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Holiday Here is the current messaging being used by SA Tourism, urging South Aussies to get out and about safely during this time of Covid. Heading up the SA Tourism Commission is Rodney Harrex, our guest this week.

The SA Drink Of The Week is 2016 Reilly's Shiraz.

And in the musical pilgrimage we have a track from John O'Dea.

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Running Sheet: We're all going on an SA holiday

00:00:00 Intro

Introduction to the show.

00:02:01 SA Drink Of The Week

The SA Drink Of The Week is 2016 Reilly's Clare Valley Shiraz.

00:06:09 Rodney Harrex

I grew up in Adelaide in the 70s and one of the most popular things to do was going for a Sunday afternoon drive through the Adelaide Hills or maybe down to Victor. As time progressed to the 90s and naughties, cheap flights led to the travel bug luring many of us interstate and overseas, and then suddenly the Covid pandemic slammed our borders shut. Hence, today, SA Tourism's current slogan is Holiday Here, and those such quaint, Sunday arvo drives have now evolved into Shorts, or Getaways, or visits to the Regions, with the expectation being that we now stay overnight and go cellar door hopping, kayaking, and rediscovering our dreamy coastal beaches.

To take us back to this future, we have the SA Tourism Commission's CEO, Rodney Harrex.

Rod, where you grew up, was there a culture of Sunday afternoon drives? Or some other "tourism light" routine?

We're going to be talking a lot about getting South Aussies to travel around SA, but I'd like to start by comparing that challenge to the one you faced at Tourism Australia, where you were General Manager, UK and Northern Europe, and working hard to attract overseas visitors to Australia?

What prompted me to seek you out for this chat was my desire to apologise to the SATC publicly. I'd always harboured a thought that people working in a nice office in the city, in a beautiful state, with some pretty passionate tourism operators, it would be easy to coast on the coat tails of decades of momentum, etc. Then we had the bushfires over summer 2019/2020, followed by the Covid pandemic, and then, like a phoenix arising from the ashes, I saw some very smart and very effective marketing to start stimulating tourism activity, firstly in fire-affected areas, and then statewide and within the CBD. Can you share your memories of that journey from your perspective?

There are a couple of tourism campaigns I'd like to throw some extra light on. The first is #bookthemout. This was the push to aid bushfire recovery. It seemed to tap a nerve with South Aussies who all felt gutted by the fires on behalf of those affected. Was that insight based on instinct or did you run some consumer research?

The other was the work on the travel vouchers. I was lucky enough to have a front row seat for the recent round of vouchers, and saw the flood of bookings that followed. Where did this idea come from and what are you hoping to achieve?

There's always a risk, when businesses drop prices or give things away, that they train consumers to expect such deals into the future. Are there safeguards in the voucher scheme to avoid this OR is it still an emergency situation and you're breaking the glass to stimulate visitation?

I think I can see one silver lining to Covid. Many operators have moved quickly to get touchless bookings and checkins. That's got to be healthy for the future. Yes?

I hinted at some differences between Sunday afternoon drives and the messaging of the Holiday Here campaign. Can you define the differences more clearly and perhaps outline some of the economic impact of the push to have us stay overnight vs the day trip?

I have a confession to make. I recently had a week-long staycation at Moana and had some fun going around to different places with my daughter. But it's only while researching for this interview that I looked at the excellent itineraries and "top 5" lists, that would have helped me come up with some even better things to do. How odd am I? Or is there an obstinant South Aussie who thinks they know everything?

Who is the "south aussie" traveller who makes it worth your while to target because they drive the biggest spend?

How important are grey nomads? I was recently in Burra, and the place was alive with older people and I heard talk that towns that develop dumping stations, attract nomads by the hundreds. However, I hear other people say they tend to buy a packet of biscuits from the local IGA, some instant coffee, and they make their own lunches.

You mentioned that caravan bookings are up. What's driving that?

At the Visitor Information Centre state conference, after you'd mentioned the demand for caravans, I made a joke about having a few remaining days left of being able to drive at the speed limit before the next round of vans appeared - and it went down like a led ballon. How important are caravans but equally is there a case for teaching slower vehicles to routinely let other traffic past them?

If I'm a small operator and I see other operators featured on the SA Tourism site, what can I do to muscle in on the action. For example, is that out of the reach of a small, b&b operator in Robe?

