The Best Bits Podcast with Julie Reynolds

We turned up the volume on Aussie alt-rock nostalgia as we catch up with Ella and Jesse Hooper from Killing Heidi ! It’s been 25 years since their explosive debut album Reflector lit up the charts and changed the game — and we’re diving into the stories behind the songs, the sibling dynamic, and what it’s like revisiting their breakout era with fresh eyes (and voices). Expect laughs, reflections,...

In this episode, we catch up with the ever-soulful Pete Murray Pete talks about his brand new single “I Am Fire” , the inspiration behind it, and why it’s one of his most personal tracks to date. We also chat about the reimagined “Better Days (Pete’s Version)” , our AMRAP Song of the Week , and why sometimes the classics deserve a second life. Plus, Pete shares stories from the road as he gears up...

Scott Carne from Kids In The Kitchen joined us on Saturday Brekkie to talk the Stars of Countdown Live in Concert tour. Get ready, get set Australia for Stars of Countdown Live in Concert. Be transported back to the heady days of Countdown, Australia’s favourite TV music show, in a two-set stage extravaganza! For an incredible 13 years, Countdown showcased the finest from the music world both loca...

In a world that’s never been more connected due to technology and the vast reach of the internet, it’s hard to believe that nearly one in three Australians report feeling lonely … and more than 15% say they often or  always  feel lonely. Recent research conducted by Relationships Australia reveals that loneliness is a modern-day epidemic that affects people across all age groups, with young people...

Let's introduce you to another David Campbell. David Campbell is an Australian singer song writer. He also plays guitar with Australian music legend Daryl Braithwaite as a member of band and has done for many years David’s latest release was conceived January 2025 after performing in outback NSW on the remote pastoral property” Mount Gipps Station”, located Nth of Broken Hill, off the Silver C...

THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS will celebrate The 20th Anniversary of Iconic Album,  We're Already Gone by playing it on a massive tour of Australia. I caught up with main man, Mat McHugh, to talk the band, the concepts for the album and how you get from playing at local skate parks on the Sydney Northern Beaches to international world stages, selling thousands of copies and getting nominated at the ARIA...

Ahead of playing at the Hotter Than Hell Festival's across Australia, I caught up with Ben Ely from Regurgitator. We talked new music from "Invader", took a run down memory lane to Channel V's "Band In A Bubble" and discovered our mutual love of 60's Garage Bands. Watch this space for a part 2 as we ran out of time, but will definitely get Ben back on the show.. Lis...

The Superjesus have held their place as one of the countries most respected live bands for almost 30 years. Emerging in the late 90’s and signing to Warner Music worldwide, they released 3 classic albums -  Sumo, Jet Age  and  Rock Music , two of which went platinum. The 3 x ARIA Award winners took a hiatus in the mid 2000’s to work on solo projects and re-emerged in 2013 to test the waters. Pleas...

Multi-award winning band  Pseudo Echo  have always loved an adventure and they’re set to traverse the country across February and March in honour of their biggest album’s 40th anniversary.  Fans can relive the songs and sounds that defined an era when the tour kicks off on the Gold Coast on February 7 followed by scheduled performances in Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne, Wollongong and Canbe...

The Screaming Jets  are set to light up Australian rock stages later this year with their highly anticipated  Life Blood Tour , a nationwide extravaganza featuring just  EIGHT  exclusive dates . The  Life Blood Tour  is set to deliver an unforgettable rock 'n' roll experience, with The Screaming Jets bringing their signature high-energy performances to these iconic venues. The tour's name embodies...

We talked 50 years of The Angels with Sam Brewster. THE ANGELS – ’50 YEARS IN THE MAKING’  Yep, this is big: 50 years in the making. Two hours. Two sets. A new lead singer. And an unforgettable collection of Greatest Hits and Rarities.  The Angels formed in Adelaide in 1974. As the book ‘The 100 Best Australian Albums‘ points out, “The Angels can lay claim to being Australia’s longest-lasting band...

What were you doing in 1984? Me, I was listening to this great band's first album "Stoneage Romeos" and so were all my friends. And we still are! On this episode we're joined by frontman for the Hoodoo Gurus and we talk back in the day and there's a funny story or two on how a few of the tracks were given life. You must go and have a listen to the album straight after too, if...

