The Impact Podcast Show [Archives]

In this episode, Josh engages in conversation with Jerry Fanene, one of the visionary men behind IMHMN. Growing up as the eldest, Mr Fanene struggled with the many pressures placed to be the “role model” for his younger siblings. In 2010, Jerry’s mother passed away, which placed Jerry through many mental health battles… which led to a suicidal attempt. He shares the encounter he had through one of his biggest setbacks he experienced in his life. Check it out! @jbfanene @im.h.mn

In this episode, Josh speaks with Brendon Tapuai, an actor in the new series "Parramatta Series", playing the lead role of Atonio. Many would have seen him as Atonio, a few know him as Brendon. Our host joins Mr Tapuai in hearing his life story behind the wide screens, where he suffered from mental health issues in the last year of high school. Throughout the episode, Brendon shares his upbringing, growing up as the eldest of his family and having to carry the pressure of being the eldest. Adding on, he touches on his experience on playing the role of Atonio and how his acting career all played out! Check it out!

In this episode, Josh speaks with Anver, a men's performance coach who focuses on empowering men to become their better selves. He shares his upbringing on growing up with his father leaving the family. Adding on, he also touches on his low point in life, which has brought a catalyst into his journey into becoming the best men's performance coach in Australia. Check it out!

Josh has a conversation with Joseph Tau, a youth worker who specialises in running youth programs and being a program facilitator. He currently works with an organisation called “Creating Changes”. On the side, Joe runs his own hustle called One Love Mentoring, helping the young people through small specialised programs. In this episode, Joe shares about his upbringing growing up in New Zealand as a Samoan young boy. He also touches on the struggles of “understanding”, finding it hard to understand. Through his struggles and setback, he was able to find freedom through helping young people who he looks at as “Little Joe’s”. Check it out!

In this episode, Josh was fortunate enough to connect with the man himself, Omar El-Takrori. For many people, they would know him as “Omar El-Takrori” from Think Media. In this case, our host dives more into the background story behind Mr El-Takrori. Omar currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada with his wife,and little baby girl. He is a part of a team called “Think Media”, a media company providing tips and tricks for online video, founded by Sean Cannel. Throughout the episode, Omar shares his upbringing to the journey to how he became a content creation. Adding on, He also speaks on his faith with Jesus and the purpose to his life and calling. 

In 2013, our host was fortunate enough to play Harold Matthews for the Parramatta Eels, a team that had won the U’16s Harold Matthews Cup, followed by the National Championship a week later. For Josh, this was the start of his new journey of discovering the true beauty behind personal development and building resilience. During his season, there was one particular man that supported him in his journey. Josh speaks with a man who has impacted his life over the course of his teenage years playing through the rugby league representative system, Chris Hutchison. Nicknamed “Hutcho”, He has many accolades under his belt, winning over multiple premiership across many different age groups respectively through the rugby league system. In this episode, Josh has a long awaiting conversation with his Under 16’s Harold Matthews Coach. Hutcho touches on his upbringing, growing up with hard working parents and his two brothers. Adding on, he shares the process of him entering into coaching, followed by his heart behind coaching people, not just in rugby league, but across many other sporting avenues.

In this episode, our host speaks with Logan Brown, a social media marketer for Victorious Hafto. He touches base on his upbringing, growing up with a loving family in central Auckland, NZ. During the podcast session, Mr Brown foretells his story on how a proposal deal from his friend sparked a desire within him to leave his laboring job, to pursue the life of an entrepreneur. Check it out!

Growing up always being a “big girl”, Sapphire lived her life being uncomfortable. The main issue for her was her body image. In this episode, Sapph shares her deep struggles on losing her 4th child through her pregnancy. She foretells the accounts of how her daughter had sparked her WHY and made her lose over 50 kilograms of weight. Check it out!

In life, many successful leaders in the world receive great recognition in the world. However, there are many unseen leaders who don’t get the recognition but still focus on impacting #TheOne. Paulo is a great example of this! In this episode, Josh speaks with Paulo Greaves, a man who started a Bible study group called SMS (Save My School). Mr Greaves shares on his journey of his father being in the army, the struggles of being evicted when he was in years 11 & the constant prayers he prayed for to bring The Word into Fairfield High School. Check it out!

Aywan currently serves as the Youth Director of his home church. Riversedge Church. In this episode, Josh has the honours of having a conversation with Aywan Suleiman. Mr Suleiman shares his life story, growing up in Iraq to then moving to Australian. Adding on, Aywan shares his story on how living with a presenceless father had made a big impact on his life today.

