“Breath. Something we all have in common, yet most take for granted” An invitation to listen in, attune to, hold breath and be in solidarity with those in our community living with Long Covid. In collaboration with Dr Poppy de Souza, we bring you stories gathered from her Holding Breath exchange and from the Race Matters community, reflecting on their experiences and responding to: what do we carry with us? what do we leave behind? Together, these voices bring collective wisdom, and offer ways o...
Jul 08, 2025•52 min
"We are in a decolonial moment, we need the energy to keep going" A conversation between Shareeka Helaluddin and astrologer, spirit worker for the liberation, Ra Life . Hear them on what it is to use their gifts in the toolkit for revolution, guiding people to tap into their capacity and ancestral wisdom as tactic for political organising. Less woo woo, more depth and fury. Produced, hosted and sound designed by Shareeka Helaluddin See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jul 01, 2025•42 min
"... and in truth it is a story that is not mine nor hers; I am searching for the shape of what is ours." Hear Sara and Joannie are in conversation with Palestinian writer and academic Micaela Sahhar. Together, they discuss Micaela’s gorgeous new memoir, 'Find Me At The Jaffa Gate,’ which aims to assemble and reclaim the story of her family through fractured memories, objects and places. This conversation explores how both objects and music can hold and preserve memory, the complexity of being h...
May 27, 2025•31 min
How do we understand hope as something within ourselves, and not as a far off horizon? A conversation with anti-oppressive therapist and educator Leah Manaema Avene on their expansive practice rooted in abolition, love, repair and the strategies to transform harmful power dynamics in bodies, relationships and systems. A sprawling dialogue spanning themes of rupture, hope, and the will to keep moving towards revolution. Image: Leah Avene by Amos Gebhardt part of an interview series MÅNGATA and ph...
May 23, 2025•48 min
"You have to speak the truth, even if your voice shakes" What does it mean to commemorate Nakba, not as a singular historical act, but as a way to honour the resistance that has continued long before October 7th? A conversation with Dana Kafina from 3ain Radio and Toobs Anwar. This episode was hosted and produced by Toobs Anwar, with final audio editing by Shareeka Helaluddin. Live broadcast producing by Alicia Zhao. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
May 20, 2025•29 min
Without truth, what ground is there to stand on? We started this piece into Creative Australia's appalling decision to rescind Lebanese artist Khaled Sabsabi's position from the Venice Bienele, however over many weeks this piece evolved beyond one act of silencing. We are watching the normalisation of this genocide, enabled by imperial mechanisms of censorship, and as creatives how do we grapple with our responsibilities to this while honoring the fight of Palestinian liberation? This episode br...
May 09, 2025•1 hr
We’re not just data, we are storytellers. Sometimes, the most radical thing we can do is speak, loudly and deliberately, into futures we get to shape ourselves. Ethan and Janey are joined by Nyungar technologist and futurist Kathryn Gledhill-Tucker to traverse the world of machine tech and human autonomy, learning how their work reimagines the embodied and expansive possibilities of a First Nations practice in tech. Across her poetry, speculative-fiction and tech justice advocacy reminds us that...
Apr 21, 2025•40 min
“We only have wood and stone to fight with to preserve our life” The words of young activists from Kanaky (so-called New Caledonia) who are engaged in fights to reclaim their land from French occupation , fighting for life and independence. Ethan and Shareeka speak to Roscoe, a special rapporteur for Radio RATA , a decolonial media, culture and mutual aid network, operating across the Pacific. Roscoe has been pivotal in establishing networks and connections with the Indigenous people of Kanaky. ...
Apr 04, 2025•38 min
"We're holding hope for other people and each other, and that's what the peer model is." Content Note: this episode contains mentions of suicidality. Q ueer Muslim baddie takeover ~ in dedication to Imam Muhsin Hendricks - Allah Yerahmo. The intersections of queerness, religion, and ethnic identity are so heavily intertwined and (sometimes) difficult to reconcile. Join Host Sara El Youghun, Mohammad and Aiysha of the Multicultural Peers Project to speak on queerness and Islam, the struggle with ...
Mar 25, 2025•29 min
Can writing be a political practice? How do you write in a way that serves liberation, the making of better worlds? Today Samantha and Bipasha are in conversation with Fabliha Yeaqub, a queer Bangladeshi writer, artist and community organiser based in so-called New York. We are talking about her journey with writing as catharsis and as rebellion, how it relates to her political work, and what it means to forge community connections amidst the individualist culture of the West. This episode is gr...
