Danièle Hromek is at the centre of an incredible moment. Creative, entrepreneurial, full of ideas, she’s right in the centre of a profound shift that’s underway towards a growing appreciation of Country, and of connecting and designing with Country, and it’s changing the way we think about and plan our cities. What I love about her work is the flui…

James Bradley grew up a couple of streets back from the beach, and it never let him go. Despite stints selling newspapers in a pub and working in a video shop, as a judge’s associate and a solicitor, it’s his career as a writer that’s given voice to that deep and abiding love and fascination with the ocean. With 10 books to his name and at least as…

Cath Dwyer is a radio maker and journalist who’s helped shape the culture of radio here. A former Young Journalist of the Year and Human Rights medal winner, she founded the ABC’s pioneering participatory journalism project ABC Open, and has worked in radio at all levels from community stations through to Radio National and Triple J. At a time when…

Brooke Webb is larger than life. From sneaking in to a Nirvana gig through a broken window (and landing right on the stage, in front of Dave Grohl’s massive right calf), to touring Sonic Youth. Running away to join the circus through to her current gig as Chief Executive of the Sydney Writers Festival. She’s lived a hundred different lives and reli…

Georgia Weir founded the life changing community running program Deadly Runners. She competed in the New York, Gold Coast, North Coast and Chicago marathons. But she wasn’t always a runner, in fact she came to the sport as an absolute last resort, having lived through some incredibly tough times - the perfect prep for the high highs of running at t…

Belqis Youssofzay is an architect who grew up in Afghanistan and India, moving to Sydney’s central coast as a teenager. From dreamy photography to the Powerhouse renewal, her work reflects that unique journey - this fascinating conversation covers so much ground, from Muriel’s Wedding and swimming cossies to the role of museums and culture in socie…

This is part 2 of my chat with Visual Effects Supervisor and founder of Leonid Studios, Ari Levinson, about visual effects and much more on the Lord of the Rings movie Trilogy. Enjoy! Connect with Ari: leonidstudios.com Connect with Media Revue Pod: FB and X @MediaRevuePod, Instagram @Richardst30, email MediaRevuePod@gmail.com…

It is an understatement to say that the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy has very impressive Visual Effects. It really changed the way some in the industry make movies. From using forced perspective, miniatures, scaled composites, background replacements, performance capture, and crowd-generating software, this trilogy was able to exploit every tric…

Kenny Yong-soo Son makes stunningly handcrafted metal objects from metal, concrete and sometimes timber, beautifully shaped spoons, a cup, dustpan and broom, a light shade, even a starkly geometric bookmark. If that wasn’t enough, he runs one of Sydney’s much loved restaurants, Sang By Mabasa, pushing the thinking around Korean food. His work is ex…

Mel Greblo is a startup founder and CEO working to help women rebuild their lives after family violence. At least a quarter of Australian women are affected by this insidious and deeply destructive form of abuse, which so often leaves victim survivors financially impoverished with battered self esteem, a tough base to build a new life. Helping them…

Back in 1989, The Little Mermaid dazzled its audiences with a colorful, joyful, adventurous, and musical world both above and under the sea and it reinvigorated Disney Animation's brand. In this "live-action" remake, Disney attempts to recapture that magic and rekindle it within a new generation of spectators. Did they succeed? Why is Flounder a fl…

Ricky Simandjuntak has had a hand in so much that is good about music in our city right now. Sampa The Great, The Kid Laroi, Becca Hatch, ONEFOUR - four entirely different acts, all global stars or stars in the making - and you can see him front and centre in the new Netflix doco Against All Odds, as ONEFOUR’s manager. I started talking with Ricky …

Jess Hill has almost unbelievable stores of nerve. A teen actor who convinced advertisers to get on board with a Dolly meets Time magazine startup at 19, she’s made a career of doing things few of us have the courage for. Fearless and tenacious in pursuit of a story, she’s rigorous, passionate and deeply affecting in the telling of them. Despite st…

