Thom Zimny (S06/E23)

Visionary filmmaker Michael Gracey joins Sean Sennett to discuss his latest movie, Better Man. A film about the life of Robbie Williams, Better Man is a modern day masterpiece. Michael chats about the rigours of getting that film made, his relationship with Robbie Williams, The Greatest Showman and so much more.

Rita Wilson joins Sean Sennett on Time To Talk to chat about all things music. An accomplished songwriter and performer, Rita discusses everything from her new single 'Look How Far We've Come' through to her recent appearance on stage with Joni Mitchell and her show stopping performance at the Ryman Theatre to honour Patsy Cline. Rita's life as a music fan also shines through as she talks about seeing Led Zeppelin as a teenager and getting advice from her heroes. Tune in!

Art Garfunkel and Art Garfunkel Jr join Sean Sennett on Time To Talk today. The pair have just recorded a fine duets album, Father And Son under the moniker Garfunkel & Garfunkel. While the pair discuss the new album, Art Snr also tells us about his earliest influences, re-recording an old Simon & Garfunkel song, books he’s read and much more.

Pseudo Echo’s Brian Canham joins Sean Sennett to chat about his group which helped revolutionise Australian pop in the 1980’s. Beginning with Molly Meldrum putting the unsigned band on Countdown through to the global success of ‘Funky Town’, Canham covers a lot of ground. The band are heading out on the road to support the 40th anniversary of their album Love An Adventure in 2025.

You might know Andrew and Mike Tierney as part of Human Nature. Their forthcoming album, Soundtrack Of My Life sees the pair working as a duo after all these years. They’ll also be supporting Human Nature on tour next March (2025). The Tierney Brothers debut album will also be released in March to coincide with the Human Nature Motown 20th Anniversary Tour. The Tierney Brothers have 3 singles out now – ‘Lemonade’ ‘Praying’ and ‘Shining Star’.

The Saints’ Ed Kuepper joins Sean Sennett on Time To Talk to chat about the news Saints’ box set ‘(I’m) Stranded’ and the formation of The Saints ’73 - ’78. Ed talks about the early days of the original Saints, his earliest influences, recording ‘(I’m Stranded)’, what happened to his original SG and much more.

Paul Kelly joins Sean Sennett to talk about his new album Fever Longing Still. The artist chats about recording the LP, his songwriting process, artists he admires and his relationship with the film adaptation of ‘How To Make Gravy’. There’s also a little cricket talk and we’ve gone for an audio vérité introduction as a homage to the album’s opening track ‘Houndstooth Dress’.

Sarah Blasko joins Sean Sennett to talk about her latest album ‘I Just Need To Conquer This Mountain’. Along the way they discuss Sarah’s relationship with organised religion, the loss of friendship, songwriting, her earliest influences, following intuition, Sarah’s upcoming tour and even her relationship with ‘Flame Trees’.

Jon Landau joins Sean Sennett on this special episode of Time To Talk to discuss the new film Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band. A producer on the film, Jon has managed Bruce’s career for over five decades. Along the way Jon co-produced all of Bruce’s records on an extraordinary run from Born To Run (1975) through to Human Touch and Lucky Town (1992). Jon also discusses his earliest film influences, his work with the MC5 and touches on his time writing for Crawdaddy and Rolling Stone.

Thom Zimny is the director behind the new film Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band. Thom has a long history with Springsteen and today he talks about that working relationship, alongside exactly how his collaborative process with Bruce operates. Thom has also directed Wings for Wheels: The Making of 'Born to Run' (2005), The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town (2010), Letter To You (2020) and Elvis Presley: The Searcher. Road Diary is released through Disney+ on October 25.