The Sydney Sentinel's Travis de Jonk explore's the week's top stories on sydneysentinel.com.au.

OUR SPECIAL GUEST ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK is Michael Williams - the artistic director of the Sydney Writers' Festival. We first spoke with Williams on the speakeasy last year in 2021 when he navigated Sydney Writers' Festival through the pandemic landscape to produce a brilliant 2021 festival. LISTEN to that interview here.

The Sydney Writers' Festival returns this year from 16 to 22 May 2022 - bigger, more engaging and politically charged than ever - with an equally bold theme: ‘Change My Mind’

Michael Williams joined us recently in the studio to discuss how the festival fared last year, tell us all about the exciting Sydney Writers' Festival 2022 program and to explain what the festival theme - Change My Mind - is really all about. He also gives us his event highlight picks that are not to be missed.

FIND OUT MORE & FOR FULL PROGRAM DETAILS visit https://www.swf.org.au

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The Sydney Sentinel's Travis de Jonk explore's the week's top stories on sydneysentinel.com.au.

OUR SPECIAL GUESTS ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK are writer, director and producer Eric Nash and iconic actor, producer and director John Jarratt. That’s right: Wolf Creek’s Mick Taylor is joining us on the show today.  These two stellar talents teamed up in the production of the recent 2022 film release Love You Like That which is available to watch on Foxtel and Binge from 10 May, 2022.

Nash and Jarrett talk about the film, what it’s like making films in Australia, the joys and challenges of producing in Australia, what success really means and of course we talk about Wolf Creek - the horror phenomenon that made John Jarratt a household name around the world.

CHECK OUT the official trailer for Love You Like That here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scVq3VDTeUY

FOR MORE INFO about the film Love You Like That and to find out where you can watch it, visit https://www.flicks.com.au/movie/love-you-like-that/

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The Sydney Sentinel would like to acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we gather, and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.

The Sydney Sentinel's Travis de Jonk explore's the week's top stories on sydneysentinel.com.au.

OUR SPECIAL GUEST ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK is Will Tregoning - the founder of Unharm - an organisation spearheading drug law and policy reform in NSW and Australia. We last spoke to Will about a year ago - he returns to update us on movements in the organisation, as well as recent polling by Unharm revealing dramatic transformations in public attitudes about drugs, policing and policy. 

Of particular interest are some points he offers regarding drugs in Australia and why reform and revision is so necessary - in context of the looming federal election which has sucked out all the oxygen from many pressing social issues and policy areas affecting our society. 

TO FIND OUT MORE about Unharm, the work they do or to get involved, visit https://www.unharm.org.

LISTEN TO our 2021 interview with Will Tregoning from Unharm here: https://thesentinelspeakeasy.buzzsprout.com/1715823/8622351-the-sentinel-speakeasy-episode-14-featuring-special-guest-will-tregoning-donald-natalie-from-unharm-tuesday-01-june-2021

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The Sydney Sentinel is an independent, progressive new voice in Sydney's media landscape, offering a fresh take on Sydney. Covering local arts, features, news and opinion, it also features dedicated queer, vegan and youth sections, in an online publication for the 2020s. 

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The Sydney Sentinel would like to acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we gather, and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.

The Sydney Sentinel's Travis de Jonk explores the week's top stories on sydneysentinel.com.au.

OUR SPECIAL GUEST ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK is Tim Duggan - an extraordinary and adventurous Australian who isn’t just a business powerhouse but an expert in the art of social activation and change. He is an optimist who firmly believes in the power of business to do good - and leads by example, running some of this nation’s most prominent and awarded media outlets and events. 

His first book, Cult Status: How To Build A Business People Adore  was named the Best Entrepreneurship and Small Business Book at the 2021 Australian Business Book Awards, and this May, Duggan releases his second book Killer Thinking an inspiring self-help business book that examines and inspires creativity in the workplace, helping to bring about positive solutions and change.

TO FIND OUT MORE:
About Tim Duggan visit https://www.panterapress.com.au/book_author/tim-duggan/
About Duggan's first book, Cult Status visit http://cultstatus.com
About Duggan's new book, Killer Thinking visit https://www.booktopia.com.au/killer-thinking-tim-duggan/book/9780648987468.html

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The Sydney Sentinel is an independent, progressive new voice in Sydney's media landscape, offering a fresh take on Sydney. Covering local arts, features, news and opinion, it also features dedicated queer, vegan and youth sections, in an online publication for the 2020s. 

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The Sydney Sentinel would like to acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we gather, and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.

The Sydney Sentinel's Travis de Jonk explores the week's top stories on sydneysentinel.com.au.

