Friday Mornings with Leanne

Leanne will be having a chat with Rachel Lennon from Positive Women about their International Women's Day event next week.

Later on in the morning Alister Smith, the writer and director of The Petticoat Soiree will be in to talk about the show's run at the Butterfly Club.

Stay tuned next Friday to Leanne who will be having an International Women's Day special program. The detail of the guests will be up soon.

Also keep tuned to JOY to find out more about our Mardi Gras and ChillOut Festival special programming.

Tuesday the 24th on JOY

Gary will be joined on the phone by Debra from Animal Aid who are holding a fundraiser to assist animals affected by the bushfires at 9:20am.

Christine and Elliot from the show, Black Jack Horner on at the Butterfly Club will be in at 10:10, and then at 10:30am 'Cooking With Fruits' with chef Nathan.

Swing by The Campervan at 5:40 to hear Bridget catch up with Leo Sayer who is headlining this year's Chill Out Festival. JOY will be broadcasting live from ChillOut Carnival Day on Sunday the 8th of March.

Monday on JOY

Monday morning just after 9, Gordon will be having a chat with John Wood about his role as as rogue sports agent, Bill Telford in a new six-part ABC TV drama, The Cut exploring the sometimes murky world of sports management.

Just past 10 on the show, Gordon will be joined in the studio by Sandra Parker from the production, Out of Light, that starts at Gasworks this week.

If you're looking for some entertaining reading while cruising the web you should drop by the Full Catastrophe blog.

Kate Miller Heidke

Listen to Leanne on Mornings between 9am and 12pm tomorrow for Dan Vo's interview with Kate Miller-Heidke. She talks about her upcoming single, Caught In The Crowd you might have heard it on rotation on the JOY daytime playlist.

Detours with Brian Thacker

The crew from Detours will be joined by author, Brian Thacker this Saturday between 12 and 1pm to talk about his adventures and his latest book, Sleeping Around - A couch surfing tour of the globe.

There's plenty of new JOYcasts going up daily so come by and check them out.

Including Orange Ribbon's special on Same Sex Immigration.

The pre weekend madness

Thursday and Friday on JOY daytime will be full of interviews for your listening indulgence.

On Thursday, JOY interviewing machine, Paul Anthony will be talking to Justin Eastcott about the Bluey Day Foundation's Bushfire Appeal, and Vicky Jacobs from the Butterfly Club show, Vicky Jacobs on Sundays.

Friday morning Leanne, enters some green territory when she'll be catching up with Doug who has arranged the indigenous presence at the Sustainable Living Festival.

And from 12pm Paul Anthony's back with author and former Neighbours scriptwriter, Luke Devenish, and Steven Talia from the Street Spawn Eco-Fashion Parade.

You might also want to head to the Rainbow Report's latest podcast, Hank Jongen from Centerlink was a special guest answering questions about the changes for same sex couples, following the recent legislation overhaul.

What's On JOY

There's already so much planned for this week in the world of interviews.

Tuesday February 17
Show: Mornings
Presenter: Gary
Interview Time: 11:20am
Kevin Atwood from the Xchange Hotel will be in to talk about their Bushfire Benefit this Wednesday from 6pm. Find out more on their website.

On Wednesday Gordon will be interviewing up a storm...

Wednesday February 18
Show: Mornings
Presenter: Gordon
Interview Time: 9:20am
Interviewee: Melissa, Life Coach and the compiler of the book, the Enlightened Goddess.

Show: Mornings
Presenter: Gordon
Interview Time: 10:20am
Interviewee: Nikki from the show Pandora's Eyes.

Show: Mornings
Presenter: Gordon
Interview Time: 11:20am
Interviewee: Donna Williams - Donna and the Aspinauts

There'll be more interviews posted soon. Paul Anthony will no doubt have plenty of interviews in his usual daytime slots on Thursday and Friday afternoons.

Also check out the Three Chords and The Truth interview with Taasha from The Audreys.

Some lazy Sunday arvo listening

Tune into the Fool and the Opera from 6pm tonight to hear the incredibly charming Dan take you on a learner's journey through the world of opera. This week, it's all about the new Melbourne Recital Centre. David Barmby (artistic administrator), David Young (composer), Merlyn Quaife (soprano), Ian McDougall (architect) and Paul Dyer (conductor) talk about the Melbourne Recital Centre and Peter Richie (marketing coordinator) takes our listeners on an audio tour of the shiny new venue. Merlyn Quaife will also talk about her performance next week of Schoenberg’s String Quartet No. 2 with Arditti Quartet: it’s gay poetry set to no key signature. We will also take the journey into foreign territory a bit further and explore John Cage’s avant garde work on silence and in memory of the victims of the Victorian bushfires we will start the show with a moment’s silence.

If you miss the show live you can always catch the podcast available on the JOY website, where you'll also find a pick n mix of podcasts for all your listening tastes.

When you stop by make sure you have a listen to, (or download and take with you), Andy and Adrian's interview with Joan Rivers. They chat about her new book about plastic surgery as well as her new tour coming to Australia. And guess what … Joan is even going to have her own float at Mardi Gras!

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This Week on JOY

Paul Anthony the one man interviewing machine is bringing a diverse set of interviews with something for everyone...
Thursday at 1:45pm he'll be chatting to Cinzia about the Italian Lesbian Picnic at Fairfield Park on the 21st of February, Glass percussionist Eugene Ughetti will be dropping by at 2:45pm, and Beau will also drop in to talk about One Night in Heaven.

Stay tuned a bit later in the week because there's plenty more yet to be announced.

Last week you missed Andy and Adrian's interview with Danni Minogue. Kaye Sera was talking Camping Out with the Hump Day Crew, and Gordon had a chat with Travis Collins who was here talking about the Whittlesea Country Music Festival.

Make sure you check out our website for more program shows. Can't listen live well check out our podcasts.

Some recommendations are The Rainbow Report for the current affairs inclined, The Fool and The Opera with the charming Dan Vo who creates a show about opera that's accessible to everyone, and Allegro Non Troppo for some fantastic interviews you'll never forget.

This week on JOY

The Midsumma madness is starting to wind down but that doesn't mean there's a lack of interview action.

Wednesday morning tune in to the Hump Day Crew who will be having a chat with Kaye Sera at 8:10am about her show, Camping Out.

In a major coup Hump Day will also be playing an interview with Danni Minogue recorded by fellow breakfasters, Andy and Adrian.

Wednesday arvo Spero Tsindos will drop by and have a chat with Gary Wilson about Naturopathy Week.

Paul Anthony will spend Thursday afternoon interviewing up a storm including writer actor Dean Arcuri from To Sir With Love, and George Filev from As You Do.

Enjoy and if you want more interviews and fantastic best of JOY content, be sure to check out our JOYcasts.