Shame Feeder with Sam Blacker

Comedian, writer and member of The Chaser team, Andrew Hansen joins me to discuss what he might feel ashamed of, and whether or not that has had any influence on his life and career.With an extensive career in the Australian comedy and media industry, Andrew has done a lot, but has a lot more coming up.His new show Radio Chaser starts 22 Jan 2018 on Triple M Sydney (3-4pm weekdays) and he has a new childrens book Bab Sharkey and the Animal Mummies due May 2018 from Walker Books (for ages 8+)

With appearances on Have You Been Paying attention, Utopia and now 10's Cram, Dilruk Jayasinha has been making a huge impact on the Australian comedy scene.But what motivates him and and how has shame influenced his successful career in comedy?I sat down to find out.Dil will be performing at The Giant Dwarf in Sydney on the 11th. If you want to check him out you can buy tickets here: http://comedy.com.au/tour/dilruk-jayasinha-art-dilAnd to find him on social mediaFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/DilrukJComedian/?ref=br_rsTwitter - https://twitter.com/Dilrukj

Dan Wilkinson is a huge digital media manager, podcaster and personal friend of mine. In this episode he explains how

Friends and successful business owner and entertainer Gretel Killeen and Alexandra Tselios discuss how shame has influenced them. To preorder Gretel’s new book “The Zebra Who Lost Its Spots’ or to attend her Sydney mini-masterclass ‘How To Create a Creative Career’ just head to her website gretelkilleen.com.au. Facebook Gretel Killeen Official Twitter and Insta Gretel Killeen. Alexandra is the CEO of The Big Smoke. Check it out at www.thebigsmoke.com.au and www.thebigsmoke.com

Ryan Jon is one half of Hit 104.7 Canberra's 'Ryan & Tanya', a regular online video creator and is also the host of the outstanding podcast "Am I ready to be a Father". He has competed in the world stage in volleyball, planned to be an accountant and now works in media. So how has shame from his past influenced his success?

Osman Faruqi is the news and politics editor for Junkee, but also works as a broadcaster on FBI, has appeared on various tv talking panels and has worked heavily in the Australian political scene. Os shares some amazing stories from his time in student politics and explains how those actions of his, whilst shameful, have influenced the man he is today.