Many Aboriginal languages have survived in the face of massacres and systematic repression, but when is the last time you heard a one spoken? Lorna Munro is a proud Wiradjuri/Gamilaroi woman and writer/poet working with Red Room Poetry. She speaks openly and honestly with Ruth Hessey about Australia’s struggle to recognise the cultural genocide committed […]
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Film Review: Hounds of Love
Riley Lavelle Long reviews Australian horror-thriller Hounds of Love, the debut feature film for Perth Director/Writer Ben Young. […]
Save Forest Park Epping
Save Forest Park Epping campaigns to preserve beloved trees, parks and green spaces from major property developments in Epping. Margaret McCartney recently saved one old Jacaranda tree from being chopped down by physically standing beneath it in protest. McCartney speaks with Ruth Hessey about why trees are so valuable for Sydneysiders and how you can say […]
Film Review: Wonder Woman
Riley Lavelle Long reviews Wonder Woman, starring Gal Gardot. […]
Refugees and Sirens: Women in Harmony
The Powerhouse Youth Theatre in Fairfield is packed with a few men, lots of children and hundreds of women They are gathered for a performance by Women in Harmony, a group of refugee women, who have been writing, singing and rehearsing music with members of the Sirens Big Band. Women in Harmony range in age […]
Luke Escombe On Untapped
On Monday night we had master of the sonorous vocals Luke Escombe come on the show to talk about his music and upcoming projects. He talks about his childhood in music in London, his love of Springsteen and Dylan, and a radio-show that he is working on with the ABC documenting his father’s life with […]
Film Review: A Ghost Story
Riley Lavelle Long reviews David Lowery’s new film, A Ghost Story, starring Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara. […]
Five Coffees on Untapped
Last week, Dean from Five Coffees was gracious enough to come into the studio to talk about his band – a groovy collection of classically trained musicians who love a fusion of Hip-hop, Funk and Jazz. Listen to some of their great music, some of their favourites and some interesting stuff about the musicians on […]
Plastic Free July
When you buy a takeaway coffee or bag of groceries, do you consider where that plastic packaging will end up? Plastic Free July is a worldwide challenge to refuse single-use plastic for one month. Ruth Hessey speaks with Leslie Mallinson, Sustainable Communities Officer from Waverley Council, and Robin Mellon from Blue Bondi Green and the […]
Healing A Damaged World
How do we stay calm and cope with our own stress amidst world news of shootings, stabbings and deranged young men running amok? Ruth Hessey chats to the director of Bronte’s Sukha Mukha Yoga Studio, Idit Hefer Tamir about different ways to manage the peregrinations of the mind and the metabolism to reduce stress, sugar […]
Alana Valentine: Writer in Residence The Charles Perkins Centre
On Arts Wednesday 14 June 2017, Sylvia’s guest was Alana Valentine, who has just been appointed Writer in Residence at The Charles Perkins Centre at the University of Sydney. This forward looking centre believes that communal illnesses such as obesity and diabetes cannot be solved by biology alone. Hence the appointment of Alana! Here […]
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Sonny Landreth talks to David Barr
Sonny Landreth talks to Drive Tuesday about the release of one of his new double albums ‘Bound By The Blues’. Sonny is one of the world’s greatest slide guitarists, and the show is full of some of his great works of music. Check out the Podcast Below! […]