The Late Show Library
The Late Show Library
RSN Racing and Sport
Kevin Hillier talks to well-known and not-so-well-known authors about the stories they've told through the chapters they've written. Some well known sporting stories will be familiar to many people, but they'll be others that you've heard about through a friend of a friend. This podcast endeavours to speak to the people who have helped enhance the stories by encapsulated them through their wonderful words.
Vikki Petraitis, co author with Arthur Dale of 'Cops, Drugs, Lawyer X and Me'
This week's edition of The Late Show Library features Vikki Petraitis, co author with Arthur Dale of 'Cops, Drugs, Lawyer X and Me'
Mar 24, 2020
20 min
Stephanie Convery's 'After The Count - The Death of Davey Browne'
This week's edition of The Late Show Library features Stephanie Convery's 'After The Count - The Death of Davey Browne'
Mar 17, 2020
23 min
Adrian Brown - 'The Test - A New Era For Australia's Team'
This week's Late Show Library features Adrian Brown's documentary 'The Test - A New Era For Australia's Team'
Mar 10, 2020
21 min
Tony Wilson - 1989 The Greatest Grand Final
This week's edition of The Late Show Library featured '1989' in which Tony Wilson talks to an array of people about what many consider to be the greatest Grand Final of all time!
Mar 4, 2020
27 min
Strange Game in a Strange Land by Damian Balassone
A poetic celebration of Australian Rules Football in all its glorious incarnations, from the tip of Tasmania to the Tiwi Islands, from the opening bounce of the season through to the seagulls descending onto the G at the conclusion of the Big Dance. It's all in here: the dashing half-back flankers, the crumbing forwards, the desert flyers and the mongrel punts. Damian Balassone cast his eye on the great Australian game with this quirky collection of quatrains and couplets.
Feb 26, 2020
12 min
Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers by Russell Holmesby
Known as the Bible of footy. First published in 1992, it has sold over 120,000 copies in total. When Ben McKay ran onto the ground for North Melbourne in the Round 23, 2017 game against Brisbane he would have felt the same sense of enthusiasm and uncertainty as the long list of footballers who have gone before him. Young Ben became the 12,580th man to appear in League football since the competition began way back in May 1897. As the last debutante for 2017 he faced a vastly different scenario in so many ways to those pioneers of 1897.
Feb 26, 2020
23 min
Late Show Library - Roots by Craig Horne
Roots is the history of live music in Melbourne, from jazz to blues, country, folk, rhythm and blues to rock, and the socio-political stories of those musicians who played what they wanted, when they wanted, without a damn.
Feb 12, 2020
13 min
Late Show Library - For the Record by Steve Woods
These books have been a labour of love dating back to the early 90s when Steve Woods hosted K-Rock's #1 morning program in Geelong. Part of the show was a feature called the "Classic 9 At 9" which looked at nine songs from a particular year. Steve started adding news and information to compliment the music and audience loved it. Steve Woods has a strong media background that includes over 30 years experience in the Australian radio industry
Feb 4, 2020
25 min
Late Show Library - 1956 | The year Australia welcomed the world by  Nick Richardson
This was the year when Melbourne hosted the Summer Olympics, the first edition of the Games to be held outside Europe and North America. It also heralded the arrival of television in Australia. Nick Richardson peels back the layers to reveal Australia at a critical moment in time. He brilliantly recreates the broader events surrounding the Melbourne Olympics at the end of 1956, as well as the dramas of the Games themselves. Throughout, he also follows a range of men and women who were touched by this transformation, to illuminate the personal consequences of being part of Australia's pivotal year.
Jan 28, 2020
21 min
Late Show Library - Stronger & Bolder by Konrad Marshall
Following on from the best-selling Yellow & Black: A season with Richmond, Konrad Marshall's acclaimed account of Richmond's 2017 Premiership, comes Stronger and Bolder: The Story of Richmond's 2019 Premiership. It tells the intimate story of the Richmond Football Club through the highs and lows of its 2019 finals campaign, explaining how the club recovered from its disappointment of 2018. With unprecedented access to club officials, players and coaches, author Konrad Marshall takes the reader inside the rooms at the key moments of the campaign, chronicling the Tigers' journey to AFL football's Holy Grail
Jan 28, 2020
24 min
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