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Guest interviews
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Australia
13 episodes
since Jan. 20, 2023
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We visit an outback mosque in the boom-and-bust mining town of Broken Hill. Caretaker Bobby Shamroze tells tales from Australia's early cameleering trade and the hardworking Muslim immigrants who were its backbone.  Subscribe to the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/roadshow-and-t…

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We visit the UNSW Museum of Human Disease which has hundreds of diseased specimens on display.  Subscribe to the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/roadshow-and-tell/id1666756225Follow us on Instagram to see photos of stuff mentioned in this episode: @roadshowandtellpodcast
We discover a museum in a hospital singularly devoted to one historic event from its operating theaters: the world's first human heart-to-heart transplant.The surgeon and his team didn't know if it would work, but were fueled by the determination to achieve what seemed impossible. Listen …
Learn how the Torres Strait Islands played a part of Australia's first line of defence in WW2, and about the culture and customs of the Torres Strait Islands.  Subscribe to the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/roadshow-and-tell/id1666756225Follow us on Instagram to see photos of …
Are sharks the cunning man-eating villains that we think they are? Or, are they simply carrying out their natural role as the ocean's apex predators?Listen on to fall in love with these "majestic prehistoric creatures", as our guest and shark expert Alessandro De Maddalena describes …
A museum of wine?!All of our dreams have come true as we visit a museum dedicated to wine making and wine drinking. In this episode we explore The Story of Wine, a wine museum at the renowned wine farm Babylonstoren in Stellenbosh, South Africa. Elsa, the Babylonstoren museologist, takes us through…
From pegs in the ground and spider web catchers, to Queensland's master clock and  pencil extenders - we uncover the tools and techniques that have shaped our understanding of the landscape around us.  In this episode, we chat with Museum of Lands, Mapping & Surveying curator Kaye Nardella…
Chook, chicken, peafowl, hen? What is the deal with birds?  The Feather Club’s Association of Queensland Inc’s Bird (Aviculture) and Poultry Museum is a treasure trove of information about anything to do with birds.  We talk to the manager, David Simons, about all things feathered - from laying h…
In this episode we take a deep dive into the hidden gem that is the Berrima District Museum, nestled in the picturesque Southern Highlands region of New South Wales.  We are joined by a passionate volunteer named Bud, who takes us on a journey through the museum's unique exhibits. The first s…
We visit the Penrith Museum of Printing and find out how the Sydney Morning Herald was printed from its beginning in 1831 to now. Museum president Bob Lockley gives us a tour of the fully operational machinery and tells us about the history of the printing press and the relevance of the printing an…
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