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According to one of our guests in this episode, Andy Ide, there are 1.5 million horses in Australia and about 5,000 horse businesses. So the question is, why does our love affair with horses linger, given it's been 100 years since we replaced them as our transport partners?

We then pick up the sound of horses as modes of transport in the Musical Pilgrimage, thanks to a song we were introduced to by Libby Green of Classic Carriage Drives in the Adelaide Hills.

The full spotlight, however, goes to South Australian horse, Noddy, who works with people with disabilities in southern Adelaide as part of disability services provider, Heartfelt Support.

The SA Drink Of The Week is a Nippys Cloudy Apple Juice which we try guest taster, Dr Travis Brown from fellow South Australian podcast, This Medical Life.

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Running Sheet: Horse Riding And Horse Loving Around Adelaide

00:00:00 Intro

Introduction to the show.

00:04:30 SA Drink Of The Week

This week's SA Drink Of The Week is Nippys Apple Juice, which Steve tries with guest taster, Dr Travis Brown, from the This Medical Life Podcast.

We chose this drink to honour the connection between horses and apples/carrots, but also because Travis referenced horses in a recent episode of his podcast about blood pressure, in which a horse was an integral part to the first measurement system.

Discover the episode from the fellow South Australian podcast, This Medical Life: Hypertension, Too Much Of A Good Thing.

00:11:02 Robert Godden and Noddy

Earlier this year, I met Noddy, a brumby who is an integral part of a program for people with disabilities. He is co-owned by, Robert Godden; a political contributor to The Adelaide Show who also co-runs Heartfelt Support, a disability support service in Southern Adelaide. I was prompted to do this interview because brumbies evoke a lot of love from keen horse people and, tragically, they made the news for the wrong reasons recently when 11 horses were slaughtered in Kosciuszko National Park.

So the South Australian we're really shining the spotlight on today is Noddy, but his spokesperson will be Robert Godden, which is the next best thing to hearing these stories straight from the horse's mouth.

Robert, let's start with brumbies themselves: how are they different from other horse breeds?

Why do so many people love them?

Of course, on the other side of the equation are people who view brumbies as a community that requires "management"; we're looking at you, governments of NSW and Victoria. What's the latest we know about these eradication activities in Kosciuszko National Park, involving Arrowboy and 10 other brumbies? Here's a media release on the topic from the Australian Brumbies Association.

Is their method the only way of dealing with brumbies?

Was Noddy ever at risk of a similar fate as Arrowboy? What's his story?

Beside horse riding, what are the bonds and interactions like between Noddy and his riders?

00:35:09 Andy Ide

Owning horses is similar to having children; you're responsible for a lifelong adherence to care for them. This means keeping records of their health and development, whether or not you plan to sell them or their heirs.

Enter Any Ide and his software product called Horse Records. As Andy explains, Horse Records is a locally-developed package that delivers everything you need to record performance, veterinary, farrier, feeding, dentistry, chiropractic, serving, foaling dates, pedigree, progeny and much more!

00:48:02 Musical Pilgrimage

In the musical pilgrimage, we have Singing Shoes, by Pete Denahy.

We are breaking the rules slightly because Pete is not a South Australian singer songwriter however the horse-loving community let us know he was heading over to SA for some local concerts and his song is all about that lovely sound of horses hooves clip clopping along our roads arising from horse riding and horse and carriage travel.

So, we've made an exception in the way a ridden horse will dodge obstacles and adapt its path on the way to its destination.

One of Pete's fans is Libby Green who runs Classic Carriage Drives in the Adelaide Hills. So we have a chat and a ride with Libby who then introduces Pete's song.

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Michael Mills of Heaps Good Productions has crafted a new podcast about palaeontology and we hear episode one in this episode.

The SA Drink Of The Week is Pepperjack Shiraz by Saltram.

And in the Musical Pilgrimage, we have a song from singer/songwriter and fellow, SA-based podcaster, Alison Newman.

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The Adelaide Show Podcast: Awarded Silver for Best Interview Podcast at the 2021 Australian Podcast Awards and named as Finalist for News and Current Affairs in the 2018 Australian Podcast Awards.

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Running Sheet: Showtime For Palaeo Jam

00:00:00 Intro

Introduction to the show.

00:04:42 SA Drink Of The Week

This week's SA Drink Of The Week is the 2020 Pepperjack Shiraz by Saltrams.

00:07:14 Palaeo Jam

Enjoy episode one of Palaeo Jam, which was produced for National Science Week by Michael Mills and his company, Heaps Good Productions, in collaboration with The Adelaide Show Podcast and the Flinders University Palaeontology Society.

00:37:12 Musical Pilgrimage

In the musical pilgrimage, we have When I See You, by Alison Newman.

Alison also produces a podcast called The Art Of Being A Mum, but in a special Father's Day edition coming out on September 4, 2022, she's sat down with our very own Steve Davis to talk about the art of being a dad. He probably overshares a bit, but that's one of Alison's gifts!

You can hear more of Alison's music here: Alison Newman Music

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Adelaide commercial photographer, Drew Lenman, has created a realistic rendering of an Adelaide panorama in which our city has been ravaged by war. Drew's goal is to inspire us to feel more deeply for Ukrainians and contribute to UNICEF's fundraising options.

The SA Drink Of The Week is from Artis Wines in the Adelaide Hills, ably supported by our guest taster, Glenn Malycha.

And in the Musical Pilgrimage, we have a song from Mad Dog Malcolm that's probably unlike any song you've ever heard.

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!

