Out of the Box

Award winning crime journalist Dan Box speaks to Serge about the notorious crimes he's covered and the impact they've had on him. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Multi-talented Yorta Yorta rap superstar Adam Briggs talks to Serge Negus about, racism, comedy and writing with the creators of The Simpsons. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kelly Brooke Nicholls has spent years in Colombia and latin America working as a journalist and in human-rights activist, experiencing the trauma and tragedy of the drug wars. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Acclaimed singer songwriter Shellie Morris speaks to Serge Negus about finding her long lost heritage after being adopted out as a baby. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Showgirl and author Jenevieve Change rebelled from her conservative Chinese roots and discovered what race and identity really mean. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Illegal immigrant Umit Bali spent 15 years on the run from immigration before he realised the funny side of it, and decided to become a comedian. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gangster, ice tester, criminal, Johnny Nguyen talks to Serge Negus about falling into a life of crime and fighting his way out. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Director, curator and influencer Aislinn Lowe talks what it takes to kill it as young woman in the creative world. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gay, Indigenous and a Liberal party candidate, a few things you wouldn't usually put together, but that is Geoffrey Winters, hear him break down social stereotypes with Serge Negus. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Zindzi Okenyo is OKENYO on the stage and Zindzi on PlaySchool. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ianto Ware on the history of liquor licenses, binge drinking and making creative space in cities. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ian Flanders unflinchingly points his camera into the ethical minefield of sex slaves, prostitutes and death. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Blues singer, saxophonist, and former Black Panther Party member Marlene Cummins came on Out of the Box to reminisce about her colourful life, the light, the dark, and the music that accompanied it all. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Music therapist Max Schollar-Root on the therapeutic benefits of music throughout every life. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Newtown Fire Chief and historian Matt Murphy on the dodgy stuff you see in local fire emergencies and the dodgy figures of local convict history. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew Denton on love, life, death and tongue kissing. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Alice Fraser on Buddhism, her late mother, and making deep comedy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A.H.Cayley on The Troubles in Ireland, the feeling of home in music, the rigours of life as a young creative, running FBi's politics and current affairs show with a sleep disorder, and finding family in Gooddod Small Club. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When Yassmin Abdel-Magied isn't binge watching Netflix, she's working on oil and gas rigs, running initiatives like Youth Without Borders, frothing over race cars, and just generally defying expectations placed on young muslim women. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the lead up to Mardi Gras, Walkley Award nominated journalist Patrick Abboud talks about coming out to Arabic parents, loving Icelandic music, finding long lost family, enjoying bus breakdowns and making beautiful documentaries. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Yaryna Kvitka and Volodymyr Muliar rolled into Sydney on bikes, all the way from Ukraine! They are Folknery; a Ukrainian modern folk band, and they've been on the road for 16 months, collecting traditional folk songs from communities along the way. They were also part of the massive months-long revolution in Maidan, for which they maed a bit of an anthem against the government at the time. In this...

Kelli Jean Drinkwater 's creative practice critiques society's perceptions of people of size and encourages a diverse, body positive visibility. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The man who brought FBi radio 5 years' worth of 'Sociologic' Professor James Arvanitakis , on his life as a former banker, miracle child and social justice activist. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Warren Roberts started YARN to create a space for non-Indigenous and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians to connect and discuss the past 200 years of shared history. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Norrie May-Welby defies categorisation with delight and spreads joy with bubbles. Norrie is a social justice activist, anarchist, political cartoonist, and the first person in the world to be declared 'gender non-specific' by the courts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.