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Up Next is a podcast from the front line of the Sydney Opera House, hosted by Courtney Ammenhauser. Join us backstage with the artists and performers shaping the next 50 years of arts, music and culture in Australia. Subscribe to the podcast at https://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/digital/podcasts/up-next.html.

Up Next - A podcast from the front line of the Sydney Opera House

Season 11 (2023) of the podcast series, featuring new talks and conversations from the Sydney Opera House with the world’s greatest minds and culture creators. For more Sydney Opera House podcasts, visit sydneyoperahouse.com/listen or your favourite podcast platform.

Ideas at the House S11 - Talks from the Sydney Opera House

Behind every big idea, there's a long story. Produced by Sydney Opera House as part of the Talks & Ideas program, Edwina Throsby interviews some of the world's most interesting thinkers and culture creators.

It's a Long Story

Arty Farty - A Podcast for Kids

Tea Uglow has built her career exploring the space between technology and art, looking for unexpected ways they can interact. She has written about doubt, and about being transgender and her book 'Loud and Proud' is a collection of the most influential and inspiring LGBTQI speeches of all time.

Tea Uglow - Pathology of Identity | Ideas at the House Podcast S09 E11

Eccentric Blue Mountains-based electro soul duo Bow and Arrow, aka husband and wife team Mindy Jane (Bow) and Mitchell Kwanten (Arrow) have been seen tearing up the stage at Homeground, and headlining the 2020 Badu Gili Live series. Gathering a following through appearances on NITV, at Blues Fest and a nation-wide tour with The Sapphires, their debut EP 'Return To Me' is a flurry of creative expression made in one week from composition to release.  In this conversation, recorded in May 2020, they speak with our former Head of First Nations, Rhoda Roberts and are also joined by Gamilaroi man, Jack Hickey, the newest member of the band. Between them, they discuss how they met, their introduction to the music scene and what Reconciliation Week means to them.  Watch their energetic, entertaining and fun Digital Stage performance from the Joan Sutherland Theatre Stage, on Stream, the new streaming service from the Sydney Opera House.

Bow & Arrow | Deadly Voice from the House S08 E01

The 'All About Women' festival this year, took place amid a string of revelations involving women in Australian public life, including the dreadful treatment of Brittney Higgins, and the emergence of historic rape accusations against the then Attorney General. This timely conversation with British feminist Laura Bates, founder of the 'Everyday Sexism Project' and author of “Men Who Hate Women”, highlights the deadly dangers of extreme online misogyny. Laura appeared in the Joan Sutherland Theatre via video link in March 2021. - You can watch this talk along with the others recorded at the All About Women festival, on , the new streaming service from the Sydney Opera House.  for free now and start watching. Follow the Sydney Opera House on: ,  and

Laura Bates - Men Who Hate Women | Ideas at the House Podcast S09 E18

This is an audio recording of the Sydney Opera House Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging Strategy 2021-2023.

Audio Recording by Sydney Opera House Staff Stephen McAuley, Rebekah Bradshaw and Suanne Adelman.

Read the strategy at sydneyoperahouse.com/belonging

Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging Strategy 2021-2023 Part 1: P1 - 15

The tables turn for ABC's 7:30 journalist Laura Tingle, as subject rather than interviewer as she analyses the domestic and political world.

Combining political insights with personal observations and anecdotes about the players who hold our fate in their hands, rest assured Laura will not let anyone off lightly.

Hosted by Anne Summers, recorded live at the Sydney Opera House for All About Women 2022.

Laura Tingle Explains It All | Ideas at the House Podcast S10 E21

As a young person roaming the bush, award-winning Wiradjuri poet, filmmaker and artist Jazz Money couldn’t have imagined a career performing and making poetry for the Opera House. In this episode of Up Next, Jazz and Courtney chat about the experience growing up as the weird kid in regional Australia, how to make poetry more accessible and everyday poetics.

For more Sydney Opera House podcasts, visit sydneyoperahouse.com/listen or your favourite podcast platform.

Weaving a tapestry with Jazz Money | Up Next Podcast S01 E09

Over the years, Ziggy Ramo has basically made a second home out of the Opera House. Now he's back again to chat about his new album, Sugar Coated Lies, his recent turn as an actor and co-composer in the Australian drama Black Snow, and why he's switching out rapping for folk music.