00:38:26 Musical Pilgrimage

In the musical pilgrimage, we have a fitting song from John O'Dea, entitled, Parachilna Sunset.

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Does separation and divorce need to be expensive and fraught with bitterness?

Meg McFarlane and Lauren de Vries van Leeuwen at Kin Lawyers believe the divorce can be undertaken calmly with minimal legal fees if the parties involved do some preparation and have wise input from lawyers who take a collaborative approach to the process.

The SA Drink Of The Week is Spiced Rum from 23rd Street Distillery.

And in the musical pilgrimage we are going to play a beautiful track from Lazy Eye Band that will perfectly round off the discussion about the ending of relationships.

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Running Sheet: Til Divorce Do Us Part

00:00:00 Intro

Introduction to the show.

00:03:06 SA Drink Of The Week

The SA Drink Of The Week is Spiced Rum from 23rd Street Distillery.

00:07:26 Kin Lawyers

Meg McFarlane and Lauren de Vries van Leeuwen run Kin Lawyers with offices in Gawler and Glenelg, and they believe in helping clients take a collaborative approach to separation and divorce.

Why? They argue this leads to better outcomes for all and, typically, lower legal fees because parties don't get drawn into bitter court battles.

As is mentioned in the interview, there are two parts of their website that are worth looking at if you're thinking about separating or are going through that process:

Free, 15-minute consultation by phone

Fixed price, 90-minute consultation to get deeper into your situation and map out some steps to follow

NOTE: The interview does not constitute legal advice. Please talk to Kin Lawyers or your lawyer before making decisions about the topics covered in the chat.

01:04:56 Musical Pilgrimage

In the musical pilgrimage, we have a beautiful song from Lazy Eye Band, Please Don't Leave.

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Too busy too cook? Money too tight to eat out? The No Recipe Cookbook might be just what you need. We have its author, Dr Samantha Pillay joining us to help us change habits and perceptions and take control of what goes into our bodies.

Plus, the musical, The Wedding Singer, is opening in Adelaide soon, so we'll talk to someone who knows about balancing busyness with eating well, Nadia Komazec. She's playing Holly in the show and has much experience in the gruelling lifestyle of doing back to back musical theatre, so we'll get her tips and hear a bit more about this show.

The SA Drink Of The Week is not alcoholic! It's from Samantha's garden!

And in the musical pilgrimage we are going to play yet another track that will continue surprising you about the quality of talent we have here in South Australia.

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Running Sheet: No Recipe Cooking For Busy People

00:00:00 Intro

Introduction to the show.

00:03:32 SA Drink Of The Week

The SA Drink Of The Week is a homemade mint tea.

00:15:50 Dr Samantha Pillay

I am the cook in our family household but because I have been absorbed in writing, producing, and performing a Fringe show this year, while also running Talked About Marketing, I've been living at hyperspeed. As a result, I have hardly cooked a meal from scratch since January. It is now March 28 at the time of recording, and only tonight am I about to don my apron and get back into the kitchen. I've missed cooking, and I've been disappointed by my absence from the kitchen but I have had to apply triage in my life to survive these few months of overload.

This is why I am very keen to have an extended conversation with our special guest, Dr Samantha Pillay. Not only is she a surgeon, a public speaker, a single mum, and the director of Continence Matters, she is the author of The No Recipe Cookbook. Welcome to the podcast.

Did this book emerge from you DESPITE your busyness or BECAUSE of it?

We are recording our interview on a Sunday afternoon. Tell me, what is Sunday usually like in your house?

Why "no recipe"? Is there something about the recipe format that's broken?

Another obstacle to being self-sufficient in the kitchen is not having ingredients which means, shopping. And during my period of overload, that's what often made me resort to ordering in. I might have had time to shop OR cook but not both. What's your reaction when hearing this?

You start with evening meal ideas. That's ingenious.

Tidy cooking - less dishes, think about the order of using utensils and dishes (even plates). Plus, clean up as you go.

Buy the book online everywhere, ask at your local bookstore, or visit her website: The No Recipe Cookbook

01:11:47 Nadia Komazec

The Wedding Singer is coming to Her Majesty's Theatre in April and local "triple threat", Nadia Komazec, is in the cast and joins us to give us a peep behind the scenes.

Nadia, before delving into your Adelaide upbringing and your role in The Wedding Singer, I have an important question that marries with the theme of this episode - which is about mindfully taking control of our cooking. When you're flat out in musical rehearsals and then during a run in which you'll have matinees and late nights, how do you stay in control of the food you eat to keep your body and voice in top shape?