The Adelaide Show Podcast: Awarded Silver for Best Interview Podcast at the 2021 Australian Podcast Awards and named as Finalist for News and Current Affairs in the 2018 Australian Podcast Awards.

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: War Torn Adelaide In Ukrainian Solidarity

00:00:00 Intro

Introduction to the show.

00:03:55 SA Drink Of The Week

This week's SA Drink Of The Week is the Artis Wines 2019 Adelaide Hills Grüner Veltliner, ably supported by our guest taster, Glenn Malycha.

As you'll hear (and see) in our tasting with Glenn Malycha from Wine Pro Australia, we learn that the winemaker Andrew Miller, applies much attention to detail, from the wine to the labels.

00:16:24 Drew Lenman

A commercial photographer from Adelaide, South Australia, Drew Lenman, has found a unique and powerful way to raise funds and awareness for victims of war in Ukraine.

Using photo editing software, Drew Lenman has transformed images of Adelaide into a landscape of war and destruction in a project titled “Imagine Our City”.

In a bid to evoke empathy and compassion for victims of Putin’s war in Ukraine, the imagery comprises two high resolution ‘before and after’ photographs in registration which have been edited into a graphic video, below.

Drew has an aim to raise at least $50,000 for trusted charity UNICEF and is appealing to fellow Australians to dig deep and support those whose lives have been thrown into turmoil.

Please help by donating to UNICEF relief fund

00:39:45 Musical Pilgrimage

In the musical pilgrimage, we have Elegant Strangers, by Atlas Genius.

This South Australian band has certainly lived up to the "Atlas" name, having toured overseas, conquering the USA in their travels. Appearances on the US late night TV shows has helped this band build a strong following and we look forward to learning more about their journey in an upcoming episode.

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Have you ever found yourself in awe of magic tricks being performed right under your nose? Steve has been, which is why he invited Adelaide-based magician, Barry "Baz" Seeley onto the podcast to explore the discipline and the mindset of doing performance magic.

The SA Drink Of The Week with a Brockenchack Shiraz from Eden Valley, ably supported by our guest taster, Glenn Malycha.

And in the Musical Pilgrimage, we have a song from Mad Dog Malcolm that's probably unlike any song you've ever heard.

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!

The Adelaide Show Podcast: Awarded Silver for Best Interview Podcast at the 2021 Australian Podcast Awards and named as Finalist for News and Current Affairs in the 2018 Australian Podcast Awards.

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]

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: Magic In Adelaide

00:00:00 Intro

Introduction to the show.

00:02:30 SA Drink Of The Week

This week's SA Drink Of The Week is the 2019 Brockenchack Zipline Shiraz, ably supported by our guest taster, Glenn Malycha.

As you'll hear (and see) in our tasting with Glenn Malycha from Wine Pro Australia, we learn that the winemaker behind this wine is Trevor Harch, who is a "former" Queenslander who's fallen in love with our patch of turf!

00:17:35 Barry "Baz" Seeley

If I had three cups and a ball and performed a trick in which you lost track of where my ball was, I'd be performing one of the first magic tricks in history, dating back to about 3BCE. We would both know there was no "magic" going on. We'd both know I was using your senses to deceive you. But we'd all enjoy this moment of illusion. Over the history of The Adelaide Show podcast, we've chatted with illusionists, Michael Boyd and Laurence Leung, but in this episode we are sitting with an official magician of many years' standing, Barry Baz Seeley.

Links and references mentioned in the podcast:

We recorded in the underground home of SA's magicians: Bombshelter Magic

Adelaide Magic Clubs:

1. Australian Society of Magicians (ASM)
   Phil Ahrens 0438 055 188
2. 2. International Brotherhood of Magicians (IBM)
   Steve Burford 0402 462 881 

Barry, before we get lost in the world of magic, magicians were long associated with the devil and the occult. I mention this because we're recording this episode underground in a WWII Air Raid Warden's "bomb shelter" in Adelaide and I'm worried about being made to disappear. Will there be some dark arts performed down here today?

Which clubs use these clubrooms and how did they come to use them. It seems like the clubs are taking the cloak of secrecy quite literally?

I was watching The Prestige with my daughters a few weeks ago and they demanded it be turned off after a scene in which the magician came off stage and had to empty the dead bird out of his magic trick equipment. We'd all thought he'd made a bird disappear. He had, but in a gruesome way in which the cage collapsed lightning fast, killing and squashing the bird out of sight. He later pulled a similar looking bird out of his pocket to release to the crowd. Do you think that was based on truth and, if so, how many birds do you go through?

There was a strong focus in The Prestige on the secret craft of developing an elaborate stage trick, most of which was all based on pure mechanics. How does that still of complex magic compare with the magic you do which I've experienced first hand, in which you are up close and personal and don't have the benefit of distance to disguise what's going on?

There is a murky area that lies between logic and wonder and I feel this is where your craft exists. It's why I've been talking in terms of dismissing "magic" and focussing on the art of illusion. How do you react to that? In other words, what mindset do you embrace when performing or thinking about magic?

What mindset should audiences adopt to get the most out of a magic show. I'm particularly thinking of us older, jaded theatre goers. Is there something we can or should learn from children?

Do you make up your own tricks? And, if so, what's the inspiration and the process?

Let's talk about the discipline of being a magician. How long does it take to perfect a trick? And what are the obstacles you must overcome?

Does it get boring doing the same trick many times?

Is there any such thing as a new trick?

What happens if you forget what you’re doing when you’re in the middle of a trick on stage?

What happens if a card trick does not work, you’ve made a big thing with choosing a card and it turns out to be the wrong one

Can (and do) you apply magic craft in daily life?