For more Sydney Opera House podcasts, visit sydneyoperahouse.com/listen or your favourite podcast platform.

Ziggy Ramo The Storyteller | Up Next Podcast S01 E08

With a gift for lush, melodic vocals wrapped around irresistibly slinky hooks, emerging singer-songwriter Ashli delivers sparkling, R&B-flavoured pop. Her debut album "Only One" was released last year and in June she'll be performing at the Opera House for Vivid Live. In this episode, Ashli chats with Courtney about: how a pop song is made, her love-hate relationship with social media, how church music and Taylor Swift inspire her, and so much more.

For more Sydney Opera House podcasts, visit sydneyoperahouse.com/listen or your favourite podcast platform.

Sacrifice, social media and side hustles with Ashli | Up Next Podcast S01 E10

As a dancer and choreographer, Harrison Hall pushes the boundary of what those artforms mean. Think drones filming dancers in motion capture body suits. Think live performance transposed into video game avatars for people watching on the other side of the world. Think dancers that don't all look like ballerinas.

For more Sydney Opera House podcasts, visit sydneyoperahouse.com/listen or your favourite podcast platform.

Dancing in Digital Dimensions: Next gen choreography with Harrison Hall | Up Next Podcast S01 E11

Bodies carry and represent so much, these fragile vessels that we are "stuck in" can dictate privilege or oppression not only within ourselves but in wider society. 

In a talk recorded at our Antidote festival in September 2022, trans and non-binary author, Olivia Laing is joined by host Jessie Tu in a profound discussion about the ideas in Laing's latest book 'Everybody', which draws on figures such as Malcolm X, Andrea Dworkin, Nina Simone and more, exploring the human body and its effect in our world today.

This event was recorded live at the Sydney Opera House in September 2022.

Ideas at the House

The Body Free And Powerful - Olivia Laing | Ideas at the House Podcast S11 E07

We kick off a new five-part season with a debate from our 50th Birthday Festival, discussing whether or not the Sydney Opera House would be built today. It's an iconic building that inspires imagination and sparks conversations, but do we still have what it takes to bring such a bold vision to fruition?

Arguing for the motion are: Osman Faruqi, Rebecca Huntley, and Benjamin Law and arguing against are: Wendy Harmer, Helen Pitt, and Yumi Stynes.

Hosted by Julia Zemiro, this event was recorded live at the Sydney Opera House in October 2023.

50th Debate: The Opera House Would Not Be Built Today | Ideas at the House Podcast S11 E39

In a year when everyone is talking about artificial intelligence, we need to talk about the human kind. What does it mean to be human? What does it mean to be conscious of your existence, your thoughts, your dreams? As machines develop, what might be left that is uniquely human? Our pursuit of pleasure and its rewards? Our ability to love? 

AI expert Toby Walsh and evolutionary biologist Rob Brooks joined journalist Rae Johnston to tackle the fundamental questions we should be asking amid the advent of super intelligent machines.

This is the second episode of a five-part season which showcases recent events from the Sydney Opera House, and was recorded live in October 2023.

AI: The Human Interface | Ideas at the House Podcast S11 E40

Capturing global attention through recipes so popular they became viral hashtags (#TheCookies, #ThePasta, #TheDip), Alison Roman wowed Sydney audiences in May 2023 in her quest for us all to ditch “domestic goddess” perfection and embrace a no-fuss, no-nonsense approach to cooking at home.

Roman spoke to fellow cook and Australian television presenter Adam Liaw about all the things that took her from early life as a pastry chef in California to the stage of the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall.

An Evening with Alison Roman | Ideas at the House Podcast S11 E41

For All About Women 2023, the Sydney Opera House partnered with Western Sydney-based literacy movement Sweatshop on an emerging writers mentorship program for women and non-binary First Nations, culturally and linguistically diverse writers.

The recipients worked on short fiction pieces, responding to Tarana Burke’s #MeToo movement and those left behind as it evolved, under the guidance of Sweatshop judges and mentors Winnie Dunn and Sarah Ayoub.

Hear from 2023 winners Margretta Sowah and Uppma Virdi and highly commended writer Helen Nguyen, including readings of their stories.

This is the fifth and final episode of a five-part season which showcases recent events from the Sydney Opera House, and was recorded in studio June 2023.

