Martin McKenzie-Murray is The Saturday Paper's associate editor, staff writer for The Monthly, a two-time Walkley finalist and winner of the Melbourne Press Club's Quill Award for commentary.

He has worked as a teacher, speechwriter, columnist for The Age and adviser to the chief commissioner of Victoria Police. His first book, A Murder Without Motive, was shortlisted for the Ned Kelly Awards for crime writing. His second, The Speechwriter, won the Russell Prize for Humour Writing.

In this episode, I chat with Martin about his latest book, Sirens: Inside the Shadow World of First Responders.

Grace Adams is the CEO of Effective Altruism Australia.

To find out more or make a donation, go to https://effectivealtruism.org.au/eofy/

You can find Grace's podcast 'More Than Good by Effective Altruism Australia' here:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ea_aus

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Ant Williams knows what it means to perform under pressure.

A world-record freediver, he has held his breath for more than eight minutes, dived 100 metres on a single breath, and swum 182 metres beneath solid Arctic ice.

In this episode of The Good Life, Ant talks about learning from discomfort, building mental toughness, training for pain, facing risk, and why he believes courage can be practised. From freediving and ice diving to fatherhood and psychology, this is a conversation about what happens when we stop running from failure and start treating it as information.