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  1. Surfing, Thatcher and Rock N Roll - The List - ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

    Surf’s up, share prices down: Australian surf-wear label Billabong was once an essential of the cool, coastal lifestyle and a global retail success story worth, according to some analysts, up to $5 billion. After a series of questionable strategic decisions in a tough retail climate, this week the company was subject to a takeover offer of just $287 million, the share price hitting a record low of less that 54 cents. But is Australia’s surfing culture also changing at rapid pace, making it tricky for the big brands? Surfing journalist Stuart Nettle believes the market is now more fractured and complex.

    And, Margaret Thatcher’s influence on music, film, TV and fashion spanned three decades; is it still being felt? Two veteran observers of the Thatcher era, Lynden Barber and Stuart Coupe look back at the highs and lows.

    Guests:
    Stuart Nettle is Editor of surfing website Swellnet.
    Lynden Barber is a freelance film and music writer.
    Stuart Coupe runs Laughing Outlaw, an Independent Record and Management Company, and has been a music writer.

    http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/thelist/list-april-12/4626134

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  2. Fred and Adele Astaire - Late Night Live - ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

    Before Fred and Ginger, there was Fred and Adele, two siblings from Omaha who shared a 27 year theatrical career, and revolutionised the dance and song world of the 1920s. The Astaires were adored by audiences, feted by royalty, and courted by social elites everywhere they went. From the start Adele was the more natural performer, while Fred had to practise hard to hone his trademark timing, but ultimately his skills surpassed those of his sister. Originally broadcast on 27/6/12.

    Guests:
    Kathleen Riley, Classical scholar, modern theatre historian, and the author of The Astaires: Fred and Adele

    Music:
    Track: Sweet Music
    Artist: Adele and Fred Astaire
    Album: Night and Day: Fred Astaire, Complete Recordings Vol 2 1931-1933 Naxos 2001 Nostalgia Naxos 8.120519
    Composer: Dietz & Schwartz
    Description: Song from ‘The Band Wagon’ by Dietz & Schwartz

    Track: The Bobbitt and the Bromide
    Artist: Adele and Fred Astaire
    Album: A Portrait of Fred Astaire, 1997 Music Collection International. Gale 414
    Composer: George & Ira Gershwin
    Description: Song from ‘Funny Face’ by George and Ira Gershwin

    Track: Fascinating Rhythm
    Artist: Adele and Fred Astaire
    Album: A Portrait of Fred Astaire, 1997 Music Collection International
    Description: Song from ‘Lady, Be Good!’ by George and Ira Gershwin

    http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/latenightlive/fred-and-adele-astaire/4415600

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  3. EP 309: All SciFi TV is rubbish | Boxcutters: a podcast

    This is a very special episode of Boxcutters, recorded in front of a live audience at the 51st Annual National SF Convention. John Richards and Josh Kinal had a debate (aka a word fight) with the topic “That All Science Fiction Television is Rubbish.”

    Josh took the affirmative and John the negative. Gasp and be shocked to learn the secrets behind genre television and its merits.

    Resources: 51st Annual National SF Convention (http://continuum.org.au/)

    http://boxcutters.net/

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  4. Dead Set: Zombie TV | ACMI | Podcasts

    Live in the Studio: Dr Saige Walton, Angela Ndalianis, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Martyn Pedler talk end-of-the-world scenarios on the box.

    Recorded: 25 Feb 2010. Duration: 115 mins

    Download or listen to podcasts of ACMI talks and panel discussions.

    http://www.acmi.net.au/explore_podcasts.htm

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  5. Caustic Soda: Cocaine

    Kevin, Joe, and Toren cover cocaine-laced products with papal approval, cocaine intake options, some personal insight on cocaine addiction from a friend of the show, plus cocaine-centric songs and movies! In case you hadn’t figured it out, this week’s topic is cocaine!

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  6. Caustic Soda: True Bugs

    Forensic entomologiest Gavin Pitts joins the hosts to talk about the hemiptera order of insects, more commonly known as ‘true bugs.’ Assassin bugs, chagas disease, bat bugs and water bugs that take down reptiles, amphibians, birds and mammals are all on topic! Plus: The Lesser of Two Evils – would you rather spend a few years in an Uzbekistan bug pit or trying to farm out a living under the Khmer Rouge?

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  7. Caustic Soda: Small Arms

    Mike T. joins Joe, Toren, and Kevin to talk about small arms — firearms carried by an individual soldier. From the “grenade on a stick” beginnings of the fire lance all the way to caseless ammunition, Caustic Soda covers the history and science of these small arms, and even manages to talk about some of their favorite depictions of firearms in pop culture.

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  8. Steven Heller: Observer Media: Design Observer

    In this audio interview with Debbie Millman, Steven Heller discusses his new book Pop: How Graphic Design Shapes Popular Culture, blogging from the bathroom, Christmas in New York, working with Patti Smith, Screw magazine, Paul Rand’s tombstone, creating graduate programs and, of course, writing.

    http://observermedia.designobserver.com/audiofile.html?entry=23138

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