Shows
The Tranquil MindBack to School with Dr. Katie Thomson AitkenBack-to-school can be stressful — but it doesn’t have to be. In this solo episode, Dr. Katie shares how to support anxious kids and teens with naturopathic strategies focused on sleep, nutrition, movement, and nervous system regulation. Practical, compassionate, and calm.📥 Download the free Fed & Focused Nutrition ToolkitLooking for support from Dr. Katie Thomson Aitken ND?Follow along on instagram, check out her book, or if you live in Ontario book a strategy session to discuss working with her personally.
2025-08-1926 min
Clarity"Future of Professionals Report" shows the impact GenAI will have on work Mike Abbott, head of the Thomson Reuters Institute, and Steve Hasker, president and CEO of Thomson Reuters, discuss the recently released 2nd annual Thomson Reuters Future of Professionals Report on the Thomson Reuters Institute Insights podcast this week. Their conversation highlights the numerous insights from thousands of professionals surveyed across many organizations worldwide about the impact that generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) will have on their work, including time-savings, the need for responsible AI development, and the importance of human expertise and judgment in the use of GenAI.
2024-07-1623 minClarity"Future of Professionals Report" shows the impact GenAI will have on work Mike Abbott, head of the Thomson Reuters Institute, and Steve Hasker, president and CEO of Thomson Reuters, discuss the recently released 2nd annual Thomson Reuters Future of Professionals Report on the Thomson Reuters Institute Insights podcast this week. Their conversation highlights the numerous insights from thousands of professionals surveyed across many organizations worldwide about the impact that generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) will have on their work, including time-savings, the need for responsible AI development, and the importance of human expertise and judgment in the use of GenAI.
2024-07-1623 min
Beyond 8 FiguresBuilding a Business That Reflects Your Values with Amanda Thomson, NoughtyPurpose-driven innovation starts with aligning a product with core values rather than just chasing market trends. This means understanding what truly matters to customers and addressing these needs. Take Amanda Thomson, for example, who aligned her personal values with her business and developed a range of premium non-alcoholic wines that not only filled a market gap but also established NOUGHTY as a leader in the beverage industry. It’s already available in the USA, Canada, UK, and Europe and continues its rapid global expansion.About Amanda ThomsonAmanda Thomson is the visionary founder and CE...
2024-06-1934 min
ClarityThe future of Generative AI in professional servicesGenerative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is here — and now, it’s on professionals in the legal, tax, government, and risk & fraud sectors to adopt it. On this week’s Thomson Reuters Institute Insights podcast, Zach Warren, manager of Tech & Innovation content for the Thomson Reuters Institute, speaks with Joel Hron, the head of Thomson Reuters Labs, — live from Stanford University’s CodeX FutureLaw conference — about the newly published Generative AI in Professional Services report, published by Thomson Reuters, and what GenAI’s future looks like from a technological perspective.
2024-04-1613 minClarityThe future of Generative AI in professional servicesGenerative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is here — and now, it’s on professionals in the legal, tax, government, and risk & fraud sectors to adopt it. On this week’s Thomson Reuters Institute Insights podcast, Zach Warren, manager of Tech & Innovation content for the Thomson Reuters Institute, speaks with Joel Hron, the head of Thomson Reuters Labs, — live from Stanford University’s CodeX FutureLaw conference — about the newly published Generative AI in Professional Services report, published by Thomson Reuters, and what GenAI’s future looks like from a technological perspective.
2024-04-1613 min
ClarityHighlights from the UN’s COP 28 conference In the latest Thomson Reuters Institute Insights podcast, we feature a discussion with colleagues Alexander Robson, Managing Editor, and Lindsey Rogerson, Senior Editor at Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence (TRRI) of the key highlights from this year’s UN Climate Change conference known as COP 28. This episode of our Insights podcast is part of a collaboration between the Thomson Reuters Institute and TRRI around the launch of the new white paper ESG: Navigating past the noise, which was authored by TRRI and published by the Thomson Reuters Institute.
2023-12-0616 minClarityHighlights from the UN’s COP 28 conference In the latest Thomson Reuters Institute Insights podcast, we feature a discussion with colleagues Alexander Robson, Managing Editor, and Lindsey Rogerson, Senior Editor at Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence (TRRI) of the key highlights from this year’s UN Climate Change conference known as COP 28. This episode of our Insights podcast is part of a collaboration between the Thomson Reuters Institute and TRRI around the launch of the new white paper ESG: Navigating past the noise, which was authored by TRRI and published by the Thomson Reuters Institute.
2023-12-0616 min
ClarityThomson Reuters launches new Human Trafficking Resource Center, featuring online toolkitsIn the latest Thomson Reuters Institute Insights podcast, Heather Fischer, Senior Advisor of Human Rights Crimes at Thomson Reuters Special Services and a previous Special Advisor for Human Trafficking at The White House, discusses today’s launch of the Human Trafficking Resource Center, which makes use of the City of Houston’s world-class anti-trafficking toolkits, with Minal Patel Davis, Director of the Mayor’s Office of Human Trafficking and Domestic Violence at the City of Houston under the leadership of Mayor Sylvester Turner. As the podcast describes, the new Resource Center will make these toolkits readily accessible online...
2023-10-2327 minClarityThomson Reuters launches new Human Trafficking Resource Center, featuring online toolkitsIn the latest Thomson Reuters Institute Insights podcast, Heather Fischer, Senior Advisor of Human Rights Crimes at Thomson Reuters Special Services and a previous Special Advisor for Human Trafficking at The White House, discusses today’s launch of the Human Trafficking Resource Center, which makes use of the City of Houston’s world-class anti-trafficking toolkits, with Minal Patel Davis, Director of the Mayor’s Office of Human Trafficking and Domestic Violence at the City of Houston under the leadership of Mayor Sylvester Turner. As the podcast describes, the new Resource Center will make these toolkits readily accessible online...
2023-10-2327 min
ClarityBalancing data privacy, the need for access, and public protectionWhile keeping personal information private is incredibly important for any number of reasons, it is also crucial that some of that very same information be available in some situations. That balance — between data privacy and protection — animates the latest Thomson Reuters Institute Insights podcast. In it, Thomson Reuters Institute’s Rabihah Bulter speaks with Ben Bawden, a principal at consulting firm Brooks Bawden Moore; Kate Friedrich, VP of Government Affairs & ESG at Thomson Reuters; and Steve Rubley, President of the Government segment at Thomson Reuters about the importance of data privacy and how to best organizations can balanc...
2023-10-1046 minClarityBalancing data privacy, the need for access, and public protectionWhile keeping personal information private is incredibly important for any number of reasons, it is also crucial that some of that very same information be available in some situations. That balance — between data privacy and protection — animates the latest Thomson Reuters Institute Insights podcast. In it, Thomson Reuters Institute’s Rabihah Bulter speaks with Ben Bawden, a principal at consulting firm Brooks Bawden Moore; Kate Friedrich, VP of Government Affairs & ESG at Thomson Reuters; and Steve Rubley, President of the Government segment at Thomson Reuters about the importance of data privacy and how to best organizations can balanc...
