Kiama Community Radio's Podcast
Kiama Community Radio is a 24 hour streaming service dedicated to communities in the Kiama Local Government Area. Our goal is to be the voice of the community from Minnamurra in the north to Gerroa in the south and Jamberoo in the west. You can listen live via our website www.kcr.org.au, via I Heart Radio or the Kiama Community Radio App.
Episodes
729 episodes
Peter Lacey: South Coast Shipwrecks
At the August meeting of the Kiama Historical Society Peter Lacey from the South Coast History Society gave a talk about shipwrecks on the south coast. Before the event, Peter spoke to Boris Gazebarach on KCR Breakfast, Monday to Fr...
Close Up: Dame Annette King Part 2
Dame Annette King is a former New Zealand Cabinet Minister and NZ High Commissioner to Australia. As a long serving MP, diplomat and reformer her public service has helped shape New Zealand as it is today. This is the first in...
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Close Up: Dame Annette King Part 1
Dame Annette King is a former New Zealand Cabinet Minister and NZ High Commissioner to Australia. As a long serving MP, diplomat and reformer her public service has helped shape New Zealand as it is today. This is the first in...
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Blues Artist Shane Flew
Shane Flew and Matt Ross are going to join us at Blues in the Night, KCR’s Blues fundraiser at Kiama Leagues Club on November 9th. Peter Sullivan spoke to Shane Flew about their new album Once Upon a Long Time Ago during K...
Friends of Kiama Library: Adam Courtney
In 2005 Business journalist Adam Courtney wrote his first book, a memoir about his father Bryce Courtney entitled My Father Bryce.Bryce Courtenay was one of Australia's most beloved authors and stayed at the top of Interna...
KCR Book Space: Episode 31 (28 Aug 2026)
Karen and Neil chat about Anthony Bourdain, American celebrity chef, author, and travel documentarian, after the recent release of a new biopic about his life: Tony.Along the way, Karen pays tribute to Dolly Parton, and her cont...
KCR Book Space: Episode 30 (21 Aug 2026)
"Past tense". This week Karen and Campbell spend an hour with Illawarra writer Gwen Wilson who has turned her hand to both memoir (I Belong to No One), and to a historical novel with a personal connection (Louisa)....
Death Cafe with Rosemary Kitchin and Carolyn Vaughan
Gabriela Cabral talks to Rosemary Kitchin & Carolyn Vaughan about Death Café, an international movement providing a safe and open space where adults can talk honestly about death and dying, end‑of‑life experiences, fears and practicalities,...
Dr Hiral Seth: Seth Dental
Gabriela Cabral talks to Dr Hiral Seth from Seth Dental about the ways in which digital dentistry is transforming the way we care for our teeth, what modern clinics can now do, and why so many of us still fear the dentist. Recorded ...
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KCR Book Space: Episode 29 (14 Aug 2026)
(Full episode)Mark Fennell is our special guest, talking to Neil Reilly about Stuff the British Stole - The Book!After the break, Di and Neil talk about books they've been reading, and literary what's-on from the local area. ...
KCR Book Space: Marc Fennell interview (14 Aug 2026)
Mark Fennell is our special guest, talking to Neil Reilly about Stuff the British Stole - The Book!
KCR Book Space: Episode 28 (07 Aug 2026)
(Full episode)Presenters Campbell McConachie and Diane Ellison confront a shameful episode of Australian history: our forgotten slave trade, as revealed by local author Ryan Butta. In an extensive interview, the acclaimed non...
Laura Hooper, Cedar on Collins Retirement Community
Thinking about retirement living — or helping a parent, relative or friend explore their options?Gabriela Cabral chats with Laura Hooper, the Community Manager at Cedar on Collins; a valued sponsor of KCR. Cedar on Collins has an i...
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KCR Book Space: Episode 27 (31 July 2026)
Presenters Karen and Neil discuss The Life of Pi, Moby Dick and other nautical themed novels, as well as riding the zeitgeist as they trawl through some of the recent happenings in the world of books.
Kiama Council By-election: Michael Bowden
Kiama LGA goes to the polls again next weekend to fill the recently vacated 9th place on the Kiama Municipal Council, following the departure of Mike Cains. There are 2 candidates, Stan Jarrett and Michael Bowden. In thi...
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Kiama Council By-election: Stan Jarrett
Kiama LGA goes to the polls again next weekend to fill the recently vacated 9th place on the Kiama Municipal Council, following the departure of Mike Cains. There are 2 candidates, Stan Jarrett and Michael Bowden. In thi...
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KCR Book Space: Episode 26 (24 Jul 2026)
Embark on an odyssey, as hosts Dean Koorey and Neil Reilly journey through their favourite book-to-screen adaptations.As our resident flash fiction writers/competitors, Dean and Neil also share the latest in this exciting micro genre.
KCR Book Space: Episode 25 (17 Jul 2026)
This week's guest, Illawarra writer Kathleen Bleakley, recently released her seventh publication, Toupie, a compilation of selected poetry and prose.Find out more when Diane Ellison and Karen Lateo quiz this prolific South Coast Writers ...
KCR Book Space: Ryan Butta Interview (05 Aug 2026)
Presenters Campbell McConachie and Diane Ellison confront a shameful episode of Australian history: our forgotten slave trade, as revealed by local author Ryan Butta. In an extensive interview, the acclaimed non-fiction writer discu...
Alice Peel: Grow Your Mind
Gabi talks to Alice Peel from Grow Your Mind, an online social and emotional wellbeing program for primary schools run by experienced educators. This is part of Gabriela Cabral's weekly progr...
Tim Donlea, Artemas Aged Care
Gabi talks to Tim Donlea from Artemas Aged Care Services. Artemas is not an Aged Care provider but specialises in guiding seniors and their families through the complexities of the Aged ...
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Gülçin Topel from Saltwater
Gabi talks to Gülçin Topel from Saltwater Cafe, Kiama who recently won Outstanding Business Leader at the 2026 Kiama Business Awards.In addition to her heavy work schedule at Saltwater, ...
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KCR Book Space: Episode 24 (10 Jul 2026)
Our guest Linda Godfrey is a poet, editor, literary judge, teacher, and former Program Manager of The Wollongong Writers Festival. Linda discusses, and shares, her prose poetry - and other things literary - with presenters Karen and Neil. ...
