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Breaking Waves

Breaking Waves, Episode 88

06.12.22

Shai and Geoff host today’s Breaking Waves extravaganza. Unscripted, varied and often unpredictable these jocular partners in crime ensure 30 minutes of feel-good radio, which often covers a broad array of topics, from poetry to baseball, from politics to geographical facts, stats and quizzes. Shai and Geoff promise a whole show of provocative and hilarious […] Read More… from Breaking Waves, Episode 88

Boiling Point

A career in science communication

25.11.22

How does one get into a career in science communication? Dr. Quill Darby is our making science fun expert today. Quill co-produces events like the Sydney Science Trail and Science Tent at Splendour in the Grass and also runs Junkyard Rascals, a tiny business based on discovery through play. Listen to the episode to find […] Read More… from A career in science communication

Music

Gossip About the Grammys

25.11.22

Presented by Sumaya Sultana Gossip About the Grammys is a one-time production in light of the recent reveal of the 2023 Grammys nominees. Sumaya delves into past controversies about the Grammys and also covers this years Grammys and specific categories to look out for. Throughout the program she drops in different songs from these events […] Read More… from Gossip About the Grammys

Words on Wednesday

Eat Your History Part 5: Jelly with Jacqui Newling

24.11.22

Jelly arrived in the colony long after it was fashionable on tables in England. It was very much a rich man’s dish because of the time it took to make. Learn about these techniques and how jelly later becomes a staple in all Australian homes. […] Read More… from Eat Your History Part 5: Jelly with Jacqui Newling

Boiling Point

Stressed?!

23.11.22

During development all animals are vulnerable. So how does the experience one encounters while developing actually impact the adult life and can these effects be passed down to their grand-children? Can overstressing due to environmental change be detrimental to the survival of animal populations? Anastasia chats to post-doctoral research fellow Dr. Ondi Crino. Ondi studies […] Read More… from Stressed?!

Arts

This Cultural Life – Queer as Flux – Arts Thursday interview

16.11.22

Queer as Flux opens at the Sydney Opera House as part of the Unwrapped Festival on 24th November and runs until 26th of that month. Arts Thursday’s Maisy Stapleton interviewed Zac Callaghan (they/them) about the performance and its inspiration – his own gender transformation and the concept of transformation and flux, rather than stasis, being […] Read More… from This Cultural Life – Queer as Flux – Arts Thursday interview

Words on Wednesday

Eat Your History Part 4: Oysters

27.10.22

Jacqui Newling returns with Part 4  on oysters. In the early days, oysters were used as mortar. However, we quickly started harvesting them for eating and by the 1860s had seriously depleted this resource. Thus began oyster farming. […] Read More… from Eat Your History Part 4: Oysters

Turning Points

Turning Points Episode 4 Chris Meagher

24.10.22

Who do you know that has risked his life in the bullfights in Seville or shared a few beers with Ernest Hemingway?  Who do you know who popped up in the film “ Lawrence of Arabia”? You might have walked past such a person on the streets of Sydney or sat next to him on […] Read More… from Turning Points Episode 4 Chris Meagher

Turning Points

Turning Points Episode 3 Daizy Gedeon

24.10.22

Daizy Gedeon, an Australian, thinks she can save Lebanon from a corrupt and cumbersome political system simply by making a film. Of course, “Enough: Lebanon’s Darkest Hour”  is not an ordinary film. How did Daizy get from a migrant family in Western Sydney to releasing an activist film on the screens of the whole world […] Read More… from Turning Points Episode 3 Daizy Gedeon

Words on Wednesday

Eat Your History Part 3: Tea with Jacqui Newling

12.10.22

In this episode Jacqui looks at tea. Convicts and poor settlers had drunk tea back in England, but it was not considered a staple and was not included in convicts’ rations. As more idea from China came into the colony, the poor drank cheap green tea while the wealthy drank black tea with milk and […] Read More… from Eat Your History Part 3: Tea with Jacqui Newling

Words on Wednesday

Eat Your History Part 2: Sugar with Jacqui Newling

29.09.22

When the convicts and first settlers arrived, sugar was not a staple. It was still a very expensive commodity, only on the tables of the wealthy. Learn how sugar became more plentiful, cheaper and part of everyone’s life. […] Read More… from Eat Your History Part 2: Sugar with Jacqui Newling

Words on Wednesday

Eat Your History Part 1: Bread with Jacqui Newling

15.09.22

We return to a series from 2016 with Jacqui Newling called Eat Your History. Jacqui is colonial gastronomer at Sydney Living Museums and in this series, she takes us through the history of basic food staples in the early colony. First episode is our most basic: bread. […] Read More… from Eat Your History Part 1: Bread with Jacqui Newling

Breaking Waves

Breaking waves: episode 78

12.09.22

This week on Breaking Waves, Shai and Geoff interview special guest Murray Cook! They discuss the latest Songbirds album “Ballads Behind Bars”, the positive role of arts programs in jails, and the impact of poor mental health management on young people who end up behind bars… […] Read More… from Breaking waves: episode 78

Breaking Waves

breaking waves: episode 75

22.08.22

This week on Breaking Waves, Alex is very excited to introduce her new co-host to the program, Jules! […] Read More… from breaking waves: episode 75

Boiling Point

From Science to Comedy to Marketing

18.08.22

From serious to funny. From science to comedy. From biomedical degree to producing, marketing, acting, writing, and stand-up? How do you go from a bachelor of science to a successful career in Comedy? Anastasia sits down with Writer, Comedian, Presenter, and Actor AJ Lamarque. AJ started with a Bachelor of Science in Biological and Biomedical […] Read More… from From Science to Comedy to Marketing

Breaking Waves

breaking waves: episode 74

15.08.22

In their season final, John mark and Riley take a look back, with rose tinted spectacles, at “nostalgia”. It can bring solos to remember the good times. Just as long as you don’t get trapped back there! […] Read More… from breaking waves: episode 74

Boiling Point

Chronic Wasting Disease – the slow death of deer

14.08.22

Everyone old enough will remember the footage of confused ataxic cows that were not able to stand on their own anymore. The 1990s were the time of Mad Cow Disease, an illness caused by a misfolded protein, the prion. While mad cow disease in Europe is well under control by now, a similar illness is […] Read More… from Chronic Wasting Disease – the slow death of deer