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As our regular presenters take a well-deserved break over the summer, we're excited to welcome some new (and known!) voices to the Triple R grid. There will be culture, comedy, chickens and more to keep you company – and as always, an abundance of tunes!

There are also heaps of wonderful fill-in presenters popping up across the grid over summer, so be sure to keep it locked to the Rs.

Get to know our new summer programs below – and check back as more shows are announced!

MONDAYS

The Fabric with General Vibes and Mothafunk
midday-1pm, 22 December - 12 January
Hosted by the dynamic duo General Vibes and Mothafunk, The Fabric is a meeting point for essential conversation, eclectic music, and a shared human experience.

Pass the Salt with Ivka Taylor-Moss
1-2pm, 15 December - 5 January
Artists, thinkers, and culture-makers tuck in to a feast of creativity, curiosity, and conversation.

Damp Ocean with Lu Lin
10pm-midnight, 22 December - 5 January
A stream of selected sound works to float away on. Leaky, holographic, and swampy, etc!

TUESDAYS

Reasonable Adjustments with Clem Bastow
9am-midday, 6 January - 27 January
[Dr] Clem Bastow presents special interest radio: disability news, crip-time-sensitive interviews with disabled people they're interested in, and hyperfocus-focused/associative tunes woven through it all.

The Unknown Broadcast with Jackson Kelly
7-8pm, 23 December - 6 January
Discussing the latest in the cinematic and visual arts both locally and internationally.

Tempo with Alex Watts
8-10pm, 30 December - 27 January
A new music show presented by your friend in the radio, Alex Watts. Covering new releases in local soul, arcane global finds, dancefloor-minded selections and possibly ruminations on life, love and the meaning of existence? (TBC, probably not). Plus artist interviews, dodgy pronunciations & a stream of banter.

The Doom Saloon with Jess JRoc
10pm-midnight 23 December - 20 January
A heavy, experimental program featuring local and abroad favourites to the lesser known beyond. An unhealthy mix of doom, sludge, dark, noise, avant garde, grim, devastating, brutal and extreme. Tracks you'd hear on stage, in drains or as far as the depths of your wildest dreams.

Cool Change with Peter Tantanis
midnight-2am, 16 December - 27 January
A program inspired to share exclusively local music, via ambient, experimental, and other related genres.

WEDNESDAYS

The Celeste and Oslo Show with Celeste Mountjoy and Oslo Davis
7-8pm, 17 December - 28 January
Enjoy an evening of subjectivity witty repartee and mostly inoffensive music with two of Melbourne’s most humble of comedic visual artist superstars, Celeste Mountjoy and Oslo Davis.

Over one hour of unadulterated mirth, listen as a skanky yet delightful young woman and a creepy yet adorable middle-aged man humorously reflect on perils of the modern world and the angst of everyday existence.

Seriously, what else are you going to do at that hour of the day? Watch the news? Instead, why not succumb yourself to the Celeste and Oslo charm offensive as they navigate their respective egos and flirt precariously close to humiliation and disgrace!

MA15+ / Course language / Sexual references / Faux pas

THURSDAYS

Dancing Room with Jasmine Alavuk
midnight-2am, 11 & 18 December + 8 & 15 January
A music show dedicated to dance in all its forms: intergenerational, international and irresistible.

FRIDAYS

Low Wattage with Liz Watt
7-10pm, 19 December + 2-30 January
A weekly selection of uplifting low wattage sounds.

SATURDAYS

Dream Baby Dream with Ben and Lucy Harrington
6-8pm, 27 December - 17 January
You might be familiar with dream pop, but what about dream everything else? Dream Baby Dream will explore music in the past and present; dream pop, dream rock, dream folk and anything else you can dream up.

The Sweet Spot with Lachie Sholl
midnight-2am, 3 January - 24 January
Slide into the back of a bygone Yellow Taxi - your seat still warm from the last ghost to ride. Your Chauffeur’s got one hand on the wheel, the other coaxing the dial. His eyes shoot you a quiet, knowing look in the rear-view as a soft crackle and faint melody warm into shape. Sit back, settle in, and trust him to find The Sweet Spot.

SUNDAYS

Backyard Buzz with Ben Cullen
9-10am, 28 December - 1 February
A summer series exploring the species, stories and ecological life of this city.

This Chicken Life with Fiona Scott-Norman and Jessamy Miller
10-11am, 14 December - 25 January
Hensperts Fiona Scott-Norman and Jessamy Miller are back with an upbeat, free-ranging guide to the complex needs and lives of our chicken friends, and how having a few chooks around makes everything better. Talk-back and special guests, expert advice and grooving chook-themed funk and blues.

Live Transmission with Jenny Davis
11am-midday, 28 December - 18 January
Join Jenny Davis and guests this summer for Live Transmission - a look at the stories of science in Victorian colonial history. Tune in for conversations with a historical lens about places you mightn’t know, but which have their own dramas, discoveries and personalities!

Time Casts a Spell with Jacqui B
midday-1pm, 21 December - 25 January
Join historian Jacqui B and guests as they uncover magic from the past. With a particular focus on the forgotten, unexpected and unusual, they chat about the different means that stories from yesteryear can be transmuted, told and shared. Time Casts a Spell highlights the way that the past continues to weave itself into the present—we just need to know how to see it.

Mix Tape with Jess Ribeiro
2-4pm, 4 January - 1 February
Local legend Jess Ribeiro invites guests to share mix tapes, unreleased tracks, and b-sides of their work, and to chat about their past, present and future releases.

The Sound of Op Shops with Rabia Azad
midnight-2am, 21 December - 11 January
Every op shop is full of random CDs most people skim over without a second thought. But what's actually on them? This show is all about finding out. Join Rabia Azad as she trawls through forgotten local acts, obscure gems and even some pop bangers. Anything could happen - the only guarantee is that the music will be 100% op-shop sourced.