Sylvia Rosenblum, Presenter of Arts Wednesday, introduces her Podcast Channel Words on Wednesday that will feature all the conversations and interviews from her program on Eastside Radio.
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In January 2017, David Bock from the Australian Museum talked to us about Australian native bee. Did you know that we have some 1600 species documented so far! Unlike their European honey bee counterparts, many of our bees are solitary. Females mate once and keep the sperm, dispensing it when she wants to lay eggs […]
On 26 May 2021, Nicolette Fraillon was a guest on Arts Wednesday. At that time, Nicolette was Musical Director and Chief Conductor of the Australian Ballet. It is a fascinating insight into conducting ballet as opposed to conducting a symphony orchestra or an opera. Listen to learn more! […]
In December 2016, Bryce Peters, ornithologist at UTS, was a guest on Arts Wednesday. It was summer and I asked him about the all-too-prevalent insects we love to hate: cockroaches, mosquitos and flies. Bryce actually likes cockroaches but has an aversion to ants! Find out what role each insect plays in the ecosystem and see […]
On 3 December 2014, Professor Arlie Loughnan was a guest on Arts Wednesday, talking about her area, criminal law. It is a wide-ranging discussion of the history of our criminal legal system, where it began and how it developed and Arlie compares it to other systems where the criteria are quite different. […]
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On 24 July 2019, Elise Edmunds, Senior Curator at the State Library of NSW, was a guest on Arts Wednesday. The topic of conversation was Dead Central, an exhibition she had curated at the library. The colony had outgrown the old burial ground where the Town Hall sits today and Governor Phillip created a new […]
Anna Musson is the maiven of etiquette, wherever it is needed – privately or in business. Surprisingly, this conversation attracted a lot of feedback: surprisingly, because it was so unexpected. Most of the queries came from mothers of sons as Anna talks about workplace etiquette, from applying for a job to the job interview (including […]
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Laila Ellmoos is an historian with the City of Sydney and for many years presented 6-part series on aspects of Sydney history. In a new history series, titled, Events That Shaped Sydney, she looks at several topics: the assassination attempt on the life of Prince Alfred, son of Queen Victoria during a royal visit in […]
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We humans share something like 99% of our DNA with chimpanzees. This means at some point we had a common ancestor, but once our paths diverged, how did our early ancestors become us? Fran Dory, Manager of Exhibitions at the Australian Museum talks with Sylvia about this mysterious common ancestor and how we became human. […]
Barbara Hill established Macenmist, a Truffle Farm out of Bredbo, New South Wales just north of the Snowy Mountains back in the 1990s with her husband. When she bought the property some 30 years ago, it was underdeveloped, but today it is a thriving establishment that produces Black Perigord Truffles. But how did that happen […]
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In today’s world with global conflicts rising, Sylvia looks at warfare, what it is, what it was, and what its likely to be. Dr. Keith Suter is global futurist and media commentator in national and foreign affairs and he sits down with Sylvia to talk about wars of the past and present, and what warfare […]
Jin Sun Kim came to Australia from her native Korea to become a pastry chef. Along the way she fell in love with chocolate and is now a chocolatier at her business Kakawa in Darlinghurst. Learn about where chocolate comes from, how it is made and what makes it good – and bad! […]
The first recorded curry meal served in the colony was at a dinner party given bt Governor Macquarie. It was the food of the upper classes and, as we have learned with other foodstuffs, it doesn’t come on to the tables of average households until it is cheap and plentiful. Commercial curry powders came to […]
Read More… from Eat Your History Part 6: Curry with Jacqui Newling