Other than being a sales rep, Trae is seen to be a major influence under his name “DJ Songz”, engaging the people on the dance floor through many gigs such as weddings, nightclubs, functions... you name it, he probably has done it. Now, even though he has been blessed to get paid for a passion as a DJ, Mr DJ Songz has had some hiccups along the way on a personal level. In this episode, our host speaks with Trae about his life story, growing up in the area of Ipswich, Queensland. During the session, he touched base on some of the many challenges he had faced both personally and through his career as a DJ.

In this episode, Josh reconnects with one of his rugby league coaching staff, Aaron McDonald. "Macca" has played a vital role in Josh's rugby league journey, coaching him for the Parramatta Eels Harold Matthews squad in 2014. Through this episode, Aaron shares his story, growing up with a blessed, community-focused, faith-based family. Adding on, Mr McDonald also touches on some of his major setbacks in life... from losing his father, to his wife suffering from depression and bipolar, to also his son being diagnosed with autism. Check it out!

In this episode, Josh speaks with Kelli, a woman who currently serves at her home church, Inspire Church as a content creator. Making a big impact on his life, our host wanted to provide a platform for Kelli to share her story growing up and how she entered into the content creating scene. Adding on, Kelli shares a touching story on her experience growing up in high school, and why she loves to help other people. Check it out!

In this episode, Josh was fortunate enough to speak with Aynsley Broom, who would best be known for her works under SippingKoko, a blog-focused brand that tailors towards empowering Pasifika people through blogging. Just like everyone else in the world, she has an empowering story to share, where she grew up being called a "plastic" samoan, for not knowing her culture, to now using her voice through blogging, helping other Pasefika people know more about their culture. Check it out!

In this episode, Josh was honoured to have Kevin Aung, aka. Blindside Kev on the Impact Podcast Show. During the conversation, Mr Aung shares on his story, talking about his upbringing, to how he gained a passion into being a video creator. Kev currently is a video creator, apart of the Seuno Production crew, who specialises in music video productions. Adding on, Kevin shares on his relationship with KreezyVision and where he wants to go in the near future. Check it out!

In this episode, our host Josh, speaks with one of the greatest music video director and camera operator in the western sydney area, if not the world... Kristopher Molina. Kris, a.k.a. KreezyVision is a video creator entrepreneur who is making an impact in the music scene, directing music videos with Aussie artist such as Hooligan Hefs, Hooligan Skinny, Masi Rooc, Youngn Lipz, Blueboy and much more. During the conversation, Mr Molina shares on his humbling upbringing, to being the Mr cool guy growing up and how he broke out of the scene. Adding on, Kreezy also shares on the name behind KreezyVision and touches on where Sueno Productions will be heading in the near future. Check it out!

If there is a greater example of our mission statement being filfilled, Kody Duncan would be one of the many greats to be given the opportunity to have their spotlight lit on The Impact Podcast Show. Upon working on multiple businesses, Kody has been one of the big followers of our show, listening to many of our podcast episodes. In this episode, Josh has a conversation with Kody on his upbringing in life, where he shares on his struggles growing up with his parents being divorced at the age of 10. Adding on, he also shares on his heart behind why he is so passionate in what he does. Check it out!

In this episode, our host has the honours of interviewing the man himself, Luke Heka. Just like everyone else in the world, Mr Heka has an impacting story that will inspire and encourage you to feel grateful for life. If there is any man out there that understand the greatest value behind freedom, it would be Mr Luke Heka. Growing up in a sheltered shed as a country Queenslander, Luke understood the freedom. His father would allow him to do whatever he wanted, he was given little to no rules. During his teens, he was pushed to go into boarding school, where he didn't find any interested. Looking for a means to seek freedom, Mr Heka as a youngin did the best he can to be kicked out of school. The result? He ended up looking towards drugs for freedom. In this chat, Luke shares on how he found true freedom. Check it out!

In this episode, our host connects with the man himself, Luka James. He currently is a video content creator, specialising in editing UFC highlights under the brand StayHydrated. Surprisingly enough, Josh and Luka went to the same high school, where Luka touches briefly on his first impression on our hose. During this interview, Luka speaks on his upbringing, followed by his heart behind creating UFC highlights, to the moment he connected with his favourite UFC fighter, Israel Adesanya. Check it out!

Coming from a Samoan background, it wasn’t the “norm” for men like @rahbymamea to succeed in the academic side of life. For him, it derived from Sunday school classes at his Samoan church growing up. With Rahby, he knows the discipline it takes to make it successful. In this episode, @siuasuli has the honours of speaking to Rahby about his story behind his vision to help his Polynesian community through his business venture. He also shares on where he gets his energetic personality from, that makes him the man that he is today.