Topher Boehm took the risky move of going foraging for native flowers to create the yeast for his beers instead of getting a typical off-the-shelf starter, and the results are truly imaginative and special. His story starts in Dallas Texas, with stops in Rome and northern Spain, and an unfolding love affair with Sydney. It takes in cosmology and bi…

Kenny Sabir was playing a violin three-and-a-half. Programming a computer at four. He started Sydney’s Elefant Traks record label and the label’s flagship band The Herd; and he’s a software engineer who’s worked at Bell Labs, IBM’s Watson Lab, the Garvan and now leads R&D for the $100m livestock management startup AgriWebb. He’s pretty extraordinar…

Shaun Christie-David has created some of Sydney’s best places to eat. In the infamously precarious world of running restaurants, he’s making opportunities for refugees and people seeking asylum, Aboriginal people, people who’ve dealt with addiction and a range of disadvantage to find their way into good work. It’s practical and extraordinary work, …

JC and I discuss James Gunn's final Guardians movie and what lies in the future for the MCU. Connect with JC on Twitter @jerryjcChang and IG @baribigbird06. Connect with us on FB and Twitter @MediaRevuePod #MediaRevuePod, IG @richardst30 Email: mediarevuepod@gmail.com Time Stamps: 00:06:56 - Spoilers for Guardians Vol 3…

Meagan Loader is one of the most influential people in music and radio. A key player in the creation of FBI radio and Double J, she’s nudged and shaped the careers of countless talented people. Meagan is someone who creates space for people to succeed and succeed on a large scale, she’s mischievous and fun, empathetic and encouraging, she taught me…

Check out a segment of our show that didn't make it into the podcast, where Prof. Matt Nyquist and I briefly discuss La Brega podcast. You can find La Brega podcast anywhere you listen to podcasts. Connect with Matt on MatthewNyquist.com, Twitter and Instagram @BreakManX, WIFIfilmfestival.com Connect with us on FB and Twitter @MediaRevuePod #MediaR…

One of the most beloved video game mascots has been given a second chance at the box office and Professor Matthew Nyquist joins me for this pixel-filled episode where we chat about the new Illumination Animation/Universal movie The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Plus: the infamous Super Mario Bros. (1993), The Legend of Zelda, the Sonic movies, and The L…

Jess Cook is an absolute force, one of those people who electrifies a room. She’s a leader in Sydney’s creative community with a record of building real things - particularly the big welcoming room and stage that is 107 Projects in Redfern - but go back and she’s been involved in countless shows, performances, projects and festivals. When I first m…

Ben Peake is an architect, responsible for playful, clever and creative work like Annandale’s photogenic Concrete Blonde house and Blacktown’s Woodcroft neighbourhood centre. He writes about architecture. He’s won awards. But he’s also kicked against the edges of the profession, pushing for change, including campaigning for the iconic Sirius buildi…

The beginning of the MCU's Phase 5 is here with Quantumania. Here to help me sort out all of my feelings is JC Chang, as we discuss Marvel's latest to date. Connect with JC on Twitter @jerryjcChang and IG @baribigbird06. Connect with us on FB and Twitter @MediaRevuePod #MediaRevuePod, IG @richardst30 Email: mediarevuepod@gmail.com Time Stamps: 00:0…

Sacha Coles has left his stamp on some of Sydney’s most interesting and talked about public spaces, from the Goods Line, Tumbalong Park and Pirrama Park, to the new Harbour Bridge bike ramp. He’s been deeply involved in shaping the conversation around landscape architecture and urban design, so I’ve always wanted to know more about what makes him t…

Editor/writer/director RJ Daniel Hanna chats with me about his career in filmmaking and how a small editing job led to his current feature "Hard Miles". We also discuss how Uzo Aduba gave it all in his feature film "Miss Virginia" and how he and Mathew Modine were able to craft a seemingly daunting sequence into a more manageable, and eventually mo…

JC and I talk Wakanda Forever... Plus a little bit on Andor and She-Hulk. Enjoy! Time Stamps: Andor - 00:01:57 She-Hulk - 00:07:40 Wakanda Forever (No Spoilers) - 00:29:10 Wakanda Forever (Spoilers) - 00:36:24By Media Revue Pod

