In the Game with Damian Barrett - an AFL podcast

Sports broadcaster Corbin Middlemas describes himself as the big guy with the deep voice. A media talent on the rise, Middlemas in 2018 published an article on the ABC platforms wanting to tell young men who don't fit the norm that it's perfectly normal. As he says in this edition of , being gay doesn't make you less masculine.In the Game

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Selling the merits of the Gold Coast Suns to a largely apathetic industry might be the toughest job in football. But as explained in this episode of , the club's chairman Tony Cochrane is up for the fight. The colourful and passionate Cochrane is seeking AFL assistance for the Suns, who are about to secure a second wooden spoon in their nine-season existence, which has never seen them placed higher than 12th. A highly successful businessman who never finished high school, Cochrane also reveals his dealings with music icons Frank Sinatra and Mick Jagger.In The Game

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Kane Cornes made a huge impact on the AFL in winning two All-Australian jackets, four best-and-fairests, and a premiership for Port Adelaide. But in the short time since retiring he has made an even bigger mark on the football landscape with the strongest of opinions on his many media platforms. The power of that opinion regularly cuts through the general media noise, and it often annoys the game’s biggest name players, coaches and media rivals.In this episode of Cornes takes us behind those opinions and let’s us in on his life-shaping moments.In the Game

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Being himself caused the odd problem for Campbell Brown in his 12 seasons in the AFL, but he says the alternative - being forced to be someone he wasn’t - would have been unbearable, and unworkable.Brown found headlines, fun, and personal and team success in those 12 seasons. And he’s always been one of the game’s best storytellers.

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Playing in an AFL Grand Final is something only the privileged get to do. Stevie Johnson played in four of them, and in this week's episode of In the Game he takes us through the pressure, the unknown and the privilege of playing on football's biggest stage.

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