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JOY stands with the trans community
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JOY’s AGM and awards night of 2024!
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Diary of a Work Experience Student: Poppy
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Saturday 16th, August, 2025; Peter Greste; Alliance for Journalists’ Freedom; Israel Must Allow Independent Investigations of Palestinian Journalist Killings
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Show 666 – ABBA Covers The World
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Forgive and Forget
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Wednesday Breakfast: Pride Comedy, JXCKY’s ‘Thirsty’ & VIP Lanyard Life
From Tokyo Ghetto ‘Cats’ to queer hecklers at Pride Comedy, this week’s JOY Breakfast full show has it all! Plus rising star JXCKY drops their fierce new single Thirsty +…
Wednseday Breakfast: JXCKY – Thirsty, Thriving & Rising from the Darkness
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Wednesday Breakfast: Pride Comedy – Footscray’s Funniest Queers, Hecklers & Frogguccini
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Blue skies – Show #362 (part 2), 10 August 2025
Today’s second hour includes an intriguing new tune by Welsh artist Cate Le Bon, the title track by Irish force of nature CMAT, a vivid duet by the USA’s The…
Wednesday Breakfast: G Flip Interview, LJ’s Outback Antics & A Pantry Kiss for the Ages
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Celebrating 10 Years of SAMESH
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Talking with you – Show #362 (part 1), 10 August 2025
The songs in today’s first hour are by artists based in Mparntwe/Alice Springs, Port Adelaide, Narrm/Melbourne, Sydney, Byron Bay, East London, Dublin and New York City. Their songs are about…
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