Humans of Purpose
Each week, your host Mel Greblo brings you inspiring conversations with purpose-driven leaders from our local community and abroad. Guests join Mel for a relaxed conversation to discuss their life and career journey, purpose and how they create positive impact through their work. Tea, coffee or single malt whiskey are served as we traverse meaningful subjects and gain insights into business and community. Wisdom, experience and banter are combined to offer you a supreme 45-minute podcast immersion. For more information about Humans of Purpose, including a sneak peak into the impact we’re making in the world. Visit https://humansofpurpose.com/
Each week, your host Mel Greblo brings you inspiring conversations with purpose-driven leaders from our local community and abroad. Guests join Mel for a relaxed conversation to discuss their life and career journey, purpose and how they create positive impact through their work. Tea, coffee or single malt whiskey are served as we traverse meaningful subjects and gain insights into business and community. Wisdom, experience and banter are combined to offer you a supreme 45-minute podcast immersion. For more information about Humans of Purpose, including a sneak peak into the impact we’re making in the world. Visit https://humansofpurpose.com/
Episodes

Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
318 Elliot Costello: Deplastify World
Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
Elliot CostelloGiven the stellar year we've had and how far the podcast has come it's only fitting that our first ever podcast guest Elliot Costello of YGAP fame joins me to discuss his new plastics reduction venture Phantm, albeit 317 episodes and 7 years later.
Elliot is the CEO of Phantm. Phantm or on a mission to deplastify the world's supply chains. It is a digital platform enabling businesses to identify better packaging and products, minimise environmental impact, fast track progress towards esg goals and monitor key milestones.
This is out last official episode of 2023, but stay tuned for some quality bonus content and do peruse our back catalogue of several hundred episodes should you require additional content during the holiday break!
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Tuesday Dec 12, 2023
317 Perry Le Greco: Greek Courage
Tuesday Dec 12, 2023
Tuesday Dec 12, 2023
Perry Le Greco
This week on the podcast, I’m thrilled to bring you my conversation with Perry Le Greco. Perry is co-owner of my local Greek restaurant in Elsternwick, the Mediterranean Greek Tavern. He is one of the few non-Jewish people I know, who expressed his deepest sadness and regrets almost immediately following the terrorist acts of October 7 perpetrated against Israel by Hamas. As a result he almost lost everything. This is his story.
Promotional Partnerships
Like what we are serving up on Humans of Purpose and believe youself to be in a values-aligned organisation? Our promotional campaigns have delivered great outcomes and ROI for our partners to date.
Don't waste your marketing dollars on Facebook or Google Ads, we guarantee a far better ROI and you'll also be enabling us to continue to amplify purpose-driven people and organisations that are driving social impact.
Click Here to learn more about collaborating on a custom campaign package. Ready to partner? Just complete this short Partner Enquiry Form and we'll be in touch.
Gold Membership
Join current members Michael, Pravati, Noel, Kathy, Andrew 1, Andrew 2, Chris, Nikki, Margaret, Ben, Misha, Sarah and Geoff and enjoy our range of member benefits:
Premium dedicated podcast feed
Removal of all three ads per episode
Early access to all episodes
Full transcripts of all episodes
Brokered intros to all podcast guests
Ask me anything page access
To take up this great offer, just head to our Gold Member page today.

Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
316 Renate Crollini: Baking Sustainability
Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
Renate Crollini
Renate is the Co-Founder and CSO at Brownee. Brownee is building a sustainability and success engine for small to medium enterprises (SMEs); inspiring and empowering them to take actions that positively impact people, planet and their profits.
Promotional Partnerships
Like what we are serving up on Humans of Purpose and believe youself to be in a values-aligned organisation? Our promotional campaigns have delivered great outcomes and ROI for our partners to date.
Don't waste your marketing dollars on Facebook or Google Ads, we guarantee a far better ROI and you'll also be enabling us to continue to amplify purpose-driven people and organisations that are driving social impact.
Click Here to learn more about collaborating on a custom campaign package. Ready to partner? Just complete this short Partner Enquiry Form and we'll be in touch.
Gold Membership
Join current members Michael, Pravati, Noel, Kathy, Andrew 1, Andrew 2, Chris, Nikki, Margaret, Ben, Misha, Sarah and Geoff and enjoy our range of member benefits:
Premium dedicated podcast feed
Removal of all three ads per episode
Early access to all episodes
Full transcripts of all episodes
Brokered intros to all podcast guests
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To take up this great offer, just head to our Gold Member page today.

