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The Imposters
June 10, 2024
Welcome to the Imposter Podcast.
The Imposter Podcast is centred around those ubiquitous feelings of imposter syndrome, and trust us - everyone gets them. We aim to explore the idea that many individuals, despite their successes, grapple with feelings of inadequacy and credibility. Our goal? To normalise these conversations, hear from those who have pushed through regardless, and encourage everyone to step out of their comfort zones, and give something new a crack. We know you all have a passion project rattling around in your head; so let's do something about it!
Meet the Imposters:
Al, Burso & Fedora.
Al: Joined the Army Reserve at 17 whilst doing a carpentry apprenticeship. After that he spent a few years in Europe as a Contiki bus driver, running tours in over 20 countries (terrible job). Returning to Australia Al was a first responder for 14 years. Al has had two failed businesses - critical steps in eventually succeeding (at least he hopes), and has now changed direction again with a Youtube channel and The Imposter Podcast.
Find out more about Al in the episode below.
Burso: Spent 9 years in the Australian Regular Army, serving as a combat engineer and a loadmaster in Blackhawk helicopters. After leaving the Army he served 11 years in Victoria Police including time in the Critical Incident Response Team, and as a police negotiator. With a blend of military and police service under his belt, he had a brief flirtation with politics, running in both federal and state elections. Burso's our resident "almost Prime Minister", and wannabe radio jock - Have a listen to Burso’s story here. and if you want to really get to know him, he is kind of a big deal these days making an appearance on Zero Limits Podcast with Matty Morris - Listen here.
Fedora: The man behind the magic, our podcast producer who prefers to stay under the radar and behind his iconic hat but who also gets chronic FOMO! You will find little breadcrumbs about Fedora as we go.
Together, we’re an absolute shambles, but as Burso likes to say, "you miss 100% of the opportunities you don't take" (original quote). So, here we are, giving it a crack! Cause what’s the worst that’s going to happen??
The Challenges:
From the beginning of The Imposter Podcast, community challenges were set to be a key component. The concept is to find challenges for each other, and for our guests, that will make them accountable to all of you, to do something they know deep down they should do or have been putting off. They can have a bit of comedy attached, such as our challenge to Firefighter Dan Caruana to apply for the annual firefighters calendar. But whilst this was a bit cheeky because Dan is a very good friend of ours; the underlying benefit is seeing Dan do some more gym focussed training which Al is sometimes joining him for.
Often during a pod we do not know ahead of time what the challenge will be for the guest, but without fail each guest has inadvertently volunteered multiple things they ‘want to do’ or ‘wish they had done’, such as SJ Brand - our romantic novel writer, who admitted that she has been putting off starting a Patreon page so her readers can support her to fund a professional editor. Within days of being challenged, SJ created a page, something she had been putting off for months, because now she was accountable to all of you and it became a no brainer! Support SJ’s Patreon here.
For the next evolution of the challenges we want to get all of you involved. So if you have a friend, family member or colleague you want to challenge to do something constructive and uplifting, we want to publish these challenges for you and make us all accountable to the whole Imposter community. You can do this by either replying with the challenge details to this newsletter email, and we will publish the challenge in each Podadpolooza Newsletter (every 10 episodes) - Catch our first Podadpolooza here.
Or you can tag us in an instagram story or reel which we will repost.
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But remember - no trolling here (talking to you Burso), just challenges that will build your friends and family up!
Tune in to our first challenge debrief in Episode 2 - The Tony Robbins Experience (to Al’s extreme horror)
Interviewing Guests:
Expect to hear from guests from diverse backgrounds who've achieved significant milestones yet have wrestled with imposter feelings, often in silence along the way. We will aim to make sure no two guests are alike except in one critical way: They have all decided to ‘Just just do it’ - because what’s the worst that can happen! We discuss with each guest the rarely acknowledged reality that many people experience similar doubts without openly acknowledging them at the time. Our interviews aim to dismantle the myth that success comes without internal conflict, shining a light on the often hidden battles that accompany achievements.
Catch up on our first 20 episodes featuring the below Imposters:
Dan Caruana: Critical Incident Cop, Taekwando Champion and Firefighter.
Jess Taylor: Babies and Birthing stories. Journey into Motherhood.
Matt Morris: Zero Limits host, security expert and Australian soldier.
Mark McConnell: Police negotiator and professional communicator.
Joel Jammal: Journey of Faith and Influence. Host of the Ark.
SJ Brand: Author of romantic/erotic novels.
Jarryd Goundry: Comedian, 2 hat chef and Australian Soldier
How is the podcast going so far?
With incredible support from all of you, in its first two months The Imposter Podcast has achieved these numbers and milestones.
We went live 13 April 2024 & have 5,000 + total downloads.
We’ve released 20 episodes (as of 10th June) with many more already recorded and in the bank.
We are reaching 25+ countries
Our top episode has 800+ downloads - listen in here.
We’ve been on 2 road trips
Want to help?
Subscribe to the podcast here & leave us a 5 star review. Thank you to all who have been doing this - it means a lot.
Make a pledge here - and help us continue to make great content and bring you more episodes.
Sponsorships & Shoutouts:
We love seeing people do well, so look forward to highlighting different brands & organisations we love. And if they actually come on board as a sponsor of the podcast, that’s a huge win for us.
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A big shoutout to our first sponsor, Savvy Beverages!
Savvy are our Nootropics Brain Booster partner - the ‘limitless drink’. We love drinking them, and so do you because we have been overwhelmed by the support you guys have shown and purchased yourselves some Savvy products.
Check them out and use the code IMPOSTER for a 17% discount on your purchase.
As an affiliate we receive a portion of each purchase, which is a great way for you to help us to grow The Imposter Podcast, and get all the benefits from Savvy products!
Mark Curry the founder of Savvy will also be on the show in episodes to come, he is a very intelligent dude, with a great imposter story (self confessed), so be sure to stay tuned for that.
3 Zeros Coffee also joined us as a partner, and are keeping us caffeinated and ready to chat.
3 Zeros is a First Responder owned business who have a large range of incredibly good coffee. And we love their pour over coffee bags for camping, road trips or your work bag. A percentage of 3 Zeros sales are donated towards organisations that support first responders.
To Support them, and to drink really good coffee, use the Code IPAU3ZC for a 10% discount at checkout. We don’t take any funds back from 3 Zeros.
Got a sponsor idea? Let us know.
Join Our Community:
We’re excited to grow this community, sharing stories, updates, and behind-the-scenes content. We’d love to see it grow - subscribe to the newsletter to help it grow & go a step further, if you want (no pressure) share it with a mate.
Thanks for joining the Imposter Community.
Al, Burso and Fedora.