Them Yarns

This week on Them Yarns, we unpack whether our Aboriginal Community Controlled orgs and health services have changed. Dropping in to our local ACCOS and ACCHOS felt easy once upon a time, now you can barely get in for an appointment or see a doctor. We yarn the difference from then and now with our services and ask, what should or needs to change?

Them Yarns is a podcast with murri mob Carly Wallace and Aaron Nagas spinning yarns from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community every week. Follow the podcast on facebook, instagram, tik tok and youtube at @themyarnsthepodcast Them Yarns is created and produced by Carly Wallace in Meeanjin (Brisbane) Theme Music credit: Courage Kahananui Podcast artwork credit: Courage Kahananui

This week we unpack the rise of conservative male vloggers, especially Aboriginal men with social media platforms falling down the rabbit hole of one nation and right wing views. How would it be if a black woman did the same thing? How dangerous are these vloggers to the state of our community and the far right surge? Nagas and Carly yarn all that and more on this week's episode of Them Yarns

Pauline, Ed Sheerun, Prince Harry, what do they all have in common? These red heads all caused headlines this week and we discuss all their mayhem in one big culture killa segment on this ep.

Whats it like to go viral on social media? We went viral twice this week and Carly has some thoughts. And Aaron has been stirring up the racist far right again

Are you community budoo? Is that the next question to be added to the next cencus in 2031? And this week, Carly and our audience have some new dating icks!

Do they still care about us? That's the question we ask this week on Them Yarns as we discuss the recent comments from politicians and Indigenous leaders at Garma Festival 3 years old from the Voice Referendum. And we get deep on the segment Culture Killers where we yarn about 'When do you know its time to move on?

What's the #1 thing you gotta hide from your mob when they come for a visit? It's not what you think....

HAPPY NAIDOC Week our people. 50yrs of DEADLLLLYYYY. In this ep, we remember our best NAIDOC moments, aaron reminds us all of his NAIDOC game LOL and we consider the top blackfullas of all time

Knicks in 5 baby, Carly's back from New York and Aaron's jealous she was there when the Knicks won the NBA Championship. Also on this week's ep, we discuss Pauline Hansons press club address and the role of independent media with the recent sacking of Karl Stephanovic.

The little Blak Podcast that could did it, we won an Australian Audio award for 'Best Society and Culture independent podcast'. Big shout out to all our deadly Them Yarns listeners and followers who walk with us every week. This Ep, we're joined by radio legend Spencer Howson who presents us with our Audio Award.

This week, Carly has a new Hyper-fixation and she's podcasting while doing it. We yarn the budget and what mob got out of it and we decide if Reconciliation Week is 'Doogie or Deadly'.

How long can Australian's go without being racist? That's how it feels lately for mob in Australia. In this episode, Carly and Aaron discuss the disgusting booing at this years Anzac Day dawn services and we chat manifestos and what we'd have in our's if we had to write one

This week we unpack Artificial Intelligence a year in as users and how it will effect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community, culture and jobs. Also, remember when Them Yarns has been short listed for a national Australian audio award and Aaron wanted to go without Carly and Courage??? We talk about Aaron being a double crossing treacherous JUDAS haha

This week, Carly turned 41 and has been sulking around since! What's it like to be in your 40's and how will Carly and Aaron be as elders in the future?? This week on Them Yarns, we're talking about growing old DISGRACEFULLY ;)

After a little break away with Carly taking a mental health break, Them Yarns is back!! WE'RE BACK BABY!! We unpack all the things that have happened in the world in the past 6 weeks, and the segment 'Hill I'm willing to die on' is back and it's a fiery one

While Carly is taking a break, Aaron takes the reigns on Them Yarns and unpacks the topic and world of 'The Manosphere': The manosphere is a gathering of online communities and groups that spread harmful views about gender, masculinity, and women. It is growing fast thanks to influencers and social media algorithms. And it is shaping young men and boys’ beliefs worldwide. Progress towards gender e...

This week on Them Yarns, Carly opens up about her ADHD journey over the past three years- from diagnosis and self-discovery to unlearning shame and embracing a brain that works differently. Then we switch gears and get into the footy chat, unpacking the new State of Origin eligibility rule and what it could mean for players, fans, and the future of the game.

This week on Them Yarns, we unpack Bad Bunny’s (Carly's man) political halftime moment, the controversy surrounding the Israeli PM’s visit to Australia. Plus, we launch our brand new rating segment 'Deadly or Doogie', kicking it off by rating heated rivalry!

After a tough Invasion Day in 2026 and a wave of racism, tension, and violence against mob in Australia right now, we unpack what it’s felt like as blackfullas this past week. Carly shares why this year’s protest in Brisbane felt different, and we talk about the emotional hangover our communities are carrying right now. It’s raw, reflective, and real- it's about grief, anger, resilience, and what...

New Year, who me… Welcome to the first episode of Them Yarns for 2026. This week we're back and we yarned our predictions and horoscopes for the year ahead, along with the lead up to Invasion day.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our deadly Them Yarns listeners. This is our last episode for 2025, we'll be back in 2026 with a brand new season of Them Yarns. Thanks again to all of you who listened, liked, subscribed and shared our little black ass podcast. Have a safe and Happy New year, Carly and Aaron and our executive assistant producer Courage

We send our deepest condolences and respects to the jewish community and all who lost their lives and were affected by the recent Bondi mass shooting. Sending love and peace

Ever seen or heard of an Aboriginal Neo Nazi? Neither had any of us until this week!!! A alleged far right neo nazi activist has been stood down from his job pending an investigation into his involvement in an anti-jewish neo nazi rally outside of a NSW Parliament building, but what's more shocking is that he's been identified in pictures this week across Facebook as someone who identifies as a Wi...

This week on Them Yarns, we dive into the heat around immigration- from far right Nazis getting deported to the old wounds of the Cronulla riots. We unpack how racism still shapes who Australia thinks “belongs,” here and why immigration becomes the easy target.