Stick from the 2026 Afro Caribbean Carnival in Fed Square joins Ella and Matilda to share what audiences can expect from the 'biggest dance party in the city'. From traditional food trucks, to exclusive sound systems playing traditional music, it's not one to be missed. 

Presenters: Ella Le Fournour, Matilda Prelec

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Readings Carlton's Joe Rubbo joins Ella and Matilda to share how, a decade after winning best International Bookstore in 2016, Readings continues to be the cornerstone for the literary community in Melbourne, supporting new authors and how the community can get involved with it's weekly events. 

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Get Cereal host's Ella and Matilda ring in the weekend with an exlusive chat with a representative of this weekends Afro Carribean Carnival in Fed Square, before taking a trip down memory lane to reflect on their favourite social media trends and book series. Lastly, they chat to Readings Carlton's managing director, Joe Rubbo on the organsations incredible acheivement in 2016, and how it continues to be the cornerstone for the literary community in Melbourne, a decade on from winning best International Book Store. 

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Senior Curator of Astronomy at the Melbourne Planetarium, Dr Tanya Hill, joins Ella, Connor and Ruta to commemorate Pluto's discovery in 1930, sharing exactly why Pluto was demoted to a dwarf planet, the criteria for celestial bodies to become planets, and shares interesting facts about our solar system! 

Presenters: Ella Le Fournour, Ruta Alai, Connor Deneys

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Ruta and Ella welcome new presenter Connor into the Cereal Box with the traditional brekky themed initiation, before deep diving into alien theories, Melbournian Microaggressions, before celebrating Pluto's belated birthday with an interview with Dr Tanya Hill from the Melbourne Planiterium where we learn what is the criteria for a planet is, and where Pluto now fits!

Presenters: Ella Le Fournour, Ruta Alai, Connor Deneys

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Fresh off his release of his song, Sweet Talk, Australian singer-songwriter, Sebastian Haysman joins the Cereal Box to share the story behind the song, upcoming gigs he is performing at, and future projects in the works. Plus, he performs a live acoustic version of the single in the studio! 

Presenters: Sam Kelly, Ruta Alai and Matilda Prelec

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Councillor Mark Scott joins Sam, Matilda and Ruta for an exclusive preview of the annual Moomba Festival (5-9th of March). Mark shares hidden gems for this year's Festival, the profound history of the celebrations and helps the Cereal Box set up a potential participation in next year's iconic Birdman Rally. 

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Sam, Ruta and Matilda are back with their midweek confessions. From concert etiquette, to faking being sick and blasting a song on repeat. Councillor Mark Scott joined the show to discuss the iconic Moomba Festival in Melbourne. Flowing from iconic aussie events, the team chatted about what classic Aussie kids shows they want to have a reboot. Australian artist Sebastian Haysman performed his latest single 'Sweet Talk' and shared the story behind the works of the song.  The team disscussed the question of the week: Does Gen Z apologise too much?

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Maddy and Ella hear from Arjun from Social Threads, a Melbourne based organisation tackling loneliness in young people and the meaningful ways we can make connection. Arjun shares some startling facts about Gen Z's, then gives us his three top tips that we can use to pull ourselves out of a rut, and to socialise with our community. 

Presenters: Ella Le Fournour, Maddy Halford

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In the Cereal Box this morning, hosts Maddy and Ella get to know each other with a few friendly tit for tats, comparing different food pronuncications, dating preferences and how apologetic they both are. After discussing best solo date activites in Melbourne, they hear from Arjun from Social Threads on the ways young people can stay connected with their community, and the difference between being alone and being lonely. 

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