



Ruth Barratt-Peacock
Dr Ruth Barratt-Peacock is a musicologist and literary studies scholar. She has published widely in the areas of childhood studies, television, popular music and East Asian popular culture. She is the recipient of a Walter Benjamin grant for research on the social construction of childhood in metal…

Frances Georgeson
Frances Georgeson is currently the General Manager of the Australian Children's Music Foundation (ACMF) is a not-for-profit charitable organization dedicated to improving the mental and emotional well-being of disadvantaged and Indigenous children and youth at risk across Australia, using music as …

Kelly-Dawn Hellmrich
Kelly-Dawn Hellmrich is a musician, music industry member and author of the excellent new book It’s Not For You: Inside the artists rewriting the rules of the Australian music scene. With interviews from the who you already know, and who you really SHOULD know of Australian music, the book showcase…

Jessica Mauboy
Our guest today is Jessica Mauboy. An absolute legend of Australian music, Jess is a singer, a writer, a performer - multi ARIA award winner, and recently inducted into the National Indigenous Music Awards Hall of Fame - incredible. She’s been in the spotlight for nearly 20 years, and after a long …

Ron Haryanto
Our guest today is Ron Haryanto. Ronny is an artist, a music industry consultant, the former general manager of Studios 301 in Sydney (the largest recording studio in the southern hemisphere, thank you), and now the co-founder of new venture Mentor Academy. In his spare time he’s also a Dad and tou…

Emma Peel
This episode is a kaleidoscope of fun with our guest --- Emma Peel! She's been a DJ on Melbourne's PBS FM for way over 15 years, and her Saturday show "Switched On" features dusty & obscure gems from the vinyl vaults of time. Emma's a mother of two, a musician in the band CURLERS, and co-creator of…

Elana Stone
Our guest today is Elana Stone. A graduate of Australian National University's School of Music, Elana is a double ARIA Award-winning musician whose style combines instrumental invention with pop styling and quirk! She's an ongoing member of Missy Higgins' live band, and has toured the world as a si…

Becky Bennison
Our guest today is Becky Bennison. A graduate of the prestigious Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Becky went on to be a primary school teacher while finishing her PhD in Cultural Studies and Audio Production (as you do). An accomplished writer, songwriter and performer in her own right, these days s…

Penny Spirou
Our guest today is Penny Spirou. An arts critic for AU Review, and arts administrator for various organisations, university lecturer, tutor and popular music PhD - these days Penny works for The Tax Institute where she is the learning technology coordinator. We’ve known Penny since the ‘before time…

Jeremy Dullard
Our guest today is Jeremy Dullard – he’s is the founder and director of the Melbourne-based music group, Gamelan DanAnda. Jeremy is a champion of Balinese ‘gamelan’: a percussion based orchestra of gongs, flutes, metalophones, and more. Through rehearsals, lessons, workshops, and concerts, Jeremy’s…