Wednesdays 9am; replay Mondays 9am

Gary Max chats to the people who help shape our Jewish community. Politicians, communal leaders, authors and more are Talking to the Max in between quirky songs and unbelievable tales from the golf course.

Max has a keen understanding of Melbourne’s Jewish community communications needs. He has decades of experience in PR, government and media relations for leading Australian businesses and has been and remains involved in a number of Melbourne Jewish community organisations. 


In Talking to the Max, Gary keeps us up to date with communal issues, news, as well as showcasing achievements of individuals and organisations. The show’s style is light and chatty, but with questions that delve into all the issues.


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6 Dec 2023, 9am

6 Dec 2023, 9am Talking to the Max Nirit Eylon, Orr Eitan; Steve Prawer, Efrat Eilam, Academics Against Antisemitism, Leah Kaminsky, author

29 Nov 2023, 9am

29 Nov 2023, 9am Talking to the Max Michael Gawenda and Noah Loven

22 Nov 2023, 9am

22 Nov 2023, 9am Talking to the Max Philip Zajac, Shirley Glance, Richard Freadman

20 Nov 2023, 8pm

20 Nov 2023, 8pm Talking to the Max Tal Spinrad

15 Nov 2023, 9am

15 Nov 2023, 9am Talking to the Max Daniel Aghion, Tal Spinrad, Rabbi Nerenberg, Guy Harvaz

8 Nov 2023, 9am

8 Nov 2023, 9am Talking to the Max Hilton Koppe, One Curious Doctor and Jaimee Kravitz, Hide N Seek

1 Nov 2023, 9am

1 Nov 2023, 9am Talking to the Max Avi Sztrajt and Nirit Eylon from United with Israel, English commentator, Newton Gatoff

25 Oct 2023, 9am

25 Oct 2023, 9am Talking to the Max The situation in Israel, Ben-Tzion Macales, David Southwick, various 

18 Oct 2023, 9am

18 Oct 2023, 9am Talking to the Max JCCV President Daniel Aghion, Danny Gluck in Israel, Joe Reich author of Beyond Berggasse

11 Oct 2023, 9am

11 Oct 2023, 9am Talking to the Max ECAJ's Peter Wertheim, MDA's Glynis Lipson, Melissa Kayser, publisher of the Voice Handbook

27 Sep 2023, 9am

27 Sep 2023, 9am Talking to the Max Josh Burns MP – Maor Tirry &Doron Steinberg from Hebrew University

20 Sep 2023, 9am

20 Sep 2023, 9am Talking to the Max David Southwick MP and Daniel Aghion JCCV

13 Sep 2023, 9am

13 Sep 2023, 9am Talking to the Max Noe Harsel and Shelley Krape from the Jewish Museum,Marcia Pinskier Improving Jewish leaders responses to institutional child sexual abuse

6 Sep 2023, 9am

6 Sep 2023, 9am Talking to the Max Michelle Meyer Moaz

23 Aug 2023, 9am

23 Aug 2023, 9am Talking to the Max ECAJ co-CEO Peter Wertheim and Peres Peace Team's Deema El-Rahmi and Hadas Prawar

9 Aug 2023, 9am

9 Aug 2023, 9am Talking to the Max Stand Up's Courtney Winter-Peters and Hannah Hammerschlag and UIA's Daniel Tuksar

2 Aug 2023, 9am

2 Aug 2023, 9am Talking to the Max Courage to Care's Mike Zervos and AJA's David Adler

27 Jul 2023, 11am

27 Jul 2023, 11am Talking to the Max

26 Jul 2023, 9am

26 Jul 2023, 9am Talking to the Max JCCV's Daniel Aghion & Frieda Shapiro from Courage to Care

19 Jul 2023, 9am

19 Jul 2023, 9am Talking to the Max Mark Leibler and Tal Spinrad are Talking to the Max

12 Jul 2023, 9am

12 Jul 2023, 9am Talking to the Max Bruce Wolpe on Trump's Australia Josh Wonder – Hatzolah

5 Jul 2023, 6pm

5 Jul 2023, 6pm Talking to the Max Plus61J editor, Deborah Stone; CSG head, Justin Kagan; Josh Burns MP, Sen James Patterson, David Southwick MP

