Thomas de Mallet Burgess is the General Director at New Zealand Opera. He has an international reputation for vision and expertise as a cultural leader guiding organizational change in the performing arts. Listen on as he shares his story and experience. 

Questions for Thomas 

• His journey into Opera, how it all begin?  
• Some of the different roles within the arts sector.
• The Opera community and traditional vs new Opera
• The future of classical music in New Zealand.
• Do we need to change or make Opera commercial?
• Tips around high-performance pressure and how to manage and keep a level-headed approach.

Dr. Veeral Oza is an innovator, speaker, and medical contributor. He is a gastroenterologist and an interventional endoscopist and has a passion for therapeutic endoscopy, pancreatic diseases, and endoscopic removal of large colon polyps. He was the first physician in South Carolina to perform an endoscopic full-thickness resection on early colon cancer, which proved to be curative for the patient. He currently serves as medical director for therapeutic endoscopy at Prisma Health.

Things we chat about:

• Veeral's love for medicine
• What is Interventional Endoscopist?
• There is a lot of talk in pop culture nowadays about the connection between the gut and mind - What is this connection?
• What is some gut no-no's? What is the worst thing for your gut?
• IBS, Celiac disease and Crone's disease
• What are microvilli – how do you keep them protected?
• Are there any ways to decrease stress in the gut? What does a healthy gut look like?
• We talk about the notion of probiotics. Is it a FAD?
• What are some superfoods he recommends for everyday eating or diet-must haves?

Ruchi Page is a model and influencer from Australia. Since launching her beauty-related Instagram in 2017, the Melbourne-based digital creator has built an intimate yet powerful following that regularly turns to her for inspo and advice. Listen on as she chats to us about her journey and some of her major life lessons along the way.

https://www.instagram.com/ruchipage/?hl=en 

Things we chat about:

• Her journey and society’s expectations with women’s bodies – and why this is
• Body image and trauma and how to truly love yourself
• Ruchi is often described as the advocate for inclusion and confidence – we talk about why this is so important for her
• Toxic side of social media and ethnicity in the mainstream media
• Key advice she would give to her younger self