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
Summer and Tommy sit down to discuss polypodium hydriforme - a bizarre parasite that lives inside sturgeon eggs and eats them from the inside out.
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"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.
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"Graveyard Shift" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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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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Could Christmas beetles be declared a threatened species? Where have they gone? Those are the exact questions that Invertebrates Australia and the University of Sydney are aiming to answer as part of their annual Christmas Beetle Count project through iNaturalist. We caught up with Dr Tanya Latty, for an update on how the count is going and what we can look forward to in the future.
Ash sits down with UNE's Dr Bridgette Glover to discuss how disabilities and differences are represented in horror films.
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A recent study from KU Leuven in Belgium suggests that teenagers who play games with gambling-like or chance-based mechanics like prize wheels and loot boxes are more likely to gamble with real money later on.
To understand more about the behaviours that lead to gambling, and how these mechanics can play a role in the development of gambling behaviours, we caught up with Associate Professor Liz Temple from UNE.
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Join TuneFM volunteer Goodness Adebo as he speaks with three CSIRO scientists about their work on sustainability at the Chiswick Project open day in Armidale.
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Ash sits down with UNE undergrad student Tian to discuss her experience in Mongolia, as part of a palaentological dig.
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Join Cass as she sits down with Carol Mudford from Shedway, the recipient of AgriFuture's 2025 Rural Woman of the Year Award.
Carol is the founder of Shedway, an organisation that promotes mental health support in shearing sheds across Australia, and her work in this space has been recognised by AgriFuture.
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New research from the University of New South Wales has called for a $14 billion USD investment in order to protect kelp forests. These marine ecosystems are important carbon sinks, helping to promote ocean health, and they also play a role in many marine-based industries. BUT they're in danger of vanishing due to warming oceans.
We caught up with Dr Aaron Eger, the founder and program director of the Kelp Forest Alliance about ...
For the second year in a row, the ABC is holding it's Australian Insect of the Year competition, with six bugs competing for the crown of Australia's favourite.
We catch up with UNE's very own Dr Anna Probert to discuss insects, bugs, and why people should care about them.
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Dr Hao Chen and Iser Pena from the Stevens Institute of Technology ran a simulation assessing how different groups performed, depending on the different types of personality traits represented in those groups.
We caught up with Dr Chen to discuss this research, and its implications.
For anyone interested in the study, it's available to read through the open access journal, PLOS: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0332496
The Australian Conservation Foundation is challenging a decision by Minister for the Environment, the Hon. Murray Watt, to approve an extension of the North West Shelf Project until 2070.
We spoke with ACF General Counsel, Adam Beeson, about the proceedings.
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Now in it's 4th year, the Platy Project is recording sightings of platypus across east Australia to help collect population data.
We catch up with National Nature Campaigner Jess Abrahams from the Australian Conservation Foundation to talk about the Platy Project and how people can get involved.
The Platy Project Interactive Map can be found here: https://platy-project.acf.org.au/
New research from Curtin University and published in Physical Review Research, has found that the chemistry of zircons found in Earth’s crust contained a geological archive of Earth’s interaction with the Milky Way.
To learn more about these findings and how this new line of research connects geology and astrophysics, we caught up with lead study author Professor Chris Kirkland.
Thanks to Murawin, the Young Tiddas on Country program will see First Nations girls in Armidale, Uralla, and Guyra, supported culturally through years 4 to 9, starting in 2026.
We sat down with Cassie Strong, a consultant for Murawin and Armidale local, to talk about the project and what opportunities it will give these girls.
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What's the difference between being literate and having literacy? That's just one of many questions we explore with UNE Senior Lecturer in English, Literacies and Language in the School of Education, Dr Nathan Lowien.
September 8th is World Literacy day, so to celebrate we're discussing the different ways we approach literacy.
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What is Climate Change Criminology, and how does it impact the way we engage with crime and harm?
We caught up with Professor Rob White to discuss these topics and more.
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Cartograph is a solo journaling-based RPG that sees you take on the role of a cartographer uncovering new lands. Created by Brandon Lee from Ravensridge Emporium, it's a fantastic lightweight solo rpg that can be used to create worlds and maps for games or fun.
We caught up with Brandon to talk about the birth of Cartograph, his experience with game design, and what the future might hold for the game as whole.
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