The Lounge – 6th June 2026
TheLounge with Harvey (Fliptide) features chill lounge, nu-jazz, downtempo & house with Brazilian/Latin touches. Mainly from CD finds & my own Fliptide productions. Weekly mixes blend nostalgia & kickback vibes for deep listening, plus episodes unpacking interesting finds and albums, interviewing local Melbourne / westside artists, with feature guest mixes. Honouring nostalgic roots while still being fresh and original… Come kickback and chillout in TheLounge.
First Weekend of Winter
Christina and Esther talk all things on this weekend Westside.
Frownland – 5th June 2026
Civil unrest, devotion, addiction, grief, transcendence, wonky pop, underground psychedelia, proto-noiserock, loner outsider folk, blues, bop jazz and a political song.
Welcome to my village
Meet your host, Victoria. But everyone calls her VB. This episode introduces you to the series and what to expect from future episodes.
Westsider
You’re in a relationship with someone you love. Nothing dramatic is wrong, there’s no big fight, no obvious reason, and most of the time you feel lonely. In this episode, therapist Marie Vakakis unpacks what relational loneliness actually is, how it develops, why it’s so hard to name, and what to do with it. This episode covers: • What it means to feel lonely in the presence of someone who loves you, and why it’s more common than most people feel permitted to say out loud • The difference between being alone and feeling lonely, and why relational loneliness is often more painful • How loneliness in a relationship develops gradually through small missed moments of connection rather than one dramatic event Show notes and more at marievakakis.com.au Got a question for the podcast? Email it to askmarie@marievakakis.com.au
And this week…
This week it’s an Irish film about music, an English film about Hawks, Irish Kids in an animated film and the bizarre world of backrooms at a furniture store… and some Judy Garland…
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Last weekend of May
Last weekend of May, Christina and Michael are joined by Glenn from Seaworks who has big plans for the community for Winter Solstice – and it’s free – Huzzah! Tune in for all the details.
Lookout 1, 2 stepping stones and birds
This first episode Maarten introduces himself, his role at Newport Lakes and shares the stories from look out 1 near the entry of the lakes, down to look out 2, over the stepping stones and then up towards the middle track on the north side of the lakes. We discuss what it looked like back in the 1980s, all the planting activities that failed, the carp, the turtles, the birds and even meet a fellow bird watcher.
The psychology of the ick and what it says about you
The ick in dating. That sudden, full-body recoil where someone does something completely normal and you just shut down. 64% of people have experienced it, and a quarter ended the relationship because of it. But is the ick a red flag, or is it fear of intimacy disguised as disgust? Therapist Marie Vakakis unpacks the psychology of the ick, what it reveals about your attachment style, and asks: are we being too picky, or are we terrified of being truly seen? This episode covers: • What the ick actually is and why it happens • Red flags vs superficial triggers • How shame, projection and avoidant attachment drive the ick • Are we being too picky in dating? • What to do when the ick shows up Show notes and more at marievakakis.com.au Got a question for the podcast? Email it to askmarie@marievakakis.com.au
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Third week of May 2026
The cute and fun Finding Emily, the cute Grogu with epic Mandalorian, talking of epic, Birthright is an Australian Family drama like you’ve never seen before.