We're going to film a trick in a moment but can you teach us a trick just through audio?

And can you tell us what happens in this bunker during meetings?

01:22:19 Musical Pilgrimage

In the musical pilgrimage, we have Cha Ching, by Mad Dog Malcolm from the newly released album, The Adventures of Mad Dog Malcolm, The Street Fighting Cabaret Artiste.

Mad Dog Malcolm is known around comedy circuits as an undefeatable street fighter who has embraced a career as a cabaret singer to lift himself out of his rut of shady deals and living on the edge.

He is the alter ego of singer and comedian, Gerry Masi, who will be stealing Mad Dog's work on Saturday, August 27, 2022, at the Laugh Lounge in Adelaide.

The song we're about to play is not for the faint hearted. It is dark, black satire of the fact that whenever there are terrible catastrophes, some entertainment promoters cash in and make a fortune as people try to escape the bleakness of life.

So, you have been warned. Pause this now if you have kids listening or you're at work, but if you're still here, listen on and marvel at the affrontary of Mad Dog Malcolm.

Mad Dog Malcolm on Bandcamp.

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Our media outlets have amnesia when it comes to stories that "drag on" for longer than a few days and the Russian invasion of Ukraine is one of them. So in this episode we sit down with Adelaide-based, Ukrainian expat, Natalya Boujenko, to get a deeper understanding of Ukraine's history and culture, of the war, and of the various things we can do to help Ukrainians.

The SA Drink Of The Week with a Sorby Adams, Jutland GSM, ably supported by our guest taster, Glenn Malycha.

And in the Musical Pilgrimage, we have a new song from Vince Contarina, whom you might know better as the front man from The Zep Boys. He has a whole lotta original songs going on, and we're going to hear one.

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!

The Adelaide Show Podcast: Awarded Silver for Best Interview Podcast at the 2021 Australian Podcast Awards and named as Finalist for News and Current Affairs in the 2018 Australian Podcast Awards.

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]

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: Pitch-black Podcast From Our Dark Sky Reserve00:00:00 Intro

Introduction to the show.

00:06:15 SA Drink Of The Week

This week's SA Drink Of The Week is the 2019 Sorby Adams, Jutland GSM, ably supported by our guest taster, Glenn Malycha.

As you'll hear (and see) in our tasting with Glenn Malycha from Wine Pro Australia, we learn that the winemaker behind this wine is Simon Adams, who spent about 20 years at Yalumba as a senior red winemaker, so there's plenty of experience that the Sorby Adams label draws upon.

00:17:57 Natalya Boujenko

On 22 February 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered military forces to enter the breakaway Ukrainian republics of Donetsk and Luhansk, calling the act a "peacekeeping mission", just 48 hours before launching a large-scale invasion of Ukraine in what he called a "special military operation" to "demilitarise and denazify" the country. For many Australians, we'd been aware of Ukraine but not actively focussed on it until our natural spirit to support the underdog kicked in and many of us instinctively felt great anger towards Vladamir Putin for his vicious and illegal war. Our media outlets jumped onto the Russian Invasion story and "milked it for all it was worth" until the inevitable lure of sport and celebrities drew their attention away. Today, I had to go to page 38 to find a mention of Ukraine in The Advertiser, despite the signing of a deal to allow wheat exports from the country having significant importance for avoiding widespread hunger around the world.

To help deepen our understanding of Ukraine and to sift through some of the details of what life's been like for her fellow Ukrainians, Adelaide-based expat, Natalya Boujenko, has agreed to join us and share what she knows.

Help Ukrainians Australia

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I read through the sprawling history of Ukraine in preparation for this interview, and I must say it is one of highs and lows and waves of invasion and shifting alliances. Down here in Australia, our neighbours are states and there is little more than state rivalry; we don't have Victoria getting all "miliatary" against us. So, just in general terms, can you help plot Ukraine's history and it's place in its part of the world for us?

In my reading, I discovered that decorated Easter eggs seem to have been developed in Ukraine, well before it became Christian. Is that widely practiced today; the painting of eggs and using wax in the process?

I also saw that so called "Cossack Songs" are considered a rich part of your musical history. Earlier this year, I heard about Ukrainian punk band, Beton's cover of London Calling, renamed Kyiv Calling. What are your understandings of Ukraine and music?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWQUkRKqp2E

And are their any traditional dishes that make you homesick or proud of Ukraine?

When I moved to Hungary (Alexis, take a sip) I realised that few people in Australia appreciated the advanced, modern, historical, layered histories of other countries in the world, especially those in the "eastern bloc". Could you find some ways to describe Ukraine to help us get a sense of where it is really similar to Australia and where it is really different, perhaps looking back 4-5 years, prior to this war?

Poland and Germany and Russia and Austria all have "history" with Ukraine. Has that been stable in recent history?

When you and I met at an event recently, you made some comments about the gritty reality of life on the ground in Ukraine, with details that did not match was I was reading about in the media. I told my family and my 12yo responded with a set of questions that are just as good as any I would come up with, so I promised Caitlin I'd ask them on her behalf.

• What’s happening that they don’t show us in the news?
• Is it still happening or is it just the news not showing us any more?
• How do you feel about this?

I've never experienced what it must be like when a foreign nation invades my country. Have you got any way of describing this for us?

And living in the aftermath: A bomb blast takes seconds but there is no quick fix to the infrastructure. We grumble if the power is out for half an hour, but having no power or water or gas, that's hard to truly comprehend. Especially the myriad ways it would dominate all our thinking and decision making every moment, just to survive.