2023-10-1046 min
The Social CircusEP76 - Creating Boundries for SuccessIn this episode, Sarah Thomson discusses the importance of setting boundaries and improving productivity in your business. She emphasizes the need to reassess goals and plans for the final quarter of the year and shares her own strategies for managing time and energy. Sarah also highlights the impact of good boundaries on overall well-being and offers practical tips for tracking time and structuring workdays.
Key Takeaways:
It is crucial to set intentions and reassess goals for the final quarter of the year to avoid rolling into the new year without a plan.
Good boundaries are essential...
2023-10-0321 minThe Social CircusEP73 - Meta Ads Q & A part 2Sarah Thomson, the host of The Social Circus podcast, answers listener questions about Meta ads and provides insights into other advertising platforms. She explains the importance of understanding the audience on different platforms before running ads and highlights the differences between Google Ads and Meta Ads. Sarah also emphasizes the need to know how customers find your business and the scalability of your products or services when considering ads. She discusses the Advantage Campaign Budget feature in Ads Manager and shares her best-performing ad campaign, which is a lead magnet for a Canva class on creating reels.
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2023-09-1222 minThe Social CircusEP71 - Meta Ads MistakesIn this episode, Sarah discusses the top mistakes people make when running Meta ads and provides valuable insights on how to avoid them. She emphasizes the importance of understanding ad success benchmarks, testing ads organically before running paid campaigns, optimizing landing pages for mobile devices, defining the ideal customer, and conducting rigorous testing to improve ad performance.
Key Takeaways:
Understand ad success benchmarks to set realistic expectations for your ads.
Test your offers and landing pages organically before running paid ads.
Optimize your landing pages for mobile devices to maximize conversions.
Define your ideal customer and...
2023-08-2921 min
Unidentified WargamerUnidentified Wargamer: Episode 50 - Sam Thomson - Unidentified wargamerUnidentified Wargamer: Episode 50 - Sam Thomson - Unidentified wargamer
Join me for my 50th episode of the podcast. I get a guest host to interview me about my experience in tabletop wargaming and learn all about how I started this podcast
Gabe @theruneaxe
Unidentified Wargamer @u_wargamer
Sam Thomson @itsanzo
Intro and Outro music
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2023-02-201h 20
The Hearing – A Legal PodcastEP. 114 – Katharine Larsen (Thomson Reuters) In this episode, Lauren chats with Katharine Larsen, Deputy General Counsel, Litigation, for Thomson Reuters. Katharine was raised in a small town in the midwestern US, but always knew she wanted to explore the world. At a young age, Katharine began living and working abroad, and continued to do so at various points in her legal career. Now back in the US and working in New York City, Katharine has a unique global perspective that sets her apart from many American lawyers. Through her journey around the globe, Katharine also found her passion in media law. Katharine and...
2023-01-3037 min
Leaders Of Tomorrow Podcast310 | Luke Fenn and Devon Thomson | Inside The Student Works Management Program PART 4In today's episode of Leaders of Tomorrow, Chris has another conversation with Luke Fenn and Devon Thomson, business coaches at Student Works Management Program.
This time they discuss getting off to an unbelievably fast start for 2023, what they have seen from the incredible results that they've co-created with all the operators they worked with, and will share some lessons they’ve learned and some tips on how you can create and launch something new and achieve success in our program.
You will find out why making sacrifices is crucial if you want to achieve success an...
2023-01-1747 min
SportsXRadio with Ken ThomsonFRIDAY FOOTBALL FIASCO SPORTSXRADIO W/ KEN THOMSON & BRAD POWERS"Live" from #PSBRlaw Studios in Las Vegas it's the #FridayFootballFiasco on SportsXradio with hosts Ken Thomson & Brad Powers. KT & BP go through EVERY D-I College Football game & EVERY NFL game against the point spread & Total put out by the Westgate Super Book. LISTEN NOW to the ARCHIVED SHOW up NOW!!
2022-10-151h 39Leaders Of Tomorrow Podcast300 | John Cameron Interviews the Head Coach Chris ThomsonToday we wanted to offer you something really special for our 300 episode of Leaders of Tomorrow podcast. And because many of our leaders listening to the show asked Chris to turn the microphone around and speak about his own experience with the Student Works Management Program, we thought it would be a great idea to do exactly that.
So, today’s episode is going to be led by John Cameron, one of our Business Coaches and he is going to interview the podcast’s host, Chris Thomson, the Head Coach of Student Works.
They will have...
2022-10-111h 19Leaders Of Tomorrow Podcast298 | Luke Fenn and Devon Thomson | Inside The Student Works Management Program PART 4In today's episode of Leaders of Tomorrow, Chris continues his conversation with Luke Fenn and Devon Thomson, Business Coaches at the Student Works Management Program.
This time they discuss the different steps and processes of the program that happen between June and the end of the season.
You will find out more details about the most important focuses of the program in June and August.
Luke and Devon will talk about the first taste of freedom after hard work and the benefits of working with a company tha...
2022-09-2742 min
INTERNINGEpisode 1 - Being the change you want to seeIn this episode of INTERNING, I’ll be joined by Steve Hasker, President and CEO of Thomson Reuters and Zion Dapaah, one of the summer interns on the Black Internship Scheme. We talked about Thomson Reuters Diversity & Inclusion commitment, the importance of trying new things, not being afraid to fail, listening to your mum, and the many benefits of a good night's sleep. We hope you like it.
INTERNING Episode: Being the change you want to seeGuests:Steve Hasker, President and CEO, Thomson ReutersZion Dapaah, intern, Thomson Re...
2022-09-0123 minSportsXRadio with Ken ThomsonFat Tuesday 8/23/22 Ken Thomson & Thomas Viola"live" from #PSBRLaw Studios in Las Vegas it's another Fat Tuesday on SportsXradio with Ken Thomson & Co-Host Thomas Viola - The guys talk Arkansas Football with Trey Biddy from Hawg Sports & Raiders Camp with Fox 5 Sports Anchor Kevin Bolinger - KT & TV debate the Tom Brady & Gronk potential deal to the Raiders & then debate whose better QB Mahomes or Josh Allen
2022-08-241h 38
Radically Genuine Podcast with Dr. Roger McFillin49. Antidepressed by Beverley ThomsonBeverley Thomson is a writer, researcher and speaker with a focus on psychiatric medication including antidepressants, benzodiazepines and ADHD drugs; their history, how the drugs work, adverse effects, dependence, withdrawal and development of patient support services. Her latest book Antidepressed breaks it all down into a resource that educates both patients and mental health professionals on the growing issue of antidepressant use, harm and dependence. A Breakthrough Examination of Epidemic Antidepressant Harm and Dependence Paperback – January 4, 2022IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT YOU DO NOT STOP...
2022-08-181h 02Leaders Of Tomorrow Podcast283 | Luke Fenn and Devon Thomson | Inside Student Works Management Program PART 3In today's episode of Leaders of Tomorrow, Chris continues his conversation with Luke Fenn and Devon Thomson, Business Coaches at The Student Works.
