Talk with Trace

AND WE ARE BACK!!  After 14 months, Talk with Trace the Podcast is finally back in your earbuds. With the anticipation of the returning pod, we are kicking it off with episode 170 to bring you the conversation with the most wonderful human, the benevolent, Mr Julian Shapiro-Barnum, of the wildly successful show “Recess Therapy!”  With 5 million followers+ across all platforms, Recess Therapy is only growing stronger. Trace talks with Julian about the success of the show, how and why it garnered such a cult following, the kids, the fame and what that looks like for him, his projects, comedy giants he loves, they touch on his personal life and talk about how our childhood informs our adulthood. It's a sweet way to return to TALK WITH TRACE

Join me to hear the best of the best, 17 snippets and close out out the year with a bang. It is a privilege and honour to bring you this podcast, let's jump in! ENJOY, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! See you in 2023 Trace

Fabio Kotinda returns to the podcast to talk about minimalism. We open the discussion up around our reactions to life occurrences, friendships and relationships, how we treat others, journaling, healthy boundaries with people, practicing compassion for others but also for ourselves. We talk about our direction in life and where we focus our attention. It's one of those episodes that are fun and relatable in some way or another.

Fernanda is a Brazilian ultra runner, climber, adventurer and world record breaker being the first woman to run up and down the highest mountain in South America, Aconcagua 6.962m in just 22h52min, also the first Female world Record holder for running up and down the highest mountain of Africa, Mt Kilimanjaro at 5895m in only 10h06min. She's a Brazilian Jujitsu and Capoeira fighting champion who was also a dynamic gymnast, then started trail racing as a teenager. Fernanda is not just a spectacular athlete she is also a nutritionist and an environmental lawyer, combining her love for nature into her work to help protect our natural environment

Today on the podcast we explore her background into Journalism, how she started out and her peculiar but interesting choice in Japanese literature, which lead her to study it at Cambridge. From growing up on a farm, this line of progression or trajectory wasn't exactly the standard. Megan and I discuss her time in Japan, what she learnt from the people, culture, way of life and of course how the literature connected to her. We discuss coming up through the ranks and finding her way to journalism through reporting on world events and humanitarian work. Megan is a climate correspondent and editor for (TRF), based in Barcelona as mentioned but with an international beat. She runs a small team of reporters covering the ins and outs of securing a green and just transition to a decarbonised world, especially in developing countries. She has worked on topics ranging from finance to humanitarian news throughout her career as a journalist, with stints at Reuters and the BBC. 

Tim Christophersen, Vice President, Climate Action Salesforce Tim and discuss corporate responsibility, the initiatives they are leading the way on, innovations, optimism, their staff, and the direction of global business from a climate perspective. The sustainability revolution is here! Hopefully just in time. We must scale up existing and new climate solutions across the world, and that is something that the private sector can do at the scale and speed we need which I talk to Tim about.

Simone is one of those rare extraordinary women who are beyond impressive. She has been an Ambassador, a Diplomat, CEO of both the Humanitarian sector and NGO's.She loves to work at the intersection of public-private-non governmental sectors. She is a believer in social impact & sustainability as co-drivers of future business & sustainable socioeconomic development. I wanted to speak to Simone about our world, the behaviours we are witnessing from our leaders and politicians, why it feels so disconnected and polarising from her perspective. We talk Politics today & the psychological warfare seemingly spreading across all nations, leadership & Governance. We discuss things like, humility, ego, great leadership, where we are at as the human race and the hope of change.

No Talk with Tarce episdoe today, instead we are gearing up for our first ever climate podcast series launching tomorrow. So with this in mind we wanted to release the promo episode for you to hear here in getting ready for tomorrow Tuesday the 8th of Novembers very first epsidoe drop. 22 guests over 12 weeks to help  break down climate change into understandable elements to remove ambiguity and explain basic principles. Available on all podcasting platforms to subscribe to NOW, social media platforms instagram, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn plus a dedicated website www.roncic.com

Bonus episode, short 30mins crossing to Mike in Egypt, where the team have pulled tons of rubbish and plastic bottles out of the River Nile and piled it up into a plastic pyramid where Mike has been sleeping for 3 nights in the desert. It's unbelievable and we wanted to support them in their mission. A quick short episode to let you know how its going, where it started and why then what they are focusing on for the future! A great quick chat don't miss it

This is a repeat episode in preperation of this weeks special bonus episode with Mike in Eygpt, picking up plastic on the River Nile for Zero Co's 100 year project. We have cut out some things but for those new to the podcast they may not have heard the founding story from Mike so before this saturdays special episode crossing to Mike who will be camping at the bottom of the pyramids, we wanted people to know who they are all over agin. ENJOY, this is a bsuiness birthed out of witnessing horrible plastic polution while traveling overseas, dumping life savings into the project and seeing it flourish. Unbelieveable!

