Please Blow My Mind Podcast

Thor Pedersen is an explorer and modern day adventurer. He is already the first person in history to visit 197 countries in an unbroken journey completely without flying, aiming to become the first to reach them all by land and sea only. He ventures the world full time and has not been home to Denmark since 2013. Thor enlightens his audience as a social media influencer, travel blogger and Red Cross Ambassador.

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Lincoln Jefferson has been involved in community engagement and management of the non-for-profit sector for over 15 years after moving from the UK where I taught as a primary school teacher and worked in a school sports partnership delivering sports programmes to over 180 schools.

Lincoln loves his mahi in the community with our tamariki and rangatahi and he's excited about the journey we’re embarking on alongside the Vodafone...

Ian Elford was part of a team educating people in the community who were finding studying for their driving theory test daunting and difficult so he decided to do something about it.

For the next 24-hour period, he designed and created a board game called: Driven For Success.  

In this conversation, we talk to Ian's story so far in creating the game, being a police officer, working for corrections and following your ...

“You should always have an opinion because if you don't then you're siding with the oppressor.” — Akash Kumar  

Akash is the host and founder of THE HUMAN:NOW podcast where he discusses ideas around what it means to be in this state of time and more importantly making positivity louder.  

He is an architectural and urban designer, and believes the spaces we inhabit have a direct influence on how we develop as hu...

“The system is an abject failure [because] we condemn people without actually understanding [them].” — Bruce Howat

Bruce Howat is a former police dog handler and current Church Minister who has lived a full life with experiences and understandings that our current world could learn a lot from.

In our second conversation, Bruce goes even deeper into his story and shares with us some very powerful insights and thoughts into...

I first met Tony Nelson through an email regarding my Son. You see, Tony is my Son’s maths teacher and we connected during lockdown after I reached out to ask him what I could do at home to better support my kids maths learning.   

To be clear - I can educate my kid - in my way - but trying to help him follow a curriculum set by an external body - I am not so sure and that’s why I think we send them to school.  ...

“We suggested that Humans had a special relationship with caves, they hold caves as portals to the underground.” —  Professor Ran Barkai

Ran Barkai (PhD, 2000, Tel-Aviv University) is a Professor at the Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures, Tel Aviv University. He co-directs excavations at the Middle Pleistocene site of Qesem Cave and has published extensively on different aspects of Paleolithic and...

“For someone who has been abused as a child there are an extensive amount of boundaries that have been crossed and that actually physiologically impacts the brain...it actually damages the brain cells.” — Tamara Waugh   

Tamara Waugh is the co-founder of EmpowerME a movement that delivers self-discovery programs to create lasting transformational growth for women recovering from sexual trauma.  

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“I'm going to use everything in my power to change the system. I'm going to be here pushing for change until the day I die” — Mike King  

Mike King is the founder I Am Hope and The Key to Life Charitable Trust. His passion and dedication is unwavering, whether it be mentoring young people on a one-to-one basis, or visiting schools, Mike is always delivering his message of hope in some way or another.  

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“One thing my Father always said to me and my brothers is when you're in times of crisis and uncertainty - what are YOU going to do? [He said] Don't blimmin moan about it - what are YOU going to do? ” — Don Mann   

Don Mann is the Chief Executive Officer for Pacific Media Network (PMN), a New Zealand public broadcaster which includes radio stations Niu FM and 531pi.  

In this conversation, we talk to Don ab...

Wayne Macgillivray is an educator who has reconnected to his identity through the simple act of cooking food. 'Hāngi - Food for Thought' is a charitable organisation with a simplistic goal; feed the people, teach the people. Hāngi is an earth oven; stones are heated and food is cooked in a sealed pit. Simple but far-reaching. Lighting fires before sunrise has become Wayne's meditation. In terms of a holistic view of health the noti...

Professor Grant Schofield is a person who thinks deeply about health and wellness. On a personal level, Grant has been a mentor of mine for some time now - pushing and encouraging my thinking and celebrating the deep learning that comes from pondering the deepest of ideas together.

I hope you enjoy this conversation with Grant and that it expands your mind as much as it did mine. 

For those who are new to Grant, he is the Dire...

Recently I recorded a powerful podcast with Herbert Chow that if I'm honest - I’m actually not sure what to do with it. I think I might be scared of what I recorded because It touched on the core of our Humanity - our freedom that most of us take for granted. But as I learn through my conversation with Herbert, it's the things that scare you that you must stand up and confront.

Herbert Chow is a businessman born and raised in Hong ...