Open House Interviews

When Bernard Tomic was knocked out of Wimbledon he blamed boredom with the game for playing a part in his demise. On Open House we explored the nature of work with Andrew Laird, Director of Life@Work, an initiative of the City Bible Forum in Melbourne.

Journalist Dan Wooding visited North Korea following the death of the country's founder Kim Il-Sung. In this interview with Open House, Dan reflects on his own cavalier behaviour in North Korea and recalls that Kim Il-Sung once had a Christian connection.

Despite atheist groups urging Aussies to admit they're losing their religion, it turns out we’re still a very spiritual nation, according to the 2016 Census.

A contract dispute between the cricket establishment and the players has raised the prospect of something unthinkable -- Christmas in Australia without a Boxing Day Test! We speak to cricket historian Rodney Cavalier about the working class roots of the game of cricket in Australia and the two great schisms that have formed he game of today.

When cane toads were introduced into Australia 80 years ago, the hope was that they would control some of the bugs affecting sugar cane crops. They did far more than that. Cane toads are one of the most prolific and destructive exotic (introduced) species we know. On Open House we had a fascinating discussion with Dr Rick Shine that encompassed evolution, science, faith and stewardship.

Who knew? For all those years Ray Martin was reporting news and current affairs on TV, he had a secret passion. Ray is a keen photographer. It was legendary photographer Ken Duncan who convinced Ray to hold his first photographic exhibition, at the Ken Duncan Gallery in Erina Heights.

The medical evidence is clear -- a lack of sleep places our children and adolescents at risk of problems with learning, mental health disorders, mood swings and uncharacteristic behaviour. In an in depth interview, Dr Chris Seton explains the mechanism of sleep, its importance for learning, mood, mental and health and behaviour.

Peter Kearney is a self-described folkie whose music has inspired and enriched Christian worshipers for 45 years. Peter Kearney joined Open House to look back on a lifetime of helping people, through music, make more of their worship experience.

Australia's prolonged low-interest rate regime may be coming to an end. How do we help keep the economy in a healthy, balanced, growth phase. On Open House we sought the response of leading independent economist Saul Eslake.

Is Australia losing its religion? To paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of the death of religion in Australia are an exaggeration. For a closer analysis of the numbers, why the question matters, and other census results, Open House turned to Eliane Miles, researcher at McCrindle Reseach.