JOY Drive with Warren

Suzy Wrong explores Mother Saigon through chosen family, parental expectations, queer loneliness and intergenerational care, asking whether being accepted is enough when what we really want is to be known and understood.

Guest: Suzy Wrong

Presenter: Warren Andrew

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Adam Liaw explores the family memories, migration, history and everyday traditions behind Asian Home Cooking, and why the dishes we treasure often matter as much for the people and places they carry as the flavours on the plate.

Guest: Adam Liaw, writer, cook and television presenter
Presenter: Warren Andrew

The post Adam Liaw: New Book – ‘Asian Home Cooking’ appeared first on JOY Drive.

Alexandra Lopes explains how persistent pelvic pain in people assigned male at birth can involve tight pelvic floor muscles, stress, prostatitis-like symptoms and cycling-related nerve pressure, and how pelvic health physiotherapy can help.

Guest: Alexandra Lopes, pelvic health physiotherapist at Pelvic Health Melbourne

Presenter: Warren Andrew

The post Alexandra Lopes: Why Pelvic Pain Can Be More Than a Prostate Problem appeared first on JOY Drive.

Associate Professor Lauren Rosewarne explores why charity shops are drowning in unsellable clothes, whether online resale means we now donate only what nobody else wants, and how our desire to feel virtuous may be outsourcing the consequences of overconsumption.

Guest: Dr Lauren Rosewarne, Associate Professor in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne

Presenter: Warren Andrew

The post Associate Professor Lauren Rosewarne: Are Charity Shops Becoming Our Fashion Dumping Grounds? appeared first on JOY Drive.

Dr Long Le explains why LGBTQ+ Australians continue to experience much higher rates of mental health disorders and psychological distress, and why closing the gap means tackling discrimination and barriers to affirming healthcare as well as improving mental health services.

Guest: Dr Long Le, Senior Research Fellow in the Health Economics Group at Monash University

Presenter: Warren Andrew

The post Dr Long Le: Why Is the LGBTQ+ Mental Health Gap Still So Wide? appeared first on JOY Drive.

Jye Marshall explores how a Bronx outsider turned an imagined world of American wealth into one of fashion’s most enduring identities, and why Australians and a new generation embracing the old-money aesthetic still want a piece of the Ralph Lauren dream.

Guest: Jye Marshall, Lecturer in Fashion Design at Swinburne University of Technology

Presenter: Warren Andrew

The post Jye Marshall: Why Are We Still Buying Into the Ralph Lauren Dream? appeared first on JOY Drive.

Sally Nicholes examines proposals to redefine sex in the Sex Discrimination Act, the case supporters make for sex-based protections and concerns that changing the law could alter existing protections for women, trans and intersex people.

Guests: Sally Nicholes, founder and Principal at Nicholes Family Lawyers

Presenter: Warren Andrew

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Dr Edith Hill explores why one TikTok parent is taking her children offline and how another creator’s 100 handmade gifts challenge is inspiring people to swap Christmas shopping for making something themselves.

Guest: Dr Edith Hill, Associate Lecturer in Learning and Teaching Innovation at Flinders University

Presenter: Warren Andrew

The post Dr Edith Hill: Are We Ready to Share Less and Make More? appeared first on JOY Drive.

Dr Hollis Taylor explores the extraordinary musical lives of Australian songbirds, from seven-hour butcherbird performances and regional dialects to improvisation, duets and melodies so complex that humans struggle to reproduce them.

Guest: Dr Hollis Taylor, musician, composer, zoomusicologist and Research Affiliate at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music

Presenter: Warren Andrew

The post Dr Hollis Taylor: Are Birds Musicians? appeared first on JOY Drive.

Suzy Wrong explores Dang! through sibling rivalry, parental approval, people-pleasing and messy queer dating, asking why, even as adults, our families can pull us straight back into roles we thought we’d outgrown.

Guest: Suzy Wrong

Presenter: Warren Andrew

The post Suzy Wrong: TV Series Review – ‘Dang!’ appeared first on JOY Drive.

