# 8.06: Interview with MICHAEL GARDINER

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Podcast: [Unpluggered](https://stenobird.com/podcast/unpluggered-927871)
Published: 2026-03-14T02:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Michael Gardiner went from a #1 Draft Pick at West Coast to an All Australian ruckman to a pariah in Perth. It took a career-saving trade to St Kilda to repair his reputation - and gave the Saints a classy ruck-forward option during the AFL Grand Final years of 2009-2010. He joins us to talk about his rollercoaster career, and life outside footy, which now includes real estate and owning a Group 1 Blue Diamond winning racehorse called Streisand! WATCH FULL INTERVIEW: https://youtu.be/Bx1xyjFTweA Please remember to rate and review our show on whatever platform you're most comfortable with (iTunes, Facebook, Spotify etc), and always give us your feedback - good, bad or ugly - and keep sending in your questions or comments on social media! Keep an eye out on our YouTube for the video versions of the show and we hope to keep bringing you awesome guests throughout the course of the year. Thanks as always to the great Lloyd Spiegel for the use of his "OWTS" as our intro track!

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