Melbourne: Afternoons: Recent Episodes
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A fresh take on your afternoon show. Clare's warmth, intelligence and conversational approach will delight and challenge you, whilst keeping you entertained. She may even sing a song or two...
Rundown For most students, the routine of going to school is a straightforward process. Get up, get dressed, eat breakfast, grab school bag and head out of the house. However, for an increasing number of young people, even thinking about school leads to headaches, stomach pains, panic attacks and arguments with parents. For some simply leaving the house is impossible. This is called school refusal. Dr Lisa McKay Brown is from the School of Education at the University Of Melbourne came in to chat to Wendy Tuohy and take calls on kids not wanting to go to school. LISTEN TO...
Bernard Fanning joined Clare Bowditch in the 'back studio' with Matthew Englebrecht and Salliana Campbell for a chat and a couple of songs, including a 'guilty pleasures duet' sourced from Bernard's favourite 80s movie, Top Gun. With his solo career now tipping the 10-year mark, Bernard Fanning chatted about the release of his third studio solo LP, ?Civil Dusk? and announced a national tour that will see him take the stage at Melbourne?s Palais LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW BY CLICKING HERE
CAULIFLOWER & CHICKPEA SALAD WITH ALMONDS, FRIED ONION & SULTANAS Serves 4?6 as a starter or light meal This is inspired by a classic Lebanese fried cauliflower dish that I?ve primarily eaten as a sandwich ? fried cauliflower and houmus rolled up in flatbread. We dress the salad with tahini but you could also use houmous. I love this with a side of fresh Lebanese bread. canola or sunflower oil for shallow-frying 1 head cauliflower, cut into florets 2 brown onions, finely sliced 1 piece Lebanese flatbread, torn into bite-sized pieces olive oil, for drizzling 1 ? tablespoons ghee 100...
Overall, about 1 in 80 births in Australia is a twin and 30% are identical. 774 afternoons resident Psychologist Dr Charlotte Keating joined mum of twins Clare Bowditch to chat about why we find twins so fascinating..... and brought along her identical twin sister Sarah to chat too! They busted some of the myths, such as twin ESP and twins skipping a generation, and chatted about some of the tips to help twins form their own identities and how important it is to spend time with each twin individually. They also took calls LISTEN HERE
Hugh van Cuylenburg is the Founding Director of the Resilience Project. Hugh has been working in education for over 12 years. Starting out as a primary school teacher, he then moved into a position with Cricket Victoria as a development facilitator working with disengaged adolescents. The highlight of his teaching career, however, was the year he spent in the far north of India volunteering and living at an underprivileged school in the Himalayas. It was here that he discovered resilience in its purest form. Inspired by this experience (and subsequent trips to Bangaldesh and Sri Lanka) Hugh returned to Melbourne...
Dr Christopher Mogan is a clinical psychologist, researcher, author and educator based in Melbourne. Dr Mogan specialises in Anxiety and related disorders including Panic and Worry, Social Anxiety Disorder, Phobias and avoidance, Post Traumatic Distress Disorder (PTSD), Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and Hoarding Disorder. He joined Clare Bowditch on the afternoon show to chat about hoarding. Hoarding Disorder is a formal psychiatric disorder which can occur independently of other conditions, but is usually associated with other co-morbidities. The condition that is estimated to affect up to 5% of the population. When does collecting tip over into hoarding and what help is...
Jimmy Barnes joined Clare Bowditch in the 'music studio' to chat about his new album 'Soul Searchin' which accompanies a documentary about to be shown on Channel 9 and a new national tour in August. The all-new album follows Soul Deep (1991), Soul Deeper (2000) and The Rhythm and the Blues (2009) which have earned more than 12x ARIA Platinum Sales Awards between them. The special documentary follows Jimmy as he travels to America?s south in search of lost soul gems, searching for the musicians who made them, the places that inspired them and equally reconnecting with his own musical...
Ribs don?t have a salubrious reputation. They are a cheap cut that requires work to find the succulence that lurks there. They love flavours and they carry them so well: smoky, sweet American barbecue; spicy Thai or Balinese style ribs? What are your favourite rib recipes? Where have you eaten great ribs? Is it ever OK to eat ribs on a date, at a wedding or a business meal? Today cook and writer Dani Valent will join Clare to chat about Ribs and offer some options when it comes to cooking them. Here is a recipe to start you off....
