Big Bros
The late teens and early 20s are a tumultuous journey. An influential period that can seem overwhelming, yet exciting. Those around us share their advice and experiences, but perhaps this perspective sharing may feel outdated and out of touch.
Join Big Bros, Jeremy Tusia and Ilan Volchek, as they offer a refreshing and relatable outlook on all topics, juicy, fun, and philosophical drawing on their experiences as two young adults.
Episodes
182 episodes
Ep 182. How to Make Anyone Feel Like They’ve Known You Forever
Feeling seen and understood is one of the foundations of a strong relationship. Yet too often, we leave the people closest to us feeling unheard, and that connection starts to slip. So how do you make someone feel genuinely understood when they...
Ep 181. Elie Walsh - Is Your Phone Really Ruining Your Sleep?
Elie Walsh is a sleep researcher and Clinical Neuropsychology PhD candidate at Monash University whose work explores the relationship between sleep, circadian rhythms and mental health. Combining neuroscience with practical sleep interventions,...
Ep 180. Matt Fox - Your Doctor Might Be Wrong... Trust Your Gut
Matt Fox is an Australian fitness coach, content creator, father of two and cancer survivor who has built a global audience helping busy people improve their health without allowing fitness to take over their lives. His experience with cancer h...
Ep 179. Danny Kennedy - Why You Need To Be Delusional to Succeed
Danny Kennedy is a fitness and mindset coach, entrepreneur and host of The Fitness and Lifestyle Podcast, which has amassed more than 12 million streams. Danny’s approach to self-improvement goes beyond training and nutrition, focusing on the b...
Ep 178. Are You Leading Them On?
How do you know if someone is leading you on? Is it their refusal to have the “what are we?” conversation, their reluctance to do anything that signals a serious relationship, or the endless insistence that they just want to “go with the flow”?...
Ep 177. Neel Kolhatkar - The Art of Comedy in the DEI Era
Neel Kolhatkar is an Australian comedian, writer and content creator known for his cultural observations, political satire and willingness to say the things most people are too scared to touch. After building a massive online following through ...
Ep 176. Kirk Peterson - The Job Promotion Secret You Need To Know
Kirk Peterson is a leadership and high-performance coach with more than 30 years of experience across business and sport. As the founder of Performance Shift, Kirk has spent his career helping people understand what actually makes great teams w...
Ep 175. Tom Howard - How To Build Your Dream Business at 21
Tom Howard is the owner of Extract Fitness, a young entrepreneur who decided to back himself early and build something of his own while still pursuing high-level footy. At an age where most people are still figuring out their next move, Tom has...
Ep 174. Are You Boring?
Ever had a conversation with someone who feels less like a person and more like an AI-written corporate bio? Despite both of you trying to make conversation, it still feels like the most painfully stereotypical small talk, and you cannot help t...
Ep 173. Sally Pearson - What it Takes to Become An Olympic Gold Medallist
Sally Pearson is an Olympic gold medallist, world champion and one of Australia’s greatest athletes. Best known for winning gold in the 100m hurdles at London 2012, Sally’s journey offers a rare insight into what it actually takes to reach the ...
Ep 172. Dr Justin Coulson - What Makes a Good Man?
Dr Justin Coulson is an Australian parenting expert, father of six, PhD psychologist and author of 10 books on parenting. As the co-host of Channel 9’s Parental Guidance and the Happy Families podcast with his wife Kylie, Justin has become one ...
Ep 171. Nick Slater - The Biggest Problem With Modern Dating
Nick Slater is an Australian content creator best known for his viral dating and relationship skits on TikTok and Instagram. With a mix of humour, honesty and painfully accurate observations, Nick has built a loyal audience by calling out the g...
Ep 170. Why Optimisation Culture is Bullsh*t
There is nothing wrong with wanting to improve yourself. But self-improvement can quickly devolve into trying to optimise every metric of your life, from your sleep and nutrition to your exercise, productivity and even your relationships. While...
Ep 169. Sarah Grynberg - How To Eliminate Your Negative Thoughts
Sarah Grynberg is the host of A Life of Greatness podcast, as well as a best-selling author, leading mindset coach and speaker whose work explores what it means to live with greater purpose, meaning and fulfilment. Before building her own platf...
Ep 168. Elliot Loney - Have We Lost Our Sense of Humour?
Elliot Loney is an Australian comedian, impressionist and performer known for his sharp impressions, character work and ability to find humour in some of the biggest personalities in sport, entertainment and politics. From Rafael Nadal, Novak D...
Ep 167. Joey Woodley - Intrusive Thoughts and How To Bury Them
Content warning: This episode includes discussion around mental health and distressing personal experiences, which may be triggering for some listeners. Please listen with care.Support: If anything raised in this conversat...
Ep 166. 5 Traits That Make a Man Naturally Attractive
It takes more than good looks and clean habits to make a man truly attractive. In reality, attraction is often shaped by the deeper qualities beneath the surface, the subtle things people sense long before they can explain them.Join Big...
Ep 165. Indri Caruana - Are Microplastics Killing Us?
Indri Caruana is a functional health coach and the founder of Human Blueprint, where he helps men improve their energy, libido, gut health, hormones, sleep and overall performance. His work sits in the space modern medicine does not always have...
Ep 164. George TheTinMen - Why Nobody Cares About Men
Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussions surrounding suicide, self-harm, male loneliness and mental health struggles, which some listeners may find distressing.If you or someone you know is struggling, support is available:
Ep 163. Adir Shiffman - What The Budget Release Means For Young Aussies?
Adir Shiffman is an Australian entrepreneur, investor and former doctor whose career has spanned medicine, startups, technology and elite sport. He is the Executive Chairman of Catapult Sports and co-hosts The Contrarians podcast alongside Adam...
Ep 162. What's On Our Minds At 26?
The priorities you face in your mid to late twenties can look very different to the ones you had in your early twenties. Saving for a holiday can quickly become saving for a property. The relationship you started at 22 may now come with convers...
Ep 161. Calista Clements - How Radical Ideology And Wokeism Is Destroying Australia
Calista Clements is an Australian content creator and political commentator known for bringing common sense back into conversations around culture, politics and the issues everyday Australians are facing. Her commentary cuts through the noise w...
Ep 160. Justin Kabbani - AI Knows More About You Than You Think
Justin Kabbani is one of Australia’s leading AI trainers and keynote speakers, helping teams at organisations such as Uber, Treasury Wine Estates and Udemy understand how to use artificial intelligence in practical, powerful and commercially me...
Ep 159. Breaking Down Male Sexual Performance Anxiety
Why do so many men struggle with sexual insecurity, especially performance anxiety? It is still a taboo topic, but plenty of men are quietly dealing with it. Many want real answers about why their performance in the bedroom is affected, yet sha...
Ep 158. The Big Bros Guest Lessons You Need To Know
One of the real luxuries of interviewing guests from such different worlds, current and former athletes, authors, comedians, entrepreneurs and medical professionals, is getting access to a wide range of perspectives on the topics almost everyon...