The Bohemian Beat Archive

In this episode Riddhi is joined by leading artists and innovators to explore an important topic most recently brought to light by the extension of the #MeToo movement.

The Bohemian Beat presents in conjunction with Drill Hall Theatre Company and SAE Creative Media Institute an ANZAC play for radio by Gary Lewis called One by One.

Join Riddhi in a special International Women’s Day broadcast with a focus on pioneering bohemians from around the Northern Rivers Region of NSW.

Riddhi talks with Australian singer/songwriter and poet Gyan.

In this episode Riddhi explores poetry and music from Sufi Mystic poets.

This week hear the plight of refugees through poetry and music. From K’naan, Anoushka Shankar, Pavana Reddy, Omar Saghir, to Samah Sabawi, and Benjamin Zephaniah. Grassroots poetry section features a poem by Isabella Gillespie that became their motto

Join Riddhi to celebrate 10 years of bohemians and poets gracing the national airwaves.

In this episode Riddhi features Allen Ginsberg’s ground breaking poem ‘Howl For Carl Solomon’

In the final four part series Gothic Tales, Riddhi focuses on the year 1816 - When Frankenstein and The Vampire were conceived.

In Act 3 of this four part special we continue with tales of terror.

Continuing with tales of Paradise, Vampire’s, and Frankenstein.

Join Riddhi and journey into the dark imaginings of Percy Bysshe Shelly, Mary Shelly, and Lord Byron.

In this episode Riddhi presents a Sovereign Rights Mandate put together by Indigenous leaders Lois Cook & Kerrianne Cox.

A group of inspiring people lead by Lois Cook, a Nyangbul woman from Cabbage Tree Island, Wardell and Ballina regions of NSW are claiming their sovereign right to live on Country and have set up camp at Gugamai just south of Byron Bay

Riddhi shares a true and incredible tale about how a small group of people saved the lives of hundreds of kangaroos on Mt Panorama.

Riddhi features works from John Trudell, the late Native American rights activist, musician and poet.

Poetry from Rainer Maria Rilke, Robert Bly, William Stafford, Emily Dickinson, William Shakespeare, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Mary Oliver.

In this episode Riddhi presents poetry from the romantic poets to the metaphysical poets to Banjo Patterson with his highly romantic view of the bush and the iconic figure of the bushman.

Hymn to Persephone- From Helen of Troy to Cleopatra

In this episode Riddhi explores one of the greatest political protest poems ever written - Mask Of Anarchy by the English Romantic Poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.

In this episode Riddhi is joined in the studio with members of the Mullumbimby Drill Hall Theatre Company to perform an obscure 1912 play, adapted for radio, called "Mr. Sampson: A Play in One Act" by Charles James Lee.

Riddhi features some poetry from poets associated with the Northern Rivers region of NSW, and Jenni Cargil-Strong with be joining us in the studio with Stories that Matter.

In the final part of this special feature, Riddhi explores the poetics of Bob Dylan traveling through The Times They Are a Changin', Unresponsible Black Nite Crash, The Lost Land, Kubla Khan, Don Juan, It's Alight, Ma - I'm only bleeding and more.

In this episode, back by popular demand Riddhi presents another Shakespeare and the eighties musical adventure!

In this episode Riddhi talks to an inspiring group of women - survivors of domestic violence who have been telling their stories in a theatre production called HERE WE STAND.

In this episode Riddhi features poetry from Anne Waldman, William Carlos Williams, and Marianne Moore.

In this episode Riddhi continues to explore Bob Dylan’s poetics.

You may have heard that Bob Dylan was recently awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature. For The Bohemian Beat, this recipient of the 'richest literately prize in the world' represents a significant poetic event.

Riddhi features poetry from William Shakespeare and Victorian poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Including special guest author and poet Susan Varga, and Stories That Matter with Jenni Cargill.

We delve into the Greek myth of Eurydice reinterpreted by the great English poet Edith Sitwell. From the male perspective through the ages to the feminine voice that asserts her own experience of death and the underworld into wisdom.

This episode Riddhi shares an interview with upcoming Melbourne poet Martin Jon Porter talking about his debut chapbook of poetry called ‘Traits’. Northern Rivers poet False Prophet joins us in the studio, and our segment ‘Your special poem’.

Riddhi contracts the Modernist movement with the Beat Generation. Enjoy poetry from TS Eliot, Wallace Stevens, Gregory Corso, Daevid Allen, Diane Diprima, Jack Kerouac, and William Burroughs.

Riddhi features the book 'Walers and Warriors', by Neil Plim. With stories about the Waler war horses of the Australian Light Horsemen, and stories of the fate of indigenous volunteers confronted with abandonment at the end of the Boer War & WWI

Riddhi continues her exploration of George Orwell's dystopian novel 1984. Special guest singer/songwriter Andy Jans-Brown shares new songs and talks about his latest endeavour a feature film script 'Hell is Light'.

Riddhi meanders with poets Hart Crane, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Dylan Thomas, Jack Kerouac and ee Cummings. Including the segment ‘Your Special Poems’, where listeners are invited to share poems close to their hearts.

Riddhi features German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche's master piece - Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Including pieces from Hermann Hesse, Franz Kafka, and Goethe.

Riddhi meanders with poetry and melodies from Banjo Paterson, Paul Kelly, Kev Carmody and Peter Porter. Including the segment ‘Stories that Matter’ with Jenni Cargil. featuring The Cedar Girl of Mullumbimby Grass by Annie Byrant.

Enjoy poetry from Dylan Thomas, and special guest - Amir Paiss, composer and poet shares his latest creative gems a book of poetry 50 Gates of Binah, and collection of songs from his latest album Satsong.

In this episode Riddhi explores one of the most important figures in the history of anarchism - Emma Goldman.

Riddhi is joined by multi-award winning storyteller and poet Irish Joe Lynch. Listen to tales and poetry, and a new section ‘Your Special Poems’, where listeners are invited to share poems close to their hearts.

This episode we journey behind bars and witness the transformative powers of poetry through the Unlocked project (an initiative of The Red Room Company), where poets and hip-hop artists participate in poetry workshops.

Riddhi explores the stories of struggle behind the poetry. With revolutionary artists and activists from North America to Somali, Mali, South Africa and Jamaica.

This episode Riddhi examines the effect of political trauma on the poet's use of language.

This episode we’re re-discovering Shakespeare’s genius through the music, words and spirit of the nineteen eighties.

This episode Riddhi features poets known for their performance poetry. From Edna St. Vincent Millay to Dylan Thomas to the contemporary Brisbane poetry group the Kurilpa Poets.

The Bohemian Beat - Ep341 - The WikiLeaks Files - This episode Riddhi travels along the Road of Anarchy, from Chomsky, Orwell, Shelley, Gandhi and Thoreau to the contemporary anarchist group - 'Cypherpunk'.

The Bohemian Beat - Ep217- Burning In The Skies - This episode Riddhi explores the moving dynamic of the older poetic philosophy of Romanticism and its evolution into the more cynical Modernism of the Industrial Revolution.

The Bohemian Beat - Ep121 - Icarus- In this episode Riddhi explores the myth of the Greek story of Icarus who took flight from prison wearing wings made from wax and feathers.

The Bohemian Beat - Ep336 - The Big Bang- Join Riddhi for another poetic adventure journeying to the stars, through worm holes, black holes and extraterrestrial possibilities.

The Bohemian Beat - Ep228- Stars That Speak- This episode is EPIC - A statue comes to life, a knight rejects the real world. A new life separates into exile as the poet travels through the realms of the dead.