Puerto Rican Visual Artist, Mara Torres, has a book coming out on the 20th of September, 2022, marking Hurricane María's catastrophic landfall on the island of Puerto Rico 5 years ago. She was gracious enough to come on the podcast to discuss her formative years and what led to the making of her book, 209. Follow Mara: marastudiogallery.com, Instag…

Two Tolkien fans geek out on the new Amazon Prime TV show, The Rings of Power. We also discuss the IFFLA, the movie RRR and the Disney+ show Ms. Marvel. Connect with Dr. Mehta on Twitter @Mehta_critic and Instagram @Mehtacritic. Find the Lord of the Rings section of his digital book, Flows of Reading: Engaging with Texts, here: https://www.oercommo…

Dan Ilic is the most relentlessly creative person I know. Comedian, actor, TV producer, prolific on social media, podcaster and radio host, he’s driven surges of controversy for decades, stirring up front page stories, howls from politicians and passionate audiences. He’s also incredibly purposeful, often dropping everything for a crucial campaign.…

Stuntman, actor, and podcaster, Alfonso "Fonso" Rodríguez, joins the Media Revue Pod to chat about the new action comedy Bullet Train. We also talk a bit about Nope, The Gray Man, Better Call Saul, and Prey. Connect with Fonso: Que Fonk'in Show Podcast - https://www.youtube.com/c/QueFonkinShow/featured, IG @its_fonso & @QueFonkinShow Connect with u…

Gemma Smith’s work has taken shape as paintings on canvas and chessboards, architectural sculptures and a big Sistine Chapel Ceiling esque painting high above Brisbane’s Supreme Court. It’s uncontrived, yet controlled and deliberate. There’s something joyful and exhilarating, all wildly gesticulating brush strokes and colour. The process seems cruc…

A brief discussion with JC Chang about Marvel Studio's 29th outing, Thor: Love and Thunder. We also chat a bit about the Disney+ series Obi-Wan Kenobi. Connect with JC on Twitter @jerryjcChang and IG @baribigbird06. Connect with us on FB and Twitter @MediaRevuePod #MediaRevuePod, IG @richardst30 Email: mediarevuepod@gmail.com Voicemail: (407) 603-5…

Lynn Dang is a tech leader, with long stints at computing giants Microsoft and IBM, and a mentor to many through her roles with Australia for UNHCR, SheEO and others. She’s passionate, focused, with a powerful influence. Exactly the sort of person you’d hope would be shaping the talent pipeline for a major tech company. And at least part of that st…

Aquí estamos, por alguna razón, de regreso a Tatooine. Carlos me acompaña, como siempre, para discutir los primeros tres episodios de este desastre... digo, de esta "joya". También mencionamos la película Top Gun: Maverick. Contáctanos: Twitter y FB: @mediarevuepod #mediarevuepod Instagram: @richardst30 email: mediarevuepod@gmail.com Voice Mail: (4…

Cam Webb’s band Seaworthy make music that’s quintessentially Australian - like the Go Betweens’ Cattle & Cane, Ed Kuepper’s Electrical Storm or Warumpi Band’s My Island Home - and he's one of the country's science stars, studying mosquitoes, which puts him at the intersection of some of the biggest issues we face. He's someone I’ve always wanted to…

JC and I discuss Marvel Studios' latest film, Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and inevitably talk about the other multiverse movie out there, Everything Everywhere All at Once. Connect with JC on Twitter @jerryjcChang and IG @baribigbird06. Connect with us on FB and Twitter @MediaRevuePod #MediaRevuePod, IG @richardst30 Email: mediarevuep…

Kaylene Milner was an eisteddfod kid who now plays drums in post punk band Loose Fit. She achieved the ultimate entree to Sydney’s fashion world, but now makes knitted band jumpers as Wah Wah. Straddling DIY culture and high end fashion, she’s a deep thinker on the business of creativity.By Matt Levinson