Disruption, Gary Vee, depression and failure, global business sucsess, legacy trauma and letting it go. This conversation has EVERYTHING. Deep guttural experiences and repeatability to how we are living our life. Do not miss this episode, its late but its coming we had some technical issues.

Today I spoke with return guest, a crowd favourite the traveling nomad photographer Ben Glassco. Ben was on the show over 2 years ago and we went through his amazing story of leaving his corporate job, selling everything he owned and heading to Asia on a motorbike for six months honing his craft to be a photographer. Today is not has hundreds of thousands of followers on his Tik Tok and instagram pages and makes living from his photography. We talk travel, soul searching, sitting still, sibling bonds, feeling low and why he still loves what he does and so much more!

NAKIE are now a B corp certified brand who crafted The Worlds First 100% recycled hammock made from 37 plastic bottles. Best quality money can buy with a Lifetime warranty, in a range of colours and takes 1 min max to set up. Nakie are the number one selling recycled hammock company in the world and have made the bigger adventure wear companies stand up, take notice which has inadvertently called them to action, look at their own materials used in their hammocks and other products. A rising tide rates all boats.I talk about their humble start with the guys, the mistakes made, the manufacturing, the support from family, wearing multiple hats and what the future holds!

You may have heard of my next guest, with over 4.5 million fans spread across her social media platforms, New York Times best-selling author and James Beard Award Winner, the lovely Joanne Molinaro, a.k.a The Korean Vegan. She has crashed into our worlds through her genius pairing of delectable Korean food and her personal, episodic, anecdotal and throught provoking insights! Joanne is a rare find, a partner at a prodigious law firm by day and creative content creator by night. Her insights into the human soul are not only relatable but inspiring. This episode is as you'd expect, candid, personal and all about the food. We talk parents, law school, creative content,  connecting with people around the world through food, becoming a vegan and so much more.Joanne is courageous, brilliant and just the salt of the earth kind of person you'd love to catch up with over coffee, or in her case, decaf!  

Xylon van Eyck is an entrepreneur , 2x Ironman, cancer survivor, speaker, advocator, coach and marketing guru. He wears many hats but his life experiences are nothing short of inspiring.Xylon about his cancer battle at 26 when he was seemingly onto of the world, the things we tell ourselves to get us through a moment in time and what happens 2 years later, when we are dealing with the issue at its core. We talk family, touch briefly on his growing up with fiercely independent woman in his life. Taking the cancer experience into his business career now and wanting to flip the cycling world on its head.

Anne Therese Gennari is a speaker & communications strategist entrepreneur, author, podcaster, environmental activist & is Shifting the narrative on climate change. Her story is unique in that she came to find her climate platform through modelling. in 2017 Anne co-founded “Role Models Management”, an ethical modelling agency that represents mission-driven models. Brands who want their products and services to be represented by humans with a strong voice and point of view. Her & I talk about her activism, perhaps where that stems from, her modelling platform, the modelling industry, the #MeToo movement, climate, the messaging of climate and correlation from the Me Too movement and climate change, which I found fascinating. We talk about her rather stoic resolve when it comes to making a difference and being loud in this space.  

Dr shanna Mcclain is the Disasters Program Manager for NASA Earth Sciences Applied Sciences Division. We talked about being an academic, being the first in her family to go to college and to travel outside of America. We have an open discussion around woman in science and the societal pressure on woman, its really fascinating. We of course talk about NASA, her role there and her story from growing up in Florida to studying her PhD, suffering from depression, living abroad and climate change. A wide ranging conversation indeed! She's brilliant obviously, but she is also a tenacious, resilient, fantastic person to sit and share a wine with.

