Race Matters

Repping the Black Caucus and some of the staunch advocates he organises alongside, Wiradjuri organiser and creative Ethan Lyons joins us as guest host. Stories that ode his matrilineal teachers, movements across black resistance, solidarities across borders and how young people can find their space in liberatory movements. Plus, a track list of queer, Black and First Nations excellence selected by...

Objects tell their stories if you let them. Bringing together inane objects, tapestries, Musiviri paintings and self portraits;  Nusra Latif Qureshi  work recognises the cracks within imperial institutions and reveals a complex beauty. Sehej Kaur and Toobs bring us an in depth interview with the Pakistani visual artist, who has spent many years reclaiming the Musiviri art form, alchemisi...

Fourteen years too long, permanent visas and protection now. Content note: this episode traces the cruelty of state violence and asylum seeking experiences, with mention of suicide. There is no graphic detail, however we ask that you take care when listening in. Joannie Lee and Sara El Youghan take us to the  Refugee Encampment in Punchbowl , at the 24-hour Protest. Passing its 111th day, many hav...

What does accessibility to sexual liberation really mean?  Content warning: this interview contains mention of sexual violence.  Alicia Zhao shares an intimate dialogue with friend, artist and advocate Dakota Quin. Facing the question of the body no longer being a productive vessel for capitalism, Dakota’s artistic and activist work seeks to find the pleasure and possibilities of embodied liberati...

A tale of two  Dilwale's : Mateo and Bipasha move through the phenomena of Bollywood cinema and its grasp on broader subcontinental culture. Specifically, a classic  Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge  (1995) and it's less-regarded not-so-classic  Dilwale  (2015), both starring the inimitable SRK and Kajol. They trace their relationships with growing up with Bollywood cinema, recount watching these films...

Race Matters as found family, as a liberation practice, as a space to play. Settle into a grounded and cosy episode hearing the newest voices on air and behind the scenes: Yvonne, Hong, Aysenur Kara, Janey Li guided in conversation by Alicia Zhao Produced by Shareeka Helaluddin Podcast and CRN edit by Mateo Baskaran See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"The people’s blood won’t stain our hands" - the words decried from a recent direct action in  Athens where the port workers took industrial action to stop the shipment of Israeli arms.  This is an example of a way we can boycott, divest and sanction in our everyday lives. We're joined by staunch, third-generation Palestinian organiser and advocate Rand Khatib to take us through the legacy of resi...

Your feelings are your responsibility. Content Note: this episode contains mention of explicit sexual content and swearing. A final sharing from our Migrant Sex Worker of Colour Diaries, hosted by  Jasmine Raat Ki Raani . A sensual and galvanising take down of white feminism and fragility. We hear the intimate experiences of workers Natasha,  Tamil King  and  Korie , on the pleasures and truths of...

COVID is not over. It is still here. This is an invitation to understand that reality, and to let it transform you. Grounded in disability justice, and brought to you by a chorus of staunch disabled voices: Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Darcy from Sick/Sovereign, Tori Hobbs and Julia Rose Bak from The Disability Justice Network and Li from COVID Solidarity ‘syd.’ Produced by Samantha Haran, Sh...

Would you make a good revolutionary leader? What would you do when the playable revolution corrupts? Mateo and Sara are joined by Berlin-based revolutionary game designer and artist Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, to question the role of video games in possibility and conversation.  Find out more about Muriel Tramis Play Danielle’s work: Black Trans Archive   I CAN’T FOLLOW YOU ANYMORE Hosted by Sara...

What comes to mind when you hear “language under occupation”? We're joined by Lebanese-Palestinian writer, editor, arts worker and educator,  Hasib Hourani  to move through this question and making language a vessel for critique, resistance and play.  Liminal Festival is happening at The Wheeler Centre (Victoria) and online from August 2-4 . To learn more about this ground-breaking literary festiv...

What is it to hold the heartbreak of facing a world of systemic injustice, and turn it into energy and meanignful action? We're joined by Inez, a radio broadcaster on  3CR's Thursday Breakfast , community organiser and mental health worker. An intimate chat on navigating hurt and anger of dealing with systemic injustice, processing the recent Indian election and its impact, and how a solidarity wi...

There are no universities left in Gaza.  Alicia Zhao & Samantha Haran take us through the university encampments in solidarity with Gaza, a soundscape of the Student Intifada. Field recordings from across so-called australia and a foundational teach in by Gumbaynggirr, Bundjalung, Dunghutti educator and poet Lizzie Jarrett.  Even in lulls and in the quiet, you can hear it. You can hear the pos...

