Jun 14, 2026 · 23 min · 14 segments
Usually when a friend is dying, there’s not much you can do. But what if there was? James O’Loghlin’s best friend at university was Jum Wallner, but once careers and kids came along, they drifted…
James O'LoughlinGuest
Greg DobbsHost
The Missing Piece is a book about asbestos and mesothelioma, but it's also about friendship.
Well, we were both at school together at Canberra Grammar, but he was a year below me.
I took a year off, and then we were both at Wesley College at Sydney University.
He had a rare combination of a natural charisma, great humor and intelligence, but also a great natural modesty.
Charisma is often coupled with people who want to be the biggest presence in the room, and he never did.
By the time he got married, like 10 years later, there were 12 of us who all thought we should have been his best man.
The Missing Piece is a book about asbestos and mesothelioma, but it's also about friendship.
Well, we were both at school together at Canberra Grammar, but he was a year below me.
I took a year off, and then we were both at Wesley College at Sydney University.
He had a rare combination of a natural charisma, great humor and intelligence, but also a great natural modesty.
Charisma is often coupled with people who want to be the biggest presence in the room, and he never did.
By the time he got married, like 10 years later, there were 12 of us who all thought we should have been his best man.
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