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Oldies playlists are great without the funeral march

9 June 2026 By John Patkin, PhD, DBA Music formats are a welcome alternative to divisive talk radio. If you find the right channel, then...

Could you pronounce Reims if you had to say it on radio?

4 August 2020 With tongue in cheek and other parts of his mouth, John Patkin voices a few words on pronunciation. The recent fire in the Nantes cathedral...

John Patkin’s spirited defence of the ABC

29 June 2020 Opinion from John Patkin The funding cuts and job losses at the ABC are an attack on public broadcasting and freedom of speech. The...