So This Is My Why

Louisa Gurski (nee Sawers) - Team GB British athlete - two-time olympian canoe sprinter kayaker

Ep 17: Louisa Gurski – Two-time Olympian Sprint Kayaker

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Louisa Jane Gurski (née Sawers) is a women’s K2 and K4 500m sprint kayaker and has been selected for Team GB at London 2012 in the K4. In 2011 she won World Cup gold and silver in the K4 500m event and at the World Championships helped to qualify the K4 500m boat for London 2012, narrowly missing out on a medal. Louisa decided to have a go at Canoeing when her older brother John took up the sport at their local canoe and, despite quitting for a year, realised she missed the sport too much. She has been canoeing seriously ever since. Her twin brother quit canoeing at a young age because she was quicker than him!

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Ep 16: Renyi Chin (Co-Founder of MyBurgerLab, MyPizzaLab & MyBobaLab)

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Yi Jun Loh is a Malaysian cook, food blogger, writer and food podcaster. A Cambridge-educated engineer, he immersed himself in food after graduating by learning to cook in Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, France, and Blue Hill at Stone Barns in New York, USA. He is now based in Malaysia, obsessing over food culture and kooky food ideas through his recipe blog ‘Jun & Tonic’, which was nominated for the Saveur Blog Awards in 2018. He also hosts ‘Breaking Bread’ on BFM, his own podcast, ‘Take A Bap’ and can be found regularly contributing to Food52, Taste and Saveur.

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Yi Jun Loh - Malaysiaan food blogger, writer, podcaster - BFM's Breading Bread & Take a Bao

Ep 15: Yi Jun Loh – Malaysian Food Blogger, Writer & Podcaster

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Yi Jun Loh is a Malaysian cook, food blogger, writer and food podcaster. A Cambridge-educated engineer, he immersed himself in food after graduating by learning to cook in Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, France, and Blue Hill at Stone Barns in New York, USA. He is now based in Malaysia, obsessing over food culture and kooky food ideas through his recipe blog ‘Jun & Tonic’, which was nominated for the Saveur Blog Awards in 2018. He also hosts ‘Breaking Bread’ on BFM, his own podcast, ‘Take A Bap’ and can be found regularly contributing to Food52, Taste and Saveur.

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Joey Law - Former Senior Inspector of Police, Hong Kong Police Force & Mother to 15-year-old founder and CEO, Hillary Yip

Ep 14: Joey Law – Former Senior Inspector of the Hong Kong Police Force & Mother to 15-Year-Old CEO, Hillary Yip

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Joey Law is a former Senior Inspector of Police of the Hong Kong Police Force and mother to 15-year-old Founder & CEO, Hillary Yip. She talks about life at the force, the challenges of running her own online bookstore & mum blog, motherhood and being a parent to a young teenager CEO.

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Ep 13: Hillary Yip – 15-Year-Old Founder & CEO of MinorMynas

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Hillary Yip is the 15-year-old founder & CEO of MinorMynas, an online startup she founded at the age of 10 that aims to be the platform for kids to connect and learn from one another. Learn what it takes to be a child entrepreneur & how she balances all that with homeschooling & being well, a teenager!

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Ep 12: Danielle Kettlewell – Olympian (Australian Synchronised Swimmer)

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Danielle Merlyn Kettlewell is an Australian synchronised swimmer who competed in the team synchronised swimming event in the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics. She was vice-captain of the Australian team which placed eighth overall with 75.4333 in the free routine and 74.0667 in the technical.

She was also selected as Australia’s first Mixed Duet in the sport of artistic swimming for the 2019 FINA World Aquatic Championships. She is now a coach and motivational speaker.

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Ep 11: Morgan Then – Electronic Music Artist (Slumberjack)

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Morgan Then is one half of the popular Australian electronic duo, Slumberjack. Since launching their career with a No. 1 track on Triple J’s influential sister station, Unearthed, SLUMBERJACK have released four EPs—including their newest effort, Black & Blue—and over 10 singles. They’ve received 2 ARIA Gold Records (for their 2014 self-titled debut and their 2017 single, “Fracture”), while their second EP, Fracture, debuted at No. 1 on iTunes Australia’s electronic chart.

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Benjamin Von Wong - viral artist, podcaster, amplify social impact

Ep 10: Benjamin Von Wong – Viral Artivist on Generating 100+ Million Views for Social Impact

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Benjamin Von Wong is a mining engineer turned artist who designs campaigns around social impact and has succeeded in raising over 100 million views for different causes including plastics, fast fashion and electronic waste. He has a Guinness Book Record, a community of over 500,000 followers and tries to change the world through amplifying positive impact.

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Rabi Chandra Malla - founder of Kolpa - Nepali social entreprise based in Kathmandu, Nepal

Ep 9: Rabi Chandra Malla – Nepali Social Entrepreneur

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Rabi Chandra Malla is a Nepali social entrepreneur and founder of KOLPA World – a Nepali social enterprise based in Kathmandu, Nepal. KOLPA sells natural, organic and handcrafted products using skills passed down from generations from tribes like the nomadic Raute tribe and the Terai people from the Tharu region of Nepal. Learn how Rabi’s journey began and how he built this incredible social enterprise from the ground up!

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Ep 8: Barbara Woolsey – Freelance Journalist

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Barbara Woolsey was raised on the Canadian prairies in a culturally-vibrant family. Barbara is am of Filipino, Scottish and Irish heritage, and this unique experience has shaped her passion for journalism, storytelling, and wordsmanship.

As a freelance journalist, Barbara Woolsey has covered a wide range of topics, including lifestyle, culture, food, travel, and politics, for a variety of publications: Reuters, The Guardian, The Telegraph, USA Today, AFAR, Condé Nast Traveler, Tasting Table, Thrillist, Time Out, Roads & Kingdoms, Vice, and others.

Prior to becoming a freelance journalist, Barbara worked for the Bangkok Post, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) as a television and radio reporter, and In Channel (formerly True Visions 92), a former English-language channel in Bangkok.

Barbara’s live moderation experience includes: emceeing the Digital Innovation Awards (DIA) in Bangkok in 2013, and participating in a panel on travel journalism in 2014. In 2018, she moderated the Digital Science Match, a gathering of over 1,000 science and tech specialists, put on by the German daily newspaper Tagesspiegel in Berlin.

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