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Gillian is joined in the studio by Wendy Stapleton to talk about life before and with Dusty. This girl from Moonee Ponds had her first professional appearance at age 9 and has been a star on stage and TV ever since. She and Gillian discuss being a competitive dancer at primary school; developing muscle memory in her vocal chords; how Dusty Springfield has influenced her life since age 14, and how much fun she had doing a 3am Dusty show at the Sydney Mardi Gras. To stay in the mood Gillian plays some great Dusty tracks: Son of a Preacher Man, I Only Want to Be with You and In Private.

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Gillian is joined by the The Stetson Family, who emerged from the glam rock 80’s and are now an internationally recognised, Australian blue grass band. They talk about the difference between playing synthesised pop music and bluegrass, blind dating a new bass player, how they made it to the US “like pushing a watermelon through the eye of a needle” and the international success of their latest album True North.

Tracks they play live in the studio include Fool’s Gold and Hey Sister Mary, Where’d You Get That Gun.

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Gillian hosts an amazing double act this week. First Melbourne blue grass band the Stetson Family celebrating their 10th anniversary and making it on to America’s Roots Music Report, Top Americana Country Chart two years in a row. They talk about blind dating a new bass player, the origins of blue grass and play live tracks including Fool’s Gold and Hey Sister Mary, Where’d You Get That Gun. Then Gillian is joined by Wendy Stapleton star of the Dusty Show who discusses singing and dancing since the age of 9, developing muscle memory in her vocal chords, doing a Dusty show at 3 am at the Sydney Mardi Gras and we hear her favourite Dusty tracks, including Son of a Preacher Man and I 0nly Want to Be with You.

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This week Gillian is on safari at the Zambi Wildlife Retreat where she talks with co-founders Donna Wilson (Operations Manager) and Tracey Griffith (Director) to the background sounds of 19 lions, 4 tigers and a puma. These cat lovers extraordinaire tell us how they came up with the idea of a retreat for retired lions and tigers run solely by volunteers, how they feed and take care of their charges, their celebrity supporters and how Zambi has expanded to take on other rescue animals, as well as students studying captive animals.  We also hear a bit about their love lives and some of their favourite songs, including I Feel Love, Star Boy and Can I Have it Like That.

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David Pope

Gillian’s guest this week is the man who introduced breakfast restaurants to Melbourne, David Pope, ex-Cafe Sweethearts owner, corporate head hunter and marriage equality activist.  David discusses with Gillian going silver (hair and a swimming medal at the Cologne gay games); disappearing through a dance floor to the sound of David Bowie; opening a breakfast restaurant so he could still dance at night; switching careers; his political activism in Grade 6 (wearing his Mum’s lace culottes) and more recently with the Business for Equality working group.  The music David can’t resist dancing to includes the Village People, the Kings of Tomorrow and Frankie Knuckles

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This week Dave Graney, musician, author, former TV star and cult hero drops by for a leisurely chat with Gillian. They discuss all things music, Australian accents, vintage moi, talking the opposite, his almost football career as Mr Magic, loyalty to Neighbours (and network TV in general), losing your taste buds at your sexual peak and the joys of porridge in the morning and boring novels.

Dave fills us in on his latest ventures with the Coral Snakes, mistLY and music and life partner Clare Moore; we hear tracks from them, Kid Creole and the Coconuts, the Sex Pistols and Three Degrees.

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The Retro Girls

On the Firetruck

On the eve of the 2017 Pride March it’s an all singing, all dancing show. Gillian’s guests include The Retro Girls (San dee and Rachel), Jenny from Macedon Open House, Jess from Same Love Greetings, Dawn the sound engineer and Robert Cuddy, dancing coach for the Pandora’s Pride Dance Crew.

San dee and Rachel talk with Gillian about being  The Retro Girls; hosting Pandora’s, an inclusive monthly event for queer women and friends and how they got hold of a firetruck for Pride. Along the way these unstoppable women sing some classic retro hits including Cabaret, I am Woman, Mustang Sally and Dancing Queen.

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On the show with Gillian this week are some of the stars from the Finucane and Smith production Glorybox Lucky 13 on at Arts Theatre, Melbourne. Glorybox, part burlesque, part circus, totally subversive, celebrates women, bodies, eroticism and its 13th birthday at this year’s Midsumma Festival. Rockie Stone, Azaria Univers and BENI LOLA share with Gillian stories of joining the Glorybox ensemble, what goes on backstage and the wonderful guests joining their celebration. In this all action radio show they dance, perform handstands on the desk, and Holly Durant pops in on her way to the couturier.

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Gillian with Moira Finucane and the Ukulele Ladies

Gillian’s co-host this week is the amazingly versatile Moira Finucane, a beyond genre Performance Artist, Actor, Writer, activist, ex-environmental scientist, and co-founder of the internationally acclaimed Finucane & Smith Unlimited. Counter-pointed by the fabulous Ukulele Ladies, playing live in the studio, Moira and Gillian discuss Gothic feminism, justifiable paranoia, visceral performance, Dutch hardcore, eye muscle pumping; hula hoop happiness, how Moira came to be the very first Creative Fellow at the NGV and what to expect next year when her cabaret show Glorybox turns Lucky 13!!

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Gillian with David Hunt, Gnomes and Snowdomes

David Hunt, radio presenter, ex EMI record promoter, arts aficionado and snow-dome enthusiast is Gillian’s co-host this week. David regales us with tall tales and true of his time at EMI baby-sitting rock stars such as Kim Wilde and Grace Jones as well as inside gossip about Duran Duran, Kate Bush and the Pet Shop Boys. He and Gillian discuss how the Beatles changed his life; how much he loves Melbourne – and hates taggers; why he enjoys the ageing process and how to stay fabulous. The music he can’t resist dancing to includes songs from both Sharon and Grace Jones as well a couple of classics from the Beatles and the Pet Shop Boys (with Dusty Springfield).

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