#4 Today Girl - Brad Bennett on Vocational Education and Tony Bogan on Songwriters starting out.

11th March 2020

On this episode I am connecting to you through the Community Radio station 2RRR 88.5fm as the current host to RadioActive. Regular show every Wednesday evening from 6-7pm. 
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Interview 1.
Rock Legends BB Steal’s, lead singer Craig Csongrady 
BB Steal (Beg Borrow Steal) are a heavily Def leopard  influenced Australian band formed circa 1987. Lead vocalist Craig Csongrady has been the only permanent member.

We talk about stage mishaps, album covers and influence.

Interview 2.
Founder Oscar Vallejo of Doglato
I still can't believe we at Dog food!!!
Gelato for Dogs. You can now share that delicious cold taste bud tantalising treat with your favourite fury pal or is your fury pal sharing with you?!
https://www.doglato.com.au/about-doglato

26th February 2020

On this episode I am connecting to you through the Community Radio station 2RRR 88.5fm as the current host to RadioActive. Regular show every Wednesday evening from 6-7pm.
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Interview 1.
Phil Stack, Australian Bassist who seamlessly crosses genres from Jazz to Rock and also founding member of multi platinum selling rock band Thirsty Merc…..

Interview 2.
Charlotte Salusinsky about ArtsLab Behind Closed Doors Festival on at 107 in Redfern…Shopfront’s ArtsLab is a hothouse for emerging artists to examine their practice, test and develop new work in a supportive environment, and prepare for a career in the arts

AND

Poems by our resident poet Dippy.

19th February 2020

On this episode I am connecting to you through the Community Radio station 2RRR 88.5fm as the current host to RadioActive. Regular show every Wednesday evening from 6-7pm. 
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Interview 1.
I talk to Thalia, Sydney based electronic singer/songwriter/producer about her journey from mormonism to lesbianism to veganism and a lifelong struggle with addictions.

Interview 2.
Last Thursday night I was invited to the Hunters Hill Town Hall BBQ which was in aid of the community storm clean up. The Mayor of Hunters Hill, Mark Bennett acknowledged the significant impact of a major weather event Sunday 9 February, and the commitment of local emergency services teams and the Council’s Works team.  

NSW SES Hunters Hill Unit Commander Louise Bertoni advised that most of the work her unit performed included removal of trees from roads, pools and footpaths, tarping roofs, and securing windows with silicone. The Unit also assisted local nursing homes with sandbagging and securing property and the safety of residents.

29th January 2020

On this episode I am connecting to you through the Community Radio station 2RRR 88.5fm as the current host to RadioActive. Regular show every Wednesday evening from 6-7pm.

Interview 1.
A Local from our community on the Central Coast, fire volunteer, David Lang, talks about his experience over the time spent volunteering to those in need throughout fire ravaged areas in NSW. He endured levels of disturbance and heartbreak most couldn’t comprehend in a lifetime in a week.

18th December 2019

On this episode I am connecting to you through the Community Radio station 2RRR 88.5fm as the current host to RadioActive. Regular show every Wednesday evening from 6-7pm.

Interview 1. Chat with Angus McCaffrey, Hunters Hill local in Sydney talks about his pop up open air cinema in Woolich.

Interview 2.
Dating Website Eharmony’s psychologist and relationship expert, Sharon Draper talks on being “Single In December" and dating trends such as “The Christmas Cracker!”

With Christmas fast approaching, the festive season doesn’t mean Aussies stop dating, and experts have identified a sackful of new trends to describe being single in December.

The world of dating is becoming more and more complex. We’re using dating apps like no tomorrow, and the ways in which people connect (and disconnect) are constantly expanding, so much so that we’ve formulated a whole new language for it –– ‘breadcrumbing’ was not a thing 10 years ago.

Interview 3.
Also I have a very warm interview with Sydney's Mayor of Hunters Hill, Mark Bennett and School principle of Hunters Hill Public School, Kim Dodgeon, along with one of the students, Savanna… 

I was invited out to the council chambers a couple of weeks ago to see the handing over of letters that the school children of Hunters Hill Public School had written to children in a couple of the schools in Richmond Valley who have been effected by the bush fires to show support and compassion. 

And of course Amazing Aussie Music.

11th December 2019

Interview 1. Phil Stack and Sara O'Connor on the album Dark All Day.

Phil and Sara play two songs from their album Dark All Day and chat about their artistic journey to date.

