Interviews

Life Beyond the Show (9/19/2021) – Actor and filmmaker Ben Steel had a breakout role as Jude Lawson on Australian drama series Home and Away, earning a Logie nomination. After leaving the series, he struggled with identity issues within the very challenging entertainment industry. Seeking to understand his own and his peers’ struggles, Ben has made a documentary film, The Show Must Go On. We chat about the film, the mental health and wellbeing issues facing creatives, and how Ben developed a fuller identity.

Dancing Through Life – Part 2 (1/21/2019) – In Part 2 of our interview, actress and dancer Galyn Görg talks Twin Peaks, her love of working on science fiction projects, including starring on TV’s M.A.N.T.I.S. and guest starring on Star Trek’s Deep Space Nine and Voyager, and Stargate SG-1, and getting back to it all after taking a break. We also talk about Galyn’s passion for and work in arts education.

Dancing Through Life – Part 1 (1/6/2019) – In Part 1 of a 2-part interview, actress and dancer Galyn Görg remembers moving to Italy in her early twenties to star on Italian television hit Fantastico, pairing with dancer Steve LaChance on TV and in film, and her roles stateside, including in RoboCop 2 and Point Break.

The Start of Something Big (12/19/2015) – Actor, writer, and producer Jonathan Daly reflects on being a big part of Australia’s nightclub and early TV scene, both with his comedy partner Ken Delo on the series The Delo & Daly Show, and as a solo host and producer for Australia’s Channels Nine and Seven. For good measure, we chat Bewitched, CPO Sharkey, The Jimmy Stewart Show, and his recent writing work.

Time and Tide (5/14/2015) – Author Patricia Florio on her memoir of growing up in Brooklyn and how food keeps a family together.

Calm Life Mind (2/7/2015) – Actor and producer Gavin Harrison went from starring in Australian hit drama series Home and Away and A Country Practice to playing opposite Dick Van Dyke and Patty Duke in the U.S. An actor since his teens, he reassessed where he was going in his late twenties, and it was from there that his life as a producer and musician began. We talk at length about his experiences, including what it was like to work with Helmut Newton.

Drive On (12/3/2014) – Musician Mikey Wax talks about wrapping his head around 4.5 million streams of his anthem “You Lift Me Up”, a mashup of “Shake It Off” and “All About that Bass”, and the good and bad of touring.

…And Then I Wrote (10/25/2014) – Actress and writer Kellie Flanagan on being a child star in the ‘60s on television’s The Ghost & Mrs. Muir, and what life looked like for her during and as that decade ended and she lost her parents. We also discuss her turns on the original Star Trek and the counterculture film Wild in the Streets, and, of course, her life now in a very picturesque locale.

The World at Large (7/27/2014) – Actor Adz Hunter talks about his short film, 2 Birds and a Wrench, doing double duty on TV’s Neighbours, working in the U.K. and U.S., and what travel does for his soul.

Holding the Mirror Up to Wendy (6/13/2014) – Actress Wendy Strehlow, recently in a production of the Pulitzer prize-winning play Clybourne Park, reflects on her career in theatre and TV, including playing Sister Judy Loveday on the much-loved Australian drama, A Country Practice, and the importance of arts.

Alias Smith and… Smith (3/16/2014) – Comedian Mark Smith on gigging, his podcast, Dregs, his first Edinburgh Fringe solo show, and what’s in a name.

The Road to Glory (3/1/2014) – Author Charles Tranberg on his biography of two-time Academy Award-winning actor Fredric March.

Why didn’t they ask Evans? (1/4/2014) – Musician Kevin Mitchell aka Bob Evans, fresh from touring with the Basement Birds, talks about his Suburban album trilogy, recording again with Jebediah, and, just for good measure, Australian politics.