The Adelaide Show

This week, Adelaide joined the world in observing a full, lunar eclipse and we are sure the lunar effect affected this podcast episode. Not only did Nigel get corrected by his wife regarding the time the eclipse will happen (and he's the science one), but we stumbled into some interesting subjects that Adelaideans rarely talk about until way after dark. However, we were joined by a prominent Adela...

Is Adelaide as progressive as it should be or once was? Does that matter? How would we achieve it if we wanted to? These are questions that local entrepreneur, Ryan Kris, pictured having a wine bottle passed to him, has wrestled with and he joins us this week to share his 5 ideas for a progressive Adelaide. In short, Ryan thinks it would help to: Relax dry zone regulations Hold an Adelaide music f...

What gets Adelaide's bits into a bob? Adelaide Tech Guy, Richard Pascoe, pictured as Eric Morcambe, joins us live to survey the IT landscape of South Australia and talk about: Tech trends in SA Cityfree WiFi Podcast listening tips Then we switch gears and head to Japan, where former South Australian radio man, Chris Glenn, gives us an insight into auto tech. Chris got to test drive the very latest...

We take our podcast to new heights this week, recording in the upstairs tasting room of the Melbourne Street Fine Wine Cellars in North Adelaide. We are also graced by the presence of John Swanson, the owner of the cellars and one of the most respected palates in Adelaide. He not only walks us through the South Australian Drink Of The Week but also: Advocates for modern style Chardonnay Describes...

We like stripping each topic down to its bare essentials and so it is in episode 55. Our first guest is movie producer/director/writer Wayne Groom, the man behind the cult classic, Maslin Beach, and who now is in pursuit of Cods. The story of the Cods from Murray Bridge, is a story about Australia's greatest ever sports team. In the 1910s and 1920s, this bunch of working class athletes, dominated...

Move over, Jamie Oliver, Grace Love is in town. Grace Love is the owner of Bliss Organic Cafe and has just released a cookbook, Confident Cooking. We talk to her about food, business, cookbooks, recipes, and, basically, what the ingredients are to become a successful author and business owner. Tony Drake's comment last week about Adelaide being a Goldilocks town; not too big, not too small, not to...

Happy birthday to all, happy birthday to all, happy birthday Boring Adelaide, happy birthday to all. Thank you, everybody, for listening to our show during its first year. We have LOVED your comments, your loyalty, your interest, your likes, your social media sharing, your love for Adelaide and South Australia! For our first birthday show, we left the Anthem Studios and recorded at Cafe De Vili's...

This week's episode is special for many reasons. It marks the end of our first year of broadcasting and we are joined by one of South Australia's most accomplished broadcasters as Nigel 8, Keith Conlon. We also have a military theme tonight, with a guest who was a former SAS commander, before we then take a look at the one and only, South Australian Navy. Our guest tonight is Martin Hamilton-Smith...

Shaun Shiraz Mitchell is becoming the new Mr Adelaide, thanks to his Facebook Page, Things you should do in Adelaide. It boasts more than 40,000 fans and keeps trickling Adelaidean highlights through the social channels of Adelaide and South Australia. The picture on this page is from his first post in August 2013 of a Cookie Monster cocktail from the famous Austral Hotel in Rundle Street. He desc...

There is a strong entrepreneurial flavour to tonight's show. In many ways it is a showcase of the creative, risk-taking, passionate culture that is developing in Adelaide and South Australia. First up, Caitlin Hillson, tells us about her inspiration for launching a new food tourism business, Feast On Foot. How far would you walk for your supper? I think, with Caitlin at the helm, you'd be willing...

Paleo diets are back in the news after the Dieticians Association of Australia came out last week and dismissed them as misguided at best and 'potentially dangerous' at worst. So we turn to Adelaide dietician and chef, Mel Haynes, to break down the main points and help us get clarity on what we should be eating in Adelaide. Have you ever had bad service in Adelaide or South Australia but were too...

Politicians are human. Adelaide is a place where people who can live anywhere are choosing to live. And the media we have here is as good or as bad as it is everywhere else, they just seem to overdo some topics because there are fewer stories happening in close proximity than you get in denser populations. These are just some of the thoughts shared by Matt Clemow, general manager of the Committee...

Adelaide is building a reputation worldwide as the clean, fresh city in a beautiful state, boasting magnificent gourmet food and ease of getting where you want to go. But tonight, we cover two topics that contrast against these claims so that, as Adelaideans, we can reflect on where we want to take South Australia next. The first is the arrival of Krispy Kreme donuts with all the fanfare and plent...

