Best ABC Dance Radio Podcasts (2024)

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Reinventing Anna Delvey: Dancing with the scammer 36:16

4h ago36:16

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Is it ok that "fake German heiress" Anna Delvey has appeared in the current season of Dancing With The Stars (US)? Can a convicted scammer dance her way to reputation rehab – and should she even have the opportunity? Guest critic (and trained dancer!) Rudi Bremer is in to discuss. Show notes: "Maybe She Had So Much Money She Just Lost Track of It" …

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Conductor Sam Weller's rise and songwriter Melody Pool's return 54:07

2h ago54:07

54:07

Ten years ago Melody Pool was a rising star of the Australian folk music scene. She won awards and released two acclaimed albums of heartbreaking songs, and then she disappeared. It takes a lot of guts to step back publicly from the music industry when your career has so much momentum, but Melody made the decision to prioritise her mental health. L…

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Dragging cars with your teeth - Part 1 50:50

1h ago50:50

50:50

Freddy Fittler's genius idea of having a sponsored half-time olimpuks (Olympics) during the NRL grand final is brilliant. Roy & HG conceived some good old fashioned strong man events that could run.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Big Dance Olimpuks - Part 2 46:48

5d ago46:48

46:48

Freddy Fittler has dreamt up an NRL Olympics at half time during the grand final. Roy and HG identified a problem, copyright of the name "Olympics". They have a solution.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Queer desire, mortality, and dancing scorpions: Sydney Chamber Opera’s Gilgamesh 54:04

1d ago54:04

54:04

The gods are unhappy with a despotic king (Gilgamesh). They create a half-man, half-beast to topple him (Enkidu). They meet, Enkidu doesn’t topple him. They fall in love, destroy a forest, there’s retribution from the gods. Enkidu dies and Gilgamesh wonders what the point of life is. He searches for immortality. And of course there are dancing scor…

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Stop and Search | 04 The Botched Backyard Operation 26:55

3h ago26:55

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There are only two witnesses to Brad Balzan's final moments: the two officers who chased him into his backyard. But their accounts of what happened don't match up.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Trump hates Taylor Swift, so what? 33:10

8h ago33:10

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After Taylor Swift made her politics clear by endorsing Kamala Harris for president, Donald Trump reacted by posting: I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT! But does he understand how that's activated Swifties? Guest critic Steph Van Schilt is a writer, podcast producer and Taylor Swift specialist, and she shares her take on the situation. Also: is The Bear really a…

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Trainhopping with Hurray For The Riff Raff, and jazz, classical and ambient meet in a Requiem Mass 54:06

12d ago54:06

54:06

Alynda Segarra has been making music as Hurray For The Riff Raff for nearly two decades. They ran away from NYC as a teen to ride trains across states—busking, sleeping rough and meeting all sorts of characters. They then settled in New Orleans and their music career kicked off, but their ninth and latest album, The Past Is Still Alive, finally sha…

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A walk through the kitchen - Part 1 47:46

39m ago47:46

47:46

After Bulldog Josh Addo-Carr's roadside positive drug test. Roy & HG thought Josh was the victim. How was he to know he could have brushed pass the white powder in the kitchen?By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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The Matilda Socceroos - Part 2 45:05

5d ago45:05

45:05

Roy & HG are asking for a root and branch examination of Australian football. The new sponsorship deal for the Matildas may end up with them selling the Matilda name to the Socceroos.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Laurie Anderson in the air with Amelia Earhart 54:06

38m ago54:06

54:06

Performance artist, composer, and violinist Laurie Anderson once told The Music Show that she sometimes starts off thinking something is an opera, and it ends up being a potato print. Her latest album, Amelia, began life as a much longer orchestral piece that “didn’t work at all”, but at least it avoided the fate of becoming a potato print. It’s a …

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Stop and Search | 03 The Numbers Game 35:17

14h ago35:17

35:17

As the investigation into Bradley Balzan's death continues, serious questions are raised about how the country’s largest police force uses its search powers.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Raygun: closure, or just the beginning? 36:32

16d ago36:32

36:32

Raygun, Australia's most famous breaker, is back in the news again – posting photos hanging out with Sir Richard Branson and Boy George – as foreshadowed in her interview with The Project's Waleed Aly. Is this a coda to Raygun's viral moment, or a sign of things to come? Guest critic Tahlea Aualiitia is in to ponder the question, as well as Beyoncé…

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Arnold Schoenberg at 150: a complicated and crucial man 54:05

17d ago54:05

54:05

Arnold Schoenberg’s music tore a hole in the fabric of the twentieth century. Over the course of his life, he charted a new course through expressionism, atonality, and ultimately to the invention of twelve tone serialism. As the father of the Second Viennese School, he’s been both cursed and adored (often at the same time) by the people who’ve tak…

