Words on Wednesday
160 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago -Sylvia Rosenblum, Presenter of Arts Wednesday, introduces her Podcast Channel Words on Wednesday that will feature all the conversations and interviews from her program on Eastside Radio.
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Chocolate with chocolatier Jin Sun Kim
December 07, 2022 23:00 - 31 minutes - 75.5 MBJin Sun Kim came to Australia from her native Korea to become a pastry chef. Along the way she fell in love with chocolate and is now a chocolatier at her business Kakawa in Darlinghurst. Learn about where chocolate comes from, how it is made and what makes it good – and bad! [...] Read More... from Chocolate with chocolatier Jin Sun Kim
Eat Your History Part 6: Curry with Jacqui Newling
December 07, 2022 23:00 - 11 minutes - 26.8 MBThe first recorded curry meal served in the colony was at a dinner party given bt Governor Macquarie. It was the food of the upper classes and, as we have learned with other foodstuffs, it doesn’t come on to the tables of average households until it is cheap and plentiful. Commercial curry powders came to [...] Read More... from Eat Your History Part 6: Curry with Jacqui Newling
King Henry VI with Dr Carole Cusack
November 23, 2022 05:53 - 38 seconds - 92.3 MBKing Henry VI inherited the English throne aged 9 months, on the death of his father, the legendary Henry V and he inherited the French throne from his grandfather, Charles VI some months later. He was crowned as a boy in November 1429. Henry was simply not meant to be a ruler and his reign, [...] Read More... from King Henry VI with Dr Carole Cusack
Eat Your History Part 5: Jelly with Jacqui Newling
November 23, 2022 05:51 - 11 minutes - 26.5 MBJelly arrived in the colony long after it was fashionable on tables in England. It was very much a rich man’s dish because of the time it took to make. Learn about these techniques and how jelly later becomes a staple in all Australian homes. [...] Read More... from Eat Your History Part 5: Jelly with Jacqui Newling
Halloween with Professor Carole Cusack
October 26, 2022 03:30 - 43 minutes - 104 MBHalloween was not part of growing up for many of us. We just assumed it was an American custom we acquired via popular television. Actually it started as a Celtic festival more than 2,000 years ago. Dr Carole Cusack Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Sydney, tells us more about the Celts, how [...] Read More... from Halloween with Professor Carole Cusack
Eat Your History Part 4: Oysters
October 26, 2022 03:29 - 12 minutes - 28.9 MBJacqui Newling returns with Part 4 on oysters. In the early days, oysters were used as mortar. However, we quickly started harvesting them for eating and by the 1860s had seriously depleted this resource. Thus began oyster farming. [...] Read More... from Eat Your History Part 4: Oysters
Sharks with Bob Kearney
October 12, 2022 02:31 - 41 minutes - 100 MBMy childhood and teenage days on Bondi Beach were regularly punctuated by shark alarms. As we all scrambled out of the water as fast as we could, there was no doubt as to who was the victim and who was the predator. A new exhibition at the Australian Museum, Sharks, aims to turn this view [...] Read More... from Sharks with Bob Kearney
Eat Your History Part 3: Tea with Jacqui Newling
October 12, 2022 02:29 - 10 minutes - 26.2 MBIn this episode Jacqui looks at tea. Convicts and poor settlers had drunk tea back in England, but it was not considered a staple and was not included in convicts’ rations. As more idea from China came into the colony, the poor drank cheap green tea while the wealthy drank black tea with milk and [...] Read More... from Eat Your History Part 3: Tea with Jacqui Newling
Eat Your History Part 2: Sugar with Jacqui Newling
September 28, 2022 06:16 - 11 minutes - 27.2 MBWhen the convicts and first settlers arrived, sugar was not a staple. It was still a very expensive commodity, only on the tables of the wealthy. Learn how sugar became more plentiful, cheaper and part of everyone’s life. [...] Read More... from Eat Your History Part 2: Sugar with Jacqui Newling
Menopause in the Workplace with Dr Ginni Mansberg
September 14, 2022 05:01 - 34 minutes - 83.4 MBOne in ten women leave work as a result of menopause. They are aged 45-55, an age when we can least afford for them to abandon work. However, for these women, the symptoms are unbearable. And yet, it is so easy to make life bearable for menopausal women in the workplace. Dr Ginni Mansberg and [...] Read More... from Menopause in the Workplace with Dr Ginni Mansberg
