Best Sydney Sentinel Podcasts (2024)

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Season 3, episode 14: Michael Williams - Artistic Director, Sydney Writers' Festival 42:03

2y ago42:03

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The Sydney Sentinel's Travis de Jonk explore's the week's top stories on sydneysentinel.com.au. OUR SPECIAL GUEST ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK is Michael Williams - the artistic director of the Sydney Writers' Festival. We first spoke with Williams on the speakeasy last year in 2021 when he navigated Sydney Writers' Festival through the pandemic landscape…

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Season 3, episode 13: Eric Nash & John Jarratt (Love You Like That) 45:42

2y ago45:42

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The Sydney Sentinel's Travis de Jonk explore's the week's top stories on sydneysentinel.com.au. OUR SPECIAL GUESTS ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK are writer, director and producer Eric Nash and iconic actor, producer and director John Jarratt. That’s right: Wolf Creek’s Mick Taylor is joining us on the show today. These two stellar talents teamed up in the …

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Season 3, episode 12: Will Tregoning - Unharm.org 40:20

2y ago40:20

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The Sydney Sentinel's Travis de Jonk explore's the week's top stories on sydneysentinel.com.au. OUR SPECIAL GUEST ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK is Will Tregoning - the founder of Unharm - an organisation spearheading drug law and policy reform in NSW and Australia. We last spoke to Will about a year ago - he returns to update us on movements in the organis…

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Season 3, episode 11: Tim Duggan - Author of "Cult Status" and "Killer Thinking" 43:45

2y ago43:45

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The Sydney Sentinel's Travis de Jonk explores the week's top stories on sydneysentinel.com.au. OUR SPECIAL GUEST ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK is Tim Duggan - an extraordinary and adventurous Australian who isn’t just a business powerhouse but an expert in the art of social activation and change. He is an optimist who firmly believes in the power of busine…

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Season 3, episode 10: Ben Moir/ Vanity Faire (Wigs By Vanity) 40:13

2y ago40:13

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The Sydney Sentinel's Travis de Jonk explores the week's top stories on sydneysentinel.com.au. OUR SPECIAL GUEST ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK is a Sydney business success story. When Wigs by Vanity was started in 2003 by Ben Moir (AKA Vanity Faire) - in partnership with fellow drag artist Courtney Act - it redefined drag wigs in Australia and delivered a …

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Season 3, episode 9: Drag superstars Art Simone & Etcetera Etcetera 42:50

2y ago42:50

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The Sydney Sentinel's Travis de Jonk explores the week's top stories on sydneysentinel.com.au. OUR SPECIAL GUESTS ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK are two of the most famous drag talents in Australia - Art Simone and Etcetera Etcetera - and following their participation in hit reality TV show RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under, their names are now known globally. …

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Season 3, episode 8: Marcia Hines 33:43

2y ago33:43

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The Sydney Sentinel's Travis de Jonk explores the week's top stories on sydneysentinel.com.au. OUR SPECIAL GUEST ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK is Aussie icon, Marcia Hines. With a career spanning five decades, an Order of Australia (AM) and an entry in the ARIA Hall of Fame, Marcia Hines is a juggernaut of music, theatre and entertainment, and a national t…

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Season 3, episode 7: The Eagle Bar Sydney & The Hide 54:07

2y ago54:07

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The Sydney Sentinel's Travis de Jonk explores the week's top stories on sydneysentinel.com.au. This week we are examining Sydney's fetish and kink scenes - subcultures as diverse and fascinating as the people who partake in them. Sydney’s fetish and kink scene in the '80s and '90s was a thriving subculture - but it has experienced something of a de…

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Season 3, episode 6: John Baker (publisher, William & John, 1972-73) 33:46

2y ago33:46

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The Sydney Sentinel's Travis de Jonk explores the week's top stories on sydneysentinel.com.au. OUR SPECIAL GUEST ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK is John Baker - a pioneering trailblazer of gay publishing in Australia. Baker launched his gay lifestyle magazine William & John back in 1972 - just a few years after the Stonewall riots in the US and six years bef…

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Season 3, episode 5: Tina Cousins 29:28

2y ago29:28

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The Sydney Sentinel's Travis de Jonk explores the week's top stories on sydneysentinel.com.au. OUR SPECIAL GUEST ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK is UK singer and dance music star Tina Cousins. Her timeless tracks back in the late '90s and noughties such as 'Forever', 'Killing Time', 'Pray' and 'Wonderful Life' made her a dancefloor star across the decades, e…

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Season 3, episode 4: Dr Chris Wallace - How To Win An Election 41:52

2y ago41:52

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The Sydney Sentinel's Richie Black and Travis de Jonk explore the week's top stories on sydneysentinel.com.au. OUR SPECIAL GUEST ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK is Dr Chris Wallace - Associate Professor at the 50/50 by 2030 Foundation at the University of Canberra. She has worked for a number of Australian media publications including The Australian, The Aus…

