The Drawing Room

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The Drawing Room episodes

April 05, 2021 A life in the water
Richard Fitzpatrick is a marine biologist who has spent a lot of his career taking in the beauty of the reefs and the thrill of hungry sharks; travelling to the sort of places most of us will never get to visit in person.
Fortunately he's also an Emmy Award winning cinematographer, so he's happy to take everyone along with him on the journey.
21 min
April 01, 2021 We See It All
How much surveillance are you willing to tolerate in the name of public safety?
That's the question at the heart of We See It All: Liberty and Justice in the Age of Perpetual Surveillance, the new book by Jon Fasman.
20 min
April 01, 2021 We See It All
How much surveillance are you willing to tolerate in the name of public safety?
That's the question at the heart of We See It All: Liberty and Justice in the Age of Perpetual Surveillance, the new book by Jon Fasman.
20 min
March 31, 2021 Terra Data
What memories of the past are contained in the land around us?
From the No. 4 reactor in Chernobyl to the land around Fukushima and a destroyed migrant settlement in Calais, Stanislava Pinchuk has been mapping the world's conflict and disaster zones.
In the Drawing Room, she explores her own connection to those lands.
22 min
March 31, 2021 Terra Data
What memories of the past are contained in the land around us?
From the No. 4 reactor in Chernobyl to the land around Fukushima and a destroyed migrant settlement in Calais, Stanislava Pinchuk has been mapping the world's conflict and disaster zones.
In the Drawing Room, she explores her own connection to those lands.
22 min
March 30, 2021 Candice Fox: The Chase
It was meant to be a simple holiday baseball game: a match between the prison guards and their inmates.
But when a bus full of the guards' families is shot off the road within sight of the prison, it leads to something unthinkable: more than 600 inmates free and on the run.
The Chase is the latest book by the hugely successful Australian crime writer Candice Fox.
23 min
March 30, 2021 Candice Fox: The Chase
It was meant to be a simple holiday baseball game: a match between the prison guards and their inmates.
But when a bus full of the guards' families is shot off the road within sight of the prison, it leads to something unthinkable: more than 600 inmates free and on the run.
The Chase is the latest book by the hugely successful Australian crime writer Candice Fox.
23 min
March 29, 2021 From Sky to Sea
Jaimen Hudson came to international attention for his drone footage of dolphins and whales playing in the surf.
But for Jaimen, being above the water wasn't enough.
A new documentary follows his quest to become the first underwater cinematographer with quadriplegia.
19 min
March 29, 2021 From Sky to Sea
Jaimen Hudson came to international attention for his drone footage of dolphins and whales playing in the surf.
But for Jaimen, being above the water wasn't enough.
A new documentary follows his quest to become the first underwater cinematographer with quadriplegia.
19 min
March 26, 2021 Ehsan Gelsi creates his own Ephemera
What happens when you let a composer loose on a giant pipe organ after a year away from live music?
On his latest album, Ephemera, Ehsan Gelsi used the Melbourne Town Hall organ to create a remarkable prog rock space opera.
18 min

About The Drawing Room

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Retire to the eclectic environs of the RN Drive Drawing Room, for music, musings and unexpected conversations. The Drawing Room is equal parts performance space, salon, and kitchen table confessional.