Best Sydney Opera House Podcasts (2024)

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Radical Son on soulful learnings, and the picturesque compositions of Christopher Cerrone 53:57

25m ago53:57

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Kamilaroi and Tongan singer and musician Radical Son (AKA David Leha) has just released his second album, a full decade after his debut. Called Bilambiyal (The Learning) it demonstrates his growth as a songwriter with a knack for weaving personal stories alongside wider reflections on culture, community and Country. He's also a masterful collaborat…

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Brett Dean's Hamlet and Linda May Han Oh's bass 53:57

29m ago53:57

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Brett Dean and Matthew Jocelyn's Hamlet (2017) has been one of the most successful operas of recent years with performances at the Glyndebourne Festival, the Adelaide Festival, New York's Metropolitan Opera and the Bavarian State Opera. Now it comes to the Sydney Opera House in its original production by Neil Armfield, with the tenor Allan Clayton,…

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The Future Is... Flying Above Street Traffic 13:37

2h ago13:37

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Urban air mobility is soaring to new heights. We take a closer look at the innovations shaping the future of transportation with David Shilliday, Vice President and General Manager of Urban Air Mobility and Uncrewed Aerial Systems at Honeywell’s Aerospace Technologies business segment. Get an introduction to the world of urban air mobility (UAM) an…

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Ep143. Boules, Biscoff & Bristol 57:27

17m ago57:27

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A very fun solo episode this week as we react to the Euros, big up Biscoff, reminisce about Facebook relationship statuses and solve a listener's gay clubbing conundrum... TOUR TICKETS: www.trustyhogs.com/tour Thank you so much for listening! Support us at www.patreon.com/TrustyHogs for exclusive bonus content, merch, and more! Trust us with your o…

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The music of Australian ballroom: disco, house, and the sounds of Western Sydney 54:06

3h ago54:06

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This program contains strong language throughout. Before Madonna brought voguing into the limelight, the queer community had been quietly putting on balls and celebrating this form of expression since the 1970s. Far from the ballroom of waltzes and tangos, queer ballroom is an artform, a community, a form of protest and its very own genre of music.…

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Andrew Gurruwiwi’s new Yolŋu funk and Louis Armstrong’s last great performance 54:07

16h ago54:07

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Andrew Gurruwiwi leads the Andrew Gurruwiwi Band in what they call 'Yolŋu funk', a mix between reggae, heavy metal, and funk in language from across the region. Andrew tells us about his music-making, his career as a radio presenter, and explains the stories behind some of the tracks on the band's dynamic debut album, Sing Your Own Song. "He basica…

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Ep142. YVE BLAKE / Ghosts, Godparents & Gal Gadot 1:13:09

2d ago1:13:09

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One of Helen's dream guests joins us this week: a musical theatre composer... Yes, it's the brilliantly talented and very funny mind behind hit musical Fangirls, Yve Blake! We talk hauntings, names, Taylor Swift drama, and our recent trips away. FOLLOW YVE: @YveBlake TOUR TICKETS: www.trustyhogs.com/tour Thank you so much for listening! Support us …

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Influencers are the New Public Intellectuals | All About Women 2024 1:03:31

6d ago1:03:31

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For a long time, the word 'influencer' conjured stereotypes of activewear and dubious hot takes. But it's 2024 and social media has well-and-truly revolutionised the public square. Today, the word influencer can refer to an activist or academic who shares short videos on TikTok, YouTube, or Instagram to explain complex concepts on niche subjects fo…

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Who gets to be Bad | All About Women 2024 1:00:11

6d ago1:00:11

1:00:11

Pop culture has embraced a surge of complex female anti-heroes, from con-women to avengers, challenging traditional narratives of female perfection with their flaws and moral ambiguity. However, this trend predominantly features white women, leaving Women of Colour marginalized as exceptions rather than the rule. Featuring an all-star First Nations…

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Wifedom with Anna Funder | All About Women 2024 1:01:49

6d ago1:01:49

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When Anna Funder turned to her literary hero, George Orwell, for inspiration, she discovered not just that Eileen O’Shaughnessy, his first wife's, contribution had been ignored by his biographers but that Orwell himself had blatantly downplayed both her work and her contribution. In her book Wifedom, Funder forensically proves Orwell’s deliberate e…

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Is it time to rethink Porn with Chanel Contos | All About Women 2024 1:01:28

8d ago1:01:28

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In an era where porn is omnipresent and often celebrated as a symbol of empowerment and personal freedom, Chanel Contos argues that it also perpetuates harmful norms of objectification and violence. Contos is the creator of the Teach Us Consent movement and author of Consent Laid Bare. In this discussion with Jess Hill she interrogates how the porn…

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Mary Beard | All About Women 2024 1:05:08

6d ago1:05:08

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For the first time, Sydney audiences heard directly from Cambridge Professor Emerita Dame Mary Beard in an event that delved into the broad range of her career - from the ruins of ancient Rome to the trenches of Twitter. Dame Mary joins Bri Lee in a broad reaching discussion about how power is skewed along gender lines, her latest book, Emperor of …