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Season 3, episode 3: Mark Trevorrow, Bernie Dieter, Dean Arcuri & Dolly Diamond 36:11

2y ago36:11

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The Sydney Sentinel's Sunny Grace and Travis de Jonk explore the week's top stories on sydneysentinel.com.au. SPECIAL GUESTSON THIS WEEK'S SHOW: Mark Trevorrow, who talks with Travis de Jonk about his show Viva, Bob Vegas! which not only returns to Sydney for Mardi Gras but is also touring nationally. MORE INFO & BOOKINGS: https://www.bobdowne.com …

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Season 3, episode 2: Albert Kruger (CEO, Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras) 34:02

2y ago34:02

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The Sydney Sentinel's Peter Hackney and Travis de Jonk explore the week's top stories on sydneysentinel.com.au. OUR SPECIAL GUEST ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK is Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras CEO, Albert Kruger. Kruger spoke with us about what it has been like running Australia’s biggest LGBTQI festival through one of the most challenging periods not …

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Season 3, episode 1: Glace Chase 39:07

2y ago39:07

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The Sydney Sentinel's Peter Hackney and Travis de Jonk explore the week's top stories on sydneysentinel.com.au. OUR SPECIAL GUEST ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK is trans comedian, performer, MC, club host, playwright and more, Glace Chase. With over a decade of creating award winning and critically acclaimed work - she's brought heart to the fresh, edgy, au…

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Season 2, Episode 14: Special guest Brendan Maclean 35:23

2+ y ago35:23

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Sentinel Speakeasy host Travis de Jonk brings you the season finale of season two and our last podcast episode for 2021 - and what a fabulous way to end the year. OUR SPECIAL GUEST ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK is singer, songwriter and actor Brendan Maclean, most famous for his fantastic electro-pop music including singles like Stupid, Tectonic, House of …

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Season 2, Episode 13: Special guest Tim Chappel 28:19

2+ y ago28:19

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The Sydney Sentinel's Peter Hackney and Travis de Jonk explore the week's top stories on sydneysentinel.com.au. SPECIAL GUEST THIS EPISODE is a juggernaut of the Australian arts and entertainment industry, costume designer Tim Chappel. The fantastic costumes he designed for the iconic Australian film, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Deser…

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Season 2, Episode 12: Special guest Tony Ayres 33:29

2+ y ago33:29

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The Sydney Sentinel's Peter Hackney and Travis de Jonk explore the week's top stories on sydneysentinel.com.au. SPECIAL GUEST THIS EPISODE is Tony Ayres - one of our nations most prolific and highly awarded writers, directors and producers. You’ll definitely have seen one of the many productions he has created over the past two decades including Wa…

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Season 2, Episode 11: Special guest Dami Im 32:47

2+ y ago32:47

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The Sydney Sentinel's Peter Hackney and Travis de Jonk explore the week's top stories on sydneysentinel.com.au. SPECIAL GUEST THIS EPISODE is the one and only Dami Im - Beloved Australian pop star, winner of X-Factor Australia 2013 and Australia's Eurovison representative 2016 amongst many more accolades. Dami's fifth studio album 'My Reality' is r…

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Season 2, Episode 10: Sydney Sentinel 1st birthday special 47:21

2+ y ago47:21

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The Sydney Sentinel's Peter Hackney and Travis de Jonk explore the week's top stories on sydneysentinel.com.au. THIS SPECIAL EPISODE celebrates the first birthday of the Sydney Sentinel in September 2021 with an interview with founder and editor-in-chief Peter Hackney as well as speaking with some of the section editors that have contributed to the…

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Season 2, Episode 9: special guest Katherine Berger (Sydney Underground Film Festival) 39:32

2+ y ago39:32

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The Sydney Sentinel's Peter Hackney and Travis de Jonk explore the week's top stories on sydneysentinel.com.au. SPECIAL GUEST this episode is Katherine Berger, the festival director of the Sydney Underground Film Festival which celebrates it's 15th anniversary this year, streaming it's entire fantastic program from 9th to 26th September. TO FIND OU…

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Season 2, Episode 8: special guest Craig Bennett (TV entertainment reporter) 48:00

2+ y ago48:00

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Peter Hackney and Travis de Jonk explore the week's top stories on sydneysentinel.com.au SPECIAL GUEST this episode is Craig Bennett, best known as the entertainment reporter on Studio 10, who has had a long and fascinating history in journalism, TV, radio and the stage. We speak to him about his amazing career, which has put him right in the thick…

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Season 2, Episode 7: special guest Amanda Rose (Western Sydney Women) 36:03

