Nat Cook & Sarah Maxwell
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Each week, Master Connector Sarah Maxwell sits down with incredible people and extracts the stories of their lives. Using her Neuro-psychology background, she delves into the DREAMS they had as a child and then weaves them back to the present moment. Who have they become? How have the dreams they had for their life realised themselves? How have they overcome challenges? What matters to them most NOW?These conversations are gripping and transformative, for both host and listener. Sit back, relax and enjoy!
Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
Sarah Maxwell's career story connects women and work with stress, recovery, and survival mode.
Sarah Maxwell's story stays anchored in curiosity, sport, coaching, and media, and that focus gives the episode a clear through line. The strongest stretch ties her career path back to the season's wider interest in women and work, especially the aim of helping young women think…
A grounded career story about medicine, purpose, and the compromises that come with family life.
Rather than a neat success story, the episode traces what it can cost to stay in medicine. The speaker starts with the optimism that drew her in, then moves through bureaucracy and exhaustion, before circling back to general practice because it can fit around family life.
A plainspoken episode about ambition, labels, and the strain of meeting a partner on equal footing.
An episode like this leans on the friction between ambition and the labels people hand out. The conversation works best once it gets past biography and into the messier part: being called a WAG, carrying the breadwinner role, and wanting a partner who can meet you on equal…
Anna Martin interviews writers and couples about the real stories behind Modern Love essays.
Knox and Jamie turn celebrity gossip, film deep dives, and streaming news into weekly comedy.
Two hosts revisit one film, show, or book a week, plus long personal tangents.
A Brazilian journalist spends years reinvestigating unsolved child disappearances in Paraná.
Cris Bartz and Juva Lauer alternate debate and interview episodes on Brazilian social issues.
Robert Wright interviews specialists on Iran, Gaza, Ukraine, Taiwan, and open-source AI.
Rebecca Klodinsky says she turned $2,000 into the swimwear brand Exist at age 24 and later scaled it without investors, retail stores, or influencer hype.
Host Sarah Maxwell interviews Dr.
Dr Anh Tran explains how arriving in Australia as the daughter of Vietnamese refugees shaped her commitment to displaced communities and humanitarian engineering.
Sam Miklos describes moving from occupational therapy in London to founding Cornerstone Medical Recruitment with Norbert in Australia in 2012.
Host Sarah debriefs the "Vows Brought to Life" game from her book "Press Play" with Emma and Pete, who married more than 17 years ago and could not locate their original vows.
In The Game host Sarah Maxwell interviews Steve Anderson, a Louisville-born beach-volleyball coach who helped Australia win Olympic medals in 1996 and 2000.