Every person has a story they've never told in public. Not the polished version from a panel. Not the LinkedIn post. The real one. The decision made at the wrong moment, the feedback that stung, the habit that held everything together when nothing else did. At Eclat, we've had the privilege of sitting alongside some of Melbourne's most interesting people for the past three years. In our spaces, over coffee, between meetings. We've heard things that deserved a wider audience. This is us finally giving them one. The Sounds of Eclat is a conversation series hosted by Nick Maxwell and Lauren Blackwood. Each episode, we sit down with a founder, leader, athlete, creative, or operator and ask them to think out loud about what it actually takes to build something that lasts. Not the highlight reel. The substance underneath it. What you won't find here: hype, jargon, or easy answers. What you will find: people who've made hard decisions, learned from the wrong ones, and kept going anyway. Each one candid about the part of the journey that rarely makes the press release. This is The Sounds of Eclat.
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Recent episodes include "Ep.7 There’s No Straight Line to Success" (25 October 2026, 28 minutes), "Ep.6 When Relentless Stops Working" (18 October 2026, 23 minutes), and "Ep.5 Getting Better in the Messy Middle" (11 October 2026, 38 minutes).
Sounds of Eclat publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 30 minutes.
Booking probability for Sounds of Eclat is 38%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Sounds of Eclat requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Sounds of Eclat's contact route on record: verified email.
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Episode #7
Panos, founder of Pana Organic, joins Nick and Lauren to trace the unlikely path that led him to chocolate, from cafés, restaurants and airport catering to an idea sparked by watching the film Chocolat. He shares the...
Episode #6
After more than 20 years and 18 different roles within one multinational beauty business, Aurelie De Cremiers knows a thing or two about leadership. She joins Nick and Lauren to reflect on a career spanning France...
Episode #5
Performance coach, consultant and bestselling author of Better, Andrew Horsfield joins Nick and Loz to talk about the messy, uncertain space between where we are and where we want to be. After 18 years working as a...
Episode #4
On this episode of The Sounds of Eclat, we sit down with Jarryd Roughead 283-game Hawthorn premiership player, Coleman medalist, multiple All-Australian, former club captain and now list manager at the Adelaide Crows...
Mandy Loftus-Hills, Partnerships Director at The Local Project, joins Nick and Lauren to unpack a career that didn’t exactly follow a plan. From starting out in a cabling company to finding her way into real estate...
Episode #2
On this episode of The Sounds of Eclat, we sit down with Michael Voss Brisbane Lions triple-premiership captain and former Carlton coach and Rita Cincotta, author, leadership expert and executive coach, to unpack what...
What makes us feel safe isn’t always what actually keeps us safe. Criminologist Dr Lucy Maxwell on offenders, gendered violence and the psychology of fear. Criminologist, lecturer and Nick’s sister, Dr Lucy Maxwell...
Sounds of Eclat
“I didn’t enjoy football. The stress, the anxiety, I struggled.” Newly appointed Carlton coach Josh Fraser joins Nick and Lauren in front of a live Eclat audience for this special episode of The Sounds of Eclat. Josh...
The founder of Shift HR. A one-man show, why leadership problems are often clarity problems, and the uncomfortable questions AI is about to force the industry to answer. Founder of Shift HR, a strategic HR advisory and...
Two senior lawyers. One employer. Left on the same day. Built something of their own. Sarah and Beck didn't rush into this. The conversation about leaving corporate legal started almost as a joke, took years to get...
Episode #13
A candid conversation with Eclat CEO & COO. Why experiences, routines and traditions matter more than ever. In this special Spitball edition, ECLAT CEO Nick Maxwell and COO Lauren Blackwood pull back the curtain on...
Episode #12
Broke in Canada. Knocking on doors for a local rec centre. Thirty years later, still at it. Shane Ward spotted something in a door-knocking gig in Canada that most people would have dismissed as a summer job. He saw a...
Episode #11
An integrated agency. A rare edge in the Chinese market. And a deep frustration with brand strategy that lives in a PDF. Steph built Mulberry Marketing on the belief that brand is a system of belief not a logo set, not...
Episode #10
The Cadel Evans homecoming. The Queen's visit. Seven days notice to close St Kilda Road. Eliza Vesey has spent over 20 years producing events that most people only ever read about. She now runs Moments Made, her own...
Episode #9
Thirteen years. One clear purpose. Two words: lifting potential. Jeremy Nichols founded Composure after a career that took him from young consultant to firm owner to the executive team of an ASX-listed business. He...
Episode #8
260 AFL games. Two new careers. One very clear sense of what comes next. Brad Ebert spent the better part of two decades at the elite end of Australian football West Coast, Port Adelaide, 260 games. What he's built...
Episode #7
No guest. Just the two people who run this place turning the mic on themselves. This one's different. Nick and Lauren pull back the curtain on three-plus years of building Eclat what they've observed watching the...
Episode #6
A physio. A personal health challenge. A program that has now reached 25,000 young people. Megan Dickinson co-founded the Live Life Whole Project after watching women and girls navigate serious health challenges without...
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