The Risk Equation
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Chernobyl First Responder Dr Alla Shapiro
27 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Unprotected, uninitiated and unflinching, Dr Alla Shapiro entered into the world's most dangerous nuclear environment. As a first responder, Dr Shapir...
Part 2 | International Cocaine Trafficker Pieter Tritton
03 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After evading police in the UK, escaping to France through the Turkish mafia and eventually fleeing to Ecuador, Pieter was a man on the run. In Sout...
Part 1 | International Cocaine Trafficker Pieter Tritton
24 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Pieter Tritton was an international cocaine trafficker. He was transporting millions of dollars worth of cocaine every week and dealing with some of t...
Sailor & World Record Holder Lisa Blair
07 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Blair is one of world's most accomplished sailors. Her grit and determination, coupled with raw talent and a dogged refusal to give up has seen h...
World Vision Australia CEO Daniel Wordsworth
20 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Wordsworth is a man who has spent his life on call for the world’s most devastating crises. Imagine creating a crisis shelter, in the heart o...
Paralympic Champion Matt Levy
04 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Levy is one of Australia’s most accomplished sports people. His swimming career began at just 13, when he started training for the 2004 Paralym...
Explorer Tim Cope
22 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Cope is a truly inspiring figure. He has journeyed over 10, 000 km from Mongolia to Hungary on horseback, rowed from southern Siberia to the Arcti...
Adventurer Kate Leeming
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Kate Leeming is one of the world’s most extraordinary people. She is an explorer, adventurer, educator, filmmaker and esteemed author. A wo...
Navy Culture Leader Lauren Milburn
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The culture of an organisation like the Navy means everything. The unwritten rules, the everyday assumptions and the behavioral atmosphere change the ...
War Survivor Zena Safa
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
16 years old, fleeing a brutal civil war, Zena Safa found herself stateless, trapped and without hope in a remarkable story of courage, tragedy and de...
ISS Flight Operations Engineer Andrea Boyd
10 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A catastrophic fire aboard the International Space Station, how do the astronauts deal with this critical emergency? Andrea Boyd is a voice from Earth...
Quadriplegic ER Doctor Dinesh Palipana
16 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
At just 25 years old, after a horrific car accident, Dinesh Palipana became a quadriplegic. Since then, Dinesh has become one of the most accomplished...
Former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia Wayne Swan
02 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Global Financial Crisis shattered the economic system. It destroyed communities, lives, businesses and governments, and the effects are still bein...
Antarctic Medical Practitioner Dr John Cherry
25 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Isolated, below freezing temperatures, and relied upon as the lone doctor in an Antarctic Research Facility. A select group of researchers and scienti...
Olympic Gold Medalist Bill Kirby
19 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
An integral part of one of Australia’s greatest ever sporting moments - yet four years prior, Olympic Gold Medalist Bill Kirby was close to quitting...
Navy Helicopter Pilot Natalee Johnston
11 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
200ft to 50ft, to scraping raging waters in order to rescue a stranded sailor is just one example of how Navy helicopter pilots are some of the most s...
Cricketer Will Pucovski
04 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
One of the world's next cricketing stars. Tasked with playing a part in the future of Australia's most prestigious team, Will Pucovski is expected by...
000 Operator Taylor Smith
28 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
7,000 calls a day, 12 a second. Unrelenting, call after call, each with the possibility of being a life changing moment. 000 operators are the first p...
Paediatric Surgeon Dr Craig McBride
21 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Operating in a specialty that has no margin for error, in a field that demands an inhuman attention to detail and a resilience that few can sustain. S...
Vietnam War Veteran Don Tate
14 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Shot down and laying in a muddy killing field, surrounded by a barrage of enemy machine gun fire, Don Tate, a man who’s sacrifice goes far beyond th...
Football Commentator Simon Hill
07 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Millions of people watching, hanging on your every word. What you say next will be played countless times, acting as a moment in history for your coun...
Executive Life Coach Shannah Kennedy
30 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What do the world’s best do when it all comes crashing down? What is someone like Roger Federer doing to stay focused, balanced and healthy? Executi...
Australian Diver Sam Fricker
23 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How does an Olympic diver do what they do? What does it take to leap, twist, contort and land with perfection in a matter milliseconds? On this episod...