Dr Mia Cobb explains why humping often has more to do with excitement, play or stress than sex or dominance, and what we should actually do when our dog chooses another dog, a cushion or someone’s leg.

Guest: Dr Mia Cobb, Chaser Innovation Research Fellow (Canine Welfare Science) at the University of Melbourne

Presenter: Warren Andrew

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Eliza Shephard explores the thrill and freedom of premiering Joe Chindamo’s new flute concerto written especially for her, and how her playful approach to performance is pushing classical music beyond its traditional boundaries.

Guest: Eliza Shephard, award-winning flautist and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra guest soloist

Presenter: Warren Andrew

The post Eliza Shephard: What Does It Feel Like to Have a Concerto Written Just for You? appeared first on JOY Drive.

Associate Professor Lauren Rosewarne explores why dinner parties and spontaneous visits are disappearing, from cost and exhaustion to social media perfection and digital entertainment, and whether lowering our expectations could help bring informal friendship back into our homes.

Guest: Dr Lauren Rosewarne, Associate Professor in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne

Presenter: Warren Andrew

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Jye Marshall explores where inspiration ends and copying begins as Adidas takes White Fox to court, and whether fashion could even exist without designers constantly borrowing, recycling and reinventing ideas that came before them.

Guest: Jye Marshall, Lecturer in Fashion Design at Swinburne University of Technology

Presenter: Warren Andrew

The post Jye Marshall: Can Adidas Own Three Stripes? appeared first on JOY Drive.

Yvonne Sillett reflects on losing the Army career she loved because she was gay, finding others who endured similar treatment and the decades-long fight to have LGBT veterans’ service, harm and history formally recognised.

Guest: Yvonne Sillett, Australian Army veteran and LGBT veterans’ advocate

Presenter: Warren Andrew

The post Yvonne Sillett: Fighting for the LGBT Veterans Forced Out of the Australian Defence Force appeared first on JOY Drive.

Associate Professor Evangeline Mantzioris explains what eating late can do to our sleep, metabolism, blood pressure and gut, and whether moving dinner earlier could make a meaningful difference even when we eat the same food.

Guest: Associate Professor Evangeline Mantzioris, Program Director of the Bachelor of Human Nutrition at Adelaide University

Presenter: Warren Andrew

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Associate Professor Vincent Ho explains what new research suggests about sugar, antibiotics and our gut bacteria; what the findings do and don’t mean for everyday antibiotic use; and how food may help our microbiome recover afterwards.

Guest: Dr Vincent Ho, Associate Professor of Medicine and Academic Gastroenterologist at Western Sydney University

Presenter: Warren Andrew

The post Associate Professor Vincent Ho: Should You Avoid Sugar While Taking Antibiotics? appeared first on JOY Drive.

Amelie Peters explores why so many of us happily belt out songs in the car or shower but freeze when someone is listening, and how Sink or SING! turns that fear into a joyful room full of strangers singing together.

Guest: Amelie Peters, award-winning vocalist and international vocal coach

Presenter: Warren Andrew

The post Amelie Peters: Why Are So Many of Us Afraid to Sing? appeared first on JOY Drive.

Associate Professor Theresa Larkin explains what hours in the air do to our circulation, hydration, ears, gut and body clock, and the simple things we can do to make a long-haul flight easier on our bodies.

Guest: Dr Theresa Larkin, Associate Professor of Medical Sciences at the University of Wollongong

Presenter: Warren Andrew

The post Associate Professor Theresa Larkin: What Happens to Your Body on a Long-Haul Flight? appeared first on JOY Drive.

Suzy Wrong explores ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ through desire, self-consciousness and our habit of watching and analysing ourselves, asking whether overthinking an experience can stop us from ever fully feeling it.

Guest: Suzy Wrong

Presenter: Warren Andrew

The post Suzy Wrong: Film Review – ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ appeared first on JOY Drive.

Troy-Anthony Baylis reflects on three decades of art bringing queerness, Aboriginality, humour, pop culture and politics together, and what seeing that complex creative life gathered in Let it bleed revealed about the artist he has been and is still becoming.

