Michael Chammas

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1,341 appearances 4 recordings 4 series first heard May 2026 last heard 10 Jun

Michael Chammas’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 4 in all, peaking in May 2026 with 3.

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I was constantly on edge, constantly thinking and I wasn't present.

I never felt present.

Yeah.

Because if you, if you don't answer your phone once, you don't know what you're going to miss.

And if you try and switch off for a little bit, you miss something.

And I got to a point where I was actually, you know, pretty burnt out, Mark.

Like I was pretty fatigued at the end and I could have done it for the rest of my life.

I loved it, but I, I just felt

If I kept going that way, I'd burn out.

And when the opportunity presented itself, to be honest with you, it's been a pretty demanding few months in this job, but it's a different...

I feel like it's a bit more on my terms.

I control what I'm doing.

We control what we're doing.

Well, that's right.

I was at NRL.com and I went and covered the Prime Minister's game over there, which was an eye-opener.

And then I went back this year, sorry, last year for the first time with Andrew Abdo and Ray Dibb and the Chiefs guys that were there.

And...

Honestly, I went there as a journalist.

I had no thought whatsoever.

You were invited as a journalist.

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