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The Intelligent Rebellion
Step into the world of The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast, your gateway to a brighter tomorrow! Join us as we embark on a transformative journey, led by Rhea Mercado, a Healthcare Humanist, Speaker, and Author who fearlessly challenges the status quo within corporate corridors, paving the way for diverse voices to shine.
In this podcast series, Rhea engages in enlightening conversations with a circle of trusted friends and esteemed colleagues to drop truth bombs, share heartfelt stories, and…
Episodes
The Intelligent Rebellion058: James Green
Ten Minutes With... James Green Find James: Linkedin | Honeysuckle Health James Green on Building a Collaborative Networking Hub at PIEF Geelong At day one of…
The Intelligent Rebellion057: Rhea Mercado - It's Huddle Time.
Ten Minutes With... Rhea Mercado Find Rhea: Linkedin | www.rheamercado.com.au Heroes, Villains, and Endings: Rhea’s Mini Huddles on the Future of…
The Intelligent Rebellion056: David Fryar
Ten Minutes With... David Fryar Find David Fryar: Linkedin | PIEF Conference | Personal Injury Education Foundation David Fryar on Global Lessons in Personal…
The Intelligent Rebellion055: Jennifer Chate
Ten Minutes With... Jennifer Chate Find Jenny Chate: Linkedin Big Empathy: Supporting People in Psychological Injury and Crisis Rhea Mercado chats with Jenny…
The Intelligent Rebellion054: Fiona Belton
Ten Minutes With... Fiona Belton Find Fiona Belton: Linkedin Rhea Mercado chats with Fiona Belton, an accredited exercise physiologist in Adelaide with 37…
The Intelligent Rebellion053: Jen O'Neill and SCAD Research Inc Australia
Ten Minutes With... Jen O'Neill Find Jen O'Neill: Linkedin | SCADaddle | SCAD Research Inc Australia More about Jen's story: SBS News | Channel 9 Interview |…
The Intelligent Rebellion052: Chris Fleming
Ten Minutes With... Chris Fleming Find Chris Fleming: Linkedin | Big Three Trek | From Exercise Physiology to Occ Rehab: Chris on ProCare, Partnerships, and…
The Intelligent Rebellion051: Replay 032 Vanquishing Sunday Scaries with Denver Simonsz
Find Denver Simonsz on Linkedin | Substack In 2024, we recorded a conversation with Denver Simonsz on "The Intelligent Rebellion" podcast and to celebrate…
The Intelligent Rebellion050: Bernadine Euers
Ten Minutes With... Bernadine Euers Find Bernadine Euers: Linkedin | ASORC | Find a Rehabilitation Counsellor ASORC at 50: Bernadine Euers on What…
The Intelligent Rebellion049: Mat Seeto
Ten Minutes With... Mat Seeto Find Mat Seeto: Linkedin Mat Seeto on Trauma-Informed Factual Investigations in Workers Compensation Rhea interviews Mat Seeto…
The Intelligent Rebellion048: Eva Lai
Ten Minutes With... Eva Lai Find Eva Lai: Linkedin Eva’s “Citizen of the World” Story: From Greece to Argentina to Australia (and Rome)…
The Intelligent Rebellion047: Replay 019 Beyond Pain with Anjelo Ratnachandra
Find Anjelo Ratnachandra: Linkedin | Beyond Pain | In 2023, we recorded a conversation with Anjelo Ratnachandra "The Intelligent Rebellion" podcast, and its…
The Intelligent Rebellion046: Rebecca Harris
Ten Minutes With... Rebecca Harris Find Rebecca Harris: Linkedin Rhea interviews Rebecca Harris, Acting CEO of WorkCover WA for a short chat about her…
The Intelligent Rebellion045: Denise Fishlock
Ten Minutes With... Denise Fishlock Find Denise Fishlock Linkedin Rhea interviews Denise Fishlock, a specialised insurance manager with 36 years in workers…
The Intelligent Rebellion044: Rhea Mercado - Reflections on May 2026
Ten Minutes With... Rhea Mercado Find Rhea Mercado: Linkedin Rhea records a solo episode reflecting on May 2026, when she travelled across regional New South…
The Intelligent Rebellion043: Warwick Brown
Ten Minutes With... Warwick Brown Find Warwick: Linkedin | At Work OH& S Linkedin | At Work OH&S What is EMDR? A 10-Minute Breakdown with Psychologist Warwick…
The Intelligent Rebellion042: Jo Muirhead
Ten Minutes With... First Last Find Jo Muirhead: Linkedin | Website | Book | The Entrepreneurial Clinician Podcast Jo joins Rhea to share lessons from her…
The Intelligent Rebellion041: Tom Alder
Ten Minutes With... Tom Alder Find Tom Alder: Linkedin | Alder Consultancy In a 10-minute interview, Adelaide physio and rehab consultant Tom Alder explains…
The Intelligent Rebellion040: Allicia Tsolis
Ten Minutes With... Allicia Tsolis Find Allicia: Linkedin "Ten Minutes With" is brought to you by The Intelligent Rebellion and is a Threesticks Production…
The Intelligent Rebellion039: Mereesha Gadiagellan
Ten Minutes With...Mereesha Gadiagellan Find Mereesha Gadiagellan: Linkedin | Injury Sense | InjurySense on Linkedin Host Rhea Mercado interviews Mereesha…
