Best Ethan P. Short Podcasts (2025)

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39.2 Keto for Severe Mental Illness with Dr. Matt Bernstein, MD 28:09

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Thanks for joining RP today for Part 2 of our conversation with Dr. Matt Bernstein, MD and psychiatrist, whose personal experience with his sons' rapid development of OCD-like symptoms and subsequent failures of traditional psychiatric treatment modalities piqued his curiosity to think outside of the box and explore the high-benefit/low-risk promis…

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39.1 Metabolic Psychiatry, Ketogenic Diet with Dr. Matt Bernstein, MD 29:23

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Thanks for joining RP today for a conversation with Dr. Matt Bernstein, MD and psychiatrist, whose personal experience with his sons' rapid development of OCD-like symptoms and subsequent failures of traditional psychiatric treatment modalities piquing his curiosity to think outside of the box and explore the benefits of a ketogenic diet (low carb)…

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From All Sides writer-director Bina Bhattacharya on giving space for multiracial and bisexual stories on screen 1:05:37

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Bina Bhattacharya is a creative storyteller whose work I've been following for a while now. Her 2017 short film Wild Dances embraced music and cultural identity against the backdrop of Eurovision, while her section in the exemplary anthology film Here Out West, titled The Eternal Dance, is the story from that film that has left the deepest mark on …

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SUFF Interview: Julie Pacino on her dark fairytale I Live Here Now 28:43

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Julie Pacino’s dark fairytale I Live Here Now is a powerful and complex debut feature that places the audience in the space between dream and nightmare as Rose (Lucy Fry) finds herself in an impossible but familiar hotel where she confronts the shadows and scars of her psyche. Featuring unforgettable supporting cast including Madeleine Brewer, Matt…

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Lesbian Space Princess producer Tom Phillips on ushering in a new era of Aussie comedy 38:48

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38.1 Can Lithium Supplementation Prevent Alzheimer's, New HARVARD Dementia Study 19:55

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Thanks for joining RP for a 2025 clinical research update on Lithium. If you missed it, Harvard just released their findings of a new multi-phase study investigating lithium's potential use in Alzheimer's as a biomarker to predict disease before it becomes clinically obvious, and also its' potential to TREAT ALZHEIMER's (and potentially other forms…

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Samuel Van Grinsven on honouring the weight of grief with his latest film Went Up the Hill 27:00

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With two feature films under his belt, Samuel Van Grinsven has quickly become a vital voice in Australian cinema. His feature debut, the lurid and sumptuous 2019 queer drama Sequin in a Blue Room, utilised neon lights and lingering shots of yearning to amplify the sense of lead actor Conor Leach's youthful Sequin finding his place in a new, invitin…

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Sydney Underground Film Festival Director Nathan Senn on Fucktoys, Take48 shorts, and more 30:37

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The Sydney Underground Film Festival is back once more for another stellar year of underground, fringe cinema, short films and more. This years line-up includes an array of gloriously wild films including Fucktoys by Annapurna Sriram, Queens of the Dead by Tina Romero, Stelarc - Suspending Disbelief, The Pee Pee Poo Poo Man, Take48 shorts, and more…

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37.3 A Lithium Argument and A Broken Healthcare System with David Cohen, PhD, MSW 44:29

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Thanks for joining RP for my series interviewing David Cohen, PhD, MSW, about the state of mental healthcare in the United States today. In Part 3, David and I argue about lithium's therapeutic window (though he does acknowledge the potential benefits of low doses) and we further discuss the broken healthcare system. While David and I agree on most…

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Jessica Husband and Ethan Finch on their short film Zombie and balancing creativity and corporate filmmaking 35:22

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Writer, director, and actor Jessica Husband teams up with co-director Ethan Finch to craft the powerful short film Zombie. Jessica Husband plays Claire, a woman who sits on a picnic blanket on a cliffside, waiting for someone to arrive. She turns to her phone, listening to a voicemail from her partner Ted, the words he says provides Zombie with a w…

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37.2 ADHD is Overdiagnosed/Treated, DSM is invalid with David Cohen, PhD, MSW 39:52

