Triple Olympian Shelley Gorman represented Australia at the Seoul, Atlanta and Sydney Olympic Games, winning a Silver medal in Sydney and a Bronze medal in Atlanta. Shelley was inducted into the Australian Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010. Now a personal trainer, Shelley runs body transformation specialists ‘Urban Warriors‘ with Kylie Jackes, fellow personal trainer […]
Read More… from Urban Warriors Shelley Gorman & Kylie Jackes on Crossing the Line, Tuesday 19 June
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 […]
Hayder Shkara fell in love with martial arts in 1998, as a 7-year-old child in the suburbs of Sydney. He made his first national team in 2006 and by 2011 was competing to represent Australia at the London 2012 Olympic Games. A loss to a New Zealand competitor in the Oceania qualifiers saw him miss out on […]
Read More… from Olympian Taekwondo athlete Hayder Shkara, on Crossing the Line Tuesday 12 June 3pm
Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week is LOVEPLAYDANCE by Toshio Matsuura on Brownswood Recordings. On ‘LOVEPLAYDANCE’, legendary Tokyo DJ and producer Toshio Matsuura charts a new direction. Casting musical cornerstones in a fresh light, the TOSHIO MATSUURA GROUP features Tom Skinner (drummer for Sons of Kemet and Owiny Sigoma Band amongst others) as its musical director, as […]
Read More… from Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week: Jun 7 – Jun 14
Having started his sporting career as a rowing coxswain aged 13, John Boultbee’s passion for sport has lead him to become one of Australia’s leading sports administrators. He was Secretary General of the International Rowing Federation (1989-95) and is currently Steward of the Henley Royal Regatta. As Director of the Australian Institute of Sport during the […]
Read More… from Influential sports administrator John Boultbee on Crossing the Line, Tuesday 5 June
A nice cold white with some mussels. A warm full bodied red and a good book on a cold night. A frosty beer on a summers afternoon, after a hard day’s work. I can think of lots of ways in which I enjoy consuming my alcohol, and as you can see, with a night of […]
What the World Needs Now or How the Inner West Connects is a new musical theatre show about the ups and downs of living in Sydney’s inner west. Written by Choir Director, Gary Smith and members of the St Peter’s based community choir, The Bridge on the River Choir, the musical portrays the story of […]
Read More… from What the World Needs Now and The Forever Kid – Arts Monday
ARTS THURSDAY with Maisy Stapleton on 31 May. WHAT’S ON TODAY’S PROGRAM: Join Maisy Stapleton in conversation with two very different groups of artists to probe what ‘lies behind’ an artwork. Firstly we’ll meet two artists who are showing at the Janet Clayton Gallery in Paddington. In what will […]
Steve Langham is the winemaker for Piggs Peake winery in Pokolbin in the Hunter Valley. He’s been known to strut around in a shiny cape, rescue damsels from wine barrels and he also makes a damn fine wine. They’re the wines with the Piggy names – Sows Ear Semillon, Pino Piggio, House of Straw Shiraz. […]
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 […]
Mianne Bagger has had a varied career. She spent 11 years as a touring professional golfer and a total of 31 years working in various technical fields. As a golfer, she competed on the Ladies European Tour (LET) and the Australian Ladies Professional Golf Tour (ALPG Tour), as well as various smaller tours throughout Europe. […]
Read More… from Pro-golfer Mianne Bagger on Crossing the Line, Tuesday 29 May
It’s Archibald time again! Join me, Jane Raffan, Monday 28 May, for a program that takes an in-depth look at the nexus between portraiture and identity in the work of two very different Australian artists: Jenny Sages and TextaQueen. Since 1989, Jenny Sages has been an Archibald finalist twenty times (People’s Choice in 2012), and […]