The Blind Side Podcast

By: Nath Smith
  • Summary

  • Bringing you the other side of athletes, actors, musicians, entrepreneurs, and business people that you might not know. Where did they come from? Was there a biggest failure? What did they learn from that?What has been their biggest achievement? What are they doing now? Who is the real "them"? Enjoy!
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Episodes
  • Episode 7 - Jarin Baigent
    Feb 1 2023

    Welcome to another episode of The Blind Side Podcast, I’m your host Nath Smith and today I catch up with a good mate and modern day Super Woman Jarin Baigent.

    Jazzy has a had really interesting life and has a great story. Jazz is a proud Indigenous Australian and served 13 years in the NSW police force along with more recently starting her own business “Jarin Street” all the while being a mum and giving birth to 3 kids.

    During our chat we talk about her life and were it all started and what it was like for her as a police officer and dealing with different issues within the police force, also some of the struggles of perception from some of her family with the decision to become a cop. 

    We touch on modern day issues like Black Lives Matter and the recent protests and also some of the changes she would like to see in our society and also school system

    My chat with Jazz was super enjoyable and also really inspiring, I personally think her story is really inspiring and is a great role model to other women and indigenous Australians also. 

    As always, please share and subscribe to the podcast and if you can, please leave a review, it would really help share stories like Jazz’s to a bigger and wider community.

    Thanks again for listening and enjoy… 

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    49 mins
  • Episode 6 - Shaun Kenny-Dowall
    Feb 1 2023

    Welcome to another episode of The Blind Side Podcast, I’m your host Nath Smith and today my guest is a NRL and roosters legend who is 2nd on their all time try scorers list and 6th all time in games played, today I have a chat with Shaun Kenny Dowall.

    Shaun made the journey to Australia and the NRL by dropping out of school at 15 to work and save enough money to buy a plane ticket to get here in chase of his football career. With no contract offers he backed himself which lead to him playing 277 first grade games along with representing his Maori culture and country many times. 

    My chat with Shaun we talk about his career in detail and what it was like playing in 2 grand finals & winning a comp, what it was like playting for New Zealand and traveling the world.

    We touch on some of the speed bumps in his career and the lack of truth reported by the media during those. 

    We talk about now living in the UK and how corona has effected him and the team and also what he has planned for after footy.

    SKD is a straight out champion both on the field and off, I hope you enjoy our chat and get  to see his blind side.

    As always, please make sure you like and follow the show on Facebook, Instagram & Twitter and if you have enjoyed this episode or others, please make sure you leave me a review, I’d really appreciate it, thanks for listening and enjoy…

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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • Episode 10 - Willie Bishop
    Feb 1 2023

    Welcome to another episode of The Blind Side Podcast, I’m your host Nath Smith and today on the show I have a chat with a long-time friend and brother who has had an awesome sporting career but an even more amazing personal journey.

    My guest today grew up in humble beginnings in a small country town in New Zealand and went on to play professional rugby league and rugby union, which reached it’s peak in 2008 by representing the Australian Wallabies at the Hong Kong 7’s. 

    Along with playing both codes at the highest level, he also represented Australia at 2 touch football world cups and won multiple NSW state cup and national touch football titles. 

    My guest today is the great man, Willie Bishop.

    Willie’s personal journey is an amazing story and we have a really open, real and raw chat about all things life, his career, his family, where he came from, his off field battles and what he has done to get to where he is today.

     

    Settle in and get comfy, it’s a great chat and I hope you really enjoy it.

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    1 hr and 34 mins

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