The Good Chat with Anita Anabel

In this episode of The Good Chat with Anita Anabel, Anita chats with Josh Reid Jones from the Just Be Nice Project.

Josh is a social impact professional and social entrepreneur.

From a childhood marked by poverty, violence, and challenging circumstances to a purpose-led life, founding the Just Be Nice project to change how people help people; until they are housed, employed, and have positive mental health outcomes. 

Due to unforeseen circumstances, there will be no new Ep this week but here is a great ep from a few months ago.

In this hilarious and eye opening episode of The Good Chat with Anita Anabel, Anita sits down with NOVA 969 and Celebrity Apprentice star, Michael “Wippa” Wipfli.

Wippa opened up about his childhood, dealing with early onset puberty, his bromance with Hamish Blake, the craziest stunt the Fitzy and Wippa team ...

Season 4 of the hit horror drag competition series, The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula, streaming on Shudder, is horror mixed with the glamorous world of drag.

In this episode, Anita Anabel chats with Dracmorda and Swanthula Boulet, the hosts of this exciting competition show.

They chatted about the Boulet Brother's journey to drag, why they never reveal their true identities and why it's important to give everyone a platform to sh...

CONTENT WARNING: This episode of The Good Chat contains references to sexual assault, mental health and drug addiction.

Sippy is a Sydney born bass music machine and anyone who’s spent time on the Australian bass music circuit knows the name.

She’s built her career by blasting her signature gut-rattling seizure-inducing sounds through the sound systems of her country’s famous clubs and festivals. Now she's in LA, ...

In this episode of The Good Chat with Anita Anabel, Anita chats to the star of the Australian production of Hamilton, Jason Arrow.

Jason is a WAAPA graduate and has appeared in the Aussie productions of Disney’s Alladin and Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, before landing the lead role of Alexander Hamilton.

Anita and Jason chatted about what it was like going back onstage after 117 days because of the COVID lockdown, why t...

In this episode of The Good Chat with Anita Anabel, Anita chats to Kirstie Clements. Kirstie is a bestselling author, editor, journalist and speaker. She served as Editor-in-Chief of Vogue Australia for thirteen years from 1999 to 2012, as Deputy Editor at Harper's Bazaar from 2019 to 2020 and is currently a contributor on The New Daily.

Anita and Kirstie chatted about her role at Vogue, how the fashion industry has changed, how yo...

In this episode of The Good Chat with Anita Anabel, Anita speaks to Dr Imaan Joshi. Dr Imaan chose medicine as a great way to help people while empowering and educating them on their medical and health needs. She is surgically trained in Obstetrics and Gynecology however, has now ventured into Aesthetic Medicine.

More recently, Dr Imaan has been a vocal advocate for the COVID vaccine and is passionate about educating the wider publ...

On today's episode of The Good Chat with Anita Anabel, Anita chats to TV presenters Teigan Nash (Saturday Disney, The Road Less Travelled) and Liv Phyland (The Loop, The Living Room), who are soul sisters with a purpose. 

These two women not only know the value of living a positive existence for themselves, but they also help young girls navigate through their teenage years with social media, mental health, nutrition and more.

CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains lived experiences with poor mental health and references to suicide.  

In today's episode and in honour of Mental Health Month in Australia, Anita chats to Associate Professor Simon Rosenbaum who is a Scientia Fellow in the School of Psychiatry at UNSW Sydney and the Black Dog Institute.

Simon is the president of the Australasian society for traumatic stress studies, the co-chair of ...

Trigger Warning: This episode contains details surrounding suicide intent and mental health.

In this episode of The Good Chat with Anita Anabel, Anita sits down with SAS Australia recruit, Jessica Peris.

Jessica is a force to be reckoned with. She's an advocate for at-risk indigenous youth, a mother to 12-year-old Isaac, an athlete and daughter of Olympian Nova Peris.

While she is many things to many people, Jessica's ow...

Trigger Warning: This episode contains references to suicide and mental health. 

In this magical episode of The Good Chat with Anita Anabel, Anita sits down with Back to the Rafters star, Hugh Sheridan.

In this chat, Hugh told the full story about they saved a man from harming himself the day after R U OK day 2021, how they too had a near death experience because of depression in the aftermath of being cast in Hedwig, how Jess...

In this episode of The Good Chat with Anita Anabel, Anita chats to Mark ‘Billy’ Billingham from SAS Australia.

In one of the best chats is this series, Billy talked about how stealing a hat from an old man led him to a life in the army, how he built a school with actor Sean Penn in Haiti and what being a bodyguard for some of the world’s most high-profile celebrities, including Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, involv...

On today’s episode of The Good Chat, Anita chatted with actor Zoe Terakes who is starring in both Nine Perfect Strangers on Amazon Prime alongside Nicole Kidman and on Foxtel’s Wentworth — The Final Season.

Zoe, 21, chatted about being on set with some of the world's biggest stars, how auditioning with self-tapes has ended with police being called and how living their truth as a transgender male put them on the pa...

On this episode of The Good Chat with Anita Anabel, Anita chats to director Gracie Otto and producer Cody Greenwood, who are the powerhouse team behind the new documentary Under the Volcano. 

This film tells the true life story of the remote Caribbean island, Montserrat, where under the shadow of an active volcano, Sir George Martin and the world's biggest recording artists made music and myth that defined an era. 

We cha...

Trigger Warning: This podcast talks about mental health and may be triggering to some listeners.

In the next episode of The Good Chat with Anita Anabel, Anita sits down with Steen Raskopoulos. He is a podcast host, actor, comedian and improv extraordinaire and can also be seen on The Duchess and Feel Good on Netflix and BBC Three's Top Coppers. You may also remember him from Whose Line Is It Anyway? (Australia) and he's also one ha...

On this episode of The Good Chat with Anita Anabel, Anita sits down with model and WINK Models founder Taryn Williams. Taryn is one of the most extraordinary women Anita have met and talks about the modelling industry — including the controversy at fashion week 2021 and what we need to see changed in the industry plus chats about her fascinating early years, including an epilepsy diagnosis at 21 and living in FIJI without a t...

Is everyone really doing all that great? Former One Tree Hill stars, James Lafferty and Stephen Colletti, answer that same question in their new series Everyone Is Doing Great. The guys Zoomed in from LA and had a chat with Anita, in this charming episode of The Good Chat.

They chatted about their new hit series (which is so bingeable you'll watch it in one sitting), what the Aussies on their show have taught them about our country ...

Trigger Warning: This episode contains references to children at the end of life.

In the most fascinating episode of The Good Chat with Anita Anabel, yet, Anita chats with The Living Room star, Baz Dubois.

Baz talks about running for senate, how the future is “uncertain” for the next generation and opens up about his cancer battle.

For more information on Baz’s run for senate, visit www.TeamBaz.com.au.

For more information on Hummingbi...

In this episode of The Good Chat with Anita Anabel, Anita sits down with comedian and viral sensation, Josh Hawkins a.k.a Hi Josh!.

With mega hits like How to Speak Australian, reality TV bad lip reading and now a hilarious take on Olympic Icon Dean Boxall, Josh is a one of the greatest content creators of our generation.

Josh talks about how he went from Youth Pastor to comedian, why his comedy is so successful and how he makes magi...