Russel Howcroft is one of Australia’s most recognisable advertising minds and media personalities.

Best known for his long-running role as a panellist on ABC’s Gruen, Russel has spent decades at the top of Australia’s advertising and media industries. He’s the former CEO of Y&R Brands Australia and New Zealand, has held senior roles at Network Ten and PwC, and currently co-hosts Melbourne’s 3AW Breakfast.

 

He also co-hosts the popular podcast The Rest Is Entertainment: Australia. Sharp, funny and endlessly opinionated, Russel has built a career figuring out what makes Australians buy, watch, listen and pay attention.

 

 

 

Russel Howcroft is one of Australia&rsquo;s most recognisable advertising minds and media personalities.
Best known for his long-running role as a panellist on ABC&rsquo;s Gruen, Russel has spent decades at the top of Australia&rsquo;s advertising and media industries. He&rsquo;s the former CEO of Y&amp;R Brands Australia and New Zealand, has held senior roles at Network Ten and PwC, and currently co-hosts Melbourne&rsquo;s 3AW Breakfast.
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He also co-hosts the popular podcast&nbsp;The Rest Is Entertainment: Australia. Sharp, funny and endlessly opinionated, Russel has built a career figuring out what makes Australians buy, watch, listen and pay attention.
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On It Off It is a podcast brought to you by fitness influencer Louis Phillips and stand-up comedian Fergus Neal. Each week the two unlikely friends talk about what they’re on and what they’re off – from Hinge dating to the Fitzroy Garage Party. The former Big Brother contestant alongside the Daily Mail’s favourite comedian come head to head on what they’re on and what they’re off.

On It Off It is a podcast brought to you by fitness influencer Louis Phillips and stand-up comedian Fergus Neal. Each week the two unlikely friends talk about what they&rsquo;re on and what they&rsquo;re off &ndash; from Hinge dating to the Fitzroy Garage Party. The former Big Brother contestant alongside the Daily Mail&rsquo;s favourite comedian come head to head on what they&rsquo;re on and what they&rsquo;re off.

On It Off It is a podcast brought to you by fitness influencer Louis Phillips and stand-up comedian Fergus Neal. Each week the two unlikely friends talk about what they’re on and what they’re off – from Hinge dating to the Fitzroy Garage Party.

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Russel Howcroft: Australia in 2036

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Flynn Martin is a Melbourne-based content creator who went from viral punchline to one of the most talked-about voices in the conversation around young men, masculinity and online radicalisation. After a string of TikToks (including one asking "is it okay to be a straight white male?") blew up for all the wrong reasons, Flynn found himself at the centre of a pile-on, and used it as the starting point for a genuine reckoning with how deep the manosphere's influence had reached into his own thinking. Since then he's been refreshingly candid about that journey, and about his bipolar diagnosis and experience with psychosis, using his platform to unpack it all in a way that's honest rather than performative.

On this episode, Flynn joins us to talk about getting swept up in Andrew Tate-adjacent content without realising it, what it actually felt like to be "cancelled," and what's changed for him since.

Follow Flynn on Instagram: @phlinmartin

Flynn Martin&nbsp;is a Melbourne-based content creator who went from viral punchline to one of the most talked-about voices in the conversation around young men, masculinity and online radicalisation. After a string of TikToks (including one asking "is it okay to be a straight white male?") blew up for all the wrong reasons, Flynn found himself at the centre of a pile-on, and used it as the starting point for a genuine reckoning with how deep the manosphere's influence had reached into his own thinking. Since then he's been refreshingly candid about that journey, and about his bipolar diagnosis and experience with psychosis, using his platform to unpack it all in a way that's honest rather than performative.
On this episode, Flynn joins us to talk about getting swept up in Andrew Tate-adjacent content without realising it, what it actually felt like to be "cancelled," and what's changed for him since.
Follow Flynn on Instagram:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/phlinmartin/">@phlinmartin</a>

Flynn Martin: 1 Year Manosphere Sober

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Conor Curran is the Melbourne-based creator behind Creamy Confusion, the food and cocktail brand that's built a following of over a million people across social media. Raised in Clifton Hill on his Greek yiayia's cooking, Conor trained in Culinary Management at William Angliss and spent a decade managing some of Melbourne's best-loved restaurants, including Mister Bianco, Supernormal and Tokyo Tina, before a stint in London and Europe.

He shot to wider attention on Masterchef Australia in 2021 (yes, he's the green olive ice cream guy), and has since gone on to release his debut cookbook EAT MORE GREEK, front a cooking travel series for SBS in Peru, compete on The Challenge Australia, and team up with brands like IKEA, Four Pillars and Coles. These days Creamy Confusion is known for making serious food knowledge feel approachable, affordable and very, very funny.

Follow him on Instagram: @creamy_confusion
Check out the website: creamyconfusion.com.au
Get his book, EAT MORE GREEK: geni.us/EatMoreGreek

Conor Curran is the Melbourne-based creator behind Creamy Confusion, the food and cocktail brand that's built a following of over a million people across social media. Raised in Clifton Hill on his Greek yiayia's cooking, Conor trained in Culinary Management at William Angliss and spent a decade managing some of Melbourne's best-loved restaurants, including Mister Bianco, Supernormal and Tokyo Tina, before a stint in London and Europe.
He shot to wider attention on Masterchef Australia in 2021 (yes, he's the green olive ice cream guy), and has since gone on to release his debut cookbook EAT MORE GREEK, front a cooking travel series for SBS in Peru, compete on The Challenge Australia, and team up with brands like IKEA, Four Pillars and Coles. These days Creamy Confusion is known for making serious food knowledge feel approachable, affordable and very, very funny.
Follow him on Instagram:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/creamy_confusion/?hl=en">@creamy_confusion</a> Check out the website:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.creamyconfusion.com.au/">creamyconfusion.com.au</a> Get his book, EAT MORE GREEK:&nbsp;<a href="https://geni.us/EatMoreGreek">geni.us/EatMoreGreek</a>

Losing Masterchef but winning at life w Connor Curran

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Marnie Vinall is a multi-award-winning journalist and broadcaster with the ABC Sports team, best known for her coverage of AFLW and women's sport more broadly. She's twice won a Quill Award, in 2024 for her reporting on the 2023 Women's World Cup and in 2025 for uncovering discrimination and inequality in women's community football. Her writing has also appeared in The Guardian, Sydney Morning Herald, ABC Everyday and Healthline, among others, and she's become one of the go-to voices on gender equity in Australian sport.
IG: https://www.instagram.com/marnie.vinall/?hl=en

Marnie Vinall is a multi-award-winning journalist and broadcaster with the ABC Sports team, best known for her coverage of AFLW and women's sport more broadly. She's twice won a Quill Award, in 2024 for her reporting on the 2023 Women's World Cup and in 2025 for uncovering discrimination and inequality in women's community football. Her writing has also appeared in The Guardian, Sydney Morning Herald, ABC Everyday and Healthline, among others, and she's become one of the go-to voices on gender equity in Australian sport. IG:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/marnie.vinall/?hl=en">https://www.instagram.com/marnie.vinall/?hl=en</a>

Marnie Vinall! Unleashing AFLWs potential, being a footy journo, and retiring 'inspiring the next generation' 

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Russel Howcroft: Australia in 2036

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