Apr 22, 2019
John Safran is an award-winning documentary maker of provocative
and hilarious takes on race, the media, religion and other issues.
Safran first hit TV screens in 1997 on “Race Around the World”.
Both John Safran’s” Music Jamboree” and “John Safran vs. God” won
Australian Film Industry awards for best comedy series and most
original concept, and were also nominated for Logie awards.
Other shows include “John Safran’s Race Relations” and “Speaking in
Tongues”. He co-hosted “Sunday Night Safran”, a radio talk show on
Triple J with cranky but beloved Catholic priest, Father Bob
Maguire. Safran’s first book the award winning true crime book,
“Murder in Mississippi”, is the true story of how he met a white
supremacist and befriended his black killer. In his latest book,
“Depends What You Mean by Extremist”, was shortlisted for General
Non-Fiction Book of the Year at the Australian Book Industry
Awards. This is where he attends a far-right rally in Melbourne and
is led into a mad world of misfits, white nationalists, ISIS
supporters and anarchists.
This podcast is absolutely hilarious! He’s done the craziest things
and is certainly mentally strong and resilient, yet he still feels
vulnerable when he puts out his creative content. To quote John,
“One of the cool things about being an artist is obstacles just
become really handy, because there’s something to write about and
makes things interesting”.
If you'd like to know more about John or keep up to date with him,
check out his website: www.johnsafran.squarespace.com
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