JOY Drive with Warren

Suzy Wrong explores Mother Saigon through chosen family, parental expectations, queer loneliness and intergenerational care, asking whether being accepted is enough when what we really want is to be known and understood. Guest: Suzy Wrong Presenter: Warren Andrew The post Suzy Wrong: Documentary Review – ‘Mother Saigon’ appeared first on JOY Drive .

Adam Liaw explores the family memories, migration, history and everyday traditions behind Asian Home Cooking, and why the dishes we treasure often matter as much for the people and places they carry as the flavours on the plate. Guest: Adam Liaw, writer, cook and television presenter Presenter: Warren Andrew The post Adam Liaw: New Book – ‘Asian Home Cooking’ appeared first on JO...

Alexandra Lopes explains how persistent pelvic pain in people assigned male at birth can involve tight pelvic floor muscles, stress, prostatitis-like symptoms and cycling-related nerve pressure, and how pelvic health physiotherapy can help. Guest: Alexandra Lopes, pelvic health physiotherapist at Pelvic Health Melbourne Presenter: Warren Andrew The post Alexandra Lopes: Why Pelvic Pain Can Be More...

Associate Professor Lauren Rosewarne explores why charity shops are drowning in unsellable clothes, whether online resale means we now donate only what nobody else wants, and how our desire to feel virtuous may be outsourcing the consequences of overconsumption. Guest: Dr Lauren Rosewarne, Associate Professor in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne Presenter:...

Dr Long Le explains why LGBTQ+ Australians continue to experience much higher rates of mental health disorders and psychological distress, and why closing the gap means tackling discrimination and barriers to affirming healthcare as well as improving mental health services. Guest: Dr Long Le, Senior Research Fellow in the Health Economics Group at Monash University Presenter: Warren Andrew The pos...

Jye Marshall explores how a Bronx outsider turned an imagined world of American wealth into one of fashion’s most enduring identities, and why Australians and a new generation embracing the old-money aesthetic still want a piece of the Ralph Lauren dream. Guest: Jye Marshall, Lecturer in Fashion Design at Swinburne University of Technology Presenter: Warren Andrew The post Jye Marshall: Why Are We...

Sally Nicholes examines proposals to redefine sex in the Sex Discrimination Act, the case supporters make for sex-based protections and concerns that changing the law could alter existing protections for women, trans and intersex people. Guests: Sally Nicholes, founder and Principal at Nicholes Family Lawyers Presenter: Warren Andrew Nicholes Family Lawyers is a proud JOY sponsor and supporter of...

Dr Edith Hill explores why one TikTok parent is taking her children offline and how another creator’s 100 handmade gifts challenge is inspiring people to swap Christmas shopping for making something themselves. Guest: Dr Edith Hill, Associate Lecturer in Learning and Teaching Innovation at Flinders University Presenter: Warren Andrew The post Dr Edith Hill: Are We Ready to Share Less and Make More...

Dr Hollis Taylor explores the extraordinary musical lives of Australian songbirds, from seven-hour butcherbird performances and regional dialects to improvisation, duets and melodies so complex that humans struggle to reproduce them. Guest: Dr Hollis Taylor, musician, composer, zoomusicologist and Research Affiliate at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music Presenter: Warren Andrew The post Dr Hollis...

Suzy Wrong explores Dang! through sibling rivalry, parental approval, people-pleasing and messy queer dating, asking why, even as adults, our families can pull us straight back into roles we thought we’d outgrown. Guest: Suzy Wrong Presenter: Warren Andrew The post Suzy Wrong: TV Series Review – ‘Dang!’ appeared first on JOY Drive .

Dr Mia Cobb explains why humping often has more to do with excitement, play or stress than sex or dominance, and what we should actually do when our dog chooses another dog, a cushion or someone’s leg. Guest: Dr Mia Cobb, Chaser Innovation Research Fellow (Canine Welfare Science) at the University of Melbourne Presenter: Warren Andrew The post Dr Mia Cobb: Why Do Dogs Hump? appeared first on JOY D...

Eliza Shephard explores the thrill and freedom of premiering Joe Chindamo’s new flute concerto written especially for her, and how her playful approach to performance is pushing classical music beyond its traditional boundaries. Guest: Eliza Shephard, award-winning flautist and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra guest soloist Presenter: Warren Andrew The post Eliza Shephard: What Does It Feel Like to Ha...

Associate Professor Lauren Rosewarne explores why dinner parties and spontaneous visits are disappearing, from cost and exhaustion to social media perfection and digital entertainment, and whether lowering our expectations could help bring informal friendship back into our homes. Guest: Dr Lauren Rosewarne, Associate Professor in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Mel...

