Episodes
| Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Brendan Cowell, Storage | 20241021 | Actor Brendan Cowell says Australia doesn't quite want you to leave... But leave he does and so begins his unusual interactions with the great love of his life. Storage units. From Australia to London and back, he discovers that you can learn a lot about yourself from where you leave your stuff. Presented by Daniel Browning Part of a series on Australia and place, actor Brendan Cowell considers his rootless existence, Australian manhood - and the surprisingly emotional resonance of storage units. |
| Daniel Browning, Out Of Place | 20241025 | Bundjalung and Kullilli journalist and broadcaster Daniel Browning's Essay 'Out of Place' asks us to consider two men, who in travelling to London and Paris, reversed the usual trajectory of colonised people. Presented by Daniel Browning Part of a series on Australia and place, Daniel Browning's Out of Place considers two remarkable men who reversed the usual trajectory of people who were colonised. |
| Farz Edraki, The Other Mother | 20241023 | Writer Farz Edraki takes comfort from the eel. Never particularly viewed as a poet's muse, it is however a force of nature, powering through Sydney's Centennial Park to wider waters - fuelled by its innate instinct to make babies. And babies have been on Farz's mind, as kindly compliments about the speed with which she's up on her feet after pregnancy lead to a dilemma... These essays were recorded in front of an audience at the Sydney Theatre Company. The writers acknowledged the Gadigal people and paid respects to elders past and present. Presented by Farz Edraki Produced by Sue Roberts and Kevin Core Essays from Australia on the theme of place and belonging. Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond. Part of a series on Australia and place, Farz Edraki considers an animal not loved by writers - the eel - and the lessons they offererd her as a parent in her local park. Writer Farz Edraki takes comfort from the eel. Never particularly viewed as a poet's muse, it is however a force of nature, powering through Sydney's Centennial Park to wider waters - fuelled by its innate instinct to make babies. And babies have been on Farz's mind, as kindly compliments about the speed with which she's up on her feet after pregnancy lead to a dilemma... Presented by Farz Edraki Part of a series on Australia and place, Farz Edraki considers an animal not loved by writers - the eel - and the lessons they offererd her as a parent in her local park. Never particularly viewed as a poet's muse it is however a force of nature, powering through Sydney's Centennial Park to wider waters - fuelled by its innate instinct to make babies. Presented by Daniel Browning Part of a series on Australia and place, Farz Edraki considers an animal not loved by writers - the eel - and the lessons they offered her as a parent in her local park. |
| Luka Lesson, Two Villages | 20241024 | Poet Luka Lesson's great grandmother Magdalini was a midwife, for decades, on hand to help the people of her small Greek village. A pilgrimage to that place sees Luka consider his own role as a new father, and the gradual introduction of his child to their 'village'. But an aspect of that introduction is an unhappy one, and Luka considers just how precarious the feeling of belonging can be. This programme contains strong discriminatory language. Presented by Luka Lesson Part of a series on Australia and place, Luka Lesson considers his own place in Australia, in the light of a visit to the village of his great grandmother, revered as a midwife. Poet Luka Lesson's great-grandmother Magdalini was a midwife, for decades, on hand to help the people of her small Greek village. A pilgrimage to that place sees Luka consider his own role as a new father, and the gradual introduction of his child to their 'village'. But an aspect of that introduction is an unhappy one, and with a discussion of racist language, Luka considers just how precarious the feeling of belonging can be. Presented by Daniel Browning Poet Luka Lesson's great grandmother Magdalini was a midwife, for decades, on hand to help the people of her small Greek village. A pilgrimage to that place sees Luka consider his own role as a new father, and the gradual introduction of his child to their 'village'. But an aspect of that introduction is an unhappy one, and Luka considers just how precarious the feeling of belonging can be. This programme contains strong discriminatory language. These essays were recorded in front of an audience at the Sydney Theatre Company. The writers acknowledged the Gadigal people and paid respects to elders past and present. Presented by Luka Lesson Produced by Sue Roberts and Kevin Core Essays from Australia on the theme of place and belonging. Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond. Part of a series on Australia and place, Luka Lesson considers his own place in Australia, in the light of a visit to the village of his great grandmother, revered as a midwife. |
| Sara Saleh, From Povo To Poet | 20241022 | Writer Sara Saleh takes us on a tour of a formative place in her development. West Sydney's Bankstown Poetry Slam. She considers the multitude of different people who found their voice there, and how this collection of outsiders went from the extremities to... a form of cool. Presented by Daniel Browning Part of a series on Australia and place, writer Sara Saleh examines the spoken word scene of Bankstown which gave a sense of identity to performers and poets - the real rockstars. |