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    <![CDATA[<p><em>Whispers from the Star River</em><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"> is a weekly 30-minute journey into the heart of Australian speculative fiction. Each episode, we navigate the vast expanse of genre fiction, showcasing the incredible home-grown talent shaping our new mythologies.</span></p>

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<p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">Join presenter Sarah Xu each week and be transported by atmospheric, immersive readings of original works of brand-new sci-fi, fantasy, and horror, read by the authors and captured by Karena Wynn-Moylan for </span><em>the Narratives Library</em><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">. From dystopian futures on familiar streets to epic fantasy in ancient landscapes, we celebrate the full spectrum of the (im)possible, and contemplate how these works reflect our current political climates and address the more confronting aspects of our collective humanity.</span></p>

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<span style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">More than a review show, this is a chance to discover your next favourite author directly and hear the stories behind the stories. For fans of speculative fiction, it’s a rare opportunity to tune into a curated blend of music, storytelling, discovery, and connection to the local scene. </span><em>Whispers from the Star River</em><span style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"> is a 30-minute escape into the extraordinary.</span></p>
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        <![CDATA[<p><em>Whispers from the Star River</em><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"> is a weekly 30-minute journey into the heart of Australian speculative fiction. Each episode, we navigate the vast expanse of genre fiction, showcasing the incredible home-grown talent shaping our new mythologies.</span></p>

<p> </p>

<p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">Join presenter Sarah Xu each week and be transported by atmospheric, immersive readings of original works of brand-new sci-fi, fantasy, and horror, read by the authors and captured by Karena Wynn-Moylan for </span><em>the Narratives Library</em><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">. From dystopian futures on familiar streets to epic fantasy in ancient landscapes, we celebrate the full spectrum of the (im)possible, and contemplate how these works reflect our current political climates and address the more confronting aspects of our collective humanity.</span></p>

