In this bonus podcast, two comedians help you fake it with a couple of classics you might not have read (but think you should know about): Frankenstein and Charlotte's Web.

We get a 101 on the revolutionary year of 1968 with Professor Simon Tormey and activist Sally Rugg, comedian Dilruk Jayasinha explains why he was obsessed with Friends growing up in Sri Lanka, Kellie Riordan from ABC Audio Studios on all-star podcast Sandra, and why were some people upset about this year's Met Gala?

A discussion on where the screen industry will win and lose in this year's budget. Talking TV with Foxtel's remake of Picnic at Hanging Rock. David Stratton reflects on Pierre Rissient and the politics of Cannes, and how May 68 shaped film.

We find out what the 2018 federal budget holds for the arts, take the pulse on this year's Archibald prize with Brett Cuthbertson, head packer at the Art Gallery of NSW, critic Joanna Mendelssohn and artist Abdul Abdullah, meet woodworkers Helen and Shane Walsh, and speak to filmmaker Phil Grabsky about his new documentary on British artist David Hockney.

The #metoo movement continues to resonate through the world of literature, with developments at the Sydney Writers' Festival and the Nobel Prize for Literature. Also, young adult author Jesse Andrews on his novel Munmun, Jenny Zhang's collection of short stories Sour Heart, and the film adaptation of Tim Winton's Breath.

Black Swan State Theatre Company brings Ray Lawler's Summer of the Seventeenth Doll back to the stage, our regular theatre commentator Kate Mulvany reflects on the past, present and future of Australian playwriting, Jada Alberts directs a new production of her play Brothers Wreck, and Jodee Mundy discusses adapting her memories of growing up in a Deaf family into the stage production Personal.

Black Swan State Theatre Company brings Ray Lawler's Summer of the Seventeenth Doll back to the stage, our regular theatre commentator Kate Mulvany reflects on the past, present and future of Australian playwriting, Jada Alberts directs a new production of her play Brothers Wreck, and Jodee Mundy discusses adapting her memories of growing up in a Deaf family into the stage production Personal.

Playwright Jean Tong weaves together narrative threads with links to Malaysia in Hungry Ghosts; Jenna Wortham and Wesley Morris from podcast Still Processing explain why pop culture's important; and hip hop artist L-FRESH The LION on his approach to judging Eurovision.

Playwright Jean Tong weaves together narrative threads with links to Malaysia in Hungry Ghosts; Jenna Wortham and Wesley Morris from podcast Still Processing explain why pop culture's important; and hip hop artist L-FRESH The LION on his approach to judging Eurovision.

Director Ray Argall is in to discuss his new film about one of the most important bands to come out of Australia, Midnight Oil. A discussion on the real-time American documentary-series The Circus, and Simon Baker's directorial debut.