PODCASTS
- ABC Radio National This link opens in a new windowABC Radio National has become known as the Ideas Network, where people can hear the latest in science, books and publishing, religion, social history, the arts and current affairs.
- BBC Radio 3 Documentary This link opens in a new windowIn-depth documentaries which each week explore a different aspect of history, science, philosophy, film, visual arts and literature.
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- Radio Diaries This link opens in a new windowNew York based non-profit Radio Diaries has been giving people a tape recorder and working with them to report their own lives and histories since 1996. In doing so they pioneered a new form of citizen journalism.
Their stories are broadcast on NPR’s All Things Considered, This American Life, BBC, and on The Radio Diaries Podcast. They also publish educational materials, including the Radio Diaries DIY Handbook. - StoryCorps - Sound Portraits Podcast This link opens in a new windowSound Portraits was the predecessor to StoryCorps and was dedicated to bringing neglected and diverse American stories to a national audience.
DOCUMENTARIES & INTERVIEWS
Australia's Entertainers by Call Number: 790.20994/1 (New ed.)Publication Date: 1990Offers short biographies and career outlines of more than 600 performers in stage, screen and radio. The author and editor have extensive experience in the media.
Brenno : the life and times of a media godfather by Call Number: 791.44092/BREN/1Publication Date: 2014John Brennan helped introduce talk radio in Australia and created stars such as Mike Walsh, Mike Gibson, Alan Jones, Ray Hadley and others. In this book, Brennan tells of the highs and lows, successes and failures, the stars and the people behind the scenes, that contributed to a unique media career.
The Golden Age of Australian Radio Drama by Call Number: 791.440994/5 [Vol. 1]Publication Date: 1995The twenty years preceding the arrival of television are usually described as the 'Golden Years' of Australian radio broadcasting. It was a period of unique activity, and Richard Lane has provided biographies of the principal actors, writers and producers who worked in radio drama in Australia from the beginning of public broadcasting in this country up to the early years of television. The arrangement of biographies is chronological, in related groups, so that the work may be read as a history of the industry in the context of the times.
Jonestown by Call Number: eBookPublication Date: 2006The most eagerly anticipated book of the year - the compelling and probing, Jonestown takes us to the hazardous intersection of populism and politics, reaching deep into a powerful industry and exposing the myth and the magic of a very powerful man.
The Radio Interview (1991)Call Number: 070.43/34Directed by Richard Jasek
Mike Broadhurst interviews a number of top interviewers, including himself. The basic technical requirements of the audio interview are covered, but the emphasis is on content and interaction; how to prepare your questions, how to get the subject to relax, how to deal with subjects who take over the interview, or respond in monosyllables, or evade your questions altogether. The participants in the program act out many of these problem situations as they discuss effective strategies for handling them.
The SBS Story by Call Number: 384.540994/SBS/3Publication Date: 2008This important book, based on extensive interviews and unprecedented access to SBS archives, argues that SBS is one Australia’s most significant and innovative cultural institutions and that its charter to broadcast for multicultural Australia is as relevant today as it was when the organization started 30 years ago.
Thanks for listening : the history of Australian radio (2007)Call Number: 791.440994/10Directed by Gary Deans
A five-part history of Australian radio which includes a multitude of great Australian radio moments and in-depth interviews that examine the impact radio has had on the lives of everyday Australians since its introduction in the 1920’s and the success of the radio quiz genre as well as the emergence of sport, music and talkback radio. The series delivers actual recordings of great moments in radio, together with the in–depth interviews with stars past and present.
When Radio Was the Cat's Whiskers by Call Number: 791.440994/6Publication Date: 2002Interspersed with Harte's personal recollections, he also tells of the first long-distance wireless communication in Morse in 1901, Radio 3LO's opening broadcast in 1934 featuring Dame Nellie Melba, the pedal wireless that transformed life in the outback, and how live broadcasts of cricket were simulated in the studio.
Wonderful wireless : reminiscences of the stars of Australia's live radio by Call Number: 791.440994/13Publication Date: 1983The story of the stars and players of Australian radio from the 1920s.
