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Updated 02/06/2025
Society & Culture

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05/08/2024

The semi-autobigraphical novel of Kaveh Akbar, Martyr!

In this episode, Mel speaks to Kaveh Akbar, an Iranian-American poet and scholar, on his new book, Martyr! The book is a semi-autobigraphical tale, in which the main character Cyrus Shams shares some parallels to Kaveh's own life. It is the story of a newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, who is guided by martyrs - in the forms of artists, poets, and kings. Cyrus goes on a remarkable search for a family secret that leads him to a terminally ill painter living out her final days in the Brooklyn Museum. Mel and Kaveh discuss being a martyr, writing a character who acts as a reality check in your own life and what it's like to replace subtance addiction with writing addiction. Kaveh Akbar has published and recieved awards for his books of poetry, and he is a college writing professor at the University of Iowa. Literati Glitterati Book Club Launch! - details here: https://www.rrr.org.au/events/literati-glitterati-book-club-launch
05/18/2023

An adaptation of the world's oldest song, Tarrawarra Biennial and Dry My Tears

Artist Genevieve Lacy on her twilight gathering of soundwork, 'Consort of the Moon', inspired by the oldest known notated song; Cabaret icon Paul Capsis takes audiences on an intimate journey of acoustic song in his show 'Dry My Tears' at Fortyfivedownstairs; curator Dr Léuli Eshrāghi on Tarrawarra Biennial's exploration of connection across First Nations communities
02/02/2021

Emma Shortis with US politics; Charles Massy on ‘Call of the Reed Warbler’ – a new regenerative agriculture; Remembering Joy Hester – a pioneering Australian modernist artist

Amy returns for her first show of 2021! Dr Emma Shortis, Research Fellow at the EU Centre of Excellence, RMIT, delivers the US Politics Wrap talking about the Capital coup and media reporting of it, Joe Biden’s first days and actions as US President, the impending impeachment trial, and more. Author and regenerative farmer Charles Massy joins Amy to discuss the re-release of his acclaimed book, Call Of The Reed Warbler: A New Agriculture, A New Earth. We talk about the extensive environmental, health, and economic benefits of regenerative agriculture (the alternative to industrial agriculture), as well as the connection between soil health and human health. Charles shares why the transition to regenerative farming practices is urgent now more than ever. The Heide Museum of Modern Art's senior curator Kendrah Morgan stops by to discuss their major retrospective exhibition, Joy Hester: Remember Me, which marks the centenary of Hester's birth by exploring the range and depth of Hester's expressionistic and modernist works.
11/10/2022

Snuff Puppets, Barbara Hepworth and The Waste Land

Andy Freer, the CEO and artistic director of the 30-year-old Melbourne puppet company Snuff Puppets talks about the world premiere of ‘SWAMP’; Heide Museum of Modern Art’s artistic director, Lesley Harding, on Heide’s latest exhibition ‘Barbara Hepworth: In Equilibrium’; Director Kirsten von Bibra joins Identity Theatre founder and performer Ray Swann to discuss their adaptation of TS Eliot’s ‘The Waste Land’. With presenter Richard Watts.
02/07/2023

Australia’s New Arts And Cultural Policy With Jo Caust And Ben Eltham; Political Lives – Prime Ministers And Their Biographers; Acclaimed Modernist Sculptor Barbara Hepworth At The Heide

Amy speaks with Dr Ben Eltham from Monash Uni and Associate Professor Jo Caust from Melbourne Uni as they delve into the details of Australia's new arts and cultural policy, REVIVE. They talk about how these policy changes will reposition the arts in Australia and affect artists, musicians, writers, actors, and more. They analyse what sectors have benefited from the policy and what areas have been neglected. Professor Chris Wallace returns to speak in-depth about her new book, Political Lives: Australian Prime Ministers and Their Biographers. Chris tells Australian political history anew through her account of prime ministers, their biographies and their biographers – examining their motivations and relationships. Kendrah Morgan, Head Curator at the Heide Museum of Modern Art sits down to speak about the first survey exhibition of modernist sculptor Barbara Hepworth's (1903–1975) work in Australia. Inspired by the landscape and human form, Hepworth was one of the leading British artists of her generation and the first woman sculptor to achieve international recognition. BARBARA HEPWORTH – IN EQUILIBRIUM is showing at the Heide until March 13.
09/01/2020

Into the Underland with Robert Macfarlane

British writer Robert Macfarlane joins Amy for a special long-form conversation about the connections between landscape, language, people, and place. They delve into Robert’s latest book, Underland: A Deep Time Journey, and also draw on ideas from his past works including, Mountains of the Mind, The Old Ways, and Landmarks. Robert is a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge University.
07/11/2021

Alex, The French Food Guy

Alex the French Food Guy" talks to Cam about the success of his online channel, the approach he takes to cooking, and why he's so passionate about food; and John from the Vic Market provides a produce update. With presenters Cam Smith and Matt Steadman. Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/podcasts/eat-it Cam Smith on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/camsmith_eat_it/ Twitter: @EatItRRR Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EatItRRR/
12/19/2024