Jye Marshall explores where inspiration ends and copying begins as Adidas takes White Fox to court, and whether fashion could even exist without designers constantly borrowing, recycling and reinventing ideas that came before them. Guest: Jye Marshall, Lecturer in Fashion Design at Swinburne University of Technology Presenter: Warren Andrew The post Jye Marshall: Can Adidas Own Three Stripes? appe...

Yvonne Sillett reflects on losing the Army career she loved because she was gay, finding others who endured similar treatment and the decades-long fight to have LGBT veterans’ service, harm and history formally recognised. Guest: Yvonne Sillett, Australian Army veteran and LGBT veterans’ advocate Presenter: Warren Andrew The post Yvonne Sillett: Fighting for the LGBT Veterans Forced Out of the Aus...

Associate Professor Evangeline Mantzioris explains what eating late can do to our sleep, metabolism, blood pressure and gut, and whether moving dinner earlier could make a meaningful difference even when we eat the same food. Guest: Associate Professor Evangeline Mantzioris, Program Director of the Bachelor of Human Nutrition at Adelaide University Presenter: Warren Andrew The post Associate Profe...

Associate Professor Vincent Ho explains what new research suggests about sugar, antibiotics and our gut bacteria; what the findings do and don’t mean for everyday antibiotic use; and how food may help our microbiome recover afterwards. Guest: Dr Vincent Ho, Associate Professor of Medicine and Academic Gastroenterologist at Western Sydney University Presenter: Warren Andrew The post Associate Profe...

Amelie Peters explores why so many of us happily belt out songs in the car or shower but freeze when someone is listening, and how Sink or SING! turns that fear into a joyful room full of strangers singing together. Guest: Amelie Peters, award-winning vocalist and international vocal coach Presenter: Warren Andrew The post Amelie Peters: Why Are So Many of Us Afraid to Sing? appeared first on JOY...

Associate Professor Theresa Larkin explains what hours in the air do to our circulation, hydration, ears, gut and body clock, and the simple things we can do to make a long-haul flight easier on our bodies. Guest: Dr Theresa Larkin, Associate Professor of Medical Sciences at the University of Wollongong Presenter: Warren Andrew The post Associate Professor Theresa Larkin: What Happens to Your Body...

Suzy Wrong explores ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ through desire, self-consciousness and our habit of watching and analysing ourselves, asking whether overthinking an experience can stop us from ever fully feeling it. Guest: Suzy Wrong Presenter: Warren Andrew The post Suzy Wrong: Film Review – ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ appeared first on JOY Driv...

Troy-Anthony Baylis reflects on three decades of art bringing queerness, Aboriginality, humour, pop culture and politics together, and what seeing that complex creative life gathered in Let it bleed revealed about the artist he has been and is still becoming. Guest: Troy-Anthony Baylis, artist, curator and writer Presenter: Warren Andrew The post Troy-Anthony Baylis: ‘Let It Bleed’ &#8...

Fiona Kelly McGregor explores the real police scandal and hidden queer lives behind The Trap, bringing 1940s Sydney’s drag performers, nightlife and targeted men back into a history shaped by persecution, class, survival and joy. Guest: Fiona Kelly McGregor, author of The Trap Presenter: Warren Andrew The post Fiona Kelly McGregor: Reclaiming the Queer Sydney History We Nearly Lost appeared first...

Thomas Jaspers takes us back to Fountain Lakes before Kath & Kim began, exploring how he recreated the show’s unmistakable characters and comic rhythm in drag while imagining what Kath, Kim and Sharon might have been getting up to in 1999. Guest: Thomas Jaspers, creator and performer of Fountain Lakes: Y2K Presenter: Warren Andrew The post Thomas Jaspers: ‘Foundation Lakes: Y2K’ at...

Criminologist Dr Justin Ellis examines Victoria’s inquiry into anti-LGBTQIA+ hate crime, including technology-enabled attacks, under-reporting, online radicalisation and what prevention, policing and stronger support for victim-survivors could look like. Guest: Dr Justin Ellis, Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Newcastle Presenter: Warren Andrew The post Dr Justin Ellis: What’s D...

Associate Professor Lauren Rosewarne explores why cash payments, childcare and generous parental leave have struggled to lift birth rates, and whether governments should focus less on producing more babies and more on helping people create the families they actually want. Guest: Dr Lauren Rosewarne, Associate Professor in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne P...