Director Jessica Leski talks about her film 'I Used to be Normal: A Boyband Fangirl Story'; David Marr drops in to reflect on his career and new book; Michael Harden talks up edible hemp during Food Interlude; Plus the team chat about bad office Christmas parties and the perils of schoolies week.
Director Susie Dee discusses the new show Broken being played at 45downstairs; Shaun Micallef chats about his new book The Uncollected Plays of Shaun Micallef ; comedian Catherine Tate talks about The Catherine Tate Show Live being performed at The Palais; and Geraldine talks about her adventures getting attacked by eagles and swimming with sharks. With presenters Sarah Smith, Jeff Sparrow and Geraldine Hickey.
Olmo Salvatore joins Sarah and Geraldine for a chat with director Sarah Goodes & actor Kamil Ellis about the Melbourne Theatre Company's new show 'Astroman.' Then Jeff returns to the studio for regular segment 'Wednesdare' and a talk about accidentally-on-purpose inserting yourself into a story you were never part of. Plus, funeral director and theatre director Scott Turnbull shares the goss on his appropriately titled new show "The Director," which tells you everything you ever wanted to kn...
This week the Breakfasters speak to guests Braden and Zach about Aunty Donna "The Album Tour," Seth Stephen-Davidowitz about his book "Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are " and Michael Harden for regular segment Food Interlude. Plus, Sarah, Jeff and Geraldine talk scary stories, not recognising your gym guy and hang out with Friday Funnybugger Laura Dunneman.
This week the team chat about holiday wine tasting; Palaeontologist Ben Francischelli features on weird science chatting about how whales evolved from land creatures; the team chat about hangover cures; author Chloe Hooper speaks about her latest novel "The Arsonist: A Mind On Fire"; Nat Harris is the Friday funnybugger; and Child Psychiatrist Dr Julie Stone chats about the health of the 52 children on Nauru. With presenters Sarah Smith, Jeff Sparrow, Sam Cummins and Geraldine Hickey...
This week, Geraldine gets her first aid certificate; Sarah shares some of her car dramas; the team are joined by Pacharo Mzembe & Ratidzo Mambo actors in Mambo apart of Melbourne Festival; author Clare Wright writer of "You daughters of freedom: The Australian who won the vote and inspired the world; and Eddo meets Kasey Chambers. With presenters Sarah Smith, Jeff Sparrow and Geraldine Hickey.
This week, Michael Harden speaks about eating insects on "Food Interlude"; Geraldine and Sarah speak about their adventures at the Melbourne show; Stuart Coupe chats about his latest book "Roadies: The Secrets History of Australian Rock n Roll"; ABC journalist, Laura Tingle speaks about her quarterly essay "Follow the Leader: Democracy and the Rise of the Strongman"; and finally the team chat about homecoming queens. With presenters Sarah Smith, Jeff Sparrow and Geraldine Hickey.
The team chat about their weekend activities; director Benjamin Gilmour and actor Sam Smith comes onto the show to speak about their film "JRGA"; the team chat about the words squirting and oozing; Joanne Ryan comes onto the show to chat about her upcoming show "Eggsistentialism" which will be appearing at the Melbourne Fringe Festival; Simon Hinkley is back on feature creatures chatting about scorpions. With presenters Sarah Smith, Jeff Sparrow and Geraldine Hickey.
The team chat with Stuart Daulman about his show "Death of a Daulman" happening at Melbourne Fringe Festival; the team did some improvising about writing prompts; Birdman shares some information about magpies on this week's feature creatures and Mike McRae comes onto the show to have a chat about his latest book "Unwell: What makes a disease a disease?". With presenters Sarah Smith, Jeff Sparrow and Geraldine Hickey.
This week Mia Timpano speaks about her show "Speaking Of Which: The Science Of Conversation" that will playing at Melbourne FRINGE festival; Sarah is the centre of attention on Trauma Tuesday; Michael Harden talks about food interlude; director Ben Lawrence chats about his latest film "Ghosthunter"; and the team chat about airport phone dramas. With presenters Sarah Smith, Jeff Sparrow and Geraldine Hickey.