My next guest, Nigel Marsh is a guest I've wanted on the podcast for years. He is a masterful and soulful speaker that make your cheeks hurt from laughter and in the same sitting, make you rethink how you construct your entire life choices. So you can see the draw, wanting to have him on the show. Nigel is best known for his creative pursuits. As well as the author of four books – "Fat, Forty and Fired" (my personal fav, the one that introduced him to me) "Overworked and Underlaid", "Fit, Fifty and Fired-Up" and "Smart, Stupid and Sixty" – he is also the co-founder of Earth Hour, the founder of the Sydney Skinny and host of award-winning podcast The Five Of My Life. With 6 million views on his work life balance TED Talk

There has been a resurgence of people looking at the philosophers like Plato, Socrates, Marcus aralias, Aristotle and its gaining traction in mainstream media. So naturally, it sparked my curiosity as to why we are finding such an affinity to the old philosophers and how they are still so relevant today in the 21st century. So to help my understand the resurgence I sat down with Dr Matthew Sharpe. Matthew is a Professor and Researcher in social theory, critical thinking, and the history of ideas as well as an independent author. He is a professor at Deacan university and Think Inc

Dr Branch is a International researcher, teacher, trainer, consultant, speaker, and educational administrator. He's an Expert in consumer behaviour, marketing research, international marketing and much more. Experience in more than 100 universities, government agencies, and both for-profit and not-for-profit organisations in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. We discuss his life, growing up, living and visiting in over 84 countries! We discuss his engineering career that lead him into marketing, a completely different career and a PhD. We talk meeting his wife, moving to America and where he views himself and his skill as “Mr International” in both marketing and business. We discuss what's changed (spoiler alert, if anything in fact has changed) and if we as the human beings consuming marketing how we are responding to it!

It is with a sad and heavy heart, that we re-release episode 54 on Monday as a remastered version into episode 151. We do this in tribute and to honour the incredible woman, Anna Mussi, who tragically passed away in a car accident late June of 2022. Anna, who was the manager of Rhino Revolution, has a lasting legacy that we at the Media company wanted to remember and celebrate.

Dr Ayesha and I talk about her childhood, her parents and grandparents being giants in the medical profession, how watching them surfing from Alzheimer's was a contributing factor to the desire to study the brain. It certainly was a point of interest for her personally on how the brain works, the functionality and if we can do anything about cognitive decline or if hereditary contributors meant if a person was to eventually suffer from the same fate or not. This is a personal conversation and a good look at the why behind a medical professional

This episode is a meaning FILLED conversation! I live for discussions like this, real, tangible, heartfelt and full of realities, actions, thoughts of change and inspiration. Conversations around the messiness of life, the vulnerabilities, uncomfortability and of course the incredible lessons we learn. She is known for her focus on culture, empathy and authenticity to continuously help others be their most authentic selves. Vera is also an advocate for mental health and runs 'State of Mind', a podcast to normalise mental health conversations and my god, she does it with gumption. Vera and I discuss vulnerability within the workplace, leadership, her story, humility, her Podcast and so much more.  

Masculinity, parenthood, being your authentic self, sports culture, expectation, not caring what people think of you, arrogance and confidence. If you can relate to any of these topics, my conversation with my next guest Max Dimarco is for you. Max married a fantastic woman who had an 18month year old when they met, we talk about that time in his life, leaving professinal sport and the mental health of shifting out of that. We talk about culture for young men and his blueprint from his parents in chaging into the man he is today.

Episode 147 is all about grief, loss and love. A powerful conversation complete with real emotion, lived experience, joy, loss, hope, resilience. It's got it all. Join Dr Anita and I as we navigate this most recent painful loss of her beloved husband James at just age 40. Anita is open, candid and doesn't shy away from the harder elements of this time in a beautiful expression of love and that her story might help someone else.

For weeks we have been teasing the “Ready or not, Change is Coming” global climate podcast series. Today I speak with my co-producer and director of the project the incredible Katiuscia Fara We discuss the why behind this mission, the details of the series and of course the exciting documentary that will start filming next year! This project is unbelievably exciting and has collaborations with some of the worlds largest most prolific leaders on the subject!

Dr Anika Molesworth is a farmer, scientist and storyteller. She is widely recognised for her work in agriculture and food systems and generating climate change awareness, and is author of Our Sunburnt Country. Anika is a recognised thought-leader of agro-ecological systems resilience and international farming development. With a passion for rural communities and healthy ecosystems, she is committed to help create sustainable and vibrant rural landscapes now and for the future.  

Suzi started Think Inc at 22 years of age, touring intellectual giants like Neil Degrase Tyson, Dr Jane Goodall, Steve Wozniak, Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins to name a quick few. Suzi saw a niche in the market, borrowed some money from a friend & birthed THINK INC! 9 years later, through a pandemic where no one was going out to events or traveling overseas, she is still standing strong. Suzi is set to expand the business to a global scale & she's only in her early 30's. A sneaker head, a driven eternal optimist, Suzi talks openly about becoming an atheist, growing up with conflicting religious families, intellectual pursuit, why she started Think Inc, her outstanding guests & so much more!