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Thanks for joining RP for my series interviewing David Cohen, PhD, MSW, about the state of mental healthcare in the United States today. In Part 2, David and I discuss the over-diagnosis of ADHD and rapid inflation of diagnosis and medication use over the last 20-30 years (the US utilizes 90+% of the world's amphetamines, and the vast majority of a…

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Filmmaker Kaite Fitz on conjuring emotionality of being seen with her short film Smoke 46:39

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Whether it be loneliness, solitude, finding sanctuary in a stifled relationship or waiting for a takeaway meal, or maybe one of the most precious things of all, the comfort in creating for ones self, Kaite Fitz is shifting how we see ourselves on screen. Her short film Smoke, which premiered at the St Kilda Film Festival, presents Lianne Mackessy's…

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Filmmaker David Robinson-Smith on masculinity, his Letterboxd four, and the new wave of Australian filmmakers 1:26:01

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Filmmaker David Robinson-Smith is one of the major voices of the new Australian film industry. His films include Mud Crab, We Used to Own Houses, and his latest effort, The Shirt Off Your Back, each an essential entry in an increasingly vital filmography. When we talk about this 'new wave of Australian filmmakers', a term which I'm starting to lean…

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Filmmaker Frank Mosley on the lovely weird worlds of OBEX, Quantum Cowboys, and more 34:30

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When Nadine Whitney interviewed actor Frank Mosley, she started their chat with a game akin to Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. Want to know how to get to Meryl Streep from Frank? Easier than even Frank probably thinks. Frank starred in Geoff Marslett’s Quantum Cowboys which also featured Alex Cox. Alex Cox directed Ed Harris in Walker. Ed also features…

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MIFF Missive: Iron Winter & Romería 57:26

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In their first conversation Nadine and Virat speak about two films which are pilgrimages of a sort. Kasimir Burgess’ Iron Winter, a documentary that takes the viewer into a land rarely seen — that of the nomadic Mongolian horse herders. An immersive and intimate piece of cinema which invites people to see a dying ancient tradition undertaken on the…

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37.1 Nuances of Medication-Assisted Treatment in Addiction with David Cohen, PhD, MSW 35:53

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Thanks for joining RP for my series interviewing David Cohen, PhD, MSW, about the state of mental healthcare in the United States today. In Part 1, David and I discuss the use of medication assisted treatment and David points out that similar chemical substances are treated drastically different by society and government regulators depending on whe…

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MIFF Interview: 'Art is labour' - Jung Jae-il on the job of composing for Parasite 38:31

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'Art is labour'. This is a statement from composer Jung Jae-il, the man behind the iconic scores to Bong Joon-ho's Parasite, Okja, and Mickey 17, the Netflix smash hit Squid Game, and Hirokazu Kore-eda's Broker, amongst other works. For Jung Jae-il, the art of composing a score is work. For Jung Jae-il, artists like Roxette, Metallica and Björk are…

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MIFF Interview: Shalom Almond on putting humanity at the core of Songs Inside 30:54

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When documentarian Shalom Almond received access to document a group of women prisoners training retired greyhounds to become house-friendly pets for her 2017 film Prisoners and Pups, she opened up a door to be able to capture the hidden stories of women prisoners in Australian jails. Prisoners and Pups is a gentle film that shows the power of reha…

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36.2 From Recovery to Doing What Matters with Norman Curtiss, PA, PharmD 41:12

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Join us for Part 2 of the conversation with PharmD and PA, Norman Curtiss. In this episode, we wrap up with Norman's personal journey to becoming a physician's assistant after battling alcohol and Adderall addictions for the better part of a decade. We also discuss failures in the system of mental health, both in clinical practice, as well as the e…

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Cinematographer Matthew Chuang on his method of capturing authenticity in films like Jimpa and Of an Age 34:11

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If we consider who some of the great modern Aussie cinematographers are, we immediately think of names like Michael Latham, Stefan Duscio, Jaclyn Paterson, or the man behind the camera of such films as Of an Age, You Won't Be Alone, Hafekasi, Howl, Blue Bayou, My First Summer, and Sophie Hyde's upcoming film, Jimpa. I'm of course talking about Matt…

