Strange Currencies
Episodes
Strange Currencies 22/11/2025: JG Ballard on the big screen (Crash and High Rise)
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Strange Currencies, we dive into the unsettling worlds of J.G. Ballard to explore how the cinematic adaptations of Crash (Cronenber...
Strange Currencies 3/10/25: Neika Lehman’s Dog House & Pablo Neruda’s Tonight I Can Write
04 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this month’s episode—our second recorded at the new narrm ngarrgu Library—we explore two poems: Neika Lehman’s Dog House, winner of the 202...
Strange Currencies 7/9/2025: A new home at the narrm ngarrgu Library
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After a long break, Connor and Rob return with a wide-ranging chat: Connor’s unexpected dive into cricket, recent overseas travels, and a hefty Napo...
Strange Currencies 13/3/2025: The final episode from 3WBC
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On our final episode broadcast from 3WBC we have a relaxed chat about music, life and a couple of short stories: Entropy by Thomas Pynchon and Drive M...
Strange Currencies 6/3/2025: An Interview with Jordan Prosser
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode, we interview Jordan Prosser, a writer, filmmaker and performer based in Naarm. In 2022, he won the Peter Carey Short Story Awa...
Strange Currencies 6/2/2025: An Interview with Andrea Pavleka
23 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we interview Andrea Pavleka about her award-winning short story The Golden Hour, which won the 2024 Peter Carey Short Story Award and...
Strange Currencies 26/12/2024: Top Fives of 2024 Part 2
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s episode is the second of a two-part special covering Strange Currencies’ top five movies, tv shows and novels for 2024.
Strange Currencies 19/12/2024: Top Fives of 2024 Part 1
05 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s episode is the first of a two-part special covering Strange Currencies’ top five movies, tv shows and novels for 2024.
Strange Currencies 12/12/2024: Andrea Pavleka’s ‘The Golden Hour’ and Jordan Prosser’s 'Eleuterio Cabrera's Beautiful Game'
05 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode we chat about a couple of stories that appeared in Meanjin and were both winners of the Peter Carey Short Story Award: Andrea...
Strange Currencies 5/12/2024: Moxie
25 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Guest host Hue shares her love for Amy Poehler's 2021 adaptation of Jennifer Mathieu's novel with Connor and Rob, and explains how the film led her to...
Strange Currencies 14/11/2024: Derek Jarman
07 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode, we discuss a couple of films directed by Derek Jarman. Connor attended a retrospective of his work at ACMI. Derek Jarman (194...
Strange Currencies 7/11/2024: Elizabeth Tan and Philip K. Dick
10 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode, we discuss a couple of short stories: 'Eighteen Bells Karaoke Castle (Sing Your Heart Out)' from Elizabeth Tan's Smart Ovens f...
Strange Currencies 17/10/24: Rough Cut Editors, Indigo Bailey and Tiia Kelly
13 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode, Connor chats to Indigo Bailey and Tiia Kelly, editors of Rough Cut, an online film publication that provides reviews, festival...
Strange Currencies 19/9/24: Morality Play by Barry Unsworth
12 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode, Connor brings in Barry Unsworth's Morality Play for discussion, a novel he recently read as part of his book club. Set in 14th...
Strange Currencies 3/10/24: Exploring the work of Jenny Han, YA author
12 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode, guest host Rue shares her thoughts on the writing of Jenny Han and the film and TV adaptations of her work. In The Summer I Tu...
Strange Currencies 12th September 2024
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dreams, Cormac McCarthy, Haruki Murakami, running, growing older... a free-wheeling return to air after a couple of weeks off due to sickness.