Mags is a Journalist, a Meteorologist, Food Writer and Cook Book Author. There is so much that could be said about Mags, it's endless. As always though I wanted to get behind scences and find out about her story. Her Polish and Russian background, moving to Australia and what drew her to Journalism, travel and food!? She is a fascinating human and one I find lives her life authentically. We talk socail media, connection, living fulfilled, so much more!

We talk about the mind, where we go from here with a divided world, a global pandemic, job loss, war, climate change, all these gloomy contributors that can cause our minds to wonder, to feel completely overwhelmed and how we can possibly change and work on that. It's a discussion about philosophy and real world colliding. More video, images and information coming out during the week. Available on all podcast platforms tomorrow! We loved this chat with Dan he is always a pleasure to talk to.

Fabio was recently asked to visit the Ukraine to capture whats happening in the streets, the hospitals and talk to people affected by the invasion. He and I talk about what he witnesses, the pain and grief, his experience, what he saw, felt, the dangers and we pose some interesting questions about photography in a war zone. It hits you right between the eyes. Fabio is a photographer, a nomad and a minimalist. He is a humble human and we talk all things his story not just his trip to Ukraine. We talk attachment, change and his philosophy on life

Her story is of adventure, discovery, travel and entrepreneurship. Feeling like she wanted to create a space for women like her that wanted to be active, try new and thrilling things. She's a renowned French Canadian voice of female empowerment and entrepreneurship. Erika left her motherland in 2014, travelling the world as a nomad Yogi and absolutely fell in love with surfing, extending her knowledge in Yoga but still had the pull towards creating something for herself. To build a business she could facilitate and incorporate her loves together.

Narelle Anderson, is the founder and CEO of ENVIROBANK. This discussion is personal, we talk about the wise words from her mother that still resinates with her today, we discuss leadership, core values driving the business and we discuss the industry of recycling in Australia. Join me Monday to hear the conversation. Narelle is an accomplished business leader, recognised indigenous mentor and speaker. She is passionate about the role recycling can play in cleaning up our environment. A born entrepreneur, Narelle grew an inner-Sydney waste management business, CBD Enviro Services, twenty-fold before selling it to a public company. Narelle then set her sights on rewarding Australia's recyclers and founded Envirobank.

This week is all about the some of the best snippet compilations from over 18 past guests. We could have done so many of these but just not enough room in a 1 hour episode. This was the most fun to put together and we hope you like it. Enjoy!

Em is an entrepreneur, martial artists, dancer, podcast producer and host of her show “Tacking Minds”. She is the creator of “Mental Muscle Co” for mental fortitude, she's founder of “Creative Erotism” for empowering women in their expression of their sexuality, she's a fitness coach, speaks 5 languages, is a leukaemia cancer survivor and a women I have labeled a true lioness.

Episode is 136 is wonder woman herself, the great Hana Robinson, co-founder of kgari fraser island adventures. She's a eco warrior, entrepreneur, innovator, sustainability advocate and her organisation runs breach clean ups on K'gai every couple of months to pull plastic and other rubbish off the island. I invited Hana back on the show because we have witnessed one of the biggest flooding situations that both South East Queensland and Northern NSW have seen in years. Due to this flooding, k'gari has had oodles of waste dumped on the island and Hana was at the core of facilitating the clean up.

Claudia Colgate is a critical care flight paramedic and teaches advanced cardiac, paramedic, trauma and wilderness life skills. She is am an international expedition leader and guide on small tourist expedition ships, focusing on the polar regions, with more than 70 voyages to the Antarctic alone. While working on the ships Claudia lectures in weather, climate change, geology, glaciology, ornithology and marine biology. Shes an incredible knowledge but her life story and her thoughts on climate change is utterly fantastic and inspirational

Dr Sarah Woodhouse returns! Her episode was the most listened to episode of all time for Talk with Trace the Podcast and we are excited to have her back on to talk about the release of her book in the UK. We catch up what has happened since we spoke last, the sensational sucsess of the book in Australia and around the world. This week it gets rolled out in the UK. We talk about autobiographical trauma, more of Sarahs personal story and so much more

Eric broke the world marathon record while pushing a wheelchair. This particular wheelchair contained his amazing mother who is battling Multiple Sclerosis. He did it all to raise awareness an money for Multiple Sclerosis research to help get rid of this awful disease. An inspiration and one not to be missed.