And what can we do that really has an impact in Ukraine (I always fear that donations to some places evaporate and never make it through to do good). For example, very early on I discovered that the people behind Crocobloc, a collection of plugins for WordPress websites, were based in Ukraine, so I used the support channel to send this message: Hi team. This is not a support request. I just wanted to say that our little team here in Adelaide, Australia, is right behind Ukraine and we are disgusted by Russia’s evil invasion of your country. We hope you can survive well and prosper and we hope our western allies in the EU are able to support you better. The person I was talking to was completely taken by surprised and very grateful, saying it helped make her day. I've also made a donation to a Ukraine magazine but am considering subscribing to Kyiv Independent to show support to fellow journalists. Is that sort of thing useful, in your opinion? I know you have been involved in arranging support.

Is there a good source of news? I've turned to Al Jazeera to have a constant supply of solid reporting.

01:22:41 Musical Pilgrimage

In the musical pilgrimage, we have What Things? by Vince Contarino from his new album, Goin' Home.

It's tight, loud, blues-infused rock, with plenty of respect given to the riffs, meaning songs have long intros allowing the guitars and sometimes the Hammond organ to "get their groove on".

Vince has some dates coming up performing songs from the album 'Goin' Home' with special guests (and favourites of The Adelaide Show) Lazy Eye, and Stuart Day. We'll put a link in the show notes but basically they include Friday August 12 at Pepper Tree in Aldinga, Saturday, August 20 at the Three Brothers Arms in Macclesfield, and Friday, August 26, at the Naval Association in Port Adelaide.

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In this episode, we stay very still to let our eyes adjust before recording interviews at night time in the River Murray International Dark Sky Reserve. We met the originator of the Dark Sky Reserve idea for the Mid Murray region, Chris Tugwell, former SA Chief Scientist-turned-astrophotographer, Don Bursill, and astronomer, Joe Grida. We didn't get to interview Ivy from the Ngaut Ngaut Aboriginal Site but we hope to get back for a separate episode because her stories of her people and the land were deeply intriguing and impressive.

We also have a chat with Captain, Max Lindsay, on board the PS Marion, which had docked on the side of the river, along with Michelle de Leeuw-Smeets, Tourism & Heritage Officer – Mannum Dock Museum of River History.

The SA Drink Of The Week has made its mark in the space-time continuum; a non vintage Rosé from David Franz Wines, ably supported by our guest taster, Glenn Malycha.

And in the Musical Pilgrimage, we have a new song from Kyan Burns, which has a big sound for a big mission.

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!

The Adelaide Show Podcast: Awarded Silver for Best Interview Podcast at the 2021 Australian Podcast Awards and named as Finalist for News and Current Affairs in the 2018 Australian Podcast Awards.

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]

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.

And please talk about us and share our episodes on social media, it really helps build our community. Oh, and here's our index of all episode in one concise page

Running Sheet: Pitch-black Podcast From Our Dark Sky Reserve

00:00:00 Intro

Introduction to the show.

00:03:51 SA Drink Of The Week

This week's SA Drink Of The Week is the 2021 Cuvee Non-Vintage Red Rosé from David Franz Wines.

As you'll hear (and see) in our tasting with Glenn Malycha from Wine Pro Australia, this wine features 108 varieties in every bottle - that would make for a fun wine night!

00:16:16 PS Marion interview

We recorded this episode on the PS Marion, a fully restored heritage paddle steamer built in 1897 and one of the last operational, heritage, steam driven, wood fired, overnight passenger carrying side paddle steamers in the world.

Captain, Max Lindsay, has a lot of experience on the river and driving boats, and I'm told he loves the PS Marion. As does Michelle de Leeuw-Smeets, Tourism & Heritage Officer, Mannum Dock Museum of River History.

Max,  what is it about a vessel made of wood and steel that can make a grown man LOVE it?

Can you sort out one discrepancy for me? The official website says the Marion was built in 1897 but some accounts say it was built in 1896 as a barge them converted to steam power in 1900. Will we ever know the exact dates?

The Australian National Maritime Museum: Although planned to be a steamer PS MARION was originally built as a barge. In 1896, shipbuilder A.H. Landseer from Milang on Lake Alexandrina South Australia was commissioned to build a steamer by Mr. George Swan Fowler, a prominent Adelaide business man. Unfortunately Mr. Fowler died soon after building began, and his trustees decided that the hull should be completed and offered for sale as a barge. It was named MARION and first floated in February 1897.

The Marion played an important role in the early years of Federation by being the platform for the openings of lochs, even at one time having Prime Minister Andrew Fisher on board. Who else has graced its boards?

One thing that sets the Marion apart is that its owners and designers were very good at making sure the vessel could change with the times. I believe it's configuration changed a few times from simply carrying goods to being able to carry passengers, and its big funnel is of an adjustable height. What else can you tell me about what it carried?

Most of us experience the Murray as a quiet, meandering old soul but does danger lurk under the surface for riverboat captains?

Tell me about the Mannum Dock Museum?

What do you get from hopping on board while the PS Marion is stationery?

Should we return to paddlesteamers for moving freight?

00:39:37 Dark Sky Reserve

Eight out of every 10 people on this planet, live under night skies that are ruined by light pollution. And, yes, that includes Adelaide and surrounds. While it's nice to see the Adelaide Oval lights juxtaposed against a deep red sunset, what happens when we lose sight of the stars at night is that our sleep patterns become disrupted, nocturnal habitats of our native animals become disturbed, and we get cut off from being reminded just how spellbinding the night sky can be. To me, this means we forget the healthy reminder, captured beautifully by Carl Sagan many years ago, that we are living on a pale blue dot amid a vast, vast, incomprehenisible universe. I think this is healthy because it can remind us to look out for each other as humans, and not get swept up into our fickle vanities. But before I get too deeply lost in philosophical meanderings, let's meet tonight's guests who are joining me in the dark on a cold night on the PS Marion, in the middle of the River Murray International Dark Sky Reserve; Chris Tugwell, ....

