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Listeners offer suggestions to fix Katie’s persistent blocked nose while she spins a whole hour of beautiful new music by female-identifying artists (except for the male-identifying half of Fremantle duo Sea Swallow). They include Australian icons Kaie Noonan and Vika & Linda, emerging Sunshine Coast duo North and Elsewhere, UK-based Italian-Australian psych-folk singer-songwriter and illustrator Bity Booker, and queer Nashville-based singer-songwriter Madds Buckley. Here is the playlist:

Above: Sea Swallow’s ‘The Day beyond the Dark’ single cover art by Bill Lawrie

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On this particular cold Melbourne morning Katie is suffering from a blocked nose, but she’s full of enthusiasm for today’s music, which includes a song from emerging gay Yarra Valley singer-songwriter Kye Arnot, a hilarious offering from queer Narrm duo and friends-of-the-show Tuck Shop Ladies, and a rollicking Appalachian-style cover of Dire Straits’ 1985 mega-hit ‘Money for Nothing’. Here is the playlist:

Above: Tuck Shop Ladies’ ‘Things I’ll Never Say’ single cover photo by Nick Manuell

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The second hour of Katie’s annual Radiothon show continues to be all about the voice with in-studio guest Pen Larkins, a nonbinary singer, actor, vocal coach and voice artist. Katie and Pen play more songs by artists whose singing voices they love and also talk about a few voices they hate. JOY CEO Paul Scott-Williams drops in to tell us about Sing With JOY and Katie and Pen cover topics including how to avoid injuring your voice and how to keep it healthy, how your vocal folds work, playing with your voice and finding out what it can do, the variety of presenters’ voices on JOY, matching your voice suitable to your profession, and more. Here is the playlist:

Above: Photo of Katie and Pen Larkins by Triana Butler

Contact Pen Larkins on Instagram or via email.

Radiothon and JOY’s silent auction are over for this year, but there are several ways you can still support JOY: become a member, donate, subscribe, become a patron, or volunteer your time and/or expertise.

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It’s Radiothon time! This year Katie’s show is all about the voice, and her guest is nonbinary singer, actor, vocal coach and voice artist Pen Larkins. Katie and Pen play songs by artists whose singing voices they love and talk about why they love them, and invite listeners to suggest their own favourites. They chat about Pen’s particular interest in working with trans and nonbinary people, what ‘resonance’ is, vocal range, code-switching, finding your natural voice, and more. Here is the playlist:

Above: Photo of Pen Larkins by Triana Butler

Contact Pen Larkins on Instagram or via email.

Radiothon and JOY’s silent auction are over for this year, but there are several ways you can still support JOY: become a member, donate, subscribe, become a patron, or volunteer your time and/or expertise.

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The second hour of today’s show features ripper songs about beer, the strength of women’s friendship, advice for a happy life, a fraudulent national leader, reclaiming your self-worth after heartbreak, pure romance, and more. Here is the playlist:

Above: RISSA’s ‘Don’t Be Long’ single cover

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Katie is delighted to receive a message from a long-lost Twitter friend during the first hour of today’s show. She lets listeners know about her plans for next week’s Radiothon show while she plays fabulous new releases from artists based mostly in Narrm/Melbourne and Sydney – and a song from Paul McCartney’s great new album. Here is the playlist:

Above: ILUKA’s ‘Haunted One (The Wild)’ single cover

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During the second hour of today’s show, Katie honours beloved queer musician, comedian and activist Dame Jools Topp of Aotearoa New Zealand’s legendary Topp Twins, who died on 23 May from breast cancer, with a special segment. Along with her sister Lynda, Jools’ career began in the early 1980s and the Topp Twins became household names. Katie outlines their achievements, including some of their many honours and awards; reads tributes to Jools from social media posts by Bob Downe, Judy Small and Tami Neilson; plays a snippet from Tami’s heartfelt words at this week’s Aotearoa Music Awards (featuring a salute to LGBTQIA+ people); and highlights Lynda’s incredible speech at the Awards. Here is the playlist:

A celebration of Dame Jools Topp’s life was held at the Auckland Viaduct Events Centre on 19 June 2026; watch it on YouTube.

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Today’s first hour includes a couple of epic long songs – one by Sunshine Coast duo JC and the Tree about the cyclical nature of life, death and rebirth, and the other by queer London-based songwriter and cellist Kelsey Lu about searching for safety in a world that keeps betraying you – as well as shorter but still fabulous new songs by upcoming local talents and established artists. Here is the playlist:

Above: JC and the Tree’s Lost in the Wild album cover art by Kaia Angele-Boulton (aka Mobius Twee)

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Katie welcomes Canberra-based Taiwanese-Australian singer-songwriter Kim Yang back to the JOY studio for a wonderful chat about her exquisite debut album, Turn On the Lights, and her recent time spent living in China and visiting and performing in Taiwan. Kim speaks about the songs on the album being about seeking to understand her background and stepping into her identity, especially as a migrant and a recently diagnosed neurodivergent person, and she performs her Chinese-language song ‘Different and I Like It’ live in the studio. Here is the playlist:

Visit Kim Yang’s official website and follow her on Facebook and Instagram, and find her music and merch on Bandcamp.

Above: Photo of Katie and Kim Yang by Betty Sujecki – please visit this Miss Chatelaine Facebook photo album for more pics!

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Miss Chatelaine is always full of beautiful music, but this hour is just exceptional, with stunning sounds from the latest albums by The Deserters, José González, Shane O’Mara & Jac Tonks, and Scratching. There’s also a premiere radio play for the new song by local queer artist Monica De Angelis, a joyful Celtic-flavoured cover of a Katrina & The Waves classic, and more. Here is the playlist:

Above: José González’s Against the Dying of the Light album cover design by Robert Samsonowitz, RBRT Creative

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