In my view, the very embodiment of courage and resilience is my friend Gill Hicks. As a young woman Gill travelled to London to find adventure and a new life. She found success and everything she had hoped for in that wonderful city. But that

S3 E11 Sideways Around the Globe with Rally Champion Molly Taylor

Nov 30th, 2021 54m 14s

To see lots of Molly's thrills and spills, be sure to watch the interview on YouTube under Real Risk Podcast.For the last episode of the series, I bring you a chat with an extraordinary Australian who is currently dominating in the highly compe

S3 E10 February Dragon Came Early - Fire and Rescue Commissioner Greg Mullins

Nov 23rd, 2021 52m 1s

Check out the video version on YouTube under Real Risk Podcast. The 2019/20 bushfire season in Australia was the worst on record. The first ever recorded "giga-fire" that burnt across multiple states. And Greg Mullins was one of the experts who

S3 E9 Muay Thai Magic with Carly 'Cupcake' Gangell

Nov 16th, 2021 48m 40s

See the video of Carly's interview on YouTube under Real Risk Podcast.At 24 years of age, Adelaide Muay Thai and Karate expert has already won national and world championships. She is a successful business woman and has a passion for enabling w

S3 E8 MotoGP and the Man Behind the Winners - Jeremy Burgess

Nov 9th, 2021 58m 48s

Enjoy the video version on YouTube at Real Risk Podcast.At the top end of town in motor sports - Formula 1 and MotoGP, the budgets are eye watering. The technology is beyond comprehension and the competition to get a seat or a ride is extraordi

S3 E7 Underwater Investigations - Police Diver Sergeant Dave Bacchus

Nov 2nd, 2021 46m 54s

Check out the video version on YouTubeLike all elite branches of law enforcement or the military, the Water Operations Unit of the South Australian Police demand high standards of fitness, stamina and intelligence in their recruits. More than j

S3 E6 From Top Gun to Red Bull Racer - Australian Pilot Matt Hall

Oct 26th, 2021 59m 50s

Check out the video version on YouTube!Matt Hall can fly pretty much anything from an airforce jet fighter to a composite MXS raceplane in the Red bull air races. This Australian is a third generation pilot from New South Wales. During a high o

S3 E5 Thirty Eight Miles of Terror - Racing the Isle of Man TT with Davo Johnson

Oct 19th, 2021 58m 12s

Watch the video version of the podcast on YouTube at Real Risk Podcast!As Jeremy Clarkson from Top Gear famously once said: “Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary, that’s what gets you.” An on-site account of the 2003 race

S3 E4 Back to Thailand - Cave Diver Craig Challen on The Rescue, Risk and Adventure

Oct 12th, 2021 59m 35s

Check out the video version of Real Risk Podcast on YouTube.Craig Challen is a Perth based technical and cave diver who is equally comfortable diving deep shipwrecks and exploring caves. He and your podcast host became friends in the mid 2000's

S3 E3 Down the Barrel and the Lens - Big Waves and Surf Photography with Russell Ord and Shanan Worrall

Oct 5th, 2021 58m 16s

Watch the full video interview on You Tube under Real Risk PodcastRussell Ord (surf photographer extraordinaire) and Shanan Worrall (big wave surfer and water safety expert) are the true definition of watermen. Both of these hardy souls come fr

S3 E2 The Theory and the Practical - Professor Simon Mitchell

Sep 28th, 2021 48m 7s

Check out the video podcast on the REAL RISK YOUTUBE channel!Few individuals can claim to have truly expert knowledge and mastery of the practical aspects of their discipline. Dr Simon Mitchell is the Professor of Anaesthesiology at Auckland Un

S3 E1 Risky Reporting - The Life of a Foreign Correspondent with Hugh Riminton

Sep 21st, 2021 59m 16s

Watch the full video interview on You Tube under Real Risk PodcastHugh Riminton is a citizen of the world. Growing up in Ceylon, then New Zealand before moving to Australia he has covered stories from around the globe. From the world's most dan

S2 E12 Last Wave of the Day - Chris Blowes and the Great White Shark

Nov 24th, 2020 55m 1s

To finish the series, the frightening account of the shark attack that so nearly cost Chris Blowes his life. The attack ended with his two mates watching the shark swimming off with their friend's leg in its mouth, towing his surfboard by the l