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Yellowface with Rebecca F. Kuang | All About Women 2024 1:02:11

6d ago1:02:11

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Hot on the heels of her satirical literary sensation Yellowface crushing the bestseller lists, American author Rebecca F. Kuang was joined by Nakkiah Lui for a conversation exploring the complexities of diversity, racism and cultural appropriation today – both through her own eyes and those of her book’s protagonist Juniper Hayward. This event was …

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Remembering Ruby Hunter, with Emily Wurramara and Dan Sultan 54:08

7d ago54:08

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First Nations listeners are advised that this program contains the names and voices of people who have died. At the start of NAIDOC Week, The Music Show explores the legacy of the late Ruby Hunter – short in stature, a giant in music, and a mentor and parental figure to so many First Nations musicians in subsequent generations. We’ll hear Ruby from…

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The power of three: tabla, veena and violin unite and Opera Australia stages Puccini's triptych 54:08

8d ago54:08

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Russian-American conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya comes to Opera Australia to conduct Puccini’s Il trittico, a rare triptych of operas which span tragedy, farce, and religious fervour. Lidiya is at home with the operatic canon but she’s also conducted a swathe of new opera world premieres. She joins Andy to talk about finding the same passion for the m…

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How to make good business within the planetary boundaries 31:51

9d ago31:51

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How can you create more sustainable, affordable, and inclusive housing if you also happen to live in a capitalist society? And can you even exploit the capitalist system to create a better world? Home.Earth might have an answer. As a new and rather radical real estate company, Home.Earth is doing things differently: The company not only builds low-…

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Ep141. MAILBAG SPECIAL / Tombolas, Teaspoons and Taylor Swift 59:36

13d ago59:36

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We're dipping in to the Trusty Hogs inbox once again for some very wholesome updates, a fresh problem, and a thousand tangents... TOUR TICKETS: www.trustyhogs.com/tour Thank you so much for listening! Support us at www.patreon.com/TrustyHogs for exclusive bonus content, merch, and more! Trust us with your own problems and questions... TrustyHogs@gm…

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Finding radical newness in tradition with Neal Peres Da Costa's harpsichord and Jenny M Thomas's Welsh choir 54:05

14d ago54:05

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners are advised that this program contains the names and voices of people who have died. Neal Peres Da Costa’s most recent recordings include a Mozart piano concerto and a Robert Schumann song cycle, each using a model of piano its composer would have recognised. But as he explains on today’s show, there’…

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Grace Petrie's protest songs and Mat Schulz's Unsound festival 54:05

15d ago54:05

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British singer songwriter Grace Petrie has an EP called “There’s No Such Thing As A Protest Singer” – but if there was such a thing she would definitely be one of the preeminent ones. Her musical career started in the early years of the UK Conservative Party’s now 15 years in government, and she’s railed against injustice throughout those years. Sh…

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Ep140. MICHAEL ODEWALE / Penguins, Pits and Pool Parties 1:16:45

17d ago1:16:45

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We're back this week with the wonderful Michael Odewale, talking mummy issues, mental health and Helen's holiday... FOLLOW MICHAEL: @MichaelOdewaleComedy TOUR TICKETS: www.trustyhogs.com/tour Thank you so much for listening! Support us at www.patreon.com/TrustyHogs for exclusive bonus content, merch, and more! Trust us with your own problems and qu…

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The Beatles in Australia 54:06

22d ago54:06

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Sixty years ago The Fab Four toured Australia for the first and last time. Greg Armstrong is the co-author of When We Was Fab - Inside The Beatles' Australasian Tour 1964. He takes us behind the scenes of the tour— the promoters who lucked out by signing the band up before the height of their fame, the late inclusion of the Adelaide shows, the band…

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Caroline Shaw and Nicolas Altstaedt 54:06

23d ago54:06

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American composer Caroline Shaw’s latest album, a collaboration with Sō Percussion, is called Rectangles and Circumstance. It’s a collection of ten songs run through with words by Emily Dickinson, Emily Bronte, William Blake and Christina Rossetti, as well as Caroline herself. She joins Andy from her home in the US to talk about her collaborators a…

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Ep139. Tampons, Toblerones & Trenches 52:57

24d ago52:57

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Helen has some top tampon tips, Catherine's been loving the tour life and we solve a tricky hen do dilemma featuring an actually pretty attractive itinerary... TOUR TICKETS: www.trustyhogs.com/tour Thank you so much for listening! Support us at www.patreon.com/TrustyHogs for exclusive bonus content, merch, and more! Trust us with your own problems …

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Feminist Roast | All About Women 2024 1:29:37

26d ago1:29:37

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It was the ultimate roast session at All About Women, but this time, the target wasn't a person—it was feminism itself! From suffrage struggles to the #MeToo movement, no aspect of feminist history or ideology was safe from the scathing wit of our roasters. A sizzling interrogation of gender and power, this special event was filled with laughs, irr…

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Our Bodies | All About Women 2024 1:02:39