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MIFF Interview: William Jaka and Fraser Pemberton on dismantling the class system with their short film Faceless 1:05:13

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Dogmilk Films is a collective based between Naarm-Melbourne, Makassar Indonesia, and Paris, France. Founded in 2017, Dogmilk brings alternative and ambitious films to life on screen with impactful screenings of world cinema. In addition to their screenings, Dogmilk has also expanded into filmmaking, with their searing short film Faceless being a pr…

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36.1 PA's Journey to Recovery with Norman Curtiss, PharmD, PA 41:03

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Join us for this conversation with PharmD and PA, Norman Curtiss, on his journey through alcohol and Adderall addictions as a pharmacist to sobriety and going back to school to pursue a new role as a prescribing Physician's Assistant, or PA. We appreciate Norman's willingness to outline and describe his trials and tribulations in life, and how it h…

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Artist Suri Chan on bringing her truth to life in her poetry 27:11

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Suri Chan is a queer artist who pulls from her migrant roots to tell stories about her heritage, her future, and her identity through her poems. In her book But I Don't Feel Empowered, available through all bookstores, Suri uses illustrations and her words to invite readers into her world, often utilising stories of iconic landmarks or food to enri…

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MIFF Interview: Lorin Clarke on sharing her dad with the world in But Also John Clarke 45:31

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'The front fell off.' The 94 metre 100 metre track. Fred Dagg. 24 years of political satire with Bryan Dawe. These are just a handful of the impactful comedic works from the one and only John Clarke. For over 40 years, John Clarke brought an unparalleled level of wit, politically astute comedic understanding, and pitch perfect timing to Australian …

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35.2 Eugenics in Psych's Origins Part 2 + Steve Hayes, PhD 44:36

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Here, I wrap up with Part 2 of my talk with Dr. Steven C. Hayes, PhD, about the embedded history of eugenics in psychiatry and psychology, way before Nazi-era Germany's Holocaust atrocities. After talking about the history of eugenics in bio-statistics and psychology/psychiatry's origins and legalized sterilization of those deemed 'feeble-minded,' …

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Bethany Bruce on producing one of best documentaries of 2025 Make it Look Real 46:26

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After having its world premiere at the Adelaide Film Festival in 2024, and having screened at SXSW and Sydney Film Festival, Kate Blackmore's essential documentary Make it Look Real is now available to view on Netflix. I've followed the journey of this documentary with keen interest, having discussed the film at length in conversations with Kate, c…

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MIFF Interview: Domini Marshall and Josie Baynes on the searing drama Howl 53:26

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Writer-director Domini Marshall is a talent on the rise. With short films like Go with Grace, Slap, and now her finest work yet, Howl, under her belt, Marshall is a force to be reckoned with. Her work is deeply personal, written from a perspective that invites audiences to engage with the internal mindset of her characters, and through that process…

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35.1 Eugenics in Psych Origins with Steve Hayes, PhD 57:04

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Today, I talk to Dr. Steven C. Hayes, PhD, about the embedded history of eugenics in psychiatry and psychology, way before Nazi-era Germany's Holocaust atrocities. We discuss the history of eugenics in creating and adhering to some of the fundamental tools in statistics, and how that paved the way for many of the original leaders in psychology and …

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Grant Hardie on the birth of Monster Pictures Studios 25:11

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Grant Hardie is the co-founder of Monster Pictures, one of Australia and New Zealand's leading distributors of horror and genre films. In 2011, Monster Pictures birthed the darkly delightful Monster Fest, which has quickly become Australia's flagship horror and genre film festival. Now, in 2025, Monster Pictures, in partnership with Head Gear Films…

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Maja Ajmia Yde Zellama on creating examples of healthy masculinity with Têtes Brulées 29:44

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Eya’s (Safa Gharbaoui) world as a 12-year-old Belgian Tunisian is filled with warmth and humour. She’s considered the welcome extension of her older brother Younès (Mehdi Bouziane) whose friends treat her like a part of their family. She loves viral dance moves, French rap, football, and riding on the back of Younès’ motorcycle. She’s bright and ha…

