TuneFM
TuneFM brings you thoughtful conversations with leading researchers and experts, unpacking today's most pressing issues through a solutions-focused lens. Broadcasting from Australia's oldest university broadcaster at the University of New England, we continue our proud tradition of engaging public discourse that began in 1970. Each week, we dive deep into current events and emerging research with UNE's brightest minds and experts from the community. From climate adaptation to social policy, our guests offer evidence-based insights and constructive approaches to today's challenges. As part of CBAA's Newshub network, TuneFM's work helps these vital conversations reach audiences across Australia's through National Radio News and The Wire. Join us as we build on TuneFM's legacy of meaningful dialogue and positive change, bringing academic expertise to bear on the questions that matter most to our community. Listen wherever you get your podcasts or tune in through TuneFM, UNE's student powered radio. Brought to you by UNE Life. All music licensed through APRA AMCOS.
Episodes
Ash sits down with Dr Wellett Potter to discuss the new He-Man movie, and how companies use nostalgia as a marketing strategy.
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Summer sits down with Dr Ruvi de Mel to talk all things bats.
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Research has shown that it rains more frequently in cities than in surrounding areas, but we might not have the full picture. Ash sits down with UNSW PhD student Shankar Sharma, to talk about his research and how satellite data plays a role in researching rainfall.
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Dr Sandy Boucher's debut book, Empiricism, Naturalism, and the Metaphysics of Biology: Taking a Stance, is being released and to celebrate we caught up with him to talk all things philosophy and how his book addresses philosophical stances.
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Join Kim on New Music Monday as she sits down with Nicosongs to discuss his debut single, Insane (SB90 Remix).
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Originally aired March 4.
An ancient amphibian fossil has been rediscovered in a Californian museum collection. We chat with Dr Nic Campione from UNE about the rediscovery and why it's important.
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TuneFM's music reporter Kim Gray sits down with Adam Newling to chat all things Foxtrap, which released on the 11th of February.
Originally aired on 16th February 2026.
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Join TuneFM music reporter Kim as she sits down with Owen Borg from Dial Denial to chat about the band's sound, evolution, and upcoming events.
Aired March 30.
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Young magpies learn their complex calls in much the same way that human toddlers learn sounds and words. We caught up with Dr Stephanie Mason from the University of Western Australia to talk about her research and what we can learn from it.
Audio of the magpie calls generously provided by Dr Stephanie Mason.
Study can be found at the link below:
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.1620
Detection dogs can help detect trafficked wildlife in shipping containers, a new study from Adelaide University has found. Dr Georgia Moloney and her team partnered with shipping company CMA CGM to design a new approach to screening shipping containers for trafficked wildlife. Using an air sampling device attached to the shipping container vents, their specially trained detection dog Stan was able to detect hidden wildlife items li...
For the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Ash sits down with UNE PhD student, Sivaraha Nivetha, about her journey and research.
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For the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Ash sits down with Dr Anna Probert, who teaches entomology at UNE.
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For the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Ash sits down with Kat Murphy, an Honours student in Zoology at the University of New England.
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This discussion contains spoilers and the discussion of mature topics.
Ash sits down with Dr Bridgette Glover to chat Wake up Dead Man, the latest installation in the Knives Out saga.
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Ash sits down with Dr Wellett Potter to learn more about how copyright protects AI generated works like novels, and what can (legally) be done with these works.
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Dr Bridgette Glover rejoins Ash in the studio for a deep dive into Guillermo Del Toro's 2025 adaption of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
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Summer and Tommy sit down to discuss polypodium hydriforme - a bizarre parasite that lives inside sturgeon eggs and eats them from the inside out.
Music Attribution:
"Graveyard Shift" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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TuneFM volunteer reporter Tashi Dema speaks with Bhutanese community members and local farmer Andrew Spinks who has donated a patch of land for local community use.
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Join Summer and Tommy as they sit down and talk about all things weird. This week they take a deep dive into the deep sea and look at the bizarre anatomy and life of sea sponges.
Music Attribution:
"Graveyard Shift" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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UNE lecturers Dr Alana Blackburn and Associate Professor Sarah Lawrence are two of four performers set to present a new composition this weekend.
Words, Music, Time, and Place takes the works of four local writers and wordsmiths, and sets them to music composed for those works by local composer Steve Thorneycroft.
The production and creation of this new musical work is supported by by CASP and Regional Arts NSW.
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