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Madonna King is one of Australia's most accomplished journalists, having won awards for her ABC Radio Brisbane Mornings current affairs program. She writes across Nine, Crikey and The New Daily, and is the author of numerous books, including the bestselling Being 14, Fathers and Daughters and Ten-ager.

She is also the biographer of Australian of the Year Professor Ian Frazer and former treasurer Joe Hockey. In 2018, Madonna served as chair of the Queensland Government's Anti-Cyberbullying Taskforce, set up in the wake of COAG.

A fellow of the prestigious World Press Institute, she serves on a university-related board, and previously...

SOLO Series!

20 things you must stop doing in your 20's

This is a new solo series where I will explore new ideas every two weeks, teaching you what NOT to do in order to crush it in your 20's

IDEA #6 Stop hanging around toxic people

How to change your perspective

I hope you enjoy this new series!

Hosted by Byron Dempsey. Every episode: drivenyoung.com/podcast

Welcome back to the Driven Young Podcast and today I am in Bali under the hot sun, joined by World No mac.

Mac Candee and I met in Bali because my friends and I were planning to surpise a good mate Luke Damant. Mac was staying with Luke at the time and we linked up with him to plan it all out. It went amazing and I was lucky enough to spend the next few days with Mac.

And I have to say this guy is a legend. From America, Mac dropped out of corporate to puruse his dreams of...

Welcome back to the Driven Young Podcast and boy do I have an epic episode for you today.

Out of all the episodes I have done, I feel as if tho this episode encapsulates what this show is about the best. And I highly recommend listening to the entire episode.

Today I am joined by Dr Justin Sung. Dr Justin is a former medical doctor turned to learn coach. He's passionate about helping people use genuinely effective learning strategies that work for everyone, not just a few high achievers. Unlike in medicine where your practice has to be tied to...

SOLO Series!

20 things you must stop doing in your 20's

This is a new solo series where I will explore new ideas every two weeks, teaching you what NOT to do in order to crush it in your 20's

IDEA #5 stop being ungrateful.

How to change your perspective

I hope you enjoy this new series!

Hosted by Byron Dempsey. Every episode: drivenyoung.com/podcast

Welcome back to the Driven Young Podcast and today I am joined by Rupa Parthasarathy.

Rupa’s daughter reached out to me who listens to the show and recommended her mum to come on the podcast, which is super sweet and of course, I invited her on.

Rupa is the founder of Mindkshetra, a creative arts wellness studio that offers creative art and art therapy experiences as early interventions. it is like a gym for mental fitness. She was born and raised in India and has a very unique and interesting perspective I think we can all learn a lot from....

SOLO Series!

20 things you must stop doing in your 20's

This is a new solo series where I will explore new ideas every two weeks, teaching you what NOT to do in order to crush it in your 20's

IDEA #4 stop comparing yourself to others.

I hope you enjoy this new series!

Hosted by Byron Dempsey. Every episode: drivenyoung.com/podcast

Welcome back to the Driven Young Podcast and today I am joined by an absolute legend Benny Crook.

Last year I dislocated my shoulder playing goalkeeper in five aside and Ben was one of the fantastic nurses who knocked me out and put my shoulder back in. Whilst I was high on drugs we bonded over the fact we both have a podcast and I invited him on the podcast.

We recorded an episode many months ago and it was terrific but I sadly lost the footage. I was gutted but decided to reinvite him on the show and it...

20 things you must stop doing in your 20's

This is a new solo series where I will explore new ideas every two weeks, teaching you what NOT to do in order to crush it in your 20's

IDEA #3 Stop making excuses!

I hope you enjoy this new series!

Hosted by Byron Dempsey. Every episode: drivenyoung.com/podcast

Tilly is a Sex worker who has been in the industry for close to ten years. She also has a degree in History, has spoken out about sex worker rights, done an Amazing TED talk and is now a published author!

This is a bit different from a normal Driven young episode. Of course, it is educational and professional but I know I have young listeners out there so I wanted to make it clear in the intro.

This episode is all about the sex work industry. Tilly has been in the industry for close to ten years and she...