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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Art and Activism and Civil Rights

Join me, Jane Raffan, on Monday 6 February for a program devoted to civil rights. I’ll be interviewing Matt Poll, Sydney University’s Indigenous Heritage curator about the Freedom Rides of 1965, and the work of a group of artists produced in response for an exhibition titled, ‘Freedom Riders: Art and activism 1960s to now’. Inspired […]

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deadly animals, “alternative” facts, social harmony

John Hurt died last week, but that only made 1984 seem all the closer as the first 7 days of the tumultuous Trump Presidency ended with thousands protesting at airports around the United States, American scientists planning to March en masse on Washington DC, and calls for the President to be impeached or something, gathering […]

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Michelle Bell on The Dialogue Wednesday 1 February

Have you seen the giant Lunar Lantern zodiac animals around Sydney Harbour? Heard the firecrackers in Chinatown? Want to find out what goes on behind the scenes of the Sydney Chinese New Year Festival? Claudia Chan Shaw chats with Michelle Bell, human firecracker and Program Manager of  the Chinese New Year Festival and Events at the City […]

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