Smart Arts 20th Anniversary Special

SmartArts takes over the Triple R Performance Space for a very special broadcast to celebrate the show's 20th anniversary! Richard Watts OAM first brought Triple R's flagship morning arts program to life in December 2004, hosting hundreds of conversations every year with local artists, established talent and international touring legends from across the visual and performing arts spectrum. Listen back to this celebration of twenty years on the airwaves, broadcast live from the Triple R Performance Space, featuring an assortment of talent including: A live stand-up set and interview with comedian Tom Ballard. Berlin's "prince and pricess of art rock and Europop" Otto & Astrid who perform their track Tasty Snak. Bernard Caleo chooses his favourite comics of the year. An interview with photographer and visual artist Pia Johnson. Actor and theatremaker Candy Bowers performs YO MAMA SO PHAT from her show 'Australian Booty' (with music by Busty Beatz). Theatre icons Susie Dee and Patricia Cornelius read from Patricia's play SHIT, and chat theatre with reviewer Anne-Marie Peard. An interview with MTC's Artistic Director Anne-Louise Sarks. Comedian and musician Geraldine Quinn performs The Peel from 'The Last Gig in Melbourne'. Tai Snaith chooses her favourite exhibition of the year, and the past 20 years! And a chat with MQFF Program Director Cerise Howard. To listen back to the whole broadcast, including live music from Peggy Frew and Guy Blackman and the GBs, head to the Triple R website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/smartarts/episodes/31949-smartarts-20th-anniversary-special
Apr 21

For ANZAC Day, Hear The Untold, Uncensored Story Of WWII Nurse Vivian Bullwinkel & The Bangka Island Massacre (Extended Interview)

For ANZAC Day, historical detective, author, and distinguished military historian Lynette R. Silver AM MBE delves into the evidence she has uncovered to piece together the untold, uncensored story of Australian nurse Lieutenant Colonel Vivian Bullwinkel. Sister Bullwinkel was the sole survivor of a massacre of 21 Australian nursing sisters at the hands of Japanese soldiers on Radji Beach on Bangka Island, east of Sumatra in the Indonesian archipelago on 16 February 1942. Lynette's latest book where she details the alleged war atrocities against 22 Australian nurses in World War Two is called, Sister Bullwinkel: The Untold Uncensored Story. It is also a fullsome biography of Bullwinkel's remarkable life and achievements. Hear Sister Vivian Bullwinkel recount the official story of what happened in the Bangka Island massacre in her interview for the National Library of Australia's oral history archives. Lynette Silver writes that Sister Bullwinkel put on a brave face to the world, recounting this "official" but sanitised version of events ever since she was released from a Japanese POW camp in Sumatra at the end of World War II. Vivian revealed the horrific truth of what happened on Radji Beach on Bangka Island to army investigators and was prepared to tell the Tokyo War Crimes Trial but, according to Lynette's research, "they censored her testimony and chose to obliterate it from the record. Despite her best efforts, Vivian was gagged from the outset by her own government and by the Australian army, who ordered her to keep quiet – an order that, as a serving member of the military, she was bound to keep. Vivian was desperate to speak out. She knew that the truth would set her free from the years of torment. Thwarted by higher authorities, by a succession of men who thought that they knew better, she was prevented from doing so." Through extensive research, Lynette Ramsay Silver has uncovered what she believes really happened on Bangka Island. Here's an example of eyewitness testimony published in 1946 (Trove). This is the extended interview, To hear the shorter interview that went to air, listen back here.
03/05/2024

Adrian Martin On Jean-Luc Godard's Cinematic Masterpiece, LE MÉPRIS (Contempt, 1963)

Renowned Australian-born film critic Adrian Martin joins Amy to discuss the brilliance of Jean-Luc Godard’s cinematic masterpiece, LE MÉPRIS (Contempt, 1963), starring Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, Jack Palance, Giorgia Moll, and Fritz Lang. Filmed in Capri, Italy, LE MÉPRIS depicts the breakdown of a marriage, but it is also about much more than that as you'll hear. It has been newly restored in 4k and is having its Australian premiere at Europa Europa Film Festival in Melbourne on the 6th and 11th March 2024 (Hawthorn and Elsternwick). The screenings are co-presented by Melbourne Cinémathèque. This is the extended full version of the interview. In the original interview that aired, we heard some of the iconic music by Georges Delerue who composed the epic and sweeping soundtrack to LE MÉPRIS, including Générique and Camille. To view Godard's films from home, they can be found at your local library, university library, Picture Search Video & Vinyl in Richmond, on Kanopy (often via your library's subscription, here is LE MÉPRIS), and Apple Movies and Google Movies. Godard's films are distributed in Australia by Madman Entertainment and Umbrella Entertainment.

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