The cover artwork for “Dark All Day” was created by Archibald Prize winning artist Wendy Sharpe. Sara, Wendy and her partner Bernard Ollis, met onboard a ship bound for the North Pole. During that journey Wendy and Bernard painted constantly, while Sara stood by in awe, but she was also creating... new music for this album.

Apart from the album artwork there is another magnificent link between Wendy and the album. On the back of the ship one afternoon, Wendy and Sara chatted about what it must be like living in the Arctic during winter when there is 24 hours of darkness. They talked about what it must do to your psyche when it’s dark all day and all night. That moment was the beginning of the title track on the album; ‘Dark All Day’. After that conversation with Wendy, Sara went back to her cabin and wrote the song. 

And as usual awesome music by our very own Aussie Artists.

4th December 2019

Interview 1. Every whisker of credit goes to the Mo Bros and Mo Sistas around the world, for the Movember movement has grown into a truly global one since 2003 with some 5 million participants to date.

Movember, (for those of you that don’t know), the month formerly known as 'November', is a moustache-growing charity event that raises funds and awareness for men’s health. Movember participants, choose to Grow a moustache, Move by walking or running 60 kilometres throughout the month, or Host a Mo-ment by gathering friends. We have Jake Lambert, Movember spokes person give some insight on how Movember just gone panned out…

Geoffrey Redmond is an inventor. He noticed his mother was rapidly deteriorating physically and mentally at the age of 86. She had even forgotten how to make his traditional scrambled eggs! 

He then went about inventing an exercise device to reinvigorate his mother back to good health. Now at the age of 90 she appears to be 15-20 years younger regaining functionality and her happy disposition. We are going to discuss Exercising the elderly without effort impact or pain..

The solution was to invent a machine that does the moving for people with neuromuscular disease that can no longer move themselves. By tilting the body to gravity and moving it in a slow radial motion provides an automatic balancing response that conditions the entire body in a minimum amount of time and effort without conscious thought.

13th November 2019

On this episode I am connecting to you through the Community Radio station 2RRR 88.5fm as the current host to RadioActive. Regular show every Wednesday evening from 6-7pm.

Interview 1.
Dr Mike Shenouda is the proud founder of Géniale Medical Aesthetics and Skin Cancer Centre.

With over 19 years expert experience in skin cancer medicine and surgery, Dr Shenouda is passionate about creating a premium destination designed to deliver a holistic approach to skin cancer treatment, medical aesthetics and wellness.

From industry-leading skin cancer treatments to innovative medical aesthetic procedures Geniale exists to achieve brilliance in cosmetic, medical and surgical care and to promote wellness and wellbeing.

Dr Shenouda and Dr Simmons discuss The psychological impact of the beauty industry.

Interview 2.
Station Commander of Fire and Rescue NSW Ryde Fire Station, Brad Gearsh discuss's what challenges the fire fighters are facing in controlling the 2019 November bush fires and the effects this is currently having on the surrounding communities in NSW.

As of this morning (13/11/19) and clarified by Brad at Ryde Fire and Rescue NSW….

• 83 fires are burning, 50 uncontained.
• More than 1.1 million hectares have burned, more than the past three bushfire seasons combined. 
• 21 people were injured – 13 of them firefighters and eight members of the public. None of the injuries were life-threatening
• The catastrophic fire danger rating has been lowered to “very high” for the Greater Sydney, Hunter and Illawarra/Shoalhaven regions.
• Very high fire danger ratings are also in effect for the southern and central ranges and north-western, northern slopes, north coast and far north coast regions.
• Armidale is one notch higher, with a fire danger rating of “severe”.
• 3,000 firefighters deployed or on standby, 80 aircraft at the ready, 400 fire trucks in the field.

On this episode I am connecting to you through the Community Radio station 2RRR 88.5fm as the current host to RadioActive. Regular show every Wednesday evening from 6-7pm.

Interview 1
Australian, Electronic Music Producer, Jase Ess, started working in radio whilst in Adelaide, South Australia, first with 88.5 Coast FM and then for another 6 years with one of Australia’s first licenced dance music radio stations, 92.7 Fresh FM.

​​His move to Sydney came about with an opportunity to collaborate on a production with Nick Jay and together they released a track “I Don’t Give a Damn which reached  #11 on the ARIA Dance Charts.

Over the years has honed his sound into what he describes as 'Industrial Emotion' - orchestral sounds combined with Indie Tech. Jase discuss's the Psychology of Sound with us.

Tonight we are going to talk about the Psychology of sound and the electronic music scene and where Jase sees the music industry headed in Australia over the next 5-10years..