Full house on Race Matters today as we welcome the amazing crew from  Jam for Justice  - a community fundraiser happening on  June 22 raising funds for PARA (Palestine Australia Relief and Action)  to support Gazans on the ground, and Palestinians seeking asylum in australia. Hear from artists and organisers Wytchings (Jenny), Zeadala (Zainab), Tru (Sara), Emad (Jafar) and Wasiela (an.other collec...

Censorship in the arts has been rampant across our galleries, theaters, airwaves and screens. As the genocide devastates across Palestine in its seventh month, we witness sites of art-making cower away from speaking out and silencing artists who do. In this tumultuous and heartbreaking climate - how do we understand the role of the artist? Hear from artists  Lux Æterna, Alissar Chidiac and Nicole...

Content note: this episode contains mention of family violence, incarceration, houselessness, and visceral descriptions of some memories. It's not described in detail but please go gently if these will affect you.  Samantha Haran and Bipasha Roy chat to Gomeroi writer, curator and scholar Dr Amy Thunig. A rich chat on memoir as a politcal act amid erasure, dismantling white supremacy in academia,...

A spirit of protest and deep sensitivity echoes in this episode with two staunch First Nations activists and artists Jazz Money  &  Thea Anamara Perkins . Honored to have FBi broadcaster, writer and curator  Levent Can Kaya take over Race Matters with an incisive and luminous chat. Hear Lev, Thea and Jazz on personal archives and joyous collective imagination as antidotes to colonial violence;...

Alicia Zhao and Joannie Lee are joined by artist, Dharma practitioner and co-founder of the  Inner Fields collective - Elaine Su-Hui. Together they share a reflective chat on their relationships with Buddhism, what it is to come to a politicised reclamation of spirituality, decolonise Western appropriations of faith, and turn towards a practice that doesn't bypass injustice - but faces it with cou...

This week the Race Matters team settle in to have a deep chat about love. What is the role of love when we are witnessing the horrors, violence and apathy of the genocide of Palestinian people and the rise of facism? Join Alicia Zhao, Toobs Anwar and Samantha Haran unpack the politics of love and what it means to practice radical and political love in our everyday life. Featuring excerpts from Sau...

how can we gather in non-hierarchical ways, form solidarities, resist shallow representation and form cultures of genuine reciprocity? ⁠ Upending the colonial building of artshouse during Dalit History Month,  ಒಡಲಾಳ Odalala (‘from the depths of one’s being’)  brings together local and international artists to examine histories of caste, migration, gender and sexuality through contemporary expressi...

MIGRANT SEX WORKER OF COLOUR DIARIES: WE SPEAK CLEARLY 〰️ this episode is in loving memory of dear friend and colleague, Venus ⁠〰️ A special episode this week as we delve into the second offering of our  Migrant Sex Worker of Colour Diaries  produced by Jasmine Raat-Ki-Raani. An intimate, extended dialogue with Natasha tracing her life from Brazil to so-called a̶u̶s̶t̶r̶a̶l̶i̶a̶. Hear stories of...

A stunning and expansive world conjured by Aaqila aka halalbutch Aaqila is a writer, artist, DJ and community organiser based on Whadjuk land and sometimes Gadigal land. Their habitude operates towards providing tools for collective liberation beyond the tools of the institution; which manifests in different ways from the dinner table to the gallery. Their threads of research are drawn from Malay-...

"Space is scared. We often think that space is related to the physical and the tangible but also the metaphysical. To hold space for someone is a great gift. In today's world, we all have these pockets of existence, but we rarely and genuinely hold space for others that is more than just superficial. To hold space for another is to exist with them at that moment - to share breath and existence. If...

an audio vignette exploring the past and future of pasifika music and what it means to make forward-thinking music as a pasifika artist. narrated by conversations with experimental producer ripley kavara (lakatoi, kandere) and aus hip-hop pioneer hau lātūkefu (koolism) @ lonelyspeck  / Sione Teumohenga is a Tongan-Australian artist, producer and musician based on Kaurna land, best known for produc...

"⁠An experimental and (non)fictional invitation to see myths and mythmaking as a form of queer storytelling. Home dwells in the languages we keep." Darren Lesaguis is of Bisaya and Tagalog descent, a former co-host of Race Matters, and community radio worker. 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 Kitchie Nadal - ‘Huwag na Huwag Mong Sasabihin’ Kulintang Ensemble - Kulintang Mamayog Akun Background Free Download No Copyright...