Best That S Darling Podcasts (2025)

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Live from Studio One - Sue Ray - Easy Loving You 6:17

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This morning the wonderfully talented Sue Ray came in with he guitar and harmonica and left us speechless. This is an original piece that will be on her upcoming soon to be released album, so make sure to stay tuned for that, but for right now, have a listen! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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Salman Rushdie's latest/Scandi noir/Australian crime fiction wrap & more... 54:37

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Short story collections reveal the fragile beauty of human experience in Salman Rushdie’s The Eleventh Hour, Liadan Ní Chuinn’s Everyone Still Here, Morgan Talty’s Night of the Living Rez, and Tony Birch’s Pictures of You. Then we shift gears and crank up the suspense with a look at some new crime fiction, including the icy new instalment in the ph…

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Table for Two-woomba - Episode 2 41:03

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Table for Two-woomba: Where Toowoomba’s tastiest tales come to life Take a nostalgic walk down memory lane to find the extraordinary story of Toowoomba’s dining scene as told by those who lived it Lee and John Turnbull are joined by local Cr Melissa Taylor, who shares some funny stories about Toowoomba’s dining scene. Look out for more episodes com…

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Lee for Breakfast - Catch Up Podcast - November 19 2025 48:18

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🌸 Emma Memma is coming to town with her brand new show Dance Island Party 🗣️ Melissa Hamilton, Andrew Smith, and Garth Hamilton shared insights on local happenings 💖 Sheridan Rehn highlighted charity Kiyua and their presence at the upcoming mayoral carols 🎁 Wendy Allen discussed Bush Christmas and Australia’s talented giftmakers, encouraging to buy…

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Live from Studio One - Jarrad Wrigley 7:36

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Jarrad Wrigley joined us again, to play his original song that he wrote while on Farmer Wants a Wife. You can hear the emotion and purity through his lyrics, detailing his journey! Take a listen to "No Longer Want to Know" now, an original on his soon to be released EP. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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Fiction bending reality in new books by Thomas Pynchon, Olivia Laing and Jeanette Winterson 54:35

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This week, Cassie McCullagh and Jonathan Green take a look at Thomas Pynchon’s Shadow Ticket - a cryptic plunge into paranoia and power, where nothing is quite what it seems. Plus, Olivia Laing’s The Silver Book, a shimmering meditation on the cinema scene in 1970s Italy, and Jeanette Winterson’s One Aladdin Two Lamps, which re-imagines duality and…

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Lee For Breakfast - Catch Up Podcast - November 12 2025 42:36

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🎙️ Triple M Darling Downs Catch Up This week on the pod: 💬 Fairholme girl Charlotte MacManus shares her powerful message from Parliament 😂 Akmal Saleh, the funny man himself, is coming to town 🎭 Giuliana Bonel chats all things Empire Theatre 🗣️ Trevor Watts, John McVeigh & Tanaya Treadwell talk specialties 🔥 NG Knives sharpens things up with blacks…

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Madeleine Gray's Chosen Family + Chris Kraus and Graeme Macrae Burnet 54:37

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Stories of love, friendship, and the ties that bind - with a dash of dirt and darkness in three new works of fiction...Madeleine Gray's Chosen Family, a sharp exploration of friendship, love, and what it means to grow up when life gets messy; Chris Kraus' The Four Spent The Day Together, an autofiction-ish journey through a fractured America; and G…

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Table for Two-woomba - Episode 1 29:13

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Table for Two-woomba: Where Toowoomba’s tastiest tales come to life. Take a nostalgic walk down memory lane to find the extraordinary story of Toowoomba’s dining scene as told by those who lived it. Lee and John Turnbull are joined by local legend Errol Morrison, who shares some funny stories about Toowoomba’s dining scene in the 60s and 70s. Look …

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Lee for Breakfast - Catch Up Podcast - November 5 2025 33:04