The team welcome back John Safran who will be performing "Jew Detective: Sarcasm is not a crime" at Yarraville Laughs; Zoe Coombs Marr and Mish Grigor chat about "Ich Nibber Dibber"; Wednesdare is back, the team have a discussion about being scared; long time Breakfaster friend, George Megalogenis chats about his book "The Football Solution: How Richmond's premiership can save Australia"; and the team are introduced to the Disdain Game. With presenters Sarah Smith, Jeff Sparrow and Geraldine Hic...
The team chat about things you don't have to like as you grow older; Wednesdare is back; Jackson Castiglione comes onto the show who is an artist from Field Theory "ICON" which will be appearing at Melbourne Fringe Festival; Mark Triffitt will be chatting about "The West's Age Of Retreat" Piece in Pursuit; Sisonke Msimang who is appearing at MWF will be chatting about her book "Always Another Country". With presenters Sarah Smith, Jeff Sparrow and Geraldine Hickey.
The team chat with Juha Kaakinen about homelessness week and Finland's approach to homelessness; Geraldine shares her experience with helping someone become a captain; writer Carey Gillam comes onto the show to talk about her latest book "Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer, and the Corruption of Science"; AFL footballer Bob Murphy chats about his book "Leather Soul: A half-back flanker's rhythm and blues"; the team chats about curating film marathons and finally director Catherine Sco...
Jeff and Sarah speak with Jill Stark about her book "Happy Never After: Why the happiness fairytale is driving us mad"; Matt chats with the team about problematic 90's TV shows; Geraldine talks about being forced to become a comedian in the least expected place; 'Feature Creatures' sees Simon Hinkley exploring botflies; director Debra Granik talks about her film "Leave No Trace" which will be screening locally at MIFF; and Matt is the centre of attention as our Friday Funnybugger. With presenter...
On this week's Breakfasters podcast, Geraldine, Jeff and Sarah speak with Sami, Madeline and Jacki Van Beek who are the writers, directors and actors of the hit new film "The Breaker Upperers"; Wednesdare is back; the team chat with comedians "Rhett & Link"; the team share thoughts about reinventing themselves; Dr. Tristan Rich comes onto the show to chat about pets and desexing and reproduction on this week's Feature Creatures; and finally the team chat about Helpy Helperson at Melbourne Un...
On this week's Breakfasters podcast, Geraldine, Jeff and Sarah speak to Dr. Peter Thorne about CSIRAC, Australia's first computer; Melbourne Writers Festival 2018 Artistic Director Marieke Hardy stops by to discuss this years program; comedian Laura Dunemann gets the team to read her new script about Trump meeting the Queen; and the tea, share their thoughts on being smug at the gym, online shopping, Muppets VHS's and Geraldine has someone opening her old mail.
This week, the Breakfasters team chat with writer and perfomer Amer Hlehel, who has a show called "TAHA" at the Arts Centre; the team chat about terot cards and spirts; Geraldine speaks about her holiday break and how she pretended to be an Australian wildlife expert in LA; Ricky-Lee Erickson chats about gaint spider crabs on this week's Feature Creatures; and Steve Ellen and Catherine Deveney come onto the show to chat about their upcoming book "MENTAL".
This week, the Breakfasters team chat with card magician Woody Aragon, who has a show at Melbourne Magic Festival called "A Bald Faced Liar"; the team chat about what they got up to over their holiday break; Simon Hinkley comes back onto the show to talk about exploding ants from South-East Asia; Matt Stewart features on Friday Funnybugger; and the team chat about their weekend celebrations.
This week, Breakfasters welcome back comedian Anne Edmonds, former Triple R presenter, to chat about "Helen Bidou: Enter The Spinnaker Lounge"; the team chats about whale watching and how to become a whale watching captain; Richard Dennis comes onto the show to chat about his Quarterly Essay "Dead Right: How Neoliberalism Ate Itself"; and the team welcomes back Greg Sestero, who came onto the show last year, to speak about his upcoming film "F(r)ends".
This week, Breakfasters welcome back filmmaker Leigh Whannell, former Breakfaster film reviewer, to chat about his latest film, Upgrade ; Geraldine describes her experience with meeting a shark; Jeff shares his footy poem; Laura Dunemann is our "Friday Funnybugger"; and Aaron Foley - The Chief Storyteller of The City of Detroit - comes onto the show is discuss how the creative industries can help influence social change.
