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Dec 2, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Michael Cathcart |Kim Jirik |James Pattison |Rhiannon Brown |Allyse Symons
In 1997, Australian dancer Marc Brew's life was changed forever by a devastating car accident that left him paralysed from the chest down. He tells his story in the deeply personal An Accident / A Life. Over the past 27 years, Brew has redefined the possibilities of dance, captivating audiences worldwide with performances and choreography that challenge the boundaries of the art form.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Beverley Wang |Sarah Mashman |Clare Rawlinson |Allyse Symons
In Disney’s Moana sequel, our heroine is a wayfinding big sis and leader of her community, on the cusp of a new mission to unite the people of the ocean. Guest critic Sosefina Fuamoli is in to talk about why Moana’s journey in this follow-up stirs up so many emotions. An award-winning music journalist, Sose also gives her take on how women in music won 2024.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Damien Carrick |Kristina Kukolja |Allyse Symons
Tasmanian Supreme Court Justice Gregory Geason has resigned after he was convicted and sentenced for assault and emotional abuse or intimidation. The Law Report examines the broader question of how Australian jurisdictions balance judicial independence with accountability. Dr Gabrielle Appleby, Director, The Judiciary Project, Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, University of New South Wales
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Beverley Wang |Sarah Mashman |Clare Rawlinson |Simon Rose |Allyse Symons
We’re throwing what we think about celebrity endorsements out the window after the US election results. Endorsements from Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Bruce Springsteen, Bad Bunny and Cardi B couldn’t help Kamala Harris in a race where Donald Trump had the likes of Joe Rogan – the world’s biggest podcaster – and Elon Musk – the world’s richest person – in his corner.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Damien Carrick |Kristina Kukolja |Allyse Symons
What does Donald Trump's election victory mean for his legal problems? And the case of a daughter who sued her father for sharing their private conversations. (ABC News) Donald Trump is the first convicted felon to be president of the United States and his re-election could thwart further criminal cases against him
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Michael Cathcart |Kim Jirik |Allyse Symons |Emrys Cronin |Rhiannon Brown
Some theatre people constantly surprise you, popping up in the most unexpected places, and whose names alone can spur you to buy a ticket. Sheridan Harbridge is one such artist. She blew audiences away originating the role of Tessa in Suzie Miller's acclaimed play Prima Facie, and now she's spending more time behind the scenes, as a co-writer on the new musical My Brilliant Career, and as a writer or director on the forthcoming shows Life in Plastic, A Model Murder and Phar Lap: The Musical.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Beverley Wang |Sarah Mashman |Clare Rawlinson |Allyse Symons
Twenty-three years after the original series of The Office debuted, Australia has its own version of the mockumentary workplace comedy, for the first time featuring women in two of the core roles. Felicity Ward, who plays needy bad boss Hannah Howard, and show runners Jackie Van Beek and Julie De Fina talk to BW about how this 13th version of The Office, streaming on Prime Video, adapts itself to the post-pandemic world of work.
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Nov 3, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Claire Nichols |Sarah L'Estrange |Allyse Symons |Rhiannon Brown
For the first time in a decade, an Australian writer, Charlotte Wood has made the Booker Prize shortlist with her novel Stone Yard Devotional. Hear from Charlotte and the other shortlisted writers, including Rachel Kushner and Percival Everett, and find out who we think will win. The Booker Prize is the most prestigious writing prize in the English speaking world and is open to books written in English, and published in England or Ireland in the last year.
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Clare Rawlinson |Allyse Symons |Zoe Kean |Beverley Wang
It’s Stop Everything! the demure edition: How Chicago TikTok creator Jools LeBron is redefining demure and changing her life in the process!Guest critic Jared Richards is in to analyse demure, Katy Perry’s comeback album launch missteps and the Olympics of Drag – Rupaul’s Drag Race Global All Stars – whose cast includes Stop Everything! family member, Kween Kong.
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Aug 18, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Claire Nichols |Sarah L'Estrange |Allyse Symons |Rhiannon Brown
Booker Prize shortlisted Nigerian author Chigozie Obioma joined Claire Nichols at Byron Writers Festival to discuss his latest novel The Road to the Country about civil war in Nigeria. Now based in the US, Chigozie Obioma's first two novels The Fishermen (2015) and An Orchestra of Minorities (2019) were shortlisted for The Booker Prize. His third novel The Road to the Country is about the Biafran War that tore through Nigeria from 1967 to 1970.
