Unmapped with Mike Kelly

028 - Devin Mancuso & Jack Baldwin - Selling Out an NFT Drop in 5 Hours, Developing Shinsei Galverse, The World’s First Community Funded Anime & The Magic of Interoperability

As Co-Founders of Shinsei Galverse, Devin Mancuso & Jack Baldwin take us deep on an adventure through the world of creativity, anime and NFTs. You'll notice the artwork this week is of fictional characters - these are Devin and Jack's characters in THEIR OWN ANIME. SO. COOL. I'm an anime nerd, so getting to have this chat was PRIMO. YEW. You can check out their amazing project here: www.galverse.art or on IG - @shinsei.galverse TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - 10:56 - Intro, VTubers & Doxxing 10...

027 - Jess Koncz - What a Polyamorist Can Teach a Monogamist, Co-Creating The Right Relationship for you, Navigating Pain vs. Discomfort & Finding Unconditional Love in Evolving Connections

I guarantee you: this episode of Unmapped will make you a better partner, friend and lover. On Unmapped this week, I have the honour and privilege of speaking with Jess Koncz, who has been - along with one of my best friends - my life’s most influential teacher on relationships. She’s the Founder of The Open Circle and FAR (Festival of Alternative Relationships) and predictably, this episode is an honest and vulnerable deep dive into the world of polyamory, open relationships and Jess’...

026 - Jess Walker - What Happens when your Business Grows 10,000% in 48 Hours, Exiting (Selling) a Business at 25, Dealing with Co-Founder Betrayal, VC Life & Doing What Scares You

I’m going to put it simply: I think Jess Walker is one of the most brilliant, savvy, wise, beautiful and kind human beings I have ever met. She’s one of those humans who sprinkles gold dust. I had been planning to interview Jess for years because I have always marvelled at how she lives her life. She operates at such a high level in her career and away from it exhibits a kind heart, listens incredibly well, knows how to have fun and can’t help but make you smile. She’s an incredible fri...

025 - David Goulet - 55 Years of Yoga, How Breathing Properly Adds Years to Your Life, Telomere (DNA) Testing & Experiencing the Mechanics of Existence

This week Unmapped brings the spiritual and health-conscious of us an absolute treat. We’re speaking with David Goulet; one of the world’s most experienced practitioners of yoga. No, seriously. After studying with the revered Swami Gitananda in the early 70s, David has maintained an hours-long, daily practice of yoga for FIFTY-FIVE years. To put that in perspective: at the chronological age of 78, he had his DNA tested to tell him his biological age: 48 years old. Yep. This guy has bee...

024 - Craig Swann (pt. 2) - Temporal Energetic Resonance, The Wonders of Jamming, Optimising for Human Connection & Co-creating Southstart with it's Community

As _SOUTHSTART comes to a close, it's only fitting we drop the second part of this interview with Craig Swann. Off air, any conversation Craig and I have will tend to veer wildly between discussing technology and the future through to exploring the more grounded elements of human experience: nature, community, connection, creativity. This episode focuses on how we live as human beings. Riffing on the creative process, the beauty of jamming.

023 - Craig Swann (pt. 1) - The History of the Future, Rabbit Holes, Reality Filters, The Post-Truth Age & When Steve Jobs Loves Your Startup

What happens when we are able to superimpose our preferences onto our perception of reality, in real time? Unmapped is back, and rather than hitting the ground running, we've gone for the phasing instantaneously through time, space & the occasional dimension route. Craig Swann is hands down one of my favourite human beings to talk to. As co-founder and director of Southstart, Craig has curated a cherished, unforgettable, community-driven and distinctly human experience centred around ...

022 - Roxy Fox - The Life of an OnlyFans Sex Educator, F*cking with Awareness, The Philosophy of Sex, Tantric Masturbation & Finding Empowerment in Purpose (Not Money)

Note: This episode is most definitely not safe for work. Roxy Fox is a sex educator & coach, yoga and tantra teacher, writer, artist, traveller and rebel at heart. She came into my world as my coach in this dimension and because of the impact she’s had on my life, this was a special conversation. It is a raw, honest, vulnerable, explicit and empowering journey into sex: a topic that has for so long been taboo. Roxy is one of the deepest and most philosophical thinkers I have had the p...

