Coming back with a new season of Random Acts of Conversation, and kicking it off with my dear friend Rob Mills.

A fixture on the Australian entertainment scene, Rob is a gifted performer and a ripper bloke. His new book Putting On A Show is available now through Affirm Press - it looks at What's going on behind the bravado of the 'average Aussie bloke'? Following the untimely deaths of two friends, Rob began questioning who he is as a person and a man. Charged by his naturally inquisitive nature, and with enough smarts to know he didn't have all the answers, Rob called on the help of experts and friends. This book is the result of all those questions: a fascinating, chatty, insightful and often hilarious deep dive into both his own life and that of the man on the street.

We chat about being blokes, being mates, looking after people and yourself, and the amazing current hit musical he is starring in - '& Juliet'.

I hope you enjoy this yarn, and find your way over to following Rob, picking up a copy of his book, and if you're able to - trotting along to see his new show!

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As always, we would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which this episode was recorded the Yaluk-ut Weelam clan of the Boon Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to their leaders past, present and emerging and acknowledge that we live, work and recorded this on unceded Aboriginal land - always was, always will be.