1M ago1:02:39

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For All About Women in 2024, audiences embarked on a journey through the complex landscape of the human body, where strength meets vulnerability, pleasure intertwines with pain, and empowerment dances with trauma. This captivating conversation explored the political battleground that our bodies often become and tackled the societal challenges deepl…

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Mothers in the Margins | All About Women 2024 1:03:11

26d ago1:03:11

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Motherhood is known as one of life’s greatest joys but the complexities that come with raising a child solo while battling systemic barriers such as ableism and racism can turn it into an uphill battle. Malyangapa, Barkindji artist Barkaa and feminist writer Karen Pickering were joined by moderator Edwina Throsby for a moving and thought-provoking …

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The Beauty Trap with Marisa Meltzer | All About Women 2024 59:08

26d ago59:08

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It’s not hard to get caught in the contradictions of the beauty industry. We're told to embrace natural looks, yet we are bombarded with countless products promising to conceal or enhance our features. Additionally, no sooner than we express a desire to champion entrepreneurial women, we turn on them with criticism that outstrips anything said abou…

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Why So Sad, Girl | All About Women 2024 59:26

26d ago59:26

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The ‘Sad Girl Novel’ has officially reached market saturation. Privileged young female protagonists are portrayed as unfulfilled by sex and their careers; they are deeply entrenched in their complicated thoughts and feelings, filled with self-loathing and self-absorbed. It’s as if they have stumbled upon some great insight that the rest of us fail …

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Daddy Issues | All About Women 2024 1:02:30

26d ago1:02:30

1:02:30

In days gone by, raising kids was considered a woman’s job, while men were the breadwinners. Fast forward to 2024, and women are now expected to work, but men are still only taking 12% of primary carer’s leave. A panel of dads, including Sean Szeps, Osher Günsberg and Amar Singh, joined Jamila Rizvi at All About Women in 2024, to discuss their comm…

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Beyond Bars | All About Women 2024 1:01:40

29d ago1:01:40

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Our justice system is not functioning as it should. Over 90% of women in prison have faced domestic violence, sexual assault or abuse. One-third of women incarcerated have yet to be found guilty of a crime. First Nations women are disproportionately represented in incarcerated populations. Additionally, there's the issue of mothers and pregnant ind…

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Anne Enright | All About Women 2024 58:22

29d ago58:22

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Booker Prize-winning author Anne Enright’s latest novel is The Wren, The Wren, a multigenerational story delving into the inheritance of trauma, the resilience of women and the power of love in its manifold forms. It contemplates the question: how do we live with betrayal and loneliness, yet still love those close to us? Anne Enright joined us at A…

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Slowing Down Fast Fashion with Aja Barber | All About Women 2024 1:02:25

1M ago1:02:25

1:02:25

Consumerist culture grows stronger every year, particularly with the expansion of marketing and influencers on social media, contributing to the rise in carbon emissions and inequality. At All About Women this year, fashion activist and writer Aja Barber demystified the structural inequality embedded in the global fashion industry and spoke with mo…

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Clive James on words and music 54:07

1M ago54:07

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This week on the Music Show, we take a look into the archives to an interview with the late, great Clive James. Andy spoke to Clive back in 2003 about what it was like writing for the song and the stage, and they discussed some of Clive's favourite pieces of musical poetry — from Stephen Sondheim to Aretha Franklin. As ever, we’re indebted to Penny…

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Novelists on music: Margaret Atwood, Andrea Goldsmith and Anna Goldsworthy 54:07

1M ago54:07

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Three authors on music from The Music Show archives. Margaret Atwood spoke to Andrew Ford back in 2003, after the transformation of her novel The Handmaid’s Tale into an opera by Danish composer Poul Ruders. Andrea Goldsmith joined Andy on stage for the 2013 Melbourne Writers’ Festival after her novel The Memory Trap invoked Beethoven amongst other…

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Ep138. MICHELLE BRASIER / Gifts, Guide Dogs & Galumphing 1:09:14

1M ago1:09:14

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We welcome the magnificent multi-hyphenate Michelle Brasier to the podcast this week! From her brilliant solo shows to collaborations with sketch group Aunty Donna, Michelle is so so funny and joins us to chat musical theatre training, pranks and her over enthusiastic would-be service dog... FOLLOW MICHELLE: @MichelleBrasier TOUR TICKETS: www.trust…

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How the 15 minutes city became a measure for urban quality 30:11

1M ago30:11

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The term ‘15 Minutes City’ was coined in 2016 to describe a locally oriented urban design strategy. Shops, healthcare, education, work, and entertainment – all should be accessible within a 15 minutes' walk or bike ride from your home. The aim is to create a people-centered urban development that decentralizes to create more lively local neighborho…

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Deep Inside the Blues 54:05

1M ago54:05

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The Music Show goes Deep Inside the Blues with photographer and writer Margo Cooper, who’s assembled a beautiful book of photographs and interviews with blues musicians from Chicago to the Mississippi Delta. She joins Andy on The Music Show to outline a sprawling, searching and ultimately living tradition, plus interviews with Blues legends from th…

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