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Beloved local comic and muso Josh Earl joins Breakfasters to chat up his long-going comedy quiz show Don’t You Know Who I Am?, ten filmed episodes of which are now available to…
While researching what the title of her latest project should be, Yorta Yorta artist Allara Briggs Pattison stumbled across the Sacred Kingfisher. The bird used to migrate from Queensland to a spot along…
Earlier in October, Danny Pearson MP became Victoria’s new Minister for Creative Industries. He joins Richard to announce the “rebooting” of the ‘Creative State’ strategy, the details of which will help shape the…
How do Australians view arts and culture in their lives? Dr Wendy Were, director for advocacy and development at the Australia Council for the Arts, joins SmartArts to discuss the recent results of…
Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Victoria Together have joined forces to bring comedy-lovers The Standup Sessions, online standup from local comics to stream in lockdown. Host Nazeem Hussain tells Sarah, Gez and Daniel…
Gold Logie-winning actor, script-writer and all-round Australian icon John Wood speaks to Daniel, Sarah and Gez about his memoir How I Clawed My Way To The Middle – an account of how a…
Tony Burke, the federal Shadow Arts Minister, joins Richard Watts to discuss the recent announcement by the federal government of a $250 million support package for the arts.
The Wheeler Centre’s new CEO is Caro Llewellyn, former Sydney Writers Festival artistic director, founder of the Opera House Talks and author. She joins Backstory to chat about her journey to the Wheeler…
The federal government recently announced a series of funding reforms to Australia’s universities. These reforms have been particularly worrying for students of undergraduate humanities courses, which will cost around double the price that…
Gary Foley is a Gumbainggir activist, academic, writer and actor, and is now a Professor at the Moondani Balluk Indigenous Academic Unit at Victoria University. Gary tells fill-in host Declan Furber Gillick how…