Best Robert Stringer Podcasts (2026)

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Sophie Prints

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Sofie Prints is one of Melbourne’s best comedians. Thank you for Sophie for coming in on the program and sharing their story.By Dr. Joseph Toscano & Sophie Prints

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Sampari Korwa and Endie Van Binsbergen

1M ago

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Endie Van Binsbergen talks about her book The Stowaway, from Sorong to Rotterdam.Sampari Korwa sings in his band Oceanikz. You can find him on Instagram, Spotify and YouTube.By Presenter Joe Toscano with guests Sampari Korwa and Endie Van Binsbergen

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Sally Gibson

1M ago

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Political ScientistFormer Journalist & ScreenwriterAnd researcher, Co-writer of The Dismissal, TV mini-series that screened in 1983 Socials,Facebook: Sally GibsonX: sally_gibson1Instagram: sally.gibson.7568By Presenter Joe Toscano with guest Sally Gibson

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Father Bob Maguire

2M ago

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Joe Toscano with the late Father Bob Maguire (Repeat)By Presenter Joe Toscano and guest Bob Maguire

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Eve Scarfe

2M ago

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Eve ScarfePeace Brigade Central AmericaLife Long Activist for Peace and JusticeRelevant piece of text says: Mercenaries Evelin Mery Scarfe, of Great Britain, and Stephanie Victoria Groebel of United States, were taking refuge in CRIPDES (Christian Committee for Displaced People of El Salvador) when arrested.The newspaper El Diario de Hoy (Today’s N…

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Reverend Robert Stringer

2M ago

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Uniting Church MinisterChaplain to West Papuan office MelbourneBy Presenter Joe Toscano talks with Robert Stringer

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Danny Condon

3M ago

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Danny CondonComedianEntertainerSinger of the band Father DaddyBy Presenter Joe Toscano with guest Danny Dondon

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Nancy Atkin

3M ago

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Activist ExtraordinaireBy Presenter Joe Toscano with Nancy Atkin

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Andonis Kyriacou

3M ago

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Joe Toscano interviews Andonis Kyriacou, aka Tony. Barrister.By Presenter Joe Toscano with guest Andonis Kyriacou

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Alan Cuthbertson

4M ago

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Alan CuthbertsonPhD in Physics and Climate ActivistBy Presenter Joe Toscano and guest Alan Cuthbertson

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Denise Hassett

4M ago

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Joe Toscano talking with Denise HassettBy Presenter Joe Toscano and guest Denise Hassett

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Kerry Crossley

4M ago

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Kerry Crossley’s Limerick Fight BackBy Presenter Joe Toscano with guest Kerry Crossley

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Christopher Lynch and Gipson Suu

4M ago

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Guests from the West Papuan office, Christopher Lynch and Gipson Suu.By Presenter Joe Toscano and guests Christopher Lynch and Gipson Suu

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Laurie Turner

5M ago

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Presenter Joe Toscano interviews Laurie Turner about his life.By Presenter Joe Toscano talks with guest Laurie Turner

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Drew Hutton Part 2

5M ago

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Part 2Joe Toscano interviews Drew HuttonBy Presenter Joe Toscano and guest Drew Hutton

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Drew Hutton Part 1

5M ago

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Joe Toscano interviews Drew HuttonBy Presenter Joe Toscano and guest Drew Hutton

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Hank Ferguson

6M ago

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Joe Toscano interviews Hank FergusonBy Presenter Joe Toscano and guest Hank Ferguson

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Brad Homewood and Violet Coco

6M ago

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Joe Toscano interviews the inspiring Brad Homewood and Violet Coco. https://www.instagram.com/bradhomewoodhttps://www.instagram.com/violet_coco_canaryBy Presenter Joe Toscano with guests Brad Homewood & Violet Coco

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Louise Byrne

6M ago

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Joe Toscano talks with special guest Louise Byrne.By Presenter Joe Toscano with special guest Louise Byrne

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Achut Thuc

6M ago

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Joe Toscano talking with the amazing Achut Thuc.By Presenter Joe Toscano with guest Achut Thuc

