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In Dorothea Mackellar's poem, My Country, she refers to Australia being a land of droughts and flooding rains. With the River Murray currently flooding many river towns and with people on the land preparing for a summer and its threat of bushfires, we've recording a dual podcast with Belle and Pods from the Adelaide Hills Farmcast. In the Musical Pilgrimage, we have a recent song by Lucas Day call...

Recently, in an article entitled, Y Natural: The Inner Beauty Of Buying Local When You Say You Will , on his Talked About Marketing website, Steve wrote: "There is a resigned sadness among many small business owners like Barbara Gare from Y Natural , when they hear friends say they believe in buying local but don't actually follow through. As small business owners and leaders we are right to feel...

The South Australian Music Awards is an entirely locally run Awards ceremony, facilitated by not-for-profit Music SA. This is all broken down into three categories of award, Major Awards, Industry Awards and People's Choice Awards. Major and Industry Awards are judged by a panel of South Australian and Australian acclaimed music industry professionals. The People's Choice Awards are judged online,...

When the opportunity arose to interview Chris Thomas about his time of farming in the mid-north of South Australia during the great drought of 1982, not even flood-damaged roads could stop Steve from travelling to Crystal Brook to record the stories. Meanwhile, a different climate story was celebrated in Adelaide last week; 50 years of Seeley International and its mission to provide reliable, inno...

When Steve was invited by Don Violi to go for a nice Sunday drive, he had no idea he was about to create the Bay To Birdwood Fringe episode of The Adelaide Show. With his clothes reeking of car exhaust, he's edited the episode and it is out and available before the sun has even set on the 2022 event. And we move nostalgia into top gear with a new song by Dino Jag, Shake A Leg Like Elvis. You can n...

Adelaide podcaster, Leesa Scanlan, is shining the spotlight on mental health Anxiety and depression get talked about a lot but it's taking a South Australian podcaster, Leesa Scanlan, to bring a dose of gentle, frank reality to the high tide and low tide of mental health. We start our discussion about mental health in the SA Drink Of The Week segment, which features a beer from Shapeshifter Brewin...

According to one of our guests in this episode, Andy Ide, there are 1.5 million horses in Australia and about 5,000 horse businesses. So the question is, why does our love affair with horses linger, given it's been 100 years since we replaced them as our transport partners? We then pick up the sound of horses as modes of transport in the Musical Pilgrimage, thanks to a song we were introduced to b...

Michael Mills of Heaps Good Productions has crafted a new podcast about palaeontology and we hear episode one in this episode. The SA Drink Of The Week is Pepperjack Shiraz by Saltram. And in the Musical Pilgrimage, we have a song from singer/songwriter and fellow, SA-based podcaster, Alison Newman. You can navigate episodes using chapter markers in your podcast app. Not a fan of wine? You can cli...

Adelaide commercial photographer, Drew Lenman, has created a realistic rendering of an Adelaide panorama in which our city has been ravaged by war. Drew's goal is to inspire us to feel more deeply for Ukrainians and contribute to UNICEF's fundraising options. The SA Drink Of The Week is from Artis Wines in the Adelaide Hills, ably supported by our guest taster, Glenn Malycha. And in the Musical Pi...

Have you ever found yourself in awe of magic tricks being performed right under your nose? Steve has been, which is why he invited Adelaide-based magician, Barry "Baz" Seeley onto the podcast to explore the discipline and the mindset of doing performance magic. The SA Drink Of The Week with a Brockenchack Shiraz from Eden Valley, ably supported by our guest taster, Glenn Malycha. And in the Musica...

Our media outlets have amnesia when it comes to stories that "drag on" for longer than a few days and the Russian invasion of Ukraine is one of them. So in this episode we sit down with Adelaide-based, Ukrainian expat, Natalya Boujenko, to get a deeper understanding of Ukraine's history and culture, of the war, and of the various things we can do to help Ukrainians. The SA Drink Of The Week with a...

In this episode, we stay very still to let our eyes adjust before recording interviews at night time in the River Murray International Dark Sky Reserve. We met the originator of the Dark Sky Reserve idea for the Mid Murray region, Chris Tugwell, former SA Chief Scientist-turned-astrophotographer, Don Bursill, and astronomer, Joe Grida. We didn't get to interview Ivy from the Ngaut Ngaut Aboriginal...

