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It's a crowded studio spectacular with regular presenters Ai-Ling Truong, Emiko Watanabe, Lauren Salt and Ben Yaxley, as WELL as some very special guests --- musician Axel Carrington, improv comedian Gabrielle Beasley, MIDI theologian Tim Gates, and karaoke enthusiasts Nadina and Matt Aitken. Welcome to the RADIOTHON 2018 SPECIAL! Thank you to everyone who subscribed and donated during the broadcast. If you would like to subscribe/donate to RTRFM 92.1 and help them continue to air great radio, please go here: http://rtrfm.com.au/subscribe/ 

Broadcast on RTRFM 92.1 on Thursday August 16th - Friday August 17th, 2018. Show page on the station website is here: http://rtrfm.com.au/shows/midnightspecial/ Full uncut episode complete with songs intact is available on our Mixcloud page: https://www.mixcloud.com/MidnightSpecialOnRTRFM/episode-72-radiothon-2018-special/

In this episode of the Midnight Special, presenter Erin Puccinelli unlocks the weird and wonderful world of Sensory Deprivation Tanks, and why they have become so popular in recent times. She will interview those who swear by it and those with outlandish stories from their time in the tank.

Broadcast on RTRFM 92.1 on Thursday August 2nd - Friday August 3rd, 2018. Show page on RTRFM website is here: http://rtrfm.com.au/shows/midnightspecial/  Full episode complete with flotation-themed tunes is available on our Mixcloud page here: https://www.mixcloud.com/MidnightSpecialOnRTRFM/episode-70-the-sensory-deprivation-tank-special-presented-by-erin-puccinelli/

Step in to The DREAM SPECIAL with our presenter Lauren Jane Salt as she opens the door on why we dream, what’s happening when we dream, and whether it's important to understand our dreams. There to help us understand will be Neuroscientist and Dream Interpreter Jane Teresa Anderson along with a few interesting dream accounts and perspectives from the streets of Perth. Try to stay awake for this one !

This episode was broadcast on RTRFM 92.1 on Thursday July 26 - Friday July 27, 2018. Our show page on RTRFM is here: http://rtrfm.com.au/shows/midnightspecial/ The full episode with all of the dream-themed songs that Lauren picked included is available on our Mixcloud page: https://www.mixcloud.com/MidnightSpecialOnRTRFM/episode-69-the-dream-special-presented-by-lauren-salt/

Your host Ben Yaxley welcomes an all-star collection of Midnight Special presenters including Erin Puccinelli and Lauren Salt along with MIDI enthusiast Tim Gates to sit in the studio for a loose, fun, conversational jamboree. This episode features wild sound music from around the world, stories about magic, MIDI magic and science magic! It's a hoot!

If you want more MIDI-night Special, Ben Yaxley's podcast (with frequent co-host Tim Gates) is now all on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/midinightspecial

Broadcast on Thursday 19 July - Friday 20 July, 2018 on RTRFM 92.1. Our show webpage is: http://rtrfm.com.au/shows/midnightspecial/ For the uncut episode with all of the music, visit our Mixcloud page: https://www.mixcloud.com/MidnightSpecialOnRTRFM/episode-68-ben-yaxley-erin-puccinelli-tim-gates-lauren-salt/

Magnolia's Revelation Special 2018

LIVE AT RHUBARB RECORDS VINYL CAFE

On this special episode of the Midnight Special On RTRFM, your host Tristan "T-Fid" Fidler broadcasts the live recording of Magnolia's Revelation Special 2018 - the sixth live talk show under the Magnolia's name for the annual Perth film festival - which was performed and recorded this year at Rhubarb Records - Vinyl Cafe and featured special guests from Revelation Film Festival including:

- film critic Travis Johnson (from FilmInk)

- artist/director Greg Ferris

- director Nicole Wegner (Parallel Planes)

- producer Brooke Tia Silcox (RocKabul)

- director Robert Clem (How They Got Over)

- director Daniel Stine (Virginia Minnesota: The Movie)

Co-hosted by Tristan Fidler and Matt Aitken with help from Amber Fresh (Rabbit Island). Special thanks to Suzie and Lauren from Revelation, Dylan and Karen from Rhubarb Records Vinyl Cafe, and all our excellent guests for participating! Broadcast on RTRFM 92.1 on Thursday July 12th - Friday July 13th, 2018. Full episode with music uncut is available on Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/MidnightSpecialOnRTRFM/episode-67-magnolias-revelation-special-2018-live-at-rhubarb-records-vinyl-cafe/  Show page on RTRFM: http://rtrfm.com.au/shows/midnightspecial/

On this Episode of The Midnight Special, your host Ai-Ling chats to chef Hadleigh Troy who with his wife Caroline owned and ran Western Australia’s best restaurant for a decade - Amuse - a fine dining, degustation, destination restaurant that had its final service last year. Now they have a new more casual eatery with Hampton and Maley. We are going to get into the past, present and future, and find out about how Hadleigh got into cooking, and his experiences and learning as a chef. 