OUR SPECIAL GUEST ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK is a Sydney business success story. When Wigs by Vanity was started in 2003 by Ben Moir (AKA Vanity Faire) - in partnership with fellow drag artist Courtney Act - it redefined drag wigs in Australia and delivered a unique concept of wigs made by drag queens for drag queens. 

It has since grown into a high profile and internationally recognised Australian brand - boasting a clientele of some of the biggest drag stars around the globe - and has set an industry standard amongst the drag community. 

TO FIND OUT MORE about Ben Moire/Vanity and Wigs By Vanity visit: https://wigs-by-vanity.myshopify.com

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The Sydney Sentinel is an independent, progressive voice in Sydney's media landscape, offering a fresh take on Sydney. Covering local arts, features, news and opinion, it also features dedicated queer, vegan and youth sections, in an online publication for the 2020s. 

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The Sydney Sentinel would like to acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we gather, and pay our respects to their Elders past and present and emerging.

The Sydney Sentinel's Travis de Jonk explores the week's top stories on sydneysentinel.com.au.

OUR SPECIAL GUESTS ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK are two of the most famous drag talents in Australia - Art Simone and Etcetera Etcetera - and following their participation in hit reality TV show RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under, their names are now known globally. 

The dynamic duo have teamed up for their own show - As Seen On TV . But that’s not all - they're doing the show in tandem with their own ‘one of a kind’ make-up workshops called Backstage Beauty. It’s an epic 19 date national Australian tour - not only of our major cities but regional centres too.

FOR MORE INFO & BOOKINGS for As Seen On TV and Backstage Beauty visit https://www.asseenontvtour.com/as-seen-on-tv-tour 

Art Simone and Etcetera Etcetera joined me in the studio to talk about how they got their start in drag, what it was like being on RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under, how they deal with their newfound international fame, and why they're so passionate about taking their shows and workshops to regional Australia.

Check out Art Simone on instagram here.
Check out Etcetera Etcetera on instagram here.

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The Sydney Sentinel is an independent, progressive new voice in Sydney's media landscape, offering a fresh take on Sydney. Covering local arts, features, news and opinion, it also features dedicated queer, vegan and youth sections, in an online publication for the 2020s. 

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The Sydney Sentinel would like to acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we gather, and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.

The Sydney Sentinel's Travis de Jonk explores the week's top stories on sydneysentinel.com.au.

OUR SPECIAL GUEST ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK is Aussie icon, Marcia Hines. With a career spanning five decades, an Order of Australia (AM) and an entry in the ARIA Hall of Fame, Marcia Hines is a juggernaut of music, theatre and entertainment, and a national treasure.

Now, she is about to release new music and embark on a tour. Hines has returned to the recording studio and added three new songs to the upcoming greatest hits package called Still Shining – The 50th Anniversary Collection, followed by The Gospel According to Marcia – an album of gospel songs that Marcia grew up singing in the churches of Boston, which is also set to be a live show set for its world premiere at Vivid Sydney 2022.

For more info about Marcia Hines and her new music and tours, visit https://marciahines.com

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The Sydney Sentinel is an independent, progressive new voice in Sydney's media landscape, offering a fresh take on Sydney. Covering local arts, features, news and opinion, it also features dedicated queer, vegan and youth sections, in an online publication for the 2020s. 

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The Sydney Sentinel would like to acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we gather, and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.

The Sydney Sentinel's Travis de Jonk explores the week's top stories on sydneysentinel.com.au.

This week we are examining Sydney's fetish and kink scenes - subcultures as diverse and fascinating as the people who partake in them.

Sydney’s fetish and kink scene in the '80s and '90s was a thriving subculture - but it has experienced something of a decline in recent years.  However, a swag of new initiatives are reviving interest in the scene. In this episode, we speak to two groups that are redefining fetish and kink in Sydney in the 2020s, revealing how important and empowering it is, and showing us that fetish and kink is as relevant as ever.

OUR SPECIAL GUESTS ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK are Matt Bluf - an instigator of gay pop-up bar The Eagle Bar Sydney, and Thomas Seggie, who is a representative and an organiser of a relatively new fetish and kink social group known as The Hide. 

FIND OUT MORE & GET INVOLVED:
The Eagle Bar Sydney : http://www.eaglesydney.com.au/
The Hide : https://www.facebook.com/thehidesydney
Fetish Australia : https://www.facebook.com/groups/1600540383571071/

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The Sydney Sentinel is an independent, progressive new voice in Sydney's media landscape, offering a fresh take on Sydney. Covering local arts, features, news and opinion, it also features dedicated queer, vegan and youth sections, in an online publication for the 2020s. 

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The Sydney Sentinel would like to acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we gather, and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.