It’s ANZAC Day this Wednesday and that ‘s the subject of conversation and music for the show. I’m taking the opportunity to replay an interview I recorded in 2015 with Professor Sean Bawley, to mark the centenary of the Gallipoli landing. Find out what really happened the day and throughout the campaign in this absorbing […]
Ed Lippmann returns at 10:40 am with the final part of Loved and Unloved and we wrap up the series by looking at examples from Europe of heritage issues. At 11:00 am, my special guest is Dr Derek Wilding, Professor at the Centre for Media Transition at UTS and we discuss a study just published […]
For over five decades, American blues guitarist, songwriter and singer Walter Trout has performed to adoring fans and was another music stalwart warmly welcomed at the impressive 2018 Bluesfest line-up held at Byron Bay over Easter. Late last year, Trout released his latest, and 26th album, featuring 14 A-list music stars, featuring an original track for each. Featured […]
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At 10:40 am Ed Lippmann continues with Part 5 of Loved and Unloved and this week our topic is Sirius, the building that started this entire conversation. At 11:00 am, my most special guest is mandolin virtuoso, Avi Avital, currently touring Australia with the Giocoso String Quartet for Music Viva. Our conversation takes in the […]
Bestselling Australian author, Natasha Lester, weaves sweeping stories of strong women succeeding in a male dominated world at key historical moments. Her latest book, The Paris Seamstress, shows just how much a young Parisian seamstress, Estella Bissette, will sacrifice to make her mark in New York’s fashion scene of the 1940s. Then, seventy- five years […]
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When you think of MDMA, you might imagine a dodgy drug deal or a sweaty dancefloor, but the illicit party-drug may become a legal medicine in just three years. US researchers are conducting final clinical trials testing MDMA-assisted psychotherapy as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Dr. Gillinder Bedi is a Senior Research Fellow at the […]
This week at 10:40 am, Ed Lippmann returns with Part 4 of Loved and Unloved, the series where we look at heritage issues and this week the topic is modern buildings which have been demolished. At 11:00 am my special guest is Dr Ginni Mansberg, making a welcome return to Arts Wednesday and tis week […]
Join me, Jane Raffan, Monday 2 April, for a program that looks at feminist art practice from the 1970s in an installation and exhibition at the AGNSW. The first of my guest interviews are with Natalie Wilson, Curator of Australian art, and Kerrie Head, Object Conservator, who’ll shed light on ‘Arcadia: Landscape and Bodies‘, a […]
“From NOLA To Chicago,” the new album from Sugar Bowl Hokum is Eastside Radio’s album of the week. Enamoured with obscure jazz and blues from the 20s and 30s, the band take compostions from the era and bring them back to life with fresh Sugar Bowl updates. Fans of those decades may recognise arrangements from […]
Annabel Osborne is a writer, award winning director and photographer. She’s a very busy woman, with two feature films and a series in development. Her short film “Mama always told him” took out the first prize at the prestigious Rhode Island International Film Festival and she comfortably moves between making shorts and feature films, in […]
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At 10:40 am we hear Part 3 of Loved and Unloved with Ed Lippmann, the series where we discuss heritage issues and, this week we talk about the Chahill Expressway. My special guest at 11:00 am is Mami Kataoke, Artistic Director of Sydney Biennale 2018. We talked about her, about the philosophic underpinnings of the […]
Hidden beneath your Facebook feed Australian newspapers and magazines are struggling to turn a profit. Everyone has felt the thinner papers, seen the bigger ads, and cringed at the redundancies. You would be forgiven for thinking that launching a new broadsheet in Sydney would be impossible. However, that’s exactly what The Neighbourhood Paper is […]
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