Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet

I love that I’ve lived my life based on gut instinct, craving the desire to learn, evolve and constantly pursue new opportunities.   This attitude, born of a lust for life, happiness, a want to love myself and my life lead me to Los Angeles last year to run social media for LA Podcast Festival.   These days I rarely do stuff for cheap or for free, unless it’s for business development, a close friend or a cause that I believe in. In the case of LA Podfest, it’s a little of column A, but predominantly as I want to ensure that I do the right thing by the US government and only pursue work opportunities through legal channels, if & when I do have the legal right to work in the USA… but O1 Visas are a whole other story… 

76 Daniel MacPherson (Australian actor).   Every now and then I have a podcast guest on my show where the conversation just flows and this Los Angeles podcast with hardworking, talented & award-winning Australian actor, Dan MacPherson is one of those.   Born in beachside suburb of Cronulla, just south of Sydney CBD, Dan MacPherson was originally spotted by his agent whilst at a triathlon in southern Sydney and was soon placed in a role on long-running Australia soapie, Neighbours.   Since that time he’s gone on to a number of different acting and presenting roles in Australia, the United Kingdom and America including the musical theatre in London, British police drama series ‘The Bill’ (which I grew up watching in my parent’s household) and most recently ‘The Shannara Chronicles’, a brand new MTV TV series based on the best-selling fantasy novels by Terry Brooks.    In today’s podcast, we enjoy vast and fascinating, ranging chats at length about the significance of Australia Day or “Invasion Day” as

75 Wil Anderson (comedian, podcaster & TV presenter).   Thursday afternoon and I’m kickin’ it in West Hollywood with Australian comedian, podcaster & The Gruen Transfer TV presenter, Wil Anderson, after his 2016 run at Melbourne International Comedy Festival with his latest stand-up comedy show #FireAtWil.   Wil and I chat over a few beers about his latest podcast, 2 Guys 1 Cup, a pub-style podcast salute to AFL Australian Rules Football that he records with Aussie actor Charlie Clausen, The Gruen Transfer, his powerful, personal & engaging ‘Wilosophy’ podcast, Australian politics and the 2016 election, advertising in podcasting, life in Los Angeles and travelling the world and Wil’s top 2 tips if you’re a person who’s harbouring a dream, but not sure how to take that first step.   As a subscriber to Wil Anderson's TOFOP/FOFOP podcasts over the past 4-5 years, which are part of the inspiration for my own podcast and catching his LA stand-up set (supported by hilarious American stand-up comedian an

I still pinch myself almost every day… I live in a technological age where I can work from almost anywhere with a DSLR, laptop, mobile phone and a Wi-Fi connection… and I do! As we speak, I’m sitting at my desk in the apartment that I’m renting for the next 7 weeks in West Hollywood and wearing a massive smile on my face. The first 5 weeks of my 90 days in the USA has just flown by and in that time I’ve created content in Texas, Georgia and California whilst working remotely with my Australian clients and contracts from the USA… this from a guy that dropped out of a biochemistry degree back in the day…Anyway, before I left Australia for this exciting jaunt in the USA, I caught up with Australian illustrative fashion blogger & influencer, Mads Francis, an internationally renowned creative with over 91K followers on Instagram who’s had her designs and drawings featured by Rihanna, Kim Kardashian & many more. Wonderfully inspiring chats with talented, ambitious and driven young woman, who’s created a liv

Peach purple West Hollywood sunrise and I’m up & at ‘em to go catch-up with Chris Mancini, co-creator of the Comedy Film Nerds business and podcast, co-founder of LA Podcast Festival and co-creator of Ear Buds: The Podcast Documentary. A super prolific and entrepreneurial creative, Chris Mancini is a published author, comedian, film-maker and podcaster, who is now launching his first hilarious fantasy and comedy graphic novel, Long Ago & Far Away with Chilean artist and comic creator, Fernando Pinto. In today’s podcast we explore how the Long Ago & Far Away comic concept came about, raising $140K in 40 days on Kickstarter for theEar Buds: The Podcast Documentary feature film, building a business and fanbase of your own so that you’re not as reliant on others to achieve success & finish dream projects, hot tips for running a Kickstarter campaign, Spiderman, award-winning American comic book writer Mark Waid (DC Comics, Marvel) and staying the course with your ambition. I love hanging out wit

Matt Gresham… What can I say… I’m sitting here in Augusta, Georgia, on the road creating content at The US Masters and listening to Matt's latest single ‘Small Voices’ and I just have chills… it’s so beautiful! ✨Matt & I hung out just a few weeks back in Austin (Texas), when he was showcasing at the world’s largest Film, Music & Interactive Conference at SXSW. This former X-Factor contestant is a lovely, friendly and unassuming bloke from Perth, who’s new single ‘Small Voices’ has had well over 365K+ plays on Spotify in less than 2 months! Yes, I’m serious!Mentored by R&B heavyweight Usher, if you get the privilege see a Matt Gresham live set, I kid you not, you will be quite simply be blown away! Picture the soaring emotions of Damien Rice and you’ll get an idea of the goosebumps that go hand-in-hand with his live show.Anyway, we spend today’s podcast talking about Matt Gresham's journey through the music industry, soaking up his mother’s poetry, musical inspirations including Neil Young, Cat Ste

