Outspoken Maleny Podcast
1) Hugh Mackay in conversation
Hugh Mackay, social psychologist extraordinaire - ‘the man who explains us to ourselves’ has a new book.Just Saying is a series of twenty-five essays that take as their start...Show More
2) Peter Stevens in conversation about Lake Baroon Catchment Care
We are, tonight, discussing the new book written by Elaine Green, acclaimed local author of 14 books about community and local history. Unfortunately Elaine is unwell. In her absence Peter Steven...Show More
3) Bob Brown in conversation
How to begin to introduce Dr Bob Brown? I mean, clearly, you all know exactly who he is and so any introduction is redundant. But, at the same time, the sheer breadth of his achievements over the last...Show More
4) Heather Rose in conversation
It is a few years now since Heather Rose came to Maleny to speak about her memoir Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here. The book revealed that, aside from being a best-selling, internationall...Show More
5) Chris Hammer in conversation
These days Chris Hammer is best known for his ‘bush noir’ novels - a category which might even have been created to describe his books. They unravel in far-flung parts of Australia: in the opal fields...Show More
6) Hugh White in conversation
Hugh White argues that, right now, we confront the world's most dangerous crisis in generations, with the old global order facing a direct challenge in three crucial regions: Eastern Europe, the Middl...Show More
7) Joanna Jenkins in conversation
Our ‘introducing author’ is the wonderful Joanna Jenkins.Her first novel How To Kill a Client, became a massive best-seller. In her new novel, The Bluff, her focus moves from big-city l...Show More
8) Jane Rawson in conversation
Much of Jane Rawson's recent output has been fiction. In the case of Human/Nature, however, she presents a series of linked essays that delve, in a very idiosyncratic and personal way, into the many w...Show More
9) Barry Traill AM (BJ) in conversation
Our introducing speaker tonight is Dr Barry Traill AM, (BJ). Barry is a long-term resident of Maleny, and is one of Australia’s most successful environmental advocates. He is the former Director of Pe...Show More
10) Debra Oswald in conversation
Our featured author tonight is Debra Oswald. Debra came to prominence, or maybe the right word is fame, with the production of the immensely popular television series Offspring in 2010, for which she ...Show More