This time they will go into detail about what happens in April and May at Student Works Management Program in order to give the young leaders a deep understanding of the whole process.
You will find out why we have our quarterly meetings and what is their structure, as well as
how we train our coaches and our operators.
You will learn more...
2022-06-1453 min
Tax & Tech TalksSuperfund - Are you ready?Listen to this new podcast, and hear how Thomson Reuters and KPMG are working together to help businesses better manage the impact associated with the reinstated Superfund Excise Tax. Understand more about the new regulations, how to calculate the tax, and how to comply with these complex reporting requirements. Show notes: Jesse Shannon, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Indirect Tax, Thomson Reuters Robert D Kleppel, Partner, State and Local Tax, KPMG Taylor Cortright, Managing Director, Federal Excise Tax Practice, KPMG Chris Harris, Senior Solution Consultant, Thomson Reuters Carl...
2022-06-0820 minLeaders Of Tomorrow Podcast277 | Luke Fenn and Devon Thomson | Inside Student Works Management Program PART 2In today's episode of Leaders of Tomorrow, Chris continues his conversation with Luke Fenn and Devon Thomson, business coaches at the Student Works. They will continue to go into detail about the program in order to give the young leaders a deep understanding of it from the inside.
You will find out what is an estimate training and how it works.
You will discover why having bith cooperation and competitiveness in the Student Works team is essential for their success.
Look and Devon will share interesting details abo...
2022-05-0345 minLeaders Of Tomorrow Podcast275 | Luke Fenn and Devon Thomson | Inside Student Works Management Program PART 1In today's episode of Leaders of Tomorrow, Chris chats with Luke Fenn and Devon Thomson, business coaches at the Student Works Management Program. They will go deep into the details of the program, so the young leaders can have a complete and detailed understanding.
You will find out what veteran launches are and what is the process around them, as well as more details about the rookie launches and what's different about getting rookies started in the program.
Luke and Devon will discuss the great power of habits and how to cr...
2022-04-1947 min
FLAT CHAT WRAPPodcast: EV doc block shock and green backflipIt’s another bumper podcast this week with some topics revisited, some from the Forum and others that are fresh out of the Flat Chat hot cross bunfight oven.First up, we take a deeper dive into the case of the doctor who was denied the opportunity to charge up his electric car from common property power because … good question!You can read the dubious reasons given for sealing off the car park power socket (because that's what the committee did) HERE.You might think he could have made the effort to get his landlord to jump through all the vari...
2022-04-1233 min
ClarityPodcast: Insight into the 2022 AML Risk SurveyIn our latest podcast, available on the Thomson Reuters Institute Market Insights channel, Gina Jurva, attorney and manager of market insights and thought leadership content for corporate and government at the Thomson Reuters Institute, speaks with Amanda Dupont, an attorney and public records specialist at Thomson Reuters, about the 2022 Thomson Reuters Anti-Money Laundering Insights Survey.
2022-03-2928 minClarityPodcast: Insight into the 2022 AML Risk SurveyIn our latest podcast, available on the Thomson Reuters Institute Market Insights channel, Gina Jurva, attorney and manager of market insights and thought leadership content for corporate and government at the Thomson Reuters Institute, speaks with Amanda Dupont, an attorney and public records specialist at Thomson Reuters, about the 2022 Thomson Reuters Anti-Money Laundering Insights Survey.
2022-03-2928 minLeaders Of Tomorrow Podcast260 | Chris Thomson | 2021 Podcast Year Wrap-UpIn today's episode of Leaders of Tomorrow, Chris offers up some thoughts on the season just ending. It's been an exciting year, and 2022 looks as if it will continue to offer exciting opportunities for success.
You'll learn about some of the growth the Leaders of Tomorrow podcast has seen in the last year.
You'll discover some hints at the new guests that will be featured in the 2022 season.
You'll also learn about the program's "big scary goal" for the future, and why it's important to aim high.
...
2021-12-1416 min
ClarityLaw firms should leverage their ESG offerings, says new Stellar Performance reportToday, lawyers are grappling to incorporate environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) principles into their practices and better serve their corporate clients. In a new podcast, we discuss the recently released Thomson Reuters Stellar Performance report. In the podcast, available on the Thomson Reuters Institute Market Insights channel, Gina Jurva, attorney and manager of market insights and thought leadership content for corporate and government at the Thomson Reuters Institute, speaks with Jen Dezo, Director of Client Relations at Thomson Reuters Market Insights and Thought Leadership, about the report.
2021-12-1330 minClarityLaw firms should leverage their ESG offerings, says new Stellar Performance reportToday, lawyers are grappling to incorporate environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) principles into their practices and better serve their corporate clients. In a new podcast, we discuss the recently released Thomson Reuters Stellar Performance report. In the podcast, available on the Thomson Reuters Institute Market Insights channel, Gina Jurva, attorney and manager of market insights and thought leadership content for corporate and government at the Thomson Reuters Institute, speaks with Jen Dezo, Director of Client Relations at Thomson Reuters Market Insights and Thought Leadership, about the report.
2021-12-1330 min
Scaling Car Washes PodcastKeeping Customers Coming Back with Retention Expert Bobby Thomson
In this Scaling Car Washes episode, JT and guest Bobby Thomson discuss the importance of customer retention for car wash owners. Bobby highlights just how critical this often overlooked aspect of customer service is. Bobby shares what he has learned about how to lower churn rates to keep more customers coming back to your business!
Listen in to hear great tips and tricks that you can implement to help keep the customers that you have, and learn about ways that you can improve the back door part of your customer service to ensure...
2021-11-1540 min
Scaling Car Washes PodcastIntroducing Scaling Car Washes with JT ThomsonJoin host JT Thomson as he introduces you to the brand new business podcast, Scaling Car Washes, that is all about how to Build, Scale, and ultimately Exit your car wash business.
2021-08-3012 min
SHE Quest PodcastAuthor of Notes for the Everlost: A Field Guide to Grief, Kate Inglis and host Estelle Thomson continue a 3-part conversation on grief, body, triggers and creativity.Author of Notes for the Everlost: A Field Guide to Grief, Kate Inglis and host Estelle Thomson continue a 3-part conversation on grief, body, triggers and creativity. We are back in Kate’s bedroom closet widening our lens on the nuances of grief with a stream of consciousness musings on cultivating fragility in an unjust world, the dark side of motherhood, shame and trauma triggers. In this episode, we explore rage, the dualities in triggers, the “search” for equanimity. A fresh look on PTSD, the treasure chest that is scared and the sweetness of wounds. A must-listen!
2021-06-041h 05
FLAT CHAT WRAPPodcast: Another U-Turn as Airbnb history repeatsApologies for subjecting you to another short-term letting vent, but after last week's state government schemozzle when the new holiday rental regulations were announced, then shelved, we thought we’d better have a look at what was going on.And it turns out it was a case of history repeating itself. Remember a couple of years ago when the then Planning Minister Anthony Roberts and former Better Regulation Minister Matt Kean were about to announce new NSW short-term letting regulations that would basically have handed the whole box and dice to Airbnb-style hosts on a plate?The microphones were plugged in...
