Fearless conversations about mindful, purpose-driven and impactful leadership. <br/><br/><a href="https://marchfirst.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">marchfirst.substack.com</a>
Fearless Conversations
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Fearless conversations about mindful, purpose-driven and impactful leadership. <br/><br/><a href="https://marchfirst.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">marchfirst.substack.com</a>
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Recent Episodes
June 23, 2026
Nobody's Coming to Save You: Sherry-Rose Bih
<p>Sherry-Rose Bih was born in Cameroon, moved through Gabon and South Africa, and arrived in Melbourne at six years old. She’s a board member of the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cmy.net.au/">Centre for Multicultural Youth</a>, founder of WomanGirl, and a social inclusion coordinator working in mental health. She is also about to launch her own podcast.</p><p>In this conversation with <a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/profile/2167627-dimitri-antonopoulos">Dimitri Antonopoulos</a> and <a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/profile/212985731-damian-karaula">Damian Karaula</a> , Sherry-Rose talks about what community practice actually requires of us. What it costs. What it gives back. And why showing up, even when you’re unsure what to say, is the thing!</p><p>They get into:</p><p>* Growing up across three countries and what migration teaches you about belonging</p><p>* The difference between climbing the ladder and raising the village</p><p>* Why isolation is a form of torture — and what that tells us about what we actually need</p><p>* The indoctrination of individual competition, from ATAR scores to the boardroom</p><p>* What “ubuntu” means as a leadership practice, not a philosophy</p><p>* Her own story of almost cancelling this conversation — and what made her come anyway</p><p>* Her upcoming podcast series: Nobody’s Coming to Save You</p><p>Worth your time.</p> <br/><br/>Get full access to March First at <a href="https://marchfirst.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">marchfirst.substack.com/subscribe</a>
May 5, 2026
The Rainforest: Bonny Morlak
<p>In this conversation, Bonny traces a life lived at full stretch: from stage designer in Cold War Berlin to web pioneer on the Sunshine Coast; from a rainforest off-grid in the Queensland hinterland, to the 61st floor of a Manhattan skyscraper — and the burnout that finally brought him to his knees.</p><p></p><p>What emerges is a conversation about identity, stillness, the cost of people-pleasing, and what it actually means to grow up — as a man, a father, a leader.</p><p>We talk about:</p><p>* The childhood question that shapes who you become — whose love did you crave, and what did you have to do to get it?</p><p>* Fast dopamine, the slot machine hidden in your phone, and why sitting under a tree might be the most radical act available to us</p><p>* Three and a half years living without walls in a Queensland rainforest — and what nature quietly teaches you</p><p>* The startup culture of performing confidence while the kitchen burns</p><p>* Depression, burnout, and the fetal position that changed everything</p><p>* Why nothing f***s up a startup quicker than running out of happiness</p><p>* The one word swap that gives you your life back — replacing “I have to” with “I want to”</p><p>* What real vulnerability looks like in leadership</p><p>* Becoming best friends with your worst case scenario</p><p>* And at 60, being the closest he’s ever been to knowing who he actually is</p> <br/><br/>Get full access to March First at <a href="https://marchfirst.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">marchfirst.substack.com/subscribe</a>
April 14, 2026
A Quiet Revolution
<p><a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/profile/212985731-damian-karaula">Damian Karaula</a> and <a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/profile/2167627-dimitri-antonopoulos">Dimitri Antonopoulos</a> sat down on a humid Melbourne morning. No agenda. No topic brief. Finally making time for a conversation.</p><p>We started where a lot of conversations start right now: how do you stay sane in 2026? The noise, the news cycle, the algorithms designed to keep you anxious and activated. Damian talked about what that constant stimulation actually does to your nervous system, not as theory, but as something he notices in his own body. And we both landed on the same place: you don’t solve it by consuming better content. You solve it by reclaiming your spaces.</p><p>From there we went deep. Rituals. Posture. Breath. Journaling. The difference between safe spaces and brave spaces. Why complaining is usually grief wearing a mask. Why most leadership failures start with unresolved inner work, not a lack of strategy.</p><p>Damian talked about the idea of threshold keepers. Ancient figures in cultures who held space for people to move through difficult passages. He’s convinced we’re missing them now, and that there’s something profound in rebuilding that role for this moment, not through credentials or titles, but through the willingness to do your own work first.</p><p>I shared what I’ve been reading about community and belonging, and what I keep coming back to: that every time we gather, we have the potential to model the future we want to create. Most people running meetings, workshops, conferences and boardrooms have never stopped to think about that.</p><p>We also talked honestly about what excites us. Younger generations who aren’t buying the old story. Community as a genuine form of leadership. A Moth-style storytelling event we’re planning. Some panel conversations we’re putting together. The possibility of something more substantial, a few days together, later in the year.</p><p>_</p><p><strong>Referenced in this episode</strong></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://themoth.org/"><strong>The Moth</strong></a> — the American storytelling organisation and podcast that inspired the spoken-word event format Damian and I are developing. Worth listening to if you’ve never come across it. themoth.org</p><p><a target="_blank" href="http://mentorhub.com.au"><strong>Mentor Hub</strong></a> — Damian Karaula’s organisation, where a lot of the resilience and leadership lab work he references is grounded.</p><p><strong>If this episode sparked something, here’s further reading</strong></p><p>Community: The Structure of Belonging — Peter Block. This is the book I was reading when we recorded. On what it actually takes to build genuine community, and why most attempts fail before they start.</p><p>The Art of Gathering — Priya Parker. How we gather shapes what’s possible. One of the clearest books on why most meetings and events fail before they start.</p><p>In Over Our Heads — Robert Kegan. On the gap between what modern life demands of us and what we’re actually equipped to handle. Dense but worth it.</p><p>Lost Connections — Johann Hari. A readable, well-researched case for why belonging and community aren’t soft ideas, they’re survival.</p><p>The Body Keeps the Score — Bessel van der Kolk. Everything Damian was pointing to about the nervous system, activation, and what we carry in our bodies. The science behind the conversation.</p><p></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to March First at <a href="https://marchfirst.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">marchfirst.substack.com/subscribe</a>
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