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34.2 Functional Medicine with Patient/Physician/Cancer Survivor, Dr. Jill Carnahan, MD 28:38

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In Part 2 of my series interviewing Dr. Jill Carnahan, a functional/integrative family/internal medicine physician and breast cancer survivor, we continue in our discussion on the blending of Western medicine with holistic/functional/integrative approaches. Jill discusses her favorite labs to obtain to further investigate the gut microbiome, with h…

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Amy Wang on her fun and chilling feature debut Slanted 25:24

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Debut Australian director Amy Wang’s twisted satire Slanted sees an aspiring prom queen undergo radical surgery to change her race. This is a film that's been called Mean Girls by way of The Substance. Nadine Whitney caught up with Amy Wang to talk about the process of getting her feature film debut off the ground, what it means to be an Australian…

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34.1 Functional Medicine with Patient/Physician/Cancer Survivor, Dr. Jill Carnahan, MD 25:01

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In this series, I interview Dr. Jill Carnahan, a functional/integrative family/internal medicine physician with an incredible medical origin story. During medical school, Jill was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer, and fought through treatment while continuing her medical school journey. Treatment was effective, but led to severe s…

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Melbourne International Film Festival Interview: Denise Fernandes on her film Hanami 40:57

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Dreams, imagination and sobering realities meld in this absolutely magical debut, in which a young girl must decide whether to leave her volcanic island home. The island of Fogo, Cape Verde is singular in its beauty. Drylands give way to black-sand beaches, while villagers gather in intimately cluttered homes. Director Denise Fernandes’ attention t…

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Documentarian Rosie Jones on the cross-culture collaboration in Abebe Butterfly Song 23:44

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Abebe Butterfly Song is a documentary that starts as a narrative exploration of Melbourne musician David Bridie, best known for his work in bands like Not Drowning, Waving and My Friend the Chocolate Cake, but then folds in his life-changing experience of travelling to Papua New Guinea and meeting musician George Telek and the Moab Stringband. The …

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Richard Moore on the visceral nature of Stelarc Suspending Disbelief 1:27:41

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Co-directors Richard Moore and John Doggett Williams invite audiences into the space of pain, discomfort, and body exploration with their searing, curiously tender, and wonderfully life-enriching documentary Stelarc Suspending Disbelief. This occasionally profound experience follows performance artist Stelarc, a Cyprus-born Australian artist who wa…

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33.2 Lithium, Lithium, Lithium, + Lavender + Seroquel with Carlat's Chris Aiken, MD 34:26

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Thanks for joining us for the first installment of my interview with Chris Aiken, MD, most notable for his position as editor-in-chief of the Carlat Psychiatry Podcast, an invaluable independent podcast providing the most up-to-date and unbiased information on which medications ACTUALLY work for which conditions. In Part 1, Dr. Aiken gives us a cra…

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Storm Warning | New Extremity Collection | The Fall Umbrella Release Review 1:00:22

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On this episode of physical media reviews, Nadine Whitney & Andrew F Peirce delve into some of the major releases from Umbrella Entertainment. They kick off the discussion looking at Jamie Blanks Ozploitation throw back gorno flick Storm Warning, before taking a darker dive into the mammoth New Extremity Collection which features High Tension, Anat…

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From the World of John Wick: Ballerina How to Train Your Dragon | Dangerous Animals 38:17

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On this episode of the Curb review podcast, Nadine Whitney takes us deep into the realm of fighting flamethrowers with the oddly titled From the World of John Wick: Ballerina, before whisking us away into the land of dragon fantasy with the live-action spin on How to Train Your Dragon, before she takes Andrew to a remote shark expedition in Queensl…

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Daniel Bibby, Miah Madden & Mitchell Bourke take us Half Past Midnight with their short film 1:21:22

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Daniel Bibby's short film Half Past Midnight follows two strangers - Harper (Miah Madden) and Marcus (Mitchell Bourke) - who meet in a cinema and decide to head out for drinks after the screening. In the bar, their relationship is revealed to be something more, something where romance once flourished, a romance that is now withering, yet for both H…

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33.1 Evaluating DATA with Carlat's Chris Aiken, MD 29:08

