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The You Project
The You Project is a 30-90 minute dose of inspiration and education hosted by Craig Harper with great stories, ideas, strategies and lessons from high-performers in sport, business, science, media and health.
Episodes
The You Project#511 Sarah Wilson
Sarah Wilson is a former journalist and TV presenter, author and activist. She wrote the New York Times bestsellers ‘I Quit Sugar’ and ‘First, We Make the…
The You Project#510 Human Stuff (Part 3) - Mark LeBusque
Mark LeBusque from the Simply Practically Human Podcast has been kind enough to tolerate me on his show for a six-week series which we’re recording each…
The You Project#509 Internet Use & Abuse - Kavya Raj
Kavya Raj is a researcher, curious mind, Psychology graduate and periodically-exhausted student on the home straight of her PhD journey in Cognitive…
The You Project#508 A Mum's Love - Chithrani Palipana
Chithrani Palipana is an inspirational and selfless woman, dedicated to serving, protecting and guiding people with disabilities, in order for them to receive…
The You Project#507 The Pracademic - Dr. Hannah Critchlow
Dr. Hannah Critchlow is a British Scientist, Writer and Broadcaster. She is an internationally-acclaimed Neuroscientist with a background in Neuropsychiatry…
The You Project#506 The Smartest Idiot (Part 2) - Bobby Cappuccio
Bobby Cappuccio is a popular and inspirational TYP regular but this episode is different to our normal chats. Sure, we talk (a little) about all the normal…
The You Project#505 The Smartest Idiot (Part 1) - Bobby Cappuccio
Bobby Cappuccio is a popular and inspirational TYP regular but this episode is different to our normal chats. Sure, we talk (a little) about all the normal…
The You Project#504 From Bank Robber to Professor of Neuroscience - Moran Cerf
This was instantly one of my favourite TYP chats. Ever. Even in the middle of it, I didn’t want it to end. After five hundred plus episodes, it’s straight into…
The You Project#503 Human Stuff (Part 2) - Mark LeBusque
Mark LeBusque from the Simply Practically Human Podcast has been kind enough to tolerate me on his show for a six-week series which we’re recording each…
The You Project#502 Genetically Speaking - Kyle Riley
In this episode of TYP, Kyle Riley from PH360 is back going deep into the way our genetics influence, not only our physical size, shape, function and…
The You Project#501 Action is the Antidote - Martin Rooney
Martin Rooney is the founder of Training For Warriors and an internationally recognised trainer, speaker, author and pioneer of strength and conditioning. He…
The You Project#500 Episode 500 of TYP
For episode 500 of The You Project, Melissa, Tiff and I got together to chat about some of our favourite (and not-so-favourite) guests, moments, surprises and…
The You Project#499 Life in the Slow Lane
The one-time high-flying, deal-making, fast-talking business mogul turned part-time golfer, equestrian, philosopher, deep thinker, coach, dog dad (that’s full…
The You Project#498 Human Stuff
Mark LeBusque from the Simply Practically Human Podcast has been kind enough to tolerate me on his show for a six-week series that we’re recording each…
The You Project#497 Focus, Attention & Distraction
Nir Eyal is an Israeli-born American author, lecturer and investor known for his bestselling books.. ‘Hooked’: How to Build Habit-Forming Products and…
The You Project#496 Pills, Placebos & Propaganda (Part 2)
I don’t even know where to begin with this episode overview because Paul Taylor and I covered about a thousand topics in this lengthy (two-part) conversation…
The You Project#495 Pills, Placebos & Propaganda (Part 1)
I don’t even know where to begin with this episode overview because Paul Taylor and I covered about a thousand topics in this lengthy (two-part) conversation…
The You Project#494 Science, Singing & Success
I’m not gonna lie, when Tiff told me I’d be interviewing a world-renowned singing coach for TYP, I didn’t exactly punch the air with excitement. Well, that was…
The You Project#493 Healing, Laughter & Fun
If a Movement Guru, Philosopher, Healer, International Presenter, Wizard and Teller of Shit Jokes all lived in one body, that body would belong to Ian O’Dwyer…
The You Project#492 The Voice in Your Head