Whereabouts in Adelaide were you born, and what are your childhood memories of life here?

How much as your life journey been shaped the the fact that your mother was running the iconic Adelaide dance school, Barbara Jayne Dance Centre in Norwood? If she'd been running an accounting office, would you have become a bean counter?

You left Adelaide at 17 to be in Phantom Of The Opera. I saw it in New York in January last year, just before Covid, and I must say, it was like a musical that had 2-3 interesting songs and then a lot of "busy work". Are you allowed to speak frankly about it now?

My recollection of The Wedding Singer movie with Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, was that it was a comedy with some songs along the way. How much does that focus shift with the stage musical version?

Who do you play?

What should we look forward to the most?

01:25:29 Musical Pilgrimage

In the musical pilgrimage, we have a new release from Dino Jag, Sweet Summer Smile.

Dino recorded the vocals in the US, just before Covid went crazy, in the same studio where other stars have recorded songs, like the Rolling Stones, Aretha Franklin, and Prince. All power to you, Dino.

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Blinky Bill Is On The Loose ...

This week, we use the Fringe show, Blinky Bill Is On The Loose, as a reason to revisit the wonderful Koala character created by Dorothy Wall.

Michael Mills (who wrote the songs and oversaw Musical Direction), Chloe Bremner (who performed in the show and on the soundtrack), and Professor Chris Daniels (who captured the vision and decided this was a worthy project for Koala Life to support), all join Steve for a wonderful discussion under the gum trees and next to a cafe at Adelaide Botanic Garden.

We also talk to Dorothy Wall's granddaughter, Janet Badgery, about her impressions of her iconic grandma.

And we talk to Robyn Moore, the dynamic voiceover maestro who created Blinky Bill's voice for the 1990s animations and has since maintained her connection to the legacy.

The SA Drink Of The Week is Eight At The Gate 2016 Shiraz Cabernet.

And in the musical pilgrimage we have a song from the musical, itself.

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Running Sheet: Blinky Bill Is On A Podcast

00:00:00 Intro

Introduction to the show.

00:03:16 SA Drink Of The Week

The SA Drink Of The Week is a 2016 Eight At The Gate Shiraz Cabernet.

00:06:30 Blinky Bill Is On The Loose

This is the feature interview of the podcast with Michael Mills (who wrote the songs and oversaw Musical Direction), Chloe Bremner (who performed in the show and on the soundtrack), and Professor Chris Daniels (who captured the vision and decided this was a worthy project for Koala Life to support).

You can listen to a buy the songs from Blinky Bill Is On The Loose here.

The theatre production was a major production by Kobugs, an offshot of Michael Eustice's Theatre Bugs.

00:43:31 Janet Badgery

Most of us have grown up, having been read stories by our parents and grandparents. However, not many of us can say that our grandma was not only reading us a story she wrote herself, but a story that was read by hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of kids across Australia over many generations. I talk, of course, about Dorothy Wall's granddaughter, Janet Badgery.

Janet, was was your first realisation that there was more to Dorothy Wall than "just being your grandmother"?

Did you ever talk about Blinky Bill with her and, if so, how did such conversations come up?

Why do you think it became so popular?

Did your proximity to Blinky Bill make you popular at school with students and teachers?

If you had to identify with one of the characters, who would it be?

What did Dorothy think of the 1990s' animation work and Robyn Moore's voicing of Blinky Bill?

There is an old-fashioned sense about Blinky Bill. Did Dorothy ever yearn to modernise the look and feel or was there something about that 1930s artwork style that was bound into it's DNA?

And what did you enjoy most about Blinky Bill Is On The Loose?

00:53:34 Robyn Moore aka Blinky Bill

There aren't many people living in Australia who've never heard Robyn Moore's voice. It's been everywhere. But one of the most endearing and enduring roles she's ever voiced has been that of Blinky Bill. We'll hear how she came to be charged with the responsibility of bringing life to the voice of this iconic Aussie, along with his female friends.

How did you become so enmeshed in Blinky's life?

How did you go about building Blinky's voice? Were there any particular cultural clues?

How long were you actively involved in Blinky Bill media content creation?

Blinky is known for going off on adventures and turning up where least expected. Your role of voicing Blinky Bill seems to share the same DNA. Can you share some of your own adventures?

