Humans of Purpose
Humans of Purpose is the modern salon - conversations with the leaders, thinkers, and builders shaping what comes next.
We're living through a period of genuine reckoning: with how business operates, what leadership demands, and what it actually costs to build something that matters. The people navigating that with honesty and intelligence are not always the loudest voices in the room. This podcast finds them.
Each episode is a real conversation - unhurried, substantive, and honest about difficulty. We talk with purpose-driven founders, impact leaders, and original thinkers about work, story, power, and what it means to lead with integrity in a world that is changing faster than the language we have to describe it.
Hosted by Mel Greblo, founder of Humans of Purpose, a proud BCorp.
For more information about Humans of Purpose, including a sneak peak into the impact we’re making in the world. Visit https://humansofpurpose.com/
Humans of Purpose is the modern salon - conversations with the leaders, thinkers, and builders shaping what comes next.
We're living through a period of genuine reckoning: with how business operates, what leadership demands, and what it actually costs to build something that matters. The people navigating that with honesty and intelligence are not always the loudest voices in the room. This podcast finds them.
Each episode is a real conversation - unhurried, substantive, and honest about difficulty. We talk with purpose-driven founders, impact leaders, and original thinkers about work, story, power, and what it means to lead with integrity in a world that is changing faster than the language we have to describe it.
Hosted by Mel Greblo, founder of Humans of Purpose, a proud BCorp.
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

Jan 16, 2024
319 Lee Schofield: Future Now
Jan 16, 2024
Jan 16, 2024
49 min
Lee Schofield
Lee is Co-Founder of Future For Now. Future For Now are your strategic partners, educators, and guides in the ever-evolving world of Artificial Intelligence, automation, and low code technologies.
Neon Treehouse are our major sponsors and partners in production. They are the go to full service digital marketing agency in Australia, for bright and imaginative solutions.
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Dec 30, 2023
Top Episodes: Year 2023
Dec 30, 2023
Dec 30, 2023
8 min
Top Episodes: Year 2023
Pro-tip: listen first and then use links below or just have your podcasting app open on screen whilst listening.
People's Choice
1. https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-u9m8i-1472146
2. https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-rmp8r-145f71e
3. https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-htnu4-143c27d
Editor's Choice
1. https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-246dz-14e82f1

Dec 19, 2023
318 Elliot Costello: Deplastify World
Dec 19, 2023
Dec 19, 2023
48 min
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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Dec 12, 2023
317 Perry Le Greco: Greek Courage
Dec 12, 2023
Dec 12, 2023
1hr 22 sec
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.
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Dec 5, 2023
316 Renate Crollini: Baking Sustainability
Dec 5, 2023
Dec 5, 2023
40 min
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.
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Nov 28, 2023
315 Justin Babet: Chief Life
Nov 28, 2023
Nov 28, 2023
56 min
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.
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Nov 21, 2023
314 Rachael Neumann: Venture Capital
Nov 21, 2023
Nov 21, 2023
56 min
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.
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Nov 14, 2023
313 Dr Glitter: Happy Gut
Nov 14, 2023
Nov 14, 2023
42 min
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!
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Nov 7, 2023
312 Ash Knop: Biodiversity Credits
Nov 7, 2023
Nov 7, 2023
40 min
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.
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Oct 31, 2023
311 Nasser Mashni: On Palestine
Oct 31, 2023
Oct 31, 2023
1hr 28 min
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.
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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.








