About
Podcasts. I co-founded The Podcast Network in 2005 — the first podcast business in the world. Today I produce long-form history shows (Caesar, Alexander, Napoleon, the Cold War, the Renaissance), current affairs (The Bullshit Filter), philosophy (The Three Illusions), and QAV, a weekly investing podcast with my mate Tony Kynaston.
Books. My latest book is The Psychopath Epidemic (2020), on why we have too many psychopaths in positions of power. My first was The Three Illusions (2011), about scientific pantheism, free will and living happily in the moment. I’ve also written a guide to Making a Living from Podcasting.
Film. I’m the writer, director, co-producer and host of Marketing the Messiah (2020), a secular documentary about early Christianity. Stream it on Amazon Prime and YouTube.
AI & robotics. Through The Futuristic Group and Intelletto, I’m helping Australian businesses prepare for the humanoid decade and unlimited intelligence.
Director. Wrote and executed marketing strategy for clients large and small, until my own projects took over.
Marketing Manager. I love a good cigar, so for a couple of years I ran the marketing for an Australian cigar business with a lounge in Brisbane.
Digital Strategy Manager at a large integrated agency (later part of Clemenger Group), consulting on digital, SEO, SEM and social strategy.
Digital and social media strategy for Telstra, Microsoft, City of Melbourne, Tourism Victoria, Tourism QLD and others.
Co-founder. In November 2004 I co-created the first podcast recorded in Australia, G’Day World, with Mick Stanic. At our 2008 peak we produced 1000+ hours a month for 500,000 listeners with 100 contractors worldwide. Shut down in the GFC, rebooted in 2013.
National E-business Solution Specialist. Hired as the “online guy” in Melbourne; later led Microsoft’s BizTalk e-business strategy across Australia.
Corporate Sales Manager, Victoria. Explaining to CIOs what HTML was and why their employees needed email.
Corporate video sales, financial services, credit analysis at Ford Credit, and stock market account management at Citibank.
I was awarded the Légion of Merit in France in 2008 for my contributions to Napoleonic history. Yes, I’m that much of a nerd.
I live in Brisbane, Australia, and I’m married to the beautiful and talented Christine Dunaway Reilly, who runs a violin studio, MusicArt. We have one child, Fox. I also have twin adult boys, Hunter and Taylor.
I like to play chess — invite me to a game. Chrissy and I are both passionate about learning Italian and Wing Chun.