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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SF3, Sydney Fringe Festival, Hunted Interactive Horror Experience-Arts Monday

The SmartFone Flick Fest (SF3) co-director, Angela Blake, Sydney Fringe Festival Director, Kerri Glasscock, and Hunted the Interactive Horror Experience Creator, Emma Humphreys are my guests today. SmartFone Flick Fest is Australia’s international smartphone film festival for filmmakers of all ages. SF3 has just announced its award winners for 2016. Award categories include: Best Film; […]

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Jazz Made in Australia- 29 August 2016- Barney McAll’s ‘Mooroolbark’

Pianist and composer Barney McAll was born and raised in a town about 37 kilometers east of Melbourne named Mooroolbark and his latest recording, released in 2015, is also called Mooroolbark and as Barney says he decided to call the album by that name because, “for many reasons Moroolbark is why I play music.” Barney […]

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Album of the week – Iron in the blood by Jeremy Rose and the Earshift Orchestra

‘Iron in the blood’ by Jeremy Rose and the Earshift Orchestra is Eastside radio’s album of the week. Now this is an album that not only contains some excellent sounds and hosts a wide range of musicians but most importantly tells a story. ‘Iron in the Blood’ is a record that explores the rich tapestry of […]

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Boiling Point Tues 23rd August 2016

Drum Roll…..Boiling Point is back on the airwaves. Tonight Luke explored early evidence supporting the long held belief major depressive orders are hereditary, with researchers finding 15 associated loci https://www.technologyreview.com/…/23andme-pulls-off-massiv… … And Danny gave us 12 months to plan observation of the 2017 total solar eclipse- best visible from the USA! (Or live streamed) https://www.sciencenews.org/…/astronomers-prepare-2017-sola… […]

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