For adults reading the books, are there any tips for voicing Blinky?

01:16:18 Musical Pilgrimage

In the musical pilgrimage, we have a song from Blinky Bill Is On The Loose called the Bilby Bop, and performed by Michael Mills and Chloe Bremner.

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Auditions strike fear into the hearts of many, not just actors. In this episode, we have two theatre professionals who run a theatre company focussed on training actors to revel in the activity of auditions.

Michelle Nightingale and Alicia Zorkovic will take us behind the curtain to the world of pre-acting, known as auditions.

The SA Drink Of The Week is a Vagrant Wines Cabernet Shiraz.

And in the musical pilgrimage we have a new song from J-MILLA (who's become a favourite of our podcast). He was in town over the weekend at the Adelaide Festival and we have his new song, Thang 4 You.

You can navigate episodes using chapter markers in your podcast app. Not a fan of wine? You can click next to jump to the next chapter in the show. We're here to serve!

And please consider becoming part of our podcast by joining our Inner Circle. It's an email list. Join it and you might get an email on a Sunday or Monday seeking question ideas, guest ideas and requests for other bits of feedback about YOUR podcast, The Adelaide Show. Email us directly and we'll add you to the list: [email protected]

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Running Sheet: Wings 2 Fly Through Auditions00:00:00 Intro

Introduction to the show by Professor Longsword who has a Fringe show entitled, A Lunchtime MBA.

00:04:42 SA Drink Of The Week

The SA Drink Of The Week is a 2018 Vagrant Wines Cabernet Shiraz, Barossa Valley.

00:11:04 Wings 2 Fly

Auditions strike fear into the hearts of many, not just actors. In this episode, we have two theatre professionals who run a theatre company focussed on training actors to revel in the activity of auditions. Michelle Nightingale and Alicia Zorkovic run Wings 2 Fly Theatre company and tonight they'll take us behind the curtain to the world of pre-acting, known as auditions.

Alicia, I first met you in the role of Kyra in Skylight at Holden Street Theatre. What's it like performing on stage when you are also an acting teacher? Does it add pressure that you need to "practice what you preach"?

Are you nervous if students come to see you, or does it give you new life?

Michelle, many listeners will know you as the weather presenter from ABC TV but you've been in many things on stage and TV, including McLeod's daughters. What role did you play?

Was it hard to get into McLeod's?

How did your paths cross?

I have a lot of questions about acting and most of them were devised by my 10yo daughter, Caitlin, who is the budding actor in the household.

What are you looking for in an actor or theatre person?

How do you pick people in an audition?

Why do we need auditions - they seem cruel?

What is the best way to prepare for an audition?

How do you tell people they succeeded?

How do you tell people they failed? In the Wizard Of Oz Arena Spectacular, they only contacted the successful ones.

What should you wear?

What pieces work best?

01:26:02 Musical Pilgrimage

In the musical pilgrimage, we have a song from J-MILLA, called Thang 4 You.

As he steps into the studio to record his debut EP titled ‘Propah Good’, J-MILLA goes off-script bringing his A-game fun game to ‘thang4me’
It’s Hip-Hop gone POP and stacked full of joy about the fact his gurrrrrl - the love of his life - loves him back as much- has done since they first met at High School – and - is a super-hot drop-dead stunner!‘thang4me’ comes with auto-tune, melodies, reverb and a pulsating hook that beats like a heart.“This is a new direction in my music. I had a lot of fun with it and it’s something my dancers and the crowd can vibe with. I wanted a song that the festival crowd could bounce with me - so I challenged myself and did something different from my usual rap style.  I’m really happy with it and can’t wait to take it to the next festival stage”,
says J-MILLA.

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South Australia is poised for another Fringe season with most interstate artists making it across the border before more snap closures due to Covid.

We meet one of those artists in this episode, Charles Firth from The Chaser.

We also chat with someone who is pushing beyond her borders of security, Dr Gill Hicks. She is giving it all in her Fringe show.

And we share a rare recording of Professor Sebastian Longsword, from The MBA School Of MBA Credentials, being interviewed on Radio Adelaide, amid and audience of highly educated listeners.

The SA Drink Of The Week is a Barbera by Spider Bill Wines from the Adelaide Hills.

And in the musical pilgrimage we hear from Matthew and Alice Barker from Roger And The Albatross.