This week the Breakfasters team caught up with Molly Carlie who is a greif, death and palliative care expert; Bird hydbirds are up for discussion with a possible Pidgpie discovery; Corin Nemec, actor in tv show Supernatural, talks to the team about his apperance at Oz Comic Con this weekend; American biologist Dr. Jake Owens is the star of IMAX film Pandas 3D, he comes onto the show to talk to the team about giant panda conservation!
Dr Michelle Lim from Swinburne University discusses loneliness as a public health issue; playwright Patricia Cornelius talks about her new adaption of the The House of Bernarda Alba ; food writer Larissa Dubecki chats about new food trends including katsu sandwiches; Jeff talks about a particularly bad experience with a parcel delivery in "Trauma Tuesday"; and Geraldine chats about going mushroom hunting and joining a gym. With Sarah Smith, Jeff Sparrow, and Geraldine Hickey.
Climate journalist Jeff Goodell chats about his book The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities and the Remaking of the Civilized World; Writer and performer Rowan Thambar talks about his show 23 at the Butterfly Club; Geraldine talks about a surprise date and her new invention - the adult swaddle. Also, the team chat about a Spanish Galleon with billions of dollars of gold at the bottom of the ocean, public perception of women doctors, and Victorian Labor's debate about changing the date ...
Beer expert Melissa Cole has a chat about Good Beer Week; in "Weird Science" Dr. Jen talks about misophonia - getting annoyed or outraged at common repetitive sounds; Nasser Mashni from the Australian Palestinian Advocacy Network discusses the 70th anniversary of the Nakba and the recent killings at the Gaza border. Geraldine chats about being worried about someone knocking on her window in the night. With Sarah Smith, Jeff Sparrow, and Geraldine Hickey.
Film critic Simone Ubaldi chats about new film Breath ; entomologist Simon Hinkley discusses the dreaded bed bug; Geraldine talks about her travels in NSW and seeing the bizarrely racist Ayers Rock Roadhouse, and her "very lesbian day"; plus the team talk about the embarrasment of being publicly criticized as an adult.
Actor and director Simon Baker talks about his new film Breath ; food critic Larissa Dubecki chats about what foods people are willing to eat; conservationist and campaigner Christian Slattery talked about the current state of the Great Barrier Reef and the Stop Adani campaign; Geraldine talks about problems getting in and out of wetsuits, and the team talk about going to the gym and getting lost in the bush. With Sarah Smith, Jeff Sparrow, and Geraldine Hickey.
Lawyer and Middle East researcher Marika Sosnowski chats about the current situation in Syria; Vanessa Toholka talks about the history of emojis in "Tech Talk"; "Friday Funnybugger" Laura Dunemann chats about famous babies; Geraldine talks about a whirlwind day trip to Sydney, and the experience of losing a bank card. With Sarah Smith, Jeff Sparrow, and Geraldine Hickey.
Comedian David O'Doherty talks about his MICF show You Have To Laugh ; singer and comedian Lady Rizo chats about Red, White and Indigo , her cabaret show about "bad boyfriend" America; human rights lawyer Julian Burnside talks about HRAFF film Border Politics ; the team talks about going to sleepovers as both kids and adults, and a chat about merchandising turns into a discussion about a new cosmetic line from Jeff - "Sparrow's Mud". With Sarah Smith, Jeff Sparrow, and Geraldine Hickey....
Comedian Scout Boxall talks about the RAW Comedy Grand Final and the road to becoming a comedian; Gurrumul's musical collaborator Michael Hohnen chats about the new Gurrumul documentary; food critic Larissa Dubecki talks about vegemite being used in high-end dining; Geraldine talks about going to a choir recital made up of songs by people named George, and in "Wednesdare" Jeff tries to do the rosary. With Sarah Smith, Jeff Sparrow, and Geraldine Hickey.
Organiser Matt Nurse chats about the March for Science; performer Maddie Rice speaks about the show playing at the Malthouse, Fleabag ; curator Sarah Tutton talks about Wonderland an exhibition about Alice in Wonderland at ACMI; the team talk about the Commonwealth Games, trivial pursuit, and Sarah lies about being offered a job to Jeff in "Wednesdare". With Sarah Smith, Jeff Sparrow, and Geraldine Hickey.
