The You Project
Episodes
#2026 New Breast Cancer Research - David Gillespie
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To be honest, I felt a little unqualified (and I am) to have this chat exploring the potential relationship between women who do or don't breastfeed, ...
#2025 Delaying Gratification - Dr. Jodi Richardson
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a world motivated and manipulated by the idea and reality of instant gratification, getting people to 'wait' when the dopamine button is right in f...
#2024 The Power Of Play - Cas Holman
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"You're such a child" are words I've had directed at me for the entirety of my adult life. And to that I say, "correct." Just ask my mum. Without play...
#2023 "I've Done My Research" - Dr. Bill Sullivan
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the world of social media memes, madness and mayhem, the claim "I've done my research" is usually a euphemism for the far more accurate "I read, he...
#2022 WTF is Hardiness? - Dr. Paul Taylor
19 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nope, it's not resilience. And nope, it's not grit. Or discipline. Or will power. They might all live in the same psychological suburb but only hardin...
#2021 Self-Worth - Kelly, Tiff & Harps
18 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Self-worth is the fundamental sense of your own value and significance as a person, independent of achievements, appearance, status, or others' approv...
#2020 It's Not Really About Tech Is It? - Patrick Bonello
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"It's not really about tech is it?" That's what someone asked (told?) me today, when talking to me about the fortnightly 'Patrick' episodes. To which ...
#2019 WTF is a "Coach?" - Bobby Cappuccio
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
WTF is a coach? Business coaches. Life coaches. Performance coaches. Health coaches. Financial coaches (yep!). So many coaches. Who are they? Where di...
#2018 Your Operating Manual - Dr. Cam McDonald
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Trying to understand how our individual mind, brain, emotions, and body respond to, and interact with, the myriad stimuli in a typical day - work, exe...
#2017 Is Your Fear Hijacking Your Potential? - Andrea Leigh Rogers
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I’m surprised that Andrea Leigh Rogers is not perpetually exhausted. She done, and continues to do, a lot! This was a fun episode with someone w...
#2016 Is Your Job Bad For Your Health? - Dr. Lillian Nejad
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I'm pretty sure my job is good for my health because for the most part, it gives me joy, fulfilment, growth, connection, meaning and purpose. Of cours...
#2015 Life After War - Heston Russell
11 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi Team, today we’re revisiting one of my favourite eps with Heston Russell. Heston is a Retired Special Forces Major, who after 16 years in the...
#2014 Kelly's Back! - Kelly Smith
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kelly Smith is back from her overseas jaunt and back at TYP sharing the love and banging questions my (and Tiff’s) way. I may have gotten a litt...
#2013 Transcranial Electrical Stimulation - David Gillespie
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This time around, we chat about Transcranial Electrical Stimulation (TES) - say that ten times fast. The TGA has just approved TES for treating things...
#2012 Technology Facilitated Abuse - Nicole Liddell
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is an uncomfortable but important topic to explore because unfortunately, it's a phenomenon that is not only widespread, but it's also on the ris...
#2011 Context, Perspective, Gratitude - Harps & Tiff
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tiff and I head down a philosophical rabbit hole in this one, chatting about life design, contentment, climbing the mountain, who we are when nobody's...
#2010 My New Favourite Episode - Jane O'Brien
05 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
*Hi Everyone!! Before you listen to this, just a quick heads-up... my guest Jane has a vocal cord injury which means her voice is relatively quiet, so...
#2009 Self-Driving Cars - Patrick Bonello
04 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For the bloke who’s allegedly our resident ’Tech Expert’, Patrick has quite the ability to not talk about technology for most of the...
#2008 Stepping Off The Medical Treadmill - Dr. Avi Charlton
04 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For this TYP instalment I sat down with Dr. Avi Charlton and talked all-things wellness, nutrition, optimal health and why she stepped away from the m...
#2007 Brain Food - Bobby Cappuccio
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This time at TYP Central, Bobby and I chat about the myriad of variables which impact the way our brain works (or doesn't work), with a specific focus...
