A few days before Gruen panellist Todd Sampson’s latest science-and-society series, Body Hack 2.0, made its debut on Ten, the ad-man-turned-human-guinea-pig’s youngest daughter, Jet, 9, gave him a frank review. “Because her friends are talking about it at school, she said, ‘The show is ruined for me,’ ” relates Sampson, 48. “I said, ‘Why?’ She goes, ‘Because I already know you’re alive.’ ”
But the Canadian-Australian adventurer who embedded with shock troops in Iraq to learn how people respond to extreme pressure is handling Jet’s diss, and any needling from 11-year-old Coco, with a contented ease. “My mere existence is unbelievably disappointing to my girls,” he says with a sigh, “because in my household, Neomie, my wife, is their hero.”
That’s not entirely true, says Neomie, an advertising and e-commerce…
