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Notable Interviews on Capital Community Radio

Over the years there have been many interviews broadcast on Capital Community Radio - far too many to list here.

Included on this page is a selection that were generally first broadcast in our The Listening Post programme. The programme's focus of attention is the Australian Armed Forces past and present, hence the predominent military theme of many of these interviews.

Please note: More Interviews can be found at this link: Other interviews


Peter Illidge is the Chairperson of the Military History Society of WA Inc , and is interviewed by Tony Howes...


Our resident historian, Nigel Rogers, is interviewed by Tony Howes about the role of Bletchley Park, ...


Paul Redman, one of the stalwarts of Capital Community Radio, is interviewed by Tony Howes,...


Ernie Polis discusses his researches over twenty years leading to the publication of “A Cage in the Bush”, documenting Western Australia’s camps for German and Italian prisoners of war during World War II, ...


John McGrath was a Petty Officer on board the destroyer HMAS Voyager on the night of 10th February, 1964 when the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne struck her amidships...


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On the 80th anniversary of the Fall of Singapore, historian Nigel Rogers describes the capture of the British stronghold ...


Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Michael Sutherland OAM has had a fascinating career in public administration both in South Africa and since emigrating to Perth. ...


Tony Howes’ on-site interview with Ian Craig and Kylie Russell held at the RAAFA Museum in Bull Creek, Perth. ...


Former SAS members Major Peter Tinley and CSM Peter Boyd give their perspectives of the twenty-year conflict in Afghanistan, ...


Capital Community Radio’s The Listening Post programme’s resident historian Nigel Rogers gives a very detailed account of HMS Hood...


Military historian Nigel Rogers returns to The Listening Post to discuss the Battle of the River Plate,...


Born and raised in Kalgoorlie, Helena interrupted her university education to serve in the Australian Army. After serving for...


Oliver recalls his fascinating career from being brought up in a farming family to joining the RAAF for National Service,...


Military historian Nigel Rogers, a frequent guest of The Listening Post, discusses the Allies' struggle to keep the sea lanes...


Bill Edgar is an author of many publications, all highlighting the historic heritage we share as West Australians....


Joyce Mortemore, born in Liverpool in the early 1930s, describes her experiences as one of the million...


Former lawyer of the Supreme Court of Western Australia Alan Wilson talks about his career in the RAAF...


Dr Cecil Walkley, aged 91, was born to British parents in Pakistan, raised in Egypt and South Africa and...


Jack Le Crass joined the Royal Australian Navy aged 17 at the beginning of WWII. Despite being in his 90s,...


Former member of the SAS Troy Simmonds talks about his military career from training in Kapooka to service...


Veterinary surgeon Dr Craig Challen OAM, who with his dive partner, anaesthetist Richard Harris OAM, played...


Frank Taylor talks about his long career in the Western Australia Police and in the Army Reserve, also about...


Bob Coventry, whose army career spanned 40 years, talks about the atrocious sufferings of POWs in Japanese...


Arthur Leggett, who was aged 101 at the date of this interview in December 2019, served in North Africa...


Financial solutions specialist Tim Baldock relates how his interest in the history of Fremantle during the Second...


Ken Pittman served for 20 years in the RAAF, flying everything from transport aircraft to fighters. But there is...


Dominic Boyle's army career has shown him to be a soldier of courage and merit, and includes service in the...


Malta, the small island strategically located in the centre of the Mediterranean Sea, has an extraordinary history of sieges and survival therefrom. ...


Nigel Rogers describes the circumstances leading to the Falklands War and the dreadful toll it later took on so many servicemen involved. ...


At the age of sixteen, Carina Hoang left Vietnam with two younger siblings and four hundred strangers in a frail...