#2006 The Red Panda Of TYP - Harps & Melissa
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
So, it seems that three-hours is quite the time commitment, especially when it comes to listening to a single podcast, like episode 2,000. With that f...
#2005 Stepping Into Awareness & Consciousness - Harps & Tiff
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes it feels like we're doing life on autopilot and often, that's because we are. Same habits, patterns, choices, actions, conversations, broken...
#2004 Folate, Paracetamol & Pregnancy - David Gillespie
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This was a fascinating conversation about some medical news (controversy?) currently doing the rounds about pregnant women supplementing with folate a...
#2003 The Escalating Shouting Match - Harps
28 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why is meaningful discussion between people with different views so rare? I think this is an important and timely question, so I decided to unpack it....
#2002 Life Situation vs. Life Experience - Bobby Cappuccio
27 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the outside looking in, some people appear to be winning at life. But sometimes the curtain gets pulled back only to reveal that things aren't as...
#2001 It's Not Just Bro-Science - Dr. Jeff Gross
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Not too long ago, biohacking was the (apparent) domain of weirdos, whack-jobs and cultural outliers. In 2025, it's moving from weird to normal and fro...
#2000 How Long!! - Tiff, Melissa & Harps
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Of course I'm talking about episode duration and I guess we're about to find out if almost three hours is excessive, because that's how long it took u...
#1999 Navigating Grief - Rachel Pope
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Pope is back at TYP Central exploring one of the most misunderstood and misrepresented of human experiences - grief. These are tough, but impor...
#1998 "Scared and Courageous" - Harps
21 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I recently heard Tom Cruise (that great philosopher) say "I'm not afraid of being afraid." I know it's simplistic, but I love it. It really resonates ...
#1997 Do Ethics Exist In Business? - Patrick Bonello
20 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Another amalgamation of tech talk, laughs, health stuff, Al, inappropriate innuendo (of course), and an uncharacteristic amount of philosophical conve...
#1996 When You Need A Wee, But You're In The Car - Bobby Cappuccio
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The reason for the weird title will become apparent but I can tell you that it has something to do with Tourette's. Well, that cleared that up. And in...
#1995 Young For Your Age - Dr. Denise Furness
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our favourite Geneticist - Dr. Denise Furness - is back and this time we throw the door wide open on all-things human optimisation, with a specific fo...
#1994 The Psychology of Enough - Harps and Tiff
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When and what, is enough? How do you personally define "enough," and why is it such a slippery concept for most people? What psychological or evolutio...
#1993 Alzheimer's: Could There Be A Cure? - Dr. Bill Sullivan
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Bill Sullivan is not only a TYP regular (lucky us), but he’s also a world-class geneticist and infectious-disease researcher, from Indiana Un...
#1992 Building Confidence - Harps
14 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Part of my life-long journey, has involved me trying to talk louder than my self-doubt and inner critic, overcoming my imposter syndrome, working thro...
#1991 Design & Life Experience - Geoff Jowett
13 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi Team, I’m a bit under the weather today, but I’ll be back tomorrow with a brand new episode. In the meantime, we’re revisiting on...
#1990 Strategic 'Friends' Or Actual Friends? - Kelly & Harps
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What or who, makes a good friend? Is it someone who says nice things behind your back? What are the attributes of healthy and unhealthy friendships? D...
#1989 Mirror Neurons, Ninja Cats & Psychopaths - David Gillespie
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode revealed to the world that Tiff has a history of dating psychopaths. Fortunately, it seems to be a phase she's now moved through but none...
#1988 Ed From TradeMutt - Ed Ross
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This was a fascinating chat about the way that two tradies (and their tribe) have used a personal tragedy (the suicide of a Mate) as the impetus to cr...
#1987 The Ol' Switcheroo - Dr. Lillian Nejad
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Doctor Lillian Nejad pulled the ‘ol Switcheroo this time around at TYP Central. She sat herself in the host chair and fired a bevy of questions ...
