The Ryan Tan Show
The Ryan Tan Show is a long-form interview podcast for professionals, founders, and anyone who wants to understand how business, law, finance, and technology actually work in Australia.
Each episode features a deep conversation with practitioners, operators, and experts who have built something, fought something, or know something most people don't. No fluff, no motivational filler - just substantive, honest conversations that go well beyond the surface.
Guests have included insolvency partners, tax lawyers, credit reporting advocates, legal tech founders, and corporate insiders. Conversations regularly run 90 minutes to two hours because the best insights don't come in soundbites.
If you're a founder, director, accountant, lawyer, or just someone who wants to understand the systems that shape Australian business and finance - this is the show for you.
The Ryan Tan Show
Latest Episodes
He Won Young Accountant of the Year. Then He Broke Every Rule the Profession Runs On with Davie Mach
Most accountants charge by the hour, guard their knowledge, and wait for referrals.Davie Mach does none of that.He started in accounting at 17, went through KPMG, and at 26 launched Box Advisory from his brother's pink bedroom. To...
He Left Cambridge, Walked Away from Law & Built an AI Lawyers Actually Use with Will McCartney
What happens when a Cambridge-educated humanities student walks away from a Sydney Law degree to build AI for one of the most risk-averse industries in the world?Will McCartney did exactly that. At 23, with no law degree and no track rec...
Behind the Appointment: The Human Side of Insolvency with Glenn Livingstone
What actually happens when an Australian business fails?Not the sanitised version. The real one - the day-one phone calls, the employees demanding wages to put food on the table that night, the childcare centres where a commercial decisi...
Scored, Flagged & Blacklisted: Inside Australia’s Credit Black Box with Graham Doessel
Your credit score might not be the real reason you were declined.What if the decision came from a fraud flag, behavioural risk score, or database you're not allowed to see? No notification. No explanation. No right to correct it.<...
When the Taxman Goes Viral: Inside the ATO, Crypto Tax & Australia’s Debanking Crisis with Harry Dell
In this deep-dive conversation, I sit down with Harrison Dell, one of Australia’s most recognisable tax lawyers and the founder of Cadena Legal. You may know him from TikTok and LinkedIn, where he turns dense tax law into sharp, f...
