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Shake your boxes, pour your macadamia milk and get excited because SYN's breakfast flagship is on the airwaves all through 2025. Meet Harper Pestinger, Emma Giles, Takee Alif, Sam Kelly and esteemed brekky guests around the table for the most important show of the day. Out of the box Fridays from 7:30am on SYN 90.7FM. Stay in the loop @GetCerealSYN

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Melbourne, VIC

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Shake your boxes, pour your macadamia milk and get excited because SYN's breakfast flagship is on the airwaves all through 2025. Meet Harper Pestinger, Emma Giles, Takee Alif, Sam Kelly and esteemed brekky guests around the table for the most important show of the day. Out of the box Fridays from 7:30am on SYN 90.7FM. Stay in the loop @GetCerealSYN

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@GetCereal

Language:

English


Episodes
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INTERVIEW| What is the winter solstice like in Antarctica?

6/30/2025
Sam and Emma sit down with Denise Allen from the ANARE club to explore the interesting celebrations that take place on the winter Solstice in Antarctica. We're live every Friday on SYN from 7:30-9:30am 📻 Stay in the loop @GetCerealSYN Email us via getcereal@syn.org.au Executive Producer: Harper Pestinger See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:16:41

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THE CRUNCH| When were these iconic songs about time released?

6/30/2025
Emma takes over as crunchmaster to test Sam and Brody on their knowledge of time. We're live every Friday on SYN from 7:30-9:30am 📻 Stay in the loop @GetCerealSYN Email us via getcereal@syn.org.au Executive Producer: Harper Pestinger See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:13:03

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FULL SHOW| Two truths and a lie, Antarctic expeditions and late friends

6/30/2025
For the final show of the season Sam and Emma chat to an Antarctic explorer and talk about the 2016 film Arrival. We're live every Friday on SYN from 7:30-9:30am 📻 Stay in the loop @GetCerealSYN Email us via getcereal@syn.org.au Executive Producer: Harper Pestinger See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:01:18:35

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KEEPING TRACKS | Music media icon Brian Nankervis

6/19/2025
Brian Nankervis is co-host of The Friday Revue on ABC Radio Melbourne and co-creator of Rockwiz. He selected three songs that've shaped him: We're live every Friday on SYN from 7:30-9:30am 📻 Stay in the loop @GetCerealSYN Email us via getcereal@syn.org.au Executive Producer: Harper Pestinger See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:23:18

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THE CRUNCH | How much sugar is in the Oreo creme?

6/19/2025
Crunchmaster Harper puts Sam, Emma and Takee to the test in a battle of 'middle' knowledge. We're live every Friday on SYN from 7:30-9:30am 📻 Stay in the loop @GetCerealSYN Email us via getcereal@syn.org.au Executive Producer: Harper Pestinger See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:17:11

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INTERVIEW | Is lying to strangers weird?

6/19/2025
Psychologist Danielle Anderson comes into the Cereal Box to talk about Gen Z making up weird back-stories to strangers (and sometimes even friends) when they go out. We're live every Friday on SYN from 7:30-9:30am 📻 Stay in the loop @GetCerealSYN Email us via getcereal@syn.org.au Executive Producer: Harper Pestinger See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:13:08

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FULL SHOW | Resolutions, doppelgängers and lying to strangers

6/19/2025
Harper, Emma, Sam, Takee reminisce on the first half of the year, the highs and lows. Plus they ask a psychologist is it ok to lie to strangers? We're live every Friday on SYN from 7:30-9:30am 📻 Stay in the loop @GetCerealSYN Email us via getcereal@syn.org.au Executive Producer: Harper Pestinger See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:01:22:45

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MELBOURNE MEMENTO | Queen Victoria Market

6/17/2025
Lea is a Norwegian exchange student at the University of Melbourne, determined to get to know what makes our city tick. This week, she wandered through the crowds of the city's most iconic market to get to know its people. We're live every Friday on SYN from 8-10am 📻 Stay in the loop @GetCerealSYN Email us via getcereal@syn.org.au Executive Producer: Harper Pestinger See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:12:16

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SERIOUSLY CURIOUS | Why are some shells so pretty?

6/13/2025
The weekend just gone, Harper spent the rainy couple of days at the beach but could only think of one thing: what are all these shells made out of? Lynton Stephens is from the Malacological Society of Australasia and called in to solve our mollusc mysteries. We're live every Friday on SYN from 7:30am 📻 Stay in the loop @GetCerealSYN Email us via getcereal@syn.org.au Executive Producer: Harper Pestinger See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:10:20

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KEEPING TRACKS | The song that primed Peter Khalil for politics

6/13/2025
Peter Khalil is the federal Labor MP for Wills, the electorate encompassing parts of Melbourne's middle-to-inner north. He selected three songs that've shaped him: We're live every Friday on SYN from 8-10am 📻 Stay in the loop @GetCerealSYN Email us via getcereal@syn.org.au Executive Producer: Harper Pestinger See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:22:04

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INTERVIEW | Are we doomed on Friday the 13th?

