Adam Spencer

Adam Spencer has been a breakfast radio announcer on triple j and ABC Sydney, a TV personality on everything from comedies Good News Week and The Glasshouse to weekly sports wrap The Back Page, and is a member of the Sleek Geeks Science Team with Dr Karl Kruszelnicki.

A lifelong numbers nerd, Adam flitted with a law degree and a PhD in pure maths before winning - of all things - a stand-up comedy competition 'Raw Comedy' run by triple j radio. This national search for as yet undiscovered talent continues today, but as Adam explains "I entered in its very first year. The standard was appalling - so I went really well!"

Through this Adam met the good people at triple j and within a couple of years was hosting their breakfast radio show with his good friend Wil Anderson. After 6 years Adam and Wil called it a day. But a year later Adam was back on the grown-up ABC Sydney radio station 702 where for 8 years he set ratings records and maintained second place in Australia's largest and most competitive market.

In December 2013 he called an end to 8 years of news, traffic, weather and chess results on what was without doubt the geekiest radio show Sydney had seen in a very long time, if ever.

Adam has complemented his radio career with numerous television roles hosting everything from the national science show Quantum to poker championships, to appearing on the weekly sports review The Back Page, ABC news and current affairs wrap The Drum. His Sleek Geeks Science Comedy show with Dr Karl Kruszelnicki was a particular favourite of the public.

A passionate sports lover, Adam is an ambassador for the Sydney Swans and in 2016 had the honour of being their Number 1 ticket holder. Listeners to his radio shows know well that he coached a women's soccer team at the University of Sydney for over a decade.

He is the University's first-ever ambassador for mathematics and science and is aligned with numerous charitable causes. He is an ambassador for the Fred Hollows Foundation, co-founder of Dry July which has raised over $75 million for adult cancer services, and a former board director of Redkite.

His two daughters love him but wish he wouldn't turn every conversation into an exploration of mathematics. And did you know, two is the only even prime number...

Dr Bethan Richards

Dr Bethan Richards is a Staff Specialist Rheumatologist at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney and Deputy Director of the Institute for Musculoskeletal Health. In 2019, following her return from Stanford, Bethan had the honour of being appointed Chief Medical Wellness Officer in Sydney Local Health District – an Australian first. She is also the District’s inaugural MDOK Centre Director.

Throughout her career, Dr Richards has had extensive experience and a passion for designing and implementing mentoring, teaching, leadership and wellbeing programs. Following a successful pilot in junior medical staff, her evidence based BPTOK wellbeing program is now being rolled out to over 14,000 staff in Sydney Local Health District as MyDistrictOK (MDOK). Dr Richards is a national thought leader and researcher in the field of workplace wellbeing and has advised and mentored local, national and international organisational leaders on how to improve healthcare staff burnout and promote professional fulfilment. Most recently she played a key role in the development of the “Australian and New Zealand Recommendations to Sustain our Humans in Healthcare”.