The Guardian Australia Culture podcast
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The Guardian Australia Culture podcast
The Guardian Australia's culture team is often joined by performers, writers, musicians, and artists of every form. They discuss the news, trends, events and everything else which encompass Australia’s incredible culture
Recent Episodes
33 episodes
Remembering the Man podcast: how Timothy Conigrave narrated a documentary about his own death
At an event recorded live in Melbourne, we look at the documentary that explores the lives and romance of Timothy Conigrave and John Caleo – the subje...
A Month of Sundays podcast: midlife crises and the mental health of men
Recorded live in Melbourne, Guardian Australia’s film critic Luke Buckmaster discusses Australian film A Month of Sundays with writer and director Mat...
Eva Orner on Chasing Asylum – Guardian Australia culture podcast
Film critic Luke Buckmaster speaks with Chasing Asylum director Eva Orner and Guardian Australia reporter Melissa Davey after a screening of the docum...
The Storm Boy film club episode
Recorded live at Guardian Australia’s Film Club, film critic Luke Buckmaster discusses what makes Australian films succeed or fail as well as examples...
Australian culture: the Splendour episode
Megan Washington joins Alexandra Spring, Fred McConnell, Alan Evans and Elle Hunt in a very muddy Splendour in the Grass festival tent to talk second...
The Animal Kingdom film club episode
Recorded live at Guardian Australia’s first Film Club, film critic Luke Buckmaster discusses debut films with Animal Kingdom producer Liz Watts, Kath...
Australian culture: winners, losers and Scientologists
Luke Buckmaster and Alexandra Spring discuss more films from the Sydney film festival including Arabian Nights, Tangerine, Amy, Going Clear and Holdin...
Australian culture: the 'so Sydney' film festival part I
Luke Buckmaster and Alexandra Spring discuss the Australian films in this year's Sydney film festival line up, including Ruben Guthrie, The Women He U...
Australian culture: The thinking in the shower episode
Vivid Ideas curator Jess Scully and musician Jake Stone join Alexandra Spring and Nancy Groves to discuss the end of new music, whether the internet h...
Australia culture: arts funding crisis special episode
Jake Stone and Jess Scully join Alex Spring and Nancy Groves in a special episode that addresses the fears of the arts community after a redirection o...
Australia culture: the fried chicken episode
What made Monica declare she saw the 'worst show ever'? Is comedy the last battleground for sexism? And will documentaries always play second fiddle t...
Guardian Australia culture podcast - the power of snowdomes episode
Is Ken Done done? Does art speak have to be so indecipherable? And why do celebrities like Jay Z, Lady Gaga and Shia LaBeouf want to become performanc...
Guardian Australia culture podcast - the Lost in Aussiewood episode
The Oscars, the Golden Globes, the Baftas, the Aactas ... two film-savvy special guests join the Guardian Australia culture team to discuss the state...
Guardian Australia culture podcast - the naked festival episode
Performer Adrienne Truscott, of standup and Wau Wau Sisters fame, joins the Guardian Australia culture team to discuss this year's Sydney festival and...
Guardian Australia culture podcast - the year in review episode
Eamon Flack and Brigid Delaney join the Guardian Australia culture team to look back at a year of controversy, delight and some surprising Australian...
Guardian Australia culture podcast – the prescribed fun episode
The culture team talks summer music festivals, whether fashion is art and if Australians are intellectuals. Plus we nominate our top December must-dos...
Guardian Australia culture podcast – the unwelcome ukelele episode
The culture team are back from Melbourne to talk about the most intriguing shows of the festival and pick November's must-sees
Adelaide festival podcast: episode five
In our final podcast from the Adelaide festival we discuss the highs and lows of festival programming. Plus: hidden in the South Australian Museum's p...
Adelaide festival podcast: episode four
Guardian Australia takes you behind the scenes of some of the most exciting performances at the Adelaide Festival. We talk to Matthew Whittet, writer...
Adelaide festival podcast: episode three
Join Guardian Australia's culture team for dancing lessons with Afrobeat's Femi Kuti and Positive Force, and an inspiring chat with the woman who wrot...
Adelaide festival podcast: episode two
Guardian Australia brings you an Adelaide festival podcast full of musical pioneers as we talk to Morton Subotnick, the grandfather of electronic musi...
Adelaide festival podcast: episode one
Guardian Australia's culture team head to Adelaide to sample all the delights of the festival. We talk to Christos Tsiolkas about drug use and the wri...
Perth festival podcast: episode five
Today's podcast comes from the Perth Writers festival, where we hear from Burial Rites author Hannah Kent, and get some feedback from literary festiva...
The Perth festival podcast: episode 4
Today we get two views on an art exhibition that looks at Australia's relationship with Bali and a single person theatre project that leads you throug...
The Perth festival podcast: episode 3
Jane Howard, Van Banham and Vicky Frost discuss An Iliad, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Bianco and the Fringe World show Red Bastard. We also check back...
The Perth festival podcast: episode two
In this podcast, Andrew Frost looks at an exhibition of works from Anne Ferran, Andrew P Street gives us a new band to watch in Lilt, and Vicky Frost...
The Perth festival podcast: episode 1
Join Vicky Frost, Andrew P Street and Andrew Frost as they discuss works at the Perth festival. In this first episode we look at Batsheva's Sadeh21, m...
The Sydney festival podcast: Episode five
Join Vicky Frost, Jane Howard and Van Badham at Carriageworks as we discuss Forklift, Gudirr Gudirr and His Music Burns, lock our producer in a box wi...
The Sydney festival podcast: Episode four
Join Vicky Frost, Helen Davidson, Jane Howard and Van Badham as we pick apart Dido and Aeneas, get a report on Hurricane Transcriptions and the truth...
Sydney festival podcast: episode three
Join Vicky Frost, Helen Davidson, Jane Howard and Van Badham as we take some life advice from punk-cabaret star Amanda Palmer, take a look at The Pipe...
Sydney festival podcast: episode two
Join Vicky Frost, Van Banham and Andrew Frost as we chat about big festival art: is it good art or fun art – and can it be both? We also hear from the...
Sydney festival podcast: episode one
Join Vicky Frost, Helen Davidson and Jane Howard as we talk to Sydney Festival Director Lieven Bertels, take a close look at the play All That Fall an...
Guardian Australia Culture podcast: coming soon
Guardian Australia's critics and writers join performers, writers and musicians to discuss the hottest shows at Australia's biggest cultural festivals...