Episodes

  • Rian Johnson's Wake Up Dead Man is the Perfect Commentary
    Jan 23 2026

    This discussion contains spoilers and the discussion of mature topics.

    Ash sits down with Dr Bridgette Glover to chat Wake up Dead Man, the latest installation in the Knives Out saga.

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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • How Does Copyright Protect AI Works - In Australia, It Doesn't.
    Jan 22 2026

    Ash sits down with Dr Wellett Potter to learn more about how copyright protects AI generated works like novels, and what can (legally) be done with these works.

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    37 mins
  • Unpacking Del Toro's Frankenstein
    Dec 26 2025

    Dr Bridgette Glover rejoins Ash in the studio for a deep dive into Guillermo Del Toro's 2025 adaption of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

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    58 mins
  • Curious Critters - Caviar Parasites
    Dec 23 2025

    Summer and Tommy sit down to discuss polypodium hydriforme - a bizarre parasite that lives inside sturgeon eggs and eats them from the inside out.

    Music Attribution:

    "Graveyard Shift" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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    13 mins
  • This Community Garden is Bringing Cultures Closer Together
    Dec 22 2025

    TuneFM volunteer reporter Tashi Dema speaks with Bhutanese community members and local farmer Andrew Spinks who has donated a patch of land for local community use.

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    11 mins
  • Curious Critters - Carnivorous Sponges
    Dec 19 2025

    Join Summer and Tommy as they sit down and talk about all things weird. This week they take a deep dive into the deep sea and look at the bizarre anatomy and life of sea sponges.

    Music Attribution:

    "Graveyard Shift" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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    16 mins
  • Words, Music, Time, and Place
    Dec 11 2025

    UNE lecturers Dr Alana Blackburn and Associate Professor Sarah Lawrence are two of four performers set to present a new composition this weekend.

    Words, Music, Time, and Place takes the works of four local writers and wordsmiths, and sets them to music composed for those works by local composer Steve Thorneycroft.

    The production and creation of this new musical work is supported by by CASP and Regional Arts NSW.

    We caught up with Dr Alana Blackburn and A/Prof Sarah Lawrence to talk about their work, creative process, and experience with this performance.

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    25 mins
  • Could Christmas Beetles Be Declared Threatened?
    Dec 11 2025

    Could Christmas beetles be declared a threatened species? Where have they gone? Those are the exact questions that Invertebrates Australia and the University of Sydney are aiming to answer as part of their annual Christmas Beetle Count project through iNaturalist. We caught up with Dr Tanya Latty, for an update on how the count is going and what we can look forward to in the future.

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    22 mins