In this epic episode, Giovanosky from Chitchando and Omar Montelara from The Movie Guy Podcast join in on the conversation where we talk about Warner Bros.'s latest DC movie, The Batman. We also chime in on The Book of Boba Fett and the Obi-Wan Kenobi TV shows, among other things. Connect with Chitchando on FB, Instagram, and YouTube @Chitchando. C…

Jerry and I discuss the fantastic movie Everything Everywhere All at Once. We also talk about Pickleball, the amazing AppleTV+ show Severance, LOST, the Vidlings and Tapeheads Film Festival, and, of course, The Matrix. I hope you enjoy this movie as much as we enjoyed talking about it. Find Jerry here: jerrywhitejr.com Find his film festival here: …

Nik's won stacks of advertising awards, hosted a show on Triple M that was in the papers every week, he’s changed the sunglasses business and he’s teaching the next gen of designers at UTS. He's driven by purpose, skilled and deliberate about the work of storytelling. Plus he has a lot of nerve.By Matt Levinson

Lee Tran’s not just an excellent eating companion or even an oracle to the best places to eat (both true), in a real way she’s changed the culture around food in Sydney – she's almost certainly the only person I’ll ever meet who’s had a sandwich named after her.By Matt Levinson

Carlos y yo nos sentamos para hablar, como siempre, sobre Star Wars y lo que ocurrió en la nueva serie The Book of Boba Fett. También hablamos sobre Pickleball, La divina gula, Succession, Cobra Kai, Lost, In and of Itself y Station Eleven. Contáctanos: FB/Twitter: @mediarevuepod, IG: @richardst30 Email: mediarevuepod@gmail.com Voicemail: (407)603-…

Down, down we go into the rabbit hole of the METAverse as we swallow the red pill (for the last time?) and go DEEP beyond the world of speculation and into the construct of the Matrix once more. Jerry White joins us in the podcast booth to discuss the Resurrection of the Matrix after 22 years. Find Jerry: www.jerrywhitejr.com Find us on FB and Twit…

Here in Part 2 of my discussion with Dr. Ritesh Mehta, we start talking about some differences between the novel and the movies. We move on to our 3 best and worst changes from book to film, continue on by discussing our admiration for the geography and lore of Middle-earth, and end with speculation on the new Amazon Prime series The Rings of Power…

This is the second episode of The Lord of the Rings 20th Anniversary Retrospective. In this first part of my conversation with Dr. Ritesh Mehta, we talk about how we first got the Tolkien bug, "SmeaGollum" as a creature for empathy, the attention to Middle-earth history details from book to screen, Christopher Tolkien's thoughts on the movies, and …

We recorded this a while ago but all the Holiday shenanigans got in the way of me putting it out into the ether until now. However, it was great to have JC back again to discuss more Marvel stuff with us. Now, please enjoy as we discuss one of the most entertaining movies of 2021. Find JC on Twitter @jerryjcChang and IG @baribigbird06. Connect with…

Come and join us as we travel back to Middle-earth in this series of episodes discussing and celebrating the cinematic achievement that is The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy 20 years later. In this intro episode, I explain what the series is and what to expect in the coming weeks.By Media Revue Pod

Richard brings in Giovanosky (from the podcast Chitchando) as a co-host to help him wade through the blood-filled genre of Horror. They have a lively chat with writer/producer/director Marty Go about her career and her new Blumhouse/Amazon film, Black as Night. Connect with Marty Go on IG: @Martygo Connect with Giovanosky on FB, IG and YouTube: @Ch…

The Matrix Resurrections teaser trailer is here and Jerry White, Jr. joins the podcast again to talk about it and its implications within the entire Matrix lore. We also took this opportunity to catch up on what we've been doing since our last conversation. If you'd like to go back and listen to us commemorate The Matrix's 20th-anniversary while al…

Doing our Marvel Studios roundup, JC and I talk about the Disney+ Series "What If..." before we go deep into Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Find JC on Twitter @jerryjcChang and IG @baribigbird06 . Connect with us on FB and Twitter @MediaRevuePod #MediaRevuePod, IG @richardst30 Email: mediarevuepod@gmail.com Voicemail: (407) 603-5847 Tim…