Writer Anna Barnes and director Daley Pearson on their viral smart-phone series Content, comedian Suren Jayemanne on his new comedy podcast special and food youtubers, and Caroline Calloway.

Adelaide director Sophie Hyde talks about her Irish/Australian co-production Animals, a film about turning points and the intensity of female friendships starring Alia Shawkat and Holliday Grainger. Lauren Carroll Harris looks at Shrill, a new comedy featuring SNL and Girls' star Aidy Bryant, and actor Ewen Leslie explains why Scorsese's Goodfellas is one of his favourite films.

Plus artist Leon Pericles speaks about his wife Moira's experience of Alzheimer's in a new documentary film, light and sound installation artist Haroon Mirza on his electric new work at ACCA and weaver Elisa Carmichael is our studio artist.

We meet two groups of theatre makers taking their work beyond the proscenium at this year's Melbourne Fringe, Opera Australia utilise the industrial grandeur of its scenery workshop for Aribert Reimann's Ghost Sonata, acclaimed Australian soprano Helena Dix demonstrates how an opera singer's vocal decisions are key to their character portrayal ahead of her Melbourne Opera season of Bellini's Norma, and Temperance Hall artistic director and BalletLab founder Phillip Adams discusses his program of new dance works at this year's Melbourne Fringe.

Plus, The Testaments' broken embargo, and Kate Forsyth's Blue Rose.

Beverley and Benjamin are joined by writers Oliver Phommavanh and Jenna Guillaume at the Brisbane Writers Festival.

Hollywood star James McAvoy talks about his role in IT: Chapter 2 and reveals what it was like meeting and working with Stephen King. Jason Di Rosso reviews The Farewell, Lulu Wang's beautiful film about family, grief and migration, and Lulu Wang tells us about some screen works that have inspired her. Lauren Carroll Harris, Jason Di Rosso and guest critic Eric Hynes talk American Factory, the first film acquired by Barack and Michelle Obama's film company.

Plus, the legendary artist Christo reflects on his first Kaldor Public Art Project, data journalist Mona Chalabi translates spreadsheets into powerful artworks, and jeweller Susan Cohn on making jewellery with a political message.

The award-winning autobiographical musical Caroline, or Change by Tony Kushner (Angels in America) has its Australian premiere at the Hayes Theatre, director Adena Jacobs and performer Jane Montgomery Griffiths discuss tackling Shakespeare's grisly Titus Andronicus, the viability of digital publisher Australian Plays is under threat after losing Australia Council organisational funding, and MALAPROP Theatre from Ireland bring their hit comedy about human-robot relationships, LOVE+, to Australia.

Plus: Claire G Coleman explores the Stolen Generations through intergalactic warfare, and Joanne Ramos fictionalises surrogacy in her native Philippines.