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Biography

I am Academic Course Leader in History, and Senior Lecturer in American History. My interest in the subject began with African American music and the blues, which led to my first book Blues, How Do You Do? (Michigan, 2015). More broadly, I am fascinated by the ways American culture has travelled and shaped societies and cultures beyond the nation’s borders.

These interests have led me to examine representations of American culture in Britain and the experiences of African American GI’s in Europe during WWII.

Qualifications

  • BA (Hons): Geography, University of Leeds, 2001
  • MA: American Studies, Kings College London, 2006
  • PhD: History, University of Gloucestershire, 2012
  • PGCert: PGCAP, University of Gloucestershire, 2015

Awards

HOTCUS Article Prize 2022 for ‘A Roman Holiday?’

International History Review Research Award 2019

Fulbright-Elon Scholar Award (Jan-May 20

No One Listens to Your Dad's Show

June 14, 2021
Yesterday I read the brilliant #autobiography 'No One Listens To Your Dad's Show (From Number One To No one)' by @mrchristianoconnell

UK readers will probably recognise Christian, as a radio DJ in London, he held the number one spot nationally and was well loved by locals and celebrities alike. What was not known was that he was suffering from crippling anxiety and panic attacks that put his entire career at risk. He quit his job and moved both his career and family to the other side of the world, to my chosen hometown, Melbourne, to work for Gold104.3FM, into one of the tightest radio markets in the world.

Now I inadvertently was an early listener of Christian's show, having reluctantly aged out of Triple J (you know the relationship is over when you're grumbling about how kids today don't know what real music is) and it was actually the twenty-billion billboards and ads for his show that drew me to turn the radio dial in my car over to Gold FM, where I've stayed ever since. What I didn't know was just how much flak and shit

Christian O'Connell

British-born Australian radio disc jockey (b. 1973)

Christian O'Connell

O'Connell in September 2008

Born

Christian Liam O'Connell


(1973-04-07) 7 April 1973 (age 51)

Winchester, Hampshire, England

Occupations
  • Radio and television presenter
  • writer
  • comedian
Years active1999–present
Known forPresented the breakfast show on Absolute Radio until 18 May 2018.
WebsiteAbsolute Radio profile

Christian Liam O'Connell (born 7 April 1973 in Winchester, Hampshire)[1] is an Australian based British radio disc jockey (DJ), television host, writer and comedian. He is currently the host of The Christian O'Connell Show, airing on weekday mornings on the Gold 104.3 radio station in Melbourne and replayed on weekday evenings on Gold 104.3 in Melbourne, Gold 101.7 in Sydney, KIIS 97.3 in Brisbane, Mix 102.3 in Adelaide, and 96FM in Perth.

History

O'Connell started The Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show in 1998 on weekday mornings at a local station in Bournemouth, England; he moved to loc

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