Cut Through
Cut Through is a podcast for people who are tired of noise, outrage, and shallow thinking — and want clarity instead.Hosted by Christian Co, the show features honest, long-form conversations with thinkers, leaders, and everyday people who have lived through failure, doubt,…
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38. Special ops, Mandela and the Queen (opens the original)
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What does it take to walk through a door that might be booby-trapped, operate in a country where landmines and the Khmer Rouge are part of daily life, or take responsibility for protecting some of the most recognisable people on earth? John Rixon has spent a lifetime finding out. John’s career took him from the Australian military and policing into police diving, high-risk operations, counter-terrorism, United Nations policing in Cambodia and close personal protection. He served as a Federal Pol
37. How Can I Forgive the Unforgivable? (opens the original)
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What do you do when someone who was supposed to protect you becomes the person who hurts you most? Phil Yates was sexually abused by his father as a child. For years, the memory remained buried. Then, at 21, it came back, bringing with it anger, confusion and questions that threatened to consume him. But abuse wasn’t the only adversity Phil faced. Growing up with undiagnosed dyslexia, Phil struggled academically, failed at school and eventually made it to university only to be kicked out. He was
36. Never Good Enough: My Search For Identity (opens the original)
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What happens when your whole life is built around proving that you’re good enough? SJ Foaga knows that struggle firsthand. Diagnosed with epilepsy at 14, he spent his teenage years watching friends do things that seemed normal while wondering why life looked different for him. At the same time, he was driven to achieve, desperate to make his family proud and increasingly tying his identity to performance and the approval of others. Then things fell apart. After doing well at school, SJ struggled
35. Breaking a World Record Wasn’t Enough (opens the original)
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Paul Fua broke two world records, jet-skied 16,472km around Australia and helped raise more than $2.5 million for charity. But achievement didn’t give him what he thought it would. Paul went on to chase money and business success — until the Global Financial Crisis brought his business to its knees and forced him to question the pride and self-reliance that had driven much of his life. Today, Paul has been a CEO, business owner, teacher and school principal, and now oversees an education system
34. From Witchcraft to Law: My Search for Truth (opens the original)
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What does a lawyer who has spent her career weighing evidence, questioning witnesses and searching for truth do when the biggest question becomes whether God actually exists? Rebecca Cheers is a lawyer with a background in both law and psychology who has worked for the NSW Director of Public Prosecutions, appearing regularly in court and dealing with serious criminal cases. Her work exposed her to murder, sexual assault, questions of guilt and innocence, unreliable witnesses, human bias and the
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