The IDA (or International Dark Sky Association) defines an International Dark Sky Reserve as a location on public or private land where we can experience starry nights of exceptional quality and becomes protected for its scientific, natural, educational, cultural, heritage and/or public enjoyment. At the moment, the River Murray International Dark Sky Reserve is the only IDA reserve in Australia. Chris, there are many questions but first, where is this River Murray reserve?

What criteria did you have to meet to get listed, what things have to keep happening to maintain the listing?

How should or can South Australians interact with the Dark Sky Reserve?

What do we think about Elon Musk's dozens of broadband internet satellites that are apparently visible in the night sky?

How connected are we to the stars - not re astrology but in relation to understand space and time?

01:19:22 Joe Grida interview

Joe is an astronomer who entertained passengers on the PS Marion Dark Sky Reserve cruise, and he shares his thoughts on the night sky and star gazing.

One bit of trivia: Do you have any idea why this being episode 355 is perfectly linked to the topic of the stars and time? It's because our calendar is based on 24-hour days but the orbital period of the Earth is not an exact multiple of 24. Over time, calenders get out of step with the actual orbital period. After moving from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar, we had to do a little jump in time. So, in 1582 the date jumped from 4th October to 15th October, making that year the only one in history that had 355 days! What other delights and stories can we gather from the night sky access?

He also referenced former guest, Vic Gostin. Here is a link to Vic's interview: 220 – Vic Gostin On Time, Rocks, And Space

You can have the "Joe Grida" experience as part of one of the Day/Night tours arranged by Juggle House. Here are the details for the Dark Sky Gold Stars Sunset Dinner

01:29:29 Musical Pilgrimage

In the musical pilgrimage, we have We Won't Let Them Win by Kyan Burns.

Kyan wrote this song after observing kids struggling through the Covid-19 pandemic by being isolated from their peers and more exposed to bullying due to being online more.

It features hip hop artist, Boffa, and a kids choir.

We've also embedded the official music video in the show notes, plus there's a link to Ditto FM to make it easy to add the song to your playlists on your favourite streaming services.

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In this episode, we get ready for the 2022 Adelaide Beer & BBQ Festival, which has been stopped twice before by Covid but this time is all set to kick up some smoke at the Royal Adelaide Showgrounds from July 15-17.

The SA Drink Of The Week is Five Minutes Away by Big Shed Brewing.

And in the Musical Pilgrimage, we have a song by one of the bands appearing at the Festival, Mums Favourite.

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Running Sheet: Beer & BBQ Festival

00:00:00 Intro

Introduction to the show.

00:02:45 SA Drink Of The Week

This week's SA Drink Of The Week is a collab beer from Big Shed Brewing. It's called 5 Minutes Away and it was brewed for the 2022 Beer & BBQ Festival in collaboration with local band, Bodyjar.

00:11:21 Gareth Lewis and Craig Basford

We are well aware of the impact Covid had on the arts, as well as a variety of businesses and community endeavours, but it seems to really have had something against the Beer & BBQ Festival. They had two Adelaide Beer & BBQ events cancelled, one of them on the day before which must have hurt more than accidentally touching a barbecue hot plate! And they had a third event canned; their home brewed event in January was called off because there was too much uncertainty around the changing nature of restrictions. In terms of major events in SA, this crew has every right to pack it in BUT co-directors Gareth Lewis and Aaron Sandow have gotten back into the kitchen (even if that kitchen is outside) and put together an impressive lineup to ensure the Beer & BBQ Festival can rise from the ashes, so to speak. Craig Basford from Big Shed Brewing, and Gareth Lewis from the Adelaide Beer & BBQ Festival, thanks for joining The Adelaide Show.

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Learn more about Big Shed Brewing here

In my intro, I referenced you getting back into the kitchen "even if the kitchen is outside" and a thought to myself, the art and the act of barbecuing is not as exclusively outdoors as it used to be because when we recorded episode 127 with The Smoking Joint crew, I reckon Grant and the team did a lot of work with their black gloves on the kitchen bench. What is the state of play for serious barbecuers these days? How much action happens away from the barbecue or the smoker?

As a person who barbecues on a traditional barbecue with a chargrill plate and a hot plate, and who is done in 30 minutes, I'm in awe of the more complex and slow approach to BBQ. Are there first steps someone like me could take to start producing the "wow" effect with his barbecue? What would you start with?

Does good BBQ always take a long time?

Is a smoker a must?

How important are thermometers and can I trust them?

A mate of mine, Jesse Donnarumma from Smoke & Steel, always uses meat rubs, etc. Because I don't plough through good meat all the time, whenever I'm ready for a beautiful steak, I want to taste the steak, and not seasonings other than a little salt and pepper. Is that cool or am I really missing a deep vein of gold here?

Pickle juice - can I buy spring gully pickles and just drain the juice from them?

Tell us about the brewers on board?

Tell us about the bands on board?

And give us your insider's tips on how to get the most out of this festival.

00:50:57 Musical Pilgrimage

In the musical pilgrimage, we have Joan of the Arcade by Mums Favourite.