Alice Skye is an Aboriginal Australian singer/songwriter originally from Horsham, Victoria and now based in Melbourne. In her hometown she started piano lessons at the age of 5, and her love for music grew from there. With influences such as Missy Higgins, Regina Spektor and Joan Armatrading, the pairing of vocals and piano has become her inspiration and focus. Since the begining of 2015 Alice has had two tracks playing on the Triple J Unearthed platform, one of which has been chosen to featured on Triple J's 'Far out' segment. She joined Clare on Reconciliation Week to chat about being...
Raised on the South Coast of NSW, Clare Bowen appeared in local programs Home and Away, All Saints, and The Cut. It was her starring role in highly controversial film The Combination though, that shot Clare to critical acclaim, placing her firmly on the map, to be followed by a role alongside Ryan Kwanten in 2012?s local feature film, Not Suitable For Children. Relocating to the United States shortly thereafter, Clare caught her big break in 2012, employing her stunning vocals as singer-songwriter Scarlett O?Connor on the hit US television series NASHVILLE She joined Clare Bowditch to chat about Nashville,...
Missy Higgins is a singer songwriter who has appeared on the cover of Australia?s Rolling Stone magazine twice and is a three-time chart topper and multiple ARIA Award winner but she made some time to pop into the afternoons show to have a chat and sing a song with Clare before she heads over to America to tour. The afternoon show does a duet every Monday afternoon - We like to call it 'guilty pleasures duet' The guest gets to pick the song that they duet with Clare on. Missy chose the legendary Kiss song "I was made for loving...
Jeanette Winterson OBE is the author of ten novels, including The Passion, Sexing the Cherry and Written on the Body, a book of short stories, The World and Other Places, a collection of essays, Art Objects and many other works, including children?s books, screenplays and journalism. Her semi-autobiographical debut novel, Oranges Are not the Only Fruit is about a lesbian girl who grows up in an English Pentecostal community. Key themes of the book include transition from youth to adulthood, complex family relationships, same sex relationships, and religion. It was made into a BBC TV drama. She joined Clare Bowditch...
Fresh chestnuts are in season in autumn and early winter. Frozen and preserved chestnuts are available throughout the year but there?s nothing like roasting and peeling your own ? it?s an activity as well as a snack. Are you an X or a __ person when it comes to scoring and roasting? Simple Roasted Chestnuts Score chestnuts along the rounded equator with a sharp knife (you can use a Stanley knife). Place in a baking dish and roast in a 200-degree oven for 10-15 minutes until skin starts to peel back. Cool, covered with a tea--towel for a few minutes...
Clare Bowditch invites a special guest into the studios every Monday to sing a duet with her. The guest gets to choose the song that they want to sing. The only direction they get is that it has to be a special song to them. This week rock legend Tim Rogers chose the song "Smile' by Charlie Chaplin. Did you know that song was by Charlie Chaplin? We didn't! It was made famous by Nat King Cole in the 1950s. Tim chose the song as it is beautiful but impossibly sad too, "It gives you a feeling in your stomach...
Norman Doidge M.D. is a pioneering psychiatrist in neuroplasticity and twice New York Times bestseller . His first book was The Brain That Changes Itself which sold over 1 million copies and is now in 20 languages in over 100 countries. His second The Brain?s Way of Healing is similarly a bestseller. Dr Doidge?s latest exploration of neuroplasticity has played a major role in overturning the long-held belief that the brain?s sophistication (duplication) meant that its circuits were too complex to heal when damaged or diseased. His work shows that the brain can change its own structure and function in...
Mel Mackenzie is the Marine Invertebrate Collection Managers at Museum Victoria and she joined Clare Bowditch in the studio to chat about Sea Pigs. She has just been on a month-long scientific expedition to the South Orkney Islands, a remote archipelago near the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. Led by the British Antarctic Survey, Mel was part of an international team of 25 scientists (9 different countries and 16 institutes) who all have an interest in the marine creatures that live at the very depths of the seafloor. Mel?s particular area of interest is sea cucumbers! In fact, one of...