You can navigate episodes using chapter markers in your podcast app. Not a fan of wine? You can click next to jump to the next chapter in the show. We're here to serve!

And please consider becoming part of our podcast by joining our Inner Circle. It's an email list. Join it and you might get an email on a Sunday or Monday seeking question ideas, guest ideas and requests for other bits of feedback about YOUR podcast, The Adelaide Show. Email us directly and we'll add you to the list: [email protected]

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Running Sheet: Are we there yet? Fringe in a time of Covid

00:00:00 Intro

Introduction to the show by Professor Longsword who has a Fringe show entitled, A Lunchtime MBA.

00:04:57 SA Drink Of The Week

The SA Drink Of The Week is 2020 Barbera by Spider Bill Wines in the Adelaide Hills.

As a side note, Professor Sebastian Longsword featured this wine in one of his Wine and Book Pairings. See how and why he paired it with Poke The Box, by Seth Godin.

00:09:51 Charles Firth

Charles Firth is back in Adelaide with a Fringe show about conspiracy theories related to the Pandemic.

You'll know Charles from The Chaser and also from episode 322 of The Adelaide Show.

But for today's interview, Steve asks about the interstate artist experience of heading to SA when their home states are falling in and out of lockdown, along with whether or not to bring your conspiracy-loving friends along to the show.

Here's the link to The Anti-Expert's Guide To The Pandemic

00:25:10 Dr Gill Hicks

Dr Gill Hicks is an inspiration. She was the last survivor rescued from the 2005 London Bombings and through the injuries sustained, lost both her legs.

Somehow, that experience of pain and near-death, has shaped her deeply and helped her connect with some truths and insights that are all too easy for the rest of us to see as we skim across life in busyness and routine.

In this interview, Steve asks her about her show and we get a taste of her life-affirming sense of humour.

Here is the link to Still Alive (and kicking)

00:34:46 Professor Sebastian Longsword

Professor Sebastian Longsword from Adelaide's MBA School Of MBA Credentials, was interviewed on Radio Adelaide Breakfast recently, by Tom Mann and Paul Davies.

Because proceeds from the Professor's Fringe show go to help The Adelaide Show survive, we'll entice you with this promise: A Lunchtime MBA is the only Adelaide Fringe show in history in which you can come for lunch and leave with an MBA.

Here is the link to A Lunchtime MBA

00:47:10 Musical Pilgrimage

In the musical pilgrimage, we have a song from Roger and the Albatross, called Trees Have Eyes.

Roger and the Albatross, is a South Australian brother/sister duo, Matthew and Alice Barker. They write, sing, play and dance their originally written, harmonious folk songs that tell stories of love, food, lemons and soap. They don’t like to take themselves (or life) too seriously and enjoy playing pubs and festivals. You'll often see them share the stage with the talented Ben Roberts from Ukulele Death Squad. Their Fringe show this year is a gig that has theatrical elements and they promise it will entertain! Here is the link to more information about their show, Roger and the Albatross

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The art world and most of South Australia is on tenterhooks, hoping the 2021 Adelaide Fringe will go off without a hitch from Covid or bushfires or some other tragedy.

We have a diverse group of speakers for this episode of The Adelaide Show, featuring, Professor Sebastian Longsword, from the MBA School Of MBA Credentials. You can come to his show, A Lunchtime MBA, any weekday throughout the Fringe at 1pm. You turn up for lunch, and leave with an MBA. It is a thoughtful lecture, even though some people describe it as hilarious. And we note that comedian Tim Ferguson says Professor Longsword is his new superhero.

We will also be speaking to ...

Phi Theodoros about her show, Ukulele Dream Girl: Love at a distance

Kym Mackenzie about his show, Kym's Overall Extravaganza Showcase

Wendy Torbet about her many shows

New music from Emma Knights

And we'll share the SA Drink Of The Week with Nick Stevens and Rick Carter from the show Portrait Of A Narcissist.

Plus Ekkia Evans, Steve's fellow Adelaide Show reviewer, about the people she met at the Meet The Media event.

You can navigate episodes using chapter markers in your podcast app. Not a fan of wine? You can click next to jump to the next chapter in the show. We're here to serve!