<p><br>
<span style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">More than a review show, this is a chance to discover your next favourite author directly and hear the stories behind the stories. For fans of speculative fiction, it’s a rare opportunity to tune into a curated blend of music, storytelling, discovery, and connection to the local scene. </span><em>Whispers from the Star River</em><span style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"> is a 30-minute escape into the extraordinary.</span></p>
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        <title><![CDATA[Dispatch 18 - Hope at the End]]></title>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Dispatch 18 features a reading from Keith Stevenson from The End Times of Markusz Zielinski, and an interview with Stevenson by Karena Wynn-Moylan from The Narratives Library.  </p>
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<li><u><b>Songs played</b></u></li><li><b>Europe</b> - The Final Countdown</li><li><b>The Flaming Lips</b> - Do You Realize</li><li><b>Amanda Palmer</b> - Idioteque</li><li><b>The Postal Service</b> - We WIll Become Silhouettes</li><li><b>Ultravox</b> - Dancing With Tears In My Eyes</li><li><b>The Beatles</b> - Across The Universe</li><li><b>Moby</b> - The Sky Is Broken</li><li><b>The Clash</b> - London Calling</li><li><b>Nina</b> - 99 Luft Ballons</li></ul>]]>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Dispatch 17 - The Irrepressible Miss Pauli Kidd]]></title>
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          <![CDATA[<p>In dispatch 17 we hear a reading from one of Pauli Kidd's early works 'White Plume Mountain' and an excerpt from her soon to be release travel journal series. An amazing and prolific writer, Pauli talks about her experience in writing fiction and narative games, as well as her games review chanel Lace and Steel that has become a much needed refuge and resource for the trans gaming community.</p>
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<li><u><b>Songs played</b></u></li><li><b>Baby Teeth</b> - White Mountain</li><li><b>The Mountain Goats</b> - In League With Dragons</li><li><b>Axis of Awesome</b> - Transgender Dysphoria Blues</li><li><b>Keala Settle</b> - This Is Me</li></ul>]]>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 5 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Dispatch 16 - The Rising Dark]]></title>
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          <![CDATA[The  broadcast from the 29th of March.<ul style="list-style-type: none; padding-left: 0px;">
<li><u><b>Songs played</b></u></li><li><b>Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds</b> - The Weeping Song</li><li><b>Bernard Fanning</b> - Down To The River</li><li><b>Richard Marx </b> - Hazard</li><li><b>PJ Harvey</b> - Down By The Water</li><li><b>Amyl and The Snifers</b> - Monsoon Rock</li><li><b>The Doors</b> - Riders on the Storm</li><li><b>Bruce Springsteen</b> - The River</li><li><b>Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians</b> - A Hard Rain is Gonna Fall</li><li><b>Flood Rising</b> - The Space Pilots</li></ul>]]>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Dispatch 15 - Devoured by the Machine]]></title>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Dispatch 15's feature reading is horror master Kaaren Warren with an excerpt from her award winning novella Bitters. We don't know or really care where the machine came from, but it must be fed.</p>
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<li><u><b>Songs played</b></u></li><li><b>Pink Floyd</b> - Welcome to the Machine</li><li><b>Poor Man's Poison</b> - Feed the Machine</li><li><b>Marianne Faithful</b> - Working Class Hero</li><li><b>Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds</b> - The Mercy Seat</li><li><b>Radio Head</b> - Everything in its Right Place</li><li><b>Red</b> - Feed The Machine</li><li><b>Nine Inch Nails</b> - Hurt</li></ul>]]>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Dispatch 14 - The Strange Taste of AI]]></title>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Dispatch 14 features a reading by K A Burgess from The strange Taste Of Metal and some musings about self replicating AI.</p>
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<li><u><b>Songs played</b></u></li><li><b>SZA</b> - Ghost in the Machine</li><li><b>Flobots</b> - Handlebars</li><li><b>Ashnikko</b> - World Eater</li><li><b>Big Data</b> - Put Me To Work</li><li><b>V.A.N</b> - Bad Omens</li><li><b>Will Wood</b> - You Liked This</li><li><b>Penelope Scott</b> - Rät</li><li><b>Starset</b> - TOKSIK</li></ul>]]>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 8 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Dispatch 13 - Heading Off World]]></title>
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          <![CDATA[<p>In this dispatch we hear from Zena Shapter with a reading from her work When Dark Roots Hunt. Plus musings on the Aurealis awards and Ditmar awards.</p>
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<li><u><b>Songs played</b></u></li><li><b>Divinyls</b> - Science Fiction</li><li><b>The B-52s</b> - Planet Claire</li><li><b>Grimes</b> - Venus Flytrap</li><li><b>Florence and the Machine</b> - Dog Days Are Over</li><li><b>Nina Simone</b> - Feeling Good</li></ul>]]>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 1 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Dispatch 12 - Spec Fic for your Ears]]></title>
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          <![CDATA[<p>No stories today, I was busy being a genre-conjurer at Genrecon :) Instead here is some spec fic themed music for you to listen to until I get back.</p>
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<li><u><b>Songs played</b></u></li><li><b>Jimmy Little</b> - Under the Milky Way</li><li><b>Melt Banana</b> - Free the Bee</li><li><b>Ratwyfe</b> - Cryptid</li><li><b>The Crane Wives</b> - Hollow Moon</li><li><b>First Aid Kit</b> - Wolf</li><li><b>Kate Bush</b> - Cloud Busting</li><li><b>My Chemical Romance</b> - Early Sunsets Over Monroeville</li><li><b>Bjork</b> - Cosmogony</li><li><b>Gary Numan</b> - Me I Disconnect From You</li><li><b>Radiohead</b> - Ideoteque</li><li><b>Laurie Anderson</b> - O Superman</li><li><b>Atari Teenage Riot</b> - Delete Yourself</li></ul>]]>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 18:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Dispatch 11 - Lab Lit and Amanda Niehaus]]></title>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Musings on genre definitions and Amanda niehaus reading an excerpt from her novel Breeding Season.</p>
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<li><u><b>Songs played</b></u></li><li><b>The Breeders</b> - Saints</li><li><b>jebediah</b> - Animal</li><li><b>Butterfingers</b> - Mating Season</li><li><b>Lord Huron</b> - Meet Me in the Woods</li><li><b>Florence and the Machine</b> - Dog Days Are Over</li><li><b>Three Days Grace</b> - Animal I Have Become</li><li><b>Stone Temple Pilots</b> - Plush</li><li><b>Pearl Jam</b> - Animal</li><li><b>Of Monsters and Men</b> - Dirty Paws</li><li><b>First Aid Kit</b> - Wolf</li><li><b>The Mountain Goats</b> - Up The Wolves</li></ul>]]>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 18:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Dispatch 10 - Bees!]]></title>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Let's talk about bees baby! Dispatch 10 features a reading of the short story Hive by CZ Tacks. The story and interview were originally recorded for the Narratives Library at Conflux in 2023.</p>
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<li><u><b>Songs played</b></u></li><li><b>Melt Banana</b> - Free the Bee</li><li><b>Honey to the Bee</b> - Billie Piper</li><li><b>Guided By Voices</b> - Bomb The Bee-Hive</li><li><b>Cursive</b> - The Radiator Hums</li><li><b>Belly</b> - The Bees</li><li><b>Guided By Voices</b> - The Best of Jill Hives</li><li><b>Grant Lee Buffalo</b> - Everybody Needs A Little Sanctuary</li><li><b>Garageland</b> - Beelines To Heaven</li><li><b>They Might Be Giants</b> - Birdhouse in Your Soul</li><li><b>The Sugarcubes</b> - Bee</li><li><b>The Jesus and Mary Chain</b> - Just Like Honey</li><li><b>Taj Mahal</b> - Queen Bee</li></ul>]]>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 8 Feb 2026 18:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Dispatch 9 - Holiday in Utopia]]></title>
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          <![CDATA[The  broadcast from the 1st of February.<ul style="list-style-type: none; padding-left: 0px;">
<li><u><b>Songs played</b></u></li><li><b>Goldfrapp</b> - Utopia</li></ul>]]>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 1 Feb 2026 18:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Dispatch 8]]></title>
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          <![CDATA[The  broadcast from the 25th of January.]]>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 18:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
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