Labor MP Linda Burney is a fascinating blend of realist and optimist.

She’s pragmatic but she dares to dream of a kinder, fairer Australia.

In this episode, Leila McKinnon speaks to the Shadow Minister about her past and her dreams for the future – for herself, and for the nation.

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2. Guest: Linda Burney, Shadow Minister for Families and Social Services and for Preventing Family Violence

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We are thrilled to bring you a very special episode with our boss lady in chief, Helen McCabe.

Helen speaks with Leila about being an "extreme introvert" in the public eye, how getting sacked in her twenties put her on a path to success, what's changed for women and what remains the same.

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“You're either a Paralympian doing incredible things, or a really sad and depressed person who is burdened by a miserable life with disabilities.”

Lisa Cox is an award-winning writer, presenter and consultant. She’s also spent nearly two decades advocating for better and fairer representation of people with a disability in media and pop culture.

In this week’s episode of Drive, she and Leila McKinnon talk about using spending power to create change, gratitude, and reshaping cultural norms.

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On paper, Bec Nyst has lived many lives. She went from Brisbane schoolgirl to Harvard Business School, eBay, Google and now Head of Restaurants for Uber Eats Australia and New Zealand.

In this episode of Drive, Bec talks to Leila McKinnon about taking the worry out of decision-making as well as feeling the fear and doing it anyway.

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• Guest: Bec Nyst, Head of Restaurants UberEats Australia New Zealand.

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Ally Watson’s goal is clear: a world where Mark Zuckerberg isn’t the face of tech.

This week on Drive, she joins Leila McKinnon to talk about breaking the binary in the world of coding through her social enterprise, Code Like A Girl.

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• Guest @ally_c_watson, CEO and founder of @codelikeagirlau

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In this episode of Drive, Leila McKinnon speaks to one of Australia's top surgeons, Professor Kate Drummond AM about why work/life balance is a myth, the mysteries of the brain and how to keep yours in good shape.

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• Guest: Professor Kate Drummond AM, Director of Neurosurgery at The Royal Melbourne Hospital

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In this bonus episode, Leila chats to Aminata Conteh-Biger about why she set up the Aminata Maternal Foundation. Listen to the full episode with Aminata here.

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In this week's episode of Drive, Leila McKinnon speaks to Aminata Conteh-Biger about the horror of being captured by rebel forces in Sierra Leone, the freedom in owning her story and how she forgave the unforgivable.

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