What Happens Next?

When Steve Morris began weighing his own career transition, he went looking for answers. He reached out to former elite athletes who'd already faced the leap into life after sport, expecting stories of reinvention and hard-won wisdom. What he found instead were tales that, for some, ended in tragedy — and it left him more unsettled about his own looming Monday off than when he'd started.

What Happens Next is the result of that search: an unflinching, deeply human series of conversations with athletes who've walked away from the spotlight and had to figure out who they are without it. 

In Season One, Steve sits down with former Wallaby Ben Alexander, Olympic legend Shane Gould, AFL premiership duo Easton Wood and Tom Boyd, and Olympic champion Mack Horton — each opening up about identity, loss, reinvention, and the question that haunts every retired athlete: what happens next?

Now, listen to Season 2 for What Happens Next.

• No. of episodes: 8
• Latest episode: 2026-09-09
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