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PODCAST: The 5in50 Challenge with BrothersNBooks

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By: Robyn Tongol
PODCAST: The 5in50 Challenge with BrothersNBooks

In this episode of the Defence Connect Podcast, the founder of BrothersNBooks, Australian Army Infantry Officer Dylan Conway, joins host Nastasha Tupas to discuss this year’s 5in50 Challenge charity fundraiser in support of Legacy Australia, and how “the world’s coolest book club” has grown from its humble beginnings — through Conway's lived experience into a massive online community today that  has changed the culture of reading in just two years.

In this episode of the Defence Connect Podcast, the founder of BrothersNBooks, Australian Army Infantry Officer Dylan Conway, joins host Nastasha Tupas to discuss this year’s 5in50 Challenge charity fundraiser in support of Legacy Australia, and how “the world’s coolest book club” has grown from its humble beginnings — through Conway's lived experience into a massive online community today that  has changed the culture of reading in just two years.

  

Conway discusses how he led the push to create a culture that endorses and shares new ideas gained from education, promoting mental health wellbeing, and reveals where he plans to take the world’s coolest readathon next.

Enjoy the podcast,
The Defence Connect Team

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