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Mike Bennie is one of Australia’s most prominent wine authorities, and an internationally renowned commentator. He chatted with Alan Field on Friday Drive and not only discussed “The Student Prince,” but also gave his advice on a wide range of wine-related matters. [...]

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Ben Palumbo, one of Ausatralia’s most talented entertainers who will play Alessandro Moreschi as The Last Castrato, joins Alan Field on Monday Drive to discuss his extraordinary vocal range and his entertainment credits. Also joining us is Professor Thomas Havas, one of Sydney’s leading ear, nose and throat surgeons and a pioneer in the field [...]

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Hamed Sadeghi joins Blow to discuss his work with the Eishan Ensemble and the meeting of Persian classical music with improvisation and jazz. Originally from Iran, Sadeghi talks about bringing the Persian culture to Australia and developing a musical language with Australian musicians, drawing on the similarities between different traditions. He also discusses the Eishan [...]

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Choreographer and performer Raghav Handa joined Thursday Drive to discuss his journey from discovering Indian Kathak as a child to developing his own contemporary dance practice in Sydney. Handa reflects on the teachers and choreographers who shaped his work, his experience working with Indigenous dance practitioners and the challenges of pursuing dance as a career. [...]

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Jason Dunn was a smoking, drinking couch potato until, at the age of 35, he turned his world around and became an elite ultra-endurance athlete. He ran into the Bondi studio to convince Alan Field on Monday Drive that it is possible for anyone to achieve a goal. [...]

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Allegra Spender, Federal Independent Member for Wentworth and co-founder of the Community Strong Australia Party, has been busy! Between tax reform, housing affordability, climate policy, pushing integrity standards, and public accountability, she found time to chat with Alan Field on Monday Drive about some of the other key issues she’s been working on recently. [...]

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Professor Claude Farah is an adult respiratory physician with extensive clinical experience in the assessment and management of airways disease, lung cancer and nodules, breathlessness and general respiratory ailments. He spent some time with Alan Field on Monday Drive to discuss asthma, its incidence and developing treatments for it.  [...]

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Professor Paul Griffin is recognised as amongst the world’s most prominent academics and infectious diseases physicians and clinical microbiologists. He is one of Australia’s leading voices on vaccines and public health, and he joined Alan Field on Monday Drive to discuss Respiratory Syncytial Virus, or RSV for short. [...]

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This week on Arts Tuesday, Suzi and Diana sat down with director John Grinston for a lively chat about the underrated art of the one-act play. As Bittersweet Productions brings live theatre back to the beautiful Eternity Playhouse, John shares the unique challenges of directing short comedy, while sharing a laugh over the ultimate audience sin… [...]

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It’s the kind of tale where anyone listening would most likely remark “that’s sooooo Sydney!” A local well know and much loved community and entertainment venue is forced to shut down because of noise complaints by someone new moving into the area. You’ve heard this story before. Only this time we’re not talking nightclubs in [...]

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