Cataclysm: The Catalyst Podcast

#32 Mate 

 

This episode's hosts Tim Miller and Megan Whitfield discuss what a long distance friendship means, how cricket is more than just a sport and look at the RMIT Mate program.

 

They talk to guests Simi West and William Ton about mates and how tense times grow around graduation.

 

Host and Executive Producer: Jasmine Mee Lee

Hosts: Tim Miller and Megan Whitfield

Guests: William Ton and Simi West

Music: Something, Rather Than Nothing - Dayzed https://dayzed.bandcamp.com/album/ours-for-now

This month, EP Jas talks to guest panel Lissa Divissi, Alex Linton and William Ton about positive topics ranging from politics to inspiration pawn.

She also chats the front cover team Holly Karas, Julia Sansone and Adela Shen about the collaboration process in creating a great front cover image.

Check out Stella Young's Ted Talk, the Smart Casual Podcast or the This Gay and Age Playlist.

Host and Executive Producer: Jasmine Mee Lee

Guest Panel: Lissa Divissi, Alex Linton and William Ton

Contributors: Frankie Reid and Kasia

Front Cover Team:

Stylist:                Holly Karas @hllykrs                        www.hollykaras.com

Photographer:     Julia Sansone @thesansberryblog        www.thesansberryblog.com

Designer:            Adela Shen @aderpla  @shop.bitsy    www.shopbitsy.com.au

Music: Ping Pong Club - Venetian Blinds

https://soundcloud.com/pingpongclubtheband

#30 Self

This month hosts Ben Madden and Meg Whitfield talk about the concept and importance of self.

They chat to front cover artist Ying Wang, who created the front cover art for Issue 2 of Catalyst Magazine.

This episode explores self identity through cultural background, food, confidence and star signs.

 

Presenters: Ben Madden and Meg Whitefield

Contributors: Tessa Randello, Meg Sydes and Maeve Kerr-Crowley

Ying Wang - Front Cover artwork https://bit.ly/2H26PLa

Balance illustration https://bit.ly/2IRnk2q

Executive Producer: Jasmine Mee Lee

Assistant Producer: Francesca Reid

Music: Approachable Members of Your Local Community - Millennium Queen

https://soundcloud.com/approachablemembers

#29 Cycle

This month hosts Lucie Davies and Meg Sydes chat about the concept of cycle and how cycle can range from a bicycle to vinyl trends.

This episode explores how your bike can be more than a mode of transport, how ghosting is a big part of dating and how vinyl records are back on trend.

Presenters: Lucie Davies and Meg Sydes

Contributors: Meg Whitfield, Kasia and Stephen Smit

Executive Producer: Jasmine Mee Lee

Music: Approachable Members of Your Local Community - Millennium Queen

https://soundcloud.com/approachablemembers

#28 Break

 

This month hosts Frankie Reid and William Ton chat about the concept of break and how the meaning of the word can differ from person to person.

They interview artist Portia Sarris, who created the cover art for Catalyst Issue Five, Volume 73. They also talk to photographer Adam Hogan about his work featured on the back cover. Frankie and William also chat to the band Dayzed.

This is our last episode for the year.

Thank you for listening and we will be back in 2018 with more stories from RMIT students.

 

Presenters: Frankie Reid and William Ton

Contributors: Meg Sydes

Guests: Portia Sarris - @portiasnewplace, Adam Hogan - @melbourne.sympathy

Executive Producer: Jasmine Mee Lee

Music: Dayzed - How Far From Home

https://soundcloud.com/hayzeydayzey

#27 Changes 

 

This month hosts Claire Ciantar and Meg Sydes chat about how changes affect our lives and how the meaning of the word can differ from person to person.

They interview artist Isa Frezza, who created the cover art for Catalyst Issue Four. They also talk to George Coltman who is the magazine’s Creative Director and discuss the new version of Catalyst Magazine.

This episode explores how changes can mean a change in name, the evolving world of fashion and how stress can drastically change your life.

