The Blind Side Podcast

Welcome to another episode of The Blind Side Podcast, I’m your host Nath Smith and today I catch up with a good mate and modern day Super Woman Jarin Baigent.

Jazzy has a had really interesting life and has a great story. Jazz is a proud Indigenous Australian and served 13 years in the NSW police force along with more recently starting her own business “Jarin Street” all the while being a mum and giving birth to 3 kids.

During our ch...

Welcome to another episode of The Blind Side Podcast, I’m your host Nath Smith and today I delve into the world of reality TV and chat with Ryan Jones. Ryan featured on The Bachelorette when Sophie Monk was the girl supposedly looking for love.

Ryan grew up in humble beginnings in South Auckland, New Zealand and then moved across the ditch in his early teens and then on to a scholarship a rugby school in the gold coast with aspirati...

Welcome to another episode of The Blind Side Podcast, I’m your host Nath Smith and today I have chat with genuine entrepreneur with an awesome story. My guest today is a man who has built an empire. He’s a global mentor, investor, philanthropist, best-selling author, and recent nominee Australian of the year and entrepreneur of the year… today I have a chat with Aaron Sansoni.

Aaron’s story is truly unique and an incredible one. Aa...

Welcome to The Blind Side Podcast, I’m your host Nath Smith and this is the 2nd half of my chat with Rugby legend Mark Gerard, in the 1st half we spoke about Mark’s early days and start of his career and in this episode we talk about his Wallabies games and what it was like playing against the All Blacks with names like McCaw, Carter, Lomu & Rokococko.

We also go on to talk about his time in the Japanese leagues and also his tim...

Welcome to another episode of The Blind Side Podcast, I’m your host Nath Smith and today I have chat with a girl who confronted serious health issues in her early life and overcame them to fulfill her dreams of being a professional dancer. My guest today is Courtney Watts.

Court began dancing a very young age and was in a dangerous circle of image culture and body weight sensitivity, which led to her battling anorexia for most of he...

Welcome to another episode of The Blind Side Podcast, I’m your host Nath Smith and today I switch it up and head over to the world of cricket.

Today I catch up with a man who has dedicated his life so far to the game of cricket and was earmarked from a young age to be a professional sportsman. 

Growing up in Melbourne, he had scouts from both Aussie Rules footy and Cricket hunting around and he played both but at 16 he had to make a ...

Welcome to another episode of The Blind Side Podcast, I’m your host Nath Smith and my guest today is coming to you via zoom call all the way from Hollywood, USA. 

My guest today has starred in the Australian Edition of the reality TV show Survivor, he has also appeared on Aussie icon shows, Neighbours and Home & Away but by far and wide the most notable accomplishment in his career so far is co-founding the mental health and wel...

Blind Side Prelude

·      Welcome – I’m your host Nath Smith, thanks for joining me for the prelude for Season 1 of the blind side podcast

·      What is the blind side podcast about? The blind side is about bringing you the other side of people and their stories that you might not get to hear or see. Sometimes through social media, gossip or otherwise you might think you know a person or a story but really there is a completely dif...

Welcome to another episode of The Blind Side Podcast, I’m your host Nath Smith and this episode I chat with an old school buddy who I competed with and against through our early years, with him going on to play Rugby Union at the highest levels. 

His career included over 100 super rugby games for the Waratahs, Brumbies & Rebels as well as 23 tests for the Wallabies, my guest today is Mark Gerrard.

My chat with Mark was easy and f...

Welcome to another episode of The Blindside, I’m your host Nath Smith and today my guest is Duan Kaka aka Duan & Only aka lead singer of the band Manalion. 

Duan is seriously one talented individual, from early days as an aspiring athlete and dreams of making it in the NBA to now being a successful musician as a solo artist and a lead singer of a band.

Duan takes us through his journey from humble beginnings in a traditional Māor...

Welcome to another episode of The Blind Side Podcast, I’m your host Nath Smith and today on the show I have a chat with a long-time friend and brother who has had an awesome sporting career but an even more amazing personal journey.

My guest today grew up in humble beginnings in a small country town in New Zealand and went on to play professional rugby league and rugby union, which reached it’s peak in 2008 by representing the Austr...

Welcome to another episode of The Blind Side Podcast, I’m your host Nath Smith and my guest today has done just about all there is to do in the game of rugby league. 

He’s won a comp, played state of origin and represented his indigenous culture in the first ever NRL indigenous Australian team. My guest today is none other than Jamie Soward.

Sowie and I talk all things footy, including his career highlights & lowlights and the sp...

Welcome to another episode of The Blindside, I’m your host Nath Smith and today my guests are John & Maurice Kennedy, aka JK & MK aka KSquared 

These boys are as funny as they are talented, they bring a great energy to any environment they are in and my chat with them was no different.

Between the pair, they have represented Australian Schoolboys, Fiji Rugby League, held NRL contracts with St George Illawarra and the Penrith ...

Welcome to another episode of The Blind Side Podcast, I’m your host Nath Smith and my guest today is from the world of media and in particular sports journalism. 

My guest today has covered more sporting events than I’ve had hot dinners! He’s been to multiple summer and winter Olympic games, 2x soccer world cups, Wimbledon Tennis, the list goes on.

My guest today is Adam Peacock, you might recognise Adam’s voice and face from Fox Spo...

Welcome to another episode of The Blind Side Podcast, I’m your host Nath Smith and today we are rewinding the rugby league clock and I catch up with hard man and loveable larrikin Josh Stuart. 

Josh is a rugby league legend, playing 133 first grade games for the North Sydney Bears and Northern Eagles which also included representing City Origin 1997.

Josh had a colourful career, he was fearsome and played the game tough, he came thro...