S2 E11 Life on a Line - Saturation Diving with Chris Lemons Pt 2

Nov 17th, 2020 45m 19s

In this second episode of Life on a Line, we rejoin Chris Lemons on the seabed in the North Sea. His umbilical is severed, and he has switched on his bailout gas with the knowledge that in 8 minutes his gas supply will be exhausted and he will

S2 E10 Life on a Line - Saturation Diving with Chris Lemons Pt 1

Nov 10th, 2020 58m 43s

The world of saturation diving is high tech, complex and fascinating. The physics and physiology present unbreakable rules that must be followed to remain safe. The risks of decompression sickness, High Pressure Nervous Syndrome (HPNS), oxygen

S2 E9 Surfing a Ten Story Building - with Big Wave Surfer Maya Gabeira

Oct 27th, 2020 1h 5m

Paddling onto a 70 foot wave must make every nerve in your brain scream STOP! The deafening roar, the wedge like tons of water curling over then hurling you down towards the reef visible beneath the shallows at the bottom of the drop. The explo

S2 E8 Free Solo and More - Alex Honnold on Life and El Capitan

Oct 20th, 2020 58m 23s

Alex Honnold is cool. Beyond cool actually. His skill and calm transcend what most of us can conceive is possible. And yet when you chat with him he is immediately likeable and you can imagine hanging out. His enthusiasm makes you want to go cl

S2 E7 Lost in the Himalayas - The Impossible Tale of James Scott

Oct 13th, 2020 1h

Three minutes without oxygen, three days without water, three weeks without food. We all know the saying, but some people just refuse to acknowledge these kinds of rules. James Scott, a young medical student was such a guy. He left Australia fo

S2 E6 It's A Long Way To The Top - Film Maker and Mountaineer, Jimmy Chin

Oct 6th, 2020 57m 37s

The documentary 'Free Solo" based around the rope-less ascent of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park by Alex Honnold had us all on the edge of our seats. I found myself holding my breath, at times barely able to look at the screen even though

S2 E5 From the Farm Ute, to the Monaco Grand Prix - A Life of Motorsport with David Brabham

Sep 29th, 2020 1h 8m

When your father is Jack Brabham a three times Formula 1 World Champion, it seems likely that motorsport will be in your blood. And as it turned out all three of Jack's sons took to the track like the proverbial ducks to water. David Brabham ne

S2 E4 The Crystal Caves of Abaco - With Brian Kakuk and Kenny Broad

Sep 22nd, 2020 1h 3m

In this episode I talk with two good friends, cave divers Brian Kakuk and Dr Kenny Broad. Brian runs Bahamas Underground which offers guided diving to suitably qualified cave divers in the exquisite flooded caves on Abaco Island. But the beauti

S2 E3 210 Days Alone On the Ocean - Circumnavigator Jessica Watson

Sep 15th, 2020 55m 13s

At the age of 16, I wasn't thinking about achieving something incredible. My thoughts were firmly on the pursuit of the opposite sex, of SCUBA diving and the freedom of a driver's licence! Lucky for the human race some youngsters have a loftier

S2 E2 Two Inches Off The Ground - Downhill Skateboard Racing with Kevin Reimer

Sep 8th, 2020 55m 24s

Almost every kid with a few dollars to scrape together has owned a skateboard of some kind, and pretty soon after has ridden it down a hill near their house. But a few take it to the next level, using gravity to pull them down the steepest road

S2 E1 You Must Be Mad To Do That - The Psychology of Risk with Bill von Hippel

Sep 1st, 2020 1h 3m

Bill is a professor of psychology at the University of Queensland. He is widely published in the literature and has authored a book called The Social Leap, an insight into how evolution has influenced our current thinking and behaviour. "Life o

S1 E12 Series Finale. Deep Ocean Exploration - Film Maker James Cameron

Aug 4th, 2020 1h 11m

Yep you read that right, James Cameron himself joins me to wrap up twelve great episodes with gripping tales of exploring what lies in the deepest parts of the ocean. From filming historic shipwrecks like the German battleship Bismarck (16,000