Overnights

Rod caught up with Greg Armstrong, author of thoroughly comprehensive Beatle history book When We Was Fab: Inside the Beatles Australasian Tour, to talk about the Fab Four's Magical Mystery Tour of Australia. 

As advertising budgets continue to cool off, the commercial TV sector in Australia faces massive layoffs and corporate restructures. These layoffs and restructures have directly affected Australian viewing audiences with regional stations ceasing service across Australia. So how else will the commercial TV landscape continues to drastically change?

Our topic for this week is: Tips for Overcoming Lethargy and Fatigue.

Rod caught up with iconic Australian talent agent and publicist Max Markson to chat about his landmark 50 years in showbiz. 

First Nations filmmaking in Australia has its origins in oral story telling traditions of the world's longest continuing culture. However, despite its ancient origins in one of the most amazing forms of human expression,  the recent history of First Nations filmmaking is still developing! 

50 years ago, Richard Milhous Nixon became the first, and only, person to resign from the presidency of the United States of America. Whilst the Watergate scandal has mostly obscured his roller-coaster career and left a stubborn stain on his legacy, Nixon's time in office was extremely successful.

Rod caught up with Australian soprano Lorina Gore, who is currently playing Ophelia in Opera Australia's production of Hamlet!

This week's topic is: Lifestyle Tips to Prevent Constipation.

In the first part of our look back into the first 24 years of the 21st century, we examine a date that has lived on in infamy: September 11, 2001.

Rod caught up with the legendary Australian adventurer, entrepreneur and philanthropist Dick Smith! 

The topic for this week is: Eating Small Fish Whole Could Prolong Life Expectancy.

If you have ever dreamed of life in a castle, why not stop dreaming and join the growing number of people make a castle stay part of their European holiday plans.

Former Adelaide Radio DJ Vic Le Grand joins Michael Pavlich to share some of the amazing freaky facts and forgotten gems from the wonderful world of trivia that you probably didn't know and had never bothered asking.

This week's topic is: Dietary Zinc and Better Health.

Hugh Mackay is Australia's leading social psychologist. For decades, he has examined our society, our quirks, and foibles. 

Deborah Mailman is one of Australia's most beloved entertainers. She has starred in countless iconic Australian TV shows, and is returning to voice the titular character of the groundbreaking kids show 'Little J and Big Cuz' for its fourth season!

Jamie Bamber is a British actor, perhaps best known for his time in the critically acclaimed and beloved cult sci-fi series 'Battlestar Galactica.' He has also appeared in the main cast of other beloved TV shows 'Hornblower,' 'Band of Brothers' and 'Law and Order: UK.'  Paul caught up with Jamie ahead of his appearance at Melbourne's Metro Comic Con to talk about the similarities between commandin...

Blondie co-founder, songwriter and guitarist Chris Stein was in the thick of things for some of the biggest cultural events of the late twentieth century.

Rod caught up with Shaun Rennie, a theatre director who has worked across Australian premieres of new works to revivals of treasured musicals. He has received three Sydney Theatre Award nominations for Best Director, and twice won the Broadway World Award for Best Direction. His production of 'Gianni Schicchi,' a part of Opera Australia's production of Il Trittico is playing at Sydney Opera House...

This week's topic is: Walking Benefits Those with Recurring Low Back Pain.

The Great Barrier Reef is massive: It spans over an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometres (roughly the distance between Canada and Mexico)! It’s not just Australia’s greatest reef… It’s the world's largest coral reef system!  

Rod caught up with actress, singer and author Penny McNamee to talk about her time in Home and Away, and about her turn as Gwendolyn Pigeon, in Theatre Royal Sydney's current production of Neil Simon's The Odd Couple.

From 1952 to 1963, the British government, with the Australian government's assistance, conducted 12 major nuclear test explosions in the South Australian outback and off the West Australian coast. At the time and for decades after, the authorities denied, ignored and covered up the health dangers.

Actor Paul McGann chats with Paul Verhoeven on Overnights about the possibility of the eighth Doctor returning to screens, attitudes to sci-fi and genre parts, and the role of faith in sustaining an acting career.

Journalist Mitch Jennings is publishing his debut novel, A Town Called Treachery, and he tells Paul Verhoeven on Overnights that he didn't know who the murderer was as he was writing the book.