And please consider becoming part of our podcast by joining our Inner Circle. It's an email list. Join it and you might get an email on a Sunday or Monday seeking questicon ideas, guest ideas and requests for other bits of feedback about YOUR podcast, The Adelaide Show. Email us directly and we'll add you to the list: [email protected]

If you enjoy the show, please leave us a 5-star review in iTunes or other podcast sites, or buy some great merch from our Red Bubble store - The Adelaide Show Shop. We'd greatly appreciate it.

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Running Sheet: Meet The Adelaide Fringe

00:00:00 Intro

Introduction to the show by Professor Longsword who has a Fringe show entitled, A Lunchtime MBA.

00:04:31 SA Drink Of The Week

The SA Drink Of The Week is Tomich Hill Hilltop Pinot Noir.

Guest tasters are Nick Stevens and Rick Carter from the Fringe show, Portrait Of A Narcissist.

00:13:20 Phi Theodoros, Kym Mackenzie, and Wendy Torbet

Here are the links to shows featuring these three guests:

Phi Theodoros about her show, Ukulele Dream Girl: Love at a distance

Kym Mackenzie about his show, Kym's Overall Extravaganza Showcase

Wendy Torbet's shows (at least some of them)

A Lunchtime MBA

My Favourite Conspiracy Theory

Love 2 Laugh

00:35:40 Ekkia Evans, Adelaide Show Fringe Reviewer

Ekkia Evans is one of The Adelaide Show Podcast's Fringe Reviewers and she was at the official Meet The Press event in which artists got to meet representatives from the media.

She gives an overview of some of the shows she learned about.

00:46:10 Musical Pilgrimage

In the musical pilgrimage, we have a song from Emma Knights, called Flat Out.

It is from Emma's debut album, Anticipate. Read more about Emma Knight's Anticipate here because it's been getting great reviews and is available online.

Flat Out is a tune she wrote when she was studying at Western Australian Academy Of Performing Arts in 2003. Her lecturer in songwriting class told the class not to use cliches or gimmicks in songs. She decided to prove him wrong and wrote this tune. We think it is a super Aussie song!

She is also involved in some Fringe shows:

Myths, Legends, and Fantasies

Pirates Of Penzance

Phantom In The Forest

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It’s the 26th of January and amid much reflection on Australia's history and South Australia’s history, it became clear that we’ve had one omission throughout this community project known as The Adelaide Show.

Even though our full theme song about Adelaide acknowledges the Kaurna people, we have never done an acknowledgement of country at the start of our episodes. That changes today.

Caitlin Davis, one of our voiceover angels, has recorded it for us and all future episodes will begin with it.

In today’s episode, we have slice of what a South Australia Day looks like.

In the SA Drink Of The Week, we taste Green Ant Gin produced by Something Wild, an Indigenous-owned company supplying Indigenous produce.

With the Adelaide Fringe upon us, we hear Steve Davis interviewed by local media legend, Mark Aiston, about Steve's upcoming one-man show, A Lunchtime MBA. Please do something different this Fringe; take a slightly extended lunch break and hop into Treasury 1860 for an hour of laughter based on business principles. Oh, and you'll leave with an MBA certificate!

Then we'll hear a little about the story of the Prairie Hotel, right up in the Flinders Ranges at Parachilna. Steve had a chance to sit down with Jane Fargher to get the story of the pub that stretches decades in a landscape that reflects millions of years of change.

We also had an interview with Glenn Shorrock, no, not that one, the one from Sterlows Sheds and Structures at Stirling North, Port Augusta. Glenn's a dynamic bloke who's creating a new construction initiative in the region, as well as in Adelaide. However, dust got in the way. More details in the show.

And thanks to fellow podcaster, John Murch of the Radionotes Podcast, we've been introduced to Matt Cahill from local band, Evoletah, and we get to hear a new song from them.

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In this week's episode of The Adelaide Show, we are rustling through our present cupboard and serving up some audio treats to see you through the festive period.

To kick things off for our audio Christmas stocking, in the SA Drink Of The Week, we chat with Australia's most trusted Sparkling Winemakers, Trina Smith, who has just launched a stunning, SA-based premium vintage sparkling wine, Jacob.

Then we have three goodies.

Firstly, Charles Firth joins us. Charles is a founder of The Chaser - that hilarious comedy team that breathed new life into satire and political comedy on the ABC and now is responsible for The Chaser Report which is not only a podcast but also one of Australia's top ten news sites, according to recent surveys. This interview was recorded for the School Of Hard Knock Knocks podcast but Steve kept some parts for us, especially a roasting dished out to South Australian Chaser writer, John Delmenico!

