Favourite Interviews of 2017

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ICONIC AUSTRALIAN KIDS WRITER PAUL JENNINGS

The man who raised a generation with his stories, shares his story with Marc Fennell. It's everyone's childhood hero: Paul Jennings. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thefeedsbs Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefeedsbs Insta: https://instagram.com/thefeedsbs

MEETING AUSTRALIA'S ONE NATION VOTERS

In some parts of Australia, Pauline Hanson is gaining votes from Labor voters, women and young people. Marc Fennell asked the people of Mackay, "Why is One Nation getting your vote?" Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thefeedsbs Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefeedsbs Insta: https://instagram.com/thefeedsbs

KAKENYA N'TAIYA: GENITAL MUTILATION SURVIVOR AND EDUCATION CAMPAIGNER

She was the first Masai woman to ever get a PhD and it landed her in the United Nations: but it came at a terrible price. This is the incredible true story of Kakenya Ntaiya. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thefeedsbs Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefeedsbs Insta: https://instagram.com/thefeedsbs

AGAINST ME! LEAD SINGER LAURA JANE GRACE ON COMING OUT AS A TRANSGENDER WOMAN

Against Me's frontwoman on coming out as trans. Marc Fennell: "Why do you think it was so much easier for your kid to wrap their head around?" Laura Jane Grace: "They know that you love them, and that you're going to be there." Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thefeedsbs Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefeedsbs Insta: https://instagram.com/thefeedsbs
What does The Incredible Hulk know about being 'fragile'? Mark Ruffalo told Marc Fennell about the brain tumour that paralysed his face and nearly derailed his career. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thefeedsbsviceland Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefeedsbs Insta: https://instagram.com/thefeedsbs

MORGANA MUSES: DEPRESSED HOUSEWIFE AT 47, FEMINIST PORN STAR AT 52

For her 47th birthday Morgana booked a hotel room and an escort. She wanted the night of her life... because it was going to be her last. Marc Fennell brings you the story of how porn saved Morgana's life. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thefeedsbsviceland Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefeedsbs Insta: https://instagram.com/thefeedsbs

FORMER US VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE

"What I wish people understood more, is the degree to which politics has changed due to the influence of big money." Al Gore shares some 'inconvenient truths' with Marc Fennell. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thefeedsbs Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefeedsbs Insta: https://instagram.com/thefeedsbs

JAMES BLUNT. YES, JAMES GODAMNED BLUNT

"I feel disrespect for anyone who enjoys my music." So, um, James Blunt is surprisingly honest and legitimately funny. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thefeedsbs Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefeedsbs

NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON ON SPACE, RACE AND BEING AN (ALMOST) MALE STRIPPER

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BLOCKBUSTER COMPOSER HANS ZIMMER

Marc Fennell: "What would you change about how we teach music?" Hans Zimmer: "I would make it about playfulness." The man who wrote the music to Batman, The Lion King, Inception and more, tells Marc Fennell how a piano saved his life. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thefeedsbs Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefeedsbs Insta: https://instagram.com/thefeedsbs

TOM CRUISE IS OBSESSED - TRULY OBSESSED - WITH FILMMAKING

"Sometimes I'll come up with a character and then I'll put it into a movie and I'll re-write the whole script based on that." Tom Cruise tells it how it is with Marc Fennell. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thefeedsbsviceland Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefeedsbs Insta: https://instagram.com/thefeedsbs

LANA SANDAS: From  HEROIN ADDICT TO HELPING DESIGN PRISON REHABILITATION PROGRAMS

"I was on an $800-a-day heroin habit" and no one knew. Think you know what a 'junkie' looks like? Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thefeedsbsviceland Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefeedsbs Insta: https://instagram.com/thefeedsbs

INDIGENOUS ASTRONOMER KARLIE NOON

Just how much did ancient Indigenous astronomers know about space? A hell of a lot, so Marc Fennell found out. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thefeedsbs Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefeedsbs Insta: https://instagram.com/thefeedsbs

BROADWAY ICON LEA SALONGA

She has been one of musical theatre's biggest stars for the past 25 years. Marc Fennell chats to IRL Disney princess Lea Salonga. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thefeedsbs Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefeedsbs Insta: https://instagram.com/thefeedsbs
What's it like to write a song from a place that hurts, then go back to that song time and time again on stage? Marc Fennell asked Wil Wagner of The Smith Street Band. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thefeedsbsviceland Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefeedsbs Insta: https://instagram.com/thefeedsbs

SEX, SPINAL CORDS AND REPRESENTATION WITH GAY, DISABLED ACTOR DANIEL MONKS

"I was just didn't want to be gay and wearing diapers." Actor Daniel Monks tells Marc Fennell about a medical complication that changed everything. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thefeedsbsviceland Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefeedsbs Insta: https://instagram.com/thefeedsbs
Jennifer Lawrence's latest film Mother! is intense. Filming it was so traumatising that between taping scenes, Lawrence retreated to a tent where Keeping up with the Kardashians was playing on loop. Marc Fennell caught up with Lawrence in New York. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thefeedsbsviceland Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefeedsbs Insta: https://instagram.com/thefeedsbs