Eat Your History Part 1: Bread with Jacqui Newling
September 14, 2022 05:00 - 11 minutes - 27.8 MBWe return to a series from 2016 with Jacqui Newling called Eat Your History. Jacqui is colonial gastronomer at Sydney Living Museums and in this series, she takes us through the history of basic food staples in the early colony. First episode is our most basic: bread. [...] Read More... from Eat Your History Part 1: Bread with Jacqui Newling
The Musical – More Than Entertainment Part 6: Conclusion with Sue Jowell
August 31, 2022 05:35 - 21 minutes - 31.5 MBSadly, this is the final episode in this wonderful series. Sue concludes by looking at the legacy of Rogers and Hammerstein, who were responsible for the Golden Age of musicals. One such legacy was partnerships such as Lerner and Loewe, responsible for Brigadoon and My Fair Lady. However, mentoring was another important legacy: Leonard Bernstein [...] Read More... from The Musical – More Than Entertainment Part 6: Conclusion with Sue Jowell
Human Evolution with Fran Dorey
August 31, 2022 05:30 - 37 minutes - 54 MBIn this conversation, Fran takes us on a tour of us: homo sapiens. Along the way, we learn about how we came to be us and along the way we meet other species of humans: Neanderthals, Denisovans and the so called “hobbits” of Indonesia. Did you know we all carry between 1 and 4% of [...] Read More... from Human Evolution with Fran Dorey
The Musical – More Than Entertainment Part 5
August 17, 2022 03:55 - 18 minutes - 27.1 MBSue Jowell returns with Part 5 of the series and continues with the Golden Age, concentrating on The King and I and The Sound of Music. [...] Read More... from The Musical – More Than Entertainment Part 5
Kill or Cure with Elise Edmonds
August 17, 2022 03:54 - 38 minutes - 55.7 MBIf you need a medical diagnosis or treatment, you are lucky to be alive today! In medieval times, your diagnosis and treatment would depend on your bodily fluids, the seasons and even the alignment of the planets! Kill or Cure is the title of a new exhibition at SLNSW and curator, Elise Edmonds, tells us about [...] Read More... from Kill or Cure with Elise Edmonds
The Musical – More Than Entertainment Part 4: The Golden Age
August 03, 2022 05:07 - 17 minutes - 40.5 MBIn Part 4, Sue Jowell tells us about the Golden Age of musicals, starting in the 50s and in this episode, we hear about Oklahoma, Carousel and South Pacific. [...] Read More... from The Musical – More Than Entertainment Part 4: The Golden Age
Anger with Dr Steven Laurent
August 03, 2022 05:03 - 40 seconds - 57 BytesPsychologist, Dr Steven Laurent, talks about anger. What is it? What makes us angry? Can it be a positive force? Can we control it? Learn the answers to these and many more questions. [...] Read More... from Anger with Dr Steven Laurent
The Musical – More Than Entertainment Part 3: Groundbreakers
July 27, 2022 04:20 - 23 minutes - 56.9 MBIn this episode, Sue Jowell starts with Showboat, which is the exception to the backstage musicals we discussed in episode 2. Sue then moves to the musicals she calls Ground Breakers: Pal Joey and Cabin in the Sky. [...] Read More... from The Musical – More Than Entertainment Part 3: Groundbreakers
Fish and Fishing with Bob Kearney
July 27, 2022 04:18 - 44 minutes - 106 MBBob Kearney is an academic who has dedicated his professional life to the study of fisheries and their management. With his vast knowledge and experience, he tells us about the state of our oceans, our rivers and estuaries and the impact on fish. Climate change, habitat loss and feckless human behaviour are all assessed with [...] Read More... from Fish and Fishing with Bob Kearney
The Musical – More Than Entertainment Part 2: The Backstage Musical with Sue Jowell
July 06, 2022 05:11 - 13 minutes - 33.5 MBIn this episode Sue talks about the backstage musical, where the plot takes place in a theatrical context. They became popular in the 1930’s – the escapism of song and dance worked in the time of the Great Depression. The movies starring Fred Astaire with a variety of dance partners – notably Ginger Rogers – [...] Read More... from The Musical – More Than Entertainment Part 2: The Backstage Musical with Sue Jowell
Three Sheets to the Wind with Adam Courtenay
July 06, 2022 05:11 - 40 minutes - 98.3 MBAdam’s latest book is called Three Sheets to the Wind and tells the remarkable story of the voyage in 1796 of the Sydney Cove from Calcutta to Sydney. Its massive cargo, most importantly, included 7000 gallons of best Bengali rum, being sold to the dissolute colony of NSW, under the corrupt regime of the NSW [...] Read More... from Three Sheets to the Wind with Adam Courtenay
