Best AirAsia Podcasts (2025)

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XL34: Sarah Stow - Launching Businesses of the Underserved Mumpreneur 43:17

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Sarah joins us on the XL Podcast today from her beautiful farm in Australia. She sold her financial services a few years back when she realized she needed to make some serious lifestyle choices when starting a family. 2 kids and a farm later, she’s helping skilled Mums in making these choices. We’re talking skilled professionals from the worlds of …

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XL33: Kevin Brent - The Systems Business Owners Need to Scale Up 53:04

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We’re joined today by Author of “The Entrpreneurial ScaleUp System” and Podcast Host of “ScaleUp Radio” Kevin Brent to discuss business systems and rhythm. Did you know only 4% of businesses grow beyond 10 employees? While some happily stay small, many experience common symptoms faced by business owners who don’t have the right systems or rhythm in…

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XL32: Atul Temurnikar - Building the School of the Future 51:44

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I’m joined on today’s XL Podcast by Atul Temurnikar, Chairman of the Global Schools Foundations. In a previous life, Atul was country leader for IBM in Singapore. After leaving corporate he set up a private school, originally for Indian expat families in the region. With demand and word of mouth growing, one school became two, eventually becoming 3…

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XL31: Ed Frame - Retention is The New Acquisition 49:32

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When it comes to selling to new customers or existing ones, the data is firmly on the side of the customers you have already. Research by Bain & Company found that a 5% increase in retention rate can lead to a rise in profit between 25% to 95%. Similarly, Invesp found that investing in new customers is between 5 and 25 times more expensive than ret…

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XL30: Natalie Turner - Yes You Can Innovate and The 6 ‘I’s of Innovation 44:42

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We record this episode of The XL Podcast 95 years ago to the day that US based Bell Labs revealed a system for transmitting television pictures. And while this took place almost a century ago, this image of innovation, one of “labs”, “reveals” and, let’s face it, men, driving the process is still persistent today. Natalie Turner, co-founder of The …

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XL29: LARRAINE CHANG - Successful Careers are by Design not Accident: How the Decisions You Make Today Will Shape Your Career Tomorrow 49:57

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The world of work is changing. We all know how the pandemic has radically changed how we work and how we hire talent. But, more importantly, the bigger changes lies with those being hired, us. In this episode of The XL Podcast I’m joined by Hong Kong based headhunter Larraine Chang to get a top level view of what is working (and what isn’t working)…

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XL28: MARK ROSS-SMITH - Loyalty: How Airlines and Banks Win and Lose Their Most Valuable Customers 50:17

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You might remember the 2004 Movie “The Terminal” starring Tom Hanks. It’s about a traveler trapped in an airport and unbelievably based on the true story of Mehran Nasseri who was stuck at Paris Charles De Gaule airport for 18 years (yes, not a typo). Living at airports gives you an interesting perspective on life, and the humans of travel. My next…

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XL27: BRENDA BENCE - Leadership in Times of Great Change 42:10

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In a recent survey of 3,000 executives Alix found that 72% of executives are actually worried about losing their jobs due to “disruption,” - up from 51% in 2021. And 94% believe they will have to change their business models within the next three years to remain competitive. The pressure of leaders to find answers is intense. On top of this we have…

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XL26: DR. JOHN DENBOER - Disrupting Dementia 52:49

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My next guest on the XL Podcast is on a spiritual and professional mission to solve one of the biggest challenges of our time - dementia. But getting there has been quite a journey. Even before we go into the burden degenerative diseases like dementia place on society and families, there are the sheer volume of cases. The WHO estimates 55 million p…

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XL25: KATRINA MCKINNON - How to Create Inbound Traffic With Quality Human Written Content 50:34

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Google recently announced that any web copy written by AI algorithms would be considered “spam”. That’s big news for an entire community of founders. As my next guest on The XL Podcast, Katrina Mckinnon founder of Copysmiths says, tech platforms like Google can be powerful allies in driving content to your site, but they can also change the rules o…

