Steve Price - On The Record

Erin Molan is one of the most admired women in Australian media but her success at times has come at a cost from a public that loves to tear down a tall poppy. On The Record, this episode explores what drives Erin as she pays an emotional tribute to her military father and hero Jim.

How does a computer genius who came to Australia as a nine-year-old immigrant from Iran establish Australia's best car comparison site, sell it for over $35 million, and then go again? This episode of On The Record talks to the amazing Alborz Fallah about failed business ventures and his media play with Caradvice.com

He's an AFL great and has managed to carve out an exceptional career as not only an athlete but also a versatile media personality, political pundit and businessman. Our guest for On The Record this episode is Luke Darcy.

The Bathhurst 1000 is Australia's greatest motor race and our guest this week has won it twice. Will Davison comes from Australian motor racing royalty - his Grandmother was one of the first female motor racers in the country. In this episode we discuss the courage required to take on the mountain and how he will tackle the circut this year alongside Cam Waters with the Tickford Racing outfit.

Craig Kelly was a hard man on the AFL field in a tough career that included a premiership in 1990. In this episode of On The Record he reveals why AFL legend Leigh Matthews was so scared of him at quarter time of that game. Craig went on to establish Australia's most successful sports management company.

Helen McCabe was never going to be your typical editor-in-chief of The Australian Women's Weekly. From featuring the inspirational Turia Pitt, the burns survivor on a front cover to the controversial Prime Minister Julia Gillard knitting photograph. Her's has to be an extrodinary media career.

John Lethlean has the best job in the world. He is the food critic for our only national daily newspaper, The Australian. But now, many of John's contacts are in trouble. Covid-19 has wreaked havoc on the industry he knows and loves. John chats On The Record from his dream location and the place he now calls home, Margaret River.

Cricket and Horse Racing, two of Australia's sporting passions. Our On The Record guest this edition has been talented enough to be successful at both, as a Test player, One Day cricketer and Thoroughbred owner. Simon O'Donnell lost a Melbourne Cup by a nose, was named the One Day cricketer of the year and survived a life ending battle with cancer.

Mark Allen's boyhood dream was to be a professional golfer. A dream he would go on to achieve. He went on to pursue a media here in Australia talking sport. After a chance encounter with a respected medical professional on, you guessed it, a golf course, his life was changed forever. Mark Allen had a cancer battle on his hands. It's truely remarkable what a positive mindset can do to beat cancer. This is Mark's story. Mark Allen, the latest to talk with On the Record with Steve Price.

Every October the regional town of Bathurst becomes the centre of Australia's attention when the V8s take on Mount Panorama to compete in the Bathurst 1000. It's the quintessential Australian sporting event and our guest in profile for On The Record this episode won there an extraordinary six times. Mark Saife talks about winning on the mountain, being abused by passionate fans and talks about his near-death experience on the track in Adelaide.

Ross Greenwood is Australia's best known finance commentator, famous for his no nonse approach in explaining how the wheels of businesss actually tick. In this episode Ross shares how he went from a Victorian country kid to owning a business magazine in the financial capital of the world, London.

Andrew Bolt has arguably the loudest media voice in all of Australia. Newspaper columns in the nation's biggest selling papers, a nightly television program on Foxtel and a widely popular blog. A genuine conservative voice who once worked for the Labour party. Andrew is fearless, well researched and he's not afraid to take on causes others run away from. His work on the case that eventually saw Cardinal George Pell win a court appeal and walk from jail took a particular toll. He's had death threats, been physically attacked in the street but still Andrew Bolt doesn't take that backwards step.

As a young Barrister John Burns struck the jackpot winning $800,000 first prize in lotto. A decade later Burnso hit the jackpot again teaming up on Melbourne's 3AW with Ross Stevenson and spending 20 years at the top of the Melbourne breakfast radio mountain. Stepping down while on top he reflects on a most unlikely media career that sees him go out as a legend.

Rita Panahi describes herself as a migrant woman of colour. Her critics target her as an arch conservative with strong views and she loves the debate. From a frightened child at a school in Iran to a national newspaper and TV star, Rita Panahi is our latest guest for On The Record.

Peter Helliar is one of Australia's funniest people and one of the hardest working personalities. Peter sells out stand-up comedy shows around the country and indeed around the world. He's a children's book author, a TV producer, has his own unique podcast and is my fellow panelist on Network 10's The Project. He's a dad, a husband and perhaps uniquely in media, is a really nice bloke.

Australia has a great tradition of investigative journalism and reporters don't get any better than Hedley Thomas. Hedley famously revealed the horrors of Queensland's Dr Death, operating on people without proper medical training. His latest investigation became a global podcast sensation called The Teacher's Pet resulting in an ongoing court case and it is about to be made into a Hollywood blockbuster.

Kerri-Anne Kennerley is an Australian television presenter, actress, author and singer. In this episode Steve chats with KAK about her last visit with husband John to the Logies and how she cared for him after a tragic accident that left John a quadriplegic. Kerri-Anne is an inductee into the Logie Hall of Fame and currently co-hosts on Network 10's Studio 10.

In the inaugural episode of 'On The Record' brought to you by Nature Bee, Steve Price talks to the ever entertaining yet polarising, AFL legend and former 'Footy Show' host, Sam Newman. They discuss his passions including priceless art, his $800,000 Shelby Mustang, and look back on the times he nearly died from kidney failure and a near disastrous lift from a drunken woman. They dive deep into his fascination with Donald Trump, how he believes he has unfairly been branded a racist, and the time he was intentionally run over by his ex-girlfriend. A wonderful, intimate look at a man you think you might know well.