2+ y ago36:03

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Peter Hackney and Travis de Jonk explore the week's top stories on sydneysentinel.com.au SPECIAL GUEST this episode is Amanda Rose from Western Sydney Women. Rose is the Founder & Publisher of Business Woman Media, Founding Director of Western Sydney Women, the Managing Director of Western Sydney Advisory,and the Founder & CEO of Small Business Wom…

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Season 2, Episode 6: special guest City of Sydney Councillor Angela Vithoulkas 42:21

2+ y ago42:21

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IN THIS EPISODE: Sydney Sentinel editor Peter Hackney and features editor Travis de Jonk explore the Sentinel's top stories of the week, including: A war of words that has broken out over the future management of Callan Park, the former psychiatric hospital in Lilyfield; Moves by residents and local groups towards a proposed de-amalgamation of the …

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Season 2, Episode 5: special guest Dr Brad McKay 36:50

2+ y ago36:50

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IN THIS EPISODE: Sydney Sentinel features editor Travis de Jonk and guest co-host - writer, director and performer Brent Thorpe explore the Sentinel's top stories of the week, including: the NSW local government elections being pushed back to 4 December, due to the ongoing Covid-19 lockdown; Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras organisation appointing…

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Season 2, Episode 4: special guest Gary Nunn 38:35

3y ago38:35

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IN THIS EPISODE Sydney Sentinel editor Peter Hackney and features editor Travis de Jonk explore the Sentinel's top stories of the week, including: Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore wading into federal politics, lashing out at Prime Minister Scott Morrison over the federal government’s slow Covid-19 vaccine rollout; the NSW local government elections b…

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Season 2, episode 3: special guest Everton Freitas (Social Dance Coach) 30:16

3y ago30:16

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IN THIS EPISODE: Sydney Sentinel editor Peter Hackney and features editor Travis de Jonk explore the Sentinel's top stories of the week, including: The latest figures and restrictions regarding the continuing covid crisis locking down NSW; Inner West Council calls for more public toilets to be provided across Sydney’s Inner West and for the facilit…

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Season 2, Episode 2: special guest Deborah Kelly 36:12

3y ago36:12

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IN THIS EPISODE: Sydney Sentinel editor Peter Hackney and features editor Travis de Jonk explore the Sentinel's top stories of the week, including: Additional Covid rules and restrictions coming into effect following the increasing Covid cases in NSW; the Sentinel's John Moyle's interview with Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore who has reignited calls …

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Season 2, Episode 1: special guest NSW Labor MP Penny Sharpe MLC 35:46

3y ago35:46

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In first episode of season two, Sydney Sentinel editor Peter Hackney and features editor Travis de Jonk explore the Sentinel's top stories of the week, including: Waverley Council’s announcement of new business and childcare relief packages in the wake of NSW Covid lockdowns; Sydney vegan institution The Green Lion closing to the public; our interv…

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The Sentinel Speakeasy: episode #14 featuring special guest Will Tregoning, Donald & Natalie from Unharm – Tuesday, 01 June, 2021 45:36

3y ago45:36

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In this final episode of season one, the Sentinel's editor Peter Hackney and features editor Travis de Jonk explore the top headlines of the week, including: The name change mooted for Marrickville’s Victoria Rd over “colonial links”; The New Eveleigh footbridge “failing” residents and businesses; Changes to the City of Sydney's cycleways, some of …

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The Sentinel Speakeasy: episode #13 featuring special guest Katie Little (Mass Experience) – Tuesday, 25 May, 2021 36:22

3y ago36:22

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In this episode, the Sentinel's editor Peter Hackney and features editor Travis de Jonk explore the top headlines of the week, including: residents of fifteen Inner West suburbs urged to get tested after Covid virus fragments were detected in sewage; thousands of young people defy NSW Education Minister Sarah Mitchell to gather in Central Sydney fo…

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The Sentinel Speakeasy: episode #12 featuring special guests Ben Graetz & Daniel Clarke (Sydney WorldPride 2023) – Tuesday, 18 May, 2021 30:27

3y ago30:27

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In this episode, the Sentinel's editor Peter Hackney and features editor Travis de Jonk explore the top headlines of the week, including the easing of Covid restrictions across greater Sydney; The rally against plans to redevelop social housing estates, accusing the NSW Government of forcing poor people out of the inner city ; The announcement of t…

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The Sentinel Speakeasy: episode #11 featuring special guests Corin Shearston and Mark Trevorrow – Tuesday, 11 May, 2021 30:30

3y ago30:30

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In this episode, the Sentinel's editor Peter Hackney and features editor Travis de Jonk explore the top headlines of the week, including the extension of Covid restrictions across greater Sydney; The NSW Police announcement that an officer involved in an altercation with an indigenous teen in Redfern last year will face court on assault charges; An…