28 Jun 2023, 9am

28 Jun 2023, 9am Talking to the Max Josh Burns MP, Julie Nathan ECAJ, and Debbie Lee were Talking to the Max

14 Jun 2023, 8am

14 Jun 2023, 8am Talking to the Max Talking to Adina Allen, Mike Zervos and Raoul Salter

7 Jun 2023, 9am

7 Jun 2023, 9am Talking to the Max JCCV President Daniel Aghion on the Voice, Jewish Museum's Jade Niklai takes us thru the new Chagall exhibition

24 May 2023, 8am

24 May 2023, 8am Talking to the Max Achievers Alan Jackson and Benjy Orwin are Talking to the Max

18 May 2023, 8pm

18 May 2023, 8pm Talking to the Max Friends of Maccabi lunch panel speakers – life achievers

10 May 2023, 9am

10 May 2023, 9am Talking to the Max Tatura Museum's Dunera collection and Mark Rubenstein, BB Jewish Youth Art

10 May 2023, 9am

10 May 2023, 9am Talking to the Max Sen James Paterson and Jewish Care's Alan Lilly

22 Apr 2023, 10pm

22 Apr 2023, 10pm Talking to the Max Full Interview with Sam Moshinsky (Better Quality)

19 Apr 2023, 9am

19 Apr 2023, 9am Talking to the Max UJEB's Tal Spinrad and communal leader Sam Moshinsky are talking to the Max

29 Mar 2023, 9am

29 Mar 2023, 9am Talking to the Max Rabbi Kennard chats about his time at Mount Scopus. Gil Troy on Israel and Zionism today. Leora Freund introduces a powerful new property tool, an App called Viewy

22 Mar 2023, 9am

22 Mar 2023, 9am Talking to the Max AIJAC's Jamie Hyams explains Israel's proposed judicial reforms, B'nai B'rith's Ellana Aarons talks about running Mitzvah Day

15 Mar 2023, 9am

15 Mar 2023, 9am Talking to the Max Hybrid Publishers Anna Blay and Louis Devries on 25 years of books, Henry Lew discusses Australian Genesis and Exodus – an art book, and Evelyn Krape and the Yiddishe Divas take us into The Red Tent

8 Mar 2023, 8pm

8 Mar 2023, 8pm Talking to the Max Nechama Bendet and Alan Schwartz chat about the Independent Schools Fees Assessment Board pilot – some promising results

2 Mar 2023, 8am

2 Mar 2023, 8am Talking to the Max JCCV's Daniel Aghion and Rod Myer, author of Memory, Love and its Discontents

22 Feb 2023, 9am

22 Feb 2023, 9am Talking to the Max David Southwick AKA DJ Dave and MacVic prez Sharon Roseman

15 Feb 2023, 9am

15 Feb 2023, 9am Talking to the Max MDA's CFO Alon Fridman discusses their amazing work in Israel and overseas. Anna Sput-Stern, 101 years young, talks about her new book, A New Identity

8 Feb 2023, 9am

8 Feb 2023, 9am Talking to the Max UIA's Jeff Feldman; and Nicole Forsyth discusses a quartet composed by a Dunera internee while at Tatura. Hear an excerpt on the show

1 Feb 2023, 9am

1 Feb 2023, 9am Talking to the Max ECAJ's Julie Nathan discusses her 2022 antisemitism report, Jack Leder on banning the Nazi salute and Dale Nathan on the Australian Open Tennis

14 Dec 2022, 9am

14 Dec 2022, 9am Talking to the Max Jeremy Ungar, Israel Trade and Economic Committee; Rabbi Tsykin, Brighton Shule Happy Chanukah