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It’s Monday morning, but not just any Monday, it’s May the 4th! We celebrate all things Star Wars with a very special guest (and possibly the greatest name ever), Luke Skywalker Sword, who talks to us all things about a galaxy far, far away. With Cinco de Mayo just around the corner, our Question of the Week dives into traditions worth sharing (expect some chaotic answers from the Cere...

Ella, Ruta and Connor bring the laughs to Friday's now! Picking up right where they left off, from rat stories to like-mindedness, they share their 2020 vices, favourite tik-tok trends, and rank some of the craziest ways people have called in sick to work... Presenters: Ella Le Fournour, Ruta Alai, Connor Deneys Executive Producers: Ella Le Fournour, Sam Kelly We're live weekdays on SYN from 7:30a...

"Hello! Our name's are Elder Jess, Ruta and August, and we would like to wrap up the month of April by celebrating everything that happened during that time!"...Once again the Cereal Box is bursting out into musical theatre songs as they commemorate the final day of April! The team find out what month of the year they are, through a brutally honest, yet coincidentally fitting quiz. They discuss th...

Sam chats to Jungle Giants frontman Sam Hales about Experiencing Feelings of Joy — the new album that came out of a pretty intense personal period. They get into the process of making something joyful when life wasn't exactly feeling that way and the tracks Sam is most excited to bring to Australian crowds. Presenters: Sam Kelly Executive Producers: Ella Le Fournour and Sam Kelly We're live...

In honour of international dance day, Sam and Louis sit down with Deb from The Space Dance and Arts Centre to find out why people who think they can't dance should give it a go anyway, what actually happens when you walk into your first class, and whether dance might be one of the best ways to meet people in Melbourne right now. Presenters: Sam Kelly and Louis Harrison Executive Producers: Ella Le...

Sam accidentally made his sister laugh at a funeral — genuinely not on purpose. Louis meanwhile had a reaction to getting a needle that suggests he is not as fine with needles as he thought. Two people who probably shouldn't have admitted this. They did anyway. Presenters: Sam Kelly and Louis Harrison Executive Producers: Ella Le Fournour and Sam Kelly We're live weekdays on SYN from 7:30am...

Sam and Louis kick off the week with covid downtime confessions — Louis found his footing on bush walks while Sam fell deep into chess via The Queen's Gambit. A tale of two lockdowns. It's international dance day and neither Sam nor Louis are making any strong claims about their abilities on the dance floor, but they land on a pretty solid hypothesis: everyone should just dance more. Midweek...

Matilda, Louis and Jess climbed the smallest hills this episode to bring you lukewarm takes. They're not your spiciest hot takes, but they're also not cold; they're just the smallest hills they'd die on! They also talk about National Superhero day, answered life's biggest questions (how did they spend their time during COVID) and discovered who is actually secretly an imposter in the Melbourne/Syd...

For World Design Day, University of Melbourne School of Design program co-coordinator David Mah and senior lecturer Leire Asensio join Sam, Maddy and Natalie in the Cereal Box to talk about how design shows up where you least expect it, how creative processes are shifting, and what the rise of AI could mean for the future of design. Presenters: Sam Kelly, Maddy Halford and Natalie Hung Executive P...

Do you feel that? The chill in the breeze, autumn leaves falling, Melbourne “covered in a constant cover of cloud and rain”… you guessed it this week’s Movie Monday dives into perhaps the greatest vampire saga of all time: Twilight. Don’t worry if you missed it live on SYN we won’t ask, “Where the hell have you been, loca?” you can catch it all righ...

Sam, Maddy and Natalie kick off the week with the question everyone has a surprisingly specific answer to — what did you actually do during covid downtime? Chess, movies and crochet. The Cereal Box contains multitudes. Maddy runs through the pop culture recap for April, covering whether Harry Styles is engaged, Euphoria's long-awaited return, whether the Alex Cooper versus Alix Earle drama i...

In honour of Movie Theatre Day, Artistic Director of the Fantastic Film Festival Australia, Hudson Sowada, joins Jess, Ruta and August to discuss what audiences can expect from the festival! From Hudson's own four favourite films apart of the program to what makes the Fantastic Film Festival Australia unique, the Cereal Box commemorates Movie Theatre Day in style. Presenters: Jessica Djendria, Rut...