Dr. Jodi Richardson is a favourite at TYP CENTRAL because, as well as her professional knowledge, academic research, vast clinical experience and awesome…
The You Project#491 Making 'Hard'... Easy
This is a coaching session of sorts. And not surprisingly, it is a conversation around making the ‘hard’ thing, easy. Or perhaps, easier. In it, I explore the…
The You Project#490 Craig and Craig
Craig Johns is fascinated with human behaviour, high performance, business and leadership (maybe it’s a Craig thing). He competed at an elite level in multiple…
The You Project#489 Don't Break the Cobweb
Rachel Berger is funny. Which is handy because funny-ness has been her job for a long time. Apart from being a comedian, she’s also a writer, therapist (of…
The You Project#488 Understanding Your Body
Kyle Riley is back at TYP Central and this time we talk about confirmation bias, life in the echo chamber, the impossibility of objectivity, food and fitness…
The You Project#487 The Upper Middle Bogan Bloke
When Rhys Mitchell moved to the US to pursue his acting, writing and producing dream, he literally slept in a cupboard at a friend’s house. Not a small…
The You Project#486 Atypical Workout Ideas
For this episode, Russ Jarret and I reconvene at TYP Central to talk about some out-of-the-box exercise ideas, why variety is crucial for progress, how…
The You Project#485 BioAge and Health Span
Resident TYP Exercise Physiologist Russ Jarrett and I sit down and discuss the science and philosophy of living in a healthy body for as long as possible…
The You Project#484 How I Stay Younger Than My Age
For whatever reason, I’m regularly asked about my personal health habits; how I eat, exercise, socialise, sleep, recover, manage my mind and emotions, stay…
The You Project#483 The Bloke Who Inspired Superman
For more than 25 years Perry Cross has been unable to breathe. A ventilator does it for him 24-7. Neither has he been able to move any part of his body, other…
The You Project#482 Dandelions and Orchids
Dr. Vanessa Lapointe is a Parenting Expert, Author, Researcher and Child Psychologist. Or as I call her, Kid-Ologist. Raising, guiding, empowering, teaching…
The You Project#481 The Bogan Dietitian
Tara Diversi is a self-professed bogan. A funny, interesting, academic, intelligent bogan… but a bogan nonetheless. She’s also the President and Chair of…
The You Project#480 Still Cheeky
At sixteen, Ciara Nelson was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour and given virtually no chance of survival. And then she met amazing Neurosurgeon Charlie…
The You Project#479 Becoming Ungiveupable (Director's Cut)
A couple of months ago, I recorded an episode called ‘Becoming Ungiveupable’ and it went nuts. Lots of messages, lots of nice words and about double our normal…
The You Project#478 Back in the Hammock
I was recently on the ‘Simply Practically Human’ Podcast with Mark LeBusque and because I’m innately lazy, I’m back in the TYP hammock and doing another…
The You Project#477 Ten Hard Questions (Part 2)
I assigned Tiff the task of asking me ten hard (but broadly relevant) questions about the human condition. Questions that I hadn’t been asked before on a…
The You Project#476 Ten Hard Questions
I assigned Tiff the task of asking me ten hard (but broadly relevant) questions about the human condition. Questions that I hadn’t been asked before on a…
The You Project#475 My Godson's Mother
Tara Jarrett and I have been friends for thirty years. She worked for me as a PT and I lectured to Certificate 3 and 4 Fitness students for her company in the…
The You Project#474 A Different Kind of Wealth
TYP Fave Geoff Jowett is back sharing the wisdom, insights, stories, bro-science and of course, the fun. Enjoy. @geoffjowett See omnystudio.com/listener for…
The You Project#473 You're Not Incomplete
Hi Team. This episode is a co-share, meaning… I recently sat down with my old Mate Andrew Jobling on his Podcast ‘The Health Puzzle’ and we waxed lyrical…
The You Project#472 Seven Feet of Fun
Former NBA player (Dallas Mavericks, Chicago Bulls) two-time Olympian, NBL coach and player, handy tennis player and published author, Chris Anstey, is back…
The You Project#471 Climbing Out of the Darkness
We don’t always know what people are going through. Dayne Beams is a Collingwood premiership player and best and fairest winner, Brisbane Captain and best and…
The You Project#470 Are Your Lips Moving?
