Richard Fowler is a musician's musician.

One of those people who can play all the instruments.

He has written plays, musicals, films and directed an off-broadway musical in New York

Richard is also an educator. After years of teaching at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music....

He studied feature films and music and is now finalising his PhD about that!

We talk about his family in the creative arts and Richard plays & sings about how music can help get us through.

In this episode of The Lock In, I speak with Barry Chapman.

Barry Chapman may not be a familiar name, but he was the driving force behind Triple J, Australia's national youth radio network and Channel [V] music television that launched some of Australia's biggest bands.

Barry now lives in Spain during the winter and Scotland during the summer. I speak to him about his escape from Spain, and driving through 3 countries, before the state of emergency kicked in.

He also gives some thoughts for musicians and creativity in these times.

Barry is my wife's former boss. You will hear her in this episode too.

On the eve of Mother's Day in the UK, I talk to Allan Jenkins the editor of the Observer Food Monthly about the hospitality industry in the UK and parenting.

We need to share stories and connect our humanity beyond the policy announcements and facts.

We need a collective "this sucks" moment.

I am lining up people to share their stories from behind closed doors and hear what it's really like around the world.