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Drive time is the soundtrack to your journey home. On air every day 4-6 pm, your five Drive presenters bring you an eclectic mix of music and great interviews.

You will get breaking news as well the latest from activists, politicians, academics, social commentators and musicians.

You'll hear about the great events happening around Sydney and most of all some great music from contemporary Americana and African music to electronic and Jazz.

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  • Yesterday · 26 min

    Interview with Rebecca Scott

    Opera singer and vocal coach Rebecca Scott stops by Wednesday Drive to promote the Open Academy at the Con, which offers music and voice courses to anyone interested in the Sydney community. A former student of the Con herself, Scott discusses her own vo

  • Yesterday · 20 min

    Interview with Whitney Fitzsimmons; author of The Rising

    Whitney Fitzsimmons is an award winning Australian broadcast journalist and television presenter. Her debut novel ‘The Rising’ is an atmospheric thriller centred around a rural Australian town. This interview explores why Whitney chose to wri

  • Monday · 24 min

    Dr Caitlyn Forster talks to the (insect) animals

    Dr Caitlyn Forster is an entomology lecturer at the University of Sydney, and she had a chat to Alan Field on Monday Drive about a range of insects and their behaviours at this time of the year. [...]Read More... from Dr Caitlyn Forster talks to the (ins

  • September 21 · 27 min

    Assoc Prof Bruce Isaacs

    Prof Bruce Isaacs from the University of Sydney joined Alan Field on Monday Drive to give us some tips on what we sould consider seeing at the movies during the upcoming school holidays. [...]Read More... from Assoc Prof Bruce Isaacs

  • September 21 · 22 min

    Andrew Doyle

    Andrew Doyle is one of Australia’s foremost clarinetists, and is the Principal Clarinetist for The Metropolitan Orchestra, whose final concert for the 2026 season is imminent. Andrew joined Alan Field on Monday Drive in the Bondi studio for a discu

  • September 21 · 21 min

    Scott Phillips … Motley Fool

    Scott Phillips is the Chief Investment Officer of The Motley Fool Australia, and has just put out a book to help simplify the key elements of investing. He joined Alan Field on Monday Drive for a chat about “The One-Page Investing Plan” &#823

  • September 19 · 28 min

    Mike Bennie … Bon vivant

    Mike Bennie is one of Australia’s most prominent wine authorities, and an internationally renowned commentator. He chatted with Alan Field on Friday Drive and not only discussed “The Student Prince,” but also gave his advice on a wide range of wine-relat

  • September 14 · 31 min

    Ben Palumbo … The Last Castrato

    Ben Palumbo, one of Ausatralia’s most talented entertainers who will play Alessandro Moreschi as The Last Castrato, joins Alan Field on Monday Drive to discuss his extraordinary vocal range and his entertainment credits. Also joining us is Professo

  • September 10 · 14 min

    Raghav Handa on Sydney, Dance and the Making of His Latest Work

    Choreographer and performer Raghav Handa joined Thursday Drive to discuss his journey from discovering Indian Kathak as a child to developing his own contemporary dance practice in Sydney. Handa reflects on the teachers and choreographers who shaped his

  • August 31 · 27 min

    From couch potato to elite ultra-endurance athlete

    Jason Dunn was a smoking, drinking couch potato until, at the age of 35, he turned his world around and became an elite ultra-endurance athlete. He ran into the Bondi studio to convince Alan Field on Monday Drive that it is possible for anyone to achieve

  • August 24 · 28 min

    Allegra Spender MP

    Allegra Spender, Federal Independent Member for Wentworth and co-founder of the Community Strong Australia Party, has been busy! Between tax reform, housing affordability, climate policy, pushing integrity standards, and public accountability, she found

  • August 24 · 24 min

    Professor Claude Farah

    Professor Claude Farah is an adult respiratory physician with extensive clinical experience in the assessment and management of airways disease, lung cancer and nodules, breathlessness and general respiratory ailments. He spent some time with Alan Field

  • August 13 · 25 min

    Prof Paul Griffin and RSV

    Professor Paul Griffin is recognised as amongst the world’s most prominent academics and infectious diseases physicians and clinical microbiologists. He is one of Australia’s leading voices on vaccines and public health, and he joined Alan Field on

  • August 10 · 14 min

    Diamond Bay Bowling Club

    It’s the kind of tale where anyone listening would most likely remark “that’s sooooo Sydney!” A local well know and much loved community and entertainment venue is forced to shut down because of noise complaints by someone new moving into the area. You’v

  • July 13 · 26 min

    Allegra Spender MP

    The Federal Parliament broke up last week for its winter recess, but the Independent Member for Wentworth, Allegra Spender, chose to spend some of her break chatting to Alan Field on Monday Drive. She discusses what her “break” will look like

  • July 6 · 27 min

    Emily Granger

    Emily Granger is an American-born, Australian-based classical harpist who has established self as one of Australia’s leading performers. Her recent album is called A Thing of Beauty, and she spent some time with Alan Field on Monday Drive discussin

  • June 29 · 23 min

    Prof Lorraine Chantrill

    Prof Chantrill is a Senior Staff Specialist Medical Oncologist and Head of Service for Regional Medical Oncology, and she took time to chat with Alan Field on Monday Drive about the concerning trend of increasing incidence of gastrointestinal cancers, pa

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