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Alison Thorne & Stephen Durham from the Freedom Socialist Party join us for 3CR's May Day programming.  Explores Trumpism in the US, its causes and resistance through workers' perspectives, and impacts in Australia.  Alison is a longtime activist and unionist from the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU).  Stephen is a longtime unionist and activist from New York City.  He will speak at the Fr...

Hannah Potter interview celebrating the release of her new single Snow Day.  The US-born singer moved to Australia as a child and grew up listening to live music in Fitzroy and Collingwood.  Snow Day is her debut solo release. Facebook

James Anfruns & Billy Mather from VicBears join us to celebrate its 30th birthday.  Discussion includes their trip to Bangkok for Mr Bear International, where Billy won Mr Hot Bear, VicBears' Den Night to celebrate its 30th on Saturday, 25 April, 6.30 to 9.30 pm at The Laird, and James's Mooning win to raise funds for Thorne Harbour's David Williams Fund. VicBears - Home

Red Sky Morning director Lyall Brooks joins us.  The Green Room Award winning play by Tom Holloway explores a family's love, silences and hopes in regional Australia.  "You never know what others are going through."  Theatre Works, May 6 to 16. Red Sky Morning | Theatre Works

Actors Matthew Connell & Clarisse Bonello join us to chat about new Victorian Theatre Company production Future Loves Burning, Age of Extremes, written and directed by Tim Wotherspoon.  Motley Bauhaus, May 12 to 23. home | VTC 

Ruthie Foster joins us from her home in Texas before she tours Australia. Ruthie Foster 

Interview with Elf Lyons.  The Globetrotting UK comedian is in Melbourne performing Swan and Woman On The Edge at the Comedy Festival. Elf Lyons | Swan | Melbourne International Comedy Festival Elf Lyons | Woman On The Edge (WIP) | Melbourne International Comedy Festival

Shitzulover07 joins us from Sydney to celebrate the release of her new 24-track album Til Death Do Us Part.  "I enjoy bieng a trans woman, I love my life." shitzu / verona (@shitzulover07) • Instagram photos and videos

Cohan from Blank Space Productions discusses The Irreducible at Theatre Works' Explosives Factory, April 8 to 25.  The Irreducible | Theatre Works

Trans Day of Audibility curator and sound engineer Tilde Joy joins us ahead of the broadcast on Trans Day of Visbility, 31 March, 10 am to 6 pm on 3CR. Trans Day of Audibility 2026 | 3CR Community Radio 

Teddy Clitter talks top surgery, fundraising, Medicare for Trans folks and performing on Smith Street in the heart of queer Melbourne.  Discussion includes the lack of Medicare support for gender affirmation surgery. Teddy Clitter (@teddyclitter) • Instagram photos and videos

Queer protest singer and songwriter Irish Mythen joins us for an interview during their Australian tour.  Includes discussion about growing up queer in Ireland, their international music career, immigration journeys and global politics. Musician | Singer | Songwriter - Irish Mythen

Possible Prince X interview celebrating today's release of The Crowd Remix, a collaboration with Brazilian DJ and music producer Zuffo. Zuffo (@zuffomusic) • Instagram photos and videos Possible Prince X (@possibleprincex) • Instagram photos and videos

Interview with dancers Alex Dobson & Jonathan Homsey about their separate productions Pool and Solarpunk. Two dancers perform in a world of liquid ice in Pool at Dancehouse to "exorcise a fever".  March 25 to 28, 6.30 pm.  Pool by Alex Dobson - Dancehouse Street dance dissolves Fascism in Solarpunk's tribute to Melbourne's activism history in a sunset performance at The Great Sculpture, Burston Re...

Interview with Beth Uhe from BB Sabina celebrating the release of new single In Between.  https://www.instagram.com/bbsabina.music/

Naavikaran interview ahead of her first national tour and new EP.  The MYSTIQUE TOUR kicks off in Alice Springs March 27, followed by shows in Castemaine, Brisbane, Geelong, Sydney, Newcaste, Melbourne.  EP MYSTIQUE DISCOTHEQ drops 31 March. Naavikaran: The MYSTIQ Tour

Performer Jessi Ryan interview.  Includes discussion about censorship, boxing and playing with fire.  Their new show All Guts, No Glory stages March 25 to 28 at Club Voltaire, Melbourne International Comedy Festival.  Directed by Fiona Scott-Norman. Jessi Ryan | All Guts, No Glory! | Melbourne International Comedy Festival 

Musician & songwriter moonsea joins us in the studio after the release of her single I'll Kill You If You Die Before Me. moonsea (@moonseamusic) • Instagram photos and videos 

Anesti Danelis joins us from Toronto before he heads to Australia for the Melbourne and Sydney Comedy Festivals with his show Artificiallly Intelligent. Anesti Danelis | Artificially Intelligent | Melbourne International Comedy Festival ANESTI DANELIS – ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT – SYDNEY COMEDY FESTIVAL

Interview with David Massingham.  Murder Village: An Improvised Whodunnit plays at Arts Centre Melbourne, Member's Lounge for Melbourne Comedy Festival, 26 March to 19 April.  Features Australia's best improvisation actors.  No two shows are the same. Murder Village: An Improvised Whodunnit | Melbourne International Comedy Festival

Billy & Dale from Melbourne five-piece band Billy Cart join James for a chat before the release of their album Greatest Hits.  Drops March 5. Billy Cart (@billycart_) • Instagram photos and videos

Comedian Cassie Workman chats about her show You Are Here and shares her accounts of living in the US with the authoritarianism of ICE and MAGA.  Cassie performs You Are Here at the Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane Comedy Festivals. Cassandra Workman (@thecassieworkman) • Instagram photos and videos Cassie Workman | You Are Here | Melbourne International Comedy Festival CASSIE WORKMAN – YOU ARE HERE...

Bridge to Safety is a new legal service that prepares and lodges applications for queer refugees and asylum seekers to come to Australia.  It's based at the Refugee Advice and Casework Service (RACS) in Sydney in partnership with the Forcibly Displaced People Network (FDPN).  Lawyer Gretel Emerson from RACS' LGBTIQ+ Safety Team joins us for an interview. RACS | Refugee Advice & Casework Service Fo...

Director Suzanne Chaundy interview.  Thirty years after Port Arthur, Tom Holloway's Beyond The Neck plays at Theatre Works, 19 March to 4 April.  Stories of community survival, grief and recovery. Beyond The Neck | Theatre Works

Damien Nguyen interview ahead of Pride In Protest's Mardi Gras Street Rally.  Includes discussion about the Rally's demands: trans youth healthcare; a stop to over-policing of the LGBTIQA+ community, including strip searches and police use as mental health first responders; protections for queer students and workers, including ceasing sackings on religious grounds. Damien Nguyen will co-chair the...