From 2002 to 2020, Cheng Lei reported on the Chinese economy and markets for CNBC Asia and China Central Television. In 2020, she was blindfolded and taken to a secret location to be…

Drawing on his research into music scenes, social media platforms and capital flows, Max explores how anti-platform sentiment has expanded beyond Spotify discourse. While Bandcamp or SoundCloud exist as alternatives to streaming platforms…

Susan Forde is a Professor of Journalism at Griffith University, Brisbane. She is a media researcher specialising in community, grassroots and alternative media and journalism forms, she joins the Breakfasters to chat about…

Max Melit joins Breakfasters to discuss the growing frustration around Instagram’s role in local music scenes, and the emerging alternatives taking shape across Naarm/Melbourne.

Drawing on his research into music scenes, social media…

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For this week's 'Weird Science' segment on Breakfasters, Dr Jen explains the science behind tickling. Did you know there's two different kinds of tickling? There's knismesis, the kind that feels like…

Beloved illustrator and author Graeme Base joins the Breakfasters to reflect on more than four decades of picture-book magic, from the global phenomenon Animalia to The Eleventh Hour and The Legend of the…

Breakfasters featured a very special guest on Monday morning – the one and only Daniel Burt dialling in over the phone from his sofa, after being a sorely missed presence on the show…

Beloved children's book author Andy Griffiths joins the Breakfasters to discuss all manner of serious things, such as his latest book You & Me and the Peanut Butter Beast. As a passionate…

Writer and broadcaster Marieke Hardy joins the Breakfasters to chat about "Better Off Said: Eulogies for the Living and the Dead", a spoken-word panel event taking place during the Queenscliffe Literary Festival on…