Written and recorded entirely on site in Kenya, this opening episode was created during seven uninterrupted weeks living with a Maasai tribal chief in a remote goat-herding community. During this time, I encountered no outsiders at all, allowing for rare, unfiltered immersion into daily Maasai life.

Through shared routines, conversations and participation in traditional practices, this episode offers an intimate first-hand account of a living culture shaped by land, lineage, ritual, and resilience. Rather than observation from a distance, this is storytelling from within, bearing witness to the rhythms, values, and quiet wisdom of a community whose knowledge has been carried across generations.

This episode marks the beginning of a journey into lived indigenous experience, where story is not entertainment, but instruction, memory, and belonging.

First recorded in the immediate aftermath of the events of 7 October 2023, amid heightened violence, fear, and threats affecting Jewish communities and synagogues in Jerusalem, this conversation features Sydney-based Jewish peace and pro-peace activist Donna Jacobs Sife. Speaking from within the shock and grief of that moment, Donna reflects on the human cost of escalating conflict and the urgent moral necessity of protecting civilian life, dignity, and dialogue.

This episode is now re-released in the aftermath of the Bondi Beach shooting in Sydney on 14 December 2025 during a Hanukkah celebration, when gunmen opened fire at a Jewish community event, killing multiple people and injuring dozens more in what authorities described as a targeted antisemitic attack.

Again through the lens of fresh tragedy, the conversation takes on renewed resonance, reminding us how violence reverberates across borders, cultures, and faiths, and why voices committed to peace remain essential, especially in times of profound collective trauma.

Matt Follain describes his journey from successful martial arts professional running his own cage-fighting club as a single dad, to a battle with addiction following life changing injuries in a vehicle 'incident', then finally reclaiming his identity and health management via spirit awakening techniques.