The Grapevine

This week Kulja and Dylan talk to Richard Frankland about the 25th anniversary of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.

Then Cam Walker from Friends of the Earth talks about the communities of Carteret Islands and their decision to relocate due to global warming and rising sea levels destroying their home.

Finally Mel Cranenburgh stops in for the Reading Room and talks to Jo Case the program manager at the Melbourne Writers Festival about short story collections.

This week Dylan and Kulja speak to husband & wife duo Allen Sparhawk and Mimi Parker about touring life and managing family

Then Higher Education Policy Director at the Grattan Institute, Andrew Naughton, calls to discuss HELP loans and the recommendations he has put forward to ensure they are paid.

Finally, Joanne Boyd, the archives and records manager at the Victorian Supreme Court, talks about the 175th anniversary of the Victorian Supreme Court

Dylan and Kulja speak with Sally Rippin in the studio and talk to David Burton about his new book How to be Happy: A Memoir of Love, Sex and Teenage Confusion.

Then broadcaster and journalist Stan Grant comes in to talk about his new book Talking to my Country. A personal reflection on identity, ethnicity and race relations in this country, as it was sparked in part by Grant's heartfelt and widely publish response to the Adam Goodes booing scandal.

This week Kulja and Dylan speak with Mary Crooks, executive director of the Victorian Women's Trust, about international Women's day.

Andrew Bovell calls in to discuss adapting the acclaimed novel The Secret River for the stage, soon to be playing for a limited season at the Arts Centre Melbourne.

To finish off the show urban planning professor at Melbourne Uni, Carolym Whitzman talks housing affordability and negative gearing

This week Kulja and Dylan speak with former foreign correspondent Sean Dorney about his recent Lowy Institute paper 'The Embarrassed Colonialist', which explores Australia's fraught history and engagement with Papua New Guinea.

Dylan and Kulja finish by talking to Helen Yotis Patterson & Artemis Ioannides about their upcoming theatrical performance of 'TAXITHI: An Australian Odyssey', based around the stories of women who migrated to Australia in the 1950's-60's

This week Dylan plays an interview he recorded duirng the week with Ricardo Neves from PBI's Mexican division about the work he and the organisation does.

Also Kulja and Dylan speak to Jane Jose about the unsung ways in which woman have shaped the life and look of Australian cities, which she details in her new book Places Women Make

This week Dylan and Kulja chat with Hana Assafiri about the 'speed-date a Muslim' events she's been running out of Morrocan Deli-cacy.

Gary Foley also returns to the program to discuss the most recent Close the Gap event

This week Dylan and Kulja speak with Dave Nichols about iconic landmarks.

Jack Charles came in to speak about theupcoming stage production Coranderrk: We Will Show the Country.

Finally, Sally Rippin stops in for Reading Room along with author/illustrator Ann James.