnon. In the late nineties A.J. Mackinnon set sail from his job teaching at Ellesmere college England, to sail a mirror dinghy to the Romanian Black sea. He threads his adventure with literary quotes and insightful comedy in his first book "The Unlikely Voyage Of Jack De Crow". Jesse Begley and "Sandy" spoke about solo travel, how classic literature has guided his life's path and the next adventure.

A.J Mackinnon is a travel writer of the highest calibre. His two books "The unlikely journey of Jack De Crow" and "The Well at the World's End" relive the true tales of "Sandy's" travels. At twenty-eight he hitchhiked overland and sea from New Zealand to Scotland and then set out on a one man voyage from the waterways of England to the Romanian Black sea.Jesse Begley sits down with "Sandy" to discuss his lust for travel, his second novel "The Well at the World's End" and life lessons, in episode one of a two-part interview.

Stefan Posthuma is a young Australian entrepreneur that specialises in creating regional Australian cookbooks. He also runs two podcasts and a radio show that focus on the evolving hospitality and food culture in regional Australian kitchens. Jesse and Stefan sat down to talk about running a publishing company, small business mentality and regional restaurant life. Visit the link below to buy a Quicksand food cookbook, view a recipe or listen to a podcast.https://www.quicksandfood.com/

John Wayne Parr, a ten times world champion Muey Thai/ Kickboxer. As a young man he trained in Thailand and became the most respected foreign Muey Thai fighter among Thai's. He is currently has a record of 99 kickboxing wins and is signed to U.S promoter Bellator Kickboxing. He also owns and runs his own gym in the Gold Coast called Boonchu Gym.He is one of Australia's most accomplished, but also unknown athletes. He sat down with our host Jesse Begley in his Gold Coast home for Life In Flux. 

Tony Mott sat down with Jesse Begley to discuss his long career in music photography. Originally from the U.K Tony travelled the world until he stumbled across the live music scene in 1980's Sydney. Over the next twenty year's he became one of Australia's best rock photographers, shooting everyone from the Rolling Stones to David Bowie .  He was the official photographer for the Big Day Out tour and also did extensive backpacking tours of the world. 

Richard Fidler is an Australian author and radio broadcaster that has championed the art of the long form interview since 2006. His nationally broadcast radio show "Conversations" that he hosts along side Sarah Kanowski, delves deep into the guests lives and makes a fascinating hour of radio. Richard sat down with Jesse Begley to discuss his new book Saga land, which he co-wrote with author Kári Gíslason.  They also discussed Richard's 2016 book Ghost Empire,  life before radio and much more. 

Jesse Begley sits down with Alex Volkanovski an Australian MMA fighter. He is currently ranked 15th in the feather weight division of the UFC and is currently on a 4-0 fight winning streak. We spoke about his win over the Canadian fighter Jeremy Kennedy, how he discovered fighting and his climb up the UFC rankings.