Dancing with the Enemy with Diane Armstrong
June 23, 2022 06:27 - 36 minutes - 87.2 MBDiane’s latest book is set in Jersey, one of the Channel Islands occupied by the Nazis during World War II and alternates in time between those dark days and the present. Diane talks about the inspiration for the novel and her research, including her trips to Jersey. [...] Read More... from Dancing with the Enemy with Diane Armstrong
The Musical – More than entertainment! Part 1 with Sue Jowell
June 22, 2022 06:54 - 14 minutes - 35.8 MBSue Jowell joins us for a new series entitled The Musical – More Than Entertainment. In Part 1, she introduces the background and early history of the musical from the 18th century, through vaudeville and Gilbert and Sullivan of the 19th century. We conclude with where Sue’s heart belongs: the silver screen and the first [...] Read More... from The Musical – More than entertainment! Part 1 with Sue Jowell
From the Quantum to the Cosmos Part 6: Facing Cosmic Mysteries wit Professor Geraint Lewis
June 08, 2022 03:53 - 14 minutes - 34.2 MBIn this final episode of From the Quantum to the Cosmos, Geraint talks about facing cosmic mysteries: what don’t we understand? Well basically a lot – like 70% of the stuff of our universe: dark matter and dark energy, for a start! Once some great scientist discovers the Theory of Everything, that chasm between quantum [...] Read More... from From the Quantum to the Cosmos Part 6: Facing Cosmic Mysteries wit Professor Geraint Lewis
The Archibald 2022 with Anna Groden
June 08, 2022 03:45 - 43 minutes - 105 MBAnna Groden from ANG Art and I made our annual pilgrimage to the Archibald finalists at the Art Gallery of New South Wales and recorded our impressions in this conversation. As always, I tend to be the cynic while Anna brings the measured approach, tempered as always, with her great knowledge. Were we blown away? [...] Read More... from The Archibald 2022 with Anna Groden
The Jane Austen Remedy with Dr Ruth Wilson
May 25, 2022 05:11 - 38 minutes - 92.5 MBWhen Dr Ruth Wilson turned 70, she kept dreaming that she had lost her voice. In a determined effort to find it – and indeed herself – she left her Sydney life for a cottage in the Southern Highlands. To heal her ailing soul, she decided to reread the 6 novels of Jane Austen Her [...] Read More... from The Jane Austen Remedy with Dr Ruth Wilson
From the Quantum to the Cosmos Part 5: The Future off a Quantum Cosmos wit Professor Geraint Lewis
May 25, 2022 05:11 - 15 minutes - 37.7 MBIn this episode, Geraint reiterates the chasm between quantum mechanics and traditional astrophysics in explaining our universe. Both sides know we need to mesh the 2 theories if we are to understand our universe. Both sides have wonderful mathematical support for their theories, but they are talking different mathematical languages. How are scientists going about [...] Read More... from From the Quantum to the Cosmos Part 5: The Future off a Quantum Cosmos wit Professor Geraint Lewis
Waiting for Gonski with Chris Bonnor
April 27, 2022 04:01 - 39 minutes - 95.6 MBChris Bonnor is co-author of Waiting for Gonski. Ten years on since then Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, commissioned David Gonski to review Commonwealth funding of schools. Her concern was that demography should not denote destiny. Needs based funding was needed and ten years on, we are still waiting. [...] Read More... from Waiting for Gonski with Chris Bonnor
From the Quantum to the Cosmos Part 4: The Quantum of Cosmos Future
April 27, 2022 03:42 - 14 minutes - 33.9 MBIn this episode, Professor Geraint Lewis projects forward trillions of years to predict what happens when the stars all run out of fuel. [...] Read More... from From the Quantum to the Cosmos Part 4: The Quantum of Cosmos Future
From the Quantum to the Cosmos Part 3: Quantum of the Cosmos Present with Professor Geraint Lewis
March 30, 2022 03:10 - 13 minutes - 32.8 MBIn this episode, Geraint takes us from the birth of the stars along their journey to a projected end. Our own star, the sun, remains stable and this is a condition of life for us. But what happens or could happen to stars which use up their fuel supply? [...] Read More... from From the Quantum to the Cosmos Part 3: Quantum of the Cosmos Present with Professor Geraint Lewis
Bill Lucas with Peter Lonergan and Ed Lippmann
