Episodes 30
Avg. Duration 51m
Activity Moderate
Apple Rating 5.0 (1)
Since Jan 2023
Latest Episode Dec 2025

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Every 2 Months
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60%
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Ever been called a “Starving Artist"? Ever been told to get a “real job”? Ever wondered what goes on behind the doors of an art studio or inside an artist's kitchen? Every fortnight, join artists Claire Lefebvre and Zoltan Fecso as they bring leading creative professionals to their table to chew on the myth of the Starving Artist. @what_artists_eat

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Ender Başkan, the people's poet

Dec 17, 2025 54m

Writer Ender Başkan was blown away and broken apart by Alice Springs. His novel “Portrait of Alice As a Young Man” was written as he navigated the enormity of impending parenthood whilst living in…

Merpire on creating her most personal work yet

Sep 24, 2025 38m

There’s something quite animalistic about Merpire’s music - the moniker of Naarm/Melbourne-based Rhiannon Atkinson-Howatt - whose huge, gritty voice, whimsical turn-of-phrase and inimitable chord…

Writer and cook Ella Mittas on observing identity through food and navigating burnout

Aug 21, 2025 47m

Ella Mittas is a writer and cook who lives and works in Melbourne, catering events and private functions. Her Greek heritage and fascination with traditional foods and cooking styles led her to live…

The Romance and Transmutation of Artist Brooke Holiday

Jul 03, 2025 44m

Naarm/Melbourne based painter, teacher, home cook, romantic, Brooke Holiday lives where food meets feeling, and story meets still life. Her paintings, inspired by objects and domestic rituals, carry…

Annie-Rose Maloney won’t rehearse unless the whole band eats together first

Apr 23, 2025 51m

Annie-Rose Maloney has a simple ethos when it comes to writing a song: it must have a pulse, it must feel nice to sing, and it must bear a truthfulness about our human experiences. We talked about…

ARIA Award winning artist Emily Wurramara doesn’t care if she’s not your cup of tea

Jan 29, 2025 29m

Emily Wurramara (she/her) has had a huge past 12 months. After her historic win at the ARIA awards, and in celebration of her multi award winning album ‘NARA’, she has announced an encore tour. Emily…

Manisha Anjali on the poetry of dreams, dahl and duende

Dec 18, 2024 43m

Manisha Anjali is a writer and an artist. She is the founder of Neptune, a research and documentation platform for dreams, visions, and hallucinations. She is the author of Naag Mountain, published…

Francesca Gonzales knows that information is power and wants to help you find yours

Nov 13, 2024 1h 3m

Francesca Gonzales is many things. She’s a psychology student, musician, songwriter, vocalist, key-tar player and facilitator. She’s a staunch advocate for artists’ mental health and finds herself…

Writer Rochelle Siemienowicz oscillates between devotion and rebellion

Oct 09, 2024 48m

Rochelle Siemienowicz grew up as a strict Seventh Day Adventist. Her first experiences of art (particularly writing) was the bible. In terms of food, she went through a renaissance in culinary life…

Panel Talk: Multicultural Pantries

Aug 29, 2024 1h 12m

This is a recording of a live panel talk from North Gallery in Fitzroy presented by Food For Everyone.It was during Gem Leslie's exhibition called 'Pantry Study', where she visited and painted…

Fred Mora considers art and food to be perfect bedfellows

Jul 25, 2024 52m

Fred Mora of Long Prawn jokes that sometimes he’s the prawn’s head and sometimes, the tail. He’s not quite artist, not quite cook, somewhere in between.Fred and his creative collaborator Lauren…

Jess Ribeiro believes you can be a starving artist, but rich in spirit

Jun 20, 2024 41m

Jess Ribeiro is a lover of many things, including creation myths, deep sea creatures and fancy European service stations.Jess’ upbringing in a small country town, steeped in the energy of Chinese…

Charlotte Alldis on blue pasta, purple pancakes and the playful art of deep nourishment

May 08, 2024 56m

In the vast tapestry of human experience, there are those who traverse the realms of imagination with paintbrushes in hand, and others who concoct culinary masterpieces with a dash of creativity and…

Smells Like Community Spirit - Tim Shiel on transparency and connection

Apr 24, 2024 52m

For Tim Shiel, music isn't just a career—it's a personal practice, a means of self-expression, and a conduit for connection. He eschews the notion of the tortured artist, finding inspiration not in…

Libby Haines on the enduring power of still life painting and the art of beginning again

Apr 03, 2024 54m

If you love art and food, you probably know Libby Haines’ work. Her juicy textural still life paintings sell out in seconds on Instagram.Libby is an artist who knows the magic of those really good…

Composer Peter Corrigan believes a kitchen is an orchestra, with sizzling as percussion

Dec 13, 2023 44m

When Peter Corrigan heard John Williams' score for ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone ‘ as a kid, he was never the same again. Hearing that piece changed him forever and set him on course to…

Artist Gemma Leslie believes in food for everyone and that possums don't belong in the kitchen

Nov 29, 2023 1h 5m

Welcome artist Gemma Leslie, founder of Food for Everyone. Food for Everyone invites chefs and artists to collaborate on recipe posters. From each poster purchased they donate the equivalent of 10…

When jeweller Olivia Cummings (Cleopatra’s Bling) offers you cheese on a cracker, it might actually be butter

Aug 02, 2023 48m

Our interview begins with a burping poodle and ends with the beautiful Turkish phrase “health to your hands” which really sums up the essence of Olivia Cummings, founder and jewellery maker behind…

Artist Tiphaine Hunter-Brown wants to know if there’s pizza under Tracey Emin’s bed

Jul 19, 2023 40m

We couldn’t fit all of Tiphaine De Fleurette Hunter-Brown’s career titles into our, well, title, so we didn’t even try. This powerhouse of a woman is a true slashie and we know that the list of…

Ceramicist Lyn Sendeckyj thinks creativity is mostly problem solving (and Kylie Minogue solves most kitchen problems)

Jul 05, 2023 48m

You might know ceramicist Lyn Sendeckyj as Sailorboi. Why Sailorboi? It’s just one of those great nicknames that stuck. He has always tried to find something to do with his hands and for 13 years…

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