 

Presenters: Claire Ciantar & Meg Sydes

Contributors: Alex Linton, Frankie Reid & Tessa Randello

Executive Producer: Jasmine Mee Lee

Music: Dayzed - The Awakening

https://soundcloud.com/hayzeydayzey

#26 SUSTAINABILITY

 

This month with hosts Jas Mee Lee and Rainer Curcio talk about how the concept of sustainability affects our lives and the battle of trying to maintain a sustainable life as a student.  

They interview artist Elisa McTaggart who created cover art Catalyst Issue Four. This episode also explores what sustainability means in different fields, whether it be art, AFL or fashion.

 

Presenters: Jasmine Mee Lee & Rainer Curcio

Contributors: Laura Thiele, Frankie Reid, Tessa Randello, Campbell Mowat, Meg Sydes & Alex Linton

Executive Producer: Jasmine Mee Lee

Assistant Producer: Rainer Curcio

 

Music by Approachable Members of Your Local Community:

https://soundcloud.com/user-916591106/this-old-man

#25 SUBURBAN

This month, hosts Lily Lazzarotti and Nick Carr talk hometowns, picket fences and family dynamics for our third episode of 2017: SUBURBAN.

Feel all the nostalgic hometown feels in Letters to My Suburb by Nat Pitcher, explore an often overlooked facet of family life in Georgia Imfeld's feature, Jerry: My Father's Father, and find out where HBO's adaptation of Liane Moriarty's novel, Big Little Lies ranks on the specially-devised Cataclysm Rating Scale™.  

Presenters: Lily Lazzarotti and Nick Carr

Contributors: Alisi Falevai, Ben Madden, Georgia Imfeld & Maggie Coggan-Gartlan

Executive Producer: Nat Pitcher

Theme music thanks to Poddintgon Bear: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/podington_bear/. 

And a big thank you to the folks at Tasty Morsels for the backing music used in Letters to My Suburb: http://tastymorsels.org/.

#24 AFTER 

This month hosts Julia Sansone and Laura Thiele explore the many facets of 'after'. In Patrick Hills' feature, The Grave Truth, learn about the people who care for the bodies of the homeless after they pass, and dive into the aftermath of the imagined finacial ruin of the US with Nick Carr and Lily Lazzaroti in their review of Lionel Shriver's The Mandibles for the first Book Club of 2017. Investigate the mysterious placebo effect with Hamish Vallance, and get the lowdown on the month in politics in the lastest instalment of Politics on the Couch with Claudia Long and Tash Grivas. 

Presenters: Julia Sansone & Laura Thiele

Contributors: Patrick Hills, Nick Carr, Lily Lazzaroti, Hamish Vallance, Claudia Long & Tash Grivas

Executive Producer: Nat Pitcher

Hamish Vallance also has a show with our friends over at SYN - check out The First Bite (a food show about the burgers), weekly on Sundays from 4-5pm or listen here: https://omny.fm/shows/the-first-bite 

Theme music thanks to Poddintgon Bear: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/podington_bear/ 

Book Club music with thanks to R McCarthy & Tasty Morsels: https://soundcloud.com/tasty-morsels/r-mccarthy-big-game?in=tasty-morsels/sets/r-mccarthy-dick-arkive-issue-1

#23 SURREAL

Cataclysm's new producer Nat Pitcher is joined by co-host Nick Carr to kick off the first epsiode for 2017: SURREAL. 

Hear a new perspective on the 'other side' in Claudia Long's peice, Mortuary, transcend the known-unknowns and the unknown-unknowns of the universe in Jack Connor's Searching for the Unknown, and catch up on all the happenings in Aussie politics during Politics on the Couch with Claudia Long and Tash Grivas.  

Presenters: Nick Carr & Nat Pitcher

Contributors: Claudia Long, Jack Connor & Tash Grivas

Executive Producer: Nat Pitcher

Music by Podington Bear:

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/podington_bear/

 

Jack Connor SoundCloud: 

https://soundcloud.com/jack-connor-3