021 - Nikki Tugano - Startups are @#$%ing Hard, The Science of Positive Psychology, The Evolution of Work in Our Lives & What it Takes to be a Founder

This week on Unmapped, I speak with Nikki Tugano, the Founder of SeenCulture. Nikki is on a mission is ensure every human being in every organisation is seen and valued irrespective of who they are, what they look like or which role they perform in the organisation. Nikki is also positive psychologist with a passion for helping employees within organisations find optimal performance and wellbeing. We go deep into: The challenges of startup life and whether anyone can be a founder The ...

020 - Jared Ficklin, Kat Dunn & Craig Swann - The Journey of Humanity, Technology's Irrepressible March, Post-Capitalism & The Solarian Myth

PLEASE NOTE: THE FIRST 90 SECONDS OF THE INTERVIEW HAS AN ECHO - IT IS GONE BY 4:33. For the first time ever on Unmapped, we’ve got more than one guest: a conversation in the truest sense. This dialogue began under twilight at the Salon stage of _SOUTHSTART and ends in The Twilight Zone; it is a true exploration of possibility. In the liminal and beautiful chaos of the future, you are welcome to open your mind and see what the world could look like. Today, that’s where we’re playing. ...

019 - Cris Parker - The AI Arms Race, Being Blinded by the Upside, Ethics-as-a-Choice, Humanity's Propensity for Existential Close Calls, Deep Fakes & Maintaining Optimism

Well, I promised a doozie and here it is. Cris is a rockstar in my books: an ethicist who dedicates her life to helping individuals and organisations think about how they make decisions for better ethical outcomes - a task that is by no means simple given the incentives at the root of our society. She manages it with a smile, having never given in to the negative slant that we are forever mired in a world ran by bad actors. In fact, Cris holds a nuanced and hopeful outlook on the future...

018 - Tom Dawkins - Doing Social Enterprise before Social Enterprise was a Thing, Dinner with Mikhail Gorbachev & Thich Nhat Hahn & Unlocking Collective Potential because You Don't Have the Best Ideas

Tom is a legend of Australia's social enterprise & impact space: he's been creating social enterprises before the term even existed. He is currently the Co-Founder & CEO of StartSomeGood, the Co-Founder of LendForGood, a Non-Executive Director of the Centre for Social Impact, a Mentor at Energy Lab and speaks at conferences in Australia and often around the world. Over two decades in the space, he has never been far from the beating heart of Australia's social good scene - except when...

017 - Oli Nold - Making 7 Figures, Losing 7 Figures, Making it Back, Nomad Life & Work with your Soulmate, Addiction, Being Too Old to Die Young & Life is Rock'n'Roll

Oli Nold is the quintessential digital nomad and a serial entrepreneur. He ran one of the world's largest digital nomad communities & is currently the Co-Founder of North Resolutions, a digital marketing agency he runs with his fiancé, Lisa. I've been chasing Oli for nearly three years for this interview, and you're about to find out why. Oli is a multi-faceted force of nature: he thrives at the frontier, spots opportunity with the eyes of a hawk & lives unapologetically in his lane. ...

016 - Dickie Currer - When We're 90 and Dying, The Postcode Lottery, Allyship & Owning your Narrative

Now, I'm not going to tell at which point it is, but there is a part of this conversation which literally caused my mind to implode. Just as I was about to ask Dickie what his north star is, and explain mine as example, Dickie recited my north star verbatim to answer a question because it's also his north star. Wild. Anyway, back to ye olde standard guest introduction. Dickie Currer is the Head of Partnerships at Startup Victoria & the irrepressible hype man of the Australian startup...

015 - Caitlin Erica - Finding Spirit in Stripping, Giving Yourself Permission, The Sensual Feminine, Transcending the Patriarchal Vilification of the Female Body & The Magic of Birth

I've tried to come up with a catch-call label for Caitlin, and I honestly couldn't. One of the most fascinating people I've met in a long time, Caitlin is deeply human, defiantly feminine & unapologetically embodied. Trained as a Doula, Caitlin's life took a turn when she was called to stripping. Having taken this career around the world, she now teaches women how to strip as a portal to return them to their embodied, feminine essence - to regain a confidence in their womanhood many ha...

