What Are We Drinking? w/ Rachel Carey

About What Are We Drinking? w/ Rachel Carey

All the best conversations happen over a drink. Rachel Carey is a business owner, entrepreneur, coach, speaker, and leader in the NDIS space. With a passion for business, personal growth, and real conversations, she’s bringing people together to discuss the topics that matter most, all over a drink of the guest's choice. From business insights and industry trends to life, the NDIS, and everything in between, no subject is off-limits. So, the only question left is… What Are We Drinking?

Publisher

What Are We Drinking?

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

3 Aug 2025

Latest episode

12 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

30 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   12 Oct 2026

   Hannah Diviney on Lizzo, Beyoncé, the Disney Princess Petition, the NDIS Bill & Meeting Jacob Elordi | What Are We Drinking? Ep 28

   In this episode of What Are We Drinking?, Rachel sits down with Hannah Diviney: actor, author, disability advocate and the woman who got Lizzo and Beyoncé to change their lyrics within six weeks of each other. Hannah has cerebral palsy, and most of what she does comes back to one idea. She grew up without seeing anyone who looked like her on screen, and she wants the next disabled kid to have it easier. That's why she started a global petition asking Disney for a disabled princess, and why she said yes to a sex scene in SBS's Latecomers that was a first for Australian television. She takes Rachel through the middle of 2022 in full: a tweet she wrote in under 30 seconds, a phone so hot with notifications it burned her hand, an email from The New York Times she was sure was a prank, and the moment she walked downstairs and asked her mum, "I have to call out Beyoncé now, don't I?" They also get into Glee and "cripping up," why she'd rather your kid asked her questions than got shushed, access coordinators on film sets, the trolling that followed, and her testimony at the Senate inquiry into the NDIS bill. Plus the night Jacob Elordi stopped on the Wuthering Heights red carpet to tell her she looked beautiful. And because this is What Are We Drinking?, Hannah chose water. At 9:30 in the morning, on a show named after the drink. Ryan's read on what that says about her is a highlight. This episode is funny, deep and incredibly important. Key Topics - Why Hannah chose water - Defining yourself by values, not job titles - Growing up with cerebral palsy - The Disney disabled princess petition - Glee, "cripping up" and authentic casting - Access coordinators on film sets - What to do when your kid has questions - Calling out Lizzo, then Beyoncé - Going viral and handling the trolls - Filming the Latecomers sex scene - Writing a rom-com with a disabled lead - The Senate inquiry and the NDIS bill - Putting lived experience in charge of the NDIS - Stella Young and why "inspiring" has to be earned - Meeting Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie

2. 

   28 Sept 2026

   Doctors Set His Limits. He Ignored Them: Moustafa Ardati on Cerebral Palsy, Mainstream School & Becoming a Counsellor | What Are We Drinking? Ep 27

   In this episode of What Are We Drinking?, Rachel sits down with Moustafa "Moustie" Ardati — counsellor, coach, speaker, dual international and founder of Stay True Be You — for a big-hearted, funny and honest conversation about cerebral palsy, backing yourself and refusing to let anyone else set your limits. Moustie was born with cerebral palsy after a first few weeks that were life and death. Growing up in a Lebanese family where the doctor's word was final, he learned early that the best way to change what people thought he could do was to go and do it, usually when nobody was watching. He shares what it took to move from a specialised school into mainstream high school, rebuild his English from the ground up, get into the only uni he applied for, and go on to represent Australia in 2014, becoming a dual international within four months. Now he's working on his doctorate, researching the mental health of adults with cerebral palsy, and chasing a spot at the 2032 Paralympics. Rachel and Moustie also get into reading body language, why emotional intelligence matters more than IQ, how he builds clients up before peeling back the layers, what happens when a venue isn't accessible, and the NDIS from the perspective of a self-managed participant. Plus some Bulldogs vs Panthers banter. And, because this is What Are We Drinking?, Moustie joins Rachel over a Gloria Jean's Oreo shake. It's a choice he says sums him up: a big kid at heart who never orders anything just to impress. On being one of the first, Moustie is clear. It's good to be the first, but he wants to make sure he's not the last. This episode is funny, warm and unexpectedly hard-hitting. Key Topics Discussed - Growing up with cerebral palsy in a Lebanese family - The first few weeks that were life and death - Proving what's possible, quietly - Moving from a specialised school to mainstream high school - Rebuilding his English from the basics - Getting into uni - Representing Australia and becoming a dual international - The goal of the 2032 Paralympics - Reading body language and reading people - Emotional intelligence vs IQ - Accessibility and venues with stairs - Becoming a counsellor and coach - Building clients up before peeling back the layers - Mental health and adults with cerebral palsy - The Stay True Be You message - The NDIS as a self-managed participant - Bulldogs vs Panthers - Where Moustie wants to be in ten years

3. 

   14 Sept 2026

   Rama Pattison on Bakery Bros, MMA, Brotherhood and Building a Business After His Dad Took the Shop | What Are We Drinking? Episode 26

   What happens when your dad takes back the business, the staff and the shop — and you have to start again from $80 in the bank? In this episode of What Are We Drinking?, Rachel sits down with Rama Pattison, MMA fighter and co-owner of Bakery Bros at The Orchard in Penrith, over an Espolòn Sparkling Margarita. Rama takes Rachel through growing up in the Blue Mountains with undiagnosed ADHD, getting expelled from school by year seven, and finding basketball and then MMA as the only places that made sense. He talks through his first fight — under-trained, overconfident, a third-round TKO win — and how that led him into the gym where he met UFC fighter Tyson Pedro, the mentor and now business partner he now lives and works alongside. The conversation turns to the family bakery business, built with his father, and the split that saw Rama lose the shop, the staff and the equipment in one move. He talks about rebuilding from nothing with Tyson and their friend Connie, opening Bakery Bros days before launch with barely enough cash to cover the lease, and turning it into a working wholesale operation. Rachel and Rama also get into brotherhood, masculinity and why men are finally talking to each other, fatherhood and what kind of man he wants to be, and Bake and Grow — the community baking program Rama runs with Aden from OurChoice Disability, teaching kids skills they don't always get the chance to build elsewhere. This episode is honest, unfiltered and a genuinely good watch for anyone who's had to rebuild from a number that started with a dollar sign and not many zeroes.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Contact What Are We Drinking? w/ Rachel Carey

Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.