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Nov 29, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Jonathan Green |Lisa Divissi |Alan Weedon
Den Barber is a Wiradjuri man who runs the Indigenous cultural consultancy Yarrabin Cultural Connections and is the founding director of Koori Country Firesticks Aboriginal Corporation. He shares his experiences in fire management from elders past and present and reflects on how this can inform the protection of our towns and cities into the future. This interview first aired in January 2022.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Jonathan Green |Lisa Divissi |Alan Weedon
Gamilaraay man and former ABC Top 5 Arts residential scholar Beau de Belle visits the house of his mentor and friend, the revered architect Richard Leplastrier. A longer version of this interview first aired in May 2021.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Lisa Divissi |Hannah Reich
Earlier this year, two of Bendigo's golden dragons were damaged. In the wake of the heartbreak, we tell the remarkable story of how the third dragon came to be. In May, Bendigo's Chinese community, in fact, the entire regional Victorian town, was rocked by an act of violence against two of its oldest citizens. Loong and Sun Loong — some of the world's oldest and longest Golden Dragons, who have collectively paraded at Bendigo's Easter Fair from 1901 until just a few years ago — were vandalised.
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Nov 2, 2023 | 
abc.net.au | Beverley Wang |Benjamin Law |Sarah Mashman |Lisa Divissi |Alex Lollback |Carey Dell
Friends fans of all ages are mourning the death of Matthew Perry, who played Chandler Bing on the long-running sitcom. But is Friends what Perry wanted to be remembered for? Hasan Minhaj has clapped back at a New Yorker article that found inaccuracies and embellishments in stories he's told in comedy specials. Minhaj published a 20-minute fact check video of The New Yorker's fact check of him — and we're wading through the entrails.
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Oct 26, 2023 | 
abc.net.au | Alex Lollback |Beverley Wang |Benjamin Law |Lisa Divissi |Angela Grant
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour is box office gold. Geriatric millennial correspondent Ben Law checks out the nearly three-hour concert movie and reports back on his favourite eras. Screenwriter and showrunner Greg Daniels is the creative mind behind beloved shows like The Office (US), Parks and Recreation and King of the Hill. He talks to Ben and Beverley about his current show, Upload, which takes a dystopian turn into the world of big tech and digital afterlives.
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Oct 19, 2023 | 
abc.net.au | Alex Lollback |Beverley Wang |Benjamin Law |Lisa Divissi |Matthew Crawford
How did Brian Jordan Alvarez strike viral gold with his universe of face filter TikTok characters like TJ Mack, Rich Southern Aunt, Australian Rick and more? Brian takes us through TJ Mack’s hit Sitting (which is the opposite of standing). Jada Pinkett Smith’s new memoir shares new disclosures about the state of her marriage to Will Smith — do they put the infamous 2022 Oscars slap in a new light?
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Oct 12, 2023 | 
abc.net.au | Benjamin Law |Beverley Wang |Lisa Divissi |Matthew Crawford |Alex Lollback
Like so many people, we’re devastated by the sudden death of comedian Cal Wilson. We’re paying tribute to Cal, who was a fixture on Australian TV and beloved in the comedy community and beyond. Drag royalty Kween Kong stops by to talk about how life has changed since being a finalist on the second [and best] season of RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under, including the surreal experience of being nominated for a Logie.
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Aug 22, 2023 | 
abc.net.au | Rosa Ellen |Lisa Divissi |Rhiannon Brown
There's an enduring appetite for novels about artists and their muses. Australian writers Kylie Needham (Girl in a Pink Dress) and Edwina Preston (Bad Art Mother) have written books centred on women artists who are navigating ambition, doubt, and freedom in art scenes where men wield the power and where women are routinely cast as muses rather than as creators. Recorded for RN's Big Weekend of Books 2023.
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Aug 15, 2023 | 
abc.net.au | Rosa Ellen |Lisa Divissi |Tim Symonds |Rhiannon Brown
A life-size sculpted tree complete with parrots and a wandering dog won the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Art Awards (NATSIAA). Every element has ceremonial significance, says Thu' and Apalech artist Keith Wikmunea, from Western Cape York. Brenda L Croft's 19th Century-style photograph tells a multi-layered story of family bonds and forced child removal.
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Aug 8, 2023 | 
abc.net.au | Rosa Ellen |Lisa Divissi |Matthew Crawford
Finnish artist Tove Jansson lived a richly unconventional life as a visual artist and writer and is best known as the creator of the troll characters, The Moomins. The Moomins were a hit children's book, cartoon strip, tv show and eventually theme park. The biggest exhibition of Jansson work will show in Paris in September 2023. Her biographer Prof Boel Westin talks about her bohemian life and enduring legacy.