Touchdown LA! / / It?s been a super intense 3.5 weeks since I landed in USA! / / 2 weeks in Texas exploring Dallas, a night in Houston for Rodeo Houston where I experienced a newborn calf take its first steps, small children riding shaggy sheep in front

"It won’t happen overnight, but it will happen"

With the sexiest funk of bass jamms & soaring lead guitar riffs, Harts is born of what could be the music lovechild of Prince and rock & roll legend Jimi Hendrix. Indian-born and Melbourne raised Darren Hart AKA Harts grew up on the dirty streets of St Kilda, Australia, the son of two wonderfully, gifted Indian athletes. Today’s podcast is an inspiring tale of a guy who was contacted personally by Prince off the back of his YouTube success, being flown to Minneapolis in the USA to jam with Prince for a week, travelling through India, record deals, his brand new single ‘Peculiar’, a brand new album coming out in June and the empowerment of being your own career and brand. This is a bloody ripper! & easily one of my best podcasts yet! Let’s get amongst it! Connect with Harts online:https://twitter.com/harts_http://www.hartsmusic.com/https://www.youtube.com/user/TubeOfHartshttps://www.instagram.com/hartsmusic/https://www.facebook.com/Hartsmusic/ 'Red & Blue’ by Harts.https://www.youtube.com/watch

You never know who’s watching. Be ready.   Here I sit. 10km above the earth, USA-bound on a jet-plane, 12 hours from touch down at Dallas Forth Worth International editing this week’s podcast with goal driven, ex NBA Dallas Mavericks, Chicago Bulls & Australian Olympic basketballer, Chris Anstey.   7ft tall and a world of experience. Chris Anstey didn’t start playing basketball until he was aged 17 and then in his first match filling in on his brother’s team, scored 52 points in one game not knowing that there were 2 scouts in the crowd. And the rest is history...   Despite all of the accolades and championships that he’s won as a baller, what some people won’t know about Chris Anstey is that prior to basketball, his first love in sport was tennis - a promising young Australian tennis player, Chris peaked as the #2 ranked junior in Australia of his age-group at aged 15, played with The Scud AKA Mark Philippoussis and was doubles partners with champion AFL footballer Dustin Fletcher.   Blessed to be welcom

Inspiring tales of a journey from country Victoria and a close-knit family to Gordon Ramsay’s 'Kitchen Nightmares’, SURFAID, the best restaurants in Paris and the evolution of the modern day dining experience.   These are just a few of the stories we get into with Morris Jones’ Executive Chef & General Manager, Matthew Butcher.   Then to top it all off, we go back of house at premium restaurant & cocktail bar, Morris Jones, where Matthew’s team whips up some amazing treats… their signature Spicy Tuna Tartar, salt & vinegar chips made by foraging for salt bush and the most ah-mazing Nitro Violet Crumble invention… seriously…    From life living in LA to being paid to travel to the US Masters and partying in Coachella with the nANA jUDY crew.   This is a chat you do NOT want to miss!   Connect with Matthew Butcher and Morris Jones online: http://www.matthewbutcher.com.au/ https://www.instagram.com/matthew_butcher/ http://www.morrisjones.com.au/ https://www.instagram.com/morrisjones_co/ h

Yes, indeed this one’s a solocast with yours truly, Dan Wilkinson, founder of Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! announcing some MASSIVE news to all my subscribers.   It’s a minicast, but it’s a cracker!   We’ve also now got a shitload more articles going up on the Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! travel, entertainment & lifestyle blog.   I’ve also now set-up a Patreon for those passionate friends and fans who would like to support the next phase of evolution of the Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! brand, blog & podcast. https://www.patreon.com/hotndelicious   If you love what we do then also add yourself to our Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet!  mailing list for all the latest news via www.hotndelicious.com   And yes, hit Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet up on social media here:   Twitter https://twitter.com/hotndelicious Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hotndelicious/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/HotnDelicious Hot & Delicious YouTube - Ballistyx Snowboard Show,

Tom Richardson is a sublime Australian acoustic and blues singer/songwriter, who's had his music featured on Rip Curl surfing documentaries, played shows & festivals in 15 different countries around the planet and has just dropped his brand new ‘Pockets’ EP, which he’s going to be touring around Australia, Canada and Europe in 2016. Today’swonderful, ranging & inspiring chats cover ambition and travelling the world as a solo musician since the age of 21, living in Bali and recording an EP in the middle of the jungle in Bali with crickets, geckos, motorbikes and Jetstar’s Denpaser flight as backing vocals, finding a life partner in Canada & the invaluable life lessons they teach each other,  his first ever memory as a child, going into the surf with his dad and the feelings of pure exhilaration & joy that surfing brings, coming into your own as a person, creator and performer by not being afraid to be open & honest with yourself and others, which is when you feel truly happy. I just get so

Oh man… that Demi Louise… she’s just a little ray of sunshine!Demi and I met a few years back via Twitter and since we’re both jetting off to Austin (TX) in just 4 weeks for SXSW, we were like… let’s hang out and do a podcast together!