For National Movie Theatre Day, Jess, Ruta, and August recount their movie-related experiences! The cereal box comes together to build their own Get Cereal™ movie theatre with their very own collection of dream movie reboots. As always, Ruta saves the day with her iconic quizzes, making Jess and August play a blind rank and a breakfast-themed personality quiz. Closing off the day, the cereal...

Louis accidentally submitted his assignment directly to the master document the entire class was supposed to copy — and somehow didn't notice. Sam, trying to do his bit during the fuel crisis, has been riding his bike more. It's going fine. Mostly. The scratches say otherwise. Presenters: Sam Kelly and Louis Harrison Executive Producers: Ella Le Fournour and Sam Kelly We're live weekdays on...

Sam and Louis are officially meeting for the first time in the Cereal Box, so naturally they start with a breakfast quiz to work out who they're actually dealing with. Louis puts Sam on the spot with a blind ranking of famous love declarations, which leads into a conversation about whether either of them are love letter writers — turns out Sam has a history dating back to primary school. Mid...

It's a Tuesday of firsts — Louis's debut on Get Cereal, Natalie's first Tuesday, and Matilda meeting literally everyone for the first time. To sort out who's who, they kick things off with a breakfast-themed getting-to-know-you quiz that tells you more about a person than any icebreaker has any right to. In the spirit of World Creativity and Innovation Day, the trio gets into what the day is...

Gordi jumps into the Cereal Box to chat about her current Australian tour and new era of music, reflecting on what it feels like to be 10 years into her career and back playing shows at home. Sam and Maddy ask what fans can expect from the tour, how the new material compares to earlier work like Our Two Skins , and whether songs like High Line hint at a bigger project or shift in sound. Gordi also...

The Cereal Box dives into The Notebook for Movie Mondays, unpacking the iconic rom-com starring Ryan Gosling, who has been back in the spotlight thanks to recent online buzz. Sam, Maddy and Natalie revisit the story, debate its status as a classic romance, and rate it the only way they know how… by matching it to a breakfast food. Presenters: Sam Kelly, Maddy Halford and Natalie Hung Execut...

Sam, Maddy and Natalie kick things off with Natalie’s first ever day in the Cereal Box, getting to know her through breakfast questions (blueberry yoghurt is the current frontrunner). For Movie Mondays, the team dives into The Notebook, rating the iconic rom-com starring Ryan Gosling the only way they know how… by comparing it to breakfast food. After the break, it’s a pop cultu...

Sam and Jess take it back 100 years for Flashback Friday, diving into what Melbourne looked like in the 1920s, from Flinders and Collins Street to what people were wearing, shopping and listening to (and yes, flapper dresses absolutely get a push for a comeback). They also chat early jazz culture and nights out at Circus Olympia before it became Fed Square, before rolling into Friday Book Club to...

Jess takes Sam back to 1920s Melbourne, where “meet me under the clocks” already meant Flinders Street Station and the city practically shut down on Sundays. They dive into the boom of Bourke Street department stores, the rise of flapper fashion and the shift towards more androgynous styles, before heading to the “Paris end” of Collins Street. Plus, the pair explore what Me...

Sez calls into the Cereal Box to chat about her Melbourne International Comedy Festival show Sorry What?, a mix of stand-up and music with a very chaotic, “everything’s happening at once” energy. Sam and Jess ask what it’s like balancing comedy and music on stage, what she can get away with in a song that she couldn’t in stand-up, and what kind of audience the show re...

Ella, Ruta and Connor bring the laughs to your Thursday morning, recapping all the hilarious (and somewhat embarrasing) best moments of past shows! It also wouldn't be a Thursday without one final quiz, and Ella secretly made her very own one to surprise Ruta and Connor live on air...  Presenters: Ella Le Fournour, Ruta Alai, Connor Deneys Executive Producers: Ella Le Fournour, Sam Kelly We'r...

Fergus Neal jumps into the Cereal Box to chat about his Melbourne International Comedy Festival show Boy, diving into schoolyard stories, awkward phases and the weird experience of growing up as a teenage boy. Sam asks Fergus whether people look back at boyhood differently now, what type of audience he hopes connects with the show, and which embarrassing teenage moment still keeps him up at night....

Sam confesses to filling an entire fast food bucket with chips, while Ruta reveals she receives a passive aggressive message in the work group chat about leaving coffee cups around. Plus, the Cereal Box debates whether either confession is actually that bad, or if everyone involved is being a little dramatic.   Presenters: Sam Kelly and Ruta Alai Executive Producers: Ella Le Fournour and Sam...