Layne Beachley is a surfing legend. Seven world titles. Six of them back to back — a record nobody in the sport, male or female, has ever come close to touching. But the real story is everything inside, out and in between.

Adopted at birth, and later learning the truth of how she was conceived, Layne spent years quietly deciding she'd only be lovable if she became a champion at something. In this episode we go deep on tall poppy syndrome, the sixth world title that broke her body completely, the phone call from her birth mother that flipped her life over in five minutes and how she turned every single setback into fuel.

Today she's a fierce advocate for equality in sport, a champion for mental wellness, and a proud ambassador for The Black Dog Institute, R U OK? Day and Gotcha4Life. She's also co-founder of Awake Academy, where she helps individuals and organisations reclaim their energy, resilience and purpose.

This one is raw, hilarious, and full of what she calls "Laneisms" — one-liners you'll absolutely want to adopt.

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Wesley Senna Cortes was one of three leads on the final season of The Bachelor Australia, and trust me, there's a lot more to him than what made the final cut.

We get into the moment reality TV producers asked him for his "character trajectory" (yep, that's a real thing they say), what it actually cost him mentally to come back from filming, and a casting director scandal he ended up blowing wide open.

We also spoke about his fight to stay in this country, what nobody tells you about the visa system, and the phone call that changed his life before any of this even started.

This one's funny, it's heavy, and it's nothing like the guy you think you remember from TV.

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In this Quick Hit episode, Anita sits down with Steve Toussaint from HBO's House of the Dragon.

In town to promote Season 3, we chat about the wigs that turn him into Corlys Velaryon, imposter syndrome, and the film he just wrote that changed everything.

We also got real about his acting process, what it costs to stay vulnerable, and what he's learned in his 30 year career.

Our chat was only 10 minutes but it packed a huge punch!

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Season 3 of HBO's House of the Dragon is now streaming on HBO Max.

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