Secondly, we interview Nobel Laureate, Professor Barry Marshall, who won the Nobel Prize for his work discovering that ulcers were not caused by acid but rather they were due to bacteria. This interview was originally recorded for the This Pathological Life podcast but because Professor Marshall achieved his breakthrough working with South Australian pathologist, Dr Robin Warren, Steve wanted to share the SA flavour with us.

Thirdly, Steve recorded a chat with Ian McFadyen earlier this year, the man who brought us the Comedy Company. Again, this was recorded for the School Of Hard Knock Knocks podcast but there are two important aspects Steve wanted to share. Firstly, how the generosity of helping someone out actually led to the Comedy Company being possible, and secondly, how happenstance has continued to follow Ian, including some South Australian connections.

And finally, in the Musical Pilgrimage, Professor Flint has chipped in with some goodies of his own, a new album of his iconic dinosaur songs produced in Acoustic Unplugged style.

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Running Sheet: The 2020 Adelaide Show Podcast Audio Christmas Stocking00:00:00 Intro

Introduction to the show.

00:05:31 SA Drink Of The Week

The SA Drink Of The Week is Jacob, a vintage South Australian sparkling wine and we taste it with winemaker, Trina Smith.

00:18:40 Charles Firth

Charles Firth is a founder of The Chaser - that hilarious comedy team that breathed new life into satire and political comedy on the ABC and now is responsible for The Chaser Report which is not only a podcast but also one of Australia's top ten news sites, according to recent surveys. This interview was recorded for the School Of Hard Knock Knocks podcast but Steve kept some parts for us, especially a roasting dished out to South Australian Chaser writer, John Delmenico!

And just in time for Christmas, you can buy The Chaser Annual, which is hilarious!

00:54:15 Professor Barry Marshall

Professor Barry Marshall AC FRACP FRS FAA is an Australian physician, Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, and Professor of Clinical Microbiology at the University of Western Australia. He won the Nobel Prize for his work discovering that ulcers were not caused by acid but rather they were due to bacteria. This interview was originally recorded for the This Pathological Life podcast but because Professor Marshall achieved his breakthrough working with South Australian pathologist, Dr Robin Warren, Steve wanted to share the SA flavour with us. Steve produces the pathology podcast for Clinpath Pathology with Dr Travis Brown, who you hear in the interview but Steve forgot to credit until the end of the show. Whoops!

01:24:46 Ian McFadyen

Ian McFadyen is the man who created The Comedy Company - a comedy icon on Australian TV in the late 80s and early 90s. He's had a broad career but in this interview originally recorded by Steve for the School Of Hard Knock Knocks podcast there are two important aspects we wanted to share. Firstly, how the generosity of helping someone out actually led to the Comedy Company being possible, and secondly, how happenstance has continued to follow Ian, including some South Australian connections.

01:58:23 Musical Pilgrimage

In the musical pilgrimage, we have a song from Professor Flint's new album, Paleo Jam, called Rocks And Bones.

You can listen to and download the album from Professor Flint's Bandcamp page.

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In this week's episode of The Adelaide Show, we invite you to an audience with an epidemiologist during the Covid-19 pandemic, and we're doing this so you can be armed with more understanding of the complexity of this field and why our health authorities make decisions we often don't understand. Dr Jacqueline Stephens, Research Fellow and Epidemiologist at Flinders University, is our special guest and we were also joined by former host, Nigel Dobson, cognitive scientist.

In the Musical Pilgrimage, we have a perfect song by Fergus Maximus, which is most fitting during this time of Covid-19 restrictions.

To kick things off, in the SA Drink Of The Week, we return to Rojomoma for a hearty, Barossan red.

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Running Sheet: An audience with an epidemiologist during the Covid-19 pandemic

00:00:00 Intro

Introduction to the show.

00:02:13 SA Drink Of The Week

The SA Drink Of The Week is a Red Art Shiraz from Rojomoma in the Barossa Valley. We taste it with winemaker, Sam Kurtz.

00:10:34 Dr Jaqueline Stephens, an epidemiologist

I've been saddened by the growing volume (both noise level and number of voices) of people who are citing anti-science and consipiracy-theory views about our government's approach to dealing with Covid-19. And it is not so much the content - although that's misleading enough, eg, I already have my Covid vaccine it's called Vitamin D - but there is a snide and toxic tone to the commentary. At a time when we all need to be working together for the common good, these voices of dissent are dangerous.

