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Radiotherapy: Dr Jason Ong on How Migration Policies Might Impact the HIV Epidemic

Dr Jason Ong is a sexual health physician, epidemiologist, and health economist. He joins Radiotherapy to discuss the unintended consequences of migration policies impacting Australia's goal to end the HIV epidemic by 2030…

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Breaking and Entering: Take A Trip With Tirzah

Ahead of her debut Melbourne appearance, singular UK producer and singer Tirzah phones into Breaking and Entering to talk to Simon Winkler about the upcoming tour, as well as unpacking her recent album…

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Get Down: A Life of Jazz With Keyon Harrold

American jazz trumpet player Keyon Harrold swings by Get Down ahead of his Melbourne shows at Bird's Basement to chat to Chris Gill about his new album, Foreverland. The record showcases his…

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SmartArts: Getting Mythical With Melanie Lane's Arkadia

Arkadia is a brand new dance-opera from choreographer and performer Melanie Lane.

Inspired loosely by science fiction, Arkadia takes place in a garden paradise where a whirlwind of gods, nymphs and aliens transform…

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SmartArts: Remembering Shannon Michael Cane

Shannon Michael Cane was a beloved fixture of Melbourne’s arts and music scene during the early 2000s. Known for his Witness Protection Program parties and founding the gay zine ‘They Shoot Homo’s Don’t

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Byte Into IT: Looking at Video Games From a New Angle With Freeplay

Freeplay Independent Games Festival is Australia’s longest running indie games fest. It's championed the diverse, creative and artistic side of interactive games for twenty years in Naarm-Melbourne through showcase nights, festivals and conferences.

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Community Cup 2024

Breakfasters: Creating Connections For Reclink With The Community Cup

It's the Rockdogs vs Megahertz, musicians vs community media and the biggest day in the footy calendar each year (or so we’d like to think!). It’s the Reclink Community cup.

It’s a gorgeous…

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Local And/Or General: Learning About ‘Michael’s Rule’ With AAM’s Maggie Collins

Jason Moore is joined by Maggie Collins, the Executive Director of the Association of Artist Managers (AAM) to discuss ‘Michael’s Rule’ - a proposed new law that would dictate that at least one…

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Mooncake Guest Mix: Scintii's Silk Web Mix

Mooncake guest mix from Scintii originally put together for the Taipei screening of The Cave of the Silken Web, a 1927 Chinese silent film that was thought to be lost, later found in…

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Banksia: Bianca Valentino on Essay 'Against the grain: Finding meaning in punk'

Writer and editor Bianca Valentino joins Vanessa Morris on Banksia to discuss essay Against the grain: Finding meaning in punk which was published in Griffith Review 84: Attachment Styles.

Described as the catalyst…

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Banksia: Kimberley Moulton and Kate ten Buuren on The Blak Infinite at RISING

Co-curators of The Blak Infinite Kimberley Moulton (Yorta Yorta) and Kate ten Buuren (Taungurung) join Vanessa Morris to talk all about this takeover of Fed Square during RISING which will see it become…

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Byte Into IT: Discover Every Gig with the Live Music Locator

Nick Thorpe is a local musician and total tech nerd. Nick and his son Ethan join Jo and Lilly on Byte Into IT to speak about 'Live Music Locator', a new online service…

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Indigenuity: Waanyi Writer Alexis Wright on Worldmaking in Praiseworthy

Waanyi writer Alexis Wright joins Krystal to talk about her award-winning fiction book, Praiseworthy, an epic set in the north of 'Australia' which not only won the 2024 Stella Prize but has…

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Future Perfect: How Do We Stop The Number of Indigenous Players in the AFL From Declining?

Dylan Bird is joined by Professor John Evans, Pro-Vice Chancellor of Indigenous engagement at Swinburne University for a chat about his recent opinion piece in The Age.

John charts how the number of…

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Press Colour: The Sounds That Shaped Kosmetika

Ahead of the release of their third studio album "Luxury", Veeka and Mikey from local new wave band Kosmetika join Sam on Press Colour to discuss the creative process behind the release.

The…

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The International Pop Underground: Young Jesus on Gardening, Grief, Guilt & Reconnecting with His Musical Past

After the release of the last Young Jesus LP, 2022's Shepherd Head, John Rossiter stepped away from his music career.

Rossiter had played in the band since high school, but after working…

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Astrophony: Douglas McDowell On Embedding Politics Into Music and Musical Sensibilities

General Vibes chats with Founder and CEO of Precious Earth Records, a musician and multi-instrumentalist, Douglas McDowell about what music inspires and influences him, to the political climate and how to embed politics…

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Astrophony: Mobeen from Sawt al Sudan On the History of Sudan's Civil War and Solidarity

General Vibes chats to Mobeen Mougadam, a student of Science at the University of Melbourne, an activist, and founding member Sawt al Sudan – a rising collective of Diaspora Sudanese people in Naarm…

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Astrophony: STONEAXE On Oceanic Creative Culture, Sonic Intelligence And Local Sound System Culture

General Vibes chats with artist, audio sculpturist, selector and organiser STONEAXE to talk about his project Mahikai Sound System. “Mahikai” meaning “greetings and welcome” in the Ambai language on Northern coast of the…

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SmartArts: Tom Ballard’s Bringing Comedy To The West

Comedian and Footscray resident Tom Ballard drops by the studios to chat with Oslo Davis about his upcoming comedy event and fundraiser for the Vic Greens – Comedy In The West.

“I’m a