Safi is a Dutch filmmaker who is known for striking the right balance between understanding behaviour and powerful story telling of culture. With a degree and Masters in Earth Science, Safi has a unique perspective and voice to throw out into the world. He recently spoke at COP26 and was director of his dream project, filming for National Geographic entittled "The Grand African Green Up" for AFR 100. Safi is humble, dynamic, interesting and balanced a great conversation about the essence of a person and why we are driven into what we end up doing.

Dr Nate Klemp is a New York Times best selling author, philosopher, founder, he is a meditation junky, an entrepreneur and an anthropologist of modern marriage. We talk about his book The 80/80 marriage, how he and his wife Kaley came to the premise of writing the booking together. We discuss resentment, fairness or what we think is fair, sex, communication and so much more!

I talk with Marcus about Cultral Contaigion, marketing, psychology, identity and culture. It's the basic phyisics of human behaviour and understanding what drives it, through our values. Marcus is a professor, has working with brands such as Nike, Apple and Jeep plus was the digital strategist for the one and only BEYONCE. He's a dymanic guy with facinating insight.

Julie Piatt is a force of nature, a thoughtful speaker, Yogi, chef, spiritual guide, singer songwriter, entrepreneur, podcaster and best selling author. We discuss the elusive word "happiness" and what that looks like in our lives. Do we have expectations on it, does it look like wealth and money, is it love, family? Plus we talk about her coupledome with Rich Roll and their worldwide empire while staying grounded and humble

He is 21, Alex Dekker is already a young Australian of the year nominee for 2022, a Founder and entrepreur. The story of feeding front line workers started with his sister who is a Doctor through the pandemic and continued through to today as a registered charity, has a CEO and board. Alex has made waves, made headlines and has learnt so many things in 2 short years. We talk homelessness, systemic issues, where it started and so much more

Jana Pittman, Olympic Athlete, mother of 6 come April, public speaker, Doctor and Author. But with most people with a profile, there is so much more behind the celebrity. There is substance, resilience, heartbreak, ups and downs, highs and lows. This is a women who has endured back lash, financial strain, puplic divorces, loss of babies and the media labelling her. She lives authentically and its to be admired

For the first episode back for 2022, I wanted to focus on the ever present or rather, dreaded New Years Resolutions. Why we make them, why we break them, the getting rid of the guilts if we do break them, the intrinsic drivers of change, behaviour and knowing yourself for when you really do want to make a change.

These two Italian/Australian creative, fashionistas, artists, tour guides & ultimate foodies are my next guests! Lisa and Toni grew up in Australia but in their late teens, early twenties, became more and more interested in exploring their Italian roots and cultural background. Both women have built an empire of food, flavour, fashion and adventure with public profiles that exploded, due to their raw talent, skill and authentic and personable natures.

Jorge is an Emmy Award-winning freelance Video Journalist, Fixer/Field Producer & Camera Operator. He was born & raised in Mexico but now lives in Australia & manages his team in Mexico where they cover stories related to Mexico and the USA. We discuss El Chapo, the underground tunnels, being held at gunpoint, what its like to be a journalist on the boarder & so much more!!

Alen is a creative director, photographer & YouTube genius, but more than that, he's an incredible person. Alen has done work for massive brands such Lamborghini, Mercedes & Lexus to name a quick few. He's traveled the world, now has 800K following. His business is booming & after his appearance on the podcast over a year ago, a lot has changed! We discuss life, lessons learnt, political views & sharing your thoughts as a profiled person. We talk travel, family, business & all that's happened since our last chat.

Since 2019 SunButter has expanded from handmade sunblock to launching Australia's first reef safe sunscreen packaged in reusable and recyclable tins and Australia's first vegan surf zinc. All our products are listed with the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration and comply with Australia's world leading sunscreen standards. Their teams passion to grow a socially and environmentally ethical skincare company is driven by their mantra, "Protecting People & The Planet".

Talking about your anxiety, depression & battling the people pleaser within can take it's toll. Listen to the episode with Rhiannon on Monday, Founder & owner of the Plant Lounge for this personal & relatable conversation! We all have our proclivities & idiosyncrasies, what is important is your support network, your people, your community & giving credence to those that deserve it rather than the faceless keyboard warriors out there.