As our contribution to helping inform public debate, I am joined by fellow podcast host and cognitive scientist, Nigel Dobson, and Dr Jacqueline Stephens, Research Fellow and Epidemiologist at Flinders University. Thank you both for braving a heatwave day to join me.

I'd like to start by getting some reactions to a little grab bag of thoughts and comments, then settle into some definitions, and then dive more deeply into the complexities of your field, Jacqueline, as an epidemiologist.

Grab bag one: Heat wave - I've heard someone say that we're lucky Covid struggles in heat and thrives in the cold, unlike some other threats. True?

Grab bag two: Serving food today. I had to find separate dishes for our allocation of olives.

Grab bag three: I'd like to insert a reading here from The Plague by Albert Camus (read by Luke, on the episode of Blind Insights entitled, The Plagues of 2020). In that passage, Camus writes that the plague never dies or disappears for good; it can lie dormant for years and years in furniture and linen-chests, etc. Is this generally true?

Grab bag four: Former guest, Dr Bill Griggs just shared a thought about vaccinations - sure to be a hot topic again. The right to choose not to vaccinate is like the right to chose not to drive on the correct side of the road. Both are expressions of individual freedom. Both may cost you your life. And both may result in death or injury to others. - Quick comment?

Jacqueline, can you give us an overview of your field because Susan Payne writes: Infectious disease epidemiology (which includes the epidemiology of viruses) is the study of the complex relationships among hosts and infectious agents. Epidemiologists are interested in virus spread or transmission, with or without disease. Viral epidemiologists try to predict the potential for development of epidemics, and a very important part of their job is to define the kinds of interventions that could contain a virus outbreak. Veterinarians are often concerned with threats to food animals (how a disease of food animals might be spread, or be introduced into a disease-free area). The keywords being complex relationships, hosts and infectious agents, predictions, and interventions.

Nigel references this book: The Hot Zone.

Steve references this podcast episode, Anatomy of a Pandemic, from the This Pathological Life podcast.

How much relative effort goes into epidemiology in chronic illness (heart disease, diabetes etc) , acute illnesses (annual diseases such as flu, chicken pox) and acute pandemics (e.g. COVID)?

How often are the various studies and data collections done? (So weekly flu vs. annual heart, cancer studies?) What level is this done at, National , or State? Is it done by the government,private industry of Academia?

How does epidemiology influence the funding,policy and work effort in dealing with various health issues?

What sort of criteria is used for what we track and what we don't?

As more people start tracking their health, steps, heart rate, oxygen levels etc., what sort of impacts will this have on epidemiology?

What have been some of the negative impacts of not having any good epidemiological data in certain medical issues?

What are the major challenges in the industry? Too much data, changing health priorities, changing government policy, peoples apathy about their health ? etc. On this note, in a recent Sam Harris podcast, Pandemic of Incompetence, Nicholas A. Christakis, MD, PhD, MPH, the Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale University, stated: that Trump was advised of the upcoming pandemic in December last year. Now, Trump's not the best example of a proper leader, but if he was briefed surely other leaders were. What blocks government's taking a science-based, timely response to findings of epidemilogists?

How has the field changed over the past 30 years with the increased access to computing systems and technology?

Given that many actions taken in response to epidemics seem to be counter intuitive to the uninformed, has our access to social media - we all have megaphones - made public health interventions harder? For example, I heard someone loudly complaining (and being supported) that why should a miner in Coober Pedy have to go into lockdown for our recent hard lockdown, when the activity was in Adelaide?

When people are self reporting on health issues , how do you get them to give honest answers and not the answer they think the epidemiologists / researchers would want to hear?

If people or their kids  are interested in working in this area what sort of education would they want to get?

Has there been a public health upside to our new behaviours?

01:59:47 Musical Pilgrimage

In the musical pilgrimage, we have a song, Closer To You by Fergus Maximus.

This song is taken from a live EP called, One Gaslit Night, recorded at The Gaslight Tavern in Adelaide during August 2015.Fergus sings and plays sax on the EP, accompanied by Kym Perry played guitars (both acoustic and electric) and stompbox, and Jamie Harrison played basses (both electric and acoustic).This song captures the spirit of those living in quarantine - they are much closer to their family than they possibly ever wanted, while still being distant.

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