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  • Ep 7: Early Music

    September 26, 2026 · 46 min

    Hello, it's been a long time! We will be back with a new season soon, but we couldn't wait any longer to share this particular episode with you. This episode looks at the early music of Australia. And when we say early we mean early…

  • End of Season 1

    April 8, 2024 · 1 min

    And that's a wrap for Season 1 of The Intersection. Thanks for all your support and engagement. Send any feedback, gripes or suggestions for future topics to theintersection@eastidefm.org. We'll be back here in this feed with updates along…

  • Ep 6, Part 2: Preston Peachey

    March 17, 2024 · 29 min

    For Part 2 of Episode 6, we hand over to musician and broadcaster, Preston Peachey. Preston is a Wiradjuri and Malyangapa man who grew up in Sydney. Having played drums in local bands since the age of 14, he went on to study community…

  • Ep 6, Part 1: A Structural Matter

    March 10, 2024 · 42 min

    It became known as “the Great Australian Silence”. The way in which white Australia failed to recognize its Indigenous history. In this episode of The Intersection we look at a few ways in which, from a personal perspective, music tried to…

  • Ep 5, Part 2: Keyna Wilkins on Millennium Blues

    March 3, 2024 · 28 min

    For each episode we follow up the main segment with an interview to further explore the themes of the show. Our special guest for this episode is musician and activist Keyna Wilkins. In recent years she has been involved in some…

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  • Ep 5, Part 1: Millennium Blues

    February 27, 2024 · 37 min

    In Episode 5 of The Intersection, we make it into the 21st Century. Millennium Blues looks at that fraught period in Australia - Howard, Hanson, Tampa, 9/11, War on Terror, a rise in xenophobia and a backlash against First Nations'…

  • Ep 4, Part 2: Kay Dreyfus on Enemy Aliens

    February 23, 2024 · 23 min

    We follow up each episode of The Intersection with an interview with an expert on the topic. Our special guest for Episode 4 is historian and musicologist Kay Dreyfus. Her 2013 book,,’Silence and Secrets – the Weintraub Syncopators in…

  • Ep 4, Part 1: Enemy Aliens

    February 18, 2024 · 44 min

    The Weintraub Syncopators were the hottest jazz band in Weimar Germany. But after the Nazi party passed the first anti-Jewish laws, the Syncopators decided to embark on what was perhaps the longest world tour by any band in history. It…

  • Ep 3, Part 2: Gary Foley on 1988

    February 4, 2024 · 26 min

    Our special guest is historian and activist Gary Foley. A Gumbayngirr man, Gary Foley has been at the forefront of Indigenous activism for over fifty years and was a key figure in the Bicentennial protests.

  • Ep 3, Part 1: 1988

    February 4, 2024 · 41 min

    1988 in Australia. On the musical front, it was seriously divided between the mainstream music industry and the alternative/underground scene, yet both sides had their eyes on the international stage. But there was a bigger issue; 1988…

  • Ep 2, Part 2: John Highfield on Lee Gordon

    January 28, 2024 · 27 min

    Our special guest is journalist and broadcaster John Highfield. Best known for his 35 years on ABC Radio, it is not so well known that John was a teenage employee of the Lee Gordon organisation in the early 1960s. His recollections are…

  • Ep 2, Part 1: The Ginchiest

    January 28, 2024 · 35 min

    Australia may have "turned to America" during WWII, but culturally, it was still doggedly British. This changed in the 1950s. We look at one arbiter of the change -  Lee Gordon -  an American with a shady backstory who arrived in Sydney in…

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About the show

A series focussing on the intersection between music and history, The Intersection traces the evolution of ideas, social norms and cultural forms in Australia – and the characters and events behind them. Be prepared for an immersive journey into the dramatic moments that shaped our lives and tastes today, and the role that music, musicians, promoters, the media and audiences played within it. An audio documentary, produced by Two Star Studios, sits at the heart of each weekly episode, followed by interviews with academics in the field. As you listen, you’ll be captivated by music from different eras and genres – from 100 years ago until today – and will hear it in ways you’ve never quite heard it before. Email: theintersection@eastsidefm.org