014 - Vicki Stirling - Feminine Leadership, The Journey of Healing, What Makes a Legendary Founder & Creating Epic Cultures

As the CEO of Startup Victoria, Vicki Stirling is renowned for delivering a unique & fun breath of fresh air into the Australian startup ecosystem. Her considered and deeply personal perspectives on leadership and culture are eminent in the way she operates professionally & it's clear she brings her whole, people-first, empathic self to everything she does. Having started her career in design at Nike in Europe, we weave through her fascinating career at the macro, but the powerful insi...

013 - Jonathan de Potter - Ayahuasca in a Western World, The Corporate Trauma, Unlimited Human Potential & Interdimensional Challenges

Hailing from Hawaii, Jonathan de Potter is the Founder of Behold Retreats (www.behold-retreats.com). In a past life as a strategy consultant, Jonathan's considerable talent, drive & intelligence took him around the world. From New Zealand to Hong Kong, Jonathan had everything a young, ambitious consultant could want. A big team. Big deals. Respect. Influence. Money. Travel. And yet, something felt as though it was missing. On a travelling sabbatical, he found himself sitting in ceremon...

012 - Moira Were AM - The Journey to Mayorship, Empathy at Scale, Frontier Thinking & Transcendent Life Moments

A born and bred South Australian, Moira Were AM is the City of Onkaparinga's Mayor. From her formative years, Moira has led a community-first life focused on social impact and giving voices to those typically without them. After beginning her career at the community coal-face as a social worker, Moira has contributed to organisations of almost all descriptions and at all levels through a distinguished working life. Most notably, she has served as the Chief of Staff to the Hon. Trish Wh...

011 - Celina Chien - Conservation of the World with Dolce & Gabbana, Panthera & Leopards, The Importance of Empathy in Storytelling & The Ethics of Seaspiracy

Celina Chien (@celinaxchien) is a multi-hyphenate (read: does many things and is incredible at all of them) environmentalist local to London. You’ll often find her snapping shots of rare birds in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta ranges of Colombia, or Leopards in the Okavango Delta in Botswana. When she’s not doing that, she’s busy being a finalist (and now judge) of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year by the Natural History Museum of London for documenting Orangutans in captivity. W...

010.5 - The Evolution of Unmapped & Gratitude for S1's Listeners

In this bonus mini-episode, Mike thanks his listeners from Season 1, talks about some of it's successes and lays the framework for Unmapped's evolution in Season 2 and beyond.

Unmapped is Back!

Exploring the world through the eyes of Remarkable Humans on Extraordinary Journeys.

010 - Karina May Reyes - Protecting the Rainforests of the Most Beautiful Island in the World & the Sliding Doors of Life

As a Filipina growing up right by Sydney's famed Bondi Beach, its no wonder Karina grew up to have a love for the water and environment more broadly. As a passionate conservationist and more broadly interested in International Development, Karina has travelled the world contributing to projects protecting both the environment and welfare of marginalised communities wherever she goes. That journey brought her to become the Co-Founder of the Centre for Sustainability Philippines, a Not...

009 - Jessica Koncz - Did I Live, Did I Love & Did I Matter?

From the sleepy city of Newcastle on Australia's East Coast, Jessica Koncz' (@jess_eatsee) star has shone ever brighter as she explores the world around her and the people in it. As the Founder of Eatsee and Crave Media, Jess is a proven businesswoman and entrepreneur, which she took to the next level in 2019 by winning Launch, a global accelerator program, picking up Jason Calacanis as an investor and moving to San Francisco to live the Silicon Valley dream. But to see Jess as a busi...

008 - Mila Kriletich - Dating a Murderer, Torture & Trauma Plus The Healing Magic of the World

When a toxic relationship turned life-threatening, Mila's life changed dramatically. No longer able to justify living the life she was living and with suicide knocking, Mila put herself on a plane to India at the advice of her clairvoyant and behest of her family. The journey that follows offers up a beautiful and inspirational reminder of what the human mind can achieve and how the human soul can heal when given the opportunity to embark on a conscious pilgrimage. Trips through Asia a...

007 - Arjanna van Kan - From East to West to Global Yogi & Finding Yourself through the World

As you might guess from her yoga and surf loving tendencies, Arjanna hails from the island of Sri Lanka. After making her way to Australia for University and eventually corporate life, Arjanna realised this life wasn't for her. Seeking depth and clarity in her world, she turned to yoga and soon found herself traveling the world in search of knowledge and wisdom related to The Eight Limbed Path, or the path of Ashtanga. In the years that have followed, Arjanna has become a loved and re...