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🎙️ This Week on the Catch-Up Pod: 🏆 Fitzy joins the Toowoomba Business Hall of Fame, a local legend honoured! ☀️ David Janetzki and Geoff McDonald drop by for their regular chat...but Geoff sticks around to play weather kid (he’s just one big kid!). 🏉 Troy Byers dives into the International Legends of League, stories, stars, and footy pride. 💬 Mega…

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Live From Studio One - Chris Edwards - Wheelhouse Deluxe 5:00

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Chris Edwards from Wheelhouse Deluxe joined us for some breakfast fun! This morning he sang a Bernard Fanning Classic - wish you well! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Triple M Darling Downs 864

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October Book Buzz: Andrew Pippos, Kiran Desai, Olga Ravn & More 54:06

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Kate and Cassie are back in the studio, introducing a line-up of October releases that span continents, centuries, and genres, kicking off with an Australian story set in the world of print journalism in Andrew Pippos' The Transformations. Then, we head to India with Kiran Desai’s The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, a grand tale shortlisted for this…

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Our Stories All Stars insurance TCC 9:46

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All Star Insurance Brokers kindly hosted the Business Excellence Awards previously at Clifford PArk Racecourse. Take a listen at the history of the business for them to be able to do this...and what they have planned for the future. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Triple M Darling Downs 864

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Lee for Breakfast - Catch Up Podcast - October 29 2025 47:33

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This Week on the Catch-Up Podcast: Kevin the Town Crier rings in the latest buzz Garth Hamilton returns from the States with stories to tell Giuliana Bonel dives deep into the world of DRAMA Linda Cause, the dog whisperer, shares her secrets Will Brown dishes on Fitzy’s Feast and supercars The Gin-fluencers sip and spill with Temple of Juniper New …

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Live From Studio One - Sean P and Uncle 8:01

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Holy Harmonica, what just happened in studio… Sean P (Thursday’s Band) and Uncle (Presidential Blues) dropped a chilling rendition of Oh Death by Charlie Patton. One chord. One harmonica. Pure magic. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Triple M Darling Downs 864

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We reveal the books that didn’t quite make the Top 100 54:36

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Join us for a lively Top 100 Books of the 21st Century after-party! Following last weekend’s extraordinary two-day countdown, this event recaps the results of over 288,000 votes cast by readers across Australia. Kate, Cassie, and special guests will unpack the trends, surprises, and insights that reveal what Australians are reading — and why. Plus,…

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Lee for Breakfast - Catch Up Podcast - October 22nd 2025 53:05

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🎧 This Week on the Catch-Up Podcast: 🎸 Rick Price is coming to Toowoomba tomorrow, don’t miss the music legend live! 🤠 Damien Brennan talks saddle bronc riding and the Warwick Show & Rodeo Society, happening now through Sunday. 🌸 James O’Shea dives into the Carnival of Flowers and the delicious details of FEASTival. 🏛️ Chris Wilson speaks on behalf…

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Live from Studio One - Michael David 2025 7:25

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On todays Live From Studio One Segment, we were joined by local muso, Michael David. He treated us to his original track "If You Like It Or Not" SPOILER ALERT: You're gonna like it...ALOT! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Triple M Darling Downs 864

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Brisbane Writers Festival: Eric Puchner, Toni Jordan, Patrick Holland, Zeynab Gamieldien 54:35

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Joining Kate and Cassie on stage at Brisbane Writers Festival, authors Eric Puchner, Toni Jordan, Patrick Holland, and Zeynab Gamieldien discuss their most recent novels and the books and writers who inspire them. With voting cast for our Top 100 Books of the Century, these writers make the case for their favourites. GUESTS Eric Puchner, novelist, …

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Lee for Breakfast - Catch Up Podcast - October 15 2025 54:18

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🎙️ Catch-Up Podcast – This Week’s Highlights: 🍸 Ginfluencers official launch in full swing with Matt from Hopscotch 🥩 Baz’s Bangers still available at Highfields Gourmet Meats – proceeds to LifeFlight 🚗 Tony Marshall reveals where he’s heading next (and how you can tag along) 🏛️ Empire Chat with Giuliana Bonel 📚 Chantel Low on her new book You Can …

