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Ryk is the Breakfast Radio presenter for 936 ABC Hobart.

Ryk has written and produced several online comedy series including RYK GODDARD IS NEARLY MIDDLE AGED, blogdaddy for Radio National and Sneaking off to my shed for DIY Father.com.  He is a regular columnist for Kiwiparent magazine. His comedy Hip Hop character Cecil Brown has cult status in his home town of Hobart and regularly headlines in Sydney. 

He is a sought after MC for festivals, fundraisers and corporate events and has worked as a presentation skills trainer for business people. 

Before joining the ABC he toured Adelaide Festival, Sydney Opera House and to Shanghai for Terrapin theatre as a dramaturg and actor.  He moved to Tasmania to work as Artistic Director of what is now Tasmanian Theatre Company.  In seven years he established a new venue in Hobart, created critically acclaimed cross-artform performances and was awarded a Churchill Fellowship for his work training new theatre makers in Tasmania. Prior to this he worked his way around Europe as a cook, cleaner, busker and odd jobs man.

Ryk trained in cross media with AFTRS, directing at Victoria University of Wellington and in acting at Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne.