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On the pod this week, the team talk about the perils of getting too hot in a self-driving car; beloved local cook and author Julia Busuttil-Nishimura came in to chat Simple Pleasures; Bron shares intel on how you can bet on the moon landing; Marieke Hardy sings the praises of Dave Eggers' new novel Contrapposto; the team discuss how parents are using AI to edit their kids' school photos now; and acclaimed author, playwright and former lawyer, Suzie Miller, was in studio to discuss (amongst other things) her new play about the AFLW, Strong is the New Pretty. With presenters Daniel Burt, Monique Sebire & Bronwyn Kuss. Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/breakfasters/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Breakfasters3RRRFM/ Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/breakfasters/

On the pod this week, the team ask the important questions: Do you say Ahoy hoy or Hello? Because greetings are on the out; and do you have a firm handshake or are you a coward? The team also muses over how the Hyrox Games made a splash for all the wrong reasons; and they discuss the dream scenario of unexpectedly coming into money. With presenters Daniel Burt, Monique Sebire & Bronwyn Kuss. Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/breakfasters/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Breakfasters3RRRFM/ Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/breakfasters/

This week, Bron found out she was allergic to Melbourne; Jason Boulter talks Hardcore - 50 years of Skateboarding in Australia; Megan McKeough was disappointed with the lack of sex in Gregg Araki's new film I Want Your Sex; Besha Rodell laments Australia's burrito gap; and did you know you can get a discount on your mani if you have tiny fingernails? With presenters Daniel Burt, Monique Sebire & Bronwyn Kuss, and guest presenter Jas Moore. Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/breakfasters/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Breakfasters3RRRFM/Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/breakfasters/

Leading Australian contemporary artist, Patricia Piccinini, stopped by the studio to discuss (amongst other things) her latest work, Celulas Madre, showing at the Science Gallery; we discuss the dos and mainly don'ts of office dining; Vanessa Toholka circled back on LinkedIn's ideation around AI Slop; Do you remember HR Puff and Stuff? Pauly P filled in for Mon and tried to explain it; Digga speaks in defence of the stinging nettle; and Bron explains mallet finger, amongst a host of other injuries. With presenters Daniel Burt, Monique Sebire & Bronwyn Kuss, and guest presenter Pauly P. Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/breakfasters/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Breakfasters3RRRFM/ Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/breakfasters/

Coming up on the pod, Bronwyn questions whether a first aid course is ever really worth the trouble; the always delightful Alice Pung drops in to talk about the importance of reading and writing; for Weird Science, Dr. Jen swipes up on scrolling; the directing duo behind Wicker, Eleanor Wilson and Alex Fisher, joins Breakfasters ahead of their film premiering at MIFF; and finally, the team investigate the merits of inviting AI to become a third in your relationship. With presenters Daniel Burt, Monique Sebire & Bronwyn Kuss, and guest presenter Jas Moore. Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/breakfasters/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Breakfasters3RRRFM/ Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/breakfasters/

Award-winning playwright Joanna Murray-Smith on her adaptation of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya and is joined by lead actor Daniel Henshall; Bron brings in a skirt she couldn't offload (or is it a bag?); funny kids' book writer Andy Griffiths has a new book You & Me and the Gigantic Knucklehead; the team turn a critical eye to creepy, cheapy wearable tech; and Marieke Hardy reviews Omar Musa new story collection The Vape Lord of Queanbeyan. With presenters Daniel Burt, Monique Sebire & Bronwyn Kuss. Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/breakfasters/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Breakfasters3RRRFM/ Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/breakfasters/

Bron is finally embracing her inner Queenslander and proudly ordering big frothy cappuccinos, and did you know that Daniel invented the handstand? Perhaps the team should have asked choreographer Stephanie Lake, who was in to talk about her new work, Vista, which is showing at Malthouse; Besha Rodell celebrated the warm gruffness of late Mario's waiter Massimo Di Sora; the team discussed what should you do if your plane is going down: cry or giggle? Dr Jen delivered the latest Weird Science on mobile phones and iconic Australian film editor Jill Bilcock pulls focus as she enthrals us with her life in film. With presenters Daniel Burt, Monique Sebire & Bronwyn Kuss. Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/breakfasters/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Breakfasters3RRRFM/Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/breakfasters/

