Beacons of local laughter Kyran and Rhys Nicholson crack open the red cordial for Comedy Republic's 5th birthday; uplifting author Jacinta Parsons shares some lessons on living with her new book, A Wisdom…

Oscar-winning animator Joan Gratz reflects on her artistic life in houseboats and limos; the team make it rain with metaphors for money; Masterchef Emma Dean rises to the challenenge of making the perfect…

Nat finds an unexpected upside to noisy roadworks; Michael Harden spreads his love for mustard; Circa's acrobats swing by between performances of Humans 2.0; Fi Wright illustrates her apprecition of Jostein Gaarder’s …

Musical comedy duo Flo & Joan sing the praises oftheir One Man Musical; Michael Harden gets us salivating over small plates; the team get inside the lives of bouncers; comedian Zoey Combs…

Culture critic Brodie Lancaster breaks down the cardinal sin of Oscar sabotage; linguist Kate Burridge briefs us on Australia's semantic border security; comedian Tom Ballard goes full steam ahead with his new play …

The team share their happiest car memories; Megan McKeough reviews new horror film Heretic by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods; artist Scotty So talks about his exhibition Maybe She Was There at MARS…

Food historian Lauren Samuelsson describes the significance of Women's Weekly; tech talker Vanessa Toholka explains the proposed social media ban for under 16s; Nat stores her secrets in her note-taking app; Sarah Frith…

Mon tells us about her ill-fated bike ride; urban ecologist Kirsten Parris celebrates "Frogtober"; Fi Wright reviews David Mitchell's book Unruly as a fun way to learn about the British monarchs; award-winning astrophysicist…

Nat nearly face-planted in one of her shows; Fi Wright reviews the highly anticipated Intermezzo by Sally Rooney; urban historian Andy May on a new book he's co-authored about Melbourne's iconic laneways; Dr…

Joseph Abboud is the owner of RUMI restaurant, and goes into how Middle Eastern cuisine has shaped Melbourne culture; Michael Harden celebrates the life of culinary giant Greg Malouf; book reviewer Fi Wright…