I thought my job (what job?) was weird and atypical but I’m positively boring and common compared with Australia’s number one stand up Ventriloquist, Darren…
The You Project#469 Are You Sure That's a Job?
I’m gonna be honest, sometimes I feel like my ‘job’ isn’t really a job (as such). Intellectually, I know it is but emotionally and experientially, there’s just…
The You Project#468 Genetic Optimisation (Part 2)
New TYP Favourite Dr. Denise Furness is back and once again, she blows us away with her mix of incredible knowledge, cutting-edge research, relevant and timely…
The You Project#467 Genetic Optimisation (Part 1)
New TYP Favourite Dr. Denise Furness is back and once again, she blows us away with her mix of incredible knowledge, cutting-edge research, relevant and timely…
The You Project#466 The Commando (Part 2) - Steve Willis
After a revealing and refreshing conversation with Steve Willis last week, the opportunity for another quick chat came up, so I took it. Enjoy. See…
The You Project#465 The Hardest Job
There are some tough jobs but I can’t think of one that would take more of a mental, emotional and physical toll than that of crash scene investigator and…
The You Project#464 The Solution Person
Wendy Jenkins is a solution person. She has to be. In her mid-twenties, she was told she would be dead in two years, without a double-lung transplant. She was…
The You Project#463 The Lady Tradie
Aimee Stanton wasn’t a fan of school. She got suspended a few times. Or more. And expelled. One of her teachers predicted a career as a stripper and…
The You Project#462 Where Biology and Technology Intersect
Kyle Riley is an International Speaker, Fitness Entrepreneur and Exercise Scientist who has spent the last eleven years travelling the world educating and…
The You Project#461 Who Inspires Me?
Dinesh Palipana (OAM) is an Australian Doctor working in the Gold Coast University Hospital Emergency Department. He’s also a Lawyer, Disability…
The You Project#460 BrainPark
When I first heard the name ‘BrainPark’ (a few years ago), I visualised a kind-of Disneyland for Geeks and Brainiacs. In some ways, I was kind-of right. But…
The You Project#459 Becoming an Older Student
Study. So many people are scared of it but for me, it’s been liberating, transformative and empowering. It’s also awesome for your brain. And, to be honest…
The You Project#458 The Mind Architect (Peter Crone)
I’m embarrassed to say that I didn’t know who Peter Crone was before this interview was booked and while that was my loss, this chat was definitely my gain…
The You Project#457 Steve Willis (The Commando)
Not gonna lie, I wasn’t sure what to expect going into a conversation with ‘The Commando’. Interestingly, it didn’t happen. I ended up chatting with Steve…
The You Project#456 F**k the Prognosis
Carol Cooke is a Canadian-born Australian cyclist, swimmer and rower. She was part of the Canadian national swimming team, hoping to be selected for the 1980…
The You Project#455 In Pursuit Of Less (Part 2)
Sometimes less is where the magic and the breakthroughs happen. Less pointless conversations. Less obsessing. Self-loathing. Over-thinking. Comparison. Wasting…
The You Project#454 Functional Medicine, Genetics, Nutrition & Research (Part 2)
This is one of my favourite chats this year. No, really. Dr. Denise Furness is one of those rare people who can comfortably combine her considerable intellect…
The You Project#453 Functional Medicine, Genetics, Nutrition & Research (Part 1)
This is one of my favourite chats this year. No, really. Dr. Denise Furness is one of those rare people who can comfortably combine her considerable intellect…
The You Project#452 Funny for Money
Simone Springer is funny for money. Her job is making people laugh. I love comedy but the idea of walking on stage for the sole purpose of making a room full…