Broadcast on RTRFM 92.1 Thursday July 5th - Friday July 6th, 2018. Show page on station website:  http://rtrfm.com.au/shows/midnightspecial/

Full episode with music uncut is available on Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/MidnightSpecialOnRTRFM/episode-66-ai-ling-truong-hadleigh-troy-amuse-restaurant/

New host Mont Lloyd presents two hours of music and chat with wonderful guests Tom Joyner and Kam Bin Salleh from ICEA Foundation, a non-for-profit, youth-focused organisation. Mont talks to Tom and Kam about the overarching purpose of ICEA - to achieve reconciliation through mutual respect for all Australians - and how it can work on the level of local communities, how it might be faced on social media, what young people bring to the table at ICEA, and how listening is so important to moving forward. A great, positive conversation!

For further information on ICEA Foundation, visit their website: http://www.iceafoundation.com.au/

Broadcast on RTRFM 92.1 on Thursday June 7th - Friday June 8th, 2018. For the full uncut episode complete with all of the songs Mont played, you can listen on our Midnight Special RTRFM Mixcloud account here: https://www.mixcloud.com/MidnightSpecialOnRTRFM/episode-62-mont-lloyd-tom-joyner-and-kam-bin-salleh-icea-foundation/

THE POSTAL SPECIAL

Presented by Lauren Salt

In today's climate we are more and more accustomed to getting what we want - when we want it!

But who are the individuals running around at all hours on foot, on bicycles and driving in trucks delivering to you?

In this Postal Special of the Midnight Special, we're taking a walk through the streets to hear perspectives from the posties and couriers of Perth.

Broadcast on RTRFM 92.1 on May 31st - June 1st, 2018. Midnight Special page on RTRFM: http://rtrfm.com.au/shows/midnightspecial/ 

For the uncut episode with Lauren Salt's excellent playlist of postal themed tunes, listen to our Mixcloud version of the episode here: https://www.mixcloud.com/MidnightSpecialOnRTRFM/episode-61-the-postal-special-presented-by-lauren-salt/

THE SANDWICH SPECIAL!

Special Guests: Duncan Wright (Studio Hovea) and Albert Pritchard (New Nausea)

This episode is decided to THE SANDWICH.

Hosted by Ai-Ling Truong and Tristan Fidler, featuring Special Guests Duncan Wright and Albert Pritchard discussing enthusiastically the art of the sandwich as well as all the suggestions received for classic sandwich recipes. There is also an interview with Moreno from The Re Store Leederville about the Continental Roll, classic Sandwich Tales from previous guests, childhood Tuck Shop Tales and songs about sandwiches. Broadcast on RTRFM 92.1 on Thursday May 24th - Friday May 25th. Full episode with songs uncut available on the Mixcloud page: https://www.mixcloud.com/MidnightSpecialOnRTRFM/episode-60-the-sandwich-special-special-guests-albert-pritchard-and-duncan-wright/

In this episode hosted by Ben Yaxley, the Midnight Special gets a visit from the Holiday Rambler himself, Matt Aitken, who helps organise the one-of-a-kind youth radio program, Magnolias Youth Radio. We play some of our favourite moments from the most recent shows at Disrupted Festival (2017) and last weekend's Scribblers Festival. Boisterous storytelling, interviews and music from youth aged 10-17 that you probably won't hear anything like again.

Then at 12.30 it's time for the MIDI Night Special, where Ben and Tim do some of their WAAPA homework, review the Brass Monkey's latest Fringe show 'Monkey Magic', and address the lack of music in No Country for Old Men. Broadcast on RTRFM 92.1 on Thursday July 17 - Friday July 18, 2018. Show page on station website: http://rtrfm.com.au/shows/midnightspecial/ Full episode UNCUT with music available on our Mixcloud page: https://www.mixcloud.com/MidnightSpecialOnRTRFM/midnight-special-rtrfm-episode-59-ben-yaxley-matt-aitken-magnolias-youth-radio-midinight-special/