On the heels of the 2026 World Cup final, associate editor of The Saturday Paper Martin McKenzie-Murray sits down with guest host Nick Feik to chat about Spain’s win, Argentina’s loss, and to…

Guest host Nick Feik is joined by Dr Emma Shortis, Director of the Australia Institute's International & Security Affairs Program, to dive into Donald Trump’s latest address to the nation, his allegations of…

Neil is joined by Dave Graney (Banana Lounge Broadcasting) and Clare Moore to discuss their new album Laburnum of the Mind.

Recorded in 2023 in the now closed Soundpark Studios, Laburnum…

Uncle Richard Frankland, a Gunditjmara advocate and singer, speaks about resistance, social challenges and opportunities for unity following his Elder-In-Residence oration for NITV.

Speaking with brevity, he advocates for reconcilliation in Australia: "We…

Caspian of Twisted Teens joins Annaliese to discuss their prolific output, and second album this year, Florida Water Blues. Shunning the labels "creative" or "musician", Cass discusses his role as a spiritual midwife…

Dave Graney is joined by actor, playwright and director Greg Carroll to remember their friend and collaborator Barry Dickins, whose writing gave Melbourne’s pubs, forgotten corners and overlooked lives a strange, luminous beauty.

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Anna Funder is an acclaimed Australian author behind award-winning books Stasiland and All That I Am, and her most recent Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell’s Invisible Life.

Earlier this month, Anna travelled to…

Earlier this year, acclaimed Australian concert pianist Jayson Gillham sued the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra for unlawful discrimination over their cancelling of a concert he was set to perform in August 2024 following his…

Tennessee free jazz saxophonist turned singer-songwriter Zoh Amba joins the 'Formative Five Club', jumping on the airwaves to share the songs and artists that have influenced their sound and career over the years…

Richard Watts sits down with writer and performer Karin McCracken to discuss her hit show Heartbreak Hotel.

Together, Richard and Karin explore the universal experience of going through heartbreak and the deep…

Journalism professor Andrew Dodd joins the Spin Cycle team to chat about Getting Murdoched: How Murdoch’s Media Wields Power and Punishment, a new book he has co-authored with Matthew Ricketson.

They discuss…

Guest host Sara Savage is joined by Filipino-Murrawarri composer, rapper, producer and drummer Dobby, ahead of the release of his sophomore album MARSHMALLOW.

Following his ARIA award-winning debut album Warrangu; River Story…

West Papuan artist Voice of Lele joins Baseline, with guest hosts Namila Benson and Najma Sambul, to discuss music as an act of cultural survival, political resistance, and connection to homeland.

Lele…

Dominic Pellegrino joins Eat It to discuss Melbourne Coffee Roasters: A History, tracing the evolution of Melbourne's coffee culture from the colony's first coffee houses to the city's reputation as a global…

Following the recent Four Corners episode on concussion in the AFL, Dr Alan Pearce wrote in the Conversation that the crisis of long-term brain damage in Australian rules footballers may be deepening.

There's…

Lauren sits down with Elise Peyronnet, artistic director of Now or Never, to discuss the fourth iteration of the festival in Melbourne/Naarm. The cultural event, which spans ideas, sound and technology, takes…

New reporting has confirmed that many iconic songs from Australian and New Zealand based artists have been scraped into A.I. training databases, without permission, payment or credit. From Kylie Minogue, to Yothu Yindi…

This week, Evie and Gigi from Naarm-based punk group Public Figures drop by The Distant Sky, to reflect on the killer year they've had, and the many exciting things to come. From the…

Cultural anthropologist and death studies scholar Dr Hannah Gould joins Amy to discuss her new book, 'How To Die in the 21st Century: A Whole New Way To Talk About Death'…

You Are Spring!, the new fourth album for Tasha, is an album attuned to the turning of the seasons.

It opens with a tune titled Spring —in which Tasha sings in harmony…