The Art of Politics and Artists in Residence podcast

Arts Thursday 8 September podcast On Thursday 8 September, with Maisy Stapleton, the focus was on arts and its role in politics.           I spoke to Arts Party Leader and co-founder PJ Collins to find out why the party was formed, its results in the recent federal elections and where it’s […]

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Coming up Arts Thursday 8 September

The Art of Politics and Artists in Residence Art-speak is the segment where I interview influencers and forces in the arts sector in Australia. This Thursday, the focus is on arts and its role in politics. The federal election is past and while the parties in government continue to wrangle, let’s find out what is […]

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Aquatic Sonarscapes – noise replaces music under the sea

Ever thought about the music under the waves? According to our featured guest this week, Associate Professor Ivan Nagelkerken, from Adelaide University, human’s are changing the aquatic soundscape in ways almost unfathomable. Not just the industrial clanking around of merchant ships and the military, underwater explosions, and leisure vehicles, but now even our agricultural run […]

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Arts Wednesday 7 September 2016

Ed Lippmann joins me at 10:40 am for the finale of the current series of Sydney By Design, looking at Sydney. My special guest at 11:00 am is Maria Katsonis, co-editor of Rebellious Daughters, a book recently published featuring essays by some of Australia’s most prominent female authors, talking about their rebellious youth. Music is […]

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Interview with Associate Professor Ivan Nagelkerken

In this interview Ruth Hessey talks to Associate Professor Ivan Nagelkerken about Nutrient pollution and Aquatic Sonic Pollution. We find out from our guest expert exactly what Nutrient pollution and  Aquatic Sonic Pollution is, why they’re occurring and how they’re changing sounds in the sea and how this change is affecting sea creatures and ocean […]

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You heard it here first!

In recent week’s some of Monday Drive’s spectacular guests – intelligent, learned, street savvy, amusing and musical – have been hitting goals we’re proud to have seen coming. Professor Clive Hamilton (pictured above), who was with us last week, made the front page of the Sydney Morning Herald today with his learned colleague Professor David Karoly […]

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Album of the Week – Players/Sounds by Bullhorn

‘Players/Sounds’ by Bullhorn is Eastside Radio’s album of the week. This week we are going all out there with the choice of genres as our Album of the Week covers so many different styles with another home grown Australian band. This time it’s Brisbane-based Bull Horn and what a unique eclectic sound these guys have […]

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Jazz Made In Australia- 5th September 2016- Leigh Carriage ‘Weave’

Leigh Carriage is a very talented singer songwriter and a consummate performer and musician, she is also an educator. Her latest and 8th album called ‘Weave’ is the one to open the program with this week. Leigh has written all the music on the album and invisited some other lyric writers to collaborate with her […]

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Artist Guo Jian on The Dialogue Wednesday 31 August

Artist Guo Jian experienced the Cultural Revolution and the horrifying Tiananmen Square Massacre. He has been detained and deported – all for creating art. Tune in to The Dialogue at 6pm Wednesday 31 August when I chat to Guo Jian about his youth, his art and 160kg of minced pork! […]

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Boiling Point 30th August 2016

Missed tonight’s show? Plug into the podcast here:https://eastsidefm.org/boilingpoint/# Luke McPhan began part one in his two-part special on the leaps and bounds in genetic engineering – with CRISPR and human clinical trials set to begin in China: https://www.nature.com/…/chinese-scientists-to-pioneer-first… … Danny Bartos took gaseous carbon dioxide and converted it into fuel: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releas…/2016/…/160825113217.htm And Chantelle Doyle brought […]

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