EP 18: Mitch Ryan
10/19/22 • 90 min
On this episode, we are joined by an amazing human with an amazing story, great friend of the podcast, Mitch Ryan.
On October 12, 2002, Mitch and his Southport Sharks teammates were drinking in the Sari Club in Kuta, Bali, when a van laden with explosives, detonated just metres away from them.
Ryan, Cas and myself probably didn’t have a huge understanding of the Bali Bombings or the consequences it had on Australia for many, many years to follow. We were only 6 or 7 at the time so were certainly a bit ignorant of what actually happened.
Mitch disputes the fact that he’s a victim, pledging to take gratitude out of everything he can considering others in his vicinity weren’t so fortunate.
If this wasn’t already a bad enough hand to be dealt, Mitch lost his older brother, mentor and best mate in October 2020 to a freak accident while overseas. A lot of this podcast’s listeners would have known the great Jake Ryan in some capacity, and Mitch pays a beautiful homage to his brother.
Mitch is now in the business development and commercial side of proceedings at the Brisbane Lions, giving us an insight into how things work up at the Gabba.
He’s the father to Ted, with another one well on the way. As a matter of fact, his better half Sherry is due on November 12, but there’s a feeling the baby might be coming earlier, so during this recording Mitch was very aware of any phone notifications he received.
The best way to summarise this bloke, is that he’s a battler, who loves his family and mates, and would put anyone’s interests in front of his own. A truly great man.
We hope you enjoy the listen.
A heads up as well, there is some pretty heavy stuff discussed at times, and if anything has been triggering for you, there are some fantastic resources in the show notes. Also, a language warning for the next 90 minutes.
If this episode has triggered anything for you regarding mental health, the following are highly valuable services:
⚪Beyondblue - 1300 22 4636 / https://www.beyondblue.org.au/
⚪Lifeline Australia - 13 11 14 / https://www.lifeline.org.au/
⚪Men's Line - 1300 78 99 78 / https://mensline.org.au/
White Line Book Club
The Jungle Book - by Rudyard Kipling
Pushing the Limits - by Kurt Fearnley
At the Close of Play - by Ricky Ponting
Mitch Ryan
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/chicken_snitzle
White Line Podcast
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Music by TVNXMI (https://soundcloud.com/tvnxmimusic)
On this episode, we are joined by an amazing human with an amazing story, great friend of the podcast, Mitch Ryan.
On October 12, 2002, Mitch and his Southport Sharks teammates were drinking in the Sari Club in Kuta, Bali, when a van laden with explosives, detonated just metres away from them.
Ryan, Cas and myself probably didn’t have a huge understanding of the Bali Bombings or the consequences it had on Australia for many, many years to follow. We were only 6 or 7 at the time so were certainly a bit ignorant of what actually happened.
Mitch disputes the fact that he’s a victim, pledging to take gratitude out of everything he can considering others in his vicinity weren’t so fortunate.
If this wasn’t already a bad enough hand to be dealt, Mitch lost his older brother, mentor and best mate in October 2020 to a freak accident while overseas. A lot of this podcast’s listeners would have known the great Jake Ryan in some capacity, and Mitch pays a beautiful homage to his brother.
Mitch is now in the business development and commercial side of proceedings at the Brisbane Lions, giving us an insight into how things work up at the Gabba.
He’s the father to Ted, with another one well on the way. As a matter of fact, his better half Sherry is due on November 12, but there’s a feeling the baby might be coming earlier, so during this recording Mitch was very aware of any phone notifications he received.
The best way to summarise this bloke, is that he’s a battler, who loves his family and mates, and would put anyone’s interests in front of his own. A truly great man.
We hope you enjoy the listen.
A heads up as well, there is some pretty heavy stuff discussed at times, and if anything has been triggering for you, there are some fantastic resources in the show notes. Also, a language warning for the next 90 minutes.
If this episode has triggered anything for you regarding mental health, the following are highly valuable services:
⚪Beyondblue - 1300 22 4636 / https://www.beyondblue.org.au/
⚪Lifeline Australia - 13 11 14 / https://www.lifeline.org.au/
⚪Men's Line - 1300 78 99 78 / https://mensline.org.au/
White Line Book Club
The Jungle Book - by Rudyard Kipling
Pushing the Limits - by Kurt Fearnley
At the Close of Play - by Ricky Ponting
Mitch Ryan
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/chicken_snitzle
White Line Podcast
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/whitelinepodcast
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/whitelinepodcast
Music by TVNXMI (https://soundcloud.com/tvnxmimusic)
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EP 17: Josh Hunt
EP 17 brings us one of our favourite guests to date, dual AFL premiership defender, Josh Hunt.
Drafted in 2000, Josh played 212 games across his career, predominantly at Geelong with a season to wrap things up at Giants, before moving up to the Sunshine State to take on a coaching role with the Brisbane Lions Academy.
Now in true Josh style, he’ll no doubt undersell himself, but to consistently hold a position in a backline filled with names like Scarlett, Milburn, Harley, Enright and co is a testament to the player that he was (and still is). There is no one more humble and nonchalant, but to go along quietly in one of the great modern football teams is quite the achievement.
Ryan and I are now fortunate enough to call Josh a teammate and speaking personally, across my many years in footy, Josh is without question the best on-field communicator I have come across.
This episode is filled with some great stories about what life was like at the Cattery in the halcyon days, so if you are a football person, you will find yourself enthralled in our longest WLP episode to date. Relax though, if footy is not totally your thing - there’s still plenty outside of Aussie Rules that we cover.
We hope you enjoy this as much as we did!
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The Happiest Man On Earth - by Eddie Jaku
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Music by TVNXMI (https://soundcloud.com/tvnxmimusic)
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EP 19: Anthony Bartolo
On this episode, we are joined by a man highly involved in business, Anthony Bartolo.
Now, I’m sure there are many ways that you could stereotype an electrician from Mackay, but this bloke certainly breaks the mould.
Barts is the co-owner and brains trust behind ACTV Strength Co, Magnolia Lane, Carmie, and The Gentleman Routine.
The success that Barts attracts comes as no surprise given his attitude and mantra on life. Have a crack, don’t be scared of making mistakes, and get the absolute best out of the situation you’re in.
For anyone in business, or simply needing some motivation on how to get things started, then this has your name all over it.
Anthony Bartolo
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/anthonybartolo__
ACTV Strength Co
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/actvstrengthco
https://actvstrengthco.com/
The Gentleman Routine
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thegentlemanroutine
https://thegentlemanroutine.com/
Magnolia Lane
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/magnolialaneburleigh
https://www.magnolialaneburleigh.com.au/
KAMI
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kamiburleigh
https://www.kamiburleigh.com.au/
White Line Podcast
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Music by TVNXMI (https://soundcloud.com/tvnxmimusic)
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