The Modern Masculinity Crisis — Why Men Are Lost & How to Rebuild
Release Date: 12/11/2025
A Love Letter to Good Men: Rethinking Masculinity with Dr Mei-Ling Doery
When AI Grow Up
This episode was recorded on Tuesday 9 December. In it, Dr Mei-Ling Doery refers to “the Bondi massacre,” meaning the Bondi Junction attack of April 2024. At the time, we could not have known that another massacre would occur at Bondi Beach that following Sunday. Bondi is a place I once called home, and the closeness of these events is deeply felt. After careful reflection, we have chosen to release the episode as it was recorded. It was important then — and feels even more important now. Episode Overview Over the past few months, I’ve been exploring a question that has become...
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The Modern Masculinity Crisis — Why Men Are Lost & How to Rebuild
When AI Grow Up
Modern men are struggling with identity, purpose, dating, confidence, mental health, and direction. In this raw and honest conversation with host Peter Ostick and Ronen Heine (scientist-turned-lawyer, founder of Luna, lecturer and advisor to startups and VCs), we break down the real crisis facing men today and what needs to change. We talk about: Biological reality vs social shame — how young men’s natural masculine drive is being pathologised The growing crisis of communication and social skills in 18–21 year-old males Why so many young men feel lost, isolated, and disconnected The...
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Lee Kuan Yew - Sage of Singapore
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Lee Kuan Yew was the founder of modern-day Singapore. He took Singapore from third world to first in one generation. His candour in analysing other counties such as the UK, US & China is incredibly insightful.
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Lessons from history: Why is there a tension between freedom and equality?
When AI Grow Up
In this podcast, I use Will & Ariel Durant's book Lessons from history to examine why there is a tension between freedom and equality.
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Series 2 - 1 Short Blog on Stoic Tranquillity
When AI Grow Up
I want to dive into the Roman Stoic’s and in particular why the believed tranquillity or peace of mind should be an ultimate goal.
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#13 Rami Weiss: Healthshare
When AI Grow Up
I am currently going deep into how technology is impacting Healthcare. I was introduced to Rami Weiss who is the CEO of a scaled-up health tech business called Healthshare, which is building innovative products that improve access to health information and health practitioners. It felt like a timely conversation as the Australian government has come under criticism for the handling of the national My Health Record and roughly 10% of the population including myself has opted out due to privacy concerns.
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#12 Paul Frasca: Sustainable Entrepreneur
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Today's guest is Paul Frasca, CEO of Sustainable Salons. Paul is a serial entrepreneur who has not only been able to create an organisation that is sustainable in the re-use of waste sense of the word but has also built a social venture that is self-sustainable from a financial sense.
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#11 Josh Ismin: Partner in crime
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I got to catch up with my old business partner Josh Ismin who co-founded TVN, a digital video marketplace that we started in my basement in Tamarama. I ask Josh for his take on the trials and tribulations of starting a company, scaling it and living to tell the tale.
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#10 Bronwyn Sheehan: How to take action
When AI Grow Up
Bronwyn Sheehan is founder and CEO of the Pyjama Foundation an organisation that promotes numeracy and literacy to children in the foster care system.
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#9 Ben King: Country Director Google Thailand
When AI Grow Up
What should western organisations consider when thinking about launching in Asian countries? What is it like to be a non-native speaker running Google in Thailand? Why is the digital economy in China accelerating so quickly? Where is Google headed in Machine Learning? How does a sporting career influence building high performing corporate teams? I discuss all this and more with my good friend Ben King, Country Director of Google Thailand.
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