Music critic Mikey Cahill pits modern lyricists against old masters as he tests the true quality of words in music.
Alain de Botton brings his light touch and intellectual pirouettes to the topic of religion and its atheistic utility.
Chinese dissident writer Liao Yiwu speaks with Alex Landragin about freedom, exile and books that transport him home.
The Sudanese-born rapper opens up about bloodshed, brutality, the power of music and getting Jimmy Carter to rap.
Richard Gill explains how musical education can help children gain literacy and numeracy skills.
Tony Conrad talks music and math at Jazzland, presented by the Wheeler Centre and the Melbourne Int'l Jazz Fest.
Faust's Jean-Hervé Peron speaks at Jazzland, presented by The Wheeler Centre and the Melbourne Int'l Jazz Festival.
Kathy Lette, Richard Gill and Michael Shmith discuss the operatic adaptation of How to Kill Your Husband.
Musician Dave Graney considers the potential of social networking to propel our imaginations toward the future.
Archie Roach performs a song dedicated to his late wife, Ruby Hunter, at our Gala Night of Storytelling.
Musicians Ali McGregor, Richard Gill and Shane Howard talk about their favourite books with Radio National's Ramona K...
Jess McGuire talks with Clare Bowditch, Stephen Cummings and Rebecca Barnard about the music industry.
Lawrie Zion, Chris Johnston, Clem Bastow and Mikey Cahill discuss the state of music criticism.
Travel and rock scribe Andrew Mueller examines why, in his opinion, travel writing sucks.
Fiona Scott-Norman, satirist and DJ, argues that street violence can be solved not by sending in the cops, but by sen...
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