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Special guest Jimmy, Wolfgang joins his Dad to bring you a rebroadcast of a very important episode.
James Mathison and Osher GĆ¼nsberg take you through the adventurous tale of the little city that could - Brisbaneās 1992 failed Olympic bid.
Featuring special guest, ex-Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Sallyanne Atkinson.
(Love you Brisbane)
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āI donāt write songs, I write hits.ā
Mike Chapman has written more top ten hits than you've had hot dinners.
You've sung his songs at Karaoke, you've danced to them at weddings and they're all from the mind of a young man from Nambour.
Revel in the hitmachine that is Mike Chapman.
We even made a partial Playlist for you to enjoy as you scream choruses to your house plants.
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Zijn er afleveringen die ontbreken?
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You came to school one day and saw a van with a giraffe on the side of it parked where the headmaster usually parks.
Before big lunch you and your class were ushered inside.
What happened next changed health education in Australia.
Enjoy this ep all about how a Giraffe and a see-through mannequin helped a generation of kids have better lives.
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Coupla Dimmies.
Jim and G reflect on the closing of one of Australia's most legendary Chinese Restaurants while highlighting the epic story of how one incredible entrepreneur created the Dim Sim for Australian tastes and went on to change take away food forever.
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The Ute.
An Australian Icon.
We speak with Paul Maric from CarExpert.com.au about this incredible vehicle's origins and how it found its way into the heart of Australian culture.
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An episode all about shared cultural experiences told through mouthfuls of Birthday Cake.
Birthday cakes in Australia were a pretty standard affair before the absolute game-changer Pamela Clarke came along.
Now the Author of over 400 cookbooks -she was the muscle behind the book that turned baking on it's head - the Australian Women's Weekly Birthday Cake book.
Line your pans with butter and open the box of Smarties, this is a great one.
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The Australian music scene is one of the most diverse in the world, in no small part to the enormous support of landmark Australian radio station Triple J.
We speak to jocks from the original line-up and those on-air now to explore this cornerstone of Australian culture.
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Show business and Trans rights pioneer, Carlotta was the Queen of Kings Cross as the compere of "Les Girls" - an all-male revue that ran in Kings Cross for decades.
She joins Jimmy & G to talk about how she can't make a joke without being cancelled and how Real Estate developers have sucked the soul out of a city.
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For ten years, Ryan Lappin was one of the hosts of Cheez TV, a morning cartoon show which was based on the premise: What if some kids broke into the TV station and started running things?
Mostly left to their own devices, these two teenagers absolutely stretched the boundaries of TV, and had a great time doing it.
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Australian acting legend Alex Papps shares his secret to having maintained constant employment since the mid-80's, and how when other mega-starts of the 80's soap era crashed and burned, how he remained with his feet on the ground and doing his best work. Also there's heaps of Play School stories.
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OG & Jimmy speak with the head honchos of Play School, a TV show that's raised a nation..
Exploring the deep psychological and educational thinking that goes into every episode with the very people who decide what's behind the windows today (and every day).
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Geoff and Jenny Ayling on the secret advertising formula that made them the King Queen of Jingles.
They're the hit machine behind campaigns that drove millions in sales and have us all remembering phone numbers 30 years later.
"The playschool theme song, "Mr Squiggle","Good on ya mum Tip Topās the oneāāI like Bing Leeā
and around 15,000 more 30 second hits are all due to this amazing husband and wife team.
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The pyjama king of Australia Peter Alexander tells us how he built an empire from his dining table.
He is Inspirational, uplifting and very, very funny.
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James and Osher love the film "The Castle" where you'll remember the moment Dennis Denute tries to win his case by invoking "The vibe...it's Mabo...it's...the vibe".
Dr Bryan Keon-Cohen is a now retired barrister who for ten years fought the most significant Native Title case our country has ever seen.
Going up against the racist, draconian Queensland Government of the 1980's - he finally secured a 6-1 win in the high court of Australia for his clients, winning them the rights to their traditional lands in the Murray Islands, and enshrining Native Title into Australian Law.
Featuring super-special guest Stan Grant.
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An exploration into the impossible standards that we sometimes hold for Australian athletes, told around the tale of the 2004 Athens Olympic Women's 8 Rowing final.
With special guests ABC Sports Journo Peter Wilkins, and the cox of the boat that day Katie Foulkes.
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James and Osher become bird nerds ans dive deep into the modern migratory tale of the Ibis.
A deity in Egypt, a pest in Australia.
But are they as disgusting as we think?
Or are they an incredible demonstration of adaptability in the natural world?
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G and Jim discuss the importance of having the art of a community reflect the happenings of that community, through a grim tale of vampires, butchers and a friendly Brisbane band called Dreamkillers.
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In this discover how a plucky team of Aussie researchers (sadly without labcoats, as we'll discover) put their heads together and created the technology now known as WiFi.
We're joined by one of the Team - Dr John O'Sullivan - who despite having his tech deployed in some 3-5 billion devices around the world, keeps it pretty low-key.
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