Stories that Stir
Break down barriers, stir conversation, inspire positive change
Stories that Stir
Break down barriers, stir conversation, inspire positive change
About Stories that Stir
Break down barriers, stir conversation, inspire positive change
Stories that Stir delivers raw and personal stories relating to specific themes, as told by ordinary yet extraordinary humans from all walks of life. The stories are recorded live in front of an audience at the monthly Sydney based Stories that Stir event, which was created to break down barriers, stir conversation and inspire positive change.
Why Join Stories that Stir as a Guest
Storytelling & Personal Development Audience
You speak directly to listeners who actively seek Storytelling, Personal Development, and Society & Culture content, primed to engage deeply with your lived experience.
Live-Event Story Crafting Format
You’re guided to shape one powerful narrative—like “Setbacks to Jetpacks” or “Intuition Saved Me”—for a focused, high-impact live recording in Sydney.
Curated, Theme-Driven Positioning
You’re featured alongside carefully selected stories—parenting patterns, impossible decisions, prison to comedy—framing your episode as a standout, credible case study.
Podcast-App Distribution of Your Live Talk
Your on-stage story is captured once and distributed as a polished podcast episode across major listening apps for ongoing discovery.
Episode Angles & Guest Pitches
From Pain to Passion and Purpose
You unpack how a starving soul, grief, or burnout became the fuel for your most meaningful work.
Breaking Patterns in Love, Family, and Identity
You reveal the patterns you inherited—and how you chose a different path in parenting, love, or belonging.
Impossible Decisions and Second Chances
You walk listeners through one impossible decision—career, justice, health—and what it cost and created.
Unity, Culture, and the Stories We Inherit
You explore how your cultural, spiritual, or national story shaped you—and how you now work toward unity and inclusion.
How You'd Contribute to the Show
Audience Takeaways
Your episode helps listeners see themselves in your story, rethink old patterns, and feel braver about their own “impossible decisions” and transformations.
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Why Trust Me
The Ideal Guest
You’re a great fit if you have one pivotal, true story—about identity, love, loss, justice, parenting, or transformation—that you’re ready to tell honestly on a live Sydney stage.
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DREAMS – Taylor Bradley
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REUNION – Lisa Preston
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Shut the Fuck Up – David Callan
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The Unseen Holiday Guide - Helen Higgins
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Setbacks to Jetpacks - Adam Axford
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My Starving Soul - Nathan Meola
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Flying High - Michelle Huntington
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The Greatest Game - Raj Narayan
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Free to be me – Sudharshan - Bob Sudharshan Ratnarajah
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Working Holiday Stalker - Freya Morton
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Being a Man - Jason Wong
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From Lemons to Lemonade - Patricia Brown
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Hell Tour - Mike Seamus Reed
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Out and Proud in Regional Australia - Nic Steepe
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From My Head to My Heart - Simon Wing-Lun
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Soul Quest - Ali Skiba
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Making Things Right - John Knowles
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A young person’s gift - Jon Owen
Stories that Stir • Apr 16, 2023
Coming home to self - Laura Piccardi
Stories that Stir • Apr 9, 2023
My non-traditional path to family - Irina Castellano
Stories that Stir • Apr 2, 2023
Open minded marriage bliss - Abbey Pantano
Stories that Stir • Mar 26, 2023
Unity for all people of Australia - Susan Moylan-Coombs
Stories that Stir • Mar 19, 2023
From Hell to Healthy - Craig Boss
Stories that Stir • Mar 12, 2023
Two Stories - Marty Bright
Stories that Stir • Dec 20, 2022
The girl who saved my life - Joram van der Starre
Stories that Stir • Dec 13, 2022
The journey to love - Leanne Christie
Stories that Stir • Dec 6, 2022
An Italian refugee... seriously?! - Marco Bordieri
Stories that Stir • Nov 29, 2022
Dare to dance - Bettina Deda
Stories that Stir • Nov 22, 2022
Always on my mind - Karen Chaston
Stories that Stir • Nov 15, 2022
From prison to stand up comedy - Andrew Hamilton
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A heart of green - Jacinta Bailey
Stories that Stir • Oct 4, 2022
Singing is Freedom - Corinne Gibbons
Stories that Stir • Sep 27, 2022
Breaking free from the cult - Sacha D'Souza
Stories that Stir • Sep 20, 2022
Hope from Alabama - Anthony Igra
Stories that Stir • Sep 13, 2022
When David met Goliath - Annette Densham
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The Courage to Carry on - Craig Hopper
Stories that Stir • Aug 9, 2022
Finding Courage from the Inside Out - Arishma Singh
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Going to a Sex Party - Marco
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Debunking the myth of, “Who am I?” - Amborica Saikia Baruah
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Giving Cancer the Finger - David Rouse
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From Glasgow with Love - Anne Mckeown
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The Lawyer who found his purpose - Gopi Krishnan
Stories that Stir • Jun 7, 2022
Orphan Ema changed my life - Sarah Morse
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Engineering Happiness - Eric Sommerfeld
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When the end of the world isn’t the end of the story - Naomi Mourra
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The Proposal Game – Sam Menzies
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Patient 71 - Julie Randall
Stories that Stir • Apr 19, 2022
The gift that keeps on giving - Richie Harkham
Stories that Stir • Apr 12, 2022
How the 12 Step Fellowship Loved this Heroin Addict Back to Life – Danny Shannon
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Is it Love, Sex or both? – Samantha Leith
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