Breakfasters

On the pod this week, the team ask the important questions: Do you say Ahoy hoy or Hello? Because greetings are on the out; and do you have a firm handshake or are you a coward? The team also muses over how the Hyrox Games made a splash for all the wrong reasons; and they discuss the dream scenario of unexpectedly coming into money. With presenters Daniel Burt, Monique Sebire & Bronwyn Kuss. W...

This week, Bron found out she was allergic to Melbourne; Jason Boulter talks Hardcore - 50 years of Skateboarding in Australia ; Megan McKeough was disappointed with the lack of sex in Gregg Araki's new film I Want Your Sex ; Besha Rodell laments Australia's burrito gap; and did you know you can get a discount on your mani if you have tiny fingernails? With presenters Daniel Burt, Monique Sebire &...

Leading Australian contemporary artist, Patricia Piccinini, stopped by the studio to discuss (amongst other things) her latest work, Celulas Madre, showing at the Science Gallery; we discuss the dos and mainly don'ts of office dining; Vanessa Toholka circled back on LinkedIn's ideation around AI Slop; Do you remember HR Puff and Stuff? Pauly P filled in for Mon and tried to explain it; Digga speak...

Coming up on the pod, Bronwyn questions whether a first aid course is ever really worth the trouble; the always delightful Alice Pung drops in to talk about the importance of reading and writing; for Weird Science, Dr. Jen swipes up on scrolling; the directing duo behind Wicker , Eleanor Wilson and Alex Fisher, joins Breakfasters ahead of their film premiering at MIFF; and finally, the team invest...

Award-winning playwright Joanna Murray-Smith on her adaptation of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya and is joined by lead actor Daniel Henshall; Bron brings in a skirt she couldn't offload (or is it a bag?); funny kids' book writer Andy Griffiths has a new book You & Me and the Gigantic Knucklehead ; the team turn a critical eye to creepy, cheapy wearable tech; and Marieke Hardy reviews Omar Musa new stor...

Bron is finally embracing her inner Queenslander and proudly ordering big frothy cappuccinos, and did you know that Daniel invented the handstand? Perhaps the team should have asked choreographer Stephanie Lake, who was in to talk about her new work, Vista , which is showing at Malthouse; Besha Rodell celebrated the warm gruffness of late Mario's waiter Massimo Di Sora; the team discussed what sho...

The pod kicks off with news that beers and ciggies are breaking the bank; the team talked about everyone's favorite honey-loving bear with literary journalist Jane Sullivan, who for Rare Book Week is hosting a 100th-year celebration of Winnie-the-Pooh; Dr. Jen revealed the weird science behind our finger length; Bron learnt that you shouldn't take French lessons from yogurt ads; Megan McCue was in...

We had a week off and Mon went to a bird show! Bron did something pretty cool too; our favourite football tragic and former Breakfaster, Tony Wilson joined us for a World Cup update; Bron got a front row seat to Craigieburn Dance Troupe The Magnificent Ladies ; Breakfasters' own master chef, Emma Dean, sings the praises of the trusty slow cooker; and Friday Funnybugger and educator, Urvi Majumdar,...

Award-winning musical theatre performer and Geelong Cats fan, Amy Lehpamer, joined us in the midst of her run of Pride and Prejudice - Sort Of , at the Athenaeum; Dr. Jen reassured us that it’s not our fault - it’s science that is making us eat trash when we drink; we discuss fully sick localized vernacular; Ben Cullen tells us how he survived a snake bite in the Otways; Masterchef finalist, Kishw...

We get wistful for daytime TV gone by when Bron reminds us of that time that David Campbell thought his son was Princess Di reincarnated; Kon Karapanagiotidis from the ASRC was in to talk World Refugee Week; Celia Pacquola, fresh off the back of her best show win at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival was in to talk Gift Horse ; We embark on the undignified work of identifying celebs in th...

Bron loves tomatoes so much, her partner Liss thinks she should smell like one all the time, and writer, storyteller, documentary filmmaker, and former breakfaster, John Safran, was back in the studio to spruik the reboot of Race Around the World. Talking movies, Megan McKeough took us into director Kane Parsons' mysterious Backrooms, and ahead of her event at Willy Lit Fest, Antonia Pont made us...

This week: to celebrate its 20th anniversary, Alice Pung's memoir Unpolished Gem is getting a reissue and the award-winning author joined us in studio to reflect on its journey (and also how many times she's had nits); we reminisce on the long lost era of Rock Eisteddfods; Flick Ford gave a ringing review of Spanish film Deaf/Horda; Khalid Abdalla dropped in to chat about his deeply personal stage...

This week, Bron had a pet rabbit who went missing and you'll never guess where they found her! Vance Joy Fan and Chinese-Australian journalist, Cheng Lei, joined us to discuss her new play, 1154 Days , about her time incarcerated by the Chinese government; Rachel Bettiens was in to review a time-travelling trad wife in Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke; Friday Funnybugger Freddie Arthur described a...

