Time To Talk with Sean Sennett

The brilliant Meg Washington joins Sean Sennett on Time To Talk. Fresh from her work on the feature film How To Make Gravy, Meg is here to talk about her new album GEM. Along the way Meg chats about all aspects of her career as a musician, from writing songs and touring to finally becoming a fully independent artist .

Wendy James has re-formed Transvision Vamp and they’re heading to Australia in 2026. Here Wendy talks to Sean Sennett about the band’s earliest days, her influences, the Clash, Elvis Costello, Kurt Cobain, her life as a solo artist and why she decided to re-boot Transvision Vamp after a quarter of a century

Midge Are is heading to Australia to play hits from every part of his career in October 2025. Joining Sean Sennett on Time To Talk, Midge talks about Ultravox, Visage, his own experience as a performer at Live Aid, songwriting, streaming and so much more.

Russell Morris returns to Time To Talk to chat to Sean Sennett about his Farewell Tour. Along the way Russell discusses how he got his start in music, his concerns with the industry today and why he’d like to go out on top. For a more in-depth look at Russell’s career check out his previous visit on Time to Talk in Series 5.

10CC’s Graham Gouldman joins Sean Sennett to talk about the upcoming 10CC Australian tour. Graham discusses his earliest days writing hits for the Hollies and the Yardbirds, through to his 10CC work, his solo albums, his writing process and even playing more recently with Ringo Starr.

Robert Forster returns to the podcast to chat about his ninth studio album, Strawberries. Robert talks to Sean Sennett about collaborating with Peter Morén from Peter Björn and John and recording the album in Stockholm. Robert also discusses his curation of the Go-Between’s boxsets, touring and much more.

Tim Finn joins Sean Sennett to talk about the re-release of his 1983 solo album Escapade and the live dates he will be playing in August to promote it. Along the way, Tim chats about songs such as ‘Fraction To Much Friction’, ‘Made My Day’ and other highlights from the album. He also discusses how the record was made and how Escapade affected his place in Split Enz and eventually led to his subseq...

Sarah McLeod from The Superjesus joins Sean Sennett on this episode of Time To Talk. Sarah’s band - and much loved Adelaide rockers - have just released a brand new album. It’s their first in two decades. Sarah chats about the new album, songwriting, her influences and lets us know what it’s really like to be a true indie artist in 2025. And there’s a whole lot more.

This week Sean Sennett talks to the legendary Tex Perkins about the new Cruel Sea record, Straight Into The Sun. The pair discuss the recording of the album as well as Tex and the band’s songwriting process. Along the way Tex chats about everything from his love of Alice Cooper to touring with Cold Chisel and much in-between.

David Wenham chats to Sean Sennett about the big screen return of one of his most famous characters Johnny Spitieri in Spit. Along the way the pair touch on everything from David’s admiration of Norman Gunston to how he got his start in acting in an effort to curb his errant schoolboy ways.

Keith Urban joins Sean Sennett for a serious ‘deep dive’ into his remarkable career. With the recent release of his album ‘High’, Keith has announced an Australian tour. Last week he was honoured on the Tamworth Country Music Festival’s ‘Roll of Renown’. Sean flew to Sydney to talk to Keith, in a discussion that goes away back to the artists earliest days right through to the present. Expect laugh...

Australian actor Bryan Brown joins Sean Sennett on this episode of Time To Talk to discuss his new series Darby and Joan. Beyond that the pair chat about everything from how Bryan got his start as an actor, his career as a writer, seeing the Beatles as a kid and so much more.

Visionary filmmaker Michael Gracey joins Sean Sennett to discuss his latest movie, Better Man. A film about the life of Robbie Williams, Better Man is a modern day masterpiece. Michael chats about the rigours of getting that film made, his relationship with Robbie Williams, The Greatest Showman and so much more.

Rita Wilson joins Sean Sennett on Time To Talk to chat about all things music. An accomplished songwriter and performer, Rita discusses everything from her new single 'Look How Far We've Come' through to her recent appearance on stage with Joni Mitchell and her show stopping performance at the Ryman Theatre to honour Patsy Cline. Rita's life as a music fan also shines through as she talks about se...

Art Garfunkel and Art Garfunkel Jr join Sean Sennett on Time To Talk today. The pair have just recorded a fine duets album, Father And Son under the moniker Garfunkel & Garfunkel. While the pair discuss the new album, Art Snr also tells us about his earliest influences, re-recording an old Simon & Garfunkel song, books he’s read and much more.

Pseudo Echo’s Brian Canham joins Sean Sennett to chat about his group which helped revolutionise Australian pop in the 1980’s. Beginning with Molly Meldrum putting the unsigned band on Countdown through to the global success of ‘Funky Town’, Canham covers a lot of ground. The band are heading out on the road to support the 40th anniversary of their album Love An Adventure in 2025.

You might know Andrew and Mike Tierney as part of Human Nature. Their forthcoming album, Soundtrack Of My Life sees the pair working as a duo after all these years. They’ll also be supporting Human Nature on tour next March (2025). The Tierney Brothers debut album will also be released in March to coincide with the Human Nature Motown 20th Anniversary Tour. The Tierney Brothers have 3 singles out...

The Saints’ Ed Kuepper joins Sean Sennett on Time To Talk to chat about the news Saints’ box set ‘(I’m) Stranded’ and the formation of The Saints ’73 - ’78. Ed talks about the early days of the original Saints, his earliest influences, recording ‘(I’m Stranded)’, what happened to his original SG and much more.

Paul Kelly joins Sean Sennett to talk about his new album Fever Longing Still. The artist chats about recording the LP, his songwriting process, artists he admires and his relationship with the film adaptation of ‘How To Make Gravy’. There’s also a little cricket talk and we’ve gone for an audio vérité introduction as a homage to the album’s opening track ‘Houndstooth Dress’.

Sarah Blasko joins Sean Sennett to talk about her latest album ‘I Just Need To Conquer This Mountain’. Along the way they discuss Sarah’s relationship with organised religion, the loss of friendship, songwriting, her earliest influences, following intuition, Sarah’s upcoming tour and even her relationship with ‘Flame Trees’.

Jon Landau joins Sean Sennett on this special episode of Time To Talk to discuss the new film Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band. A producer on the film, Jon has managed Bruce’s career for over five decades. Along the way Jon co-produced all of Bruce’s records on an extraordinary run from Born To Run (1975) through to Human Touch and Lucky Town (1992). Jon also discusses his earlies...

Thom Zimny is the director behind the new film Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band. Thom has a long history with Springsteen and today he talks about that working relationship, alongside exactly how his collaborative process with Bruce operates. Thom has also directed Wings for Wheels: The Making of 'Born to Run' (2005), The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town (2010),...

ABBA remains as popular today as they were in their heyday. UK author Giles Smith has written a fine new book on the band My My! ABBA Through The Ages. Today he joins Sean Sennett to discuss the writing of the book, offering valuable insights into ABBA, the Voyage show and why they are so engaging fifty years after they won the Eurovision song contest.

Leila George and Greta Scacchi join Sean Sennett on this week’s episode to discuss their new film, He Ain’t Heavy. Directed by David Vincent Smith and also starring Sam Corlett, the film is about a desperate young woman who kidnaps and enforces rehab on her violent brother in a last-ditch effort to save their lives. The pair talk process, accents, how the film was made and what they’re up to now -...

Kasey Chambers joins Sean Sennett from the road this week to talk about her new album Backbone and her new book ‘Just Don’t Be A Dickhead’. Beyond that, they chat about Kasey’s early life growing up in the bush, her songwriting process, the album that changed her life, how she wrote a book on her iPhone and much more.