Time To Talk with Sean Sennett

Our special guest this week Brett Morgen the director behind the amazing new David Bowie documentary Moonage Daydream. An astonishing piece of cinema, the film is a real immersive experience. This chat was part of a press junket that Brett was on to Australia. You might know his previous films Montage of Heck … or the great Robert Evans doco, The Kid Stays in the Picture. 

Host Sean Sennett interviews one of the great Australian songwriters, Dave Faulkner from the Hoodoo Gurus. The Hoodoo Gurus have just released a fine new album Chariot of the Gods - and they're embarking on a national tour with the Dandy Warhols. On the podcast Dave talks about everything from some of his favourite artists to recording Stoneage Romeos through to songwriting in the present day, giv...

This week Sean Sennett chats to songwriter/activist and Goanna frontman Shane Howard. Goanna are currently touring Australia to celebrate the 40th anniversary of their groundbreaking debut album Spirit of Place. Here Shane chats about his early life as a musician, his songwriting process, the politics that Goanna grew out of and we also took some time to talk about the writing of Solid Rock in par...

This week on Time To Talk Sean Sennett chats to acclaimed Australian actor Helen Thomson. Helen is currently winning fans all over the world for her part in the new Baz Luhrmann film, Elvis. Helen features alongside Austin Butler and Tom Hanks, as she plays Elvis’ mother, Gladys Presley. Helen talks about her early life as an actor and takes us behind the scenes and offers glimpses on how Elvis wa...

Nicholas Hammond made his silver screen debut in the Lord of The Flies in 1963. He played Friedrich von Trapp in The Sound Of Music. He starred as Peter Parker in the first Spider-Man films and featured in a number of classic television series including Gunsmoke, Magnum P.I, The Love Boat and more. He was the 'bad boy’ in the Brady Bunch episode where Marcia broke her nose. More recently he played...

This week’s special guest on Time To Talk is Rugby League immortal, Johnathan Thurston.  Chatting to Sean Sennett, JT discusses his life in and out of football.  Going way back, Thurston takes us from his early days right through to the end of his playing career.  He discusses what it takes to play State of Origin football, his cultural obligations as a First Nation’s man in 2021 an...

Alice Cooper is our very special guest on Time To Talk this week.  To coincide with the release of his new album Detroit Stories, Alice talks to Sean Sennett about recording the album.  He discusses covering the Velvet Underground and the MC5 as well as the originals that make up the record.  Alice chats about teaming up with his old buddy, producer Bob Ezrin.  Along the way yo...

Singer/songwriter John Schumann takes us on a journey into the writing of ‘I Was Only 19’ on this special episode of Time To Talk.  John explains what motivated him to write this first person account of an Australian soldier’s experience in the Vietnam War.  He also explains where Redgum, as a band, were at, at the time of recording, as well as his troubled relationship with pop music ta...

Our guest this week is one of Australia’s first women of song, Kate Ceberano. Ceberano talks to Sean Sennett about recording her new album Sweet Inspiration in lock down. Kate takes us back to her early days in I’m Talking and she tells us what life was like as a fledgling solo artist - before bringing us up to date with her new album which is a unique mix of covers and original material.

The Foo Fighters Taylor Hawkins is our very special guest on Time To Talk this week. From his home in Los Angeles, Taylor talks to Sean Sennett about the making of the Foo Fighters’ new album, Medicine at Midnight. Along the way they talk about the Foo Fighters' current writing and recording process and Taylor’s own influences and musical heroes.

Actor Eric Bana is our special guest on Time To Talk this week. Currently starring in the film adaptation of the Jane Harper novel, The Dry, Eric talks to Sean Sennett about that experience, his early days as a character comedian, his process as an actor and the legendary XB Falcon he calls “The Beast”.

Country music star Adam Harvey is our guest on this week’s edition of Sony Music Presents Time To Talk. Chatting to Sean Sennett, Adam discusses the writing and recording of his new album, Songs From Highway One - with a few good anecdotes about his life and times thrown in for good measure.

