Listen again to the story of Pope Leo XIII, the pope in the 19th century who demanded that workers be given more than subsistence wages. This was broadcast on 13 October on Songs of Hope. Other podcasts are the hymns podcast and the one hour Christian praise and worship podcast.
Read moreIf anyone had read the popular film websites’ scathing reviews of the Princess Di biopic Diana they might have been anticipating the film’s arrival on our shores about as eagerly as Australians awaiting the radiation cloud in On the Beach. Diana is undoubtedly a disappointing film with a thin script that covers only a small portion of Diana’s life, bland
Read morePenny and Jayme from the Victoria Maidens came in to talk to Justin and Lana about the Legends Football League and the Inaugural Season that kicks off in December this year. We talk everything from their sporting backgrounds, the game of LFL Football and the need to beat NSW at everything we do. Press play down below to listen to
Read moreThe 1980’s saw the flourishing of four extreme and highly influential musical subcultures: American Hardcore punk which was faster and more corrosive than its British cousin; Goth which we can blame for emo; hip hop which added Bronx street culture a new form of social and political commentary to popular music; and speed metal which replaced the blues riffing and
Read moreIn February 2012, at Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, various members of the balaclava-wearing Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot attempted to perform a song protesting the close relationship between the Russian Orthodox church and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The three main members of the group were quickly bundled out of the church and charged with “hooliganism motivated by
Read moreOne of the most loved songs of the 1980s was the Dream Academy’s “Life in a Northern Town“. Join Nick Laird-Clowes, the lead singer of the Dream Academy, as he discusses his long & successful career commencing with early bands Alfalpha (mentored by Marc Bolan) & The Act & his work as Trashmonk & also his very successful work as a film composer. Nick Laird-Clowes latest film is the UK #1 film, “About
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