What is it really like to serve the community you grew up in? Kevin Lam sits down to share how his parents' migration story helped shape his drive, path into city planning and eventually becoming a Fairfield Councilor.

We also chat about a shared hobby, motorbikes. As the co-founder of Sydney West Riders, Kevin's built a community of over 14,000 riders for over a decade, running charity rides, events, and track days.

Tune in now to hear all about balancing identity, giving back, and finding purpose in both work and passion.

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Guest: Kevin Lam

Sydney West Riders Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/327472683998295

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Music: aKu - Love Shine | aKu - The Final Blow

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Chapters

0:00 Intro

2:00 What it's like juggling so many responsibilities

2:51 Sydney West Riders origin story

7:51 What were we doing in Lithgow?

10:07 Career path - town planner

13:23 What's happening to the land across Cabra fire station?

14:47 Motivations for career from parents upbringing?

18:28 Running for 2016 Fairfield Council, how it works

25:55 Town planning, more info

30:07 Difference between mayor and local member

33:21 What does Kevin do as a councillor?

41:30 Biggest changes in council?

45:21 Will John St be the next food night market?

50:13 Are younger people more tuned into politics?

52:50 Most rewarding moments

58:03 Funny stories, media

1:01:32 Getting into motorbikes, safety courses

1:07:38 Motivation to keep going

1:14:28 Outro

When we got to a certain age, we're seeing our friends and us picking some sort of hobby that will determine our personality for the next several years. Maybe it's podcasting (I might be guilty), rebuilding cars, baking bread, or running a marathon to name a few... In this episode we chat about what we're doing to stay active/fit, and maybe we can reflect on this in a few years' time thanking our younger selves that we chose some of these things that we're doing to stay healthy.

This episode is in partnership with the Australian Government. @healthgovau

To find out more, visit https://www.health.gov.au/vaping

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Guests: Matt & Nathan

Items mentioned

WHO Bacon article

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Chapters

0:00 Intro

1:50 How has your approach to health changed? Hyrox?

6:18 What happens when you train too much

9:01 Pain tolerance, doctor scales

11:25 Necessity of warming up before exercise, extreme vs minimal activeness

13:45 Why is it taking me so long to recover from sickness, calisthenics

17:36 Doing more fitness for your future

19:55 Vaping segment

28:45 Why is it a challenge to be more fit now? Trying other sports

31:55 Body image, Nathan's experience with body dysmorphia

42:02 Cultural attitude towards fitness, nutrition

50:04 'Everything' can cause some sort of health issue

53:58 Eating is a CHORE

59:21 Prioritising eating at home

1:05:03 Mental health, career goals

1:10:30 What you can do to better yourself

I grew up watching a ton of comedies. I always wondered what it's really like getting up on stage and trying to make a room full of strangers laugh. I sit down with local stand-up comedians Ian Mu and David Truong to chat about them getting into the Sydney comedy scene from open mics, weird jokes, their jokes that landed or bombed, and what it takes to keep coming back to the mic (even after a rough set).

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Guests: David Truong & Ian Mu

David's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_davidtruong__/

Ian's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ianstagramu/

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Items mentioned

Hiring actors NOT to laugh at a comedy show by Misfit Minds

I Brought Silent Mimes To A Comedy Show! by 4fun

yeahmadtv - https://www.youtube.com/@yeahmadtv

The Cheatcoders Podcast - https://www.youtube.com/thecheatcoders

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Music: aKu - Love Shine | aKu - The Final Blow

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Chapters

0:00 Intro

3:00 How do David and Ian know each other? First gigs?

7:00 Was this a COVID project? How did it all start?

11:17 How hard it is to get on stage to begin with

15:34 Running your own show, difficulty selling tickets

20:10 Improv is not the same as stand-up, dealing with hecklers

23:55 Focusing on this full time

29:29 Role models

35:34 What is the average set length? Set etiquette

42:30 Worst bombs

52:19 Staying motivated, coming up with jokes

1:01:07 Comics helping other comics… If you know them. Clean vs dirty jokes

1:07:28 Taboo, low hanging fruit jokes

1:12:18 Representing the area

1:13:42 Advice for aspiring comedians

1:19:09 Outro