Back this week for my last Arts Wednesday for 2020 and, I’m delighted to say, back on 89.7 fm as well as on line. Yes, our transmitter has been fixed! Ed Lippmann returns at 10:40 am with Part 3 of Sydney By Design for 2020, this week talking about climate change. I’m playing a “Best […]
At 10:40 am, Ed Lippmann joins us for Part 2 of Sydney By Design for 2020. In this series, Ed is looking at the events of the last year and in this episode he addresses population growth. My special guest at 11:00 am is Nick Boyle, Director of Welfare, Conservation and Science at Taronga Zoo. Whereas zoos […]
This week sees Ed Lippmann making a welcome return to Arts Wednesday in a new series of Sydney By Design for 2020 and this series focuses on the events of the last year. And what a year it’s been! The first episode looks at building codes, following the debacle of Opal Tower and other shoddily […]
At 10:40 am, we hear Part 6, the final part of Symphony’s Selected Sections with Andy Bromberger and she concludes with the conductor. Remember that all 6 parts are podcasts for you to listen to any time! My special guest at 11:00 am is David Bock from the Australian Museum, talking about insect decline. It’s […]
At 10:40 am, Andy Bromberger returns with Part 5 of Symphony’s Selected Sections where she talks about other instruments not covered before. These are the harp, the celeste and, weirdest of all, the theremin. At 11:00 am, art consultant Anna Groden returns with her annual review of the Archibald at AGNSW. Political correctness wins the […]
Andy Bromberger returns at 10:40 am with Part 5 of Symphony’s Selected Sections – percussion. My special guest at 11:00 am is Stephen Todd, Creative Director of Sydney Design Week, which, as usual, is under the auspices of the Powerhouse Museum. Stephen talks about the truly wonderful new exhibition: Hybrid. This sees 9 commissioned designers, […]
At 10:40 am, Andy Bromberger joins me for Part 3 of Symphony’s Selected Sections and this week the section is brass: trumpets, trombones, horns and the tuba. My special guest at 11:00 am is Dr Sue Morris, psychologist and academic, joining me in conversation about resilience, a word very much in use at the moment. […]
At 10 40 am, Andy Bromberger returns with Part 2 of Symphony’s Selected Sections and this week’s section is the woodwinds: flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon and cor anglais. My special guest at 11:00 am is Jessie Tu. Jessie was a professional violinist for 15 years, studied law, did a stint teaching and is now a […]
Andy’s back! Music historian Andy Bromberger returns at 10:40 am with a new series: Symphony’s Selected Sections and in Part 1, we commence with strings. My special guest at 11:00 am is Dr Brett Summerrell, Chief Botanist and Director of Research at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney, talking about fungi: a weird and wonderful […]
At 10:40 am, historian Laila Ellmoos joins us for Part 6, the final part of Developing Sydney and in this last episode Laila talks about fire and the impact it had on Sydney’s development. Developing Sydney is the title of an exhibition Laila was curating at Customs House opening late March 2020. This did not go […]
Laila Ellmoos returns at 10:40 am with Part 5 of Developing Sydney and this week she talks about the Devonshire Street resumption. The land resumed included the Devonshire Street Cemetery and other important buildings surrounding the old graveyard. Developing Sydney is the title of an exhibition Laila was curating at Customs House opening late March 2020. […]
At 10:40 am, Laila Ellmoos joins me for Part 4 of Developing Sydney and this episode deals with the bubonic plague, which hit Sydney in 1900. Some aspects will seem very familiar! My special guest at 11:00 am is Dr Keith Suter, making a welcome return to Arts Wednesday, talking about conspiracy theories: what are […]