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The Weekend Read Schwartz Media
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Listen to Australia's best writers and thinkers read out longform essays from The Monthly magazine, the country's leading publication on politics, current affairs and culture.
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Elizabeth Farrelly on the city of the future
Today, columnist Elizabeth Farrelly will read her piece about our modern cities and how they relate to the history of how humanity has imagined the perfect city.
Farrelly is one of Australia’s foremost writers on urban development and the communities of our cities – having earned devoted readers at the Sydney Morning Herald and now at Schwartz Media, inThe Saturday Paper.
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Sophie Cunningham on remembering Georgia Blain
Today, author and editor Sophie Cunningham reads her piece from a recent edition of The Saturday Paper.
Australian author Georgia Blain chronicled her battle with cancer in a monthly column for The Saturday Paper, sadly passing away in 2016.
Blain is remembered in this piece by her friend of over two decades, Sophie Cunningham – championing her legacy as a writer of rare talent, with a clear-eyed gaze, and a capacity to talk about sadness without self-pity.
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Guest: Author and editor, Sophie Cunningham -
Sophie Cunningham on remembering Georgia Blain
Today, author and editor Sophie Cunningham reads her piece from a recent edition of The Saturday Paper.
Australian author Georgia Blain chronicled her battle with cancer in a monthly column for The Saturday Paper, sadly passing away in 2016.
Blain is remembered in this piece by her friend of over two decades, Sophie Cunningham – championing her legacy as a writer of rare talent, with a clear-eyed gaze, and a capacity to talk about sadness without self-pity.
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Elmo Keep on the insane spectacle of U2 at the Las Vegas sphere
On the Las Vegas strip, in a sea of casinos, sits an enormous dome that lights up the sky.
It’s called The Sphere and it’s a performance venue where punters are dazzled by 54 thousand metres of LED screens capable of showing 256 million colours, in a display so overwhelming that some concertgoers faint.
Writer Elmo Keep travelled to Vegas to see her favourite band U2 play at The Sphere in their inaugurating residency. There she found in equal parts, a religious experience and a hyper capitalist nightmare.
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Ange Lavoipierre on how much sex is too much for one person
Today on the show, journalist Ange Lavoipierre will be reading her piece from a recent edition of The Monthly.
In the suburb of Newtown, in Sydney, two support groups almost diametrically opposed are asking essentially the same question: how much sex is too much for one person?
In one group, the Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous meeting welcomes those who are ashamed about the size of their sexual and romantic appetites. For the other, an ethical non-monogamy night allows space and discussion for those who can’t get enough.
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Jane Gleeson on why we need decay to save the planet
Today on the show, writer Jane Gleeson-White, with her piece from a recent edition of The Monthly.
In inner-city Sydney, the heart of the urban jungle, Jane meets environmental lawyer turned activist, Michael Mobbs.
His ambition is to transform the concrete warren of terraces and narrow streets of Chippendale into a sustainable oasis.
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Guest: Author, Jane Gleeson-White
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White Hands on Aboriginal Art?
Interesting take by Quentin Sprague on this complex topic. To hear Aboriginal artists discuss cross-cultural relationships with whites in the art industry, listen to award-winning Heart of Artness podcast, which combines deep academic research with storytelling on this theme. Co-hosted by Margo Neale, Hd Indigenous Knowledges at National Museum of Australia (and me - disclosure), project led by art historian Ian McLean (colleague of Quentin).