March 16, 2022 02:54 - 41 minutes - 99.4 MBBill Lucas is not a household name in architecture circles and certainly not in comparison to the luminaries who were his contemporaries. However, perhaps he should be. Commencing practice in the 1950s, he was committed to sustainability before anyone else had even heard of the word! In an attempt to resurrect his reputation, architect, Peter [...] Read More... from Bill Lucas with Peter Lonergan and Ed Lippmann
From the Quantum to the Cosmos Part 2:The Quantum of the Cosmos Past
March 16, 2022 02:53 - 12 minutes - 4 KBIn this episode, Professor Geraint Lewis looks at the theories of how our cosmos began, starting with Einstein and moving on to other theories by Russian Alexander Friedman and the Belgian cleric, Lemaitre. [...] Read More... from From the Quantum to the Cosmos Part 2:The Quantum of the Cosmos Past
The Quantum and the Cosmos Part 1 with Professor Geraint Lewis
March 02, 2022 01:05 - 11 minutes - 28.1 MBGeraint Lewis, Professor of Astrophysics, returns to talk about his new book Where Did the Universe Come From? His co author is A/Professor Chris Ferrie, Quantum physicist from UTS. In this first episode, Geraint starts with the startling proposition that physics is broken! [...] Read More... from The Quantum and the Cosmos Part 1 with Professor Geraint Lewis
Mapping the Koala Genome with Dr Carolyn Hogg
March 02, 2022 01:03 - 36 minutes - 88.5 MBDr Carolyn Hogg from Sydney University has devoted her academic life to endangered species. In this conversation, we talk about koalas and the threats they face. These are the same as other threatened or endangered species: habitat loss, urbanisation and disease. But what are we doing about it? [...] Read More... from Mapping the Koala Genome with Dr Carolyn Hogg
Fad Diets with Dr Jo McMillan
February 23, 2022 02:38 - 33 minutes - 79.7 MBWe started the year on Arts Wednesday talking about New Year’s resolutions and top of the list for Australians is losing weight. The problem is, we don’t do very well at keeping our resolution. Why do so many of us want to lose weight and why do we all want the silver bullet? Fad diets [...] Read More... from Fad Diets with Dr Jo McMillan
Truffle Farming at Macenmist in Bredbo
February 16, 2022 02:17 - 37 minutes - 90.9 MBBarbara Hill is a truffle farmer just out of Bredbo in the Southern Highlands of NSW. When she and her husband, Richard, bought the run down property, their knowledge of truffle farming was non-existent. Slowly, over the years, they have planted a successful truffle farm. Learn about the trees, the soil, the growing cycle of [...] Read More... from Truffle Farming at Macenmist in Bredbo
Moral Rights of Architects Part 3: Accreditation and Moral Rights
February 16, 2022 02:13 - 15 minutes - 37.9 MBEd Lippmann introduces us to Phillip Thalis, architect and former Councillor on the council of the City of Sydney. Phillip gives us a different perspective on the issue of moral rights of architects. He argues that lawyers must be brought into the list of villains in the piece: they drafted the legislation and insert the [...] Read More... from Moral Rights of Architects Part 3: Accreditation and Moral Rights
Moral Rights of Architects Part 2 with Ed Lippmann and Kathlyn Loseby
January 19, 2022 06:30 - 17 minutes - 41.1 MBIn this episode, Ed introduces us to Kathlyn Loseby, CEO of the Architects Accreditation Council of Australia. She explains the professional code of conduct contained within the accreditation process, which, theoretically, should preclude abuses of architects’ moral rights. [...] Read More... from Moral Rights of Architects Part 2 with Ed Lippmann and Kathlyn Loseby
The World of Whisky with Ivan Myers
January 19, 2022 06:26 - 39 minutes - 95 MBIvan is the guru when it comes to whiskey. Learn all about this famous drink: what it is, how it’s made, who makes it, where’s made and how it tastes! https://worldofwhisky.com.au [...] Read More... from The World of Whisky with Ivan Myers
The Moral Rights of Architects Part 1: The law with Ed Lippmann and Peter Sarlos
January 05, 2022 03:14 - 16 minutes - 39.1 MBEd Lippmann returns with a new series of Sydney By Design, this time addressing the somewhat complicated topic of the moral rights of architects. Nobody disputes the rights of composers to their music, authors to their words or visual artists to their images. Somehow, architects are not always afforded this same right. Why and what [...] Read More... from The Moral Rights of Architects Part 1: The law with Ed Lippmann and Peter Sarlos
