PODCAST SERIES
REAL CONVERSATIONS. RAW TRUTHS.
UNPACKING THE TABOO. CHALLENGING THE STATUS QUO.
Textbooks prepare you for the clinical work. Nothing prepares you for the system.
Unsanitised, presented by Frontier Health Solutions, exposes the raw, unfiltered realities of working on the clinical frontlines. We’re stripping away the sterile filters to unpack everything university left out—the unwritten rules, the systemic friction, and the silent pressure cooker of modern healthcare.
The reality? Most clinicians enter the field completely ill-prepared for the hard yarns—the heavy conversations, moral injury, and day-to-day survival tactics you only learn firsthand.
No PR polish. No sanitised scripts. Just real conversations with those in the trenches, unpacking the taboo and challenging the status quo from the inside out.
Episode 1: A spotlight on Overdose Awareness
To mark ‘International Overdose Awareness Day’ (31st August) and honour the lives lost to overdose, Frontier Health Solutions is proud to partner with the Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council (ADAC) South Australia for a crucial conversation.
Host Kieran Turnbull sits down with Professor Scott Wilson—CEO of ADAC and Board Chair of the Penington Institute—to discuss harm reduction, frontline realities, and closing systemic gaps in modern healthcare.
Meet the host of “Unsanitised” Kieran Turnbull
A former SASR Special Forces Medic turned Registered Nurse, University Lecturer, and Royal Flying Doctor Service award recipient, Kieran brings over three decades of frontline healthcare and academic leadership to complex mental health.
Guided by early First Nations mentorship and his personal triumph over severe dyslexia, he bridges operational reality with strategic clinical education.
Today, he consults and educates on remote healthcare delivery, translational anxiety, psychedelic-assisted therapies, and applied clinical ethics.
Professor Scott Wilson is the Chair of the Board of Directors at the Penington Institute.
He was unanimously elected as Chair in June 2025, after many years as a longstanding board member. In addition to his role with Penington Institute, he is also:
CEO of ADAC — the Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council (South Australia)
Co‑Deputy Convenor of the Coalition of Peaks
Former Deputy Chair of the Alcohol Education Rehabilitation Foundation and the National Indigenous Drug and Alcohol Committee
His appointment reflects his long-standing leadership in drug policy, Indigenous health, and harm reduction.