It is the season of giving, but are you an over the top gift giver or more specifically an over the top toy giver? This week Alex Sentinella explored the science of toys and play. Today we all want more. Perhaps more is harming us. Research from The University of Toledo indicates less toys […]
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Day Dreaming, Temporary Uteruses and Titan
Day dreaming and make believe were the corner stones to childhood; imperative to our schooling and the development of our creative bones. What if you could not imagine pirates and heroes? Mind blindness or congenital aphantasia is a condition where people struggle to use visual imagery. To find out about congential aphantasia and binocular […]
The BUF Girls – Arts Monday
The BUF girls empower and inspire women to love a healthy and balanced lifestyle, and to become BUF – Beautiful, Unstoppable, and Fearless. The Buf Girls are Libby Babet, Cassey Maynard, Alicia Beveridge, and Sian Johnson, and each fitness trainer brings a different perspective and skill set to the group. Being a Buf Girl isn’t […]
ARTS THURSDAY 14 DECEMBER – THE MAKING OF A PAINTER
THE MAKING OF A PAINTER Meet Rachel Milne, a young artist who’s just had her second sell-out show at the King Street Gallery on William. Rachel’s painting captures details, moments and places in her life with the same energy that she exudes in her conversation. Daughter of an SAS Officer, she came to painting through […]
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Boiling Point 5th of December 2017; Science meets Creation and Innovation to Save and Preserve Sydney’s Sea Life.
We are all too aware human activity negatively impacts the environment. Most of our negative interaction and impact is irreversible. However, in the fight to save the biodiversity of Sydney waters, scientists successfully reversed the effects of human activity on Crayweed and Sydney’s ocean life. Last year we were introduced to the Crayweed […]
Arts Wednesday 13 December 2017
Part 2 of Australian Birds with ornithologist Richard Major at 10:40 am, this week looks at the White Fronted Chat, a little bird whose Homebush Bay colony of 2 males was thought to be extinct. Hear what Richard had to say back in 2014 and the latest update. The picture below, sent to Richard by […]
Boiling Point 28th of November 2017; Immortal Mammoths and a New form of Resistance
Missed the show? Listen to the podcast Image: Chantelle Doyle; Lyuba the 42,000-year-old mammoth Have you met Lyuba? Lyuba is quite an intriguing and mysterious mammoth. Mammoth’s are extinct, but Lyuba seems to be almost immortal as she still captures our hearts 42,000 years later. Lyuba is a preserved mammoth who has had a […]
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Arts Wednesday 6 December 2017
This week we start a repeat series on Australian birds with Richard Major, ornithologist at the Australian Museum. We start the series at 10:40 am with the Australian Ibis. At 11:00 am, my special guest in the studio is Dr Jodie Lowinger, clinical psychologist and Director of the Sydney Anxiety Clinic talking about anxiety and […]
THE INSIDE STORY – Dutch Masters; Sydney Festival
Arts Thursday with Maisy Stapleton covers some major events in Sydney on Thursday 28 November from 10:30am till noon, as well as a special local performance. We meet again this year with Wesley Enoch the Director of the Sydney Festival who gives us the inside story on this year’s program of over 150 events, […]
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Meredith O’Reilly on The Dialogue Wednesday 29 November 6pm
Meredith O’Reilly is a musical theatre star, cabaret performer, jazz singer, lyricist, and actor who has recently added the role of producer to her repertoire. An Australian musical that was originally produced in 1958 has caught her eye. That show is Lola Montez. It’s a story of deception, intrigue and glamour and a mysterious woman […]
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Arts Wednesday 29 November 2017
Sydney By Design for 2017 wraps up this week at 10:40 am. Ed Lippmann introduces architect, Philip Drew, who takes the opposing view to everything we have heard in this series. He believes Sydney has reached its tipping point and can not pursue further growth. My special guest at 11:00 am is photographic artist, Alina […]
Boiling Point 21st November 2017; Gloomy Octopuses the New Tradie? Cloned Dogs and 80-million-Year-Old Sharks.
Image: Octopus Tetricus, Flickr Image, 2016 (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) Watch out Australia, octopuses are moving in! Not quite, in fact octopuses are making small communities. Specifically, Gloomy Octopuses or Octopus Tetricus. Surprisingly, this behaviour is not thought to be a new phenomenon. It is thought Gloomy Octopuses have been creating communities for some time. […]