All About Women of Colour Mentorship | Ideas at the House Podcast S11 E42

What is it truly like to make a career from playing video games like Minecraft? At 16yrs old, Eystreembecame the youngest Australian gamer to surpass 1 Million subscribers on YouTube. Now at just 19yrs old and with over 7.5M subscribers, Jordan runs his own business and looks after a production team of over ten people who continue to push boundaries with his content. We talk to him about Minecraft, careers in gaming, the importance of education and more.

S05 02 Full STEAM Ahead - EYStreem

Cristy Burne and Denis Knight are co-authors to the book series Wednesday Weeks, a series that blends fantasy and science. A young sorcerer's apprentice changes when her grandpa is captured by a goblin king! She is forced to embrace her magical heritage and use her love for science to save her grandpa! In this conversation, Cristy and Denis encourage kids to write stories, to not give up on doing things they love even when they fail. They also explore the crossover between fantasy and science.

S05 03 Full STEAM Ahead - Cristy Burne & Denis Knight

Karlie Noon is a Gamilaroi astronomer and science communicator. For the last ten years she has been working in promoting Indigenous astronomical knowledge systems and advocating for women in STEM. During this insightful conversation, Karlie shares her story and explains some of the principles of Indigenous Astronomy.

S05 04 Full STEAM Ahead - Karlie Noon

Sami Bayly is a young natural history illustrator and has released 5 books including 3 illustrated encyclopaedias. In this conversation, we talk to her about her encyclopaedia of Ugly Animals, her career so far and how she got into drawing. She also discusses the environment - the impact of climate change on animals and what we can do to protect our planet.

S05 05 Full STEAM Ahead Sami Bayly

Ryan McNaught also known as “The Brickman” has a world of experience with LEGO! What is his favourite colour to build in? How many lego blocks does he have at home? Where does he get his ideas? In this fun conversation, we talk about The Brickman's career, what inspires him, his creative process and about building the Lego Opera House.

S05 06 Full STEAM Ahead Ryan McNaught (Brickman)

A captivating evening of conversation with Pasi Sahlberg and Hon. Jason Clare MP, Minister for Education, exploring the opportunity and hope to create a fairer and brighter future for Australian youth.

This event took Place at the Sydney Opera House on 12 December 2023.

Pasi Sahlberg on Unlocking The Potential Of Australian Schools | Ideas at the House Podcast S11 E43

A future where artificial intelligence intersects with human cognition, consciousness, and even life itself couldn’t actually become a reality anytime soon…right?

Esteemed experts including renowned quantum physicist and cosmologist Paul Davies AM, cognitive scientist Inês Hipólito and neuroscientist Brett Kagan sat down with University of Sydney's AI expert Sandra Peter to unveil life-altering developments that will reshape our future sooner than you think. 

This event was recorded live at Sydney Opera House on August 17, 2024

Your Brain on AI - From Organoids to Consciousness | Ideas at the House Podcast S12 E20

An urgent panel discussion on Australia’s escalating crisis of violence against women. Experts share personal accounts and professional insights into the rise in partner homicides, tech-enabled abuse, and the disproportionate impact on First Nations women. As governments acknowledge the issue but fail to act effectively, this conversation asks: why is the danger increasing, and what must be done to protect women and children across the country?

This panel includes Zahra Al Hilaly, Rosie Batty, Kyllie Cripps, Jess Hill, Julie Inman Grant and was moderated by Jamila Rizvi.

This event was recorded live at Sydney Opera House on 9 March 2025.

State of Emergency - All About Women 2025 | Ideas at the House Podcast S13 E01

Wondering what’s behind ballerina farms, #mormonmoms and the simple life? As the Trad Wife phenomenon rises up the algorithm, clips of women collecting newly laid eggs and baking bread are finding their way into “For You” pages everywhere. Jump down the rabbit hole as this conversation examines how these influencers perform the roles of wife and mother for public consumption and how feminism fits into this story.

This panel featured Megan Agnew, Beverley Wang, Rosie Waterland and was moderated by Nakkiah Lui.

This event was recorded live at Sydney Opera House on 9 March 2025.

The Tradwife Club - All About Women 2025 | Ideas at the House S13 E02

Deciding whether to have kids is more complex than ever. This thoughtful conversation unpacks the deeply personal choice of parenthood alongside its broader political, financial, and environmental implications. With birth rates falling and uncertainty rising, more women are choosing not to have children. Plug in and hear candid conversations about climate anxiety, economic pressures, and social expectations—and why opting out of parenthood is becoming an increasingly common decision.

