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Episode 32 features Melbourne-based musician and visual artist Paris Richens. Paris is a member in the bands Parsnip and Hierophants and also goes by the solo guise of PP Rebel. Parsnip's album 'Beho…
Episode 31 features Buddhist practitioner and teacher Damian Auton.
Damian has been a practitioner and teacher for over a decade, teaching at Kadampa's meditation centre in the Dandenong Ranges and a…
Episode 30 features Peter Milne, a Melbourne-born photographer and visual artist.
Milne's early photography documented Melbourne's punk scene through the 70's and 80's. Milne would also later documen…
Episode 29 features Mikey Young, guitarist and member of Eddy Current Suppression Ring, The Green Child, Ooga Boogas, and Total Control. It's a bit different to do a write-up here on Mikey, as he's s…
Episode 28 features Emily Jans, a boxer, kickboxer, and drummer in Australian hardcore band Straightjacket Nation. Emily, who won the 2012 Australian Amateur Boxing title and now retired, is training…
Episode 27 features Ben Clement, a photographer, director, filmmaker, and the founder of Good Sport magazine and AM:PM.RC.
Ben's work is centred around sport and movement. Having worked with the like…
Episode 26 features Melbourne-based street photographer Chucky Edge.
Chucky documents a lot of his travels around South-east Asia. Photographing people and communities on the outskirts of society, of…
Episode 25 features Steph Hughes, a Melbourne-based illustrator, musician, artist, and community art collaborator.
Steph has been a part of various bands over the years, including Dick Diver and the B…
Episode 24 features Sam Octigan, a painter, artist, and frontman in Melbourne hardcore band Iron Mind.
On this episode, Sam speaks on Melbourne’s hardcore scene, straight-edge culture, how he stepped …
Episode 23 features Brendan Huntley, painter, sculptor, and frontman for Eddy Current Suppression Ring.
Brendan’s roots run deep within Melbourne's music and art scenes. Growing up in a creative famil…
Episode 22 features Campbell Somerville, a professional boxer from Melbourne currently holding a 3-1 (2KO) professional record with 75 fights as an amateur (x3 time Australian amatuer champion) and w…
Episode 21 features Mark Lording, a tattoo artist who is currently working out of Frankston Tattoo.
Mark's work is heavily based on the environments and areas he grew up in, tattooing pieces that he i…
Episode 20 features Anu Kumar.
Anu is a photographer born in India and raised in Australia who has used photography as a medium to connect her two homes. In 2022, Anu released a book titled "Ghar", a …
Episode 19 features Toby Zoates, a Melbourne-born artist, author, animator, and filmmaker now based in Sydney. Toby has created animations and films like "Darling It Hurtz" and "The Thief Of Sydney."…
Episode 18 features Kia Binch, a cycling advocate and regular bike packer. Kia has bike-packed the likes of the Australian Alps and various other regional Victorian spots and is continuing to promote…
This episode features Ellen Virgona, a Sydney-born photographer.
Ellen has been a photographer for over a decade now and has a way of capturing small moments and gestures we often take for granted or …
This episode features Oscar O’Shea, director, filmmaker, photographer, and co-owner of MOM Publishing. Oscar has worked with the likes of These New South Whales, CLAMM, Floodlights, and Civic and is …
My first episode from my short Sydney stay was with Marto, a multidisciplinary artist currently based in Sydney. Marto has been creating handmade ceramic mushroom incense burners for the last 3 years…
This was a pretty special episode to close out the year, got to sit down with John Kaye in his Coburg studio. John is an artist currently based in Melbourne, who’s been in the scene creating for over…
I had the pleasure of chatting with James Gorter, a New Zealand-born filmmaker currently residing in Melbourne. James spent his early adult life squatting around Europe and playing in various punk ba…