Episodes
In the second Father's Day special of Real STUFF, Hunter Johnson sits down with retired Rugby Union legend Dean Mumm. Dean's professional sports career included over 100 appearances for the NSW Waratahs, 3 years in the UK playing for Exeter and 56 caps for the Australian Wallabies. Outside of his inspiring sports career and transition into business, Dean opens up about his journey to fatherhood. Dean and his wife Sarah have given birth to six children, four of whom were lost due to preterm...
Published 09/03/22
Published 09/03/22
In this special Father's Day episode of Real STUFF, Hunter Johnson interviews Michael Schneider, Managing Director of one of Australia's most iconic and trusted retailers, Bunnings. As well as his role at Bunnings leading a team of 52,000 people across Australia and New Zealand, Mike is the father of two young men. If that's not enough hats to be wearing, he's also the Chairman of the Love Me Love You Foundation and a Board Member of both the Melbourne United Basketball Club and the Corporate...
Published 08/24/22
Real STUFF flips the script in this episode, with Hunter Johnson interviewing the interviewer extraordinaire, Holly Ransom. What the hell is it with these snowflake millennials, huh? Warm up for winter with this fast-paced fire-cracker of a conversation and blitz through generational divides, harmful stereotypes, and what it takes to maintain a peak mental state as a young person in today's world. Author of The Leading Edge, CEO of Emergent, and Harvard Kennedy School graduate, Holly has sat...
Published 08/08/22
This week on Real STUFF, Hunter sits down with the legendary Michael Hooper, an Australian professional rugby union player and captain of the Wallabies - the Australian national team. This chat covers topics like Michael's biggest lessons in leadership, the power of asking for help, managing mental health and rites of passage. They also discuss their experiences with hard times, the pressures that come with being a role model and explore Michael's newest journey - fatherhood. This is a...
Published 07/04/22
This week on Real STUFF, Hunter sits down with the legendary Michael Hooper, an Australian professional rugby union player and captain of the Wallabies - the Australian national team. This chat covers topics like Michael's biggest lessons in leadership, the power of asking for help, managing mental health and rites of passage. They also discuss their experiences with hard times, the pressures that come with being a role model and explore Michael's newest journey - fatherhood. This is a...
Published 07/03/22
Real STUFF hits some raw edges in this episode, with Hunter Johnson interviewing one of Australia's most free-speaking mental health experts, Dr Zac Seidler. Debunking a tonne of speculations and hypotheses on men's mental health, this conversation cuts to the bone with everyday ways to check in on ourselves and our mates. Amidst loads of ridiculous teenage references and hilarious accounts of growing up anxious, there is a trigger warning. Hunter and Zac touch on suicide, depression and...
Published 06/12/22
Real STUFF guest James O'Connor has experienced more adrenaline rushes than most. After playing for Australia in front of thousands of fans as a youngster, he was a model, a party boy, a substance abuser and spent time in jail. Chatting to Hunter Johnson, the Reds star reveals the biggest feel good of all. This conversation tears through assumptions about masculinity and what it takes to walk the hero's journey. Mental health, intuition, drug abuse, and healthy relationships are all on the...
Published 04/27/22
Real STUFF puts creativity, mental health and transcendental experiences on the agenda this week with Monte Morgan, better recognised as one half of cult pop duo Client Liaison. We're not going to lie, having participated in screaming throngs as this guy strutted the festival stage over the past ten years, we may be feeling just a teensy bit awestruck. But rest assured, Monte is as down-to-earth, thoughtful, and authentic as they come. Get ready to unpack a swag of good stuff including how to...
Published 04/11/22
Real STUFF covers bold new territory in this episode with youth advocate, Rhodes Scholar, and feminist Yasmin Poole. What is feminism and how can men play a role? How do we check our own behaviour to help others belong? Composed, raw, and driven from an early age to speak truth to power, Yasmin sees feminism as an inclusive term, allowing all of us to challenge our understanding of discrimination and privilege. Yasmin explains how it's easy to see the world as equal when you've not been...
Published 03/28/22
Real STUFF this week kicks it up a gear as Hunter Johnson interviews the iconic Bombers captain Dyson Heppell. The two talk in real terms about club culture, keeping perspective and not letting fame go to your head (with or without dreads). A corker for anyone wanting to understand what high performance looks like when it comes to competing in elite teams. In this episode, get real insights on STUFF like this: "Sometimes you gotta be the buzz killer when it comes to tough calls." "The...
Published 03/15/22
Real STUFF digs into the transformation of masculinity with one of the leaders of the movement, Tom Harkins, founder of Tomorrow Man. The mutual respect between Hunter and Tom allows a cut-to-the-chase deep dive into the journey to manhood in all its beauty, bravery and b******t. Tom's experience holding space for vulnerability in men, whether they be elite athletes or high-performance executives, sees him go deep with self-reflection about his own relationship with his dad, and the father he...
Published 03/08/22
Real STUFF spins the tables on Dylan Buckley and Daniel Gorringe of List Cloggers fame. These boys are well adept at shooting rapid-fire banter and self-effacing quips down the mic, and are the first to step up and support causes like The Man Cave, but when Hunter goes deep into how these footy legends support each other and their own mental health... frankly we all get a bit choked up. Nothing like laughter through tears for this inaugural episode of Real STUFF. In this episode, get real...
Published 02/25/22