The Thinkers and Doers Podcast with Luke Graham

E 07: Cities of the future through a demographic lens with Simon Kuestenmacher

Simon Kuestenmacher is a demographer and social commentator. He is a co-founder of The Demographics Group--a research and public speaking group based out of Melbourne, Australia. Simon and Luke discuss the trend in the need for meaningful work, ageing populations and other societal forces influencing the future of our cities and work.

E 06: The science of struggle and benefits of the daily commute with Dr Adam Fraser

Dr Adam Fraser is an Australia-based peak performance researcher and keynote speaker. He has worked with high-profile corporate, governmental, academic and sporting clients. In this episode, Adam and Luke discuss insights from his two latest books: Strive and The Third Space. Adam's website: https://dradamfraser.com/

E 05: The impact of location and skills on remote work inequalities with Dr Fabian Braesemann

Dr Fabian Braesemann is a departmental research lecturer in artificial intelligence and work at the University of Oxford's Oxford Internet Institute. Previously, Fabian was a research fellow at the Oxford Future of Real Estate Initiative. Fabian's paper, "The global polarisation of remote work" was published in late-2022. It addresses the location and skills-based inequalities of remote work.

E 04: Building a matcha empire from managing ADHD and anxiety with Marisa Poster

Marisa Poster is the co-founder of PerfectTed, a UK-based beverage start-up "on a mission to spread positive energy through matcha". Marisa came across matcha while managing symptoms of both ADHD and anxiety at university, but found that many consumers were put off by the grassy taste of some matcha powders. Marisa and her co-founders, Teddy and Levi, went about developing a canned drink within their suite of products which was showcased on the 2023 season of BBC's Dragon's Den. PerfectTed gained offers from all dragons, and accepted the combined offer of two dragons.

E 03: The impact of founder personalities on start-up success with Prof Paul X McCarthy

Professor Paul X McCarthy is an academic and serial entrepreneur applying data science to the social sciences. Alongside his coauthors, Paul has been researching the personality traits of successful employees and entrepreneurs.