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XL24: ALISHA CONLIN-HURD - How Funnels Can Turn the “Messy Middle” of Marketing into a Gold Mine of Leads 49:15

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Marketing has changed significantly in the last 10 years. Gone are the days where one viral video, one conference presentation or thought leadership blog post could guarantee you leads. Now, marketing exists in the “messy middle”. That’s what my next guest Alisha Conlin-Hurd of Persuasion Experience calls the reality of an attention stretched world…

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XL23: DANAY LEA - C-Suite Advisor, Financial Leader, Chief Triage Officer to Outdoor Sports Brands 47:17

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Corporate Financial Leader with financial roles including Advisor to the CEO at Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, CFO at Commercial Bank International and Program Director at ANZ. Passionate about Outdoor Sports (Ski, Mountain Biking and Climbing) and bringing the professional structure and expertise of the corporate world to sports brands. Served as …

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XL22: HEATHER HANSEN - How to Develop Unmuted Leaders and Organizations 52:26

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“You’re on Mute!” - these immortal words sum up how we as teams and organizations have been communicating in recent years. But being Unmuted goes beyond your Zoom settings. Leadership needs to encourage their people to speak up and share conversations that matter. Conversations about diversity, inclusion and the future of work will define who we ar…

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XL21: KAPIL KANE - What makes for Radically Innovative Design? Conversation with Kapil Kane (Director Innovation at Intel, ex Apple, Stanford) 58:48

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My next guest on the XL Podcast, Kapil Kane, has spent his life dedicated to the pursuit of good design. He worked at Apple under Steve Jobs as part of the product design team that innovated the iPad and iPhone. He later took his love of design to Intel to set up an internal corporate accelerator in Shanghai China, supporting local engineers to tur…

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XL20: JOSEPH MOCANU - Early Stage VC & Healthtech Investor 57:02

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When you invest in healthtech, how do you choose what to invest in? You can invest in any potentially life changing treatment from a cure to Alzheimers to Cancer diagnostics. In this episode of the XL Podcast, I’m joined by Early Stage VC Fund founder Joseph Mocanu on his journey as a healthtech investor and what the big challenges in global health…

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XL19: NICK JONSSON - Author of Executive Loneliness 41:04

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91% of Singaporeans report feeling stressed. But it’s not just an Asian phenomenon. Globally, we are beginning to have the conversation about mental health and how we’re all affected in some way. The UK appointed its first suicide minister in 2018. And, in Australia, the biggest cause of death for males aged 15-44 is suicide. Cleary something is wr…

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XL18: LEE HACKETT - The Challenge is the Reward 1:11:21

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Lee Hackett is CEO of BluprintX. Like any young boy growing up in Liverpool, Lee dreamed of becoming a professional footballer. He realised his dream at 16, signing for Wigan Athletic before later deciding to pursue a career path outside of sport. Many professional sportspeople struggle with life after sport. According to one survey, 40% of footbal…

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XL17: NITIN GOVILA - Business Leader, Engineer and Meditation Practitioner & Trainer 40:26

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Our lives are noisy. We live in a world of distraction. These factors make it difficult to get work done in the office. It’s no wonder people are turning to practices like meditation to calm their minds in this busy world. But, can you actually design environments that enable mindfulness and focus? To help understand this challenge and how this wil…

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XL16: MARGARET MANNING OBE - Entrepreneurial Success is a Story You Can Write Yourself 54:53

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I’m really pleased to host my next guest on the XL Podcast - someone who I’ve known about and wanted to interview for some time. She’s the kind of person you’ll meet at a networking event who rarely talks about her achievements or accolades. Understated. Yet, on paper they speak volumes. As you’ll hear in the podcast, Margaret has achieved and been…

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XL15: RACHIT DAYAL - Entrepreneurship and The Road Not Taken in Growing an Agency From 0 to 10m+ in Sales 47:58