Tuesday Nov 28, 2023
315 Justin Babet: Chief Life
Tuesday Nov 28, 2023
Tuesday Nov 28, 2023
Justin Babet
This week on the podcast, I’m thrilled to bring you my conversation with Justin Babet. Justin is the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at Chief Nutrition. Chief produces a healthy, sustainable and convenient range of snacks that will help you live a Chief life.
Promotional Partnerships
Like what we are serving up on Humans of Purpose and believe youself to be in a values-aligned organisation? Our promotional campaigns have delivered great outcomes and ROI for our partners to date.
Don't waste your marketing dollars on Facebook or Google Ads, we guarantee a far better ROI and you'll also be enabling us to continue to amplify purpose-driven people and organisations that are driving social impact.
Click Here to learn more about collaborating on a custom campaign package. Ready to partner? Just complete this short Partner Enquiry Form and we'll be in touch.
Gold Membership
We’ve got a free trial of our Humans of Purpose Gold Membership until the end of November, where you can join current members Michael, Pravati, Noel, Kathy, Andrew 1, Andrew 2, Chris, Nikki, Margaret, Ben, Misha, Sarah and Geoff and try out our range of member benefits:
Premium dedicated podcast feed
Removal of all three ads per episode
Early access to all episodes
Full transcripts of all episodes
Brokered intros to all podcast guests
Ask me anything page access
To take up this great offer, just head to our Gold Member page today.

Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
314 Rachael Neumann: Venture Capital
Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
Rachel NeumannThis week on the podcast, I’m thrilled to bring you my conversation with Rachael Neumann. Rachel is Co-Founding Partner at Flying Fox Ventures.
Flying Fox are one of Australia’s leading VC firms providing capital and support to early-stage startups, enabling them to propel forward and soar- just like a Flying Fox.
Promotional Partnerships
Like what we are serving up on Humans of Purpose and believe youself to be in a values-aligned organisation? Our promotional campaigns have delivered great outcomes and ROI for our partners to date.
Don't waste your marketing dollars on Facebook or Google Ads, we guarantee a far better ROI and you'll also be enabling us to continue to amplify purpose-driven people and organisations that are driving social impact.
Click Here to learn more about collaborating on a custom campaign package. Ready to partner? Just complete this short Partner Enquiry Form and we'll be in touch.
Gold Membership
We’ve got a free trial of our Humans of Purpose Gold Membership until the end of November, where you can join current members Pravati, Noel, Kathy, Andrew 1, Andrew 2, Chris, Nikki, Margaret, Ben, Misha, Sarah and Geoff and try out our range of member benefits:
Premium dedicated podcast feed
Removal of all three ads per episode
Early access to all episodes
Full transcripts of all episodes
Audio notes for all episodes
Brokered intros to all podcast guests
Ask me anything page access
To take up this great offer, just head to our Gold Member page today.

Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
313 Dr Glitter: Happy Gut
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
Dr Glitter
This week on the podcast, I’m thrilled to bring you my conversation with the Founders of Dr Glitter, Jade Diep and Augusta Xu-Holland.
Dr Glitter is a colour coded tool to help young people engage with what they are eating and provide a targeted boost of micronutrients at the same time. Head to the website and get your pre-orders now!
Promotional Partnerships
Like what we are serving up on Humans of Purpose and believe youself to be in a values-aligned organisation? Our promotional campaigns have delivered great outcomes and ROI for our partners to date.
Don't waste your marketing dollars on Facebook or Google Ads, we guarantee a far better ROI and you'll also be enabling us to continue to amplify purpose-driven people and organisations that are driving social impact.
Click Here to learn more about collaborating on a custom campaign package. Ready to partner? Just complete this short Partner Enquiry Form and we'll be in touch.
Gold Membership
We’ve got a free trial of our Humans of Purpose Gold Membership until the end of November, where you can join current members Pravati, Noel, Kathy, Andrew 1, Andrew 2, Chris, Nikki, Margaret, Ben, Misha, Sarah and Geoff and try out our range of member benefits:
Premium dedicated podcast feed
Removal of all three ads per episode
Early access to all episodes
Full transcripts of all episodes
Audio notes for all episodes
Brokered intros to all podcast guests
Ask me anything page access
To take up this great offer, just head to our Gold Member page today.

