A spirit of protest and deep sensitivity echoes in this episode with two staunch First Nations activists and artists Jazz Money & Thea Anamara Perkins . Honored to have FBi broadcaster, writer and curator Levent Can Kaya take over Race Matters with an incisive and luminous chat. Hear Lev, Thea and Jazz on personal archives and joyous collective imagination as antidotes to colonial violence; and the politics of art-making as institutions try to stifle our resistance. Image: from Atherreyurre,...
May 06, 2024•27 min
Alicia Zhao and Joannie Lee are joined by artist, Dharma practitioner and co-founder of the Inner Fields collective - Elaine Su-Hui. Together they share a reflective chat on their relationships with Buddhism, what it is to come to a politicised reclamation of spirituality, decolonise Western appropriations of faith, and turn towards a practice that doesn't bypass injustice - but faces it with courage and loving action. This episode was co-produced and co-hosted by Alicia Zhao and Joannie Lee. Au...
May 06, 2024•42 min
This week the Race Matters team settle in to have a deep chat about love. What is the role of love when we are witnessing the horrors, violence and apathy of the genocide of Palestinian people and the rise of facism? Join Alicia Zhao, Toobs Anwar and Samantha Haran unpack the politics of love and what it means to practice radical and political love in our everyday life. Featuring excerpts from Saul Williams & James Baldwin. This episode was co-produced and co-hosted by Alicia Zhao, Samantha ...
Apr 30, 2024•36 min
how can we gather in non-hierarchical ways, form solidarities, resist shallow representation and form cultures of genuine reciprocity? Upending the colonial building of artshouse during Dalit History Month, ಒಡಲಾಳ Odalala (‘from the depths of one’s being’) brings together local and international artists to examine histories of caste, migration, gender and sexuality through contemporary expression. Envisioned by Dalit curator-artist Vishal Kumaraswamy morphing conventional expectations through a...
Apr 23, 2024•50 min
MIGRANT SEX WORKER OF COLOUR DIARIES: WE SPEAK CLEARLY 〰️ this episode is in loving memory of dear friend and colleague, Venus 〰️ A special episode this week as we delve into the second offering of our Migrant Sex Worker of Colour Diaries produced by Jasmine Raat-Ki-Raani. An intimate, extended dialogue with Natasha tracing her life from Brazil to so-called a̶u̶s̶t̶r̶a̶l̶i̶a̶. Hear stories of navigating the workforce as an immigrant, joining the s^x industry and learning the value of labour, re...
Apr 02, 2024•53 min
A stunning and expansive world conjured by Aaqila aka halalbutch Aaqila is a writer, artist, DJ and community organiser based on Whadjuk land and sometimes Gadigal land. Their habitude operates towards providing tools for collective liberation beyond the tools of the institution; which manifests in different ways from the dinner table to the gallery. Their threads of research are drawn from Malay-Anglo subjectivities and move slowly through contemporary and ancestral understandings of gender, co...
Mar 12, 2024•50 min
"Space is scared. We often think that space is related to the physical and the tangible but also the metaphysical. To hold space for someone is a great gift. In today's world, we all have these pockets of existence, but we rarely and genuinely hold space for others that is more than just superficial. To hold space for another is to exist with them at that moment - to share breath and existence. If we want to build the bridges between ignorance and discrimination, we must share breath. australian...
Mar 11, 2024•35 min
an audio vignette exploring the past and future of pasifika music and what it means to make forward-thinking music as a pasifika artist. narrated by conversations with experimental producer ripley kavara (lakatoi, kandere) and aus hip-hop pioneer hau lātūkefu (koolism) @ lonelyspeck / Sione Teumohenga is a Tongan-Australian artist, producer and musician based on Kaurna land, best known for producing experimental pop music as Lonelyspeck. Drawing from diverse sounds and styles, their work emphasi...
Mar 11, 2024•22 min
"An experimental and (non)fictional invitation to see myths and mythmaking as a form of queer storytelling. Home dwells in the languages we keep." Darren Lesaguis is of Bisaya and Tagalog descent, a former co-host of Race Matters, and community radio worker. 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 Kitchie Nadal - ‘Huwag na Huwag Mong Sasabihin’ Kulintang Ensemble - Kulintang Mamayog Akun Background Free Download No Copyright Field recordings from freesound[dot]com 𝐅𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 + “Ambot sa Essay Kwoah: From Swards...
