248 episodes
The Drawing Room ABC listen
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5.0 • 3 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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Did Ayn Rand ruin Lexi Freiman’s attempt at enlightenment at an ego-killing sect on Lesbos?
Our culture’s hyper-sensitivity, cancel culture and the fine line between altruism and narcissism are ripe for satire in Lexi Freeman’s new book The Book of Ayn
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Jennifer Croft: The art of translation
What does it mean to translate another person's work? Are you translating just the words or the meaning? Jennifer Croft, a prize-winning translator shares her thoughts.
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Claudia de Rham's life in pursuit of gravity
A person or a planet, a black hole or a balloon, a hammer, a feather, a piece of cheese, or a pumpkin seed… everything and everyone experiences gravity in the same way. Theoretical physicist Claudia de Rham is excited about the future of gravity.
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500 years on: Uncovering the life and work of Vicente Lusitano
Find out how a name on a protest sign sparked a whole line of inquiry into classical music's first published Black composer from the 16th century, Vicente Lusitano.
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Freya Hollick and The Counterfeit on the guts and glory of Spaghetti Western music
Spaghetti Westerns films are full of strong tropes but none are as strong as the dramatic music that underpinned them, you'll learn and hear more with Freya Hollick and The Counterfeit.
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'Flathead', a depiction of the man you recognise from the end of the bar
'Flathead’ is a love letter to regional working-class Australia - a work of docufiction that cleverly weaves its redemption narrative, using its septuagenarian lead and the great real characters of Bundaberg, Queensland.