Out of the Box

It only feels fitting during Dry July to discuss a film about giving up the booze. Our guest today on Out of the Box was director and writer of Ruben Guthrie, Brendan Cowell. Brendan spoke about his experience of giving up alcohol for a year, one that sparked Ruben Guthrie, his new film released in cinemas today and about how being too Sydney, can be too bad. See omnystudio.com/listener for privac...

Our guest on today's episode of Out Of The Box, Nic Newling, chats to Ash about his experiences with mental illness growing up. After experiencing a fairly rough childhood (a gross understatement), Nic eventually became an advocate for mental health and suicide prevention, working on Bite Back, a national online wellbeing and resilience program for young people through the Black Dog Institute in S...

On this episode of Out Of The Box we've got Warwick Levy, founder of independent clothing brand The Lonely Kids Club. Lonely Kids Club houses a bunch of alternative and limited edition t-shirt and clothing designs, ranging from themes like Seinfeld to Pokemon. Warwick chats with Ash about lying on his resume, growing up, and starting up his own label from scratch. See omnystudio.com/listener for p...

If you're interested in how porn impacts the brain, how race functions, or even why people believe in God then today's guest has you covered. She's an expert when it comes to bringing science to the real world, working on Radio National, Triple J and 702 ABC Sydney. She's written tonnes of articles for New Scientist, and has worked on Catalyst, The Checkout, and The Project. She's probably one of...

Onstage injuries, tackling fans, performing at bar mitzvahs, making a kids show for kids and making a kids show absolutely not for kids - it's always an interesting time to be the Umbilical Brothers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When we discuss marriage equality and the impact of same-sex parents on children's development, why don't we talk to the kids? Gayby Baby brings out a rarely-sought perspective. On today's episode we have a chat with Maya Newell, director of the film. The sold-out premiere is this Friday night as part of the Sydney Film Festival . Wanna watch it? Keep checking the website for the next opportunity!...

Aria award-winning artist and electronic music royalty, Paul Mac (aka one half of Itch-E and Scratch-E, aka Stereogamous) joined us for a fab hour of tunes (albeit being blasted with fumes taking over the FBi studios). He spoke about those pointy trophies, his album ten years in the making, Holiday From Me, working with unconventional artists and good good tunes. See omnystudio.com/listener for pr...

It's a baptism of fire when you join FBi... welcome to this legend Jase Spiller, our new head of partnerships & integration! It was his fourth day, so of course we shoved a mic in his face and demanded some of his favourite tracks. Ash grilled him about community radio, work, travel and we were treated to some rad tunes not heard on radio for close to a decade... Great to have you in the FBi famil...

On Out of the Box today our guests were Ash Maher and Jodie Fisher. They run the pitch-black zero-judgement dance experience that is No Lights No Lycra. We talked Dengue fever, odd jobs, youth work and dancing in the dark. Get in on the NLNL action here . Dance like no one's watching, because literally no one can see you. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tattoo artist Jimmy Memento and his apprentice Tom Townend of LDF Tattoo Studio were our guests on the show this week, chatting all things tattoo plus some things free diving. The studio has an open day for consultations this Sunday 10 May, which also happens to be Mother's Day so head over to Newtown with yo mumma for a matching tattoo consult. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From Paris to New York to Sydney, James Gulliver Hancock has seen it all... and drawn it all, buildings, to be specific. An illustrator, author, hubby and dad, his creativity permeates into all realms of his life. His book All the Buildings in Sydney is out on May 1. You can also check out his previous book All the Buildings in New York created in his one-time home, New York. You can check out his...

Penny Greenhalgh, resident funny gal, dropped by the station chat about her journey from uncomfortable boarding school kid to comedian and clown school graduate. We danced, we laughed, and she brought in some rad tunes (with a distinctive Frenchy vibe). Make sure you check out her show Pop Pop during the Sydney Comedy Festival at Enmore Theatre from May 12 to 15, 2015 - crowd surfing and ice danci...

Brain and merch guy Jaymen Elliott graced the airways this week. In a year's time he'll have his doctorate in neuroscience at UTS (by the time he's 25 - impressive!) so we spoke a little about his shift work research, sexuality and the brain, plus about his band tee sales at music festivals. We reminisced about life at Manly High and tunes his parents loved to crank. Check out the playlist here ....

Emerging designer, pompom fanatic, chicken lover and all-round sweetheart Sofie Teh was our guest on Out of the Box this week. We chatted style, life without hair, rural towns, travelling in Asia all to an emotive soundtrack hand-picked by Sofie. Check out Sofie's work on Instagram or Facebook ! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Out Of The Box Craig Schuftan - writer of Culture Club, Entertain Us, and Hey! Nietzsche, Leave Them Kids Alone! graced us with a chat. You may already heard him blasting through your headphones on Triple J mornings, or public speaking at lectures on music history, pop culture, Star Wars, or even the philosophy of disco . He played us an intriguing range of music, from Elvis Pre...

Our guest this week, Michael Mohammed Ahamad, is director of Sweatshop: Western Sydney Literacy Movement and author of The Tribe. We chatted about how music influences the Western Sydney Community, the importance of literacy and a bit of academia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew Bluff (aka. Rollerchimp ) is a software engineer and new media interaction artist. He develops musical instrument apps including Mobile Phone Orchestra and Drumstudio and in the past has created speech therapy games such as Yakman and Speech Invaders. Ash chatted to Andrew about idyllic moments in the Czech Republic, his previous life chained to a desk, former obsessions with kung-fu and ta...

Professional funny person as well as comedian, actor, writer and improvisor Susie Youssef brought in an upbeat collection of tunes this week that had us grinning from ear to ear. We had a chat about pre-show rituals, owls, asylum seekers and black comedy. You can catch her new show in April! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Typographer/letter lady/artist Gemma O'Brien brought in a wonderful mix of tunes this week and in between we spoke about tombstone writing, Comic Sans, design and a whole bunch of Gemma's weird and wacky experiences. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today we went behind the news (reader) with SBS news anchor Janice Petersen who brought in a rad mix of tunes. We chatted women in the news, being in a power couple (being the partner Julian Morris of The Presets) and punk on the Central Coast. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Artistic director for the Alliance Francaise French Film Festival (March 3 - 22), Emmanuelle Denavit-Feller programmed a beautiful hour of music and spoke about her French background, French culture in Australia, French film and French stereotypes. Oh yeah and French music! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

February 12 Margarita Sampson chatted this week about Norfolk Island, her sculpture, her art, losing all her posessions in the ocean and the music she creates to. Check out her exhibition Infectious Desires at Stanley Street Gallery, starting Feb 26 until March 14. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week music critic for The Monthly Anwen Crawford programmed a fascinating hour of music on Out of the Box. Her book Live Through This about the Hole album of the same name has just been released in Australia. We chatted Courtney Love, New York, music and female confidence! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Evelyn Morris (aka Pikelet) programmed the music this week and in between we chatted new music, feminism, the name, the Listen project and the Noise in my Head. Liked the tracks you heard on the show? Evelyn had a few more up her sleeve that we didn't have time for. Take a look below for extra rad tunes. Bo Hansson - Leaving Shire Elephant Woman - Blonde Redhead C.O.B. - Eleven Willows Erkin Koray...

Chris Lego from Reclaim the Streets came in this week to talk about Newtown, WestConnex and Reclaim the Streets in between his music. Track listing here: http://fbiradio.com/programs/out-of-the-box/2015-01-22 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.