Mar 11, 2024•24 min
"A journey through time, and gender- exploring Dalit womanhood and Dravidian masculinity through an anti-caste and trans lens. Bounded and centred by an all-Dalit & Tamil Greek chorus consisting of photographer Jaisingh Nageshwaran, scholar Dr. Roja Singh, community oragniser Grace Banu and wise young woman Ritu Elizabeth Samuel, soundtracked by rapper nasbandi - and me." R.Talitha Samuel is a cultural producer based in New Delhi. Featuring only guest experts from caste-oppressed communitie...
Mar 11, 2024•34 min
"How do you find your place in a world that was never built to accommodate you? An intimate memoir, unravelling the shifts in a body and the world around them in a world before and during the global pandemic." Tori Hobbs is a disabled healthcare worker, writer and co-founder of Disability Justice Network. a grassroots organisation run for and by multiply marginalised disabled people in so called australia. Alongside their daily work as a nurse they have been a tireless advocate for disability j...
Mar 11, 2024•34 min
"What is it that you call home? For a queer Palestinian in diaspora the answer can be complicated. From Beiti to Beitak, Chicago to Naarm, I try to find out. Featuring interviews with Nourah of Salon Kawakib and Mirna of Aywa Syndicate." Kal Jazeera is a queer Palestinian creative currently based in naarm by way of potawatomi land Chicago. They orbit many fields across performance but the heart of their work is grounded in community. Their sense of joy, depth and love was distilled in all our c...
Mar 11, 2024•26 min
Broadcasting from the 24/7 sit-in at the PM's office, we hear from two core organisers from Families for Palestine - Sarah Shaweesh and Zuzia. We chatted about the collective power of staking a picket and how communal acts of care are an expression of resistance. Please support the work of Families for Palestine, sign up for a sit in shift by sending them a message, or learn about other ways you can support their effrots and call for a permanent and unconditional ceasefire. This episode was pr...
Mar 11, 2024•44 min
A sprawling, expansive chat with two artists who embody a DIY ethos interconnected with spirituality and poetry. Two chats with musician, sculptor Lonnie Holley and poet Moor Mother (Camae Awaye) chatting through their practices, converging across their innovative use of materials, unique ways of collaborating and principled resistance. A conversation to sink deep into, with both Lonnie and Camae reminding us that beauty is in our toolkit for the revolution. You can catch them both live, alongsi...
Feb 13, 2024•40 min
Conversations at the intersection of healing, justice and anti-racism happening this summer. "We are watching genocide, a lot of us come from lines of attempted genocide. we can't 'self care' our way out of that but what we can do is hold each other ... we don't have a choice" our final episode for the year is helmed with Samantha Haran in conversation with Quandamooka and Wiradjuri woman, and First Nations Healing Practitioner LJ Phoenix Singh. LJ works from an anti-oppressive, abolitionist and...
Dec 22, 2023•20 min
Conversations at the intersection of healing, justice and anti-racism happening this summer. Hear Toobs and community herbalist Salma Yassien speaking through community practices of collective care, herbalism and spirituality that proved vital in the wake of hyper-policing and medical racism in and outside the global pandemic. A sprawling chat grounded in spirit, hope and the wisdom of daily, ancestral remedies. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Dec 18, 2023•25 min
Conversations at the intersection of healing, justice and anti-racism happening this summer. Hear Tanya Shukla in conversation with narrative therapist Sekneh-Hammoud Beckett. In an intimate and reciprical dialogue they explore the intersectional race politics in our deepest desires and connections; unravelling into a vulnerable offering of how we can move through and transform sites of trauma into practices of love and resistance. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Dec 11, 2023•20 min
We are honored to offer this bonus episode with gratitude and soldiarity with The Red Rattler Theatre , Autonomous Collective Against Racism (ACAR) & Blak Caucus . This is as much a talk as it is a compelling call to action, listen to their words. "Palestinian activists and the Blak Caucus invite you to this plenary on unceded Gadigal land. Our siblings in Palestine face a genocide, their existence at risk of total wipeout. On this colony, another Black death in custody rips through First Na...
Dec 05, 2023•2 hr
Xuan and Marina from Amplify Bookstore are back for another episode of anti racist book club! Hear their recommendations of Palestinian authors across all genres of books. This is by no means a comprehensive list, but we hope it offers a starting point for engaging with Palestinian literature in the spirit of solidarity, empathy and dissent. Hear them chat through A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum, Minor Detail by Adania Shibli, Power Born of Dreams by Mohammad Saba'aneh; and Songs for the Dead and ...