2021-04-2028 min
FLAT CHAT WRAPPodcast: Meditations on a block of WellnessIn what turned out to be a fairly hectic week we hit a very welcome speedbump in the form of enforced rest and relaxation at a new apartment block launch, of all places.The apartment block was Portman on the Park in Sydney’s Green Square where Mirvac launched their latest concept with an evening of meditation, massage and mineral water.You can hear all about that and what’s so different about this project on the podcast where we also caught up with architects Tina Engelen who co-designed another iconic, environmentally conscious block, the Altair in Sydney's Kings Cross.List...
2021-03-3024 min
FLAT CHAT WRAPPodcast: Life savings lost thanks to dodgy dealingIn this week’s Flat Chat Wrap we discuss the awful story about the young woman who put her life savings into a deposit on a flat in a block that’s turned out not only to be riddled with defects, but was certified by an unlicensed tradie and subsequently OK’d by the local council.Now she faces the very real choice between losing her $60k+ deposit or finalising the purchase of a flat she knows is seriously defective and with no legal approvals.Listen hereThen there’s the local council that’s telling developers they can build higher if they do...
2021-03-2324 min
FLAT CHAT WRAPPodcast: Virtual commutes are transports of delightAre you over working from home? Does your formerly perfectly adequate apartment now seem tiny. Is your kitchen table too high and your laptop screen too small?Are you one of those people who gets up and dresses as if they were going to the office – then just goes to the spare room?Or do you take personal pride in how much of the day you can spend in your pyjamas?Importantly, and are you missing those moments of splendid isolation on your bike, bus or train that transport you mentally into work mode as your body is moved from home...
2021-03-1621 min
FLAT CHAT WRAPPodcast: Dogs banned but NCAT says OK to catsThere’s a few differences in this week’s podcast from previous editions.For a start, Sue is on the other end of a Zoom call as she takes advantage of easing travel restrictions to get out and promote her new book … and finds herself attacked by birds on the Gold Coast.Having survived that, we discuss the latest twist in the pets saga as celebrity dog owners are told they are living in a cats-only block (maybe that's why they call it NCAT).And the Tribunal Member decrees the recent Court of Appeals ruling that blanket pet bans are invali...
2021-03-0927 min
FLAT CHAT WRAPPodcast: Why we’re turning to ‘new terraces’What do you do when you want the shared responsibility of strata but don’t particularly want to live with people above and below you?You buy or rent a townhouse, which is the fancy-pants modern name for what we used to call terraces.It seems that while pre-sales and construction of apartments are going down, sales of townhouses are on the way up and in this week’s podcast, we discuss why that might be.Listen HereThen we turn our gazes south to Victoria where their new strata laws have just passed. OK, they won’t come into force until D...
2021-03-0221 min
MTE-THOMSON - Oficina do Saber014 - Linha Moto - Novidades da MTE-THOMSONNo bate papo de hoje Raphael e Alfredo da MTE-THOMSON vão conversar sobre a linha moto. A MTE-THOMSON depois de alguns anos voltou com tudo nessa linha tão difundida no Brasil!
Atualizamos o catalogo e lançando diversos produtos para esse segmento!
Somos fabricantes diretos da Triumph e Harley Davidson onde qualidade extrema é uma exigência. Possuímos a linha completa de sensores e atuadores para motos Honda, montadora número em duas rodas no país.
E além disso agora temos os sensores híbridos tanto da Honda como também da Y...
2021-02-2317 min
FLAT CHAT WRAPPodcast: Pets (again!) with James ValentineEvery so often – about once a month – I get invited on to James Valentine’s Afternoons on ABC 702.Last week the topic was pets in apartments – partly because that was all anyone was talking about.So we had a couple of people ringing up with their pet questions and complaints, all of which has indirectly added to a pet-heavy Flat Chat website this week.And that was exacerbated by my response to a question about whether or not there was a guide to the best dogs for apartments.Listen Here“Oh, yes,” I blithely replied. “You’ll find it on the website.”I wa...
2021-02-2326 min
FLAT CHAT WRAPPodcast: New pet laws and defining ‘reasonable’In this week’s podcast we give the NSW Parliament’s deliberations on it’s new strata pet laws a kick along.As reported here, the Lower House has taken a good six months to deal with a procedural Bill that would have promoted sustainability and tidied up several odd loopholes in strata law.However, it was tagged with an amendment that would have meant pets could only be excluded from apartments if it was detrimental to the animal.Listen HereThe amended Bill, which was approved by the Upper House with its Animal Justice Party alteration, had zero chance of being...
2021-02-1622 min
FLAT CHAT WRAPPodcast: Bad landlords and skinny buildingsThe Flat Chat wrap this week is taken up with three main topics.The first is a petition to parliament to create a blacklist of bad landlords … launched by someone who is a landlord herself.Victoria is about to get one next month and it seems only fair that, if NSW tenants can be put on a blacklist that makes it harder for them to get rentals, then bad landlords should also be named and shamed in the hope they sharpen up their ideas to get good renters.You can find links to the petition here.Listen HereOur second topic is...
2021-02-0920 min
ClarityFraud rising: How government agencies fought sophisticated fraud in 2020In our latest Thomson Reuters Institute Market Insights channel, Gina Jurva, attorney and manager of Market Insights & Thought Leadership for Government and Corporates at Thomson Reuters, spoke with Jon Coss, Vice President in Risk, Fraud & Compliance in Thomson Reuters' Government unit. The pair walked through some of the highlights of the recent Thomson Reuters report, 2021 Government Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Study and discussed ways in which government agencies can remain proactive in the fight against fraud.
2021-02-0322 minClarityFraud rising: How government agencies fought sophisticated fraud in 2020In our latest Thomson Reuters Institute Market Insights channel, Gina Jurva, attorney and manager of Market Insights & Thought Leadership for Government and Corporates at Thomson Reuters, spoke with Jon Coss, Vice President in Risk, Fraud & Compliance in Thomson Reuters' Government unit. The pair walked through some of the highlights of the recent Thomson Reuters report, 2021 Government Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Study and discussed ways in which government agencies can remain proactive in the fight against fraud.
2021-02-0322 min
FLAT CHAT WRAPPodcast: Unit prices stall and ropey reno regsHi, did you miss us? We took a little break last month but we are back with our new, improved Flat Chat Wrap podcast.We – Sue Williams and JimmyT – are now working on the basis that less is more. We are still going to talk about the apartment living issues of the day, large and small, to keep you informed and amused.But we’re going to put a clock on it so while our thoughts may occasionally wander down the odd tangent, our chat will never meander.We’re aiming for somewhere between 20 and 25 minutes per episode which is just long...
2021-02-0122 min
FLAT CHAT WRAPPodcast: What a great year … for pets and rentersThis week’s podcast may be the first of 2021 but 2020 doesn’t get away that easily.Last year will be remembered in global politics as the year of Brexit, Trump, the Covid-19 Pandemic, and the Trump-rump. Democracy in the USA is hanging by a thread but it will survive.Talking about democracy, on a much more local level, we look back at the battle over “no-pets” by-laws and how it tore apart two apartment blocks, and made NCAT look pretty foolish too.Listen HereInevitably, we examine the entrails of holiday lets like Airbnb. In NSW, in particular, the slow drip feed of...
