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In this week’s podcast we explore Deep Water, SBS’s audacious multimedia series about Sydney’s brutal history of gay hate crimes. Then we watch the Emily Blunt’s blurry-eyed thriller, The Girl on the Train. And finally, we head down to The Art of Banksy exhibition, opening wallets, if not minds, beside Federation Square.

In this week’s podcast we watch the Australian iteration of the reality TV staple Survivor. Then we listen to the new album from Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Skeleton Tree. And finally, we look at the work of comic artist Sam Wallman as he explores the death of the Australian auto-industry.

In this week’s podcast we head to the cinemas to indulge Bridget Jones’s Baby. Then we drop in on the new Australian comedy web series, Little Acorns, set in a childcare facility. And finally, we revisit the homes of our past, while looking at the latest issue of the Stilts Journal.

In this week's All-Australian podcast, we watch 'The Get Down', Baz Luhrman's new Netflix series set at the dawn of Hip Hop. Then we fall under the sensuous spell of ACMI's exhibition 'Del Kathryn Barton: The Nightingale & The Rose'. Finally, we go for Bogan with Abe Forsyth's Cronulla comedy film 'Down Under'.

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In this week's podcast we watch Barracuda, ABC TV's 4-part adaptation of Christos Tsiolkas' novel of the same name. Then we watch the much talked about Ghostbusters remake. Finally, we play Pokémon Go, the ubiquitous new mobile game that has players hitting the streets.

In this week’s podcast, we watch the new film from Ivan Sen, ‘Goldstone’, then we listen to the long-awaited new album from The Avalanches, ‘Wildflower’, and finally we deconstruct the ‘Most Melbourne Man Ever’ controversy that hit The Age’s front page last week.

In this week’s podcast we watch Werner Herzog’s historical epic Queen of the Desert. Then we look at the ABC’s new four part documentary series Revolution School. And finally we take in Megan Daum’s anthology, Selfish, Shallow and Self-Absorbed: 16 Writers On The Decision Not To Have Kids.

In this week's podcast we're talking to you about the Scorsese exhibition showing now at ACMI, then we watch the political conspiracy thriller 'Secret City', directed by Emma Freeman and finally we are joined by Esther Anatolitis to discuss recent funding cuts to the arts in Australia and strategies to survive.

On this week's podcast we talk about the temptations of Stan's recent film to TV adaptation 'The Girlfriend Experience', then we chat Sam George Allen's piece for Killings 'On Beauty: Eyes' and the complex yet empowering world of YouTube makeup tutorials, and finally we comb over all things redhead looking at our very own Mel Campbell's fierce feature in the latest Big Issue.

In this week's podcast, we mourn the passing of the purple one - music icon Prince. Then we watch the ABC's new adaptation of John Marsden's classic Young Adult series 'Tomorrow When the War Began'. Finally, we listen to The Mystery Show and Reply All, coming soon to Australia thanks to the Wheeler Centre's new program.

In this week's podcast we watch 'Pawno', a new, independent Australian film set in a pawn shop in Melbourne's Footscray. Then we watch Luke Warm Sex, a new ABC documentary series from local comedian Luke McGregor as he explores his own sexual trepidations. Finally, we chat to author Dan Golding about his co-authored non-fiction book 'Game Changers', looking at Gamergate and misogyny in the video game industry.

In this week’s podcast we go to the Melbourne Queer Film Festival. First, we look at Chemsex, the VICE media documentary peering into the “party and play” scene among gay men in the UK. Then we go to the crumbling Euro-chic mansions of Peter Strickland’s critically acclaimed The Duke of Burgundy, a Sapphic, sadomasochistic psychological romance. And finally we experience The New New Queer Cinema of Closet Monster, the much hailed debut from Canadian newcomer Peter Dunn, which combines queer coming-of-age, Cronenbergian body horror and a pet hamster voiced by Isabella Rossellini.

In this week’s podcast we head to the Melbourne Museum to check out their exhibition of prehistoric proportions, ‘Jurassic World’. Then we head to the cinema to see movie monster semi-sequel ’10 Cloverfield Lane’. Finally, we subject ourselves to the 90s sitcom revival that is ‘Fuller House’ playing on Netflix.

In this week’s podcast we frock up to check out the NGV's '200 Years of Australian Fashion' exhibition. Then we swan over to the Malthouse Theatre and watch the new stage adaptation of Aussie classic 'Picnic at Hanging Rock'. Finally, we explore Baby Boomer rage.