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Ben Wintle

7M ago

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Joe Toscano interviews Ben WintleOMAZONE Website - http://www.omazone.com.auOmazone on Bandcamp - https://omazone.bandcamp.comYou Tube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtXReIy0V6kjc8au_FYnN4gSoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/omazone01/sets/enjoy-the-revolutionInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/omazonemusic/?hl=enFacebook - https://www.facebo…

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Truckers for Christ

7M ago

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Genre - TruckabillyHome SchooledGrew up in BungolaBy Presenter Joe Toscano and The Burnette Brothers

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Barbra Smith

7M ago

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Tax ExpertLecturerBy Presenter Joe Toscano and Guest Barbra Smith

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Peter Stevenson

8M ago

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Colonial Truth TellerConnected to Myall Creek Ceremony CommitteeBy Presenter Joe Toscano, Guest Peter Stevenson

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Lynn Amad

8M ago

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*Retired Legal Aid Lawyer*Single Mother*Extraordinary Intangible AssetBy Presenter Joe Toscano and guest Lynn Amad

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Jon Greening

8M ago

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Enviromental ActivistVietnam VeteranBy Presenter Joe Toscano. Guest Jon Greening

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Shiralee Hood

8M ago

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Indigenous Activist and Comedian.By Joe Toscano, Shiralee Hood

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Linda Marks

8M ago

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Linda Marks is an environmental activist and previous presenter with 3CR's popular longstanding program on nuclear, peace and energy issues - The Radioactive Show. She's a retired secondary teacher and and life long unionist, now retired member of the Australian Education Union.By Guest: Linda Marks. Presenter: Joe Toscano & Joe Malignaggi

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Ian McCallum

9M ago

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Lifelong trade unionist born in Melbourne in 1952. Australian Telecommunication Employees Association now called the Communications Workers Union. Ian, an extra-parliamentary activist for many years is making the most of his retirement.By Guest: Ian McCallum Presenter: Joe Toscano

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Leanne McLean

9M ago

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3CR's royal family member, our very own Queen of Training, Leanne McLean, joins us on the show this week. We got Leanne on to talk to us about her health journey the last few years since she returned from the traditional cheese makers in Georgia, just before the pandemic. Leanne's life changed significantly at that point and she educates us on what…

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Janet McCalman AC

9M ago

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'Life and Politics is bumpy', so says Janet McCalman AC, a super smart lady born in 1948 who has been a lifelong Labor Party supporter and fabulous historian-writer here in Melbourne. Janet's books include 'Struggle Town' (1984), 'Journeyings', (1993) a story about class and education along the 67 tram, to 'Sex and Suffering'. Her family has French…

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Aprilia Seseray

10M ago

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Aprilia Seseray is a super smart auditor who volunteers at the West Papua office in Docklands. She was born among mountains, lakes and forest fruits and then at some stage she moved to Yogyakarta, Indonesia, for studies. It was a totally different culture, different language and different food from her homeland. Aprilia was bullied every single day…

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Greer McGearey

11M ago

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Greer McGearey is the president of Seahorse Victoria, a safe social support group for trans people, and when she is not doing that she is the host of Conversations on Bent TV, Channel 31. Greer was born in Deniliquin. Her father was a dental technician. She was one of 5 boys and was an athlete, running all the distances. Greer was a public servant …

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Sirani McNeill

11M ago

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Sirani McNeill is passionate about disability governance and is a current board member with Disability Justice Australia. She has formerly worked with Women With Disabilities Victoria and the Disabilities Resources Centre. Sirani says that disability organisations need to do a better job of hiring disability peers to properly shape their governance…

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Madison Moffat

11M ago

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Madison Moffat is our latest guest in the squeaky chair and we are very pleased to have her. Madison is a trans activist with Trans Justice Alliance Victoria and has an open letter with three very important demands for Victoria Police. They converge around common police policies and practises. Madison was born in Sydney to a teen Mum and lived in a…

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Keiran Stewart-Assheton

11M ago

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Keiran Stewart-Assheton is our guest this week and he is the founder of the Black People's Union, a union that set out to represent First Nations tour guides, dancers and ceremonial performers, among others, filling the gaps of existing trade unions. It has grown into something even greater. Keiran's family are Yuin nation, around Nowra (NSW), but …