#1986 A Life Of Design - Debbie Millman
07 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi TYP’ers. Today we’re revisiting one of my favourite chats with Debbie Millman. She was a delight; super smart, awesome energy, eng...
#1985 Are EV'S Worth It? - Patrick Bonello
06 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Tiff, Patrick and I talk about the f**kery that's afoot with the government making electric vehicles not such an attractive propositi...
#1984 Tim & I Are Sh*T Employees - Tim Jack Adams
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Jack Adams' parents couldn't settle on a first name, so they gave him three. Alright, I'll stop. Sorry Tim. And in other news... we actually had a...
#1983 'Um' - The Conversational Spakfilla - Pete Shepherd
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this instalment of TYP, Pete Shepherd, Tiff and the Problem Child talk about Seth Godin's Purple Cow concept (what it is and why it matters), the '...
#1982 Dr. Cam's Dark Alley - Dr. Cam McDonald
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This was an interesting and fun chat with Dr. Cam and Tiff, where we explored the concept of learning in safe and unsafe spaces, exercise induced orga...
#1981 "But Did You Die?" - Dr. Rebecca Heiss
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When we're in the middle of stress, anxiety, pressure and all the mental and emotional mayhem that comes with it, sometimes it feels like we re going ...
#1980 The Show That God Hijacked - Harps & Tiff
31 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This was perhaps the deepest I've ever gone, and the most vulnerable l've ever been in twenty-plus years of broadcasting on radio, TV and of course, p...
#1979 Dear Kate Weaver - Harps & Tiff
30 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dear Kate Weaver, hi (waving emoji), it's Harps from The You Project. So, last week I did an episode about exercise and you messaged me via our TYP Fa...
#1978 Choose Your Hard - Dr Sam Casey
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam and Tiff joined me for another dive into the human experience in all its wonder and weirdness, and we spoke about the increasing prevalence of ...
#1977 The 4WD of Humans - David Gillespie
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Gillespo describes boys and men as the four-wheel drive (4WD) version of humans. It was kind of an insult-compliment combo. It'll mak...
#1976 Exercise: How Much, How Hard, How Often? - Harps
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For some of you who are reasonably advanced with your training, knowledge and results, this episode might not be for you. Having said that, I think th...
#1975 Helping People To Help Themselves - Dr. Lillian Nejad
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Helping people to help themselves is broadly speaking, my job description. The same is true for Dr. Lillian and Tiff. It’s literally what I (try...
#1974 Outsourcing Our Thinking - Kelly & Harps
24 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To what extent should we let Al 'think' for us? What are the myriad of ways we'll use it, in an attempt to make our lives easier? To do less work? Inv...
#1973 My Thoughts On 'High-Performance' - Harps
23 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a kind-of coaching sesh that some will dig, and others, not-so-much. This type of content and thinking-out-loud is the sh*t that light...
#1972 AI: The Good & Bad - Patrick Bonello
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Patrick's back pumping up the tech-talk and while we enjoyed some of our regular conversational mayhem and silliness, I will say that this time around...
#1971 When The Healthy Thing Becomes The Unhealthy Thing - Dr. Jodi Richardson
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Well, this was R-rated straight outta the gate, so if you're easily offended don't f**king listen to this. Dr. Jodi and Tiff did their best to keep th...
#1970 Understanding Self-Sabotage - Shirzad Chamine
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Shirzad Chamine is a Stanford lecturer, NY Times bestselling author of 'Positive Intelligence, brilliant thinker, communicator, and teacher, and I lov...
#1969 Who We Are vs. Who We Want To Be - Harps & Tiff
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's the week of the co-share, here at TYP. First it was the Andrew May experience, and now we open the Tiff Cook door, as Roll With The Punches and T...
#1968 Two Crusty Old Coaches - Andrew May
17 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The other day I sat down (virtually) with the brilliant Andrew May on his ‘Performance Intelligence’ podcast and because it was interestin...
