Queering The Air

In this episode, we spoke with Saara, Alana and Sea about the exciting new queer film Camp Therapy; a reverse take on the cultish absurdity of conversion therapy advocates. In amongst that we spoke about how queer life lends itself to queer film making and vice versa.

On this episode of Queering the Air, we spoke with Thea Riley about their musical methods, the use of song titles to drive a songs theme, regulating a song's tempo and syncopation to affect the listener and the difficulty in maintaining focus on this with so much distraction from ‘the biz’. PLEASE DONATE for Radiothon! It would seem that a great proportion of Queering the Air listeners are podcast...

On this episode of Queering the Air, part of the 3CR Radiothon broadcast, we:Heard our resident fictional character DJ T-Boy scratch some records,Listened to some examples of what makes QTA pop, including hot takes from our International Women’s Day show, an on air discussion about bi-erasure, and various guests describing their points of resistance and pride. It would seem that a great proportion...

This special episode is a broadcast of the Trans Book Festival’s First Nations Panel, first recorded on 19th April at the Wheeler Centre. First Nations writers and poets Arlie Alizzi, moirra., and Lay Maloney (Weaving Us Together) yarn with chair Jazz Money (mark the dawn) about what it means to be a trans Ancestor, the responsibility of truth-telling with ink, and how Blak Love transcends all exp...

On this episode, we:Heard from the organising committee of Trans Feminists United about their ethos and resulting methods, leaving us with no doubt as to how they managed to so smoothly organise the Anti-Femicide rally of the previous week, and with an assurance that we will be seeing much more from them in the future. Spoke with the lovely Rae from 4ZZZ’s Tranzmission show; about community radio,...

On this episode, we went live to the Trans Feminists United rally at the Victorian State Library forecourt to join, in solidarity, with their timely refusal to accept the rising number of murders of women and girls of every intersection across the globe. This rally was broadcasted live, and this podcast is a recording of that broadcast. It has been lightly edited to remove some moments in-between...

In this episode, Madison Moffat:Learned from visual artist and performer Ebony Hickey about translating the challenges of adoption and estrangement from one’s homeland into art. Continued to explore the very queer monthly Headless Poetry event, by speaking with poet Jocasta Suzanne about the Headless social mission. All the while, joined in the studio by Ivy Crago and Maxine Palmerson of Big Dog T...

In this episode, we hear from Dzenana Vucic and enterthevessel. They discuss their motivations and experience in participating in this month’s Headless Poetry Night, an event that is held in Naarm every first Monday of the month. Along the way, a range of social topics of a queer nature come up; all truly befitting this anti-normative event.

Join Madison in the studio to chat with Bernie Dieter from Club Kabarett.

Madison chats with Sam Elkin about the 2026 Trans Book Festival: 17-19 April https://events.humanitix.com/trans-book-festival-2026

Madison chats with Naavikaran, ALX GoSlow, and plays excerpts from Out of the Pan on 3CR with Sally Goldner. Plus- Wicked Words - Dyke Hands- The historical nature of policing queer people 

Madison interviews ALX; GoSlow  https://alxgoslow.bandcamp.com/

In this episode:We hear from the cast and crew of the work-in-progress documentary "The Emerald Archipeligo", which inquires about what the world can learn from the Indonesian queer experience, and calls upon all allies in Australia and the global North to play an active role. Slimbi, Naarm-based musician, writer and organiser, discusses their insights into authentic trans and queer gathering and...

On this episode we:Spoke with Vadim, who escaped Russia and is currently living in Kazakhstan. He describes the conditions for queer folk who currently reside in Russia, why he absolutely had to flee his country of origin and how we can help those left behind. Spoke with Dr Yves Rees, about publishing as a form of resistance; including within the queer community. They will be part of a panel discu...

Madison speaks with Oscar and Anna about their experience and reflections of having attended two separate Annual General Meetings of queer organisations. This included a concerning keynote speech at one of those AGM (which does not necessarily reflect the thoughts of the organisation itself) that seems to be symptomatic of a shift away from activism towards a more conservative professionalism amon...

On this episode, we discussedthe horrific podcast episode produced and released by the Equality Project, organisers of the Better Together conference.the less than satisfactory post-incident response from the Equality Project.how the conference itself played out over the course of the two days, as described by our on-the-spot correspondent Oscar.why it is perfectly reasonable to expect the Equalit...

On this episode of Queering The Air:Our 'Meow, Meow, Meow' section, where we discuss what events are happening in the Queer world, included a discussion on a number of Naarm-based drag performers and their recent and current (sometimes meta, sometimes primary) contributions to our queer culture. A retrospective chat about Leigh Bowery, that also covered Australian artists who venture elsewhere to...

On this week's edition of Queering the Air, Madison Moffat:Speaks further with Marcel Liemant about queer book self-publishing and their views on the future of queer literature. Explores a little about a fundamental queer and trans icon: Wendy Marcos, co-inventor of the Moog Synthesiser and legendary electronica composer and soundtrack producer. Revisits where the Melbourne LGBTIQA+ left the subje...

Madison Inteviewed Zara Jones of Thorne Habour Country about the monthly meet-up Bendigo Morning Cuppa. They discussedcreating spaces for regional queer communal gathering and information sharinghow such spaces can encourage greater understanding between members of various intersections of the queer community. Madison also spoke to Piani, a Morning Cuppa participant about the benefits of joining i...

In this episode:'78er David Hood, in his new regular feature "Hot Potatoes", interviews David Gould, founder and President of the Carlton Pride group, about their challenges and acheivements in supporting queers to support the Carlton Football Club. To commemorate the Stonewall riots, Madison and Atlas discussthe news media coverage of the event at that time,an interview of Marsha P Johnson that p...

On this episode, we spoke with Nicole, also known as Muggles, about Roller Derby, their experiences as a player, a league official and queer representative. We reflected on the inherent tendancies of the sport to prove a queer freindly, trans freindly, feminist arena.

For this episode, weextolled the virtues of seeking funds by way of the Radiothon, as per the gospel told by the 3CR Radiothon Chicken.played Slay the Bigot, where we got to trash out the hideous and ridiculous lies of the far right and the TERFs.played Hooray or Boo, where we got to trash out the hideous and ridiculous lies for the far right and the TERFs, but this time using a slightly different...

On this episode, we discussed, alongside our guest Friday:as part of our segment Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow (What's Going On), examples of community events that strive to be more accessable.how learning new skills (such as learning Auslan) can lead to broader understandings of self-advocacy for those with disability, their allies and their supports.the value of sharing 'hot tips' within community on...

In the episode, we:handed our platform over to a diverse range of queer migrant voicesheard from them their views on matters such asbeing shaped by country of origin and the (often multiple) cultures they have been exposed to sincehomaphobia and transphobia within cultures of origin: stereotypes vs the realityconflicts and compromises with family members, sometimes influenced by mixed cultural val...

In this episode, we:discussed the joys of making Naarm-based films and exhibiting them in smaller cinematic venues, as a way of sharing and celebrating craft and creativity; as demonstrated by Saara Lamberg's work towards the Midwinter Warmers Film Festival.heard about some diverse musical and spoken word talent within Naarm and the joys of holding performance nights that tie those talents togethe...