Breaking Waves is a program about smashing stereotypes and dispelling stigma. It’s about daring to be different, and getting maximum fun out of life. Honest, provocative and often hilarious, Breaking Waves is training a new generation of radio personalities and presenters, skilling them up and letting them loose on the airwaves. They’ll make you laugh and sometimes you’ll shed a few tears. Breaking Waves is brought to you by Eastside Radio and produced by Ruth Hessey in the 89.7FM Paddington studios in Sydney in association with the Community Broadcasting Foundation.
John Mark and Riley return to Breaking Waves! This is the first of three episodes in which they explore the topic of “Outsiders”. Who or what is an outsider? Are YOU an outsider? The feeling of not fitting in is something we all experience at some point. It seems that most characters in stories, be […]
This episode, Geoff and Shai took a road trip – or should that be boat trip? Continuing the theme of socialising, the boys visited scenic Cockatoo Island for a day of fun, friends, and tiny meals. Shai and Geoff met up with Gig Buddies to learn about what this innovative organisation does and why. They […]
Batter up! Shai and Geoff are talking all things sporty this episode. Sports are good for us physically, but what about the mental and social benefits? Shai shares his experiences in team sports while Geoff talks tennis. And former Minnesota Twins player and CEO of Baseball Australia Glenn Williams calls in for a home-run interview. […]
Shai and Geoff are back! In this episode the boys talk about their night on the town, with dinner, drinks, and the problems with taxi drivers – all in the name of work, of course! Shai and Geoff visited the Bank Hotel in Newtown to meet the team from Uni 2 Beyond and learn about […]
Welcome back to another episode of Breaking Waves only this time we take a break from the regular insights into relationships, COVID and consent and look inwards at mental health and the life story of our two hosts Alexandra and Arabella. Breaking Waves was created to give people with different life stories an opportunity at […]
Arabella and Alexandra are back on Breaking Waves for their next round of 3 shows. First up we catch up with what both of them have been up to including a new foray into music as well as a scary medial misdiagnosis! COVID is back on everyone’s mind with the Melbourne lockdown and the vaccine […]
A hefty subject, the boys deliver an episode filled with their usual thoughtful insights, brought forth via personal stories/ myths and history. They help set the mood by playing haunting country and blues tunes, evoking the awesome mystery of death and what might come after. It’s a wonderful way to send off this trilogy but […]
In this our 8th episode of Breaking Waves and following on from last week’s topic of Birth, Mark John and Riley explore the theme of Life and venture into the pivotal points of their ‘life’ to date. It’s a challenging concept trying to condense decades into minutes but at the end of both their summaries […]
We welcome our third and final team to Breaking Waves with John Mark and Riley hosting this week’s episode. Their debut appearance is beyond ambitious as they look at the topic of life as an inventive and creative way to introduce who they are and how they came to be to you, the listener. It’s […]
In this episode of Breaking Waves Geoff interviews Shai about life growing up in Mozambique. We then follow that with why there’s so many pests and bugs in housing in the Eastern Suburbs alongside Rat In Mi Kitchen by UB40. And we wrap it all up with Shai interviewing legendary local poet Tug Dumbly who […]
Episode 5 of Breaking Waves sees Shai & Geoff take a trip to the ShoreShocked music festival in North Sydney on Saturday the 17th of April. This year was the youth festival’s return having been cancelled in 2020 and we catch up with event organisers, backstage with the musos as well as some live music […]