2021-01-0440 min
Waiting For ReviewS2E4 - James Thomson, PCalcI'm joined in this episode by James Thomson.
James is an iOS indie developer who almost needs no introduction. He has developed applications for Apple platforms since 1992, with his company TLA Systems.
He’s best known for being the developer of PCalc, the scientific calculator that you should be using for iOS and Mac.
I hope you enjoy the show,
David ✨
Links:
James Thomson on Twitter
David Gary Wood on Twitter
Waiting For Review on Twitter
PCalc
TLA Systems
A Illustrated History of Easter Eggs
Total Party Kill Podc...
2020-12-2542 min
FLAT CHAT WRAPPodcast: Reno regrets and free strata legal adviceIt’s very much a tale of two slices of strata in this week’s Flat Chat Wrap podcast. To begin with, you can listen to two over-privileged, entitled professionals (us) whingeing about what went wrong … and right … when we decided to renovate both bathrooms in our flat at once.BOTH bathrooms? “When I was a lad we had a pothole in the road, and used gravel for toilet paper …” says one of Monty Python’s Yorkshiremen.Listen HereRegular readers of this website will have been following our reno (mis)adventures on this website for the past few weeks so we thought it was...
2020-12-1535 min
FLAT CHAT WRAPPodcast: Mascot in court and how to clinch a dealIn this week’s podcast we catch up with what’s happening at Mascot Towers as owners in the ill-starred building prepare for their day in court.Specifically, they will be pursuing legal action against the developers of the apartment block next door, construction of which, they claim, undermined the foundations of their block.Meanwhile they are facing tens of millions of dollars in defect rectification bills to the point where the repairs may cost more than the block is worth.And the people next door say they have pictures of cracks in the Mascot building before they'd so much as t...
2020-12-0844 min
FLAT CHAT WRAPPodcast: Crazy questions, architects with answersWe turn back the clock – but just a little – for this week’s podcast when we look at the weirdest and wackiest questions asked and problems presented on the Flat Chat Forum in recent months.And we have a long chat with Kathlyn Loseby, President of the NSW chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects as well as COO of Crone Architects.She’ll be talking about the importance of good architecture – and what architects can bring to a building that no other professional can.Listen HereFirst up, though, it’s our cavalcade of chaos starting with a strata manager who won’t le...
2020-12-0152 min
FLAT CHAT WRAPPodcast 101: Pets and some post-Covid plussesWith most of the worst of the pandemic behind us here in Australia – or, at least, the first and hopefully the last wave of infections – we thought we’d take a few moments in the podcast to discuss positives that have emerged from the months of lockdown and working from home.Apparently, according to a Zoom conference that Sue sat in on (and that’s a great leap forward, right there), technology has advance by five years in the past five months, including having your apartment block’s or office’s lift knowing you are leaving before you’ve even opened your doo...
2020-11-2446 min
FLAT CHAT WRAPPodcast 100: Upside of a stairlift stand-offThere are two major strands to this week’s podcast.The first stems from a question raised in the Flat Chat Forum, about an apartment owner who wants to install a stairlift – one of those seats that trundles up a staircase – in a narrow common property stairwell.It's for his elderly mother, so you have some sympathy, as you'd have for the other owners who had to squeeze past the rail every day.Listen HereNow the plusses and (many) minuses of this proposal are thrashed out in the Forum but here in the podcast, we have come up with a cunnin...
2020-11-1737 min
ClarityThomson Reuters CLO Thomas Kim: The chaotic events of 2020 & their impact on the legal industry in 2021In a new podcast on the Thomson Reuters Institute Market Insights channel, Thomson Reuters’ Chief Legal Officer and Company Secretary Thomas Kim, talks with Natalie Runyon of Thomson Reuters, about where the legal industry is heading in the coming years and how the lessons of 2020 will continue to have an impact.
2020-11-1424 minClarityThomson Reuters CLO Thomas Kim: The chaotic events of 2020 & their impact on the legal industry in 2021In a new podcast on the Thomson Reuters Institute Market Insights channel, Thomson Reuters’ Chief Legal Officer and Company Secretary Thomas Kim, talks with Natalie Runyon of Thomson Reuters, about where the legal industry is heading in the coming years and how the lessons of 2020 will continue to have an impact.
2020-11-1424 min
TECNOVIDA LEGALMe veras volver - Tecnovida By Thomson ReutersUn dia volvimos y con auspicio de Thomson Reuters y nos empezamos a preocupar por lo que paso y empezamos a analizar y hacer una búsqueda sobre qué es lo que dijimos en esos meses y como nos ocupamos de pensar y hacer el ejercicio del futuro a pocos dias de iniciada la pandemia. El ejercicio del futuro fue septiembre, octubre, noviembre y pensar en todas esas cosas lindas que llegarian después de septiembre (juegos, consolas y el arbolito de navidad).
¿Nos quedamos cortos con las predicciones? En esa segunda temporada analizamos Hernan Quadri y Guille...
2020-11-0320 minLeaders Of Tomorrow Podcast186 | Devon Thomson | How I Went From Being a Raw, 17-Year Old to Managing a $2 Million Business at Student WorksIn today’s show, Chris interviews Devon Thomson, district manager, Student Works. Devon shares some of the most important lessons that he has learned over the past seven years at Student Works. He reveals how he has honed some foundational skillsets which have firmly entrenched him on the path of rapid growth and success.
We start this show with Devon sharing his interesting backstory.
Even before Student Works, Devon led from the front while participating in various school activities. Additionally, he used to work at the golf course to make ends meet.
In spi...
2020-10-2742 min
Tax & Tech TalksThomson Reuters Tax & Tech Talks TrailerWelcome to Thomson Reuters Tax & Tech Talks– insightful conversations that tackle the ever-evolving intersection between tax and technology. We chat with industry experts to give you a bite-size take on big ideas in tax and technology. Join our array
2020-10-1300 min
FLAT CHAT WRAPPodcast 94: Tax shock and giving loans some creditIt’s a bit of a Budget special on Flat Chat this week, if only because we are talking about money.Specifically we are discussing the personal taxes that you probably didn’t even know you are supposed to pay when your strata scheme starts making a profit. And we'll discuss where to get dough when your strata schemes needs a lot of it in a hurry.To which end, we have a chat with Paul Morton, CEO of our long-time sponsors Lannock Finance. Along the way we’ll touch on why the Australian Tax Office would rather treat you as an i...
2020-10-0644 min
FLAT CHAT WRAPHyperbole Towers – an audio strata sitcomIt’s here! The long-awaited podcom (podcast sitcom) set in a dysfunctional apartment block’s strata committee is live and ready for your ears.The premise of this audio comedy, Hyperbole Towers, is as simple as it’s believable. The strata scheme has, thanks to a stuff-up by the secretary, accidentally changed its by-laws so that they MUST hold their meetings on Zoom (rather than CAN do so).Add in characters who work from home in their underwear, use “you’re breaking up” as their fall-back get-out-of-jail card and get involved in the usual committee power struggles, and you have a potent rec...