Adelaide may be cold at the moment but many people's hearts are warm, prompting them to stand up for the 983 children that Australia has in detention in centres set up to hold asylum seekers. One such group of Adelaideans was a gathering of church leaders who held a sit in in the office of Member for Mayo, Jamie Briggs, demanding to know when the government will release those children and their fa...

This week we get personal with Paul Makin, a cameraman turned journalist turned cameraman. Now back at Today Tonight Adelaide, Paul has a unique role. Equipped with a camera, he heads off to shoot stories solo, edits them and contributes to the new, improved Today Tonight. We learn about camera work, dealing with triumphs and setbacks, ghosts and singing nuns. We also get the lowdown on Adelaide's...

Could our Adelaide winter be a blessing for getting healthy? Professor Gary Wittert from the University of Adelaide thinks so and explains why as we talk to him about all manner of health topics as part of the SAHMRI opening. The South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute is celebrating its official opening this week and we chat with Gary about: The SAHMRI The Fat vs Sugar Q and A invo...

We talk to Michele Renaglia, a former Polly Waffle maker from the days of Rowntree Hoadley. She passes judgement on Steve's new version called The Pointy Waffle. Brett takes us back to Wassail Wine Bar in Prospect . Colin introduces us to a brand new segment, The South Australian Register. Steve asks for your guidance on how to subscribe to newspapers the smart way. We hear that posties are safe i...

Dr Jane Goodall at Adelaide Zoo. Bob Francis and Sandra Matz re The Beatles 50th anniversay Douglas Adams, late author of The Hitchhikers' Guide To The Galaxy, gets a nod, given this is episode 42. Follow up to our Janine Hardy story from episode 41 A blinded wine tasting The Shambolics. Oh, and Adelaide newsreader, Jane Doyle, inducted as our sixth Nigel Revelation of Australia's Got Talent ruden...

Don Violi, Adelaide hair dresser extraordinaire. Janine Hardy, an Adelaide Hills mother of five who is facing a new chapter in her ongoing battle with breast cancer that has also advanced into bone cancer. Our voice recorder gets a work out this week as we take a contribution from Sebastian. Peter Goers and Spence Denny from 891 ABC Adelaide feature in the show. And the editor of In Daily, David W...

This week in Adelaide's Yesterdays it is 'school memories' to honour the conference in Adelaide this week looking at the next wave of challenges facing school design and construction. Chloe from Yelp gives us five great places to go to enjoy Winter better this year - all around Adelaide, the Hills and Fleurieu Peninsula. Dr Dino Hodge returns for part two of the interview about his book, Don Dunst...

Try mentioning South Australia to any other Australian and inevitably the name Don Dunstan will come up. This week, we delve into the first biography about Don Dunstan by interviewing its author, Dr Dino Hodge. Dino unravels some of the mystery around Don Dunstan by taking us back to his formative years, the social and sexual culture of early 20th Century South Australia, the cold war, the police...

This is a special, extended edition of our podcast to capture the full, candid interview with The Right Honourable The Lord Mayor Stephen Yarwood. We cover the 'boring' tag, his attraction to bikes, bike lanes and electric cars, comparisons of different media styles, Victoria Square and Star Wars. Also on the show, hear Geoffrey Robertson QC accept his award as Australian Humanist of the Year, whi...

In this week's show we get knee deep in food with the chief executive of Food SA, Catherine Barnett, giving us the inside scoop on the upcoming ACCC legal action against Coles on behalf of small to medium sized food producers, along with reflections on Tasting Australia, the state of food manufacturing in SA, and a long lost, biscuity love from childhood. Steve lashes out at Adelaide's slack, unde...

Adelaide psychologist, Alexandra Frost, from Attuned Psychology in North Adelaide, discusses boredom with us and helps us work out why some people are so quick to label our town as boring. In preparation for next week's visit of Adelaide Lord Mayor, Stephen Yarwood, Colin takes us back through the annals of some of his predecessors where we discover a Lord Mayor with three playgrounds named after...

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge spent part of Wednesday in Elizabeth and we were there to bring you the colour and the insights - and Steve brought back something quite unexpected! With this show going out on Anzac Day Eve, we took time to look at the first Anzac Day event ever, which took place in Adelaide in 1915. Continuing the historic theme, we chatted with Chloe from Yelp about the Nanna S...