Mums Favourite is one of the bands appearing at the Beer and BBQ Festival in Adelaide, July 15-17, 2022, and they'll be serving up their own selection of indie/rock/blues, garnished with a generous dash of haunting/frenzied power.

I can hear influence from early Nick Cave and a sense of freedom to follow each idea much like Kate Bush although in a grounded, and earthier way. But, of course, they are themselves.

In Joan of the Arcade we get a bass riff to die for, tight drums, great lead guitar solo, and sinister/sultry vocals by Sasha.

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Our special guest in this episode is inventor and firefighter, Steve Grealy. What attracted us to Steve is the way he encounters problems or challenges and then investigates way to solve them.

In particular, his pair of anti-speeding apps grabbed our attention, which we go into in some detail in our chat.

The SA Drink Of The Week is a Howard Vineyard 2020 Shiraz, tasted with guests from another South Australian podcast.

And in the Musical Pilgrimage, we have a song by Jennifer Trijo.

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Running Sheet: Radar Reminder App By SA Firefighter Turns Hose On Speeding

00:00:00 Intro

Introduction to the show.

00:03:10 SA Drink Of The Week

This week's SA Drink Of The Week is a Howard Vineyard 2020 Shiraz, tasted with Belle Baker from the Adelaide Hills Farmcast (a great local podcast if you're a lifestyle farmer in the Adelaide Hills) and her guest for her upcoming July episode, Alex Thomas. Alex is a sought-after speaker in the realm of practical farm safety and her website is well worth a visit: Alex Thomas.

00:09:13 Steve Grealy

In Stephen Covey's book, The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People, he shares and anecdote about finding ways to overcome our weaknesses. For example, by putting important things you need for a meeting the next day by your front door, means you won't rush off and forget them. In a similar way, senior firefighter, Steve Grealy, has applied this thinking to speeding. He knows he's got an inclination towards being a leadfoot BUT he 100% determined to drive safely and within the speed limit. So, he has co-developed an app called Radar Reminder that acts like a driving coach to keep us alert to speed cameras and road hazards, and make sure we stay conscious of not creeping.

Radar Reminder website

Radar Reminder App for iOS phones

Radar Reminder App for Android phones

Speed Camera Club website

Steve, I love your creative response to understanding your own weakness. I would call that applied creativity! We are going to go into the details of the app later but I'd love to start by hearing a story about THAT MOMENT when you knew you needed to create a tool like Radar Reminder.

You piqued Today Tonight's interest, too, I hear?

It's not your first invention though. You had something involving accelerators?

Some people might think it's a bit surprising having one former member of our emergency services trying to undermine the speed detection work of another service. Is that how you see it? Or do the Fatal Five link all services together.

As a firie, were you ever called to a car accident scene? I don't want to go for any morbid titilation but I do want you to describe what those first moments and experiences are like, where some people's lives have been drastically or fatally disrupted.

What's it like being on duty and "waiting"?

In the city, there must be dozens of false alarms in office buildings and hotels every week, if not daily. How do you psych yourself to be at the top of your game when you know that almost all of them will be false?

In my days as an office worker, I admit being rather blaize about fire drills (and I wasn't alone). What do you want to say to "young Steve" and to anybody else who shares that character flaw?

Have you attended many actual building fires? What have been your experiences?

How similar or different is the routine of a South Australian fire fighting team compared to all those US TV shows?

Do you recall having any gutteral reactions during 911, on behalf of your colleagues-in-fire-fighting?

On a lighter note, there are a lot of popular culture references to firefighters being HOT. I saw a t-shirt saying, "I hate being sexy but I'm a firefighter so I can't help it". Is there pressure to keep the bod in shape inside a fire station, or does that just come with the territory?

Now, back to Radar Reminder. It's free or $2.99 to remove ads. Exactly how does is work?

How accurate is that data that SAPOL puts out about locations?

They have other speed detection units, don't they?

Can you update your app with road hazards?

There's an online community, too.

01:03:07 Musical Pilgrimage

In the musical pilgrimage, we have Someday by Jennifer Trijo.

Someday is the title song from an orginal cabaret show Jennifer wrote in which audiences are inspired and motivated to achieve their dreams and life goals now rather than wait until one far-off, distant day when conditions might be perfect. You can read The Adelaide Show's review by Ekkia Evans here: Someday. Jennifer's finalising plans to take Someday to the Eastern States (Sydney and Melbourne) later this year.

Jennifer has just completed touring with Once the Musical in Perth as an actor-musician. She has more gigs coming up with Emma Knights (see Steve's review of Emma's show, Myths, Legends, and Fantasy) during the winter season which will soon be announced on Emma's website.

Jennifer is in rehearsals for another musical which is soon to be announced so she can't mention just yet. No doubt details will appear on her website when ready: Jennifer Trijo. Or follow her on Instagram.

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In this episode, we explore the creation of worlds within science fiction with Fay Lee, author of Empathy, and Matthew R Davis, literary horror author, in a conversation recorded at the launch of Fay's book.

The story of Empathy circles around the life of a luxury pleasure-nymph, an augmented human capable of echoing and amplifying a client’s every indulgent sensation, and aside from being an intriguing thriller, it also raises many issues about power and privilege.

NOTE: This episode does cover adult themes. Listen with care.

The SA Drink Of The Week is a Norton Summit Vineyards Pinot Noir.

And in the Musical Pilgrimage, we have a song by guest, Matthew R Davis, from his band, Blood Red Renaissance.

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Running Sheet: Meet your NFT (non-fungible token) Muse on your NFP (non-fungible podcast)00:00:00 Intro

Introduction to the show.