2020-08-1822 min
Change Makers PodcastActive AllyshipChange Makers Podcast Episode 7: Active AllyshipJune marks the month of pride, honouring the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan, a significant event which paved the way for the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States. To help celebrate Pride Month 2020, Thomson Reuters has dropped episode seven of the Change Makers Podcast, ‘Active Allyship’. For a conversation on being an active ally in the workplace and encouraging other firms to follow suit, there was one person our podcast host could not look past. Catherine Roberts, Strategic Global Client Director, Thomson Reuters Asia and Emerging Markets, was pleased to in...
2020-06-1223 min
ClarityLaunching Thomson Reuters Market Insights podcastsThe Legal Executive Institute, in conjunction with the broader Thomson Reuters Institute, is pleased to announce that we are launching our new podcast channel, Thomson Reuters Market Insights. Featuring podcasts aimed at tax, compliance, and legal professionals, this new channel will focus on bringing listeners engaging interviews and content from thought leaders across a variety of disciplines.
2020-05-3018 minClarityLaunching Thomson Reuters Market Insights podcastsThe Legal Executive Institute, in conjunction with the broader Thomson Reuters Institute, is pleased to announce that we are launching our new podcast channel, Thomson Reuters Market Insights. Featuring podcasts aimed at tax, compliance, and legal professionals, this new channel will focus on bringing listeners engaging interviews and content from thought leaders across a variety of disciplines.
2020-05-3018 min
Morning Commute with Miller ThomsonMediating in the Times of Covid-19 and Beyond – Perspectives of the Miller Thomson Environmental Law GroupListen to Episode 3 of Morning Commute with Miller Thomson. In this episode, we share tips and insights on how to be an effective advocate in online mediation.
2020-05-0523 min
FLAT CHAT WRAPFlat Chat Wrap #47 – Terror threats, buying big and a baffling raffleThis week, JimmyT and Sue Williams tackle subjects that range from the sinister to the sublimely ridiculous … with some practical advice for investors in between.Why won’t the government release the lists of the 444 buildings that have flammable cladding on them?Is it the risk of terrorism, as they say … or is it just potential vandalism … or the effect on property prices?Jimmy has his own conspiracy theory … and it sounds all too plausible.Then Sue explains why, when you are buying an investment, you should go for somewhere better than the place you live in.What!?! How does that work? ...
2019-11-0524 min
FLAT CHAT WRAPFlat Chat Wrap #45 – Airbnb bubble at bursting point?It’s a short and (hopefully) sweet Flat Chat Wrap this week with JimmyT flying solo as he looks at the clouds gathering over Airbnb and other holiday letting websites – and one ray of sunshine.The bright spot is Airbnb’s country pubs promotion which is bringing a bit of rural Australia into our homes … and maybe getting some of us out of the city and into the country. You can see some of the videos HERE.But the rest of the news is pretty gloomy for Airbnb and the other short-term holiday letting industry.As related elsewhere on this page, a...
2019-10-2210 min
FLAT CHAT WRAPPODCAST: Holiday lets under cloud but country pubs offer light reliefIt’s a short and (hopefully) sweet Flat Chat Wrap this week with JimmyT flying solo as he looks at the clouds gathering over Airbnb and other holiday letting websites – and one ray of sunshine.The bright spot is Airbnb’s country pubs promotion which is bringing a bit of rural Australia into our homes … and maybe getting some of us out of the city and into the country. You can see some of the videos HERE.But the rest of the news is pretty gloomy for Airbnb and the other short-term holiday letting industry.As related elsewhere on this page, a...
2019-10-2210 min
FLAT CHAT WRAPPODCAST – Pet warning and dodgy voting statsSHOW NOTESIn this week’s podcast JimmyT and Sue Williams look again at the issue of the overturning of the pet ban by-law in one of Sydneys biggest and poshest apartment blocks, in the wake of the warning by the committee that any pets brought in before the appeal is heard may have to be “put down”.Is it a valid threat as there may be a window when there is no active by-law? Lawyers at ten paces, we think.https://episodes.castos.com/flatchatpod/Flat-Chat-44-pets-bees.mp3And what if the Appeals Tribunal says, yes, you can have a no-pets...
2019-10-1525 min
SHE Quest PodcastEpisode 10: "SEE THE LIGHT" With The Late Hannah ThomsonOne month before her passing, Hannah Thomson agreed to do her first podcast interview. As a professional photographer in New York for Vogue, Vanity Fair and other high-profile clients, her real passion has always been portraiture. In this episode, Hannah shares with us how art has shaped her life and career from her university years to now, how she’s worked her butt off but ultimately how she’s learned to prioritize time for her dreams. She also shares her most favourite self-exploration tool for personal growth: breathwork and cooking! Estelle feels inclined to mention: Hannah was coping with end...
2019-10-0427 min
SHE Quest PodcastEpisode 1: How Your Breath Is Your Power with Estelle ThomsonEstelle Thomson is a women’s spiritual mentor, yoga teacher, visual artist, and host of this podcast. In this episode, she shares why she believes breath is the most powerful weapon you have, and her journey to understanding this. You will learn her fresh perspective on what it means to be a powerful woman today through a yoga philosophy perspective. Expect poetry, one grounding technique, and this week’s favourite mantra.
2019-10-0410 min
Everything is About Your Health with Nichelle Thomson**INTRODUCING** “H.E.A.T Network the Podcast”, with your host, Nichelle ThomsonH.E.A.T. Therapy is launching a new Podcast called “H.E.A.T. Network the Podcast”, with your host, Nichelle Thomson. The goal of this podcast is to raise awareness of other professions all over the world that relate to your health both indirectly as well directly. The first step to being closer to being the best version of you and your health is to know what’s out there in the first place! We are excited to have you join us on this journey. Help us, help you live better!
2019-09-2201 min
Change Makers PodcastLGBTIQ Advocacy in the Legal ProfessionIn this special episode of the Change Makers Podcast, LGBTIQ Advocacy in the Legal Profession, the Co-Chairs of Thomson Reuters Pride at Work delve into transgender diversity and the common law, alongside the importance of wellness among young, LGBTIQ lawyers. Featured are guest hosts Shelley Mulhern, Head of Client Management, and Tim Pollard, Head of Primary Law at Thomson Reuters Legal, Asia and Emerging Markets.Together they spoke with Rachael Wallbank, capturing her inspiring story in the lead up to Wear it Purple Day, a day fostering supportive, safe, empowering and inclusive environments for young peop...
2019-08-2125 min
FLAT CHAT WRAPFlat Chat Wrap #37 – Defects loans, Airbnb rules and sex in the spaIt’s a real mixed bag in this week’s Flat Chat Wrap podcast – finance, Airbnb and sneaky sex.Sue Williams and I start our dissection of the week’s strata news by looking at the suggestion that people suffering under building defects might get low-interest or even no-interest loans from the government.We reckon it’s better than nothing but it’s not enough. Anyone who has ever suffered through the agonies of realising you have defects in your building, then having to fight your developer to get them fixed - if you can even find them before they phoenix into...