Nov 28, 2023•16 min
Alicia Zhao and Toobs Anwar chat to poet and Fulbright scholar Stephanie Niu, about her expansive research on Christmas Island with the local community, weaving together poetry, stories and community mapping and archiving. Plus, Stephanie shares a reading of her poem "Vision for America" Find out more about Stephanie’s work here. Her forthcoming collection "Survived By" will be available for preorder with Host Publications starting in January See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Nov 27, 2023•35 min
Where would Race Matters be without Tanya Ali? Honestly, we probably wouldn't exist. As well as being one of the founding co-hosts of the show, Tanya was a luminous compass for the show’s vision and growth in her time as executive producer and continues to nurture what we do. Somewhere in the haze of post-lockdown she graciously stepped out of her volunteer role as Executive Producer and never got a final show. SO this morning we are going to honor her her years of work and the real labour it to...
Nov 13, 2023•50 min
We take some reprieve amid the heaviness of the world to bring you some of the new(ish) voices of Race Matters. Over the last six months, every week, our new volunteers have been coming together to help bring Race Matters to life. Today we hear from Tim Worton, Alicia Zhao, Toobs Anwar with Executive Producer Shareeka Helaluddin talking about what brought them here, consciousness-raising texts (spoiler: Chicken Run is about workers rights), and their everyday acts of resistance. Lots of love to ...
Nov 06, 2023•42 min
Meet some of our newest co-hosts and producers Samantha Haran and Alicia Zhao. They’ve been working together on this new series to reimagine and explore the possibilities of what ‘education’ can be and alternative ways in which we learn, gesturing towards modes that are transformative and healing. They begin by looking critically at the ways in which current models of education are failing people and enacting violence; hearing from some listener voice messages that were both vulnerable and conce...
Nov 06, 2023•39 min
We are very excited and honored to bring forward the first episode of Migrant S3x Workers of Colour, a series of intimate dialogues produced by Jasmine Raat Ki Raani "The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this audio series are by migrant sex workers of color who speak for themselves and not for the entire community. We do not take responsibility for how the audience perceives us or our stories because we are not here to please. We are a work in progress and our thoughts, views and opinio...
Oct 23, 2023•56 min
On today’s show we seek to continue to uplift the ongoing resistance and interconnectedness of displaced peoples on these lands, in Palestine and occupied territories. Tracing settler colonial roots in so-called Australia, this moment a day after the referendum and links to Palestine. Content note: some of this episode contains mention of graphic acts of genocide, dispossession and state-sanctioned violence. Hear from Darumbal and South Sea Islander journalist and co-organiser with ICRR Amy McQu...
Oct 16, 2023•1 hr 6 min
As the noise continues and racist rhetoric unfolds across the continent, Race Matters will be deferring our platform entirely to First Nations activist and community groups to amplify nuances beyond the yes/no rhetoric of The Voice and to centre complex and healing dialogues. This week, we hear from Kieran and Dan from Black People's Union : a revolutionary organisation that aims to empower Indigenous people in Australia through the pursuit of full self-determination and sovereignty. They chatte...
Sep 25, 2023•32 min
Tahlia Palmer's work grapples with tensions of the weight of colonial trauma and finding comfort in recovering ancestral practices. She's an artist of Murri and European lineage, working in a variety of mediums to explore history, identity and perception. Her art practice works on confronting the conditions that create and perpetuate inter-generational trauma, as well as finding pathways for healing. She chatted with Race Matters and unpacked her creative process and what it is to turn political...
Sep 25, 2023•20 min
BEYOND THE BARS X RACE MATTERS SOLIDARITY SYNDICATE From Gadigal to ... those on the inside, with love . This week we dedicate our airwaves to the trailblazing, radical output of Beyond the Bars Prison Radio, on 3CR Radio . An honor to be joined by Shiralee Hood - she's a Noongar, Kurnai, Gunditjmara comedian, broadcaster and educator. She uses her work in prison radio as an extension of her deep rooted practice of storytelling and healing, nurturing relationships with those who are incarcerated...
Sep 18, 2023•41 min
RED RATTLER X RACE MATTERS PRESENTS: EMBERS Listen back to a tender and generative conversation held at our live community gathering at the Red Rattler, Embers . Following a screening of Lizzie's Borden's cult-classic Born In Flames, we were joined by community builders and artists Aaliyah-Jade Bradbury, Kween G, prince and facilitated in conversation for one last time by Darren Lesaguis. Hear them deconstruct and reconstruct the 1983 film, talk through every day acts of resistance, anti-capital...
Sep 04, 2023•51 min
What are our responsibilities when it comes to sharing stories of vulnerable communities, and those that have been displaced? What are ways that we can understand one story as ways to disrupt, to uncover the truth of so many more that go unnoticed, untold? Our show today traces the flows of displacement of a Tamil family that was thrust into the national political spotlight as they experienced the harsh violence of our asylum seeking system: Nades, Priya and their daughters Kopika and Tharnicaa,...
Aug 28, 2023•47 min
