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This week on the show Al caught up with visiting Nathan Cavaleri bringing his Growing Pains show to the Albury Entertainment Centre on Wednesday and found out all about how meeting Mark Knopfler from Dire Straights began a whole new world for him. Meanwhile Robbo shares the hilarious highlights of Melbourne's victory in the footy last round while also looking forward to round 7 unfolding.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the eve of another huge couple of games at the Lauren Jackson Sports Centre, Al caught up with Bandits Men's captain Jacob Cincurak for his thoughts on the upcoming Anzac Day Clash against the Sea Eagles. Let's go Bandits, let's go! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week in Tech Talk, Stephen shared a very handy (and stylish) portable fan useful for many a hot situation and in AFL Chat, Robbo got into Round 6 this weekend including his thoughts on the Jak Butters incident.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we checked in with Megan from the Cancer Council NSW on how our local superstars were going in Stars of the Border and how you can buy tickets, there was a lot of ground to cover in What's On including the Foodshare Border Easter Egg hunt tomorrow as well as an upcoming fundraising session of the magical Faraway Tree movie and speaking of movies, Shane A let us know about a few upcoming films across Easter! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week Jamie Wolf from Fencing for Fires dropped by for an update on how things are going and the next big working bee that you can be part of coming up. Meanwhile Robbo ripped into round one of the AFL with his thoughts on 9 big games.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Back into footy season we go so this week our guru returned in Russell Robertson, more than ready to talk us through season 2026!On top of that we caught up with AFLW's Alyce Parker from GWS who's heading back to her home town of Holbrook to be a big part of Holbrook's Big Freeze for MND at the Riverina Hotel!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What a full on week it's been! In the podcast today: Caleb Bertram and Carmen Amos from Livid Productions swung by for a big chat about the upcoming Joseph and the amazing technicolour dream coat performances coming up soon!10x X games gold medallist Rob Adelberg shared what's in store for this weekend's Freestyle Kings in Lavington as well as how it all started on the farm.Ready to headline Red Hot Summer Tour for 2026, we dropped a line to Paul Kelly to find out what happens behind the scenes at a RHST (and we found out how much he loves swimming!) And on Monday the Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese swung by the studio to reveal why he was on the Border that day! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on the show we checked in with Jon Stevens from Noiseworks about hitting the stage at Tonight's Carnival of Cups. In this big chat we found out how much he loves doing what he does, if he's any good at picking a winner and the artists he'd love to sing with given the chance.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the lead up to the always huge Albury Carnival of Cups on Friday Feb 13 at the Showgrounds, this week we caught up with organiser Paul Cochraine who set things up and on the entertainment side, Tim Watson from Taxiride! Coming up next week: More chances at $1000 with the Free Money Minute and Red Hot Summer Tour Tickets to be won! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This morning Jamie Wolf from Fencing for Fires joined us to share the amazing work he and the team are doing in the aftermath of the recent fires as well as putting the call out to volunteers for their massive upcoming working bee. To find out more: https://www.facebook.com/Fencingforfires To help donate through their Go Fund Me: https://www.gofundme.com/f/fencing-for-fires-2026-bushfire-emergency-relief See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In our first week back for 2026, Lu revealed that she applied for a seniors card...only she wasn't sure what she was going to use it on. Luckily we had some great suggestions from fans of the show on how she could save.  Meanwhile fresh from another trade show trip, our Techspert Stephen Fenech gave the lowdown on a very cool pair of specs where you can manually adjust the brightness when you need it (not when you come inside from the bright outside..) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In anticipation of Sunday's huge event, Al popped down to the Convoy for Kids media event at the showgrounds to catch up with a few people involved.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shannon Noll has been super busy in 2025 with plenty on his plate but he joined us for a massive chat on the show this week covering everything to his new single, plans for next year and the hilarity that occurs during a Nolls family Christmas game of backyard cricket! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Last week we touched base with the one and only Diesel, set to perform at the upcoming Blitz Golf early next year in Yarrawonga! Blitz Golf is hitting Yarrawonga for a high-energy twilight showdown like no other. Fast-paced golf meets live music, epic food, and non-stop entertainment in a festival-style experience.  In this massive chat we find out how well he can play (golf that is, we know how well he rocks on stage), his love of outdoor concerts, Christmas plans and so much more! Grab your tickets now! https://feverup.com/m/404249 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As part of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, we caught up with Behavioural Scientist Dave Kramer for a big chat about the Halt program he'll be presented around some local schools in the area. To find out more about Dave's incredible work or to book a school visit, check out the official website: https://www.smallsteps4hannah.com.au/haltprogram See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.