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Connecting people, yarning through stories.
Hosted by Lockie Cooke, founder and CEO of iYARN, this podcast brings together powerful conversations with changemakers, community leaders, researchers, and innovators across Australia and beyond. Each episode explores how culture, technology, and community insight intersect to drive meaningful change — particularly in health, wellbeing, and social innovation.
Lockie is a non-Indigenous Australian who has worked in partnership with First Nations organisations for over 20 years. Through these long-standing relationships — and his connection with his cultural;ly adopted Aboriginal family in Ardiyooloon community in the North West of Western Australia — Lockie approaches each yarn with deep respect, cultural humility, and a shared commitment to strengthening self-determination and data sovereignty across Australia.
Whether discussing Indigenous data sovereignty, wearable tech in remote communities, mental health, or creative grassroots initiatives, iyarn Yarns invites listeners into grounded and thoughtful conversations about connection, belonging, and purpose.
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S22E22 Bridging the Health Gap with Wearable Technology - ABC Radio Sydney interview
In this special ABC Radio Sydney interview, Lockie Cooke, founder and CEO of iYARN, joins host Craig Reucassel to discuss how wearable technology is transforming healthcare access in remote…
S1E20 #20 Joris Cuesta - The Plateau Hacker - Thought Leader
As a reformed rat racer, start-up survivor and private company workaholic, Joris Cuesta is referred to as the Plateau Hacker. With more than 15 years’ experience working within marketing, branding…
#19 Tommaso D'Orsogna - Olympic Medalist, 8 X Australian Senior Swimming team member, final year medical Student
Tommaso D'Orsogna is an Australian swimmer and Olympic medallist from Perth, WA. He spent 8 years on the Australian swim team, competing at four World Championships, four World Short Course…
#18: Nick Hudson - The Push Up Challenge Founder, taking his challenge viral with 55 million ways to raise mental health awareness
Nick is the founder of The Push-Up Challenge and is known for his decisive and personable leadership style and his track record of motivating teams, workplaces and communities to deliver…
#17: Josh Fergus, Musician, Educator, Surfer & Rites of Passage facilitator talking about alternative education and becoming a Man
Josh Fergus (BSc Anthropology/Psych, Post Grad Education) is a teacher, musician, surfer, and meditator. With interests stemming from breath work to psychology, Steiner education, permaculture and…
#16; Troy Douglas; Nexba CEO and Co-Founder CEO, growing the countries largest naturally sugar free food and beverage business, managing COVID & growing up
Troy co-founded Nexba with friend Drew Bilbe in 2011. For Nexba's CEO-Global, his favourite thing is turning creative ideas into sustainable businesses. Troy’s experience as a marketing executive and…
S1E11 #15; Jamie Clough - Entrepreneurial journey and his story with, Honey for Life, the art of making honey in Western Australia
Jamie Clough is an inspirational entrepreneur. Onto his second business, in honey! He houses 60 million bees in Western Australia and he has a great vision for his…
S1E14 #14 Dr Arne Rubinstein (mbbs, Fracgp) Rites of Passage Founder and CEO, talking about taking risk, resilience, becoming an adult and a global rites of passage over COVID19
Dr. Arne Rubinstein (mbbs, fracgp) Founder & CEO, The Rites of Passage Institute. Dr. Arne Rubinstein is an internationally recognised expert on Childhood Development and Rites of Passage. His…
S1E16 #13 Michael Booth - SUP 3x World Distance Race Champion; elite mindset, performance, entrepreneurialism and having a winning mindset
Michael Booth; known as the Aussie SUP Powerhouse continuing to dominate in the sport internationally, is fast becoming the most highly regarded and respected SUP contender world-wide. The last…
S1E10 #12 X Mike Dyson, Rites of Passage facilitator, being a Man, Chinese Medicine,
Mike Dyson is a Rites of Passage facilitator with a passion for reframing mental health and masculinity in a positive light. As founder of Good Blokes Co, Mike provides places for men and boys to…
#11: Dan Collins Sprint Canoe 4 x Olympian; Silver and Bronze medalist, resilience, focus, winners mentality and high performance
Lockie chats to Olympian, sports advisor and thought leader Dan Collins about vulnerability and resilience. From humble beginnings growing up in Blacktown, to competing on the world stage across…
#10 X Scott Wilson: Gooniyandi and Gadgerong man from Broome, Western Australia growing up away from home and becoming a Man
Scott is a Gooniyandi and Gadgerong man from Broome, Western Australia. He graduated from UWA in 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Anthropology and Indigenous history and heritage studies.…
S1E9 #9 X Jordan Fogarty, Be Media founder and CEO, Entrepreneurship, Resilience, overcoming life threatening injury, winners mindset
Jordan Fogarty is market leading business growth strategist. With various roles from founder and CEO of Be Media, President of Entrepreneur’s organization under 35 group and much more. He had been…
S1E4 #8 X Will Kaye; Hive & OKMG (OK Media Group) Co-founder and GM, Resilience, mental health and SaaS products
Will Kaye is a good mate and entrepreneurial professional with a demonstrated history of starting and running startup software and communications businesses. Will Kaye is currently the Managing…
S1E5 #7 X Liv Gamble; High school educator, Self awareness, mental health, managing workload and burnout in the workplace
Lockie chats to Liv Gamble, who at 25 was Head of the Sports Department at a school with 1200 students. Liv has worked at Santa Maria College for six years where she is house coordinator and Head of…
S1E6 #6 X Christian Zurakowski; school leaver 2019, talking about mental health and iyarn in school
Lockie chats to our youngest yarner yet, Christian Zurakowski, all about growing up, leaving school and how to work things out as a Millennial. iyarn can be found here: iyarn facebook iyarn…
S1E7 #5 X Dr Neale Fong - Mental Health Commission, West Coast Eagles Chaplin for 20+ yrs, Chairman of Bethesda hospital
Dr Fong is a registered medical practitioner with over 35 years’ experience in a wide range of leadership roles in the private and public hospital systems. He is currently Chief Executive Officer and…
S1E8 #4 X Kosta Lucas; Chief Program Director of People against Violent Extremism, independent researcher and civil society professional, weight loss and mental health
Kosta works as an independent researcher and civil society professional in preventing and countering violent extremism. After working for the Commonwealth Government in countering violent extremism…
S1E3 #3 X Jesse Phillips; Sprint Canoe, Olympian, High performance, winners mindset, health and fitness and being a coach
Jesse Phillips is an Australian sprint canoeist. He is a five-time national champion (2010-2014) in the men's kayak doubles (200 m), and a member of the Bayswater Paddle Sports Club, under his…
S1E2 #2 Professor Leonard Collard; Noongar Elder and community leader talking about being INCREDIBLE, transitioning into eldership and being a leader
Len is a Noongar elder, professor and Australian Research Council chief investigator at the School of Indigenous Studies University of Western Australia. Len is a Whadjuk/Balardong Noongar, the…
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iyarn yarns has published 21 episodes since January 2020, covering topics in Business, Education.
iyarn yarns is currently sporadic with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 33m.
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