The Intelligent Rebellion038: Heath Thomas
Ten Minutes With... Heath Thomas Find Heath: Linkedin "Ten Minutes With" is brought to you by The Intelligent Rebellion and is a Threesticks Production…
The Intelligent Rebellion037: Replay 05 Humanising Healthcare with James Ellis
In 2021, we recorded a powerful conversation with James Ellis on "The Intelligent Rebellion" podcast, and its message is more relevant now than ever. This is…
The Intelligent Rebellion036: Luke McGrath
Ten Minutes With... Luke McGrath Find Luke: Linkedin | Allmeds 🔗 The Intelligent Rebellion HQ "Ten Minutes With" is brought to you by The Intelligent Rebellion…
The Intelligent Rebellion035: Rachael Ford
Ten Minutes With... Rachael Ford Find Rachael: Linkedin "Ten Minutes With" is brought to you by The Intelligent Rebellion and is a Threesticks Production…
The Intelligent Rebellion034: Tanya Cambey
Ten Minutes With... Tanya Cambey. Find Tanya: Linkedin "Ten Minutes With" is brought to you by The Intelligent Rebellion and is a Threesticks Production…
The Intelligent Rebellion033: We're back!! Ten Minutes With....
Ten Minutes With is a fast-paced micro-podcast about personal injury, workers compensation, healthcare and the humans within. The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast…
The Intelligent RebellionVanquishing Sunday Scaries with Denver Simonsz
Fuck it, I quit. This is a sentiment which Denver Simonsz and Rhea share. Surfing the interweb, Rhea stumbled upon Denver's LinkedIn profile and was instantly…
The Intelligent RebellionSporulation, Psychedelics, and Healthcare with Melissa Errey and Voytek Bereza
In 2023, Australia became the first country in the world to legalise the use of psychedelics to treat PTSD and treatment-resistant depression. Welcome to…
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Let's Talk About Sex with Saul Isbister
Content Warning: Before we begin, we want to let you know that this episode contains discussions about the sensitive topic of sexual abuse. Please prioritise…
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Exploring Ethical A.I. in Healthcare with Alison Choy Flannigan
Regardless of your sentiments towards artificial intelligence technology, it is now an integral part of our daily lives. AI tools and technology are actively…
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Lawyer Up! with Tyrone Walker, Special Counsel
Exercise Physiology Services fall outside the scope of regulation of The National Law, rendering certain provisions of the law inapplicable to this profession…
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And the Winner Is... with Sarena Jones, Taylia Reedy, and Catherine Chong
Welcome to Episode #27 of The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast. And the winner is… In this episode of The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast, I chat with Sarena Jones…
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Taxing Healthcare with David Beard and Dr Felix Meyer
For nearly two decades, the exercise physiology community has advocated for a change in the legislation to ensure fair and equitable access to healthcare…
The Intelligent RebellionShort Stuff: Fail. Succeed. Grow. Repeat. with Samantha Flinn
Sam shares her adventures through business ownership, motherhood and now as a workplace rehab consultant and how she made an intentional decision regarding…
The Intelligent RebellionShort Stuff: Exercise Physiologist Vs Physiotherapist with Nikki Lodge and Matt Hicks
By intentionally gathering a team of un-like minds with unique interests and skillsets and combining this with the immense resources available in their…
The Intelligent RebellionShort Stuff: sa·lut·o·gen·e·sis with John Mellors
Why is prevention is not a priority in commercial models, the danger of prescriptive workplace wellness programs, cause and correlation and chat about big…
The Intelligent RebellionEvolution. A message from Rhea Mercado
Episode #25: Evolution. A short message from Rhea Mercado, the host of The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast. A short message from Rhea about the evolution of The…
The Intelligent RebellionJoy Being Found with Joy Adan
Through both her volunteer work, and her business, Joy is using her superpowers to encourage people to sit in the stillness, to define their own version of…
The Intelligent RebellionThe Room Where it Happens with Hediyeh Vahdat
We found her! The person who is in the room where it happens (cue, Hamilton). Hediyeh speak about sparking and expanding people's thinking, and the need to…
The Intelligent RebellionPeace, Love & Mung beans with Ed Hughes
