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We’re told to always be in the present moment … we’re told to set goals and achieve them … we’re told that life’s short and to live every moment as if it where our last. Arrrgh, what does all this mean??

Podcast · By Meet Max Power · American English · Official site

Indexed episodes, last 90 days
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Sep 9, 2026
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Jul 15, 2026

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  1. Episode · Sep 9, 2026

    "the estate developed a stigma and that stigma was then extended to the people who live there and it persists" (opens the original)

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    Kate takes us through a deeply impactful childhood … painted in three distinct panels. The first is architectural—a childhood spent inside a literal panopticon, a hexagonal state-housing block in 1980s Perth, surrounded by the inward-pressing, incomplete loops of a Radburn-designed suburb. The second is socially influenced—navigating the heavy stigma of a shifting welfare state as the child of a fiercely protective single mother, finding solace not in school, but in brutalist university librarie

  2. Episode · Aug 26, 2026

    "I was interested in curiosity—curious about curiosity" (opens the original)

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    We live in an increasingly complex world. In our post-pandemic reality, many of us have quietly slipped into survival mode—feeling exhausted, insular, and struggling to imagine alternative futures. So how do we break out of this cognitive fatigue? How do we reclaim our agency when our very attention is being systematically shaped by algorithms, devices, and those tiny red notification icons? Kate Rodgers believes the path forward lies in a force we often take for granted: curiosity.

  3. Episode · Aug 12, 2026

    "For a while there ... he was probably the most famous person in Australia" (opens the original)

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    Today we are revisiting the episode with Simon White and his involvement with the main character from the Fine Cotton racing affair. … not only because it’s a really good yarn … but also because next week is the 42nd anniversary of this famous part of Australian sporting folklore. Simon is a veteran journalist who, on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the ring-in when he was a racing journo in South Australia, was tasked with tracking down the elusive trainer of Fine Cotton, Hayden Haitana—or "H,"

  4. Episode · Jul 29, 2026

    "when you're in the mayhem ... you need the 'peace' to slow down" (opens the original)

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    As a second-year apprentice electrician, Keoni found himself trapped by a 240-volt electric shock. In that terrifying moment … where the world went silent … he realised that tomorrow is never guaranteed, and he had not yet taken the risk to truly bet on himself… even at that early age in life. After surviving the incident and seeing that his employer treated him as just another "number in the system," Keoni made a life-altering choice. He abandoned the security of his trade and his guaranteed $8

  5. Episode · Jul 15, 2026

    "blind terror that somebody else is going to work out what your brilliant idea is" (opens the original)

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    Jeremy Cookson, proves age is no barrier. After a long, successful career delivering major projects for ad agencies and leaving a senior corporate role at LotteryWest, Jeremy finally found the time and financial freedom to pursue a passion project of his own. He is the founder of AskPro, an innovative platform that connects Australian nonprofits with high-level corporate expertise. In this episode, Jeremy opens up about the raw realities of starting a business later in your career. He shares eve

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