
A Passionate Inquiry
Everyone has a story.
Here's a few of them!
'A Passionate Inquiry' Podcast every week!
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Episodes
44 episodes
#44 Brooks Ballard | The First of My Friends to Become an Adult...
Brooks and I have known each other for about half our lives.Always a friend, always present in varying degrees of proximity, he has lived a life quite distinct from most of our peers growing up.As the title claims, even in the l...
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Episode 44
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2:27:12

#43 Alan Docherty | Uluru's Only Fireman
On a recent trip to the Outback, I was lucky enough to be hosted by Alan in Yulara, the resort town which services Uluru.Like most young boy, once upon a time I wanted to be a fireman when I grew up and, for Alan, this dream simply neve...
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Episode 43
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1:38:22

#42 Damian 'Wildman' Duffy | How to Alchemise Trauma and Inspire Millions in the Process...
'Wildman' as his social media tags and chest tattoo label him, sure lives up to the name!In recent years he has garnered a massive (1.5M+ followers) audience filming and sharing lots of croc-centric wildlife action.However...
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Episode 42
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1:15:20

#41 Ted Wiedemeyer | Life Update: Upcoming Central Asia Send + Various Dad Lore Tales...
As a second solo ep alongside 3 boys eps, Ted is a steady fixture on this pod.Full of stories and zest for life, I was keen to capture where his head and heart is at directly before flying off to ride his pushbike around Central Asia fo...
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Episode 41
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1:23:05

#40 Jade Waring | Why Door Knocking? (is this right for me??)...
Yet another pod from a character in the door-knocking days!! Jade and I joined at a similar time and, early on, were flown up to Brisbane together for a week of checking out how different agencies do things. A unique and awesome op...
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Episode 40
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2:35:08

#39 Benson Tieppo | Dating a Mum, Leaving Door-Knocking, Bodybuilding, & more!
Benson and I have also knocked a helluva lot of doors together!!A lovely Italian boy hahaha... Benson, like all of us, has been on his boy-to-man journey through different career paths and, now, a wildly maturing relationship with a wom...
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Episode 39
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2:23:30

#38 Jamie Gartner | A Journey of Big Dreams and Disappointing Loss... How to Strive Hope-full-y
Jamie and I met last year doing door-knocking sales and, well, there are few work environments that rival that one for making strong connections.That being said, throughout the thousands of doors knocked from opposing sides of the stree...
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Episode 38
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2:03:01

#37 Jenny Cacic | Growing up in Mid-century Outback QLD... Life, Love, Family Lore, and more!
My Nanna!!Having grown up close but not as close as might have otherwise been the vase with Nanna, her stories and character was always placed somewhat at a distance.Despite this interview really going into t...
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Episode 37
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2:48:15

#36 Waifro Venanzio Bignotti | 90 yo Italian Immigrant's life story... one of hard work
Known to me as ‘Uncle Jack’, Waifro is the uncle of Kimberlie Brown’s (Episode #21) partner Robbie.Being 90, the time to capture his stories, in his own voice, is clearly sooner rather than later… so here we go!I had never actua...
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Episode 36
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1:21:41

#35 Charlotte Brown | Mortician Internship... inside the Death Industry!
My little sister Charlotte returns to the pod for a more normal chat and life update!With her having started work at a funeral home, we discuss the ins and outs of what morticians actually do.Further yarns about relationships an...
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Episode 35
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2:29:33

#34 Daniel Jantos | On Finding Purpose Through Action: Chaplaincy, Fatherhood, Buddhism & More!!
I have known Daniel briefly and really hadn't even conversed much with him before inviting him onto the pod as I knew his was a story I wanted to learn more about... Sure enough, it did not disappoint!Daniel is the chaplain co...
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Episode 34
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2:32:47

#33 Leona Brown | A Surprise Weekend w Grandma - Her Wedding, The Beatles & Death (+ Uncut Clips)
Grandma joins for her THIRD ep in which she was far more comfortable on the mic lolI have moved away but decided to come down and visit, arriving unannounced for a family weekend. Was a lot of fun and ob...
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Episode 33
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1:26:12

#32 Daniel Bemmer | Who is Jesus Christ? - Sex, Gospel and Modernity with a Bible Studies Leader...
Dan is the leader of a Bible study group at my uni. Having always been curious about this book and its incomprehensible impact on the world we live in, I have been going along for a listen.Not necessarily the space to ask all the weird ...
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Episode 32
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1:26:07