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Live from Studio One - Shanleigh Rose 8:30

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🎙️ She came, she sang, she conquered. Shanleigh Rose just dropped her original track “Home Girl” - and wow, did she deliver. This one’s for the soul sisters, the ride-or-dies, the women who feel like home. 💖 Hit play on the full studio version now and follow Shanleigh on socials to catch her live -because trust us, you’ll want to be there. See omny…

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Four new memoirs: Mandy Sayer/Elizabeth Gilbert/Arundhati Roy/S. Shakthidharan 53:57

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We look at some compelling new memoirs, including Mandy Sayer’s No Dancing in the Lift, a tribute to her jazz drummer father, capturing the grit of Kings Cross and the grace of caregiving. Elizabeth Gilbert’s All the Way to the River recounts her intense love story with Rayya Elias, confronting addiction and devotion. Arundhati Roy’s Mother Mary Co…

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Lee for Breakfast - Catch Up Podcast - October 8 2025 40:01

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Live from Studio One - Joel Hunt and Ethan Bielefield 8:27

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Joel Hunt and Ethan Bielefeld lit up Live from Studio One with raw acoustic soul, dropping their haunting original “The Dark” right into our ears. Joel’s latest album AudioVisual is out now - and it’s not just moody magic. It’s got groove too, with the funky, feel-good track “Got It” bringing the bounce. Take a listen now -> See omnystudio.com/list…

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Top Poems of the 21st Century 54:06

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What are your favourite poems of the last 25 years? The ones that you turn to, couplets memorised and shared, the lines that leapt from the page or stage. Poetry that both defined and defied space and time, whether it rhymed or not. Join Kate Evans, as she is joined by acclaimed author and poet Maxine Beneba Clarke, Stella Prize-winning poet and ac…

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Lee for Breakfast catch up podcast October 1 2025 27:04

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Flowers, Fur Babies & Manspreading! 🌸🐶🪑 Toowoomba Mayor Geoff McDonald breaks down the booming Carnival of Flowers numbers 🌼, Giuliana Bonel brings the drama from the Empire Theatre 🎭, Linda Cause gets passionate about pup advocacy 🐾, and Sarah Springate & Emma Wagner get real about gift cards and the curious case of manspreading 💳🧍‍♂️ It’s local, …

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Our Stories - TAFE and 2nd Shot 12:20

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Following the Toowoomba Chamber of Commerce Business @ Dusk event with TAFE and 2nd Shot, Kate Venables and Tiff Spary join us in the studio to unpack their business histories and explore the paths that shaped their success. Have a listen 👉 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Triple M Darling Downs 864

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Live from Studio One - Peter Campbell - 26 September 6:50

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Make some noise for Peter Campbell and his powerhouse original! We reckon this should be the official anthem for Speedway 🔥🏁 What do you think? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Triple M Darling Downs 864

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Patricia Lockwood's auto-fiction-ish Will There Ever Be Another You + The Buffalo Hunter Hunter + The Original 54:35

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This week’s episode explores three new books. First up, Patricia Lockwood’s Will There Ever Be Another You, a third-person autofiction-ish tale that includes a family trip to Scotland, grief and fairies. Then we head to the American frontier for blood-soaked vengeance and vampires in Stephen Graham Jones’ The Buffalo Hunter Hunter. Finally, Nell St…

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Lee for Breakfast - Catch Up Podcast - September 24 50:49

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🎙️ This Week on the Catch Up Podcast! We’re serving up a feast of guests and hot topics! 🌟 The one and only Miguel Maestre joins us ahead of his appearance at FEASTival this weekend! 🏃‍♂️ Beau Ryan talks all things Amazing Race and what’s coming next. 🧠 Associate Professor Mark Lynch weighs in on the claims linking Paracetamol to Autism. 🚸 Jason Bu…

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Live from Studio One - Tom Gillespie - 2025 6:02

