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Matthew Larkum, Neuroscientist
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Matthew Larkum, Neuroscientist
“For me it is just absolutely obvious that there is nothing more interesting than the human brain, that we know of in the universe.
Breandáin O'Shea · Neuroscientist Matthew Larkum
Stanley Dodds - Violinist & Conductor
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Stanley Dodds – Violinist & Conductor
"For me the interesting musician goes beyond their own instruments and looks into the world of music  - piano, chamber music or orchestral - repertoire. If this is your universe, then there is no doubt in my mind you will be the more interesting musician, simply because your whole universe is bigger. "
Gail Jones - Author
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Gail Jones – Author
“I've never really accepted the head and heart distinction. I have always thought that it is part of our cultural heritage and doesn’t represent the real world of our feelings, or the real world of our mind,” Gail Jones  
Tall Poppies: Postcards – Soprano, Joan Sutherland
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Tall Poppies: Postcards – Soprano, Joan Sutherland
“I think some young singers want to do too much too soon and it's fatal. Some of the young people I don't think realise just how tough it is.” (Joan Sutherland, 1926 -2010)
Shannon Barnett, Jazz Trombonist
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Shannon Barnett, Jazz Trombonist
“New Orleans is the birthplace of jazz. It really was a melting pot of different cultures… so you had all these amazing influences from different cultures and that made jazz and that hasn't changed.” Jazz Musician Shannon Barnett, in Tall Poppies, The Podcast
Postcard with Adam Elliot - Animation Writer, Director & Producer
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Postcard with Adam Elliot – Animation Writer, Director & Producer
It was back in 2009 that I met with the Academy Award-winning animation writer, director and producer, Adam Elliot, who hails from the Australian state of Victoria.  
Postcard with Robert Gray, Poet
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Postcard with Robert Gray, Poet
Over the next few weeks, “Tall Poppies: The Podcast,” will feature a series of 10 minute excerpts from archived interviews with renowned Australians. We are calling these, Tall Poppies Postcards. The first features the Australian poet, Robert Gray, who hails from the Australian state of New South Wales.
Heather Betts, Visual Artist
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Heather Betts, Visual Artist
In this episode we meet Heather Betts. The Sydney-born painter has been living in Berlin, apart from a few years, since 1984. Heather is a graduate of Sydney’s Fine Arts Institute, but she also studied viola at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
Siobhan Stagg, Singer
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Siobhan Stagg, Singer
“ I mean it sounds (like a) cliché, but that was a phone call that changed my life completely,” said singer, Siobhan Stagg, recollecting the day the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra called to ask her to perform “Brahms’s Requiem”.
Music Selections
Title:  Bernstein: “Glitter and Be Gay”, from Candide (Bernstein) Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Kaiserslautern Saarbrucken, Conductor Daniel Smith (Siobhan Stagg, Soprano)
Title: “Requiem”, (Brahms) Berlin Philharmonic, Conductor Christian Thielemann (Soprano Siobhan Stagg)
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Catherine Milliken, Musician
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Catherine Milliken, Musician
Cathy Milliken has been an artist many young Australian musicians have looked up to when they have travelled abroad to continue their studies in Europe. A renowned oboist, composer and music educator, Cathy has held key positions with two of the world’s leading music ensembles, Ensemble Modern and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
Musical Excerpts
Title: The Yellow Shark, Frank Zappa Ensemble Modern
Composer: Three Step, for horn, violin, cello (Cathy Milliken),
Earth Plays I-IV Orchestral Work (Cathy Milliken)
Recording: Spiral, for a soloist with a shortwave receiver, (Karlheinz Stockhausen)
Trim  (Cathy Milliken)
Shifrorl (Cathy Milliken)
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