Bardi to Bach’s Baroque Part 6: Instrumental Music of the Late Baroque with Andy Bromberger
December 23, 2021 00:49 - 17 minutes - 42 MBThis is the final episode of the series and Andy finishes with the instrumental music of the late Baroque. This is the era of all the Baroque music we love and know – Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, all the Bach and Handel. However, we really don’t know what it sounded like! [...] Read More... from Bardi to Bach’s Baroque Part 6: Instrumental Music of the Late Baroque with Andy Bromberger
Eucalyptusdom with Agatha Gothe-Snape
December 23, 2021 00:45 - 39 minutes - 93.8 MBEucalyptusdom is the title of a new exhibition at the Powerhouse Museum, exploring the world of our iconic trees. Agatha Gothe-Snape is the embedded artist at the Powerhouse and one of the curatorial team responsible for this wonderful exhibition. During the course of our conversation, Agatha addresses the history of the museum itself and the [...] Read More... from Eucalyptusdom with Agatha Gothe-Snape
Bardi to Bach’s Baroque Part 5: Vocal styles of the late Baroque with Andy Bromberger
December 08, 2021 02:37 - 14 minutes - 35.5 MBIn this episode, Andy takes us through the changing vocal styles of the late Baroque, from operas to cantatas and oratorios! [...] Read More... from Bardi to Bach’s Baroque Part 5: Vocal styles of the late Baroque with Andy Bromberger
Ghorza:Needlework Art with Natalie Fisher
December 08, 2021 02:36 - 34 minutes - 82.7 MBWhen Natalie visited Morocco, she fell in love with Islamic architecture and it has been the source of inspiration for her needlework ever since. Hear about her inspiration, techniques and projects. Ghorza is the Arabic word meaning “stitch.” It is also the name of Natalie’s book. Check it our at artweave.com.au [...] Read More... from Ghorza:Needlework Art with Natalie Fisher
Bardi to Bach’s Baroque Part 4: the Middle Baroque with Andy Bromberger
November 24, 2021 02:57 - 14 minutes - 35.3 MBIn this episode, Andy takes us to the Middle Baroque – not a period for great music but it takes the focus of the Baroque from Italy to France and the court of Louis XIV. It’s also the period of the great violin makers such as Stradivarius. [...] Read More... from Bardi to Bach’s Baroque Part 4: the Middle Baroque with Andy Bromberger
Matisse:Life and Spirit with Jackie Dunn
November 24, 2021 02:56 - 37 minutes - 105 MBMore than 100 works by Henri Matisse are displayed in Matisse:Life and Spirit, a new exhibition at AGNSW. The majority of works come from the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Curator, Jackie Dunn, joined Sylvia in conversation talking about Matisse the man, his passions, his life and, of course, his art. [...] Read More... from Matisse:Life and Spirit with Jackie Dunn
Bardi to Bach’s Baroque Part 3: The Musicians
November 10, 2021 03:10 - 15 minutes - 21.8 MBIn this episode Andy tells us about the lives of the musicians in the period and basically, it was a pretty miserable lot. Most miserable, to my mind, were the castrati: young boys castrated before puberty so as to keep their high voices! [...] Read More... from Bardi to Bach’s Baroque Part 3: The Musicians
Fake Medicine with Dr Brad McKay
November 10, 2021 03:09 - 39 minutes - 56.6 MBDr Brad McKay was Sylvia’s guest on Arts Wednesday 10 November 2021, talking about his recent book, Fake Medicine. Why do so many of us ignore evidence-based traditional medicine in favour of unproven and often dangerous alternatives? [...] Read More... from Fake Medicine with Dr Brad McKay
Bardi to Bach’s Baroque Part 2 with Andy Bromberger
October 27, 2021 03:22 - 15 minutes - 22.6 MBIn this episode, Andy contextualises the Baroque period for us and then explains how music moves from the polyphony of the Renaissance to the monody of the Baroque. We now have a melody and this requires changes to the instruments of the day. We also see the change from modes to the major and minor [...] Read More... from Bardi to Bach’s Baroque Part 2 with Andy Bromberger
Dreyfus.Drei. with Ella Dreyfus
October 27, 2021 03:15 - 35 minutes - 51.3 MBRenowned photographer, Ella Dreyfus, has made a film: Dreyfus.Drei. about 3 generations of her family and, given their Holocaust experiences, their complex relationship with Germany. The 3 are her uncle George, herself and her much younger cousin, Jonathan, who calls Berlin home. The film goes live in Berlin this Friday night 29 October and stays [...] Read More... from Dreyfus.Drei. with Ella Dreyfus