Macca and Misha are joined live on the phone by Nick Reece, Deputy Lord Mayor Melbourne, Principal Fellow Melbourne School of Government; discuss Nancy Pelosi, multiracial, same sex unions, final legacy. Statues of well-known women in City of Melbourne

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@unimelb

 

 

Macca, Misha and Paul Horwell discuss the role of the Saturday Magazine Producer, with soon-to-be outgoing producer Fiona Brook, the highs, the lows and everything in-between.

Macca and Misha are joined by Karen Bryant from Midsumma.

Midsumma Festival’s 2023 program has launched

The 2023 Midsumma Festival program is now live, bringing a kaleidoscope of preeminent queer arts and cultural festivities from 21 January – 12 February. Expect over 200 events showcasing queer culture, featuring local, interstate, and international artists in spectacular performances, talks and social events.

The 2023 Festival features a range of Festival Hubs across Melbourne, dedicated to providing a diverse showcase of events to enrich the Midsumma Festival experience. Festival Hubs and highlights include:

VICTORIAN PRIDE CENTRE (VPC):

A new hub for the Festival, VPC presents a fabulous program of Midsumma events that connect, support, and amplify LBGTIQ+ voices. VPC highlights include:

Cheers, Queers! – The very best comics from Melbourne’s Queer comedy scene come together to present a fabulous new night of comedy with a new line up each night. 27 – 29 January.

Piano Bar X Pride Centre – Join Andy Pobjoy and the team from Piano Bar for a night of drag fabulousness, singalongs with extra special guests performing audience song requests. 27 – 29 January & 2 – 4 February. (Pictured right)

Trans & Gender Diverse Clothes Swap – A fun and fabulous clothes swap and perfect timing to pick up a new outfit for summer. 11 February.

Exhibition – The Making of the Victorian Pride Centre – This free exhibition explores the last 100 years of LGBTIQ+ history in Victoria and the development of the iconic Victorian Pride Centre. Featuring architectural drawings and models, photos of construction and building artefacts. On display from 2 December to April 2023 in the Pride Gallery.

THEATRE WORKS:

This St Kilda institution is also a Festival hub and will be buzzing with seven ground-breaking shows across three performance spaces for a truly queer program that embraces and celebrates the whole rainbow community.

Midsumma full program available at midsumma.org.au

 

Macca, Misha, Paul and Joy Newsreader David Allen discuss media diversity at Joy Media; audience feedback, podcast and download statistics.

Macca and Misha are joined live on air by Simon Ruth, THH and Dr Marina Larsson, Historian & Principal Assessor at Heritage Victoria as they discuss 2022 Thorne Harbour Health Awards. Melbourne AIDS Memorial Quilt.

Marina won a Special Service Award.

On 2 June 2022, Dr Marina Larsson, an award winning historian and Principal Assessor at Heritage Victoria achieved what hitherto seemed unattainable, the inclusion of the Melbourne AIDS Memorial Quilt on the Victorian Heritage Register. The Melbourne AIDS Memorial Quilt is the first to receive heritage listing and protection in Australia, and it is a landmark moment in the history of the AIDS Memorial Quilt movement internationally. Dr Larsson, who has been active in Melbourne’s queer worlds since the mid1990s, has worked assiduously to achieve this recognition.

 

 

 

Macca and Misha discuss some current stories the Conversation are following; local, federal and global politics.

The $3 billion relief for energy bills announced today: https://theconversation.com/power-package-3-billion-for-targeted-and-temporary-relief-on-bills-196292

(There’s an article questioning whether price caps on gas and coal power generation will work: https://theconversation.com/will-price-caps-on-coal-and-gas-bring-power-prices-down-an-expert-isnt-so-sure-196277)

The new criminal code in Indonesia that makes sex outside marriage illegal: https://theconversation.com/indonesias-new-criminal-code-isnt-just-about-sex-outside-marriage-it-endangers-press-and-religious-freedom-196121

And this piece by Jenny Graves about men losing their Y Chromosome is fun: https://theconversation.com/men-are-slowly-losing-their-y-chromosome-but-a-new-sex-gene-discovery-in-spiny-rats-brings-hope-for-humanity-195903

This week Co-hosting with Macca is Misha Ketchell, editor of The Conversation.

Macca and Mischa discuss the week in politics, Victoria Liberal party’s new leadership and so much more.

Tass and Paul are joined by  Margherita  Coppolino, disability and inclusion consultant, International Day for People with a Disability

Tass and Paul are joined live-on air with, Bronywn Pike, CEO of Uniting Victoria as they break down the recent Victoria state election results.

Tass and Paul are joined by  Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne, as they discuss the Media drama for Victorian election

https://theconversation.com/media-go-for-drama-on-victorian-election-and-miss-the-story-195421

@DenisJMuller