Tune in for this special episode of Let’s Talk – Black Art, recorded live as part of BEMAC’s “Interconnectedness of First Nations Healing & Art” panel. Join Rachael as she brings together four incredible artists, cultural facilitators & healers to honour the rich tradition of creativity in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, and the …

Tune in for the final episode of our special introductory series of Let’s Talk – Black Culture with Elizabeth Walker & Joshua Walker, recorded on Quandamooka country earlier this month. Over four rich episodes, Elizabeth and Joshua have talked through Aboriginal kinship systems and the way that kinship lore shapes every part of Aboriginal and Torre…

In this special episode of Let’s Talk – Black Power, guest host Kevin Yow Yeh brings some crucial updates from the frontlines here in so-called brisbane, sharing a rich and powerful lecture from Palestinian human rights and biodiversity scholar, Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh. This lecture was delivered as part of an incredible event, co-hosted by the In…

This week on Let’s Talk Black Arts, Rachael catches up with proud Birpai, Dunghutti and Kamilaroi architectural designer, editor and artist, Georgia Birks. Georgia is passionate about art, architecture and design. She has written a number of reviews, curated industry conferences, participated as a guest university critic and lecturer, and has been …

Get ready for episode 3 of Let’s Talk Black Culture with your host, Nunukal, Ngugi, and Goenpul (Quandamooka) woman, Elizabeth Walker. If you’ve been listening to the series so far, you’ll know that Elizabeth has been talking culture & Country with her Dad – her first teacher – Joshua Walker. In the first two episodes, we learned a bit more about t…

Tune in for our monthly Black Power round-up with Ruby & Kevin, as they reflect on some of the big political questions of this moment. They talk through some of Ruby’s recent episodes, including the powerful two-part interview with Amatus & Beri from the Free West Papua movement here in so-called brisbane. They talk through the upsurge in radical p…

Listen in this morning as Chelsea & David bring you the second part of their conversation with the iconic Aboriginal writer, songman, and scholar, Uncle Joe Geia. Last week, we heard a bit about Uncle Joe’s early life, and his experience growing up in the shadow of the Protection Acts in so-called Queensland. This week, we learn more about what dri…

Tune in for another episode of Let’s Talk Black Arts with Rachael Sarra, as Rachael catches up with film-maker, photographer and Triple A icon, Siena Mayutu Wurmarri Stubbs. For this special ANZAC day edition of the show, Rachael & Siena begin by reflecting on the continuing erasure of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s contributions in…

Tune in for episode 2 of our brand new series – Let’s Talk Black Culture – hosted by the inimitable Nunukal, Ngugi, and Goenpul (Quandamooka) woman, poet, MC, cultural facilitator, model & public speaker, Elizabeth Walker. In this week’s show, Elizabeth and Joshua pick up where they left off last week, reflecting on the ways that kinship systems st…

Tune in this week as Ruby picks up where she left off last week with a rich and wide-ranging interview with Amatus Akouboo Douw & Beri Pahabol. Last week on the show, we heard from Amatus about the history of colonisation and resource extraction in West Papua, and the ongoing struggle for West Papuan freedom. This week, Beri and Amatus give us a bi…

Tune in this morning as Chelsea & David bring you the first part of their rich and wide-ranging conversation with the iconic Aboriginal songman, Uncle Joe Geia. This beautiful conversation draws on Uncle Joe’s long-standing career as a musician and songwriter, and the role that his songs have played in shaping generations of Black Knowers. Chelsea …

Tune in today as Rachael catches up with Wiradjuri, Scottish, & Czech person, and long term resident of Papua New Guinea, Anna Borzi to learn about the First Nations Writers Festival and the work they’re doing to amplify Indigenous writers across the Pacific. Anna tells us a bit about the origins of the First Nations Writers Festival, and what make…

Welcome to our brand new series – Let’s Talk Black Culture – with our incredible new host: Nunukal, Ngugi, and Goenpul (Quandamooka) woman, poet, MC, cultural facilitator, model & public speaker, Elizabeth Walker. To introduce this new series, Elizabeth takes us across the bay to her country, Quandamooka country, to sit in the sand and talk culture…

Tune in for the first part of a special 2-part series on the ongoing struggle in West Papua. This week, Ruby catches up with Amatus Akouboo Douw to learn a bit more about the ongoing struggle to Free West Papua. Amatus introduces us to the history of West Papua and the long history of colonial invasion and occupation that West Papuans have endured.…

Join Chelsea and David as they catch up with Darumbal & South Sea Islander researcher, writer, educator and journalist Dr. Amy McQuire. Together, they talk through Amy’s career working in Aboriginal and independent media, and the lessons she’s learned about the importance of a Black Justice Journalism that is committed to challenging the ongoing vi…

On this episode we catch up with one of the Blak Trekkers Jyi Lawton who recently took part of the Everest Base Camp expedition. One of the 11 Trekkers, he shares his experiences and thoughts throughout the trek including the effects of altitude, resilience and what it was like walking through the landscape of some of the most incredible environmen…

This week on Let’s Talk – Black Arts, Rachael catches up with the extraordinary Waanyi artist, writer, researcher and activist Judy Watson. They reflect on Judy’s long career as an artist, and the process of bringing together works from across her life in the exhibition mundunama kundana wandaraba jarribirri, currently showing at the Queensland Art…

In this special LIVE episode of Let’s Talk – Black Power, Ruby kicks off with a chat with fellow ‘Black-queer-nepo-baby’ Matt Bond (he/him). Matt is a Munanjahli, Bidjara and South Sea Islander young person and the second eldest of five children. He graduated from Glenala High in 2022 and has undertaken work with Inala Wangarra on ‘Fashion gone wil…

This week on Let’s Talk – Black Knowing, join Chelsea & David for a masterclass in Indigenous Intellectual Sovereignty with Professor Lester-Irabinna Rigney. Together, these extraordinary Black Knowers talk through the urgent struggles of the present moment, and the role that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, sovereignty, and knowledge …

On this episode of Let’s Talk we catch up with Danielle Ah Boo who is the Head of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Program. SourceAf Triple A Murri Country