Youngest member of the Barnes family dynasty, Elly May has just, with a little help from some amazing friends and family ie Diesel, Davey Lane & even Neil Finn, just released her debut album and is living a dream come true. Elly May is the first to tell you she has had many a life challenge to overcome living with an extraordinary amount of pain. Born premmie, Elly May has had countless surger...

Neighbour Day 2024 , Sunday 31st March . A Relationships Australia initiative, Neighbour Day promotes the importance of community and more importantly, connection.   We live in times where we are more connected than ever before, but ever more isolated. The most recent national research on this is very disturbing -  32% of Australian adults report feeling lonely A staggering 38% of 18 to 25 year ol...

For 15 years, we’ve affectionately called the summer test match at the SCG ‘the Pink Test’. 2024 marks the 16th Pink Test, and the McGrath Foundation is calling on all Aussies to once again ‘Unite in Pink’ - helping them reach their goal of funding 250 McGrath Breast Care Nurses by 2025. The Pink Test, and especially Day 3 which is known as Jane McGrath Day, recognises the work of the Foundation i...

National Carers Week – a time to recognise and show support for Australia’s incredible unpaid carers. Both popular Adelaide radio personalities, in 2020, Chris Dzelde quit his full-time job in radio to care for his beloved wife Mel. It followed on from Mel’s cancer diagnosis some years earlier and numerous bouts of chemotherapy and other treatments to try and stop the cancer from spreading. Sadly,...

Associate Professor Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick is one of Australia’s most highly regarded climate scientists and a world-renowned expert on heatwaves. To coincide with Science Week August 2023, Sarah joined us on Saturday Breakfast to talk more on with the Northern Hemisphere a hot mess at the moment and parts of the world experiencing some of their hottest temperatures on record, what that means f...

Lets talk a different kind of rock than what we usually do here on Saturday Breakfast. No guitars, no amps, but a lot of heavy metal! You'll hear from Paul "Starman" Curnow from the Adelaide Planetarium as he tells us all about the different kinds of rocks that fall and enter our atmosphere from space! Rock on Paul lol

Millions of Australian kids take part in some form of community sport each and every week. And so they should. It’s proven that sport has a ton of benefits when it comes to kids’ mental, physical and social wellbeing. For kids though, the main reason they play sport is: “because it’s fun.” But when the sport environment is no longer physically or emotionally safe, that fun can rapidly disappear. I...

To talk The Prime Minister’s National Veterans’ Employment Awards , we caught up with David Jam, CEO and Managing Director of Vertical Scope Group ​ Vertical Scope has been providing security-cleared workforce solutions and services to corporate and government clients since 2009. CEO David Jam has seen first-hand the discrimination, underutilisation, and unemployment that veterans face when transi...

Australians have shown themselves to be a resilient lot over recent yers. But behind such a broad statement, the reality also is that 1 in 4 Australians are currently experiencing feelings of loneliness and isolation, making connections with our neighbours and local community so important which is what Neighbours Every Day is all about. Neighbours Every Day is Australia’s year-round celebration of...

We usually catch up with Paul Curnow from Adelaide Planetarium and talk about what is happening in outer space, the planets, comets, moons, suns, galaxies etc.  On this episode though we talk Paul's other passion, human origins and beginnings.  Its a great chat, which we will continue talking about throughout 2023.  Plus we've added a couple of tracks to go with the theme.

For 14 years, we’ve affectionately called the summer test match at the SCG ‘the Pink Test’. This year marks the 15th Pink Test, and the McGrath Foundation is calling on all Aussies to make this Pink Test one to remember to support the 57 people diagnosed with breast cancer every single day of the year. The Pink Test, and especially Day 3 which is known as Jane McGrath Day, recognises the work of t...

If there is one person who is one of the best ambassadors of legendary Aussie Music, it is Ross Wilson.  From schoolboy band The Pink Finks who had a hit with "Louie Louie", to writing one of a handful of truly iconic songs like "Eagle Rock", to the ultimate 80's sounds of Mondo Rock to solo Ross Wilson.  Still pumping out great tracks, touring, supporting other artists, producing, the l...

Singer/Songwriter/Podcaster (Band It About) Di Spillane wrote “The Underground Railroad” after discovering that one of the railroad’s most famous conductors Harriet Tubman had remarkably managed to escape slavery, and then spend more than 10 years returning to lead her family and friends safely to freedom. She did this despite suffering from the rare sleep disorder now known to be “secondary narco...