Mar 25, 2025•44 min
It takes a femme queen. Movement as liberation, and the spirituality of performance. Join Ethan Lyons and Tim Worton in deep kiki with the Ruby of Western Sydney, vogue diva from the House of Silky, Jubahlee talking the love and kinship within the ballroom scene. This episode was produced and hosted by Ethan Lyons and Tim Worton, with Supervising Production and podcast edit by Shareeka Helaluddin See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Mar 18, 2025•33 min
“I’m a child of the revolution” Theatre as protest, storytelling as weapon. Fifty two years since the inception of Black Theatre - the subversive art form that spoke back to the colony and incited the beginning of community controlled services; resonates to this day. We’re so honoured to be speaking with Angeline Penrith , the creative director and curator of Redfern Renaissance. Angeline is a Wiradjuri & Yuin actor and story teller, a proud Redfern local and from a trailblazing family of ac...
Jan 28, 2025•41 min
A collision of sounds and a system built through found materials transforming every space it enters. Guest hosts (and fbi family) Madi Martin-Bygrave and Virginia Barahona chat to DJ, community-builder and artist Lulu Quintanilla . Her hand built sound systems are a conduit for questioning culture in a particular moment. An emblem of her candour and DIY ethos where transmuting possibility is found in the club, a youtube archive or a community gathering. This episode was produced and hosted by Ma...
Jan 06, 2025•35 min
Not only is this Dunya temporary, it is also worth saving. Until we are all free. Open your ears and hearts with Sara El Youghun and Attu Ngor as they have a vulnerable chat with artist, poet, and kin Mustafa . Together they explore his new album Dunya, dedicated to those still living in this world, fighting, praying, grieving and holding on to hope. Mustafa tells us about the importance of faith, culture and community as a lifeline. Sharing his Nubian roots in relation to Islam, Mustafa invites...
Dec 23, 2024•39 min
Repping the Black Caucus and some of the staunch advocates he organises alongside, Wiradjuri organiser and creative Ethan Lyons joins us as guest host. Stories that ode his matrilineal teachers, movements across black resistance, solidarities across borders and how young people can find their space in liberatory movements. Plus, a track list of queer, Black and First Nations excellence selected by Ethan. Continue to follow, learn, get organised and show material solidarity In conversation: Uncle...
Dec 09, 2024•42 min
Objects tell their stories if you let them. Bringing together inane objects, tapestries, Musiviri paintings and self portraits; Nusra Latif Qureshi work recognises the cracks within imperial institutions and reveals a complex beauty. Sehej Kaur and Toobs bring us an in depth interview with the Pakistani visual artist, who has spent many years reclaiming the Musiviri art form, alchemising it into a political statement and tool for autonomy. Birds in Far Pavilions is on at the Art Gallery of NSW u...
Dec 02, 2024•44 min
Fourteen years too long, permanent visas and protection now. Content note: this episode traces the cruelty of state violence and asylum seeking experiences, with mention of suicide. There is no graphic detail, however we ask that you take care when listening in. Joannie Lee and Sara El Youghan take us to the Refugee Encampment in Punchbowl , at the 24-hour Protest. Passing its 111th day, many have been waiting outside Minister Tony Burke's office seeking stability and an end to the temporary vis...
Nov 25, 2024•35 min
What does accessibility to sexual liberation really mean? Content warning: this interview contains mention of sexual violence. Alicia Zhao shares an intimate dialogue with friend, artist and advocate Dakota Quin. Facing the question of the body no longer being a productive vessel for capitalism, Dakota’s artistic and activist work seeks to find the pleasure and possibilities of embodied liberation. We learn about their story and how it culminated in the upcoming film, Unspeakable , a body of wor...
Nov 11, 2024•42 min
A tale of two Dilwale's : Mateo and Bipasha move through the phenomena of Bollywood cinema and its grasp on broader subcontinental culture. Specifically, a classic Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995) and it's less-regarded not-so-classic Dilwale (2015), both starring the inimitable SRK and Kajol. They trace their relationships with growing up with Bollywood cinema, recount watching these films five hours back to back; and reflect on the depths and contradictions of these cultural outputs. Produce...
Nov 04, 2024•35 min
Race Matters as found family, as a liberation practice, as a space to play. Settle into a grounded and cosy episode hearing the newest voices on air and behind the scenes: Yvonne, Hong, Aysenur Kara, Janey Li guided in conversation by Alicia Zhao Produced by Shareeka Helaluddin Podcast and CRN edit by Mateo Baskaran See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 28, 2024•35 min
"The people’s blood won’t stain our hands" - the words decried from a recent direct action in Athens where the port workers took industrial action to stop the shipment of Israeli arms. This is an example of a way we can boycott, divest and sanction in our everyday lives. We're joined by staunch, third-generation Palestinian organiser and advocate Rand Khatib to take us through the legacy of resistance in her blood, and the power of collective action through BDS actions that Palestinians have lon...
