The Cher Special with Lyndon Blue and Ruby Buġeja (Midnight Special Podcast)
Do you believe in life after love? You will after listening to this very special episode! Lyndon Blue and Ruby Buġeja are both artists and performers who share their supreme love for another artist and performer, Cher!
We explore the presence and power of Cher as a pop culture icon, discussing her screen performances including films like Moonstruck and The Witches Of Eastwick, her twitter presence with a game called ‘Cher or Not’, her underappreciated songs (remember her duet with Beavis and Butthead?), and her expansive career including a bonus impression by Ruby from seeing Cher live in concert!
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The Road Trip Special with Rhian Todhunter (Midnight Special Podcast)
When Rhian Todhunter is not on stage or sharing new music during Monday’s Out To Lunch programme, she’s hitting the road.
From dramatic coastal routes, to bakery detours and the best playlist, we strap in and journey with Rhian on the ultimate road trip.
Midnight Special is the most esoteric chat show in your podcast feed.
Each month, join a new local artist as they unpack their pop culture obsession with your favourite local culture vultures Tristan Fidler (Movie Squad), Drew Kraplijanov (Monday Drivetime) and Howie Ng (Isolated Nation).
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The Chosen One Special with Luke Del Fante (Midnight Special Podcast)
By day, Luke Del Fante is best known as the drummer from Ghost Care. By night, he is a fantasy fiend. From Lord of the Rings, to The Storm Light Archives, we tap into Luke’s secret love of the fantasy genre as we explore the Chosen One Archetype.
We hear about Luke’s appreciation for The Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb, the world-building of Hobb’s novels, and dive deep into the narrative convention of “the Chose One”, including Lord Of The Rings, Star Wars – Episode 1: The Phantom Menace, The Princess Diaries, and more!
Midnight Special is the most esoteric chat show in your podcast feed.
Each month, join a new local artist to unpack their pop culture obsession with your favourite local culture vultures Tristan Fidler (Movie Squad), Drew Kraplijanov (Monday Drivetime) and Howie Ng (Isolated Nation).
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The Time Loop Special with Angelique Tuffnell (Midnight Special Podcast)
Local punk icon Angelique Tuffnell (Sooks, Bribes, Anjo) takes us back in time again, again and again to explore her fascination with time loops in film and TV.
We hear about Angelique’s appreciation for Edge of Tomorrow and dive deep into the genre of time loop movies including Groundhog Day, Palm Springs, Happy Death Day and more!
Midnight Special is the most esoteric chat show in your podcast feed.
Each month, join a new local artist to unpack their pop culture obsession with your favourite local culture vultures Tristan Fidler (Movie Squad), Drew Kraplijanov (Monday Drivetime) and Howie Ng (Isolated Nation).
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Musicians In Kitchens – Sam Maher (Midnight Special Podcast)
On this episode of The Midnight Special Podcast, join your host Ai-Ling Truong for episode three of MUSICIANS IN KITCHENS with local drummer and handpan extraordinaire Sam Maher cooking up a special vegetarian dish in his kitchen in Fremantle. Tune into our kitchen conversations to find out how Sam got into cooking and playing the drums, travel, his earliest music memories and life growing up in Tom Price. We also delve into how Sam discovered the handpan and its power as a communication tool, and chat about reality of being a musician and Sam’s evolution as a handpan player.
Please note: this episode was recorded earlier in the year before COVID-19 lockdown.
Season 2, Episode 4 of Midnight Special Podcast. Episode 54 of Midnight Special On RTRFM. Originally broadcast on Thursday March 12th – Friday March 13th, 2020.
Theme music ‘Martini Spoke’ by Leafy Suburbs. Logo by Soda.
Welcome to the Midnight Special – the most esoteric pop culture chat show across the audio landscape. Once a late night chat show on the RTRFM grid, it now returns like a podcasting phoenix!
Each episode features a very special guest – better known as a musician, artist, performer or presenter in Boorloo/Perth – and we delve deep into one of their pop culture loves in detail. From movie cliches to literary conventions to underappreciated stars, the freewheeling discussion includes random questions, conceptual games, inexplicable references, deep insights and plenty of laughs. A conversational puzzle for everyone to enjoy!
Presented by Tristan Fidler (Movie Squad), Drew Krapljanov (Monday Drivetime) and Howie Ng (Isolated Nation).
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