Queensland born athlete Tayla Harris has racked up an impressive list of achievements at just 24. The marquee player spent several years with AFLW clubs Brisbane and Carlton before landing at premiership contenders Melbourne this year. Harris is also an accomplished fighter with a 7-0 record in the boxing ring. Off field, Harris won praise for stan…

Stephen Jolly talks to Cllrs Daria Kellander and Gaetano Greco. Thanks to Catherine Mililli. Follow us on social media: Twitter / Facebook / Instagram Visit our Website

It's all sex and the city in this episode of Melbourne Calling. From turning Melbourne into Australia's Berlin, to being a naked psychologist, to trans men being underrepresented in the sex industry, to online censorship, to finding common ground with the local church. Recorded in Eagle Leather. Thanks for listening. Follow us on social media: Twit…

Australian troops are finally leaving Afghanistan after 20 years of war. The fighting may be over but the struggle continues for many of the 40,000 Australians who served, with suicide and mental health issues at epidemic levels. Stephen sat down with Army veterans Brendan and Laurence for harrowing first-hand accounts of combat in Australia’s long…

"You lose everything when you walk in those gates - your family, your job, everything. And after you've done your time, you walk out those gates with nothing." What's life really like inside Victoria's crowded prisons? Stephen sat down with two recently released prisoners for a revealing discussion about life behind bars. In a gripping conversation…

Sean Song and Doris Yanzi are two ordinary Chinese Australians talking about what it’s like living in Australia today in a time of growing tensions between Australia and China. There are discussions around racism, the economic situation, social issues and the impact of Covid. Thanks for listening, see you next week. Follow us on social media: Twitt…

Tim Gurner is a Melbourne property developer with an enormous fortune and an even bigger reputation. His company - GURNER - has more than 5700 apartments under construction with a reported value of $3.8 billion across Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.The Rich Lister sits down with Steve to discuss how he turned a small investment in a Melbo…

Stephen sits down with a panel of prominent leftists to discuss the troubling state of the Left, the future of the union movement in Australia, whether the Greens could ever win over the working class and much more. Alison Pennington is a senior economist with the Australia Institute’s Centre for Future Work. Guy Rundle is a writer, political comme…

Professor Gary Foley is an historian, academic and freedom fighter of Gumbainggir descent who has been on the front line of Aboriginal rights and justice battles for more than 50 years. In 1972 he helped establish the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra which came to be a defining event in the Black Power movement. Later, he was involved in setting…

Domenic "Mick" Gatto is a mediator, debt collector and ex-boxer with a colourful reputation linked to Melbourne's underworld. Gatto is often called a 'survivor' for having lived through one of the most violent periods in the city's history - the Gangland Wars of the 2000s which saw a number of his associates and friends murdered. But is Gatto the m…

When COVID hit Victoria, the building industry was in danger of being wiped out. Thousands of jobs were at risk during the prolonged lockdown. Then the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (CFMMEU) stepped in with a plan to keep construction going while safeguarding workers from the deadly virus. The industry was kept on life-s…