Latest episodes

Westside Stories

What’s on Westside from September 4th-17th. Director of Funeral Flowers at the Bowery Theatre Candy Bowers, gothic spoken word at Hail Lilith with Adel Scott, and Donna Jackson on her cabaret show at the Yarraville Club: Art, Accidents and Underpants. And as always, a What’s On guide.

New Voices

People, Place and Power

In this episode, Terri Soumilas interviews Nikki Kowalczyk and Angela Clarke from the Maribyrnong River and Waterways Association about their work to safeguard the health of our precious waterways (contact@maribyrnongriver.org.au). Then Terri chats to Mario Peucker from Vic Uni’s Institute for Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities about his recent research report on racism and anti-racism in Maribyrnong, part of a wider project across the West https://www.maribyrnong.vic.gov.au/News/New-roadmap-to-tackle-racism-in-Maribyrnong Mario can be contacted at Mario.Peucker@vu.edu.au

This Complex Life

The school holidays roll around again and her daughter still doesn’t have anyone to hang out with. A parent writes in wondering if she’s doing something wrong, and whether filling the days with activities will help or make things worse. Therapist Marie Vakakis responds to a listener question from a parent whose teenage daughter is struggling to make friends in high school. She looks at what loneliness can actually look like in teenagers, why pushing activities on a struggling teen so often backfires, and what it means to support a young person without trying to fix the problem for them. This episode covers: The difference between loneliness and solitude, and why that difference changes how a parent should respond Why offering too many suggestions or activities can leave a struggling teen feeling more overwhelmed, not less What screen time is often doing for a lonely teen, and how to get curious about it instead of shutting it down Why nudging a teen to just go and talk to someone tends to backfire and increase avoidance How emotion coaching can open up a conversation without a teen shutting down What emotional availability looks like when a teen doesn’t want to talk about it marievakakis.com.au askmarie@marievakakis.com.au

The One-Eyed Dog

The lads take a walk on the wild side after the epic win against Collingwood on Friday night. And the pod brings families together in an emotional reconnection following the game!

The Cinema Show

Jacobs’s back in The Dog Stars, Bill Nighey in & Sons, Olivia in I Want Your Sex, Tina Area: Unravel me, plus highlights from last week.

Frownland

Doorstep

Come Chat With Us

Hello loveys and welcome back to episode 5 where we’ll be discussing aspects of both physical and mental health. For the first time on the show, we have a special guest who discusses ALL things regarding men’s mental health.   Warning: this episode does mention body image and mental health conditions. If anything in this episode has made you feel a certain way please reach out to Beyond Blue http://www.beyondblue.org.au or Lifeline 13 11 14 You can follow Suhail on instagram @_suhail_ali  Love always, Amber and Ruby

The Lounge

What's On Westside

Christina and Esther chat with Stuart from Subverse Theatre about his play, and the upcoming films for Footscray Flix.

Westside Spotlight

Primary students in Melbourne’s west come together to celebrate the 81st National Book Week of Australia with 81 of their own original stories – one for each year. Each day during Book Week (22-28 August) collections of these stories will be broadcast at 11.00am and repeated later in the day at 5pm.