Guest: Troy-Anthony Baylis, artist, curator and writer

Presenter: Warren Andrew

The post Troy-Anthony Baylis: ‘Let It Bleed’ – Bringing Queerness, Aboriginality, Humour, Pop Culture and Politics Together appeared first on JOY Drive.

Fiona Kelly McGregor explores the real police scandal and hidden queer lives behind The Trap, bringing 1940s Sydney’s drag performers, nightlife and targeted men back into a history shaped by persecution, class, survival and joy.

Guest: Fiona Kelly McGregor, author of The Trap

Presenter: Warren Andrew

The post Fiona Kelly McGregor: Reclaiming the Queer Sydney History We Nearly Lost appeared first on JOY Drive.

Thomas Jaspers takes us back to Fountain Lakes before Kath & Kim began, exploring how he recreated the show’s unmistakable characters and comic rhythm in drag while imagining what Kath, Kim and Sharon might have been getting up to in 1999.

Guest: Thomas Jaspers, creator and performer of Fountain Lakes: Y2K

Presenter: Warren Andrew

The post Thomas Jaspers: ‘Foundation Lakes: Y2K’ at the Melbourne Fringe Festival appeared first on JOY Drive.

Criminologist Dr Justin Ellis examines Victoria’s inquiry into anti-LGBTQIA+ hate crime, including technology-enabled attacks, under-reporting, online radicalisation and what prevention, policing and stronger support for victim-survivors could look like.

Guest: Dr Justin Ellis, Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Newcastle
Presenter: Warren Andrew

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Associate Professor Lauren Rosewarne explores why cash payments, childcare and generous parental leave have struggled to lift birth rates, and whether governments should focus less on producing more babies and more on helping people create the families they actually want.

Guest: Dr Lauren Rosewarne, Associate Professor in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne

Presenter: Warren Andrew

The post Associate Professor Lauren Rosewarne: Can Governments Convince Us to Have More Babies? appeared first on JOY Drive.

Jye Marshall explores why corsets, petticoats, extravagant silhouettes and centuries-old ideas are returning to modern wardrobes, and whether fashion’s renewed appetite for drama is a reaction to how casual our clothes have become.

Guest: Jye Marshall, Lecturer in Fashion Design at Swinburne University of Technology

Presenter: Warren Andrew

The post Jye Marshall: Why Is Fashion Raiding the Wardrobes of the Past? appeared first on JOY Drive.

Geraldine Quinn takes us inside ‘Campervan: An Ozploitation Horror Musical’, her gloriously Australian horror musical about old friends resurrecting an abandoned ’90s slasher film and discovering that unfinished creative dreams can become considerably messier decades later.

Guest: Geraldine Quinn, creator, writer, composer and lyricist of ‘Campervan: An Ozploitation Horror Musical’

Presenter: Warren Andrew

The post Geraldine Quinn: When Your Unfinished ’90s Horror Film Comes Back to Haunt You appeared first on JOY Drive.

Conor Curran explores how his Yia Yia, Greek heritage and queer identity shaped Eat More Greek, and why carrying a family’s food forward can mean honouring tradition while giving yourself permission to change it.

Guest: Conor Curran, food creator, mixologist and author of ‘Eat More Greek’

Presenter: Warren Andrew

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Dianne Ma unpacks the surprisingly serious argument over pasta and noodles, revealing how migration, culinary history and cultural status shape both what we call our food and what we think it is worth.

Guest: Dianne Ma, Lecturer in Culinary Arts and Gastronomy at Auckland University of Technology

Presenter: Warren Andrew

The post Dianne Ma: Is Pasta a Type of Noodle? appeared first on JOY Drive.

Sean Dooley explains the extraordinary spring chorus happening around us, what our birds are actually saying, how to recognise them by sound and how 20 minutes in the upcoming Aussie Bird Count can help reveal what is changing in Australia’s birdlife.

