Time To Talk with Sean Sennett

Rita Wilson is Sean Sennett’s special guest on this week’s Time To Talk. Rita has been making fine albums for the last decade and she’s back with a brand new record of duets called Now & Forever. The album features a ‘Who’s Who’ of contemporary music giants including Smokey Robinson, Keith Urban, Elvis Costello, Willie Nelson and Jackson Browne. Rita talks about her journey recording the album, goes way back to her first musical influences and shares some great advice Bruce Springsteen gave her! Tune in.

Host Sean Sennett interviews one of the great Australian songwriters, Dave Faulkner from the Hoodoo Gurus. The Hoodoo Gurus have just released a fine new album Chariot of the Gods - and they're embarking on a national tour with the Dandy Warhols. On the podcast Dave talks about everything from some of his favourite artists to recording Stoneage Romeos through to songwriting in the present day, giving us a real insight into his creative process. 

Nicholas Hammond made his silver screen debut in the Lord of The Flies in 1963. He played Friedrich von Trapp in The Sound Of Music. He starred as Peter Parker in the first Spider-Man films and featured in a number of classic television series including Gunsmoke, Magnum P.I, The Love Boat and more. He was the 'bad boy’ in the Brady Bunch episode where Marcia broke her nose. More recently he played Sam Wanamaker in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. Nicholas is currently appearing at SupaNova in Australia.

This week’s special guest on Time To Talk is Rugby League immortal, Johnathan Thurston.  Chatting to Sean Sennett, JT discusses his life in and out of football.  Going way back, Thurston takes us from his early days right through to the end of his playing career.  He discusses what it takes to play State of Origin football, his cultural obligations as a First Nation’s man in 2021 and his work with the JT Academy.  And … the way he describes kicking a football is pure poetry.

Alice Cooper is our very special guest on Time To Talk this week.  To coincide with the release of his new album Detroit Stories, Alice talks to Sean Sennett about recording the album.  He discusses covering the Velvet Underground and the MC5 as well as the originals that make up the record.  Alice chats about teaming up with his old buddy, producer Bob Ezrin.  Along the way you’ll hear anecdotes about everyone from Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley to Eddie Van Halen and Glen Campbell.

Singer/songwriter John Schumann takes us on a journey into the writing of ‘I Was Only 19’ on this special episode of Time To Talk.  John explains what motivated him to write this first person account of an Australian soldier’s experience in the Vietnam War.  He also explains where Redgum, as a band, were at, at the time of recording, as well as his troubled relationship with pop music tastemakers Countdown.  Join us as Schumann recounts writing one of the most significant and impactful songs in Australia’s social history.