The BANJO Podcast

Solo pod with Kevin running the show, but chatting about two hot topics  

🐦Timeline & background of Elon Musk's Twitter takeover, and the backlash from the lay-offs & $8 per month subscription 

🏏 With the T20 World Cup coming to a finish, is Australian cricket dying? Lacklustre performances, dwindling crowds, what is wrong with the Australian Cricket DNA?    

The B-Team are 10 of your closest mates sharing stories from their lives, and chatting about the trending headlines on the news & in business,  with a healthy sprinkling of sport! Join us around the virtual campfire!  Our mission is to bring people together and have the same level of mateship that we have as a group of lads. We record every 1-2 weeks, and juggle the content on top of our professional careers as leaders in various capacities (as small biz owners, lawyers, accountants, logistics etc).  

Follow us on social media accounts: - https://www.facebook.com/thebteampod- https://www.tiktok.com/@thebteampoddy

This podcast is a deep one....  

🕵🏻‍♀️ Teachers Pet Podcast Summary & the Lynette Dawson Murder case - Ash gives an overview of the whole case to save you listening to 16 episodes 

💸 Parenting Scenario: Do you give your $22b empire to your kids, or do you make them start from scratch 

💡 Growth x Cricket Weekend/ Conference: An idea spurned off Shaan Puri's MFM Camp   

The B-Team are 10 of your closest mates sharing stories from their lives, and chatting about the trending headlines on the news & in business,  with a healthy sprinkling of sport! Join us around the virtual campfire!  Our mission is to bring people together and have the same level of mateship that we have as a group of lads. We record every 1-2 weeks, and juggle the content on top of our professional careers as leaders in various capacities (as small biz owners, lawyers, accountants, logistics etc).  

Follow us on social media accounts: 

- https://www.facebook.com/thebteampod 

- https://www.tiktok.com/@thebteampoddy

Ever sat around chatting about business ideas with your mates? Yeah we did that this week....see how the guys went, with a wide variety of ideas.  

📖 Personalised Kids Books with an community driven stories + ideas 

🏎️ American Muscle Cars for events + weddings (buying an appreciating asset) 

🍲 Uber Eats…but for home cooked meals 

🍺 B-Team Beer 

☣️ Virtual AI WHS / Hazard recognition App 

🧃 Sweet Lime Juice (Sathkudi/ Mosambi) – Grown & bottled in Australia   

The B-Team are 10 of your closest mates sharing stories from their lives, and chatting about the trending headlines on the news & in business,  with a healthy sprinkling of sport! Join us around the virtual campfire!  

Our mission is to bring people together and have the same level of mateship that we have as a group of lads. We record every 1-2 weeks, and juggle the content on top of our professional careers as leaders in various capacities (as small biz owners, lawyers, accountants, logistics etc).  

Follow us on social media accounts: 

1. https://www.facebook.com/thebteampod

2. https://www.tiktok.com/@thebteampoddy

Kev, Hubert & newbie to the show Avi take their trio whatsapp chat (est. pre-2017) to the B-Team poddy! Look out for the B-Team Surprise Guest towards the end!  

✈️ Contiki travel, and scary adventures to Ukraine without a visa  

🏉 Suburban grounds and is there a place for them in the NRL (and world sport)  

💻 The concept of 'Quiet Quitting' and the B-Team's opinions  

👶 Exciting baby news within the B-Team   

Articles quoted: Suburban Grounds: https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-2022-arlc-chairman-peter-vlandys-suburban-stadium-upgrades-nrl-penrith-stadium-shark-park-nsw-government-dominic-perrottet-news-queensland-grand-final/news-story/12363b5badf7ede678f9f9dd7dc34e9b  

Quiet Quitting: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11093523/Quiet-quitters-Disinterested-colleagues-just-disillusioned-job.html

Team of 5 this week with a "generic" episode. That's right the usual banter, sports chat & Elon talk!   

⚫Fertility Rates: Who's got the lowest out of Australia, USA, China, India, Srilanka & Fiji  

⚫Elon vs Twitter Battle: Who will win, why are bots an issue, and would the B-Team build their own, or negotiate to buy Twitter?  

⚫Politics & Sport: Do they mix? Russian players in sport gets the B-Team talking  

⚫Nick Kyrgios: And other legends like him good for their sports 

⚫The halfway mark in the F1 season & Ferrari's reliability issues  

⚫Introducing a new concept for next episode

Big crew this week with Kevin, Hubert, Philip, Ash & Shaz chatting shop & celebrating Philip's engagement (woo!). Other topics discussed are:  

⚫Lettuce Talk About Small Business - Small business impacts from interest rate hikes, inflation, supply chain, fuel, war etc

⚫Opportunities Galore: Where are the opportunities in a market downturn like this.

⚫Origin 2: The DTupou vs Josh Ado-Carr debate + other Origin chat

⚫Other Sports over the weekend: Canadian GP + Hamilton on another podium, NBA Finals, EPL transfers (Sadio Mane), Australia through to the World Cup

Kevin, Jono & Hubert chat this week coming in hot from their Cricket Trip...topics discussed are:

⚫The B-Team Cricket Trip, and falling in love with Shoal Bay Country Club

⚫Origin chats, surprise selections, and NRL contracts with Josh Ado-Carr being omitted

⚫Is America still a superpower? Uvalde shootings, USA gun laws, and the lack of trust in the USA

⚫The Johnny Depp v Amber Heard defamation trial, and our thoughts of the media circus

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⚫Melbourne & Miami Grand Prix 

⚫NBA Playoffs 

⚫Crypto Markets & the fall of Terra 

⚫Property markets and our speculation 

⚫Political landscape, and our ‘one big thing’ that will determine our votes this weekend 

⚫Liverpool Football Club, and their rivalry with Manchester City - Greatest ever? 

⚫The Fijian Drua Women’s Super Rugby Team - Undefeated, and blitzing the competition! 

⚫Andrew Symonds, and the loss of another legend

The HAC guys chat with Jason Graham-Nye, and explore the concept of the circular economy, and the lightbulb moment for Jason when money and meaning intersected. 

Listen to this episode to find how a Japanese translator x Stockbroker, got the entrepreneurial bug with his wife, and ultimately co-founded one of the world's first Cradle to Cradle Certified disposable diaper inserts.  

Which stat on this episode shocked you the most :O?

The HAC lads chat with one of their best mates Jonathon Neasey on his journey to becoming an Operations Manager at a large logistics & supply chain company.   

Find out how Jonathon Neasey started aiming for the stars with a potential promising footy career, and how he had to pivot through various career changes before he could find his feet (and 'passion').   Can you resonate with any of the 3 great takeaways from this episode?