Ed challenges some of Rhea’s biases about ecovillages, and teaches Rhea about the foundations of sociocracy, which is a peer governance system based on…
The Intelligent RebellionLet The Games Begin with Rhea Mercado
It’s great that icare NSW have announced their top priority is improving outcomes for injured workers. I’m glad we cleared this up, especially for those whose…
The Intelligent RebellionThe Kids Are Alright with Ajit Singh Lamba
Ajit chats about his work with clinical placement students, and shares the hard lessons learnt after breaking some his own rules. Welcome to Episode 20 of The…
The Intelligent Rebellion019 Beyond Pain with Anjelo Ratnachandra
Rhea asks Anj about how to approach the subject of sex and intimacy with patients, which prompts Anj to give her a script for how to ask a patient about sex…
The Intelligent RebellionShort Stuff: Long Runs & Lockdowns with Brooke Archibald & Jane Gallard
Brooke and Jane would jump onto social media and send messages of love and support to their tribe whilst chronicling their own COVID lockdown journey. The chat…
The Intelligent RebellionShort Stuff: Humanising Healthcare with James Ellis
This started as a chat about Prof. Henry Mintzberg and the healthcare mythology, humanising workers compensation and evolved into an emergent discussion about…
The Intelligent RebellionShort Stuff: (mis)Understanding Medications with Lauren Dredge
Lauren talks about the scariest thing she sees is happening in healthcare right now. Listen to the full episode part 1 | Listen to full episode part 2 This is…
The Intelligent RebellionA Holiday Message from Rhea Mercado
Howdy Folks, Rhea and the team wish you all a safe and festive holiday season. Take care of yourself, and if you're able, another human. Big things are coming…
The Intelligent RebellionYo, New Grads! with Rhea Mercado
Rhea shares some tidbits she wishes someone had told her as she embarked o a career on healthcare and compensation. Welcome to Episode 18 of The Intelligent…
The Intelligent RebellionTrailer: The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast
Howdy folks, Welcome to The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast where we speak up and contribute our vision towards a better future. Hosted by Rhea Mercado…
The Intelligent RebellionBeautician & The Brick with Lauren Fahey
Content Warning: This episode contains discussion about the sensitive topic of suicide. Women make up only 13% of the construction workforce in Australia and…
The Intelligent RebellionHumanising Education with Marc Brown
Marc explains his dream education model which could simultaneously provide students with the educational experience they deserve and empower professionals to…
The Intelligent RebellionShit Happens (whaddyagonnadoaboutit)
Ehssan busts some mindfulness myths, accepting our reality, and being shat on by an elephant. Welcome to Episode 15 of The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast. Our…
The Intelligent RebellionTwo Friends. One Chat. with Kate*
However you might feel about COVID-19, the vaccinations and the mandates - I ask you, the listener, to be curious, to open your mind, and to open your heart…
The Intelligent RebellionThe Motivation Stick with Shaun Cronin
Shaun is a rebel with a cause and has taken a revolutionary approach to supporting and empowering injured workers to engage in their return-to-work process…
The Intelligent RebellionThe Patient Professional with Fiona Fonti
Fiona went from the professional and being viciously independent to being the patient and needing help with aspects of her daily life. She has learnt to…
The Intelligent RebellionIn Doc We Trust with Rhea Mercado
Does religion have a place in healthcare practise? In this final episode of season 2 of The Intelligent Rebellion Podcast, Rhea goes solo to muse about the…
The Intelligent RebellionFail. Succeed. Grow. Repeat. with Samantha Flinn
Sam shares her adventures through business ownership, motherhood and now as a workplace rehab consultant and how she made an intentional decision regarding…
The Intelligent RebellionAn Exciting Opportunity Awaits with Pierre Gabriel Ymalay
Pierre names the healthcare "unicorns" and the challenges in recruiting win specific industries like aged care and occupational rehabilitation. He has some…
The Intelligent RebellionThe Silent Majority with Rosemary McKenzie-Ferguson
"I am not a victim I am not a survivor, I am Rosemary". Rosemary is the founder of Craig's Table, a not-for-profit organisation which advocates for and…
The Intelligent RebellionExercise Physiologist Vs Physiotherapist with Nikki Lodge and Matt Hicks
By intentionally gathering a team of un-like minds with unique interests and skillsets and combining this with the immense resources available in their…