The Project’s Waleed Aly on being a Year six radio star

This week on You’ve Gotta Start Somewhere, Rachel Corbett chats with the host of The Project, Waleed Aly.

Waleed started his career as a lawyer and took his first step into media after a chance meeting with sports journalist, Martin Flanagan.

In this episode he talks about what it was like being a Year 6 radio star, how saying “yes” to everything has been instrumental in his success.

Waleed also discusses the media’s tendency to ‘perform’ opinions is dumbing down the collective conversation.

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