The Sachin and Adam Show

Join Sachin and Adam for a drink as they discuss China's aggression, Australia's response, and China's advancements in nuclear energy. They also talk about the benefits of a natural mushroom used in Chinese medicine, their university experiences and reflections, creating meaning in life, and addressing social issues. The hosts touch on transitioning to nuclear energy to combat climate change.

This week we spoke to Brendan Ma who is an Investment Banker with Goldman Sachs, a UN Youth Director and an Australian delegate to the G20 Youth Forum. Previously he has also been a tutor at Sydney University and worked in the legal industry.  We spoke with him about his research in Chinese debt lending in the  developing world and the human rights implications of this as well as other geopoltical topics. We also spoke about his work in the finance industry and the impact that can be created through finance.  1:39: Brendan’s thesis on Chinese lending 4:55: Implications of Chinese lending on foreign power struggles 7:34: Implications for human rights 14:00: Key learnings from time at Uni 18:20: Creating impact through finance 26:30: What’s it actually like to be an investment banker? 30:10: Foreign relations in a post-coronavirus world 37:20: Advice for Uni students

This week we talked with Bryan Jordan who is creating a food-tech startup called Streamplate and also studies Neuroscience and Engineering at The University of Sydney. We chatted about the journey of creating a tech startup whilst being a student and some of the complexities involving neuroscience. We certainly learned a lot during this episode. 

Elizabeth is the founder of Males Champions of Change, former NSW Australian of the year, Sex discrimination Commissioner of Australia, a UN Discrimination Against Women Expert and a former partner at Ashurst. She is currently working on Male Champions of Change by using collective leadership to elevate gender equality as an issue of national and international social and economic importance. This was a fascinating episode where we learnt about what men could to further gender equality and we debated about topics such as gender quotas. As always we finished off asking Elizabeth's advice on how to live an impactful life.

This week we sat down with African American Reggie to talk about the racism in America. In the past week we have seen an eruption of protests around the world following the death of George Floyd and we wanted to get a first hand account of racism and what we can do to help the issue. This was a really insightful conversation and we hope that recent events will create a lasting positive change.

This week we sat down with one of the most high profile guests we've had on the show, Paul Jackson. We talked about his long and successful career in radio, how he turned Smooth FM into one of the most successful stations in Australia and chatted about celebrities such as Ed Sheeran. We finished off as always asking Paul about his learnings about life and business. Hope you enjoy!

Hosts Sachin and Adam are interviewed by their good friend Jack Jacobs. They discuss their motivations for the podcast, career paths, transitioning to adulthood, desires and self-improvement, imaginative work, and reflections on relationships.

In this weeks episode we wanted to bring you guys something uplifting in this time of global turmoil. We asked if anyone in our networks had experiences anything positive as a result of lockdown and we were honestly really surprised with how many people responded. Grab a cup of coffee or a drink and get ready to hear some interesting perspectives from these amazing guests!"There's something bad in everything good and something good in everything bad"

This week we sat down with the Head of History of Loreto Normanhust, Marco Scali. Marco Scali is a fantastic and inspirational high school history teacher who has a wealth of knowledge of 20th century history, amongst other periods. We chatted to him about how the Coronavirus is effecting education in Australia, how we can compare this event to other historical episodes and how leaders fare during times of crisis. Marco has undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in History from Macquarie University.

Rahul is an E.R Doctor working in Birmingham who treats patients with Coronavirus on a daily basis. This week we sought to uncover a few things from Rahul including; what is life like on the frontline? How does COVID-19 kill people? and do masks really work? We learnt a lot, had a few laughs and also found out why Rahul doesn't want to stay a doctor long term.