Guest: Sean Dooley, National Public Affairs Manager, BirdLife Australia

Presenter: Warren Andrew

The post Sean Dooley: Why Are Birds So Loud Right Now? appeared first on JOY Drive.

Suzy Wrong explores To Freely Flourish through family sacrifice, cultural expectations and Australia’s marriage equality debate, asking whether loving someone means wanting the life you imagined for them or giving them the freedom to choose their own.

Guest: Suzy Wrong

Presenter: Warren Andrew

The post Suzy Wrong: Film Review – ‘To Freely Flourish’ appeared first on JOY Drive.

Dr Mia Cobb puts the legendary “Lassie effect” to the test, explaining what science tells us about whether dogs recognise when we need rescuing, why problem-solving matters and how our dogs may be helping us in less dramatic ways every day.

Guest: Dr Mia Cobb, Research Fellow, Canine Welfare Science at the University of Melbourne

Presenter: Warren Andrew

The post Dr Mia Cobb: ‘The Lassie Effect’ – Would Your Dog Really Save You? appeared first on JOY Drive.

Jens Radda takes us inside Mass Hysteria, where communion, hymns and religious ritual collide with drag, original music, high fashion and the gloriously absurd idea of turning a cabaret audience into its own congregation.

Guest: Jens Radda (Skank Sinatra), cabaret performer

Presenter: Warren Andrew

The post Jens Radda: When Church Becomes High-Fashion Cabaret appeared first on JOY Drive.

Pride, Connection and Community: Joe Ball explores how the Victorian Seniors Festival is creating connection and visibility for older Victorians, why LGBTQIA+ elders can face distinct risks of isolation and why ageing should remain a time of creativity, pride and belonging.

Guest: Joe Ball, Victorian Commissioner for LGBTQIA+ Communities

Presenter: Warren Andrew

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Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s first violinist Lorraine Hook looks back on performing with Elton John before 30,000 fans on their legendary 1986 Australian tour, the moments she still remembers four decades later and what it means to bring that music back to the stage.

Guest: Lorraine Hook, violinist with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Presenter: Warren Andrew

The post Lorraine Hook: 40 Years Since Elton John and the MSO Made History appeared first on JOY Drive.

Pelvic health physiotherapist Alexandra Lopes explains what our pelvic floor should be doing when we run, jump or lift weights, why tighter isn’t always better and what leakage or other symptoms can tell us about how our body is handling the load.

Guest: Alexandra Lopes, pelvic health physiotherapist at Pelvic Health Melbourne

Presenter: Warren Andrew

The post Alexandra Lopes: Is Your Pelvic Floor Coping With Your Workout? appeared first on JOY Drive.

Tom Ballard explores what 20 years in comedy have taught him about getting older, caring deeply, redefining success and working out which of life’s apparent crises really matter in his new Melbourne Fringe show In the Grand Scheme of Things.

Guest: Tom Ballard, comedian

Presenter: Warren Andrew

The post Tom Ballard: What Really Matters in the Grand Scheme of Things? appeared first on JOY Drive.

Associate Professor Lauren Rosewarne explores the growing public anxiety around increasingly autonomous Artificial Intelligence (AI), the language of rogue agents and existential threats, and whether we can take genuine risks seriously without allowing fear to dominate the conversation.

Guest: Dr Lauren Rosewarne, Associate Professor in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne

Presenter: Warren Andrew

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Dr Luke Heemsbergen explores the privacy problem created by Apple Watch features that can capture and summarise conversations, asking whether one person should be able to opt in to technology that everyone else in the room never agreed to use.

Guest: Dr Luke Heemsbergen, Senior Lecturer in Communication at Deakin University

Presenter: Warren Andrew

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Associate Professor Evangeline Mantzioris explains coffee’s surprisingly strange effects on everything from our gut, reflux and cholesterol to migraines, medication, iron absorption and even our eyes and ears.

Guest: Guest: Associate Professor Evangeline Mantzioris, Program Director of Nutrition and Food Sciences and Accredited Practising Dietitian, University of South Australia

Presenter: Warren Andrew

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