Uncommon Sense: Meet Our Smallest Insects, Amphibians, and Reptiles With Museums Victoria
In this episode, host Amy Mullins chats with entomologist Dr Ken Walker and herpetologist Dr Jane Melville from Museums Victoria as part of a special hour-long live-streamed Facebook event. Ken and Jane study…
Full Interview: Local Muso Remi Speaks To Flemington Towers Resident Najat Mussa
Local muso Remi has been volunteering at the public housing towers affected by hard lockdown. He spoke to one of the residents at the Flemington towers Najat Mussa on Friday for her take…
Represented - 29 June 2020
The first of our new overnight pop-up shows!
Over-representing the under-represented in Australian music
Online Exclusive: Increasing Human Life-Spans To 120–150 Years
In this Triple R online special, Radiotherapy's Panel Beater (aka Kent Goldsworthy) talks to one of the world's foremost experts on longevity, Professor David Sinclair. In this wide-ranging conversation, Professor Sinclair shares…
Uncommon Sense: David Quammen Explains How Animal Infections ‘Spillover’ Into Humans
David Quammen is an American science writer and journalist whose 2012 book Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic analyses how zoonotic viruses, like Ebola and SARS, spread from reservoir animal hosts…
Uncommon Sense: The Science Behind Human–Canine Friendships
Kate Leaver is a journalist and author who has just released her book Good Dog, which delves into the curious and special bond that has evolved between canines and humans. Kate chats…
Skull Cave 8th February 2013
An archival episode of the Skull Cave for you to enjoy, as we celebrate the life and legacy of Stephen Walker on what would have been his 70th birthday today, 17th April.
Uncommon Sense: Bill Bowtell On Australia’s Response To COVID-19
“We've got to come together in a calm way to minimise the effect of what's coming.” Bill Bowtell, strategic health policy adviser and Adjunct Professor at the University of New South Wales, joins…
Uncommon Sense: The Surprising Allure of Fungi
From the Pixie’s Parasol (Mycena interrupta) to the less invitingly named Anemone Stinkhorn (Aseroe rubra), Australia is one of 18 countries regarded as megadiverse, and it is especially when…
Uncommon Sense: How Art Conservators Are Restoring Keith Haring's Monumental Murals
Will Shank and Antonio Rava are world-leading art conservators who have led art restoration projects across the globe, working on conserving murals by the likes of American street artist and social activist Keith…
Uncommon Sense: What We Know About the New Coronavirus So Far
Dr Alexandra Phelan, global health lawyer, and Faculty Research Instructor at Georgetown University's Centre for Global Health Science and Security, calls in to clear up the misinformation that is currently fuelling anxiety about…
1998 Mental As Anything Interview on The Australian Mood
Mental As Anything frontman Greedy Smith passed away unexpectedly two weeks ago.
We revisit Neil Rogers' longform interview with Greedy Smith and bandmate Peter O'Doherty from 21 years ago (August 27 1998), at…
The Ghost's First-Ever Broadcast!
Our last addition to the archives for 2019 is (a portion of) The Ghost's first-ever broadcast on Triple R – a Saturday night graveyard shift in Dec 1981! Enjoy.
Memorial for The Ghost
On Friday 2nd August, from 4-7pm, a private memorial was held for Stephen James 'The Ghost' Walker in the Triple R performance space.
His family has requested we share the recording of the…
Skull Cave – 16 November 2012
We dip back into the archives for another episode of the Skull Cave – this time from November 2012. This one also features the much-loved quiz.
The Ghost Interviews Graham Nash (1986)
British singer-songwriter Graham Nash (of The Hollies and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young fame) has released six solo albums throughout the course of his career (the first of which was recently re-issued). Stephen…
Uncommon Sense: Is the New Logging Announcement Enough to Rescue Our Native Forests?
Last week, the Victorian Government announced that they will begin transitioning away from logging native forests over the next ten years and stop logging old growth forests immediately. But will these changes be…
Skull Cave – 1 Feb 2013
No interviews and no quiz during this edition of the Skull Cave – just The Ghost and yet another impeccable selection of tunes for three hours. Enjoy!
The Ghost Interviews Nico (1986)
The one and only Nico toured Australia (just once) in 1986. During that tour, she stopped by the old Triple R studios in Fitzroy to speak with Stephen 'The Ghost' Walker. In this…
Skull Cave – 7 November 2008
The Ghost battled bad weather and chaos on the streets of Melbourne to bring us this edition of the Skull Cave back on 7 November 2008.