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Tom From Sticks and Tones joined us fresh off the plane from Vanuatu to sing the tune that he and his soon to be wife favour. I think Tom's cover is one of our favourite for this Chris Stapleton Classic. Listen to the full audio here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Triple M Darling Downs 864

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Ian McEwan's What We Can Know + new work from Olga Tokarczuk and Miranda Darling 54:36

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We get stuck into some new fiction, starting with Ian McEwan’s What We Can Know, a meditation on a future shaped by climate disaster and memory. We’re joined by Australian authors Madeleine Gray and Gretchen Shirm to take a look at Miranda Darling’s Fireweather, a poetic story of breakdown and resistance, and Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk’s Hou…

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Lee for Breakfast - Catch Up Podcast - September 17 54:06

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🎙️ The Catch Up Podcast – Here’s What You Missed! From footy to fashion, community calls to Carnival and we’ve got it all this week! 🏉The Western Clydesdales are making moves, Shane Sullivan and Shane Walker explain what’s changing. 💉Sandee Thompson from Red Cross urges Toowoomba to step up as blood donations hit critical need. 🎗Phil Loxley shares …

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Still Turning Heads at 250: Jane Austen’s Enduring Charm 54:30

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In the year of Jane Austen’s 250th birthday, this lively and thought-provoking discussion explores her life, legacy, and literary brilliance — her novels are charming, sure, but also radical, political, witty, and entertaining. Presented in partnership with the State Library of NSW, this event brings together Kate Evans and Cassie McCullagh with Sc…

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Lee for Breakfast- Catch Up Podcast - September 10 57:52

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🎧 Big voices, bold stories, all on Triple M Darling Downs! Lawrence Mooney previews his new show, while Geoff McDonald and Trevor Watts talk local issues. Matt Williams trials the Salty Sharks innovation at Toowoomba East State School. James O’Shea shares what’s blooming at the Carnival of Flowers. Tanaya Treadwell and John McVeigh bring business u…

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Superstar children's author Andy Griffiths reviews! Plus, Omar Musa's Fierceland and Geoff Dyer's Homework 54:06

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Australian poet, artist, hip hop musician and author, Omar Musa, tells a story of Australia and Borneo, forests and fathers, in his new novel Fierceland. An American saga of love, war, and complicated families in Patrick Ryan’s Buckeye, and experimental British author Geoff Dyer returns with Homework, a look back on his childhood and coming of age …

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Lee for Breakfast - Catch Up Podcast - September 3 58:45

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It’s a full show you won’t want to miss! 🎧🎙️ This week’s Catch-Up Podcast is bursting with stories, laughs and a little bit of local magic. Netflix superstar Mason Watts joins us to share what it was really like being part of the brand-new Building the Band special. Celebrity chef Matt Golinski brings the flavour with all the details on the Laidley…

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Live from Studio One - Melanie Martin 6:37

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Live from Studio One with Melanie Martin 🎤 She took on a Tina Arena classic, belted every note, and absolutely nailed it. 💥🔥 Hear the full studio version here > See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Triple M Darling Downs 864

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LifeFlight - Zach's Story 19:52

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You’ve got no idea what you’ll come across in your day-to-day life, so you might be the reason why someone actually survives if they ever suffer some type of traumatic incident," past patient Zach Nightingale. Zach’s right leg was amputated when he came off a motorcycle on 16 December 2017. Dozens of Toowoomba and Brisbane medical professionals kep…

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Greyhounds, dark academia and an Amish community in new fiction by Toni Jordan, R.F. Kuang and Ron Rindo 54:35

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An Australian story of the tender, eager lives of greyhounds and their owners in Tenderfoot by Australian author Toni Jordan. Dark academia in Yellowface author R.F. Kuang’s new fantasy novel, Katabasis. Sport, miracles, and the Amish, in Ron Rindo’s Life, and Death, and Giants. BOOKS Toni Jordan, Tenderfoot, Hachette R.F. Kuang, Katabasis, Harper …

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Lee for Breakfast catch up podcast August 27 2025 53:06