The pod kicks off with news that beers and ciggies are breaking the bank; the team talked about everyone's favorite honey-loving bear with literary journalist Jane Sullivan, who for Rare Book Week is hosting a 100th-year celebration of Winnie-the-Pooh; Dr. Jen revealed the weird science behind our finger length; Bron learnt that you shouldn't take French lessons from yogurt ads; Megan McCue was in to review Olivia Wilde's new film, The Invite and Friday Funnybugger Geraldine Hickey prepares for an emotional Albury homecoming. With presenters Daniel Burt, Monique Sebire & Bronwyn Kuss. Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/breakfasters/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Breakfasters3RRRFM/Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/breakfasters/

We had a week off and Mon went to a bird show! Bron did something pretty cool too; our favourite football tragic and former Breakfaster, Tony Wilson joined us for a World Cup update; Bron got a front row seat to Craigieburn Dance Troupe The Magnificent Ladies; Breakfasters' own master chef, Emma Dean, sings the praises of the trusty slow cooker; and Friday Funnybugger and educator, Urvi Majumdar, laments the quality of illicit notes being handed around in class. With presenters Daniel Burt, Monique Sebire & Bronwyn Kuss. Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/breakfasters/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Breakfasters3RRRFM/ Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/breakfasters/

Award-winning musical theatre performer and Geelong Cats fan, Amy Lehpamer, joined us in the midst of her run of Pride and Prejudice - Sort Of, at the Athenaeum; Dr. Jen reassured us that it’s not our fault - it’s science that is making us eat trash when we drink; we discuss fully sick localized vernacular; Ben Cullen tells us how he survived a snake bite in the Otways; Masterchef finalist, Kishwar Chowdhury dropped by with her new cookbook celebrating her Bengali home, Smoke, Rice, Water; and we work through our fear of the dentist. With presenters Daniel Burt, Monique Sebire & Bronwyn Kuss. Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/breakfasters/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Breakfasters3RRRFM/Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/breakfasters/

We get wistful for daytime TV gone by when Bron reminds us of that time that David Campbell thought his son was Princess Di reincarnated; Kon Karapanagiotidis from the ASRC was in to talk World Refugee Week; Celia Pacquola, fresh off the back of her best show win at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival was in to talk Gift Horse; We embark on the undignified work of identifying celebs in the wild; and Marieke Hardy unpacked Deborah Adelaide's latest work of auto fiction When I'm 64. With presenters Daniel Burt, Monique Sebire & Bronwyn Kuss. Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/breakfasters/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Breakfasters3RRRFM/Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/breakfasters/

Bron loves tomatoes so much, her partner Liss thinks she should smell like one all the time, and writer, storyteller, documentary filmmaker, and former breakfaster, John Safran, was back in the studio to spruik the reboot of Race Around the World. Talking movies, Megan McKeough took us into director Kane Parsons' mysterious Backrooms, and ahead of her event at Willy Lit Fest, Antonia Pont made us rethink happiness. Finally, we question our nose for nightshades as Bron bring in her tomato perfume. Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/breakfasters/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Breakfasters3RRRFM/Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/breakfasters/

This week: to celebrate its 20th anniversary, Alice Pung's memoir Unpolished Gem is getting a reissue and the award-winning author joined us in studio to reflect on its journey (and also how many times she's had nits); we reminisce on the long lost era of Rock Eisteddfods; Flick Ford gave a ringing review of Spanish film Deaf/Horda; Khalid Abdalla dropped in to chat about his deeply personal stage show, Nowhere; we learn about letting it all hang out in Sweden and book reviewer Sean O'Beirne bangs the drum for Halle Butler's satire Banal Nightmare. Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/breakfasters/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Breakfasters3RRRFM/Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/breakfasters/

This week, Bron had a pet rabbit who went missing and you'll never guess where they found her! Vance Joy Fan and Chinese-Australian journalist, Cheng Lei, joined us to discuss her new play, 1154 Days, about her time incarcerated by the Chinese government; Rachel Bettiens was in to review a time-travelling trad wife in Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke; Friday Funnybugger Freddie Arthur described a very suggestive defecation; Dr Jen opened our eyes with Weird Science on sleep and we peeled back the rights and wrongs of leftovers. Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/breakfasters/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Breakfasters3RRRFM/ Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/breakfasters/

Bron went to the A-League Women's Final, and it got her thinking about how the audience differs in other sporting codes; Susan Forde came in to tell us how good we are with her report on the value of community radio; Donné Ngabo dropped in the studio to talk about his new play, Retrograde, at the MTC; Dr Jen grabs our attention, literally, for Weird Science, and we interrogate the pure gall of the uninvited guest. Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/breakfasters/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Breakfasters3RRRFM/ Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/breakfasters/