2019-08-2131 min
FLAT CHAT WRAPPODCAST: Defect loans, Airbnb rules and sneaky sex in the spaIt’s a real mixed bag in this week’s Flat Chat Wrap podcast – finance, Airbnb and sneaky sex.Sue Williams and I start our dissection of the week’s strata news by looking at the suggestion that people suffering under building defects might get low-interest or even no-interest loans from the government.We reckon it’s better than nothing but it’s not enough. Anyone who has ever suffered through the agonies of realising you have defects in your building, then having to fight your developer to get them fixed - if you can even find them before they phoenix into...
2019-08-2031 min
FLAT CHAT WRAPFlat Chat Wrap #35 – Apartments go to the movies … and see more than they should If you live in apartments for long enough it’s almost impossible not to catch a glimpse into other people’s lives. Most of us look away, hoping that the same courtesy will be afforded to us by anyone inadvertently seeing more than they should.But sometimes curiosity gets the better of us and an innocent, accidental glance turns into a look that lingers longer that it ought.OK that's understandable , but then there’s out and out voyeurism, when someone spends way too much time spying on their neighbours.It’s the latter that forms the theme of Rear Window, a...
2019-08-0626 min
FLAT CHAT WRAPPODCAST: When a look through a window lingers longer than it shouldIf you live in apartments for long enough, at some point you're bound to catch a glimpse into other people’s lives. Most of us look away, hoping that the same courtesy will be afforded to us by anyone inadvertently seeing more than they should.But sometimes curiosity gets the better of us and an innocent, accidental glance turns into a look that lingers longer that it ought.But then there’s out and out voyeurism, when someone spends way too much time spying on their neighbours.It’s the latter that forms the theme of Rear Window, a movie that t...
2019-08-0626 min
FLAT CHAT WRAPFlat Chat Wrap #34 – Tall storeys: TV dramas set in apartment blocksThere’s so much doom and gloom around strata at the moment you feel you’re missing out if your apartment block isn’t on fire, falling down or both.So we’ve decided to lighten the load in this week’s podcast with a look at TV shows that were set in apartment blocks, especially Australian shows.And for that, there is no better person to sit at the Flat Chat microphone than producer, critic, writer, broadcaster, media podcaster and now cinema owner Andrew Mercado.Andrew is a total Number 96 geek, not least because he produced the TV doco Number 96...
2019-07-3026 min
FLAT CHAT WRAPFlat Chat Wrap #33 – Commercial tenants, caretakers versus Airbnb, and wandering pot plantsHow would you feel if you suddenly had 50 to 100 strangers walking through your lobby every day, clogging up the lifts just when you are trying to get to work or when you come home?These are the fears raised by residents of two neighbouring buildings on Sydney’s North Shore (and discussed in our podcast) where the very loosely defined approval for commercial development inside a residential building means that, in one instance, what was intended to be a gym looks like it’s going to be an open plan office, while a similar fate awaits what was supposed to be h...
2019-07-2329 min
FLAT CHAT WRAPPODCAST: Space invaders, Airbnb v caretakers and purloined pot plantsHow would you feel if you suddenly had 50 to 100 strangers walking through your lobby every day, clogging up the lifts just when you are trying to get to work or when you come home?These are the fears raised by residents of two neighbouring buildings on Sydney’s North Shore (and discussed in our podcast) where the very loosely defined approval for commercial development inside a residential building means that, in one instance, what was intended to be a gym looks like it’s going to be an open plan office, while a similar fate awaits what was supposed to be h...
2019-07-2329 min
FLAT CHAT WRAPFlat Chat Wrap #32 – Time we had a star rating for the best and worst developers and buildersIn this week's Podcast, Jimmy Thomson and Sue Williams discuss why it is that we can get ratings and comparisons for just about everything we buy ... except the largest purchase most of us will ever make. And they float the idea of people being given (and losing) a licence to live in strata.We have a friend called Royce who wouldn’t buy so much as a toothbrush without checking online to see if it was the best design (at the best price) for his specific dental needs. He is so notorious for his exhaustive product checking that our group of...
2019-07-1629 min
FLAT CHAT WRAPPODCAST: A star rating system for developers, builders … and residentsWe have a friend called Royce who wouldn’t buy so much as a toothbrush without checking online to see if it was the best design (at the best price) for his specific dental needs. He is so notorious for his exhaustive product checking that our group of friends refers to the process as “Roycing”.For instance, you say you’re thinking of buying a particular brand of new TV and someone says “Oh, have you Royced it?”We were reminded about that this week, after my piece in last weekend’s Australian Financial Review about how to avoid buying an apartment w...
2019-07-1629 min
Change Makers PodcastGender Diversity from the Perspectives of In-House LawyersChange Makers is a global Thomson Reuters initiative that brings together industry leaders committed to improving diversity in the legal profession. Hosting this podcast series is Catherine Roberts, a Strategic Global Client Director with Thomson Reuters Legal.In Gender Diversity From the Perspectives of In-House Lawyers, the second episode in the series, Catherine digs deep on the experiences and challenges women face working as legal counsel in commercial settings. Topics explored in this episode include the transition from law firm culture to that of in-house, the culture of “presenteeism” and how this can hinder performance and jo...
2019-07-1223 min
FLAT CHAT WRAPFlat Chat Wrap #31 – Tip of the defects iceberg and why it’s such a massive problemIn this week’s episode of the Flat Chat Wrap we look at the revelation that the Opal and Mascot towers “disasters” are just the tip of a very large apartment block defects iceberg.Jimmy Thomson and Sue Williams have been writing about apartment block defects – and other, happier apartment-related issues – for more than 15 years.In this episode of the Flat Chat Wrap, Sue recalls the time more than a decade ago that a feature on defects almost cost her job, when a property writer with a close personal relationship with a developer, saw her expose on apartment block defects and called...
2019-07-0919 min
FLAT CHAT WRAPPODCAST: When defect disaster warnings were covered upIn this week’s episode of the Flat Chat Wrap we look at the claims that the Opal and Mascot towers “disasters” are just the tip of a very large apartment block defects iceberg.This comes as no surprise to JimmyT and Sue Williams, who have been writing about apartment block defects – and other, happier apartment-related issues – for almost two decades, meeting a response that ranged from complete lack of interest to virtual censorship.In this episode of the Flat Chat Wrap, Sue recalls the time 15 years ago that a hard news feature on defects almost cost her job, when a (then) p...
2019-07-0919 min
FLAT CHAT WRAPFlat Chat Wrap #30 – Three kinds of insurance and a few facts that will shock youJimmy Thomson investigates four different kinds of insurance (including Airbnb) and why telling one little white lie about whether or not you were allowed to have short-term letting in your apartment could invalidate your cover.He's joined by Steve Tchepak, Acting Head of Underwriting at our sponsors CHU Insurance.____________________________________________________Flat Chat is all about apartment living, especially in Australia.Find us on Facebook and Twitter and the Flat Chat website.Send comments and questions to mail@flatchat.com.au.Register to ask and answer questions about apartment living anonymously...
