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
599 episodes
Morgan Lewis and Finding Fillmores
Public submissions to Kiama Council on the latest Finding Fillmore’s development application have now closed, but the conversation certainly hasn’t.This week on Chat Tuesday, host Bernie Hems speaks with Fillmore’s owner Morgan Lewis ab...
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Season 2025
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Episode 611
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38:52
Grow and Sow: Tye Purnell
Hosts Jane Parbury and Joe Carter talk to Tye Purnell of the Backyard Habitat Project. Tye is a qualified horticulturalist and long-time native plant enthusiast with a deep passion for Australian biodiversity. His goal is to create ...
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Season 2025
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Episode 610
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48:31
Teresa Nguyan & Joe McElroy from Specsavers
Teresa Nguyan & Joe McElroy from Specsavers talk to Gabriela Cabral as part of Gabi’s weekly program on KCR supporting local businesses: Living Local, Tuesday mornings at 9.30am.
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Season 2025
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Episode 609
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Taite Arney - Loan Market
Taite Arney from mortgage broking company Loan Market Kiama talks to Gabriela Cabral as part of Gabi’s weekly program on KCR supporting local businesses: The Shop Around the Corner,...
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Season 2025
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Episode 608
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Chat Tuesday: Paul Field
Bernie Hems talks to Paul Field; the voice of The Cockroaches, the former Managing Director of The Wiggles, and now a solo artist, producer and storyteller.Paul is coming to Wollongong with a new show,
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Season 2025
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Episode 607
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45:36
Melanie Pearce: eMerge Business Support
Gabriela Cabral talks to Melanie Pearce from eMerge Business Support, which offers tailor-made administrative services to local businesses, to help them empty their overflowing too...
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Season 2025
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Episode 606
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21:57
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Headspace: Mat King and Emily Neild
Headspace opened in Kiama to much fanfare in October 2024. Headspace is run by Australia’s National Youth Mental Health Foundation, providing early intervention mental health servi...
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Season 2025
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Episode 605
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Tim Ayliffe and James Dunbar at Kiama Library
Kiama Library hosted an evening of crime recently with writers James Dunbar and Tim Ayliffe discussing their new books with Kiama author, Ryan Butta. James's previous novel Mole Creek was shortlisted in the Danger Awards, 2024 and his ...
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Season 2025
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Episode 604
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1:03:59
Tony Gilmour and the Kiama Historical Socety
Bernie Hems chats with historian Dr Tony Gilmour about the
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Season 2025
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Episode 603
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36:05
Chat Tuesday: Deirdre Backhouse
Bernie Hems chats to Deirdre Backhouse, co-ordinator of the Illawarra ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia and Long COVID Support Group. Bernie and Deirdre are joined by Councillor Yasmin Tatrai. This is part of Bernie’s weekly program Ch...
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Season 2025
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Episode 602
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36:20
Grow and Sow: Sarah Anderson
Felicity Leitch and Joe Carter chat with Sarah Anderson, head grower of the urban market garden at Popes Produce in Woonona, a suburban oasis that Sarah started in 2015. This is part of KCR's regular gardening program, Grow and...
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Season 2025
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Episode 601
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49:00
Mornings: Tatiana Williams
Felicity Leitch talks to Tatiana Williams, a Kiama menopause and strength coach who advocates that menopause isn’t the end – it’s the beginning of a powerful new chapter! Through her TW Wellness Coaching, Tatiana helps women in perimeno...
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Season 2025
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Episode 600
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40:11
Grow and Sow: Nadiah Roslan
Joe Carter and Fiona Mackie talk to Nadiah Roslan as part of their weekly gardening show on KCR; grow and Sow at 9am Fridays. Originally from Canberra, biologist Nadiah has nearly a decade of experience coordinating Australian citiz...
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Season 2025
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Episode 599
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43:06
Kiama Community Garden- Happy 15th Birthday!
Kiama Community Garden had an Open Day on October 25th 2025 to celebrate their 15th Birthday and Berni Hems spent the morning their chatting to Gabriella, Liama, Cathy, Marta and Pete...
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Season 2025
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Episode 598
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44:41
Vesna Cvjeticanin: An Unexpected Life
Writer and poet Vesna Cvjeticanin migrated to Australia from Serbia 35 years ago. Her book, An Unexpected Life, shares the inspiring journey of twelve migrant women who left their homelands as adults to start a new life in Australia. T...
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Season 2025
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Episode 597
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57:58
Aboriginal Kiama: Tony Gilmour and Aunty Joyce Donovan
At the October meeting of the Kiama Historical Society Dr Tony Gilmour and Doctor Aunty Joyce Donovan talked about the aboriginal history section of the Pilots Cottage Museum which they have been upda...
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Season 2025
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Episode 596
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51:21
Chat Tuesday: Glenn Haworth
Bernie Hems chats to entrepreneur and business coach Glenn Haworth. Glenn is running a workshop for small businesses on the 7th November at the Kiama P...
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Season 2025
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Episode 595
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45:58
Council Counsel: Matt Brown
Bernie Hems chats to Councillor Matt Brown, joined at the end by Geoff Webb from the Gerringong Historical Society. This is part of Bernie’s weekly program Council Counsel, on KCR, Tuesday mornings at 9am. Recor...
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Season 2025
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Episode 594
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27:55
Stuart Coupe and Jeff Apter
The Friends of Kiama Library held an evening of music, murder and mayhem with authors Stuart Coupe and Jeff Apter discussing how two Kings of the Cross, Abe Saffron and Lee Gordon, influenced music and the mafia in Australia.Stuart and J...
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Season 2025
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Episode 593
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47:28
Zeke Ezra from Penjing, Robertson
In this week's episode of Grow and Sow hosts Peter Sullivan and Joe Carter meet Zeke Ezra from Penjing at Robertson. A retired chartered accountant, Zeke turned to gardening and, eventuall...
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Season 2025
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Episode 592
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46:57
Fiona Kennedy and the Orangutan Foundation
With the recent sad passing of acclaimed primatologist Jane Goodall, humanity lost a precious connection to our natural world. In this interview Lee Cordner meets a local friend of the primates, Fiona Kennedy, and hears of her experience...
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Season 2025
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Episode 591
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17:40
Shane Baker- Coast and Country
Bernie Hems chats to Shane Baker from Coast and Country Community Services about the vital work they do supporting our region. This is part of Bernie’s weekly program Chat Tuesday<...
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Season 2025
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Episode 590
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18:28
Jonnell Uptin and the Kiama Illawarra Pride Choir
Every voice belongs! That’s the motto of the Kiama Illawarra Pride Choir, a tiny choir making a big noise in the Aussie choral scene.In this episode of Chat Tuesday Bernie Hems chats to KIPC’s assista...
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Season 2025
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Episode 589
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