00:02:16 SA Drink Of The Week

This week's SA Drink Of The Week is a 2010 Norton Summit Vineyard Pinot Noir.

00:04:04 Fay Lee and Matthew R Davis

To some people, the key motivating factor for having sex, outside of procreation, is intimacy. For others, it is power. While others have sex for the sensual thrill or as a drug free pathway to relaxation. In the new science fiction novel, Empathy, Adelaide-based author, Fay Lee, hones in on the controlled application of sexual gratification through the eyes of a sex worker in a bleakly dystopian world. It makes me wonder how Isaac Asimov would have codified this aspect of life in the way that he made the Three Laws of Robotics? Perhaps that might make good discussion fodder for your book group after you've read empathy. But first, let's explore the themes of this book with its author, Fay Lee, and fellow author, Matthew R Davis.

Buy Empathy online

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We are recording this at Fay's book launch and we've all just watched a video in which the people at Hawkeye Publishing gave some background to Fay's journey to publication, while also raising an intriguing observation about the chief protaganist. More on that later.

Let's begin at the beginning, Fay, and flesh out a little of your background to give some context to this chat. You were born in Port Moresby, which is part of Papua New Guinea, Australia's closest neighbour, but which might as well be on the other side of the world. Have you mined any memories of PNG for the world in Empathy, or of any characters?

You also brazenly and proudly dub yourself as an engineer, saying that engineers make the best science fiction writers. Why is that so?

Our other guest for this chat is Matthew R. Davis. Matthew is an Adelaide-based author and musician with more than sixty short story publications to his name thus far. He was shortlisted for a 2020 Shirley Jackson Award, has been nominated for many other accolades, and won two 2019 Australian Shadows Awards. His books include If Only Tonight We Could Sleep, Midnight in the Chapel of Love, and the forthcoming novella The Dark Matter of Natasha.

Matthew, I think it's fair to say that your dark fiction is commonly described as horror. Are you comfortable with that and what does "horror" mean to you?

Fay, your publishers said it took 18 months to get the blurb right for this novel. I'd like to read that now and then ask you to embellish it as needed:

The ultra-rich have abandoned Earth. Cruising far above its congested surface in lavish Sky Towns, they partake in the ultimate luxury-pleasure-nymphs, augmented humans capable of echoing and amplifying a client's every indulgent sensation.

So who would kidnap a nymph, torture her, and leave her for dead?

When one of Sky Town's most prized nymphs wakes to find herself missing a sizeable sum of both money and memories, she has no idea who took her, why they did it... or what threat she poses to their monstrous plot. Slipping back into her world of splendour and seduction, she must navigate its hidden webs - both old and new - to find the spiders lurking within, and retake her stolen humanity.

Combining the vision of Asimov with the voice of Atwood, the author creates a world where empathy is a service, a privilege, and a vice.

For one pleasure-nymph, it may also be her only weapon.

Fay, you set the goal of writing a novel in 2012 and, if my notes are correct, within three weeks you had the draft of the current novel we're celebrating today AND you had RSI? Why? Were you handwriting this or using a really clunky typewriter?

How does this marry with your approach to writing, Matthew?

Given that you wrote this so quickly, I imagine you were tapping into something rich in your subconscience. How did you settle on sex work as the basis for a novel?

I would like to explore whether or not Empathy sits within the realm of feminist literature, especially because invoking sex work brings related topics like power dymanics to the fore. But to set the scene, I'd like to play a snippet from your publisher, Hawkeye Books, because there is an amazing discovery they draw attention to, that arose for them after a number of readings

[insert bit about character not having a name]

Was it a deliberate ploy, not giving a name to our pleasure nymph? If so, why? If not, how could that have happened?

One of the main reasons you are here tonight, Matthew, is that you reviewed Fay's book and, I believe one of your observations led to some changes. Are we allowed to hear what the change was because I am a theatre reviewer and I am fascinated by the dynamic of an artist listening to a trusted reviewer and then making a change to improve their art?

The cover of this book is one of contrast. A deep red, textured background is backdrop for an ornately made up and seductive, disembodied eye. How did you arrive at this? And, Matthew, what's been your experience with cover art selections?

Does this world of ebooks put different demands on covers and cover art?

You are both dubbed as speculative fiction authors, an umbrella term for work that draws upon elements that don't exist in reality or nature or history or even the present universe. What's the attraction? And given that creativity often rises to the challenge of restrictions, do you find ways to still subject your work to rules?

You've both been published by traditional publishers. Would you ever consider self-publishing?

Do you have advice for aspiring writers?

Questions from the audience

00:49:25 Musical Pilgrimage

In the musical pilgrimage, we have Both Wings Broken by Blood Red Renaissance.

https://bloodredrenaissance.bandcamp.com/

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Welcome to your non-fungible podcast as we hear about the Muse Frame.

If you move in technology circles, you would have heard the term "NFT" (or Non-Fungible Token) bandied about quite a bit over the past year or two. However, along with terms like Metaverse and Cryptocurrency and Blockchain, your understanding might be a little vague.

Steve's was, so he invited local entrepreneur, Dylan Blaquiere, CEO of Muse Frame, to give us a layperson's tour of these terms as well as share insights into his new product: A muse frame which can collect, verify, and display your art purchased with an NFT or non-fungible token.

The SA Drink Of The Week is 36S Blood Orange Vodka - nothing Russian here!

And in the Musical Pilgrimage, we have Dino Jag back with When The Day Comes.

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Running Sheet: Meet your NFT (non-fungible token) Muse on your NFP (non-fungible podcast)

00:00:00 Intro

Introduction to the show.