6/13/2025
A cold and spooky morning was made cheerful through a chat with Kylie Sturgess. She’s an expert in superstitions and pseudoscience and we chatted to Sturgess on the 13th about the history and meaning behind the most ominous date of the year. We're live every Friday on SYN from 8-10am 📻 Stay in the loop @GetCerealSYN Email us via getcereal@syn.org.au Executive Producer: Harper Pestinger See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:07:35

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FULL SHOW | Shudderingly bad energy in the Cereal Box

6/13/2025
It's Friday the 13th and it's cold. Bad vibes, bad vibes, bad vibes. Sam escaped the cold and jumped on a plane to sunny serenity - he called us live from the airport to celebrate a monumental achievement. Plus, superstition expert Kylie Sturgess tells us the history of this unlucky day, Lea is back and exploring Queen Victoria Market for her Melbourne Memento, shell expert Lynton Stephens cracks some mollusc mysteries and Scarlett from The Hoist is on for The Crunch quiz. We're live every Friday on SYN from 8-10am 📻 Stay in the loop @GetCerealSYN Email us via getcereal@syn.org.au Executive Producer: Harper Pestinger See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:01:17:23

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INTERVIEW | Comedian Ethan Cavanagh

6/9/2025
How can you make a PowerPoint presentation funny? Snug jumper-wearer Ethan Cavanagh is one of comedy's most acclaimed rising prospects and is performing at Quarterhouse on June 12th: https://tickets.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/ba6aa34f-fc6a-4fdb-929f-843402d223f9 We're live every Friday on SYN from 7:30am 📻 Stay in the loop @GetCerealSYN Email us via getcereal@syn.org.au Executive Producer: Harper Pestinger See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:11:59

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INTERVIEW | St Kilda Film Festival Director Richard Sowada

6/9/2025
How long does it take to go through 900 movie applications? Which comes first: category or film? And how have non-feature flicks changed over the years? We caught up with the mastermind behind Australia's longest running short film festival. See more about the festival: https://www.stkildafilmfestival.com.au/ We're live every Friday on SYN from 7:30am 📻 Stay in the loop @GetCerealSYN Email us via getcereal@syn.org.au Executive Producer: Harper Pestinger See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:13:10

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THE CRUNCH | Your federal MP (tries) singing 'Let It Go'

6/9/2025
It's the first the show of the winter and, for Emma, Sam and federal Labor MP Peter Khalil, Harper's gathered together five questions on hibernation, snow in Melbourne, a "crazy Swedish man" and more beyond, including a high-stakes singing contest. We're live every Friday on SYN from 7:30am 📻 Stay in the loop @GetCerealSYN Email us via getcereal@syn.org.au Executive Producer: Harper Pestinger See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:20:47

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FULL EPISODE

6/5/2025
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Duration:01:24:26

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INTERVIEW | Exploring encounters with misinformation

6/5/2025
Emma chats with State Library exhibition curator Georgia Goud about the new exhibit Make Believe: Encounters with Misinformation. Together they navigate the reality, art and dissemination of misinformation we encounter. We're live every Friday on SYN from 7:30am 📻 Stay in the loop @GetCerealSYN Email us via getcereal@syn.org.au Executive Producer: Harper Pestinger See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:11:03

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SERIOUSLY CURIOUS | Will Harper's abducted ant ever see its friends again?

5/30/2025
Antonia the ant accidentally found its way in Harper's packed-up lunchbox this week, hundreds of metres from all its friends and family. Will it be lost to its friends and family forever? Charles Darwin University's Professor Alan Andersen is an ant community expert, has six species named after him and joined us to give us all the ant-swers to the questions that'd been bugging us. We're live every Friday on SYN from 7:30am 📻 Stay in the loop @GetCerealSYN Email us via getcereal@syn.org.au Executive Producer: Harper Pestinger See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:12:43

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THE CRUNCH | Show me the monkey!

5/30/2025
Harper puts Takee, Emma and Sam to the test in a battle of music and monkey knowledge. Can they name the food-related track from only one instrument? And who will slip on the banana peel and equate apes with monkeys? We're live every Friday on SYN from 7:30am 📻 Stay in the loop @GetCerealSYN Email us via getcereal@syn.org.au Executive Producer: Harper Pestinger See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:17:37

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FULL EPISODE | Misinformation, Shrek through the cracks and ant-swers to our questions

5/30/2025
How do ants find their way home? Why should you check out the State Library's new exhibition on misinformation? And which "film buff" presenter has inexplicably never seen Shrek? We're live every Friday on SYN from 7:30am 📻 Stay in the loop @GetCerealSYN Email us via getcereal@syn.org.au Executive Producer: Harper Pestinger See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:01:29:25