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The Sentinel Speakeasy: episode #10 featuring special guest Rita Bratovich – Tuesday, 4 May, 2021 35:19

3y ago35:19

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In this episode, the Sentinel's editor Peter Hackney and features editor Travis de Jonk explore the top headlines of the week, including City of Sydney councillor Dr Kerryn Phelps dropping out of the Sydney Lord Mayor race in September elections; The star studded launch of RuPaul's Drag Race Downunder at the Sydney Opera House and premiere on Stan;…

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The Sentinel Speakeasy: episode #9 featuring special guest Michael Williams (Sydney Writers Festival) – Tuesday, 27 April, 2021 28:33

3y ago28:33

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In this episode, the Sentinel's editor Peter Hackney and features editor Travis de Jonk explore the top headlines of the week, including the $40 million CBD revitalisation funding investment from NSW State government and the City of Sydney council; reports of rising Anti-Asian sentiment and racism in Sydney; and we look at the two big, fun and thou…

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The Sentinel Speakeasy: episode #8 featuring special guest Mary Coustas (aka ‘Effie’) – Tuesday, 20 April, 2021 34:53

3y ago34:53

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In this episode, the Sentinel's editor Peter Hackney and features editor Travis de Jonk explore the top headlines of the week, including City of Sydney councillor Kerryn Phelps calling out the council for contravening its own ‘Greening Sydney’ initiative by removing 60 trees for the new Surry Hills Village development ; the long awaited completion …

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The Sentinel Speakeasy: episode #7 featuring special guest Lou Pollard from the Humour Foundation – Tuesday, 13 April, 2021 36:20

3y ago36:20

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In this episode, the Sentinel's editor Peter Hackney and features editor Travis de Jonk explore the top headlines of the week, including the retirement announcement by conservative Christian preacher, politician and notorious homophobe Reverend Fred Nile; growing pressure on NSW Police from the NSW Coroner Teresa O'Sullivan for a fresh inquiry into…

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The Sentinel Speakeasy: episode #6 featuring special guest Samantha Lee from Redfern Legal Centre – Tuesday, 29 March, 2021 34:09

3y ago34:09

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Welcome to the Sentinel Speakeasy, the weekly podcast of the Sydney Sentinel. In this episode, the Sentinel's editor Peter Hackney and features editor Travis de Jonk explore the top headlines of the week, including how rosy economic statistics are masking real life hardships which may be worsening with benefits cuts and the end of JobKeeper; the su…

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The Sentinel Speakeasy: episode #5 featuring special guests Samantha Leith and Fiona McGregor – Tuesday, 23 March, 2021 37:19

3y ago37:19

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Welcome to the Sentinel Speakeasy, the weekly podcast of the Sydney Sentinel. In this episode, the Sentinel's editor Peter Hackney and features editor Travis de Jonk explore the top headlines of the week, including the heavy rainfall causing flooding and havoc in Sydney, the announcement of the Greens party candidates for the Inner West Sydney Coun…

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The Sentinel Speakeasy: episode #4 featuring special guest Mark Trevorrow – Tuesday, 16 March, 2021 35:08

3y ago35:08

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Welcome to the Sentinel Speakeasy, the weekly podcast of the Sydney Sentinel. In this episode, the Sentinel's editor Peter Hackney and features editor Travis de Jonk explore the top headlines of the week, including recent Aboriginal deaths in custody in NSW, housing affordability in Sydney, and the Women's March 4 Justice – the simultaneous protest…

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The Sentinel Speakeasy: episode #3 featuring special guest iOTA – Tuesday, 9 March, 2021 28:20

3y ago28:20

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Welcome to the Sentinel Speakeasy, the weekly podcast of the Sydney Sentinel. In this episode, Sydney Sentinel editor Peter Hackney and features editor Travis de Jonk talk about the hot stories of the week, including a round up of Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras festivities, International Women's Day, the campaign to save Parramatta's Willow Grove,…

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The Sentinel Speakeasy: episode #2 – Tuesday, 2 March, 2021 29:22

3y ago29:22

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Welcome to the Sentinel Speakeasy, the weekly podcast of the Sydney Sentinel. In this episode, Sydney Sentinel editor Peter Hackney and features editor Travis de Jonk take an in-depth look at the Sentinel's content, including the horrifying firebombing of a family in Erskineville, and calls for Inner West Mayor Darcy Byrne is to step down over an a…

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The Sentinel Speakeasy: episode #1 – Monday, 22 February, 2021 33:41

3y ago33:41

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Welcome to the first ever episode of the Sentinel Speakeasy, the weekly podcast of the Sydney Sentinel. In this episode, Sydney Sentinel editor Peter Hackney and features editor Travis de Jonk talk about the hot topics of the week, including all things Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, the brave new Pride In Protest march set to take over Oxford S…

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