At 10:40 am, Geraint Lewis joins us for Part 2 of the Science of Science Fiction and this week’s episode is the Science of Space Travel. My special guest at 11:00 am is Dr Karen Sommerville, who heads up a research team at the Herbarium at our Royal Botanic Gardens, trying to establish a seed […]
Astrophysicist, Professor Geraint Lewis, is back for another series, this one entitled:”The Science of Science Fiction”. Episode 1 this week at 10:40 am, looks at the Science of Fiction. My special guest at 11:00 am is education expert Chris Bonner, who joined me in conversation about equity and education. At a time when there is […]
At 10:40 am, Anna Kamaralli presents the 6th and final part of Shakespeare’s Heroes and Villains and this episode is entitled The Famous and the Forgotten. My special guest at 11:00 am is Andrew Banks, harmonica player and teacher, taking about, explaining and demonstrating this intriguing little instrument. Music, as you might expect, features harmonica. […]
At 10:40 am, Dr Anna Kamaralli continues with Part 5 of Shakespeare’s Heroes and Villains, this week entitled Those Who Serve Are Also Heroes. Arts Wednesday this week pays tribute to Australian living treasure, composer Ross Edwards, who turns 75 this year. My guest is Nicholas Routley, founder of the Sydney Chamber Choir and one […]
At 10:40 am, Dr Anna Kamaralli continues with Part 4 of Shakespeare’s Heroes and Villains and in this week’s episode, the topic is romantic heroes. My special guest at 11:00 am is Adam Courtenay, talking about his latest book: The Ship That Never Was. It is an extraordinary tale of a daring convict escape by […]
At 10:40 am, Anna Kamaralli continues with Part 3 of Shakespeare’s Heroes and Villains and this week, the topic is Anti-Heroes. My special guest at 11:00 am is Michael Atherton, talking about his latest book A Coveted Possession: The rise and fall of the piano in Australia. The fortunes of this instrument start with the […]
Anna Kamaralli continues at 10:40 am with Part 2 of Shakespeare’s Heroes and Villains and this week the subject is villains. My special guest at 11:00 am is Dr Ian Kern – probably better addressed as Dr Dr Kern. Ian is a retired paediatric surgeon who has just been awarded Ph D for his research […]
This week we start a new series with Shakespeare scholar, Dr Anna Kamaralli and this time the subject is Shakespeare’s Heroes and Villains. In Episode 1, Anna talks about heroes. My special guest at 11:00am is Dr John Rooney. John is head of Orthopaedic Surgery at St Vincents Hospital. However, he’s also a rock musician, […]
Radiothon Week this week. It’s our opportunity to say thank you for your support over the last year and ask you for your continuing support. So, this week, hear about all the things we have achieved over the last year and what’s on the wish list for the coming one. In between, lots of lively […]
At 10:40 this morning, we hear the last of the 6-Part series with Andy Bromberger – Atonalism, Alienation and Appeasement – and in the concluding episode Andy discusses music from the 1970s. On 15 June 1215, Magna Carta was signed at Runnymede and since then it has been regarded as the cornerstone of democracy. In […]
At 10:40, we hear Part 4 of Atonalism, Alienation and Appeasement with Andy Bromberger and this week the topic is music of World War 2. At 11:00 am, my special guest is Anne Ryan, curator of this year’s exhibition of the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes. I’m interested in what’s different this year and what’s […]
At 10:40 am, Andy Bromberger joins us for Part 3 of Atonalism, Alienation and Appeasement. This week, Andy looks at politics in the twentieth century and its impact on music and musicians. Stalin, Hitler and McCarthy all had very well-defined and strong views on what sort of music was acceptable and which musicians. At 11:00 […]