#1967 Looking At Your Filter, Not Through It - Bobby Cappuccio
16 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Another casual and illuminating ramble with the great man from the other side of the globe. This time Bobby and I explore self-awareness, uncertainty,...
#1966 Migraines, Seed Oils, And Profit - David Gillespie
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you suffer from migraines, or you know someone who does, please listen to this episode (or get them to). I don't want to spoil the show, so I'm goi...
#1965 The Hard(est) Day At The Office - Grant Dooley
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a fascinating conversation with a bloke who has experienced some of the 'hardest' days at the office, conceivable. Grant Dooley was posted to ...
#1964 A Doctor Who Talks Sh*t - Dr. Sabine Hazan
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Of course I'm going to love a guest who wrote a book called "Let's Talk Shit." This chat with world-renowned gut health, microbiome expert and let's b...
#1963 Failing Successfully - Kelly Smith
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Failure is such an interesting concept. One person's failure is another person's lesson. One person calls their 10k race time a failure, someone else ...
#1962 Creatures Of Habit - Harps
10 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You and I are creatures of habit, good and bad. We don't always do things because they 'work', we do them because we did them Yesterday. Last week. Mo...
#1961 Procreating Possums - Patrick Bonello
09 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This conversation was a roller-coaster of humour, information and emotion, as well as a convergence and divergence of ideas and perspectives. What I l...
#1960 Do You Have Beliefs Or Do Beliefs Have You? - Bobby Cappuccio
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bobby drops some gold in this chat, including the idea that we're not rational beings but rather, rationalising beings. Love it. We chat about the dif...
#1959 Aiming For Average - Kelly Smith
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TYP's Chief Investigative Reporter (I just gave her that title - I better get her a badge), Kelly Smith, is back investigating like a mo-fo and as alw...
#1958 Puppy Cuddles - Dr. Sam Casey
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is my favourite episode with Dr. Sam Casey, and we've done quite a few. This time around we explore psychological flexibility, healing vs. recove...
#1957 Start With What You Don't Want - Bobby Cappuccio
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes it's hard to find clarity about exactly what we want. Especially when there are so many things that we haven't done, tried, seen, been educa...
#1956 The Weaponisation Of "Science Tells Us"... - Harps
03 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2025, “science tells us” isn’t just a statement - it’s a sales pitch, a power play, and a psychological Jedi mind trick all...
#1955 Hijacking The Human Mind - David Gillepsie
02 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gillespo and I (and Tiff) have spoken about cults before as part of bigger and broader conversations, but in this episode, David literally breaks the ...
#1954 The Cost Of Healthcare - James Gillespie
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode with James Gillespie from Cleanbill is a completely Australia-specific conversation, that will be interesting and relevant for some of my...
#1953 Not Afraid To Be Afraid - Jim Murphy
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine writing a book in 2009 and it’s moderately successful, but doesn't break any records. Then somehow, sixteen years later in 2025, in the ...
#1952 Public Speaking - Bobby Cappuccio
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
While this episode is partly a conversation for anyone interested in learning about the science, art and profession of public speaking, Bobby and I al...
#1951 Tidbits & Titbits - Harps & Tiff
27 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Despite the title, I’m not even being inappropriate. For a change. This chat with Tiff was full of curious and tasty tid or titbits. In a brief ...
#1950 Dating AI - Patrick Bonello
26 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Well, this was probably the 'loosest' instalment of TYP in almost two thousand episodes. I blame Patrick. And Tiff. I was just an unsuspecting pawn in...
#1949 The Biology of Trauma - Dr. Aimie Apigian
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You know what I love about my TYP 'job'? I'm always talking with people who have so much to teach me; people with profound knowledge, experience, unde...
#1948 The Science Of You - Dr. Jodi Richardson
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Trying figure how you work, is a lifelong challenge. You don't work like me. Or anyone, actually. Well, not exactly. Physically, mentally, emotionally...
#1947 Speaking Of Vasectomies - Dr. Cam McDonald
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
So, Dr. Cam had the snip (24 hours before we chatted) and no, he probably didn't want me leading with this for the show notes but f**k it, here we are...
