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Shift Happens with Richard Sutton

Richard Sutton

Booking Overview

This interview-led personal-development show focuses on life transitions, uncertainty, resilience and reinvention, featuring prominent athletes, business leaders and accomplished professionals with compelling turning-point stories. Credible pitches would include senior executives, bestselling authors, elite athletes and high-achieving professionals who can speak authentically about major career changes, leadership, adversity or life after peak performance; booking difficulty is high.

Metrics

Episodes: 13

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 100 - 1,000

Gender skew: Neutral

Listener location: South Africa

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

podcasts@primedia.co.za

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Host

Richard Sutton - Host and interviewer who leads in-depth conversations about change, uncertainty, resilience, leadership and finding direction after major life transitions.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
Recognised business leaders, elite or internationally accomplished athletes, authors and professionals with substantial career achievements and an unusually compelling story of change, adversity, leadership or reinvention.
Required Achievements:  
Founding or leading a major organisation, Winning world or Olympic-level sporting titles, Holding national or international sporting records, Publishing a book on leadership or personal development, Overcoming a significant career-ending or life-altering setback

Recent Guest Discussions

Adrian Gore - Questioning Conventional Wisdom, First-principles Thinking, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Behavioural Science, Agency And Hope.

Chad le Clos - Elite Achievement, Family Sacrifice, Perspective After Personal Tragedy, Legacy And Supporting The Success Of Others.

Nicholas Dlamini - Curiosity, Exploration, Overcoming Adversity, Recovery From A Serious Crash, Fatherhood And Personal Growth.

Sibusiso Sizatu - Opportunity, Belonging, Overcoming Educational Disadvantage, Courage And Pursuing An Unconventional Path.

Steven Kitshoff - Career-ending Injury, Grief, Identity, Elite Performance, Leadership, Resilience And Rebuilding A Life Beyond Sport.

Recent Topics

Personal Development, Life Transitions, Resilience, Leadership, Career Change

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Shift Happens with Richard Sutton
:

The Real Magda Wierzycka: “I Wish People Saw That Version of Me”

October 13, 2026

Magda Wierzycka is known as the founder of Sygnia, a woman once reported to be South Africa’s richest, and one of the country’s loudest voices against corruption. This is not that interview. In an unguarded conversation with Richard Sutton, she goes back to the places the headlines skip: a Lego city she knew she would never see again, a handful of Polish soil slipped into a red coat pocket, a father digging ditches through an Austrian winter to buy his daughter a toy, and a grandm...

Tarryn Tomlinson: She lost her mobility at 18. Then she climbed Kilimanjaro | #ShiftHappens with Richard Sutton

October 07, 2026

Tarryn Tomlinson was in her final year of high school when she was diagnosed with aggressive rheumatoid arthritis.  Her mobility deteriorated rapidly. Within roughly 18 months, she was using a wheelchair, and a future that had once seemed straightforward suddenly looked completely different.  But Tarryn's story is not simply about living with illness or disability. It is about what happened next.  In this episode of #ShiftHappens, Richard Sutton speaks to Tarryn about the pain,...

Ntsiki Biyela: From domestic worker to South Africa’s first Black female winemaker | #ShiftHappens with Richard Sutton

September 30, 2026

Ntsiki Biyela never set out to become a winemaker. Raised by her grandmother in rural KwaZulu-Natal, wine was not part of her world. After matric, a year working as a domestic worker in Durban was followed by an unexpected opportunity: a scholarship to study viticulture and oenology at Stellenbosch. She had never tasted wine. That journey would lead to becoming South Africa’s first Black female winemaker, 13 years at Stellekaya Wines and, eventually, the decision to leave employment and...

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Frequently asked questions

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Shift Happens with Richard Sutton
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How do I get in touch with Shift Happens with Richard Sutton?

Shift Happens with Richard Sutton is hosted by Richard Sutton. Its publicly listed email is podcasts@primedia.co.za. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.

What is the email for Shift Happens with Richard Sutton?

The publicly listed email for Shift Happens with Richard Sutton: podcasts@primedia.co.za.

How many listeners does Shift Happens with Richard Sutton have?

Podseeker estimates Shift Happens with Richard Sutton reaches 100 to 1,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.

Who is an ideal guest for Shift Happens with Richard Sutton?

Shift Happens with Richard Sutton typically books industry leaders. Typical guest background: Recognised business leaders, elite or internationally accomplished athletes, authors and professionals with substantial career achievements and an unusually compelling story of change, adversity, leadership or reinvention. Common among recent guests: Founding or leading a major organisation; Winning world or Olympic-level sporting titles; Holding national or international sporting records. Recent guests include Adrian Gore, Chad le Clos, and Nicholas Dlamini.

How hard is it to get booked on Shift Happens with Richard Sutton?

High. It mostly books established leaders in its field.

What topics does Shift Happens with Richard Sutton cover?

Recent episodes cover Personal Development, Life Transitions, Resilience, Leadership, and Career Change. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.

Publicly listed emails

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