Betoota Talks

In Part 2 of this interview, Spanian discusses the very harsh transition from Boys Homes into the adult prison system. From petty crime into organized crime, and from 13 years behind bars into publishing a best selling memoir. What was happening in the streets as Sydney made the clunky pivot into innercity gentrification? And what does life look like now for the kids who were raised in Woolloomoolloo and Redfern during the wild old days?

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This week, Dylan Alcott is in the booth to unpack his year as Australian of the Year and takes us behind his many plane trips as well as what he is working on now- Ability Fest, Australia's first all accessible music festival. Have a listen!

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Australian rock royalty Tim Rogers is in the booth this week to discuss the enormous career he’s made for himself playing music in pubs and stadiums full of screaming fans. The frontman for You Am I, a solo artist and a band-member to many other rock groups, Rogers tells us about the euphoric highs and the humbling lows of this wild career, with an enlightening discussion of mental health management and his undying love of rural Victorian grade cricket.

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Chatswood’s problem child, Speed are a five-piece Australian hardcore punk band that have exploded internationally during and after the pandemic. Clancy talks to the boys about the meteoric rise from the mosh pit of Parkway Drive shows, to headlining in LA. Listen as these gentlemen successfully articulate the art form of Hardcore to the layman.

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Rapper, singer and record producer Channel Tres jumps in the booth this week to unpack his massive jump from uni student to super star and to chat about his sobriety and how that has changed his life and career. Tune in!

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