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Hosted by Bruce Hopkins · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 145 episodes
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The Life’s A Beach Podcast is presented by Head Lifeguard and TV personality, Bruce ‘Hoppo’ Hopkins. Known to his fans as the fun-loving, down to earth Lifeguard from Bondi Rescue, Hoppo has spent nearly 30 years working on Australia’ most infamous beach and will open up to fans like never before. Portraying another side to the lovable larrikin, Hoppo and guests will discuss life stories - the good, the bad and everything in between in an open and candid forum. Each week they will share their own challenges and struggles and in true Hoppo style there will be some light-hearted jokes and banter along the way. Hoppo hopes the experiences that are shared will resonate with the audience, as the old saying goes… while Life’s A Beach, it can also be a bitch!
Bruce Hopkins hosts Life's A Beach, a society show with 145 episodes published.
This week in the beach shack Hoppo is joined be fellow lifeguard and ex-paramedic Quinn Darragh. They talk about Quinn's long term battle with liver disease after being diagnosed as a twelve year old resulting in him eve
***CONTENT WARNING: This episode deals with serious issues around mental health. If this conversation brings up anything please call Lifeline on 13 11 14 or visit https://www.beyondblue.org.au/. This week Ho
Hoppo is joined in the beach shack by Makua Rothman. Makua talks about his time growing up in Hawaii, his journey to becoming a competitive big wave surfer and his music career. He also discusses the challenges he'
This week in the beach shack Hoppo is joined by Kiki Sjoberg. Kiki is a photographer who lives in the Kosciuszko region and has been taking extraordinary photos of brumbies in the wild for nearly a decade. As such,
This week Hoppo is joined in the beach shack by Evan Batten. Evan talks about his journey from being a sound recording technician behind the scenes, to being a prominent camera facing journalist on broadcast TV. This ext
Hoppo is back in the beach shack with Firerose. They talk about Firerose's new album Shining Armour and her journey to creating it. Firerose moved from Australia to the US as a 19-year old and has been writing musi
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Life's A Beach is hosted by Bruce Hopkins. The show is categorised under society (culture) and has published 145 episodes.
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