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You may know Rachit Dayal already, he’s the cofounder of our previous podcast guest Prantik Mazumdar. Together they grew their digital agency to over $10m in sales and later acquisition by Dentsu. In this successful team, Rachit was the original founder, the one who didn’t take the corporate salaryman route of safe, comfortable career with all its …

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XL14: K BHARATH - Podcast Audio Engineer who has Recorded Over 1000 Episodes 33:20

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Coming up on XL podcast, all the advice you need to sound like a pro on your next podcast or webinar. Many of us take it for granted, but sounding great actually requires a bit of work. Everything from changing the audio settings on zoom, I'm not talking about selecting your microphone, but for example, those advanced settings, you might not be awa…

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XL13: PRARTHANA SIBAL - How to Turn Conversations and Content from your Brand into an Engaging Podcast 31:20

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Increasingly Brand's are looking at podcasts as a way to communicate in authentic and human ways. How do you communicate your brand through a podcast? It may be easy if you are a cool funky tech brand, but what if, for example, you are Government or a management consultancy or an IT services company. It doesn't come naturally. But the good news is …

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XL12: PRANTIK MAZUMDAR - From Successful Agency Trade Acquisition to The Bigger Challenges Facing a Region of 2 Billion People 46:48

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My next guest on the XL podcast is Prantik Mazumdar an award winning entrepreneur, marketer, and investor. He joined the digital consultancy, Happy Marketer in 2011 before growing the business to well over 10 million in revenues and engineering, a trade sell to Japanese advertising, conglomerate Dentsu. Growing a business from scratch to a multi-mi…

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XL11: PAUL RUPPERT - From Selling Hi-Fi to Billion Dollar Startups, The Power of “Range” 56:50

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We start this conversation describing the thrill of riding off piste as a ski instructor, when the fear and exhilaration that comes with riding the risk transcends into magic. So much of life happens in “the gaps”. Some of us prefer a quiet, predictable life while others seek challenge and constant evolution. My next guest, Paul Ruppert, is definit…

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XL10: PAUL GLOVER - Employee Engagement and The Myth of Radical Transparency 51:26

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3 Netflix Execs recently took to Slack to air their grievances about the company’s culture and leadership. This was, after all, the same Netflix that advocated “Radical Transparency” in a 127 slide public presentation. The Execs were fired, not because of what they said but how they said it. According to Netflix, everyone is allowed to complain as …

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XL9: BERNARD HOR - Digital Warehousing and The Logistics Challenges in Supplying Southeast Asia’s 600 million consumers 41:05

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With 600 million people and over 30,000 islands, the region of Southeast Asia presents both vast opportunities and challenges. How does a Durian fruit farmer in Thailand ship orders to buyers in Jakarta Indonesia? Regional logistics are evolving fast to cope with managing the supply side infrastructure challenges and growing middle class consumer e…

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XL8: ROD DRURY - the Funemployed Billionaire founder of Xero 10:06

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Produced by Pikkal & Co - Award-Winning Podcast Agency. Graham Brown talks Rod Drury, the billionaire founder of SAAS Platform Xero. Rod describes himself as "Funemployed” - not actively involved in the day to day running of the business, but serving on the board and spending his days exploring new adventures - from mountain biking to surfing. We a…

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XL7: JODY MEDICH - How Automation can help Elevate Human Work 28:05

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Produced by Pikkal & Co - Award-Winning Podcast Agency. Automate to Elevate. Greater process automation can elevate employees from mundane tasks to accomplish more enriching & value-generating work. Jody is an Independent consultant for Product design as well as an international faculty & Graduate studies program mentor/advisor at the Singularity U…

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XL6: NEIL WATSON - Artificial Intelligence Past, Present and Future 53:30