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John Tait

12M ago

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John Tait has just come back from a voyage to New Zealand's sub-Antartic Islands and his knees are paying for it! When not adventuring, John works with James and Em on The Sporting Record, addressing issues of equality and justice through the prism of sport. The issues that arise are seemingly endless. John and friends continue a long tradition of …

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Jenny Hickinbotham

12M ago

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Jenny Hickinbotham comes from a NAME in the wine industry in Australia, with her father bringing Wolf Blass into the country and seeing the move from sherry drinking to other refreshments like Pineapple Pearl. Her father was what they call a 'plonker'. Jenny grew up in the Barossa Valley and was an outgoing, bossy kid, from all accounts, but she do…

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Nick Southall

1y ago

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In the last of our Summer Specials, we bring you born revolutionary, Nick Southall. He never did stand a chance, born as he was to revolutionary, communist parents in Sheffield, England, where he spent his childhood going to meetings and marches and letterboxing the atrocities of the Vietnam War. Nick says they were 'strange but exciting times'. It…

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Erwin Bleskadit

1y ago

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We are delighted to be joined by Erwin Bleskadit this week, a veteran of the Free West Papua movement and OG supporter of the West Papua office here in Docklands ever since it opened its doors in 2014. Erwin was born in Sorong, West Papua, and grew up fishing and using his machete in the jungle. All the kids had machetes. His parents grew corn and …

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Ann Stanley

1y ago

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Ann Stanley currently has two 3CR programs on the go and they both touch on important areas of her life story. Ann spent the first 12 years of her life in Glasgow. She was the eldest child and learnt to be a peacemaker early on due to her father's alcoholism. The family then moved all the way down under to Parramatta, perhaps in search of the geogr…

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Rob Wellington

1y ago

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This week's guest, Rob Wellington, was a total ring-in, but he ended up being a bit of Australian music royalty, so that was nice. Rob directed videos of some of Australian music's biggest hits of the 80s, from bands like The Models, to Pseudo Echo and John Farnham. He also had his own bands on the go in the punk style, from The Fiction to the Inte…

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Sean Bedlam

1y ago

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We heard about Sean Bedlam through his clever and humorous Instagram account, but we didn't realise he is a fully-fledged comedian, so that explains a lot. Sean reckons he has been masking his autism his whole life, but he only got diagnosed a couple of years ago. It's helped explain himself to himself a lot. Sean has done everything from photo lab…

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Alexander Brown

1y ago

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Alexander Brown joins us on the blower from Wollongong this week. He got his radical history education and began his political activities in the 90's, around the time of Howard's election. Who hasn't heard that before! Alexander has had a strong connection with Japan and its radical activists in his life, ever since he went to high school there for…

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CUDL: Tahlia and Felix

1y ago

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Tahlia and Felix join us this week from CUDL: the Community Union Defence League. Since 2019 they have been handing out home-cooked meals to anyone who needs one on the steps of the State Library, every single Sunday from 3pm to 6pm. Call them on 0480 039 002 if you would like to help out or find out more. CUDL began life in Adelaide as support to …

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Em Collard

1y ago

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Em Collard is a super talented person who has already won two scholarships in their life to prestigious learning institutions. They have excelled in both sports and music, landing presently at Fitzroy Legal Service doing the important Night Service coordination while studying for their Juris Doctor. That's a law degree when you already have a degre…

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Alison Harcourt

1y ago

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What a treat to have pioneering mathematics and statistics whizz, Alison Harcourt, join us on the show this week with her son, Pierre. Alison is 95 years old this year and only recently retired from lecturing and tutoring, a day before her 90th birthday. She really is an Australian treasure. Alison's life started in Colac where her father was a doc…

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David Boarder Giles

1y ago

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David Boarder Giles was born in Melbourne in the year of Reagan's election (1980), but his mother soon whisked him away to Disneyland and conservative California when he was 10. Boo. It took him a while to finally make his way back home. David witnessed many interesting cultural curios during his teenage years in the States, which probably informed…

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Jack Brady

1+ y ago

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Jack Brady has done nearly everything there is to do in life, or so we think. From joining the Air Force at 17, to becoming a trainee dive master, an anthropologist and an English teacher in China. Let's throw in a comedian for good measure. Jack was born in Upper Ferntree Gully in 1970, but soon after their parents upped sticks and moved all the w…