How To Raise Triplets and Still Have Hair with Costa Zouliou

 As this podcast has gone along, it's reason for existing has morphed, refined and changed; each new guest creating a different reason for it's existence. A thread that's kept coming up is the obsession with celebrity - our fascination with putting certain people, doing certain things, up on pedestals above all others. Often giving people who are not so fabulous glory and money, whilst good people sit in the background quietly  making the world a better place. Leveling the scales in some tiny way is a big part of this podcast's purpose - walking past the sparkles of fame and grabbing the hands of the humble.

The person you are about to meet has a special place in my life, his trust in my capabilities sent me hurtling me down a trajectory that overflowed with adventure, excitement and incredible conversations and granted that young woman I was from the western suburbs, Access All Areas. The man who gave me my job at triple j.

For many years he hosted Triple j heavy music program Three Hours Of Power, weekend breakfast and triple j drive . He’s Greek, loves his music, has the best laugh, even better hair and is the father of triplets.

In 2021, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (latest report as of October 2021) there were 4,248 multiple births representing 1.5% of all births (309,996) in Australia. This comprised 4,185 pairs of twins and 63 sets of triplets and higher order multiples. So how do you learn to raise three babies all at once and navigate the enormity of becoming an instant family of 5 – particularly after many tiring and pain-staking years on a difficult road of conception – and do it all with love, laugher, grace, groundedness and patience? 

What do you sacrifice and what do you choose to make your life mean instead? This is the story of a man who truly put family first, a lovable character and a humble music industry legend. The iconic Costa Zouliou.