Radical Radio

First up, Marisa speaks to June Riemer, First Nations woman and Deputy CEO of First Peoples Disability Network, and Kelly Cox, Amabassdor of First Peoples Disability Network. She then catches up with Peta MacGillivray, a Kalkutungu and South Sea Islander lawyer and researcher, who has specialised in the legal needs of children and young people, particularly those experiencing social and economic d...

We hurt the same, we smile the same.  As minority groups, Black, Indigenous, people of colour and people with a disability, we all face the assumptions, racism and ableism of society - but we're here! 'This is What We've Got' will bring you two hours of conversation and music with Ajak Kwai and Wild at Heart guests Anna Dang, Jen Frank and Edward Roussac. Presented by Ajak Kwai (Ubuntu Voices) Tra...

'Join me, as they talk about the concept of rest as it pertains to the chronically sick and disabled; from neurotransmitters to mental health, ableism, to how workplaces benefit from our rest skills. I consider us to be experts at maintaining and sustaining in a world that tries so often to silence, ignore and get rid of us. Our skills in the art of REST should be the gold standard to which others...

Pauline caught up with Diaspora Blues presenter, Ayan Shirwa, to discuss life at the moment and the Disability Day theme. Transcript coming soon. 

This episode from the 2022 Disability Day Broadcast is presented is by Mini aka Racerage (Satellite Skies).Mini speaks with three members of Inkrewsive the inclusive Hip Hop crew, LGM, Andrew and Leigh. We also hear some words and thoughts from Astrid, a disabled trans woman, about the theme of "Rest". 

A program on the connections between Long COVID and ME/CFS. Featuring a conversation with Alexa, an artist, former sex worker and ME patient who has been rejected from the NDIS multiple times despite worsening health and high support needs. Transcript coming soon. 

This episode from the 2022 Disability Day Broadcast is presented is by Pauline Vetuna and Leilani FuamonoRecentering Disabled REST in labour rights and movements for liberation. A wide ranging discussion on the joys of, necessity of and imminent collapse of Twitter, Indigneous anti-capitalist futures, and rest as central to Disability Justice.

Sharing some words from a few of the late great Vivian Podesser Malo’s staunch speeches. With some reflections on Viv’s time at 3CR from broadcaster Nicky Stott. Transcript coming soon.

Interviews and readings with the creator of and contributors to Sick/Sovereign, a powerful collection of written and visual artwork by disabled Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people about their experiences of COVID-19. You can download and read the SICK / SOVEREIGN Zine here. Transcript coming soon. 

Tori Hobbs discusses critical health worker-led campaigns this year for better staff conditions and conditions for patients, what the conditions currently are like for both workers and patients in the public health system, how you can support them,  and their current relationship with rest as a disabled nurse and disability justice advocate. Senior disability advocate Tricia Malowney updates us on...

This episode from the 2022 Disability Day Broadcast is presented is by Iris Lee (Women on the Line & Queering the Air).Around 300,000 disabled people have to navigate the Disability Employment Services (DES) stream of the paltry Jobseeker payment. DES is controversial as the state spends $1.3 billion creating a profitable private market for providers who compete for disabled clients, with very poo...

In this episode, Raphael presents Disability News and Events, with updates on submissions to the Royal Commission on Disability.  The Boldness is a Disability current affairs program aired on the third and fifth Wednesdays of the month at 6 pm on 3CR.Presented by Raphael Kaleb. Transcript coming soon. 

El Gibbs is an award-winning writer with a focus on disability and social issues. 3CR’s Disability Day worker Pauline talks to El in great detail about the recently announced NDIS Review, what’s at stake, and how our disabled community can fight to save the NDIS. El also reflects on the theme of the 2022 Disability Day Broadcast, Rest is Survival. Transcript coming soon. 

Stirring performances and readings from Blak and Indigenous writers recorded at this years’ Emerging Writers Festival. Image credit: Renay Barker-MulhollandArtist statement: Flowers grow, the world revolves, and we make it through another day. While the sun sets, the diminishing rays ignite our own introspection on the status quo and our part in that. As we take stock of where we are, intertwined...

Gavin Moore (Billabong Beats) speaks with Uncle Geoff Maher to look at police harrassment of First Nations people with mental health issues and the need for a community response rather than state violence. Image credit: Renay Barker-MulhollandArtist statement: Flowers grow, the world revolves, and we make it through another day. While the sun sets, the diminishing rays ignite our own introspection...

Disabled and ill Mob yarn on the realities of illness and disability within the colony. Elena Macdonald is joined by Mali, Samia, Renay, Nay and Tabitha. An excerpt of this show, recorded in 2020 as part of 'Imagining Disability Justice'. Image credit: Renay Barker-MulhollandArtist statement: Flowers grow, the world revolves, and we make it through another day. While the sun sets, the diminishing...

Spend some time with Jane Rosengrave (Yorta Yorta) from 3CR's Raising Our Voices program. Jane talks about the intersection of ableism and racism against Blackfullas, surviving (and thriving after) violent institutions, strength in culture and self advocacy, and Jane’s chapter in the highly acclaimed anthology, Growing Up Disabled In Australia. Image credit: Renay Barker-MulhollandArtist statement...

This is sick-form, blak-yarn, crip-space, deep-place. Elena (Paredarerme Nation) explores disability justice and its meaning when grounded in Indigenous ways of knowing. A decolonial approach to disability, and the collective networks of rest, care and resistance that underpin it. Also featuring Tabitha Lean and music by E Fishpool and Alice Skye. Image credit: Renay Barker-MulhollandArtist statem...

It's 30 years since the Royal Commission released its final report into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. Since then, the deaths have continued, and there’s still no justice. Legendary broadcasters Robbie Thorpe & Viv Malo hosted a live broadcast from the National Day of Action – Stop Aboriginal Deaths in Custody – Black Lives Matter rally on the steps of Victorian Parliament between 1-2pm, Saturday 1...