On the first Friday of each month from 6-7 PM, Cindy Sullivan presents music and chat with a philosophical edge. This 68th episode of ‘What The World Needs Now’ was broadcast on Southern FM from 6-7pm on Friday 1st August 2025. In this episode, Cindy proposes that ‘what the world needs now’ is INTEGRITY. “As I have said, the first
Read moreWRITE NOW – 31/7/25 – Vale Cleo Laine; Stephanie Holt judge of the Furphy Literary awards; Serena Moss winner 2025 of the Furphy Literary Awards. Please join me, Gaytana ALSO: let’s wear a mask to protect ourselves & others from Influenza, Covid, RSV & more. Looking out for each other – that’s what community does.
Read moreThe Fantastic Four has been the problem child of the Marvel cinema family. There have been two previous false starts with the 2005 film starring Chris Evans and Jessica Alba and the 2015 reboot starring Miles Teller and Kate Mara which began promisingly before weirdly falling apart half way through. Now, in the wake of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s takeover
Read moreWith a touch of the destructive disillusion of Falling Down and the unsettling oddness of Yorgos Lanthimos’ films, the very strange, dark and often very funny bromance cringe comedy Friendship is a bizarre take on the weird neighbour film. Comedian Tim Robinson (Saturday Night Live, Detroiters, I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson) plays the socially awkward, misfit office
Read moreThe DC cinematic universe has so far failed to achieve the world conquering success of its Marvel counterpart. The DC films have, like the Marvel movies been noisy, lumbering, confusingly plotted, CGI-drenched behemoths but unlike the Marvel movies, their characters have failed to connect with audiences. Actors playing the DC characters have changed but no one seems to have cared
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In this podcast from A Newsman and His Music (28 July 2025), Colin Tyrus is chatting with Deb Brook from Bayside Community Emergency Relief. BCER is one of Southern FM’s neighbours at Moorleigh Community Village in Bentleigh East. BCER is a grassroots charity that was formed in response to the January 2020 bushfires to coordinate contributions from the community and
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