This panel features Liz Allen, Laura Henshaw, Gina Rushton and was moderated by Avani Dias.

This event was recorded live at Sydney Opera House on 9 March 2025.

The Baby Boycott - All About Women 2025 | Ideas at the House S13 E03

Human rights lawyer Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts brings her fight for justice for First Nations people and children to this powerful episode. Drawing from her own childhood trauma, forcibly removed at the tender age of ten and only began to heal when she fled the out-of-home care system to reconnect with kin and return to country.

Her unflinching exposé uncovers the ongoing violence institutions are inflicting on children and their communities – from racist family policing and shameful rates of child removals to the steady pipeline of First Nations children into the criminal justice system. Listen to this conversation of bold truth-telling that poses an important challenge to us all.

This event was moderated by Antoinette Lattouf and recorded live at Sydney Opera House on 9 March 2025.

They Still Take the Children Away - All About Women 2025 | Ideas at the House S13 E04

What happens when a natural phase of life becomes a trending topic—and a business opportunity? In this sharp, funny, and deeply insightful conversation, our panel dives into the realities of perimenopause and menopause. From mood swings to hot flushes, hormone therapy to healthcare ‘goopification’, they unpack the confusion, stigma, and skyrocketing market around women’s health. With personal stories and expert insights, this podcast cuts through the noise to bring clarity, solidarity, and a few laughs.

The panel featured Susan Davis, Fatima Khan, Grace Molloy, Em Rusciano and was moderated by Gabrielle Jackson.

This event was recorded live at Sydney Opera House on 9 March 2025.

Feeling the Heat - All About Women 2025 | Ideas at the House S13 E06

The Ladies, We Need to Talk podcast goes deep on the personal stuff that's hard to talk about, even with your closest mates. With sensitivity, hilarity, personal stories and serious smarts, it tries to work out what normal is by talking to real women about their real experiences.  

Relive Yumi Stynes bringing her hit ABC podcast to the Opera House, with a panel of frank and funny women answering the question: is everyone having more interesting sex than me?

This panel featured Alex Lee, Alyx Gorman and Georgia Grace.

This event was recorded live at Sydney Opera House on 9 March 2025. 

Ladies We Need To Talk - All About Women 2025 | Ideas at the House S13 E05

Journalist and survivor Lucia Osborne-Crowley goes beyond the headlines in this gripping podcast, sharing the untold stories of the women victimised by Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Drawing from her acclaimed book The Lasting Harm, she reveals the emotional toll of the trial, the strength of survivor testimony, and the systemic failures that continue to persist, even after countless convictions. A powerful exploration of justice, trauma, and the courage it takes to speak out — and keep surviving.

This event was moderated by Grace Tame and recorded live at Sydney Opera House on 9 March 2025.

The Lasting Harm - All About Women 2025 | Ideas at the House S13 E07

Acclaimed science journalist and author Lucy Jones (UK), explores the emerging concept of matrescence and how motherhood causes more physiological and psychological changes than we have been led to believe. 

Part memoir and part journalism, her latest book – named ‘Book of the Year’ by The New Yorker, the New Statesman and the Daily Mail – is an urgent examination of motherhood and mental health. Join Jones in conversation with reproductive rights journalist and author of The Most Important Job in the World, Gina Rushton as they radically reveal the science of motherhood.

This event was recorded live at Sydney Opera House on 9 March 2025. 

Matrescense - All About Women 2025 | Ideas at the House S13 E08

Embracing her misfit nature early on, Gina Chick found grounding in the rhythms of the natural world. With an innate ability to bring barefoot wisdom into her daily life, Gina has dedicated her time to help others be guided by their internal authority.

Her extraordinary journey includes surviving cancer, losing her only child to the same illness, and spending 67 days alone in the Tasmanian wilderness and ultimately becoming the first winner of Alone Australia. Gina shares her story in her memoir, We Are The Stars.

With humour and unshakable spirit, she invites you into an intimate journey of possibility through story and song.

This event was recorded live at Sydney Opera House on 9 March 2025.