Oct 24, 2024•32 min
Your feelings are your responsibility. Content Note: this episode contains mention of explicit sexual content and swearing. A final sharing from our Migrant Sex Worker of Colour Diaries, hosted by Jasmine Raat Ki Raani . A sensual and galvanising take down of white feminism and fragility. We hear the intimate experiences of workers Natasha, Tamil King and Korie , on the pleasures and truths of navigating different spaces in the sex industry. The series artwork is by Katy Cao. In the introduction...
Sep 30, 2024•40 min
COVID is not over. It is still here. This is an invitation to understand that reality, and to let it transform you. Grounded in disability justice, and brought to you by a chorus of staunch disabled voices: Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Darcy from Sick/Sovereign, Tori Hobbs and Julia Rose Bak from The Disability Justice Network and Li from COVID Solidarity ‘syd.’ Produced by Samantha Haran, Shareeka Helaluddin & Sehej Kaur. Additional thanks to Justin Chen, Allison Chan and Juliet Fox. P...
Aug 26, 2024•47 min
Would you make a good revolutionary leader? What would you do when the playable revolution corrupts? Mateo and Sara are joined by Berlin-based revolutionary game designer and artist Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, to question the role of video games in possibility and conversation. Find out more about Muriel Tramis Play Danielle’s work: Black Trans Archive I CAN’T FOLLOW YOU ANYMORE Hosted by Sara El Youghun and Mateo Baskaran Produced by Janey Li Executive Produced by Shareeka Helaluddin Additiona...
Aug 19, 2024•37 min
What comes to mind when you hear “language under occupation”? We're joined by Lebanese-Palestinian writer, editor, arts worker and educator, Hasib Hourani to move through this question and making language a vessel for critique, resistance and play. Liminal Festival is happening at The Wheeler Centre (Victoria) and online from August 2-4 . To learn more about this ground-breaking literary festival, visit this site . Hasib will appear at the event Language Under Occupation alongside Evelyn Araluen...
Jul 29, 2024•40 min
What is it to hold the heartbreak of facing a world of systemic injustice, and turn it into energy and meanignful action? We're joined by Inez, a radio broadcaster on 3CR's Thursday Breakfast , community organiser and mental health worker. An intimate chat on navigating hurt and anger of dealing with systemic injustice, processing the recent Indian election and its impact, and how a solidarity with Falasteen has nurtured a retuning to their Sikh faith. In this spirit, Inez has shared some founda...
Jul 08, 2024•48 min
There are no universities left in Gaza. Alicia Zhao & Samantha Haran take us through the university encampments in solidarity with Gaza, a soundscape of the Student Intifada. Field recordings from across so-called australia and a foundational teach in by Gumbaynggirr, Bundjalung, Dunghutti educator and poet Lizzie Jarrett. Even in lulls and in the quiet, you can hear it. You can hear the possibility of another world brewing. In the spirit of collective action there were many people that made...
Jun 24, 2024•49 min
Full house on Race Matters today as we welcome the amazing crew from Jam for Justice - a community fundraiser happening on June 22 raising funds for PARA (Palestine Australia Relief and Action) to support Gazans on the ground, and Palestinians seeking asylum in australia. Hear from artists and organisers Wytchings (Jenny), Zeadala (Zainab), Tru (Sara), Emad (Jafar) and Wasiela (an.other collective) about this upcoming event and collective resistance and care in this moment. Hosted by Joannie Lee...
Jun 17, 2024•32 min
Censorship in the arts has been rampant across our galleries, theaters, airwaves and screens. As the genocide devastates across Palestine in its seventh month, we witness sites of art-making cower away from speaking out and silencing artists who do. In this tumultuous and heartbreaking climate - how do we understand the role of the artist? Hear from artists Lux Æterna, Alissar Chidiac and Nicole Barakat unpacking this, creating an intergenerational chat on the need for artists to be vigilant wit...
Jun 05, 2024•38 min
Content note: this episode contains mention of family violence, incarceration, houselessness, and visceral descriptions of some memories. It's not described in detail but please go gently if these will affect you. Samantha Haran and Bipasha Roy chat to Gomeroi writer, curator and scholar Dr Amy Thunig. A rich chat on memoir as a politcal act amid erasure, dismantling white supremacy in academia, finding wisdom by attuning to ancestral practices. Catch Amy at the Sydney Writers Festival from May ...
May 14, 2024•56 min