In this episode, we get ready for the 2022 Adelaide Beer & BBQ Festival, which has been stopped twice before by Covid but this time is all set to kick up some smoke at the Royal Adelaide Showgrounds from July 15-17. The SA Drink Of The Week is Five Minutes Away by Big Shed Brewing. And in the Musical Pilgrimage, we have a song by one of the bands appearing at the Festival, Mums Favourite. You...

Our special guest in this episode is inventor and firefighter, Steve Grealy. What attracted us to Steve is the way he encounters problems or challenges and then investigates way to solve them. In particular, his pair of anti-speeding apps grabbed our attention, which we go into in some detail in our chat. The SA Drink Of The Week is a Howard Vineyard 2020 Shiraz, tasted with guests from another So...

In this episode, we explore the creation of worlds within science fiction with Fay Lee, author of Empathy, and Matthew R Davis, literary horror author, in a conversation recorded at the launch of Fay's book. The story of Empathy circles around the life of a luxury pleasure-nymph, an augmented human capable of echoing and amplifying a client’s every indulgent sensation, and aside from being a...

Welcome to your non-fungible podcast as we hear about the Muse Frame. If you move in technology circles, you would have heard the term "NFT" (or Non-Fungible Token) bandied about quite a bit over the past year or two. However, along with terms like Metaverse and Cryptocurrency and Blockchain, your understanding might be a little vague. Steve's was, so he invited local entrepreneur, Dylan Blaquiere...

Every day, Days Eggs produces thousands of eggs to feed families in South Australia and beyond, thanks to their very clever and hen-friendly farms and systems around the state. In this interview, we discuss hen living conditions, egg types, cooking with eggs, and even things to be wary of when re-using egg cartons. The SA Drink Of The Week is Run With The Hunted - see below. And in the Musical Pil...

The Violets, the darlings of Triple J and Music SA in the 90s return with a new album This is a bumper Easter edition full of audio easter eggs! It was inspired by the Easter theme of "new life", which is why we're focussing on: The Violets - the band has reformed after a 20 year break Frankly Gin - they've developed a gin that is perfect for drinking neat or just with soda - it means gin can rise...

Opera everywhere, including the beach, and world music in a park This is a very special episode if you enjoy music in manifold ways. We're covering opera, world music, and alternative rock, so prepare for some sensory overload. Firstly, we turn to opera because State Opera of South Australia has two intriguing programs lined up that are exemplars of the company's stated aim of introducing new audi...

Exploring music from the soul to the screen in South Australia Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners and readers are advised that this episode and its show notes may contains images, names, and voices of people who have died. This is a very special episode if you enjoy music and "screens" in manifold ways. Firstly, we chat with Director/Producer/Writer, Philippa Bateman, who's just relea...

Adelaide Fringe at home, in a park, or in a theatre? Take your pick! The Covid-19 pandemic and ever-changing response protocols have prompted Hartstone Kitney Productions to make it possible to do the Adelaide Fringe at home this year, more than ever before. Joanne Hartstone and Tom Kitney formed their production company in 2017 and in recent years they have invested heavily in filming and streami...

I choose you: Writing wedding vows with Tim and Jade Weddings have been disrupted during Covid, but despite the hurdles, many couples have still been tying the knot in South Australia, including Tim and Jade, our special guests in this episode of The Adelaide Show. They got married last year in an outdoor ceremony and their vows were so different from the ones usually heard, that we asked them to...

True crime - why is there such a hunger for it? I have no idea but I suspect tonight's guests will. Dr Samantha Battams returns to the podcast to talk about her latest book, The Rhynie Poisoning Case, The true crimes of Alexander Newland Lee , and Alison Oborn from Adelaide Haunted Horizons will be here to lend her experience about all things Old Adelaide Gaol and ghosts. When this episode goes li...

Talking with Peter Greste on journalism and press freedom has been one of the highlights of producing The Adelaide Show. This esteemed journalist began his career at Channel 10 in Adelaide before travelling the world and working for Al Jazeera. It was in that role that he was sent to Egypt to cover the Christmas holiday season at a time of political upheaval and was arrested on false charges and j...

What does South Australia have in store for 2022? Well, primarily, this will be determined by what we've done in 2021, along with new policies and practices we're putting in place. To give us some clarity, three regular contributors to The Adelaide Show Podcast, have put up their hands to have their say: David Olney Nigel Dobson Robert Godden They each bring their insights from three very differen...