Inspiring Australian photographer Aleksandar Jason - working with kick-ass brands & living the dream!Sitting here buzzing after my interview with Australian commercial, sports and wedding photographer, Aleksandar Jason.Aleks and I met in Brunswick St, Fitzroy (Melbourne) back in 2011 through wicked Aussie bands The Belligerents and The Griswolds. At the time, Aleks was shooting for his music photography blog, adamNoteve and working with Johann Ponniah (founder of Australian music company, brand and independent record label, I Oh You!), whilst I was working in the music industry and also shooting freelance music photography for Hot & Delicious/various other publications.Flash forward 5 years and Aleks now has an impressive list of commercial clients that he’s worked with including Nike, Vice Magazine, Oakley, Heineken, Jameson Whiskey, General Pants just to name a few... Not only that, he has a thriving wedding photography business, is Melbourne City’s (A-League Football) official photographer and has

Australian businessman, comedian & podcaster Steele Saunders is living the dream. In Part 1, Steele and I talk at length about the Star Wars - The Force Awakens premiere, his wonderful connection with Harrison Ford on the red carpet, building a career in media and the next Star Wars instalments due out in 2016 and 2017. In Part 2, we discuss growing running a number of different businesses including his imported sneaker & streetwear business The Sure Store, sister business Spire Distribution, that imports and distributes to high-profile clients around Australia, giving first, demonstrating your passion and learning about your desired industry before asking others for help, learning to delegate to staff members whilst juggling a number of businesses or roles, selling dodgy belts to Aussie comedian Tommy Little, the challenges of stand-up comedy and producing a one-man hour-long show every year for Melbourne Comedy Festival, a life split between Los Angeles and Melbourne with wife and modelling agent, J

Star Wars, Steele Wars & the stuff that dreams are made of. Part 1.Australian comedian, podcaster & businessman, Steele Saunders is living the dream. For the past year and a half, apart from his specialist Melbourne sneaker store The Sure Store, the iconic I Love Green Guide Letters podcast and working with Studio 10, he’s been producing the Steele Wars podcast for Star Wars fans the world over.With a growth from 10K downloads per week to over 150K+ podcast downloads per month between Steele Wars and I Love GG Letters since we first podcasted together 8 months ego, Steele has quite obviously struck a chord with the digital community and is rapidly building a large online following.After an epic 3 hour podcast last time around, I decided (for my own sanity and to savour quality content) to split this podcast recording over 2 weeks.   In Part 1, Steele and I talk at length about the Star Wars - The Force Awakens premiere, his wonderful connection with Harrison Ford on the red carpet, Steele's recent wed

The tale of Lucio Ribeiro is a fascinating one - a life of many phases and contrasts.From growing up poor in the Brazilian countryside to a private school education in Brazil’s largest city Sao Paolo and now living in Australia as the co-founder and head of strategy at The Online Circle advertising agency working with high profile brands such as Mercedes-Benz, Cadbury Australia, Target, Crown Resorts and Melbourne Storm. From being a Brazilian lawyer to getting trapped-up in life in the fast lane at McCann Erickson, we talk about moments of personal discovery, pushing yourself professional to avoid career redundancy in this digital age and not being afraid to be proud to celebrate your own success and the success of your peers, colleagues and competitors. Step inside the world of someone like me… when you’re hungry and crave living life to the fullest… this is how we do it. Connect with Lucio Ribeiro via Twitter or for more on The Online Circle head to theonlinecircle.com Hit Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Pl

What I love about my life is that every single important career decision that I’ve made has been the result of taking a leap of faith… 12 months ago I didn’t know Graham Elwood and Chris Mancini AKA Comedy Film Nerds, creators of Ear Buds: The Podcast Documentary and 2 of the 4 founders of LA Podcast Festival… and here we are… January 2016, now mates and working on several wicked projects, brought together by the power of podcasting!In May last year after recording a Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet podcast with American comedian, podcast and 1 of LA Podfest co-founder, Dave Anthony, I approached Dave about having Hot & Delicious join the line-up and drive social media for LA Podcast Festival.   Flash forward 8 months and I’m sitting in a Melbourne CBD hotel room recording a podcast with the Comedy Film Nerds duo about their Ear Buds: The Podcast Documentary launch, LA Podfest and the Australian Star Wars - The Force Awakens premiere, which one of the CFN podcast fans, Eric Cullen, stumped up $5K cas

Wicked podcast chats with American stand-up comic, podcaster and writer, Gareth Reynolds, covering a diverse and mind-blowing array of content including the Dukes of Hazzard, Washington Redskins and nations that haven’t dealt with their racism, Italy and the Statue of David in Florence, three key pieces of advice for anyone wanting to start a career in stand-up comedy, sucking off Tim Tams, his journey from growing up in the cheesehead state of Wisconsin to English-born parents to university life in Boston, writing on a TV show in New York and building his career in stand-up, the impact that writing sketch comedy with writing partner Evan Mann has made on his career, kangaroo ball bottle openers, the Green Bay Packers, koalas & clymidia and so much more!This one’s going to be a cracker! Enjoy!