006 - Andrew Gutsell - Helicopter Rescues on Mt. Everest, Assessing Risk & Telling Someone You Can't Save Their Life

As one of the most distinguished helicopter rescue pilots in the world, Captain Andrew Gutsell (@andrew_gutsell) quite literally lives a life beyond your wildest imagination. Raised on the farms of New Zealand's South Island, Andrew's flying has taken him all over the world. In 2016, he landed in Nepal, where he became the Head Pilot at one of Nepal's premier Helicopter Rescue services. This put Andrew at the forefront of rescues on the planet's tallest mountain - Everest - and left h...

005 - Danielle Hu - From Wall St to Waikīkī and Beyond, Plus Making Remote Business Your Job

Pack your laptop, get ideating on your next big idea and start looking for creative, co-working beach paradises. Today, Danielle Hu (@thewanderlover) is taking you into the life of a digital nomad. Danielle began life in New York, taking on Wall St after graduating from an Ivy League college. Once she realised a life stuck in an office staring at spreadsheets was not for her, she began methodically mapping out ways she could do what she loved: travel. Fast forward to 2021, Danielle tr...

004 - Scott Findlay - Cooking for Celebrities, Learning Under Gordon Ramsey & Being Held at Gunpoint in Russia

Before making the iconic Bondi Beach his home, Scott Findlay spent his years making waves on the international food circuit and surfing real ones the world over. From the humble town of Napier in New Zealand, Scotty took to the skies and found himself in London learning from Gordon Ramsey as a young chef. Following this apprenticeship, he fell into a flow of cooking for celebrities on music tours with regular surf trips & (mis)adventures between. His CV is impressive. He has cooked fo...

004 - Scott Findlay - Cooking for Celebrities, Learning Under Gordon Ramsay & Being Held at Gunpoint in Russia

Before making the iconic Bondi Beach his home, Scott Findlay spent his years making waves on the international food circuit and surfing real ones the world over. From the humble town of Napier in New Zealand, Scotty took to the skies and found himself in London learning from Gordon Ramsey as a young chef. Following this apprenticeship, he fell into a flow of cooking for celebrities on music tours with regular surf trips & (mis)adventures between. His CV is impressive. He has cooked fo...

003 - Jessica Zahra - Open Roads on a Motorcycle & The Mindset to Design your Life

From the moment she first revved a motorbike, Jess knew her life had changed. A true pioneer, Jess is renowned in her circles for being a trailblazin moto-travel maverick. She's the founder and CEO of Open Roads and Open Roads Rally, a brand ambassador for Royal Enfield, a freelance graphic and web designer, documentary creator and influencer. The dedication she commits to her purpose has led her to all corners of the planet. Whether she's riding through Europe with nothing but a tent...

002 - Rahila Haidary (Part 2) - The Girl Given Hope and Those with None

On this episode of Unmapped, we conclude Rahila Haidary’s story. In episode 001, Rahila was threatened with death by the Taliban for attending school as a six year old girl, and we left off just as her Dad had smuggled her across the Pakistani border. Episode 002 follows her time in Pakistan, her father’s journey - by boat - to Australia, the eventual migration of her family and then her drive which led her to become a human rights advocate for the lies of Unicef and Humanitarian Affa...

001 - Rahila Haidary (Part 1) - Fleeing from the Taliban & The Life of a Refugee

Hailing from the mountains of Afghanistan, Rahila defied Taliban control to attend school - a men only affair - at the age of six. When she was caught, she was threatened with death and was smuggled across the Afghani border to Pakistan in order to survive. She eventually made it to Australia as an asylum seeker and has since become an advocate for Muslim rights and an International Peace Ambassador, speaking frequently at conferences around the world, most notably at the United Nations...

001 - Rahila Haidary - Fleeing from the Taliban & The Life of a Refugee

Hailing from the mountains of Afghanistan, Rahila defied Taliban control to attend school - a men only affair - at the age of six. When she was caught, she was threatened with death and was smuggled across the Afghani border to Pakistan in order to survive. She eventually made it to Australia as an asylum seeker and has since become an advocate for Muslim rights and an International Peace Ambassador, speaking frequently at conferences around the world, most notably at the United Nations...

Unmapped :: An Introduction

000 - Mike Kelly - An Introduction: Why I started Unmapped