Wild at Heart - All About Women 2025 | Ideas at the House S13 E09

After spending their early years together in conflict zones as foreign correspondents, Geraldine Brooks and her husband Tony Horwitz settled down for a quiet life. This came to an abrupt end on Memorial Day 2019 with the sudden death of Brooks' beloved husband. Without space to grieve, her loss became a yawning gulf. 

Her profoundly moving memoir, Memorial Days, is a portrait of a larger-than-life man and a timeless love between intertwined souls that captures the joy, agony and mystery of life. In this touching talk, Brooks is joined by Jennifer Byrne to discuss how to honour a person, endure their absence in ways both new and old, and rebuild a life after loss.

This event was recorded live at Sydney Opera House on 9 March 2025. 

Memorial Days - All About Women 2025 | Ideas at the House S13 E11

Despite decades of legislative reform and workplace protections in other industries, there is a persistent shadowy underbelly in Australian music. Misogyny and blatant racism continues to run rampant, with female artists facing bullying, harassment and abuse in their places of work, environments that are often made more dangerous by alcohol and drugs. 

For those who speak out about their shocking experience, the cost on their professional and personal lives is high. Speaking from lived experience, Australian artists BARKAA and Jaguar Jonze reflect on how the industry enables toxic behaviour and challenge the lack of accountability from those at the top.

This event was recorded live at Sydney Opera House on 9 March 2025. 

An Industry Off Key - All About Women 2025 | Ideas at the House S13 E10

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What galvanised African American activist Alicia Garza to co-found #BlackLivesMatter? How did Henry Rollins make the jump from shift manager at Häagen-Dazs to lead singer of US punk rock band Black Flag? How does NSW Australian of the Year Deng Thiak Adut’s former life as a Sudanese refugee and child soldier inform his practice of the law? Find the answer to these questions and more in a new Sydney Opera House podcast It's A Long Story. A podcast that explores the the stories behind the big ideas of some of our most influential and acclaimed guests.

Introducing It's A Long Story — Teaser

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Henry Rollins discusses his tumultuous childhood growing up in Washington DC, and how he transitioned from scooping ice cream at Haagen Dazs to fronting punk rock band Black Flag. A turning point came for Henry Rollins about a decade ago, marked by a departure from music into activism and spoken word performance,  "For me, music was a time and a place. I never really enjoyed being in a band", says Henry Rollins. "It was in me, and it needed to come out. Like a 25-year exorcism. One day I woke up and I didn't have any more lyrics."

About It's A Long Story
Hamish Macdonald uncovers the stories behind the ideas of some of the world’s leading academics, culture creators and thinkers. It’s A Long Story is produced at the Sydney Opera House as part of the Talks and Ideas program. The first season was recorded during the Festival of Dangerous Ideas 2016 and features a number of renowned guests including, Henry Rollins, Alicia Garza and Lev Grossman.

Henry Rollins — It's A Long Story

Shaken by a court's decision to acquit George Zimmerman over the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, Alicia Garza wrote, "Black people, I love you. I love us. Our lives matter." From there, the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter was born and then a social movement. It is a world away from the life she had growing up with her mother, stepfather, and brother, where they ran an antique shop in Marin County in San Francisco. Standing firmly in the national spotlight today in a divided America, she is a leading voice in what's widely viewed as America's new civil rights movement.

Alicia Garza — It's A Long Story

There are people with interesting life stories, and then there are people whose lives read like a screenplay. From being conscripted as a child solider in Sudan to finding a new home in suburban Australia as a refugee where he taught himself to read and to write. Deng Thiak Adut is today a lawyer representing those who, just like him, struggle to find a voice. He's even been at the centre of one of those most modern phenomena, a viral video sensation. Like millions of children who grow up within the geography of conflict his childhood was taken away. "I didn't understand what freedoms I had lost", he says. "I didn't understand how fearful I should have been."

Deng Thiak Adut — It's A Long Story

From a very early age, Jesse Bering has been asking questions of himself. Growing up amid AIDS hysteria in Reagan's America, Bering knew that he was attracted to other boys but was terrified into a guilty silence. In high school he took up wrestling in a bid to fight back sexual desire but found only deeper consciousness of his homosexuality. As an adult he has continued asking questions with frankness and with humour, handling sensitive topics like sex, evolution, religion, and morality. His books Perv and Why is the Penis Shaped Like That? Have elevated him to cult hero status. "If I had to put a label on myself," hey says, "it would be a sexual libertarian."

