How hydrogen is shaping SA’s future

When it comes to renewable energy, South Australia is not just the leader of the pack – it’s in a league of its own. We talk to the man charged with building SA’s hydrogen industry. Until now, SA’s main renewable energy sources have been our famously hot sun and plentiful wind. Our hydrogen produc…

Cheers to Tasting Australia

Episode 40: With Tasting Australia set to take over SA for 10 days of deliciousness from 3-12 May, co-drinks curator Banjo Harris Plane joins Hot Topics to share what’s on the menu. Established in 1997, Tasting Australia presented by RAA Travel is one of the country’s longest-running eating and dri…

SA’s History Festival

Think history’s boring? Think again! Ahead of South Australia’s History Festival 2024, happening 1-31 May, we talk to Dane Wilden – Manager, Major Events at the History Trust of South Australia – about why understanding our state’s past can help shape our future. From this year’s theme of POWER to …

Women in STEM – SA shows how it’s done!

We talk to two impressive women leading the way in STEM through their important roles at our state’s major research hub. For Hannah Brown, Acting Executive Director at SARDI (South Australian Research and Development Institute), STEM is “the best career in the world”. But for many other women, it’…

Inside Hospital School SA

Principal Matthew McCurry takes us behind the scenes of Hospital School SA and shares some heart-warming (and tear-inducing) stories of its inspiring students. Back in 1930, the South Australian Education Department did something pretty ground-breaking – they hired the very first teacher to work w…

Country Teachin’ in SA

Recent teaching graduate and self-described “city girl” Annie Boyd joins Hot Topics to discuss why she chose to launch her career in Port Pirie – and isn’t looking back. When Annie Boyd started her teaching degree, she always knew she wanted to work in the country after graduation. When she later …

Adelaide Fringe: Behind the Scenes

Fringe Director and CEO Heather Croall AM joins Matt, Anna and Tim to talk about the festival’s enormous economic impact, and what’s in store for this year! Established as an adjunct to the Adelaide Festival in 1960 to showcase smaller, local performers, Adelaide Fringe has long since outgrown its…

Caring People

We have plenty of people who need care, for a multitude of reasons, and in a multitude of ways. Luckily, we humans have a high propensity to care for one another, with unpaid carers stepping up to support those in need everywhere and anywhere. Carers are an irreplaceable part of the health economy,…

All Over the Tour Down Under

South Australia is host to another year of a world-class cycling tournament. The Santos Tour Down Under is Australia’s greatest cycling event and 2024 will mark 25 years since it first started in 1999. Along the journey of starting as a national treasure to becoming an elite event on the global sta…

2023: What Is, Was, and What Will Be...

It has been an eventful year for the Hot Topics podcast since we started bringing you the is, the was, and the will be of South Australia back in April. And what better time to reflect on what has been discussed on the podcast than the silly season!? This is a great opportunity to catch up on episo…