Ep 110 Peter Garrett
Summary: <div> <a href="https://twitter.com/pgarrett" target="_blank" shape="rect">Peter Garrett</a> is one of the world's most iconic and recognisable musicians and activists, and is also the former federal environment minister and education minister. </div> <div> </div> <div>For twenty five years he fronted Midnight Oil, one of this country's most powerful, outspoken, noisy, sweaty and thought-provoking bands. </div> <div>Their musical career intertwined with activism from the very beginning, they made great music you could dance your ass off to - and within this music was a powerful message. Not a acoustic guitar jangley nasal protesty message either - but a powerful, masculine, almost warrior-like strength that spoke against injustice and inequality. </div> <div> </div> <div>You'll hear through this chat that I reference my own experiences with Midnight Oil, because like many Australians of my generation and the one above me - they were inescapable.</div> <div> </div> <div>Peter has just written a memoir called Big Blue Sky, which is out now all around the world wherever you buy your books - and I must thank his team from Allen & Unwin who responded to a random twitter request three weeks ago from a bloke that counts roses on the tv to sit down with one of Australia's most important voices. </div> <div> </div> <div>Now, about the audio quality. </div> <div>Peter wanted to meet in a cafe in Paddington on a saturday morning - so through the chat you'll hear the sounds of a cafe, the espresso machine firing up, the sirens, the music, the hubub of that part of Sydney on a bust weekend. </div> <div> </div> <div>So with that in mind, I'd like you to join me for a cup of coffee at a very small table with the extraordinarily engaging, charismatic, intelligent and passionate Peter Garrett. </div>