Jesse Bering — It's A Long Story

Coloured lights and smoke machines — a mix from @MagdaBytnerowicz, who played alongside Berlin techno icon Steffi at the 2017 Goodgod Super Club for Vivid LIVE.

Read more about Goodgod's projects at Vivid LIVE on Backstage: http://bit.ly/2qyL6XI

SOH Mix: Magda Bytnerowicz

Purple carpet, staircases to nowhere and a night harbour vista inspired the first mix by Goodgod's Jimmy Sing in our new series. 

Read about the Soft Future Piano Bar by Goodgod at Vivid LIVE on Backstage: http://bit.ly/2qyL6XI

Photo by Arlo Pyne

SOH Mix: Jimmy Sing

A mix capturing that special moment in the night right before you start questioning, "what's next?" @nitefleit played with Noise In My Head and Kenji Takimi (Japan) at the grand finale of 2017's Goodgod Super Club for Vivid LIVE. 

Read more about Goodgod's projects at Vivid LIVE on Backstage: http://bit.ly/2qyL6XI

SOH Mix: Nite Fleit

Discover the thrumming melodies and infectious rhythms of ancient Spain and Mexico with Grammy Award-winning early music virtuoso Jordi Savall accompanied by Hesperion XXI & Tembembe Ensamble Continuo.

Sign up to access the pre-sale now: https://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/events/whats-on/classical-music/2018/jordi-savall-folias-antiguas-and-criollas.html

El Nuevo Mundo, Folias Criollas (La Ruta Del Nuevo Mundo Vol. 2)

Jordi Savall — Folías, Antiguas & Criollas

S-Town's rich and thoughtful story telling captured the attention of audiences from around the world. Brian Reed, its host and co-creator, originally set out to find a new story for This American Life. Instead, he spent three years investigating the life and tribulations of small town Alabama resident John B. McLemore. The podcast captured audiences with the twists and turns of life in Bibb County, presenting an audio story akin to great literature.

Brian Reed — It's A Long Story

You may know Nai Palm from Hiatus Kaiyote, but she’s recently been flying solo, with debut album Needle Paw soon to be released. In spite of a turbulent childhood, she took solace in nature, in animals, and in music, growing into the independent spirit and curious soul that has enchanted such artists as Erykah Badu, Animal Collective, Questlove and the late, great Prince.

Nai Palm - It's A Long Story

A kitchen in Melbourne's Footscray provided the humble origins for Camp Cope's Kelly-Dawn Hellmrich, Georgia Maq and Sarah Thompson. Since joining forces in 2015, the trio haven't wasted a second of their time in the spotlight, using their newfound influence to launch the It Takes One campaign. Aimed at stopping harassment of women at live music gigs, Kelly-Dawn Hellmrich has said of the project: “We have a platform now where people listen to us so we want to give back to other people who don’t have a stage to speak on.”

Kelly-Dawn Hellmrich - Camp Cope | It's a Long Story

Raised in small town New Jersey, lifelong bookworm Fran Lebowitz has always done things on her own terms. After getting expelled from highschool, she answered the call and moved to New York City to pursue her dream of becoming a writer. She quickly became part of the legendary New York club scene of the 1970s, hanging out at Max’s Kansas City and writing for Andy Warhol’s Interview Magazine. Her best-selling memoirs Metropolitan Life and Social Studies are brilliant chronicles of these times. Since then, she’s been watching as the world evolves and changes: and whether it’s sexuality, AIDS, activism, feminism, technology or presidents, she will most definitely have an opinion on it. 

This episode of It's a Long Story is hosted by Edwina Throsby.

Watch videos of Fran Lebowitz at Sydney Opera House on the  Talks &amp; Ideas Youtube Channel.

