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Posted on 3 May 20269 May 2026

Stephen’s first years running the Jet Lag Guy | the Jet Lag Guy (Dr. Stephen Jasper)

Episode 1, #GetChatty About Your Local Businesses, Series 2026 Welcome to the first 2026 episode of #GetChatty Podcast! I sat down once again with Stephen, The Jet Lag Guy. We talked more about the world of jet lag, his books and surviving the misinformation‑heavy space of travel health. In addition to that, I think we

Posted on 6 July 202510 July 2025

What is a VCIO? And how being relationship-focused is helpful to smaller operations | ForeFront IT (James and Tristan Bennett-Ackland)

Episode 3, #GetChatty Podcast Series 2025 Welcome to the 3rd episode of this series of the GetChatty podcast! This time, we have a refreshing take on tech and teamwork – yep, ForeFront IT is back. This time, we’re a little more experimental with the segments as we had two sessions of footage to work with:

Posted on 22 June 202526 June 2025

An LGBT+ ally forging her own journey while helping others to forge theirs | Chandler Educational Consulting (Christina Chandler)

Episode 2, #GetChatty Podcast Series 2025 In this episode, I sat down with Christina, founder of Chandler Educational Consulting, to talk about how her independent consultancy helps students from the US and Latin America navigate their journey to Australia or vice versa. As of writing (2025), many LGBT+ communities are in challenging situations, and Australia

Posted on 22 June 202526 June 2025

Home-ownership or Sci-Fi? Here’re a couple of starter questions answered | Pink Flamingo Home Loans (Simon Dunn)

Episode 1, #GetChatty Podcast Series 2025 Independence has been such a big thing to me, and I believe for the LGBT+ communities as well. That’s why I’m bringing back Simon from Pink Flamingo Home Loans for the series premiere; if you haven’t, please check out Simon’s first episode here. In this episode, I want to

Posted on 17 January 202522 January 2025

You don’t need to be super+multi-talented to start a business, but you’d get an IT Best Friend who’d be real with you | ForeFront IT (James and Tristan Bennett-Ackland)

Episode 16, #GetChatty About Your Local Businesses, Series 1 In this episode, Tristan and James Bennett-Ackland, co-founders of ForeFront IT, share their journey and insights into providing personalised IT support and services, particularly for small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). I like that they’re about to demystify SMEs’ technology and IT and security needs; their approach

Posted on 15 January 202522 January 2025

Taking small steps to find your way to your dream, be sure you have a pro to help you see the path clearly | Pink Flamingo Home Loans (Simon Dunn)

Episode 15, #GetChatty About Your Local Businesses, Series 1 Simon started working in the sector in the mid-90s and has since set up Pink Flamingo in 2021. We talked about his journey, his LGBT+ aware approach, aspects that could hint one’s own home may not be as far away as they think, and some tips

Posted on 15 December 202425 January 2025

Holiday Special: the power in personal boundaries and self-acceptance | Bent Couch Counselling (Shaun Williams)

Episode 13, #GetChatty About Your Local Businesses, Series 2024 As I went on an unintended hiatus from the overwhelming feeling of news and social media, I revisited my recordings (and also took tech-free breaks), and my interview with Shaun from Bent Couch Counselling went so well that we had unreleased recordings, which seeded the ideation

Posted on 29 September 20248 February 2025

What’s being a digital nomad while running your own business really like? | Red Ink Words (Julia Wood)

Episode 12, #GetChatty About Your Local Businesses, Series 2024 Join me and a new friend, Julia Wood, founder of Red Ink Words, on this Get Chatty about Your Local Businesses episode! Julia’s career began as a youth worker, a sector where securing grants and tenders was vital for running programs; unknown to herself, she upped

Posted on 29 September 202430 September 2024

Found yourself hackled by random hate? Workshop it to come up with a better version and use it on your show! | JD Zamora comedy

I'm super happy to interview JD Zamora, a multidisciplinary artist I met over 15 years ago from a completely different workspace (and head-space). It was so good to see the growth in both of us (he is a bit more than me, but I can't complain!). BTW this episode is about JD's origin story.

Posted on 29 September 202430 September 2024

How embracing an unusual path and interdisciplinary creativity jump-started an entrepreneurship | the Jet Lag Guy (Dr. Stephen Jasper)

Episode 10, #GetChatty About Your Local Businesses, Series 2024 Steve, the Jet Lag Guy, was all set to launch his jet lag consultancy in early 2020. Well, we all knew what happened to everyone’s travel plans that year, but that didn’t stop him. He spent that time building an impressive ecosystem of services to help