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This week’s catch-up is packed! Geoff McDonald and David Janetzki talk Cressbrook Dam funding, with David also sharing his take on the Bush Summit in Toowoomba. We hear Luke Thomas’ success story with Gourmet Meats, the Mayor of Lockyer Valley Regional Council joins us, and Linda Cause unpacks the surprising rise of ‘Pet-zempic’ – a weight-loss dru…

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Live from Studio One - The Solitary Men 6:36

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Studio One got a shake-up today 🎸 Lyndon & Richard from The Solitary Men crashed the mic with a killer cover of Overkill. Men at Work would be proud! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Triple M Darling Downs 864

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A simmering summer in Greece, rare snails, dystopia with a twist: new fiction by Amy Taylor, Leif Enger and Maria Reva 54:37

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The Bookshelf continues to explore new fiction, beginning in this episode with Ruins by Amy Taylor, a plunge into holiday chaos during a simmering summer in Greece. Maria Reva’s Endling takes us to Ukraine, where an eccentric scientist is breeding rare snails. And, Leif Enger’s I Cheerfully Refuse...dystopia with a twist. BOOKS Amy Taylor, Ruins, A…

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Lee for Breakfast - Catch Up Podcast - August 20 43:55

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This week’s catch-up podcast is shaking things up...literally 🌏 👉 Seismologist Michelle Salmon joined us to explain Saturday’s mini-earthquake (no, it wasn’t just your neighbour slamming the door). 🆘 We also checked in with our regulars Andrew Smith, Giuliana Bonel and Melissa Hamilton for the latest in their worlds 🎙💬 Brewoomba is back in Toowoomb…

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Our Stories - Colliers 10:46

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Be the first to get your hands on @Colliers' brand-new Market Research Report, revealing the latest property trends shaping Toowoomba right now. 📈📉On the night, their expert panel will unpack the big shifts in leasing, sales, residential and commercial markets, land supply and development, and, most importantly, what it all means for local business…

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Celebrating 100 years of Local Radio! 5:34

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🎉 Today, 864 Triple M turns the big 1-0-0! 🥳 August 16th, 2025 marks a century of keeping the Downs laughing, singing, and connected. We celebrated the only way we know how, with a heartwarming, laugh-filled compilation of birthday shoutouts from some of the people who mean the most to our station. Many familiar voices tribute to 100 years of stori…

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Triple M's Morning After, After Party with the Screaming Jets! 8:41

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100 years of Triple M… and Dave Gleeson just gave us the ultimate birthday gift. 🎁🎸 Were you at Triple M’s 100th birthday Morning After, After Party? 🎉 If not… you missed Dave Gleeson from The Screaming Jets spilling rock ’n’ roll gold and delivering a spine-tingling acoustic Helping Hand that had the room holding its breath. 🎤🔥 Don’t be the one he…

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AI in America, a kidnapping in Corsica, the transformative power of boxing: books by Gary Shteyngart, Darrow Farr, and Lucas Schaefer 54:36

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Kate and Cassie discuss Vera, or Faith, Gary Shteyngart’s new novel about a ten-year-old Korean-American girl growing up in a dystopian United States. Alongside guest critics, they also look at The Bombshell by Darrow Farr, which traces the radicalisation of a young French woman in Corsica, and The Slip by Lucas Schaefer, the story of a missing tee…

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WELCOME TO 864 TRIPLE M'S 100th BIRTHDAY! 5:57

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Tonight 864 Triple M is celebrating 100 years of local as Queensland's OLDEST commercial radio station! Here's just a small snippet of what's happened in the last 100 years! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Triple M Darling Downs 864

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Lee for Breakfast - Catch Up Podcast - August 13 35:03

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Cosentino is coming to the Empire Theatre on September 19th! We caught up with the master illusionist himself, plus heard from Trevor Watts and our Topical Topics guests, Janelle Prior & Jo Capp. We celebrated Weather Kid Lexi’s 10th birthday 🎉 (she nailed the forecast!). We also spoke to the King of QLD - Wally Lewis to recognise Triple M's 100th …