benedict
Producer, Final Draft: Books and Writing, Radio 2SER-FM, Sydney
Work
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Audio: Bookshelf Interview #4: Nija Dalal and Craig Johnson
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Audio: Bookshelf Interview #3: Natascha
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Audio: Bookshelf Interview #2: Sara
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Audio: Interview with Arnold Zable re: his book 'Sea of Many Returns'
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Audio: Interview with Najaf Mazari and Robert Hillman re: their book 'The Rugmaker of Mazir-e-Sharif'
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Skills and Interests
Music & Audio, Writing, Research
Location
Sydney
Occupation
Producer, Final Draft: Books and Writing, Radio 2SER-FM, Sydney
A bit about me…
I present Final Draft, a wee books and writing show on 2SER FM in Sydney. As an addictive pleasure, free books and regular conversations with the fascinating folk who write them beat narcotics hands-down. It also provides a little light relief from the sisyphean task of writing a PhD on the history of Australian prisons.
After nigh on a decade of knocking around the academy in one capacity or another, I realised that my radio had been on more or less the entire time. I couldn't work out which experience was the more educational, although I was pretty sure which one cost less. For the opportunity to pass through the speaker to the other side, I will always thank 2SER.
I dream of one day, when I have one or two coherent thoughts about what I'm doing, making radio half as good as any of the following: RN's "Hindsight", "Book Show", "Street Stories", "Radio Eye" or "Awaye"; Ira Glass' "This American Life"; Jonathan Goldstein's CBC show "Wiretap"; any of Ronan Kelly's RTE wonders; or WYNC's "Radio Lab"
Currently working on…
Monday night's show, the bloody thesis, and cooking up ideas for books/documentaries to work on when Monday night's show and the thesis are - oh blissful thought - done
Interested in joining others to work on…
Telling stories that make it impossible for people to turn the radio off
Personal website
[ http://www.2ser.com/programs/shows/finaldraft ]Groups
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