Unpacking Del Toro's Frankenstein

Dr Bridgette Glover rejoins Ash in the studio for a deep dive into Guillermo Del Toro's 2025 adaption of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. 

Curious Critters - Caviar Parasites

Summer and Tommy sit down to discuss polypodium hydriforme - a bizarre parasite that lives inside sturgeon eggs and eats them from the inside out.   Music Attribution: "Graveyard Shift" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecom…

This Community Garden is Bringing Cultures Closer Together

TuneFM volunteer reporter Tashi Dema speaks with Bhutanese community members and local farmer Andrew Spinks who has donated a patch of land for local community use.

Curious Critters - Carnivorous Sponges

Join Summer and Tommy as they sit down and talk about all things weird. This week they take a deep dive into the deep sea and look at the bizarre anatomy and life of sea sponges.    Music Attribution: "Graveyard Shift" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attributi…

Words, Music, Time, and Place

UNE lecturers Dr Alana Blackburn and Associate Professor Sarah Lawrence are two of four performers set to present a new composition this weekend. Words, Music, Time, and Place takes the works of four local writers and wordsmiths, and sets them to music composed for those works by local composer St…

Could Christmas Beetles Be Declared Threatened?

Could Christmas beetles be declared a threatened species? Where have they gone? Those are the exact questions that Invertebrates Australia and the University of Sydney are aiming to answer as part of their annual Christmas Beetle Count project through iNaturalist. We caught up with Dr Tanya Latty, …

How Disabilities are Represented in Horror Films

Ash sits down with UNE's Dr Bridgette Glover to discuss how disabilities and differences are represented in horror films. 

Loot Boxes and Gambling

A recent study from KU Leuven in Belgium suggests that teenagers who play games with gambling-like or chance-based mechanics like prize wheels and loot boxes are more likely to gamble with real money later on. To understand more about the behaviours that lead to gambling, and how these mechanics c…

CSIRO Open Day Showcases Sustainability

Join TuneFM volunteer Goodness Adebo as he speaks with three CSIRO scientists about their work on sustainability at the Chiswick Project open day in Armidale.

Digging for Dinos in Mongolia

Ash sits down with UNE undergrad student Tian to discuss her experience in Mongolia, as part of a palaentological dig.