Daniel Kowalski represented Australia in swimming at the Atlanta and Sydney Olympic Games. Dan won Gold in Sydney, and also achieved Silver and Bronze (twice) in Atlanta. He broke a 92-year record at the 1996 Atlanta Games by winning medals in the 200m, 400m and 1500m. Dan made history again at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, as […]
Read More… from Olympian Dan Kowalski on Crossing the Line, Tuesday 3rd July
CARRIE: The Musical is based on the bestselling novel by Stephen King which explores the trials and tribulations of high school. Whilst the original story of Carrie was one of gore and horror, this production takes a different approach and has a unique twist that’s set to rival any previously seen on the stages of […]
Read More… from Carrie and The Man In The Attic – Arts Monday
Mari Andrew is a writer and flamenco enthusiast from New York. She began to illustrate with an old watercolour paint set left over from babysitting just two and a half years ago. Today she has close to one million Instagram followers and has published the New York Times best-seller ‘Am I There Yet?‘ She spoke […]
Transition affects all athletes, regardless of how far they take their sporting career. Former semi-pro road cyclist Adam Taylor-Campbell chased the dream half way around the world. From growing up in the UK, to racing across Asia, to becoming General Manager for cycling events company Rapha in Australia, Adam has lived and breathed cycling for […]
Read More… from Ex-cyclist Adam Taylor-Campbell on Crossing the Line, Tuesday 26 June
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, […]
Join me, Jane Raffan, Monday 25 June, for a program that takes an in-depth look at the important touring exhibition, ‘Black Mist Burnt Country: Testing the Bomb, Maralinga and Australian Art.’ My interviews are with Dr Lee-Anne Hall, Director of the Penrith Regional Gallery and the Lewers bequest, and we’ll be canvassing Australia’s nuclear history […]
Read More… from Black Mist Burnt Country: Maralinga and Australian Art
Have we been getting ‘failure’ all wrong? The fear of failure and pressure to build a perfect career can sometimes paralyse us from experimenting. Educator and entrepreneur Gauri Bhalla joined Nick Terry on Thursday Drive to explore how failure can be incredibly valuable. Listen to the whole interview below. How To Fail classes at The School […]
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 […]
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