#1946 Are Your Thoughts Even Yours? - Harps
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We like to think we're independent thinkers, making conscious choices and forming our own ideas. But what if you're more influenced than you realise? ...
#1945 The Dangers Of Fitness & Health Tech - Kelly Smith
20 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kelly Smith is back on TYP asking more great questions and this is an important and relevant conversation for many; especially those of us using some ...
#1944 15 Things I Want You To Know - Harps
19 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If I had a kid who was old enough to have a somewhat grown-up conversation, where I could share with them some things that I believe are important for...
#1943 How And Why We Self-Sabotage - Harps
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Some of us have been getting in our own way for years. Shooting ourselves in the metaphoric foot, undermining our own goals, sabotaging our dreams and...
#1942 Vapes, Cults & Low-Cost Addictions - David Gillespie
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This was a fun episode exploring everything from the new more 'affordable’ addictions, the changing habits (pun intended) of addicted Aussies, t...
#1941 Adaptability Quotient - Dr. Carlos Davidovich
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How well can you adapt? Deal with the unknown, uncertain, uncomfortable, unfamiliar and unpredictable (all the 'uns')? According to Dr. Carlos Davidov...
#1940 Teaching Old Dogs New Tricks - Steven Kotler
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are revisiting a fascinating conversation about human optimisation. Specifically, getting ‘better’ as we get older, challenging p...
#1939 The Home Straight - Harps & Tiff
12 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the context of the average Aussie life expectancy for a bloke being 81.1 years and me being 62 in September, statistically I'm on the home straight...
#1938 Coffee Concrete - Patrick Bonello
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this chat with the loveable TYP Nerd (and Tiff), we talk about concrete being made (partially) from leftover coffee grounds, why your dishwasher mi...
#1937 Random Acts Of Kindness - Bobby Cappuccio
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This was a reflective and meandering chat with Bobby and I loved it. We meandered through lessons and insights from childhood (his and mine), random a...
#1936 The Sickcare System - Dr. Jeff Gross
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What I love about Dr. Jeff is that, apart from being a Medical Doctor and a Spine Fellowship Trained Neurological Surgeon, he's medically curious, ope...
#1935 Brainwashing, Mind Control & Hyperpersuasion - Professor Rebecca Lemov
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Rebecca Lemov is a historian of science at Harvard University, specialising in the history of the human and behavioural sciences. She serves...
#1934 The Mind Architect - Peter Crone
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi Team, I’m back on deck from tomorrow with new eps but today I’m re-sharing one of my favourites with a legit guru. *I’m embarrass...
#1933 Walking On Soft Sand - Harps
05 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a weird, brief (but interesting) mini-pod. You might like it. A study published in the Journal of Experimental Biology found that walking on s...
#1932 Monkey Bars, Scraped Knees & Coming Last - Dr. Jodi Richardson
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this chat with TYP fave Dr. Jodi Richardson, we talk about navigating life with anxiety and we explore some interesting questions like.. what's som...
#1931 Reading The Room - Bobby Cappuccio
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This time around, Bobby and I talk about the art, science and practice of reading a room, understanding an audience, building rapport, developing conf...
#1930 New Research: Older Dads & Their Older Sperm | David Gillespie
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Blokes can become a dad at any age" is the story most of us have been told. And while it's kind-of true, it's only part of the story. And who better ...
#1929 Finding Your Purpose - Harps
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Purpose. Do we have only one? Or maybe more? Does it change over time? Do we need to 'discover' our purpose under some mystical rock? Or perhaps it co...
#1928 Just What The Doctor Ordered - Dr. Dinesh Palipana
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi Team, I’m under the PhD pump at the moment, but I’ll be back tomorrow with a brand new ep. Today we’re revisiting one of my favou...
#1927 Better Than Yesterday - Harps
29 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a simple little chat around the very broad objective - one that most of us have - of getting better. Whatever that means to you personally. It...