SA Today with Jennie Lenman

SA Today with Jennie Lenman is a regional interview program with a broad civic brief and a conversational touch. Its episodes are rooted in specific places, people, and practical concerns. Fire danger season becomes a discussion about cured grass, haystack fires, mowing, property maintenance, and the timing pressures facing councils and farmers. A makers market in Mount Pleasant becomes a window into local shopping, artisan work, leather journals, twilight markets, and the small logistics behind community events. The show is strongest when it lets useful information and human character sit side by side. Short newsy openings give way to relaxed questions. Guests are invited to explain the detail rather than deliver slogans. Colin Wagener’s 105th birthday conversation shows that range clearly. The episode moves from cards from national and state leaders to handmade sports cars, wartime instruction duties, beach landings, family, and the everyday independence of doing one’s own shopping. Other episodes lean toward self-improvement without becoming abstract. Dr Gordon Spence and Riley talk about physical activity as something people can enjoy rather than endure. Ruth Morgan discusses career purpose through values, motivation, and the experience of leaving long-term recruitment work for coaching. Across its episodes, the show feels less like a single-topic program than a daily local companion with room for safety, health, work, memory, and small enterprise. It is calm, direct, and attentive. The interviews often carry a service element, but they also leave space for personality: a farmer’s heartbreak over hay shed fires, a teenager finding enjoyment in writing about sport, an artisan describing the smell and texture of leather. That mix gives the show its character. SA Today with Jennie Lenman is for listeners who want regional life treated with seriousness, warmth, and useful detail.