Top of Their Game
The show where we delve into the minds of people making communications clearer, fairer, and just plain better.
Episodes
Meet Russel Howcroft: advertising expert, TV panelist, radio presenter and one of Australia’s most familiar faces in advertising and communications.
With a career spanning decades advertising, Russel unveils some of his secrets to what makes an idea cut through the noise, stick in people’s minds and ultimately change behavior.
It’s a fascinating conversation with one of Australia’s most experienced...
Meet Christopher Balmford and Cinzia Theobald: plain language champions, international standard setters, and the co-founders of In-Game Learning.
From Christopher’s early days challenging the legal profession’s resistance to plain language to Cinzia’s work improving health communication for culturally diverse communities, their careers have been driven by one idea: people deserve communication they can actual...
Meet Vijayalaxmi Hegde: a writer and plain language specialist, and one of the leading voices advocating for clear communication in India.
With hundreds of languages and extraordinary cultural diversity, India demonstrates why plain language is critical to ensuring everyone can participate in the world's largest democracy.
In this episode, Vijayalaxmi shares the state of the plain l...
Meet Torunn Reksten: an advocate, lecturer, and plain language expert at the Language Council of Norway.
In this episode, Torunn reflects on her work on the Norwegian Language Act and ISO plain language standards. We also explore the roles user experience, innovation, and minority language preservation play in making Norway a global leader in clear public communication.
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Meet Nadja Green: a plain language content developer, researcher, and strategist based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
In this episode, Nadja reflects on the challenges of persuading South African business and government that plain language is a strategic priority, not just a stylistic preference. She also discusses South Africa’s remarkable post-apartheid constitutional process, where plain language experts pla...
Meet Dr Anthony Fauci: a physician, scientist, and one of the most influential public health leaders of our time.
He advised 7 US presidents and shaped the national and global responses to HIV/AIDS and COVID-19. Few people have navigated crisis, uncertainty, and public scrutiny on this scale.
In this episode, Anthony reflects on a lifetime at ...
Meet the Hon. Michael Kirby: former High Court justice, human rights champion, and one of Australia’s most compelling legal voices.
From shaping landmark decisions on the High Court of Australia to championing plain English long before it was fashionable, Michael shares why clarity in communication isn’t just good practice, it’s a matter of justice, fairness, and humani...
Meet Dr. Helen Keleher: a leading voice in public health who’s spent her career tackling some of society’s most complex, and urgent, health challenges.
An Adjunct Professor at Monash University and Life Member of the Public Health Association of Australia, Helen brings deep expertise in health equity, prevention, and population health. From shaping strategy to influencing generati...
Meet Jamila Savoy: an emerging leader in the world of plain language advocacy.
As co-founder of Plain Language Matters, Jamila helps organizations communicate clearly; from simplifying complex policy to shaping public health messages and coaching teams to write with confidence and purpose. In this episode, she shares how her passion for plain language began, how she convinced the Victorian Go...
Meet Laureate Professor Peter Doherty: Nobel Prize winner, scientific heavyweight, and master communicator.
From a discovery that transformed modern medicine to decades as a trusted public voice on pandemics, climate change, and science itself, Peter shares what it takes to communicate complex ideas with clarity, credibility, and impact. A big-brain conversation with one of the world’s best.
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Meet Dr Annetta Cheek: a true trailblazer of the plain language movement.
After 25 years as a federal employee, Annetta saw firsthand how badly government communication was failing the people it was meant to serve. From chairing PLAIN, the federal interagency plain language group, to serving as chief plain language expert on Vice President Al Gore’s National Partnership for Reinventing Government, she beca...
Meet Prof. Joe Kimble — a true legend of plain-language legal writing.
After 35 years teaching legal writing at Cooley Law School, helping draft the US Federal Rules of Evidence and Civil Procedure, and authoring three landmark books, Joe has spent a career proving that the law can be clear, human and accessible.
In our very first episode, Joe shares how he found plain language, the lessons he’s learned along the way, and...
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