Midnight Oil’s Rob Hirst is our guest this week on Time To Talk. Chatting with Sean Sennett, Rob discusses in depth Midnight Oil’s first studio work in almost twenty years, The Makarrata Project. The themed mini album is a collaboration between the band and a number of First Nation performers including Jessica Mauboy, Troy Cassar-Daley, Dan Sultan, Bunna Lawrie and more. Recorded October 2020.&nbs...

This week’s guest on Time To Talk is multi-award winning author, Trent Dalton. Trent’s first novel Boy Swallows Universe has earned acclaim both in Australia and around the globe. Today Trent joins us to talk about - among other things - his latest novel All Our Shimmering Skies, his love of Pearl Jam, Quentin Tarantino’s films, why Back To The Future matters so much and a whole lot more in this r...

Australian cricket great Steve Waugh joins Sean Sennett on Time To Talk. Steve scored over 10000 runs for Australia, took 92 wickets and had a top score of 200 which he scored against the West Indies … in the West Indies. He led Australia to a record 16 consecutive wins as res captain and had an astounding ratio of almost 72% wins in the 57 games he captained. He was also a revolutionary one day p...

Elvis Costello is Sean Sennett’s special guest on this week’s edition of Time To Talk. Elvis talks about his songwriting process, how his new album ‘The Boy Named If’ was written and recorded in isolation. Elvis also chats about new music he’s listening to, his long time collaborator Burt Bacharach and much more.

BRAD COX Sean Sennett chats to Brad Cox. Brad has just released his second album My Mind’s Projection. You might know Brad from the singles ‘Short Lived Love’, ‘Give Me Tonight’ ‘Remedy’ or ‘Lake House’ or ‘Drinking season’. He won the Star Maker Title in 2018 - people put him under the country banner … but he’s much more than that. 

Josh Pyke Multi- ARIA award winning artist Josh Pyke is back with a stunning new album, Rome. Here he talks to Sean Sennett about recording the album, his hiatus from solo records, his forays into writing children’s books, his song writing process and his charitable work with the JP Partnership and the Indigenous Literacy Foundation.

TIME TO TALK - TROY CASSAR-DALEY Very special guest Troy Cassar-Daley joins our host Sean Sennett on this week’s edition of Time To Talk. Troy returns to the show to discuss his new album, The World Today. For the album Troy wrote songs with the likes of Don Walker, Paul Kelly, Ian Moss and Kevin Bennett. His discusses not only his writing and recording process, but also - as a First Nation’s man...

Troy Cassar-Daley Multi ARIA Award winning country artist Troy Cassar-Daley joins Sean Sennett on this week’s episode of Time To Talk to take a look in the rearview mirror at his career to date. With his back catalogue now available to stream in its entirety, Troy re-visits significant milestones and discusses life as an artist in the studio, and his life as a performer on the road. He also discus...

Australian cricket great Greg Chappell is Sean Sennett’s special guest on Time To Talk this week. Greg played 87 test matches between 1970 and 1984 and scored 7110 runs. He scored 24 centuries at an average of 53.86. Greg’ new book Not Out deals with his life as a coach, selector and mentor. Here he talks about the book, and his life inside and outside cricket.

Australian pop sensation - the South Korean born -- Dami Im is Sean Sennett's guest on Time To Talk this week. Dami talks about her latest album My Reality and her long journey that has included everything from playing piano in a restaurants to Eurovision success and beyond.

Dennis Lillee is widely lauded as the greatest fast bowler of his generation, if not of all time. The cricketer joins Sean Sennett on this week’s episode of Time To Talk to discuss his career. A wide ranging discussion, the conversation takes us from Dennis playing Club Cricket in Perth through to the halcyon days of World Series Cricket and beyond. Dennis is also a massive music fan, so sit back...

Pete Murray joins Sean Sennett on this week’s episode of Time To Talk. The acclaimed singer songwriter takes us into the studio where he recorded his latest EP, The Night. Going way back, Pete talks about how a football injury and a chance suggestion of a guitar lesson, while he was in recovery, led him to where he is today. Fast forward to 2020 and Pete discusses his songwriting process, the musi...

The legendary Daryl Braithwaite talks about his new single ‘Love Songs’ and then takes us on a deep dive through his career which includes talking about everything from his school days through to the glory days of Sherbet, his leaner years, his early 90’s comeback with The Edge and Rise and the everlasting appeal of ‘The Horses’.