Performing Under Pressure with Ben & Liam

Loveable larrikins Ben Harvey and Liam Stapleton are the now the popular hosts of Adelaide’s Nova 91.9 Breakfast Show. At the time of this recording the duo were hosting the Triple J Breakfast Show, one of the biggest radio gigs in Australia and had just come out the other side of copping months of abuse from listeners that even included death threats.

The boys moved to Sydney to take over the job in their early twenties and it didn’t go well off the bat, in fact the the push back against their style nearly brought them to breaking point. But they didn’t give up. Instead they believed in and honed their craft, weathering the storm to eventually earn the respect of their audience and gain bulletproof confidence.

In this upbeat chat they talk about the highs and lows that've come with going a such a long way in a short time, as well as their own approaches to mental health and how they manage to perform under pressure every day with the ears of the nation listening.