PODCASTS
What is a podcast?
It’s a bit of audio you can play on demand or/and download from a podcast app.
Our podcasts are on-demand. If you missed a talk-based show at the scheduled time you can listen to it here.
RMR Podcasts
Local Produce
Join Kiz & Dan for the best homegrown music, what’s on in the South West, chats with local and touring musicians and a good laugh or ten.
Thursday 4-5pm
The Local Pulse
Karen Tearney unpacks local news and issues that impact our community.
The Local Pulse is a reliable, objective show aimed at keeping you informed.
Thursday 10am
Friday 9am Repeat
Friday on my Mind
A magazine style chat show streamed live from the RMR Studio’s with Cate and Pip.
The girls cover local issues and events in the region and play some crackin’ tunes!
Friday 11am
Repeated 5pm
15 Minutes of Fame
A music show where Janine Carter invites residents to share the stories behind their favourite songs.
Saturday 4pm
Wadandi Wongi
Saltwater People Talking
The voice of the South-West’s Wadandi people.
Local indigenous custodian Zac Webb and others share their culture, knowledge and stories.
Haus of Rex
Festival in a bottle. The Headliner has finished and you head deeper into the labyrinth looking for something to dance to. House, D&B, Breaks, Techno and hopefully a new gem you’ve never heard before.
Friday 9-10pm
Live one week, repeated the next
Saturday 9-10pm
Repeat
The Big Beat Manifesto
DJ’s Simo and Edlin spin some bangin’ house tunes.
Thursday 7-9pm
Friday 7-9pm
Repeat
Psychotic Reactions
Exploring the influence psychedelia has had on all music genres from some of the great hits of all times through to the most obscure.
Blues, folk, garage rock, indie music, soul, funk and beyond – you’ll hear a melting pot of music for the mind.
Mindful Margaret River
Bill Bunbury interviews local people about how they keep going when times are trying. Bill’s guests find meaning and satisfaction in their lives in different ways including creating and retaining friendships, helping others in need, and exploring our beautiful environment.
Wed 6pm
Thurs 9:30am (repeat)
Meet the Maker
Alex Wilson introduces you to south-west creatives from artisans to architects, surfboard shapers and sourdough bakers.
Get to know the talented people that enrich our region.
Saturday 5pm
Sunday 9am Repeat
Happy Endings
Proudly brought to you by Margaret River Bookshop.
A monthly 1 hour show hosted by Margaret River Readers & Writers Festival Creative Director Sian Baker and Keith McLeod, owner of Margaret River Bookshop.
A lighthearted show about books, a kind of rebel book club if you like, for people who love to read but hate being told what to read!
SISTARS
Fiona Horne brings you the very best of South West Australia’s creative women in music and the arts.
Each episode features a visual/performance artist and a musician, both homegrown in the beautiful South West region of Australia.
SISTARS airs on Radio Margaret River monthly.
Lifestyle Living
For over 50’s wishing to explore their retirement options.
Presented by Adan Nicholson of Margaret River Lifestyle Village
Monthly – Thursday 1pm
Remembering the Bushfire
Locals share their memories of the regions worst bushfire disaster 10 years on.
21 Days of Self Compassion
A guided meditation every day for 3 weeks with Erycka.
There’s a shorter (8 minute) meditation for the morning, and a 20 minute version for the evening.
Local Podcasts
It's a Quest - U3A
U3A Margaret River has just celebrated its tenth anniversary. To mark this milestone Bill Bunbury has produced a 22 minute documentary.
Received with Love
In 2021 River Angels celebrated its 10th birthday; to mark the occasion Bill Bunbury produced this podcast.
A Place of the Heart
The Wilding Stories
We are women. We are willing. We are one.
A tale of magic realism arising from International Womens Day, created by local artist Margot Edwards.
3 versions. The original. One in Noongar. And a Ballad created by Mama Kin, Tilly Kelleher and Bec Schofield.
MRBTA Wine Unearthed
Explores the people, the extraordinary natural environment and the wineries.
Courage Unravelled – Sana Turnock
Bringing you the stories of everyday local people achieving extraordinary things with grit, compassion and courage.
All the Dirt – Steve Woods
Steve Wood and Deryn Thorpe combine decades of gardening, sustainability and environmental knowledge to create Australia’s most popular gardening podcast.
Recommended Podcasts
If you have a favourite podcast you’d like to share, please let us know.
You can listen via the link provided or find them on your podcast app. Some of these podcasts are not suitable for under 18’s and include explicit language.
A series of conversations between President Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen about their lives, music, masculinity and enduring love of America—despite all its challenges.
Between the houses
The Paper Kites talk with friends, musicians and fellow songwriters about music, art and the incredible highs and lows of choosing a life in music.
Disgraceland
A true crime podcast about musicians getting away with murder and behaving very badly.
Dolly Partons America
The story of a legend at the crossroads of America’s culture wars.
Chat 10 Looks 3 – Annabelle Crabb and Leigh Sales
Great for book, podcast and recipe recommendations; how these two mums fit so much into their lives is incredible.
Too Peas in a Podcast
Listen to these two mums laugh (a lot) and cry as they chat to each other and friends about parenting multiples with disabilities and additional needs.
Start-Up
A series from one of the original and best podcasters Alex Blumberg. He documents his journey starting up his own podcasting business.
Reply All
A show about the internet, but so much more.
S-Town
From the makers of Serial, a great investigative journalism podcast.
John despises his Alabama town and decides to do something about it. He asks a reporter to investigate the son of a wealthy family who’s allegedly been bragging that he got away with murder. But then someone else ends up dead, sparking a nasty feud, a hunt for hidden treasure, and an unearthing of the mysteries of one man’s life.
All in The Mind
All in the Mind is an exploration of the mental: the mind, brain and behaviour — everything from addiction to artificial intelligence.
Conversations with Richard Fidler
Conversations draws you deeper into the life story of someone you may, or may not, have heard about — someone who has seen and done amazing things.
Voice of Real Australia
Discover new people, places and perspectives with Voice of Real Australia. Each episode showcases voices, ideas and stories from beyond the big cities.
Radio Lab
Investigating our strange world from New York City
Everything is Alive
An interview show where all the subjects are inanimate objects. In each episode, a different thing tells us its life story and everything it says is true.
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