Blind Magic in Alice Springs

Good morning, good afternoon, or good evening, wherever you are. This is Murray Stewart, your presenter and host, and this is episode 1576. In this episode Murray shares a warm, personal morning in tropical Queensland after visiting his daughter Jasmine's Pilates studio, Vitality Vibe, in Cairns. He celebrates being a proud father, reflects on the example parents set, and describes how hard work,...

In this solo episode of Blind Magic in Alice Springs (Episode 1575), host Murray Stewart broadcasts from Tropical Queensland with a passionate, practical pep talk about resilience and why young people should start building it now. He frames resilience as essential preparation for the inevitable challenges life will bring and urges listeners under 40 to use their youth to practice and strengthen th...

Murray talks about ideas that could be taken from Cairns and applied to your part of the world

The sounds down on the beach in Cairns

Join host Murray Stewart on Episode 1,570 of Blind Magic in Alice Springs, recorded from sunny Cairns. Murray reflects on the central importance of empathy — the ability to put yourself in another person’s shoes — and explores practical ways to build it in daily life. With support person Heather contributing to the conversation, Murray shares real-life examples: a thoughtful plumber who imagined a...

Episode 1569 of Blind Magic Communications finds presenter and host Murray Stewart broadcasting from tropical Cairns (with a tongue-in-cheek nod to Alice Springs). Murray shares a relaxed, reflective monologue about life on holiday, old habits, and the personal choices that shape his days. Topics covered include Murray’s decision to give up alcohol, the pull of past pleasures and how he navigates...

Methods to improve your brains capacity

In episode 1,567 of Blind Magic Communications, host Murray Stewart (with producer Heather) walks listeners through a candid, reflective solo conversation about life choices, habits, and relationships. Murray talks about plans to expand the program’s reach and invites listeners to help spread the word as he prepares to make positive changes after returning to Alice Springs. The episode explores Mu...

Episode 1566 of Blind Magic in Alice Springs features host Murray Stewart reflecting on decluttering, minimalism, and how simplifying possessions reduces stress. Recorded while on holiday, this solo episode has Murray sharing personal insights about living frugally, why he dislikes clutter, and how a clearer physical space leads to a clearer mind. Topics covered include practical decluttering rule...

Episode 1565 of Blind Magic Communications features host Murray Stewart broadcasting from Tropical Queensland and Alice Springs. In this episode titled "Wisdom and Experience," Murray reflects on how people — especially younger adults — should use the knowledge of older generations to make wiser life choices. He draws on personal experience, including a recent medical emergency and time in the Roy...

In episode 1564 of Blind Magic, host Murray Stewart broadcasts from Tropical Queensland (Cairns), reflecting on travel, local hospitality and his love for Alice Springs. This episode blends personal travel observations with a deep, candid conversation about a growing and disturbing issue: women as perpetrators of domestic violence. Murray tackles why this topic must be spoken about honestly instea...

Host Murray Stewart and producer Heather record episode 1563 live from tropical Cairns, Queensland. This episode blends travel moments and family reflections with a hard-hitting discussion about the future of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Murray opens by describing the disarming calm of being on tour in the tropics and introduces Heather, who helps shape the conversation through...

The holiday magic continues

Join host Murray Stewart in episode 1561 of Blind Magic as he broadcasts from Tropical Queensland and Alice Springs with producer Heather. The show opens with a discussion about weaving local music into upcoming episodes and a promise to share the sounds of places like beautiful Cairns in future broadcasts. The episode responds to a recent, confronting news story from the Central Coast: the allege...

Episode 1560 of Blind Magic finds host Murray broadcasting from sunny Cairns (normally in Alice Springs), feeling relaxed and reflective as he prepares to explore local markets. In this solo episode Murray shares personal stories and observations about love, attraction, and the memories that shape a life well-lived. Murray recounts a visit from a friend who described meeting "the most beautiful wo...

Episode 1,559 finds the host broadcasting from Cairns while noting ‘blind magic’ in Alice Springs. The episode opens with a frank account of the host's recent consultation about a sizable hiatus hernia and a forceful critique of the quick-to-prescribe drug approach—antacids and reflux medications are called out as unnecessary in many cases and linked, in the host's experience, to serious cancer ri...

Sitting under the sun in cairns

In this episode recorded in sunny Cairns (normally broadcasting from Alice Springs), the hosts — joined by Heather — take a contrarian look at prevailing climate narratives and their social impact. They discuss recent weather patterns across Australia, noting unusually widespread rainfall, the buoyant condition of the Great Barrier Reef, and the positive effects of increased rain on agriculture an...

Murray Stewart presents episode 1556 of Blind Magic Communications from Cairns, Tropical Queensland. In this reflective solo episode he shares a personal voyage of learning to surrender control while on holiday, describing a smooth but delayed flight caused by a technical fault and the relief of trusting pilots and engineers. Murray recounts spending time with his daughter Heather and grandson, en...

Join host Murray Stewart and senior support Heather in episode 1,555 of Blind Magic as they soak up the relaxed Cairns vibe. Broadcasting from Palm Cove and the Cairns esplanade, Murray and Heather share morning walks, a catch-up with Murray’s daughter Jasmine (who owns Pilates studios), and a lighthearted visit to a sleek Pilates studio. The conversation mixes travel anecdotes with local color: c...

In episode 1554, host Murray Stewart broadcasts from Cairns after recently relocating from Alice Springs. He sets the scene from an Airbnb on Charles Street — steps from the blue Coral Sea — and travels around town with his senior support person Heather, catching Ubers, visiting Cairns Central Shopping Centre, and enjoying a memorable haircut. Murray shares vivid travel anecdotes and roadside obse...

Hi folks, away we go. This is episode 1553. Host Murray Stewart opens from beautiful Cairns after a bumpy journey — delayed by a technical hold on the plane and a sleepless night — and shares the emotional and practical fallout of travel anxiety and fatigue. In candid, personal detail Murray describes how his post-stroke epilepsy and ongoing rehabilitation produced a few unsettling left-side motor...

Episode 1552 of Blind Magic with host Murray Stewart opens with Murray preparing to head to tropical North Queensland, promising listeners on-location episodes from places like the Crystal Cascade and Palm Cove in Cairns. He thanks his audience for their support and teases that tomorrow’s shows will be recorded from his travels. The core of this episode is a spirited mini-lecture about the human b...

Episode 1551 of Blind Magic Communications features host Murray Stewart broadcasting from Alice Springs with a reflective and celebratory monologue about generational achievement. Murray opens by praising the hard work and technological advances delivered by his generation and those before, highlighting transport, computing and communications as foundations that give today’s youth unpreceden...

Episode 1550 of Blind Magic in Alice Springs with host Murray Stewart delivers a candid, baby-boomer perspective on generational change, government policy, and the crisis of resilience among young people. Murray critiques current political moves he views as a socialist-style redistribution—changes to taxation and superannuation—that he says risk taking hard-earned wealth from older Aus...