Tuesday Nov 07, 2023
312 Ash Knop: Biodiversity Credits
Tuesday Nov 07, 2023
Tuesday Nov 07, 2023
Ash Knop
Ash is the Co-Founder and CEO of Wilderlands. Wilderlands have developed one of the world's first voluntary biodiversity credits and launched a platform to make it easy for anyone to start protecting nature today.
Promotional Partnerships
Like what we are serving up on Humans of Purpose and believe youself to be in a values-aligned organisation? Our promotional campaigns have delivered great outcomes and ROI for our partners to date.
Don't waste your marketing dollars on Facebook or Google Ads, we guarantee a far better ROI and you'll also be enabling us to continue to amplify purpose-driven people and organisations that are driving social impact.
Click Here to learn more about collaborating on a custom campaign package. Ready to partner? Just complete this short Partner Enquiry Form and we'll be in touch.
Gold Membership
We’ve got a free trial of our Humans of Purpose Gold Membership until the end of November, where you can join current members Pravati, Noel, Kathy, Andrew 1, Andrew 2, Chris, Nikki, Margaret, Ben, Misha, Sarah and Geoff and try out our range of member benefits:
Premium dedicated podcast feed
Removal of all three ads per episode
Early access to all episodes
Full transcripts of all episodes
Audio notes for all episodes
Brokered intros to all podcast guests
Ask me anything page access
To take up this great offer, just head to our Gold Member page today.

Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
311 Nasser Mashni: On Palestine
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Nasser Mashni
Nasser Mashni is the President of APAN, which stands for the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network. APAN harnesses the passion of Australians to advocate for Australian policy to support Palestinian human rights, justice, and equality.
Content Warning
This episode deals with some troubling themes around the current conflict in Israel and the Palestinian Territories as well as discussions of current and historical violence. This one is not suitable for kids.
Gold Membership
We’ve got a free trial of our Humans of Purpose Gold Membership until the end of November, where you can join current members Pravati, Noel, Kathy, Andrew 1, Andrew 2, Chris, Nikki, Margaret, Ben, Misha, Sarah and Geoff and try out our range of member benefits:
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Tuesday Oct 24, 2023
310 Joel Burnie: On Israel
Tuesday Oct 24, 2023
Tuesday Oct 24, 2023
Joel Burnie
Joel is Executive Director at AIJAC, which stands for the Australia Israel & Jewish Affars Committee. AIJAC represents the interests of the Australian Jewish community to government, politicians, media and other community groups and organisations through research, commentary and analysis. We recorded this episode on Sunday the 15th of October just over a week ago.
Alternate View
We are working hard to arrange to air an episode next week to share the views of APAN, the equivalent peak body representing Palestinian interests in Australia.
Content Warning
This episode deals with some troubling themes around the current conflict in Israel and the Palestinian Territories as well as some fairly graphic descriptions of acts of violence perpetrated against civilians and their families. This one is not suitable for kids.
Gold Membership
We’ve got a free trial of our Humans of Purpose Gold Membership until the end of October, where you can join current members Pravati, Noel, Kathy, Andrew 1, Andrew 2, Chris, Nikki, Margaret, Ben, Misha, Sarah and Geoff and try out our range of member benefits:
Premium dedicated podcast feed
Removal of all three ads per episode
Early access to all episodes
Full transcripts of all episodes
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Brokered intros to all podcast guests
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To take up this great offer, just head to our Gold Member page today.
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Checkout our Partners Page to learn more about our growing suite of values-aligned partners that will soon offer you our valued listeners great discount opportunities-
Welly, healthy smoothies (20% off, direct link)
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Chief Nutrition, beef bars (10% off, direct link)
Neon Treehouse, digital marketing

Tuesday Oct 17, 2023
309 Kylie Wallace: Seedling Giving
Tuesday Oct 17, 2023
Tuesday Oct 17, 2023
Kylie Wallace
Kylie is the CEO and Chief Gardiner at Seedling Giving. Seedling Giving are your personalised charity matching service and have facilitated over half a million dollars through their smart, reliable and tailored approach since they kicked off quite recently.
Gold Membership
We’ve got a free trial of our Humans of Purpose Gold Membership until the end of October, where you can join current members Pravati, Noel, Kathy, Andrew 1, Andrew 2, Chris, Nikki, Margaret, Ben, Misha, Sarah and Geoff and try out our range of member benefits:
Premium dedicated podcast feed
Removal of all three ads per episode
Early access to all episodes
Full transcripts of all episodes
Audio notes for all episodes
Brokered intros to all podcast guests
Ask me anything page access
To take up this great offer, just head to our Gold Member page today.
The Hedgehog's Nest
Join our new Substack, The Hedgehog's Nest, where I reflect on the biggest ideas that emerge from our amazing Humans of Purpose conversations.
It comes out once a week on a Thursday morning, direct to your inbox.

The Experience
Humans of Purpose features weekly conversations with inspiring purpose-driven leaders from our local community.
You will be treated to a delectable feast of talented individuals whose work has a positive social impact.
As we have done in our past 300 episodes, we will continue to offer equal parts wisdom, experience and banter in every episode.









