[1][2] Szeps was the host and co-executive producer of Australian Idol Backstage, the behind-the-scenes component of the namesake television series.

[citation needed] Beginning in 2008, Szeps was the host and creative producer of the Science Channel's Brink, a news-style TV series which examined breakthroughs in technology and discovery.

[citation needed] He has also appeared on the panel and co-hosted The Project on Network Ten in Australia[9] and the ABC News program Weekend Breakfast.

[10] Over the Summer 2016/2017 period Szeps hosted the National Evenings Show on ABC Local Radio across Australia.

[15] Szeps made his resignation announcement live on air, saying about his work with the ABC that "The penalties for speaking bluntly...are very high."

[4] Szeps said to The Sydney Morning Herald in 2003 that "if John Howard wasn't in power, it's entirely possible my life would be going in a completely different direction".

[4] After John Howard was defeated in the 2007 Australian federal election, Szeps' radio spoof became "Kevin Rudd's Diary", a satire of the new prime minister in the same format.

[19] The couple live in Sydney, Australia with their twins,[20] Stella and Cooper, who were born of a relative of Sean via a commercial surrogacy arrangement in Minneapolis, Josh being the father.