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Where can you honk legally? - Part 1 44:16

6d ago44:16

44:16

The 11kms of Burwood road Belmore, outside the Bulldogs home ground has been deemed a "no horn honking' zone by the local council. Roy & HG discuss where you can honk legally.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Very fast rugby league train - Part 2 45:46

6d ago45:46

45:46

The NRL and V'Landys' consider buying a rugby league plane. Roy and HG discuss the business case of a very fast train. On a Saturday you could see the 3pm game in Brisbane and be back in Sydney for the 8pm game.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Sandy Evans the eternal collaborator, and the music of speech 54:05

6d ago54:05

54:05

Jazz has always been about innovation and collaboration, and saxophonist and composer Sandy Evans has excelled on both counts for nearly four decades. She returns to The Music Show studio to perform live with an eclectic trio—the bass trombone of Adrian Sherriff and Suresh Vaidyanathan's ghatam (Indian clay drum). Sandy reflects on a life filled wi…

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Stop and Search | 02 Last Moments Before Gunshots 27:54

21d ago27:54

27:54

Brad Balzan is shot dead in his own backyard after a police encounter goes wrong. In episode two of Stop and Search, a new mini-series by Background Briefing, reporter Paul Farrell asks why was he running away, and why did the officers chase him down?By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Getting into anime, One Piece at a time 29:14

23d ago29:14

29:14

Megan Thee Stallion may have originated Hot Girl Summer and WAP, but she's also a self-proclaimed Otaku Hot Girl, ie like millions of people around the world – an anime superfan. If it's good enough for Thee Stallion, maybe you should check it out too? Anime superfan and guest critic Ahmed Yussuf is in to make the argument for why you should get in…

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Larry Sitsky turns 90, and Chloe Rowlands crosses the country with her trumpet 54:08

26d ago54:08

54:08

Composer Larry Sitsky is a charming sort of thorn in the side of the Australian music scene, and he’s about to turn 90. In this conversation recorded at the 2024 Canberra International Music Festival, he doesn’t hold back. New York based trumpeter Chloe Rowlands divides her time between playing with art brass quartet the Westerlies, and with groups…

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Origin class flight - Part 1 47:47

13d ago47:47

47:47

Roy and HG discuss this week's BIG news that V'Landys is considering buying a Rugby League plane. An investment into the global expansion of the game.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Bunker: Anti Rugby League - Part 2 45:21

13d ago45:21

45:21

Roy and HG discuss the role of the bunker and alternative options for it. The current bunker has wildly different interpretations and is driving us all mad.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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The last violin of Harry Vatiliotis, and writing for big band and strings 54:07

13d ago54:07

54:07

Romano Crevici has been playing violins made by Harry Vatiliotis for decades. Now drawing to the end of their respective careers, Harry has made one final instrument, which will be Romano's last violin too. The process, challenged by sore joints, thin skin, and Harry's caring responsibilities to the love of his life Maria, have been captured in a m…

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Stop and Search | 01 Where's Brad? 39:59

28d ago39:59

39:59

A 20-year-old is chased by four plain-clothes police officers into his western Sydney backyard. But he hasn't committed a crime. He hasn't even done anything wrong. He's shot twice, and then dies. In a special miniseries by Background Briefing, the final moments that led to this tragic incident are pieced together. The reporter is Paul Farrell.…

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Chappell Roan wants you to stop being weird 41:13

30d ago41:13

41:13

Midwest Princess Chappell Roan is asking you to respect her boundaries, and we wish her good luck, babe! The American singer songwriter is grappling with her meteoric rise to fame and calling out predatory behaviour, unwanted touching and asking "superfans" to stop being weird to her family and friends. Guest critic Wenlei Ma is in to discuss this,…

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Turner's Turn: Geraldine Turner 54:04

20d ago54:04

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Good times and bum times, she’s seen them all and she’s here: Geraldine Turner, lynchpin of the Australian music theatre scene from 1970s repertory to the current run of The Mousetrap, reflects on her massive career (so far), her love of Sondheim, and Judy Garland. Geraldine Turner is performing in The Mousetrap until 15 September. Music heard in t…

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Bennett's chooks on steroids - Part 1 49:21

1M ago49:21

49:21

Wayne Bennett stayed away from Rugby League's hall of fame night. Roy and HG suggested that Wayne was at home fiddling with his chooks.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Bellamy's gang biters - Part 2 46:28

20d ago46:28

46:28

Roy and HG discuss super coach Craig Bellamy's tactic of the five man gang bite. It puts teams off, but could get him into the Rugby League hall of fame.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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