Welcome to Quick Q – Monday Media’s weekly series dedicated to finding out more about the personalities that matter most in the media landscape.

Each week, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age ask figures across corporate media, business, sport, federal politics, radio, television and culture to answer questions about their lives, careers, hobbies and news habits.

This week’s conversation is with Woody Whitelaw, co-host of KIIS FM’s national drive show with Will McMahon.

How did you get your big break?
I was very lucky. I was doing a comedy sketch show in a dingy pub and Steve Vizard happened to come to a show and approached Will and I about a career in entertainment.

What are your daily news media habits?
I love a newspaper. The real stuff. Nothing better than ducking into the local cafe and greedily hogging the free newspaper, incorrectly filling out the crossword and then leaving in a puff of smoke.

Which living person do you most admire?
Harry Garside, the Olympic boxer who is smashing the idea of what it means to be a “man”. Inspires me (and I’m sure many others) to unashamedly be yourself. Plus, he’s elite at boxing and that’s awesome!

Your guilty streaming pleasure?
There’s a Korean showed called the Physical:100, which effectively gets the fittest and strongest people in Korea (Olympians, soldiers, etc) and makes them battle each other in physical contests.

Which phrase do you overuse?
“Bloody ripper”, “totally wild” or “gee whizzzzz”.