Category: Podcast

Riley Lavelle-Long reviews James Gray’s epic adventure The Lost City of Z. […]

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On Wednesday, 30 August 2017, artist Marion Borgelt returned to Arts Wednesday to talk about her new exhibition, entitled Moon’s Ghost. The moon, in all of its phases and guises, has been an abiding theme for Marion in her artistic life. Sylvia engaged her in conversation about her philosophy, her work and her career. That […]

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Jane Caro was Sylvia’s guest on Arts Wednesday 23 August 2017 to talk about her new book, Unbreakable: Women share stories of resilience and hope. Jane edited this sometimes confronting series of contributions, from mostly professional writers, telling storied they have never told before. Jane’s passion and compassion make for  compelling listening. That was Part […]

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Jane Raffan chats with curator Dr Scott Hill (Sydney Living Museum’s property portfolio), about the book ‘House’, which was the result of a four-year collaboration between photographer Robyn Stacey and curators that explores Sydney’s colonial life through objects from Sydney Living Museums’ properties Elizabeth Bay House, Vaucluse House, and Rouse Hill House & Farm. Robyn […]

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Wednesday Drive with Eric Gyors is a great mix of political insight, musical talent and much more. Over the last few months Eric has had some cracking guests. This podcast Features Senator Sam Dastyari and RTBU Bus spokesman Chris Preston … […]

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A recent rip to Iceland piqued Sylvia’s curiosity about nearly every geological feature she saw. Back in Sydney, she explored those features – volcanoes, geysers, earthquakes, tectonic plates – with Dietmar Muller, Professor of Geophysics at the University of Sydney. That conversation went to air on Arts Wednesday 16 August 2017 and you can listen […]

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Peter Solness uses light in long exposure photographs to paint incredible dream-like landscapes and portraits. Peter says that he works from a pitch black canvas, and light painting allows him to build images with extraordinary precision. ‘I no longer wait for the camera to tell me what it wants to show me. Instead, I imagine how […]

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  On Arts Wednesday 9 August 2017, Sylvia and art consultant, Anna Groden, reviewed this year’s Archibald Prize: the highs, the lows and other stuff. As always, a thoroughly enjoyable conversation! That was Part 1 and now for Part 2 of the conversation: And now for the third and final part: […]

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Kaloune is an incredible author, musician and storyteller from La Reunion Island (an island nation near Madagascar). She spoke with Riley Lavelle Long and Nick Terry about growing up surrounded by maloya music, Reunionese traditional music passed down from her ancestors, creole slaves. Kaloune weaves together song, nursery thyme, traditional creole, French and poetry to express her identity. We […]

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  On 2 August 2017 Sylvia Marked the 100th anniversary of The Great Strike which began 2 August 1917. Historian Laila Ellmoos is one of the curators of the exhibition and she joined Sylvia in a conversation you can listen to here: That was the first part of the conversation and here is the second: […]

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