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Considered one of the top rock operas of all time and The Who’s Magnum Opus Tommy is getting a new lease on life. 

Legendary Australian band You Am I is taking Tommy on tour with special guest vocals from Sarah McLeod and Hayley Mary.

It’s a delicious rock’n’roll layer dip. 

Ever wondered what your life might look like if you hadn’t made a particular decision?

The Sydney Theatre Company ‘Constellations’ uses the idea of the multiverse taken from quantum physics to explore the concept of infinite outcomes.

It follows Roland, a beekeeper and Marianne, a physicist through their romantic relationship, depicting moments and possibilities.

Not many people get to control their legacy. Even fewer of those get to do it with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. 

A soldier, farmer, diplomat, advocate, father… and politician - he was the leader of the National Party and Deputy Prime Minister.

Tim Fischer was one of those rare politicians who was well-liked and respected across the political spectrum by colleagues and constituents.

Peter Rees has just completed a biography on Tim Fisher called ‘I Am Tim: Life, Politics and Beyond’. 

There's a rich history of country duos but not many from Queensland let alone the town of Rockhampton.

Busby Marou talk about shifting genre but always coming back to country music.

Tom and Jeremy make up Busby Marou and their new album Blood Red is out now. They'll be touring nationally in August.

At this very minute, microorganisms in your gut are impacting your how you think and behave. Think about that before blaming others for being on your nerves.

Bowel health. Probiotics. Faecal transplants; Gut health is certainly not the sexy side of medicine, but it is an increasingly important one, impacting everything from your allergies to obesity.

Sarah Schenck and Steven Lawrence produced the documentary The Invisible Extinction to explore the current research around microbiomes.

It’s 1993. Paul Keating is the Prime Minister.

Sydney has won the bid to host the 2000 Olympics, Newcomer Shane Warne delivers the ball of the century in the Ashes and on the radio amongst the wall of Oz rock in the Triple J hottest 100 that year, this smooth, Lou Reed-esque tune leaps out at you... it's 'Night of the Wolverine' by Dave Graney and The Coral Snakes.

On the 30th anniversary of the hit record, the band are taking it back on tour. 

Should former slave-holding countries pay for their past wrongs? That’s what a group of Caribbean nations are looking to do. 

The Caribbean group says reparations are not only about monetary compensation for enslaved people’s descendants… but a wider recognition of the continuing effects of colonisation.

At one time considered Australia’s most important book - Nevil Shute’s novel On the Beach follows a group of friends and colleagues in 1960’s Melbourne after the fallout of a short but disastrous nuclear war which has wiped out humanity north of the equator. 

The characters are living on borrowed time, speculating wildly about the direction of the deadly radiation clouds, desperately grasping at scientific theories about its toxicity and the possibility of survival.

Australian playwright Tommy Murphy has adapted the novel for a first-ever stage version for the Sydney Theatre Company.

Guest:

Tommy Murphy, playwright

Their angelic voices belie their rugged and hairy visage.

The Spooky Men are a choir made up of men, but they want you to know they are definitely NOT a men's group.