Bron went to the A-League Women's Final, and it got her thinking about how the audience differs in other sporting codes; Susan Forde came in to tell us how good we are with her report on the value of community radio; Donné Ngabo dropped in the studio to talk about his new play, Retrograde, at the MTC; Dr Jen grabs our attention, literally, for Weird Science, and we interrogate the pure gall of the...

Bron is forced to rethink a fond memory; actress Maria Angelico owns her new role in  Birthright ; Dr Jen munches on some vitamin C myths; Marieke Hardy reviews Lally Katz’s new memoir,  My Cursed Vagina;  from Healesville Sanctuary, Dr Jessica Thomas dives into the elusive world of the platypus and the team bounce ideas of what to do with a wrong email. With presenters Daniel Burt, Monique Sebire...

Artist and filmmaker Shaun Tan journeys back to his classic book turned exhibition  The Red Tree ; the team balance the do's and don'ts of dinking; the team go back and forth with theatre director Jessica Arthur about the new Malthouse play GAME. SET. MATCH ; distinguished international lawyer Gillian Triggs AC stages a passionate defence of democracy; the team navigate awkward misnomers and autho...

Book reviewer Marieke Hardy plays nice with Laura McPhee-Browne’s novel Worry Doll; the team all hail Bron's bus driver; Daniel detects something suss in the waste water; author and broadcaster Jacinta Parsons previews Sex, Love and Other Catastrophes, Mon shares a dishwashing nightmare and the trio riff with Rockwiz royalty Brian Nankervis. With presenters Daniel Burt, Monique Sebire & Bronwy...

Author and presenter Melissa Leong spills her Guts on her life in food; Dr Jen sets us up for a scientifically good day; the team go big on small talk; award-winning writer Melissa Manning takes the leap with her debut novel, Frogsong ; and Bron makes an appearance on the apps. With presenters Daniel Burt, Monique Sebire & Bronwyn Kuss. Website:  https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/breakfa...

Environmental writer Gus Goswell provides the highlights from his Mallacoota walk that inspired his Walker’s Journal piece; the team discuss the newest TikTok-trendy disease: goiters; comedian Chris Kent breaks down his MICF show Offline; book reviewer Sean O’Beirne talks us through Ben Lerner’s novel Transcription and Mon is chuffed about her raffle winnings. With presenters Daniel Burt, Monique...

The team run through the woes of being fire warden; UK comedian Phil Wang gets custody of his moustache; Dr Jen touches on the weird science of tickling; Bron looks into being sort-of recognised; and Friday Funnybugger Geraldine Hickey returns with some big (and small) news. With presenters Daniel Burt, Monique Sebire & Bronwyn Kuss. Website:  https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/breakfaste...

Bronwyn tells of an old teacher getting schooled by Oprah; writer and comedian Kate McLennan takes us behind the scenes of the second season of Deadloch; Marieke Hardy treats us to a book review of Michael Winkler's Griefdogg ; the crafty Phoebe Garrett yarns about the Handweavers and Spinners Guild of Victoria; political icon and environmentalist Dr Bob Brown talks Defiance ; and Friday Funnybugg...

Jas ponders a post-Breakfasters life; comedian Denise Scott explains why she's feeling  Tickety Boo; Tech Talker Vanessa Toholka drills into microchips; art curator Lily Mora describes her vision behind Always Modern: Radical Nurture at Heide; and good ol’ fashioned eavesdropping is back . With presenters Daniel Burt, Jas Moore & Bronwyn Kuss. Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/b...

Hip-hop artist N’fa Jones waxes lyrical about his  Flow State workshop; the team confess their cafe nom de plumes; food critic Besha Rodell reveal the ingredients that go into the perfect neighbourhood joint; Bronwyn unloads on noisy neighbours, and Friday Funnybugger Alex Ward makes a scene with small talk stuff ups. With presenters Daniel Burt, Jas Moore & Bronwyn Kuss. Website: https://www....

Bron reports on some aggro in Adelaide; an Aussie art icon discusses his new exhibition The Hidden World of Graeme Base ; Fi Wright reviews Julian Barnes’ final novel, Departure(s); economist Gary Stevenson unpacks global inequality; prize-winning poet Evelyn Araluen joins the team ripe from her big win for The Rot; and Freddie misdiagnosis the origin of an odour. With presenters Daniel Burt, Jas...

Bronwyn takes us through how a dickpick helped her win an award; food critic Besha Rodell breaks down how pricing works in the food industry; Dr Niraj Lal talks about how screen time influences our habits and interests in her new book Behind the Screens ; Megan McKeough has seen Sam Raimi’s new horror Send Help; Dr Jen explains a new study on how caffeine can lower the risks of dementia and comedi...