Making Magic with Fantasy Writer and Artist Astrid Scholte
Astrid Scholte is a digital artist and producer who’s worked on big films like Avatar, District 9, and The Adventures of Tintin. After many years working as a visual artist and producer, Astrid’s…
On Diamond’s Lisa Salvo Discusses Making Music under Pressure
On Diamond’s new self-titled album (which was Triple R’s Album of the Week last week) threads Lisa Salvo’s folk-inspired vocals with improvisatory pop and blues. Lisa joined Banana Lounge Broadcasting host Dave Graney…
Why ‘Personhood’ Shouldn’t Only Apply to Humans
Conservationist, author and founder of ‘The Orangutan Project’ Leif Cocks joins the Breakfasters to discuss the problems that are afflicting orangutan populations. While we’ve become more aware of how human consumption is affecting…
The Grapevine: Adani gets Commonwealth Tick of Approval but What Does this Mean for Climate Change?
Friends of the Earth campaigner Cam Walker joins The Grapevine to discuss the latest developments concerning the Adani coalmine. Right before the federal election was called, Environment Minister Melissa Price signed off an…
Astral Glamour: Truly Holy Making Electronic Music but not in the Way that You Think
Matt and Luke from Melbourne band Truly Holy join Astral Glamour to chat about their upcoming album Transporter. Listening to one of their new tracks ‘Inner Devotion’, the guys delve into their own…
Samara Cooper Drops a Weird and Funky Live Set on Tomorrow Never Knows
Cruising in straight from hanging out at the Comedy Festival, Melbourne-based DJ Samara Cooper joins Nicole Jones, filling in for Emerald on Tomorrow Never Knows, to drop an incredibly funky, and ‘a bit…
Sleeper Have Awoken on Far And Wide
Sleeper are a widely successful Britpop and rock outfit that emerged in the early ’90s, and later disbanded in 1998. The band reformed in 2017 and recently released The Modern Age - their…
Breakfasters: Adapting Slaughterhouse Five for the Stage 50 Years After its Publication
Kurt Vonnegut Jr, a prisoner of war, wrote Slaughterhouse Five in 1969. The novel depicts the inhumanity and extreme disorientation of war through the experiences of American soldier Billy Pilgrim. Flash forward 50…
SmartArts: Comedian Damien Power Is A Man Who Puts His Dreams In A Sock
After putting ‘six years of material into his first show’, comedian Damien Power felt like his second show was ‘like a ‘difficult second album’. Several shows later, he remains obsessed with bringing ‘philosophy…
'Mal Mi Goa’: Songs Of Peace From South Sudan
Gordon Koang is a Neur speaker and musician hailing from the Upper Nile region of what is now South Sudan. Accompanied by his cousin Paul Biel, Gordon performs a blend of traditional Neur…
Breakfasters: All Things Record Store Day With Bruce Milne, Co-owner Of Greville Records
Where Yo Is host and all round music man around town, Bruce Milne, joins Sarah, Jeff and Geraldine to talk about the joy of living in a city with the highest number of…
Breakfasters: Loretta Smith Hopes Alice Anderson Can Inspire a New Generation of Australian Women
Loretta Smith joined the Breakfasters to chat about the extraordinary life of Alice Anderson, and some of the challenges of writing her new book, A Spanner in the Works: The Extraordinary Story of…
Out on the Patio: How to Celebrate the Release of Your Album with Jess Ribeiro
Jess Ribeiro’s third studio album LOVE HATE is out on Friday. It’s the first music from Jess since her 2015 album Kill It Yourself, a deeply intimate record as diverse as the…
Keto, Pegan and Snake: The Latest Fad Diets Explained on Breakfasters
Have you ever tried to eat like a snake? Some people have and it is now one of the newest fad diets hitting the internet. Food journalist Michael Harden stops by to educate…
The Erratics: The Story Behind Vicki Laveau-Harvie’s Stella Prize Winning Memoir
A memoir of an estranged mother, an isolated and abused father set in the foothills of Canada has won this year’s Stella Prize for outstanding writing for a woman writer in Australia. Vicki…
Einstein A Go-Go: Vaccine Development Offers Renewed Hope for Coeliac Suffers
Dr. Jason Tye-Din from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research has some interesting points to share with Einstein A Go-Go host Dr. Shane about coeliac disease and the development of…
Zero-G: If You Enjoyed the Harry Potter Books and Films, It Might Be Time You Check Out the Theatre Play, Too
Joining Zero-G this week for a chat are Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Melbourne production cast members Sean Rees-Wemyss and Lucy Goleby. For those of you who might not be up…
Maps: Josh Earl Talks about His Show Josh Earl Talks
Comedian and former Breakfaster Josh Earl is here to talk about his show at this year’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Josh Earl Talks marks a new direction for the comedian, as this year…
Under the Sun: Discovering Cult Memphis Muso Van Duren
‘I’ve always played these songs – it’s just no one was listening.’ Memphis guitarist Van Duren (who played with Big Star, and subsequently had a fabled, storied solo career) opens up to Jonathan…
Breakfasters: Maria Bamford on Mental Illness, Irrelevance and Her Parent’s Sex Life
‘Have you had problems with mental illness? Are you ok with talking about it? Have you had a suicide attempt? Come on down!’ Anxious and self-deprecating, Maria Bamford’s comedy is as discomfiting as…