#31 Xavier Cachia | Falling In Love and Breaking Up with God...
Xav was our first ever episode and has since joined for three boys eps on our recent Latin America trip.One of my favourite humans and one I intend to stay close to for many years to come... in our first interview we merely glazed over ...
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Episode 31
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2:19:58

#30 Charles Hart | 80s + 90s DJ High-life, Nomadic Kite Industry, Custom Cars & more!
Charles was my neighbour next-door to the family home I lived in from 5 to 12 years old. His daughter and I, being the same age, grew up playing together over the shared fence.Recently, shortly after seeing him for the first time in yea...
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Episode 30
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2:36:25

#29 Will King | A Hero's Journey... Pro Bodybuilding, 40-Day Silence Retreat, Ayahuasca & Beyond!
Will was one of my best mates and favourite characters in my Lake Atitlan, Guatemala chapter of life!Initially judged by me as a loud American full of spiritual bullsh*t... his enthusiasm for my freediving offerings quickly turned me on...
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Episode 29
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2:14:45

#28 Dave Ratcliffe | The Ultimate Backpacker... Felons, Cults, Weed Farms, Yachts and a lil' Hostel
Dave and his wife Deedle (she's the real boss) run 'La Iguana Perdida' a boutique hotel meets backpacker hostel on the shores of Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. In late 2022 I arrived here with a backpack of my own and a declared dream of...
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Episode 28
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2:42:47

#27 Tom Walton | The Ultimate Useful Hippie... Voodoo, Ayahuasca, Nepal + Trece Cielos Cafe
Tom's cafe Trece Cielos is the single best space to hang out I know of on this planet.In my time living in Guatemala, Tom and his cafe served as a refuge for me to retreat to; A place filled with warmth, fun and abundant love.Ce...
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Episode 27
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#26 Boys Ep from Guatemalan Volcano | Lost in Guyana Stories & more!
The third and final instalment of Xav, Ted and I yarning on about our trip from scenic viewpoints!!This one will likely survive as my favourite of the three as we recount all the funny, crazy and downright dangerous experiences the trip...
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Episode 26
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2:18:10

#25 Ash Holland | Guiding BBC Film Crews, Uncontacted Tribes, Growing up Wild in Guyana & more!
On a recent trip my best mates and I were hitchhiking through Guyana and got very lost in a town called Yupukari.Oddly, there was one 'western-looking' man there who had set himself up quite nicely and we were highly intrigued...
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Episode 25
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2:00:10

#24 Jose Francis - An Indigenous Man from the Guyanese Savannah
My friends and I had envisioned getting ourselves to a remote indigenous village in the Guyanese jungle. I had hopes of recording a conversation with some locals as English is the national language.Through a hitchhiking mishap we ended ...
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Episode 24
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#23 Boys Ep from Venezuela | Hitchhiking Venezuela, Partying w Pocahontas, Mt Roraima hike & more!
This ep is purely for our future selves and maybe mums who want to hear about our trip!A blow-by-blow recount of NYE in Rio, Visiting the Darwin of Brazil (Boa Vista), Hitchhiking in Venezuela, Meeting Pocahontas irl and party...
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Episode 23
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1:43:23

#22 Boys Ep from Rio Favela | Scams, Muggings, Dick Shrimp, Illegal Border Crossings & more!
This was a properly self-indulgent recording from when we first met and landed in our Favela AirBnB in Rio for NYE 2025.Many more of our (especially Ted's) stories that we now have saved for posterity. Xav recounted his travels thus far...
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Episode 22
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#21 Kimberley Brown | Mayor of Philip Island, London Living, Ghost Stories & more!
My Auntie Kim comes on to run through the broad timeline of her life so far.From Uni, to London, to becoming Mayor, to being on heaps of boards, to running a huge hotel to ghost stories... We go through it all!!Always an amazing...
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Episode 21
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#20 Ted Wiedemeyer | Riding Mexico's Freight Trains, Urbex & Privilege
Ted and I have been adventuring around for as long as I can remember. Whether exploring Melbourne's ethnic hotspots, storm-water drains and abandoned buildings or hitchhiking overseas, it's been quite the hobby!It was aweso...
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Episode 20
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