Energy – What Energy?

We are living in the physical world (not the hair-conditioned Tower of Babble), as Canadian band Austra warbles angelically in Gaia, from their terrific album, Future Politics, which kicked off the show this week. Relevant, because whether it’s coming from burning lumps of coal, spinning wheels or solar panels, the question of how we harness, […]

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Arts Wednesday 22 February 2017

Ed Lippmann continues with Part 3 of our discussion on the vision for Sydney by the Greater Sydney Commission at about 10:40 am. At 11:00 am I’ll play an interview I recorded with Patricia Azarias, who, with husband, John, has ben responsible for the restoration of the Lysicrates Monument  and the Lysicrates Prize. Now, what’s […]

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You’ve Been Warmed…

What a week! People were frying eggs on car bonnets in the Central Desert, flying foxes fell cooked to death mid-air in Singleton, Casino and Richmond, a firestorm destroyed homes and livestock near Dunnydoo and Uarby, and the state was only saved from rolling blackouts by wind and solar energy in the mix. NSW was officially the hottest place on the […]

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Loretta Palmeiro Changing the Face and Sound of Jazz

In this week’s series Changing the Face of Jazz, which focuses on young women instrumentalists, the featured musician is saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist Loretta Palmeiro. Loretta has been a member of and soloist in a wide range of ensembles which have made an important impact on Australian music, including the Sirens, the Divergence Jazz Orchestra, […]

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Music Photography and a Love Story – Arts Monday

Sydney music photographer, Rod Hunt, and Director, Monica Zanetti, are my guests today. Music photographer, Rod Hunt has photographed many high profile artists and covered Australian and international music festivals. His impressive body of work has also been featured in most of the key music publications. Rod’s upcoming exhibition, Portraits, Pits & Punks draws on […]

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Heat Waves – turtles, trump, trouble

This week as baby turtle hatchlings fried, and farmers buckled in the heatwave, we discussed how to stay cool, combat the heat island effect, and interpret the fiery debate about where our energy comes from, which erupted across the political and media landscape. Scorched earth in the wake of the Trump Presidency’s latest shenanigans, felt […]

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Arts Thursday 9 Feb 2017

What shows, performances and people are coming up in 2017 and how best to sum up those of 2016? Join me at 10:30am for a stimulating appraisal of theatre and performance in Sydney. We welcome back Deborah Jones, writer ‘on dance, musical theatre, theatre and opera in Sydney … mostly’, for her annual survey of […]

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Boiling Point 7 February 2017

Malarial mosquito, siblings vs pets and vegetarianism. Missed tonight’s show? Plug into the podcast here:https://eastsidefm.org/boilingpoint/ Tim mulled over malaria research that’s investigating the mosquito immune response to parasites:… https://www.sciencenews.org/…/what-mosquitos-immune-system-… Alex examined young people’s preferences when it comes to their pets versus their siblings: https://medicalxpress.com/…/2017-01-children-satisfaction-r… And Chantelle looked into longevity and the virtues of vegetarianism: https://goo.gl/bAavjq […]

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Trumpeter Ellen Kirkwood in her own words and music

Composer and trumpeter Ellen Kirkwood is this week’s focus in Changing the Face of Jazz . This is the regular feature in the hour long program devoted entirely to Australian musicians Jazz Made in Australia. Ellen draws on a rich variety of musical styles and genres for her compositions, and finds her inspiration from sources […]

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