2019-07-0231 min
Change Makers PodcastElevating Gender Diversity in Legal LeadershipChange Makers is a global Thomson Reuters initiative that brings together industry leaders committed to improving diversity in the legal profession. And we want your commitment too! Hosting this podcast series is Catherine Roberts, a Global Strategic Client Director with Thomson Reuters Legal.In this podcast episode, Elevating Gender Diversity in Legal Leadership, Catherine tackles the issue of improving gender diversity in the leadership ranks of the law. She interviews two successful female Change Makers who are legal leaders and join the podcast to bring their perspectives on women lawyers rising up through the leadership ranks. Our...
2019-06-2525 min
FLAT CHAT WRAPPODCAST: Mascot Tower crisis brings defects closer to homeFor obvious reasons, our podcast this week is about the Mascot Tower crisis. We recorded the podcast before we were aware of the story in today's Financial Review revealing that the developer and builder of the property next door, as well as the local council, were already facing legal action because of disturbance caused by the construction of another residential tower in the adjoining lot.Anyway, our podcast explores a number of other issues, including what we can do to prevent this from happening again, and what we should do when it inevitably does.You can listen to the podcast jus...
2019-06-1819 min
FLAT CHAT WRAPFlat Chat Wrap #26 – From Russia with love and the $120k insulting emailJimmy Thomson and Sue Williams discuss apartment living in the new Russia and the email exchange that cost a Manly tenant $120,000 in a defamation case.____________________________________________________Flat Chat is all about apartment living, especially in Australia.Find us on Facebook and Twitter and the Flat Chat website.Send comments and questions to mail@flatchat.com.au.Register to ask and answer questions about apartment living anonymously on the website.Recorded by Jimmy Thomson & Sue Williams; Transcribed by Otter.ai.Find out more about Sue Williams and Jimmy Thomson...
2019-05-2825 min
FLAT CHAT WRAPFlat Chat Wrap #19: Shoes in lobbies and snooping neighboursJimmy Thomson and Sue Williams take a wry - and slightly bruised - look at what's attracting mail to the Flat Chat Forum.____________________________________________________Flat Chat is all about apartment living, especially in Australia.Find us on Facebook and Twitter and the Flat Chat website.Send comments and questions to mail@flatchat.com.au.Register to ask and answer questions about apartment living anonymously on the website.Recorded by Jimmy Thomson & Sue Williams; Transcribed by Otter.ai.Find out more about Sue Williams and Jimmy Thomson on their...
2019-04-0221 min
FLAT CHAT WRAPFlat Chat Wrap #18 – the joys of apartment living (no, really!)Jimmy Thomson talks to Sue Williams about why she loves apartment living and would never live in a house.____________________________________________________Flat Chat is all about apartment living, especially in Australia.Find us on Facebook and Twitter and the Flat Chat website.Send comments and questions to mail@flatchat.com.au.Register to ask and answer questions about apartment living anonymously on the website.Recorded by Jimmy Thomson & Sue Williams; Transcribed by Otter.ai.Find out more about Sue Williams and Jimmy Thomson on their websites.
2019-03-2624 min
FLAT CHAT WRAPFlat Chat Wrap #17 – Promises, promises … what the pollies are offering the strata voters of NSWJimmy Thomson and Sue Williams discuss what the various parties are offering strata residents and owners in the run-up to the NSW state election.____________________________________________________Flat Chat is all about apartment living, especially in Australia.Find us on Facebook and Twitter and the Flat Chat website.Send comments and questions to mail@flatchat.com.au.Register to ask and answer questions about apartment living anonymously on the website.Recorded by Jimmy Thomson & Sue Williams; Transcribed by Otter.ai.Find out more about Sue Williams and Jimmy Thomson on t...
2019-03-1922 min
The Creative ScrambleEp 19 - Stu Thomson (Cut Media) - Working with world class athletes and building an agencyStu Thomson was once a professional mountain biker travelling the world. Mountain biking has always been a passion of his but the travelling got too much. He instead decided to transition into filming mountain bikers and building a video agency called Cut Media focusing on high end sports content.He explains what it’s like working with world class athletes such as Danny McAskill, Matt Jones and Steve Peat. With some video stats reaching as high as 88 million views on youtube it’s easy to see why he attracted attention of the likes of Adidas and Redbull.
2019-01-2200 min
FLAT CHAT WRAPFlat Chat Wrap #2 – Noise, electric cars, budget tourism and canning committee membersWe're back with another Flat Chat Wrap. Sue Williams joins Jimmy Thomson for a chat about noise, electric cars, shoestring tourism (and its affect on communities) and how to get rid of a nuisance committee member.____________________________________________________Flat Chat is all about apartment living, especially in Australia.Find us on Facebook and Twitter and the Flat Chat website.Send comments and questions to mail@flatchat.com.au.Register to ask and answer questions about apartment living anonymously on the website.Recorded by Jimmy Thomson & Sue Williams; Transcribed by Otter.a...
2018-10-3014 min
ClaritySynthetic ID Fraud with Jennifer Singh of Thomson ReutersIn a new podcast, we’re featuring Gina Scialabba, attorney and the Head of Thought Leadership for the Risk & Compliance platform at Thomson Reuters Legal Executive Institute, who is speaking to Jennifer Singh, Senior Director within Thomson Reuters' Digital Identity Solutions group. Singh is currently incubating a new business of identity verification services for Thomson Reuters. This thought-provoking discussion centers around how synthetic identity fraud is it different from traditional identity fraud and the best ways organizations and individuals can protect against it. Whether you are a consumer, an ecommerce retailer or a financial institution, you’ll want to hear this
2018-06-2619 minClaritySynthetic ID Fraud with Jennifer Singh of Thomson ReutersIn a new podcast, we’re featuring Gina Scialabba, attorney and the Head of Thought Leadership for the Risk & Compliance platform at Thomson Reuters Legal Executive Institute, who is speaking to Jennifer Singh, Senior Director within Thomson Reuters' Digital Identity Solutions group. Singh is currently incubating a new business of identity verification services for Thomson Reuters. This thought-provoking discussion centers around how synthetic identity fraud is it different from traditional identity fraud and the best ways organizations and individuals can protect against it. Whether you are a consumer, an ecommerce retailer or a financial institution, you’ll want to hear this
2018-06-2619 min
The Creative ScrambleEp 3 - Cal Thomson - From aspiring jackass star to professional film-maker.Cal Thomson is a lighting camera operator, director of 'Dead Pixel Films' and co-host of the creative scramble. We hear about his introduction to film-making and aspiring to the likes of Johnny Knoxville and Bam Margera during the Jackass craze of the noughties. He now shoots TV commercials, live events and corporate video for some of the largest brands in the world including My Protein, Asda, Beaverbrooks and Dreamworks.To learn more about the creators of the show visithttps://www.deadpixelfilms.com
2018-03-1800 min