It's a Long Story - Fran Lebowitz

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What Lisa-Ann Gershwin does not know about jellyfish probably doesn’t count, and no one gets quite as excited about gelatinous medusas as she does. Raised in California by hippie parents, her undiagnosed Asperger’s syndrome marked her an outsider during childhood. It wasn’t until she fell in love with marine biology that she started to find her way. Now an internationally recognised scientist, researcher and author, she has personally discovered 200 species of jellyfish and counting. And despite a life that hasn’t always been easy, Lisa-Ann remains one of the most infectiously joyful people you’re ever likely to hear. Show notes: Listen to&nbsp;Lisa-Ann's talk at ANTIDOTE &nbsp; &nbsp;

Lisa-Ann Gershwin | Rhapsody in jellyfish

Hip-hop is known for misogyny and sexism. Some of the genre's most famous figures continue to have worldwide success despite allegations of violence against women. Extraordinary journalist Joan Morgan's book,&nbsp;She Begat This: Twenty Years of the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill&nbsp;tracks the artist's rise in the male dominated R&amp;B scene, and comes to us to investigate the complex relationship of black feminism to hip-hop. This session was chaired by triple j's Linda Marigliano.

Hip hop and feminism with Joan Morgan | All About Women 2019

From international policy to the nuance of consent, survivor, writer and former coordinator of a rape crisis centre, Sohaila Abdulali finds ways to talk about the difficult question of rape. At All About Women 2019 she spoke with Fenella Kernebone about her 2018 work of nonfiction&nbsp;What We Talk About When We Talk About Rape. Please note that this podcast contains discussion of rape and sexual assault.

Sohaila Abdulali on trauma, consent and compassion | All About Women 2019

https://soundcloud.com/jontidanimals vinyl mix of The Flaming Lips and other "fearless freaks": https://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/backstage/music/love-letter-to-the-flaming-lips.html

Tracklist:
Todd Rundgren - International Feel
The Flaming Lips - Bad Days 
The Free Design - Bubbles
Talk Talk - I Believe In You
Can - Moonshake 
The Beatles - Flying
Don Cherry - Brown Rice 
Stereolab - Les Yper Sound
Miles Davis - Shhh/Peaceful 
Jonti - Firework Spraying Moon
Ralph and Florian - Tanzmuzik 
The Flaming Lips - Approaching Pavonis Mons By Balloon (Utopia Planitia)

Psychedelic (Jonti x Flaming Lips Mix)

Have you ever wondered how the Opera House is able to float on the water in the harbour? What is holding it up? Today, Dean Jakubowski, the Building Operations Manager will answer this question and teach us some of the other awesome features of this very unique building.

House Call Episode 15 - House Boat with Dean Jakubowski

Audio Described Tour of the Sydney Opera House

In 1969, architect Peter Hall commissioned John Coburn, an Australian modern abstract artist, to design the Sydney Opera House opera and drama theatre curtains that were celebrated at the opening of the Opera House in 1973. This episode explores the design and creation of John Coburn’s tapestries through the stories of his daughter, Kristin Coburn, and how the tapestries realise Jørn Utzon’s design vision for celebrating performance with colour through Australian architect’s Peter Hall’s interior design.

Coburn Tapestries: The Sun and the Moon | House Stories S01 E01

The story of how John Coburn’s iconic tapestries came to be hung in the theatres once again in 2019. But why had they been taken down and ultimately decommissioned in the 1980s? This episode features interviews with artist Kristin Coburn and conservator Julian Bickersteth to explore how the tapestries were made and their restoration process and conservation challenges.

Coburn Tapestries: Conversation and Restoration | House Stories S01 E02

The mystery of the missing tapestry. In this episode, Professor Antony Moulis recalls how in the early 2000s he discovered the correspondence of an unknown tapestry commissioned by Jørn Utzon for the Opera House, designed by acclaimed modernist architect Le Corbusier. How did these two great architects come to collaborate and why was this medieval artform embraced by modernist architects and artists in the 20th century? How did the tapestry end up in Utzon’s home before resurfacing at an auction house, and why did it have mashed potato on it? Sydney Opera House CEO Louise Herron AM tells the story of how this incredible work of art finally found its way home.

Le Corbusier’s Les Dés sont Jetés | House Stories S01 E03

The final episode explores Jørn Utzon’s tapestry Homage to C.P.E Bach as an expression of music through design and representation of reconciliation. Architect Richard Johnson discusses the process of re-engaging with Utzon nearly four decades after he left the project, the design of the Utzon Room – the only Opera House performance venue entirely designed by Utzon – where the tapestry hangs, and the ongoing application of Utzon’s Design Principles that help ensure the building’s architectural integrity is maintained as it evolves to meet the expectations of future generations.

Utzon Tapestry: Homage to C.P.E Bach | House Stories S01 E04

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