Welcome to Event Horizon, the podcast that cuts through the hype and fear to bring you clear, practical understanding of artificial intelligence. I’m Travis de Jonk — digital strategist, ethicist, broadcast journalist, transformation expert and long-time futurist. After 20+ years inside newsrooms, entertainment networks and public health systems, I’ve created this series to raise digital literacy and give you the truth about AI: what it is, how it works, and why it affects every part of you...

The Sydney Sentinel's Travis de Jonk explore's the week's top stories on sydneysentinel.com.au. OUR SPECIAL GUEST ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK is Michael Williams - the artistic director of the Sydney Writers' Festival. We first spoke with Williams on the speakeasy last year in 2021 when he navigated Sydney Writers' Festival through the pandemic landscape to produce a brilliant 2021 festival. LISTEN to that interview here. The Sydney Writers' Festival returns this year from 16 to 22 May 2022 - big...

The Sydney Sentinel's Travis de Jonk explore's the week's top stories on sydneysentinel.com.au. OUR SPECIAL GUESTS ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK are writer, director and producer Eric Nash and iconic actor, producer and director John Jarratt. That’s right: Wolf Creek’s Mick Taylor is joining us on the show today. These two stellar talents teamed up in the production of the recent 2022 film release Love You Like That which is available to watch on Foxtel and Binge from 10 May, 2022. Nash and Ja...

The Sydney Sentinel's Travis de Jonk explore's the week's top stories on sydneysentinel.com.au. OUR SPECIAL GUEST ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK is Will Tregoning - the founder of Unharm - an organisation spearheading drug law and policy reform in NSW and Australia. We last spoke to Will about a year ago - he returns to update us on movements in the organisation, as well as recent polling by Unharm revealing dramatic transformations in public attitudes about drugs, policing and policy. Of parti...

The Sydney Sentinel's Travis de Jonk explores the week's top stories on sydneysentinel.com.au. OUR SPECIAL GUEST ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK is Tim Duggan - an extraordinary and adventurous Australian who isn’t just a business powerhouse but an expert in the art of social activation and change. He is an optimist who firmly believes in the power of business to do good - and leads by example, running some of this nation’s most prominent and awarded media outlets and events. His first book, Cult...

The Sydney Sentinel's Travis de Jonk explores the week's top stories on sydneysentinel.com.au. OUR SPECIAL GUEST ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK is a Sydney business success story. When Wigs by Vanity was started in 2003 by Ben Moir (AKA Vanity Faire) - in partnership with fellow drag artist Courtney Act - it redefined drag wigs in Australia and delivered a unique concept of wigs made by drag queens for drag queens. It has since grown into a high profile and internationally recognised Australian ...

The Sydney Sentinel's Travis de Jonk explores the week's top stories on sydneysentinel.com.au. OUR SPECIAL GUESTS ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK are two of the most famous drag talents in Australia - Art Simone and Etcetera Etcetera - and following their participation in hit reality TV show RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under, their names are now known globally. The dynamic duo have teamed up for their own show - As Seen On TV . But that’s not all - they're doing the show in tandem with their own ‘one...

The Sydney Sentinel's Travis de Jonk explores the week's top stories on sydneysentinel.com.au. OUR SPECIAL GUEST ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK is Aussie icon, Marcia Hines. With a career spanning five decades, an Order of Australia (AM) and an entry in the ARIA Hall of Fame, Marcia Hines is a juggernaut of music, theatre and entertainment, and a national treasure. Now, she is about to release new music and embark on a tour. Hines has returned to the recording studio and added three new songs to the u...

The Sydney Sentinel's Travis de Jonk explores the week's top stories on sydneysentinel.com.au. This week we are examining Sydney's fetish and kink scenes - subcultures as diverse and fascinating as the people who partake in them. Sydney’s fetish and kink scene in the '80s and '90s was a thriving subculture - but it has experienced something of a decline in recent years. However, a swag of new initiatives are reviving interest in the scene. In this episode, we speak to two groups that ...

The Sydney Sentinel's Travis de Jonk explores the week's top stories on sydneysentinel.com.au. OUR SPECIAL GUEST ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK is John Baker - a pioneering trailblazer of gay publishing in Australia. Baker launched his gay lifestyle magazine William & John back in 1972 - just a few years after the Stonewall riots in the US and six years before the first ever Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras protests. Recognised as the first ever commercial lifestyle gay publication in Austr...