00:05:20 SA Drink Of The Week

This week's SA Drink Of The Week is Blood Orange Vodka by 36S from the Adelaide Plains.

00:07:23 Dylan Blaquiere

In medieval times, fungi vice meant to serve in place of. In the 1600s, this gave birth to the word, fungible, which also meant to serve in place of. It wasn't until the early 1900s before usage of the term fungible began to rise, peaking in the past 10 years as a pretty cold, hard capitalist term for describing  workers who are "virtually indistinguishable from others" in terms of the value of their contributions in the workplace. But fungibility has returned recently in relation to tokens you can buy to prove ownership of digital assets, aka NFTs or non-fungible tokens. A new Australian technology company based here in Adelaide is champing at the BIT (see what I did there), to have a seat at this table, through a new product called Muse Frames. Prepare yourself. You're about to be immersed in terms like Metaverse, Bitcoin, Blockchains, and Digital Wallets but my goal is to get you through this without needing Google Translate because I want The Adelaide Show to be your non-fungible (or irreplaceable) podcast for interpreting this new World 3.0. To help me achieve that, I welcome the CEO of Muse Frame, Dylan Blaquiere.

Dylan, when was the first time you ever used fungible in a sentence?

Dylan, we are going to talk about your innovation, which is this release of the first Australian digital frame exclusively manufactured to display non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and your collaboration with the Australian Open's "AO Metaverse" but for all of us to appreciate what you're doing, we need some background to this fairly new raft of technical terminology.

Is this a good mud map?
Fungibility
Art and its ownership (physical and digital)
Blockchain
Bitcoin
Metaverses

A five dollar note is fungible. If we both had them and swapped them, nobody would care. Grade 2 corn kernells are the same, no matter which farmer grew them in what country - to be Grade 2 is to be of a certain standard. However, a Lamb Roast Dinner that I make compared to one made by Jamie Oliver, I would say is non-fungible - you can't just swap one for another. How would you describe it?

As an aside, business writer, Michael Gerber's E-myth Revisited is all about building businesses on fungible humans so that you can just replace them ... but Seth Godin in Linchpin says we need to make ourselves non-fungible to thrive PLUS business owners like Michael Gerber are making businesses that are easily copied if you just have expendable, fungible, swappable humans. You're an entrepreneur, what's your take? Should you gather irreplacible people around you and face a big hole if you lose them, or play it safe?

Art. NFTs don't always relate to art but given the nature of Muse Frame and your current project, it's a good place to start. People have been buying art for centuries and when you buy something physical you either have it or you don’t. Is it fair to say that possession is 9/10 of the law in relation to physical art, and therefore there’s no need for any sort of ledger or account book to prove that I own something?

When you buy an NFT (non-fungible) token that says you own this artwork, does it actually mean ownership, giving you rights over it, or does it mean you own copy number 2000 of 2020?

Someone just learned this the hard way in relation to the book, Dune. An anonymous NFT group called Spice DAO (decentralized anonymous organization) spent $3m on a $40,000 rare art book: Jodorowsky’s Dune (which was the concept artbook for an ambitious project to make a film version of Frank Herbert’s Dune that never got off the ground. These "spiceheads" planned to convert the book into NFTs, burn the physical copy, and adapt the story into an animated series. However, they soon learned that all they bought was the physical copy of the book, not the copyright to Dune. Your thoughts?

To Blockchain now. Can we imagine it as a big excel spreadsheet with columns to describe an object or hold a legal agreement, and then other columns to capture the time, date, and place, in which certain people have taken actions like buying or signing, but that it's got replicated copies of itself all over the net and a security system that reports everything, eg, someone tries to change the value of a cell, it is recorded and traceable. How close am I?

Blockchains are closely related to Bitcoins. And this is where I'm lost. I just haven't had the headspace to investigate this speculative type of currency. Can you give us an overview?

I do hear that the computer energy needed to "mine" bitcoins is huge, and blockchains similarly, so much so that some countries have banned mining (or restricted the use of bitcoin) like Qatar, Turkey, China, etc. Does it worry you that this new realm of connectivity is going to hurt the planet?

Our last stop before getting to Muse Frames is to get our heads around (or into) metaverses. A metaverse is an immersive, virtual environment where a likeness of you can move and interact with others. For example, I joined Second Life when it began more than a decade ago. I got to move my avatar, 4InTheMorning Writer, around to different worlds (I logged in again today and boy is it still clunky). However, these days, when I think metaverse, I think of my Oculus Rift in which I put on the headset and play cricket at Lords and it is quite realistic in a cartoonish way. What does the Metaverse mean to you?

Now, can you tie all these strands together so we understand Muse Frames and Tennis Australia, the Kickstarter campaign, and the future of your business.

Is this (or will this be) in the realm of mums and dads?

If I wanted to mint The Adelaide Show logo, what would I need to do?

Finally, Lot Fourteen is SA's innovation precinct, and the government is calling for expressions of interest from cafe operators to create a new, healthy cafe there. I think of geeks working around the clock, eating pizza, drinking Coke, probably smoking weed, and just burning up their bodies. Has that changed? What would you consider a perfect nerd cafe?

01:07:50 Musical Pilgrimage

In the musical pilgrimage, we have When The Day Comes by Dino Jag, which reached dizzying heights on the National Top 10 AIR Chart late last year.

We love Dino, love his energy and the quality of his music, but also the quality of his heart. At the time of putting this episode out, Dino was preparing to be part of the UKRAINEstock Music Festival supporting refugees affected by the conflict in Ukraine.

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