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Produced by Pikkal & Co - Award-Winning Podcast Agency. Welcome to the podcast, Nell Watson, Founder of QuantaCorp, a pioneer in Machine Vision. Graham and Nell explore the fascinating world of AI, philosophy and ethics. Graham was a graduate of Artificial Intelligence back in 1995, but a lot has changed in the last 25 years! Nell explains how AI h…

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XL5: SAHAR HASHEMI - Coffee Outside the Comfort Zone 19:20

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Produced by Pikkal & Co - Award-Winning Podcast Agency. In this episode, Graham talks with Sahar Hashemi, founder of Coffee Republic and confectionery brand Skinny Candy. Sahar opted out of her career as a lawyer to grow Coffee Republic which she later helped float on the stock market. Sahar Hashemi was named in Management Today in "Top 35 Women in…

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XL4: ROB NAIL - Disruption and Hyper-growth Technologies 39:53

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Produced by Pikkal & Co - Award-Winning Podcast Agency. Rob Nail is the CEO and Associate Founder of Singularity University. Rob joins host Graham Brown in a discussion about the future, leadership, and how storytelling helps to create change. Sharing his insights on the "age of disruption", Rob draws from his extensive background in engineering an…

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XL3: Achieving the Impossible with Lewis Pugh (The Edmund Hilary of Swimming) 27:12

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Produced by Pikkal & Co - Award-Winning Podcast Agency. Lewis Pugh is an ocean advocate and endurance swimmer, often referred as the "Sir Edmund Hilary of swimming" and UN Patron of Oceans. Lewis shares his experiences undertaking a variety of endurance challenges around the world, including swimming in every ocean, across the English Channel, and …

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XL2: Innovation is a Function of Leadership and Culture not Strategy with Howard Yu 45:15

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Produced by Pikkal & Co - Award-Winning Podcast Agency. Leaders set the tone. The tone becomes the culture. The culture becomes the DNA of innovation. Our guest in this episode, Howard Yu, is the LEGO Professor of Management and Innovation at IMD Business School and author of LEAP. In this conversation, we share how businesses change and keep chang…

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XL1: Leaders Have to Take Massive Risks with Tony Fernandes 42:26

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Produced by Pikkal & Co - Award-Winning Podcast Agency. Many know the AirAsia brand, but who and what made this story possible? Did you know that its founder was sent from Malaysia to English boarding school aged 14, on his own, with just a handwritten address of his final destination in the 1970s? It's these experiences that either make or break y…

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OAA4: Must Eat Food & Places to Visit in Bangkok 40:53

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Thailand is famous for its food, but beyond the well known green curry and Tom Yum Goong, there are hundreds of undiscovered dishes from all over the country. One of the best ways to experience these lesser known treasures is to visit Bangkok's markets and eat the street food. Of course, it helps to have a local guide to translate the stories of th…

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OAA3: Making it in Thailand as Singer, Model, Actor and AirAsia Pilot 30:11

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Every young Thai kid grows up wanting to be a pop star or an entertainer, but very few live the dream. In today's episode of On AirAsia, we meet Aum Thanwa, an AirAsia pilot and singer. Like many of his generation, he had to find a happy balance between a career and his passion for singing. We talk to Aum about his story, his hopes and dreams for t…

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OAA2: Why & How Does Digital Nomad Lifestyle Work? 41:24

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With its cheap cost of living and great lifestyle, Bali attracts digital nomads from all over the world. They come to Southeast Asia to build businesses online and meet like minded entrepreneurs. Some stay for weeks, others for a lifetime. But, who are these digital nomads and what are their motivations? In this episode of On Air Asia, we speak to …

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OAA1: Building and Growing Social Enterprise in AirAsia Foundation 40:36

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AirAsia's Foundation supports social enterprises across Asia. Mun Ching shares her stories of working at the frontline with areas devastated by natural disaster. In this episode of On Air Asia, she takes us on a journey to Aceh Sumatra, wiped out by tsunami 10 years ago and then to the northernmost reaches of Thailand, to learn of the Muser hill tr…