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The Drawing Room ABC listen
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4.3 • 14 Ratings
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Retire to the eclectic environs of the RN Drive Drawing Room, for music, musings and unexpected conversations. The Drawing Room is equal parts performance space, salon, and kitchen table confessional.
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Eurovision at 68: Power ballads, politics and pyrotechnics
It's been 68 years of boycotts and controversies, highs and lows. We speak to the world's foremost Eurovision academic and dig into the socio-political history of the famed song contest.
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What if police and acute mental health care worked together?
How do other countries respond to mental health callouts? One US state is leading the way - now with police but with mental health first responders.
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Anaplastology: Helping people feel whole again
Sometimes in life you pick up a skill in one place and years later it remerges in a totally different field. Take Anaplastologist Sophie Fleming; she spent her early career working on Hollywood special effects making prosthetics from silicone on the set of blockbusters like Wolverine and Star Wars. Now she’s one of the foremost experts in reconstructing people's faces after they lose a nose or an ear to cancer.
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Aliens on Earth: Secrets of the Octopus
Humans have always been fascinated by Octopus. They're littered through cultural history and yet we still don't fully understand them and their intelligence. A new docu-series aims to understand a little bit more.
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Trumpeter Jeremy Pelt on his favourite questions to ask other musicians
Trumpeter Jeremy Pelt has interviewed today's crop of top black jazz musicians, repeating an experiment by drummer Art Taylor in the 70s.
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So you want to write True Crime? A lesson with Mark Dapin
If you’ve ever fancied yourself as a crime writer, exploring crime scenes, jailhouses and courthouses, crime writer Mark Dapin can teach you a thing or two.
Customer Reviews
Thoughtfully produced, diverse content
I love The Drawing Room! Great content, varied guests and thoughtful questions. 5 star production!
fascinating stories
love this segment on RN Drive. Such an eclectic mix of guests, you never know what you're going to get. A great relaxing and entertaining listen!
Voice fry
I am a long time listener to radio National and for the most, I I enjoy the topics and presenters. Unfortunately Patricia Karvelas has fallen prey to the scourge, that many female journalists have succumb to, known as ‘voice fry’.
It’s a growing problem on all platforms. Don’t producer’s ever give feedback?????