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Thanks for joining us for the first installment of my interview with Chris Aiken, MD, most notable for his position as editor-in-chief of the Carlat Psychiatry Podcast, an invaluable independent podcast providing the most up-to-date and unbiased information on which medications ACTUALLY work for which conditions. Dr. Aiken gives us a crash course i…

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Nadine Whitney Reviews Jane Austen Wrecked My Life & The Materialists 29:43

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Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Bluesky @thecurbau. We are a completely independent and ad free website that lives on the support of listeners and readers just like you. Visit Patreon.com/thecurbau, where you can support our work from as little as $1 a month. If you are unable to financially support us, then please consider sharing this inter…

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Harley Hefford and Luke Thomas on embedding creativity into Collingwood with Trainscendence 19:19

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Harley Hefford and Luke Thomas are two thirtysomething Naarm-Melbourne based creatives who have a background in events, festivals, and bars. Their latest endeavour is an art community spread over ten floors in a new creative space in Collingwood located in the iconic Easey's building, best known for the train carriages that sit on its rooftop. In t…

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32.3 DATA on Increased Risk of SSRIs in pregnancy w/ Adam Urato, MD, OB/GYN 31:31

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Hope you enjoy this 3rd installment of a series on medication risk during pregnancy (and more) with Dr. Adam Urato, aka THE HAPPY WARRIOR. Dr. Urato is making his grand visual debut with Renegade Psych, though we discussed similar topics in our previous audio-only interview available on spotify and apple. In part 1, we discussed medication exposure…

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Sydney Film Festival Interview: Gabrielle Brady on the art of liberating the viewer's gaze in The Wolves Always Come at Night 50:55

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As I tell Gabrielle in the following interview, when a new Gabrielle Brady film emerges into the world, it is like the arrival of a gift, one that pulls us into a mindset of considering the lives of others, including those of the crabs of Christmas Island, or maybe the horses of the Gobi Desert. It's one that encourages us to see the world of truth…

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32.2 Makena, Pharmaceutical Corruption, and Misinformation w/ Adam Urato, MD, OB/GYN 29:22

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Hope you enjoy this 2nd installment of a series on medication risk during pregnancy (and more) with Dr. Adam Urato, aka THE HAPPY WARRIOR. Dr. Urato is making his grand visual debut with Renegade Psych, though we discussed similar topics in our previous audio-only interview available on spotify and apple. In part 1, we discussed medication exposure…

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Sydney Film Festival Interview: Zoe Pepper on the dark housing-crisis comedy delight that is Birthright 32:28

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Zoe Pepper mines the generational wealth divide for all its worth in the acidic WA-made comedy Birthright. Cory (a perfectly cast deadpan Travis Jeffery) and his very pregnant wife Jasmine (an equally deadpan and delightful Maria Angelico) are getting the shaft from their rental. Stuffed in more ways than one, they load up all they can into the boo…

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Archie Hancock & Jack Zimmerman on giving space to unsaid stories in The Conversation 49:05

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Judith Hancock has always felt that was different from her siblings. Having spent her youth in boarding schools, Judith felt disconnected from her family in more ways than just distance. When she returned home from boarding school, she spent most of her time with children from an orphanage where her father worked. Judith felt other aspects of diffe…

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St Kilda Film Festival Interview: Kat Dominis on building the award-winning short film Unspoken 53:32

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I remember sitting in the Mercury at the Adelaide Film Festival and watching Unspoken and getting to see a rare talent emerge on screen in the form of Kat Dominis. Her lead performance left me moved, shaken, and stunned by the depth of emotions she presented on screen. As the credits rolled, I saw she was the co-writer of this award-winning short f…

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32.1 Meds are Chemicals. Chemical have Consequences w/ Adam Urato, MD, OB/GYN 27:45

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Hope you enjoy this first installment of a series on medication risk during pregnancy (and more) with Dr. Adam Urato, aka THE HAPPY WARRIOR. Dr. Urato is making his grand visual debut with Renegade Psych, though we discussed similar topics in our previous audio-only interview available on spotify and apple. In part 1, we discuss medication exposure…