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Breaking Waves
Breaking Waves: Episode 18
02.08.21
This is the final episode of the “outsiders” series John Mark and Riley. Sometimes life can plunge you into the underworld and force you to rise to the challenge of confronting a terrifying different experience of reality. Suddenly, things that were taken for granted are thrown up in the air. Apocalypses can occur on a…
Breaking Waves
Breaking Waves: Episode 17
19.07.21
In their second episode on the topic of outsiders, John Mark and Riley delve deeply into personal stories. Picking up from the teen years and beyond, they relate ups and downs from some of the most significant moments of their lives. Feeling unsure of your place in the world is something that lots of people…
Changing the Face of Jazz
Chloe Kim’s Korean drumming Changing the Face of Jazz
17.07.21
Chloe Kim is a drummer. In this profile she beings by telling us why she describes herself as a drum kit specialist rather than a percussionist. Chloe started playing music when she was very young. She switched to the drums as much, as she tells us, for the look of the kit as for the…
Breaking Waves
Breaking Waves: Episode 16
12.07.21
John Mark and Riley return to Breaking Waves! This is the first of three episodes in which they explore the topic of “Outsiders”. Who or what is an outsider? Are YOU an outsider? The feeling of not fitting in is something we all experience at some point. It seems that most characters in stories, be…
Changing the Face of Jazz
Changing the Face of Jazz -the inspiration of Nadje Noordhuis , from Kenny Wheeler to NYC
11.07.21
Nadje Noordhuis is a trumpeter, flugel horn player and educator. In this profile we hear her describing how she started playing music at a very early age but was introduced to jazz much later. Her ears were opened to the music by the legendary Kenny Wheeler. Moving from Australia to New York she talks about…
Breaking Waves
Breaking Waves: Episode 15
05.07.21
This episode, Geoff and Shai took a road trip – or should that be boat trip? Continuing the theme of socialising, the boys visited scenic Cockatoo Island for a day of fun, friends, and tiny meals. Shai and Geoff met up with Gig Buddies to learn about what this innovative organisation does and why. They…
Breaking Waves
Breaking Waves: Episode 14
28.06.21
Batter up! Shai and Geoff are talking all things sporty this episode. Sports are good for us physically, but what about the mental and social benefits? Shai shares his experiences in team sports while Geoff talks tennis. And former Minnesota Twins player and CEO of Baseball Australia Glenn Williams calls in for a home-run interview.…
Breaking Waves
Breaking Waves Episode 13
21.06.21
Shai and Geoff are back! In this episode the boys talk about their night on the town, with dinner, drinks, and the problems with taxi drivers – all in the name of work, of course! Shai and Geoff visited the Bank Hotel in Newtown to meet the team from Uni 2 Beyond and learn about…
Breaking Waves
Breaking Waves: Episode 11
07.06.21
Welcome back to another episode of Breaking Waves only this time we take a break from the regular insights into relationships, COVID and consent and look inwards at mental health and the life story of our two hosts Alexandra and Arabella. Breaking Waves was created to give people with different life stories an opportunity at…
Breaking Waves
Breaking Waves: Episode 10
31.05.21
Arabella and Alexandra are back on Breaking Waves for their next round of 3 shows. First up we catch up with what both of them have been up to including a new foray into music as well as a scary medial misdiagnosis! COVID is back on everyone’s mind with the Melbourne lockdown and the vaccine…
Breaking Waves
Breaking Waves: Episode 9
24.05.21
A hefty subject, the boys deliver an episode filled with their usual thoughtful insights, brought forth via personal stories/ myths and history. They help set the mood by playing haunting country and blues tunes, evoking the awesome mystery of death and what might come after. It’s a wonderful way to send off this trilogy but…
Breaking Waves
Breaking Waves: Episode 8
17.05.21
In this our 8th episode of Breaking Waves and following on from last week’s topic of Birth, Mark John and Riley explore the theme of Life and venture into the pivotal points of their ‘life’ to date. It’s a challenging concept trying to condense decades into minutes but at the end of both their summaries…
Breaking Waves
Breaking Waves: Episode 7
10.05.21
We welcome our third and final team to Breaking Waves with John Mark and Riley hosting this week’s episode. Their debut appearance is beyond ambitious as they look at the topic of life as an inventive and creative way to introduce who they are and how they came to be to you, the listener. It’s…
Breaking Waves
Breaking Waves: Episode 6
03.05.21
In this episode of Breaking Waves Geoff interviews Shai about life growing up in Mozambique. We then follow that with why there’s so many pests and bugs in housing in the Eastern Suburbs alongside Rat In Mi Kitchen by UB40. And we wrap it all up with Shai interviewing legendary local poet Tug Dumbly who…
Breaking Waves
Breaking Waves: Episode 5
26.04.21
Episode 5 of Breaking Waves sees Shai & Geoff take a trip to the ShoreShocked music festival in North Sydney on Saturday the 17th of April. This year was the youth festival’s return having been cancelled in 2020 and we catch up with event organisers, backstage with the musos as well as some live music…
Breaking Waves
Breaking Waves: Episode 4
19.04.21
Breaking Waves hits Episode 4 this week and the first of our new team Shai and Geoff who are Eastside Radio veterans having hosted Community Billboard on Monday Drive for the past 2 years. A formidable duo these two welcome each other and spend some time talking about their own ‘bad habits’ ahead of an…
Breaking Waves
Breaking Waves: Episode 3
12.04.21
In episode three of Breaking Waves, Alexandra and Arabella get down and dirty about relationships. They share some juicy goss, and discuss the dangers of overthinking text messages and fretting about what they have done wrong in the past. They also share thoughts about navigating workplace relationships. Can our workplaces accommodate diversity and special needs…