At 10:40 am, we hear the final episode of Shakespeare’s Women with Dr Anna Kamaralli and this episode is called Magical Daughters. The entire series will be podcast this afternoon. At 11:00 am, I am replaying an interview from early last year with Dr Eric Lim, about Bitcoin. The press recently reported that bitcoin were […]
Category: ARTS WEDNESDAY
Arts Wednesday 11 October 2017
At 10:40 Anna Kamaralli brings us Part 5 of Shakespeare’s Women and this week the topic is Shrews. My special guest at 11:00 am is Matthew Holle, curator of exhibitions on the flying boats that flew out of Rose Bay. What an interesting story! Music is mostly about flying. I look forward to your company! […]
Arts Wednesday 4 October 2017
At 10:40 am Anna Kamaralli returns with Part 4 of Shakespeare’s Women and this week the topic is The Lower Classes. At 11:00 I am joined live in the studio by Marcela Balart, Information Office with NBN. My house has just been switched over and it’s an understatement to say it is a joy. It […]
Arts Wednesday 27 September 2017
Anna Kamaralli joins me at 10:40 am with Part 3 of Shakespeare’s Women and this week the topic is queens. My special guest at 11:00 am is Elise Edmunds, Senior Curator at the State Library of NSW.The library has just been given the archive of William T Cooper. Not a household name you might say, […]
Arts Wednesday 6 September 2017
Today at 10:40 we hear the final part of Our Universe with Professor Geraint Lewis, entitled The Long Dark Tea-time of the Universe. At 11:00, I am joined by poetry devotee, Eleanor Smagarinsky, who talks about ModPo, her online poetry community. We do a close reading of a poem by Lorine Niedecker called You are […]
Arts Wednesday 30 August 2017
Today at 10:40 am we hear Part 5 of Our Universe with Professor Geraint Lewis and the topic is Death From the Skies – pretty dramatic stuff! My special guest at 11:00 am is artist Marion Borgelt, making a welcome return to Arts Wednesday, to talk about her new exhibition at Dominik Mersch Gallery. Marion […]
Arts Wednesday 23 August 2017
At about 10:40 am Professor Geraint Lewis continues the story of our universe with Part 4, entitled “New Eyes on the Cosmos.” My special guest at 11:00 am is Jane Caro, talking about Unbreakable: Woman share stories of resilience and hope, her latest book, which she has edited. With Jane’s usual passion and compassion, we tackle […]
Volcanoes, geysers and earthquakes.
This is Science Week and Arts Wednesday today celebrates our universe. First up at 10:40 am is Part 3 of Our Universe and this week Professor Geraint Lewis talks about our evolving universe – yes, it is still a work in progress! At 11:00 am I’l be pleased to introduce you to Dietmar Muller, Professor […]
Arts Wednesday 9 August 2017
At about 10:40 am we’ll hear Professor Geraint Lewis talk about New Planets and Life in the Universe, Part 3 of the series Our Universe. At 11:00 am it’s back to our annual review of the Archibald Prize with art consultant Anna Groden. Can you believe another year has rolled by? We found this year’s […]
Arts Wednesday 2 August 2017
This morning we start a new series entitled “Our Universe” with astrophysicist, Professor Geraint Lewis and Part 1 is The Depths of the Solar System at 10:40 am. At 11:00 am, my special guest is historian, Laila Ellmoos – no stranger to Arts Wednesday. Laila is one of the curators of an exhibition at Carriageworks […]
Arts Wednesday 26 July 2017
At 10:40 am we hear the final part of the series on percussion with Mark Robinson and this week Mark calls it “All the Rest” – instruments percussionists play that we haven’t heard already. The whole series of 6 episodes will be podcast after today’s show. Last week saw the 200th anniversary of the death […]
Arts Wednesday 12 July 2017
Mark Robinson returns with Part 5 of our series on Percussion and this week we look at Timpani, a session we also recorded on the stage of the Concert Hall at the Sydney Opera House. My special guest at 11:00 am is celebrity GP, Dr Ginni Mansberg, making a welcome return to Arts Wednesday, this […]