The Score

Although the podcast format of The Score has now wrapped, this show continues to be broadcast on Triple R. You can now listen to new episodes on Triple R’s FM On Demand service at rrr.org.au/explore/programs/the-score . Thanks for listening!

Samira chats with legal observer Logan from volunteer organisation Melbourne Activist Legal Support (MALS), which is a group of lawyers, barristers, and human rights advocates who field trained Legal Observer Teams to monitor and report on police actions at protest events as well as provide resources on civil and legal rights. Then volunteer executive director of not-for-profit organisation Women...

Journalist Sherele Moody, founder of Australian Femicide Watch and The Red Heart campaign, talks to Samira about the importance of remembering and tracking women and children's murders. And Gold Coast-based Burundian-Australian artist Beckah Amani chats about her recent tours and new album ‘This is How I Remember It’.

This week Samira is joined by Dr Sam Whiting, Vice-Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow at RMIT University and a 2024 Churchill Fellowship recipient, to discuss challenges faced by grassroots music venues in Australia and his travels to the UK and Europe in 2025 as part of his Churchill Fellowship to investigate and learn from the work of the UK Music Venue Trust. She then has a chat with director...

General Vibes fills in for Samira this week. They speak with Jenna Rain Warwick, a First Nations artist and ACMI curator, about her latest exhibition 'Beneath Roads', a three-channel work at ACMI running from June 25th to August 25th. Next, by Amanda Villalobos rings in to discuss the A.W. Bell Community Picket, organised by the “Weapons Out of Naarm” Campaign, and Australia's involvement in manuf...

Samira is joined by PhD cadidate Aviroop Gupta about the recent election that took place in India. Shes also joined by Aunty Marjorie Anderson, who is the national spokesperson for 13 YARN, as we look back at 2 years of the support line service and how it's changed lives. Lastly we have Darebin for Palestine protest speaker Nathalie Farah on as they discuss the organisation Disrupt Wars and Social...

This week, Samira is back to keep the important conversations coming. Starting off with Monash University scholars, Stephanie Wescott and Steven Roberts, who recently published their research into how the manosphere and men’s rights content creators are influencing boys behaviour and attitudes towards women in Australian schools. They say the response needs to be urgent, especially after the distu...

This week, Samira is joined by Jana Favero, ASRC’s Head of Systemic Change & Betia Shakiba, Human Rights Lawyer and Refugee Advocate, to discuss Betia’s op-ed for The Guardian on Labor’s Deportation bill controversy , the vicious cycles of how Australia's current system treats refugees, and they work to answer the question: what’s been going on with immigration law in AU lately? Maria Birch-Mo...

Samira speaks with Professor Sunil Bhar on how half of all Australians in aged care live with depression; the challenges older Australians face in receiving mental health care; and his new research on how psychological therapies may help, following his recent co-authored article for The Conversation .

This week, Samira is joined by actor and screenwriter Osamah Sami on his new ABC TV series, ‘House of Gods’. Having grown up with a father who was the head cleric, Osamah took stories and experiences from his own life to co-create this series with Shahim Shafaei. They have dubbed the show as ’ Succession in a mosque’ and 'House of Gods' is screening now. Tito Ambyo, host of ‘ Talking Indonesia ’ p...

Samira Farah speaks to Iranian-Australian singer/instrumentalist and one half of band ZÖJ, Gela Pour who will be composing a special live performace set to the screening of the 1925 silent documentary film GRASS for the Castlemaine Documentary Festival. She also speaks to Griffith University advance research fellow Shima Ziajahromi, about thier new reseach into how microplastics leave our clothes...

This week, Samira is joined in the studio by Brodie Murray, Wamba Wamba and Ngarrindjeri storyteller, playwright and performing artist. Brodie talks through his debut production ‘The Whisper’ , which is playing at Fortyfivedownstairs from 15-25 February. Samira also speaks to Rawan Arraf, the Principal Lawyer & Executive Director at the Australian Centre for International Justice discusses the...

Samira speaks to Kate Power, senior lecturer at the University of Queensland discussing burn out in the arts and culture sector. She also speaks with PhD candidate Aviroop Gupta about research into state sponsored violence directed towards minorities in India. Finally, Dr Natalia Gwincheva, Senior Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne calls in to discuss digital political machines and dig...

Kate Fielding, CEO of A New Approach (ANA), tells Samira all about the organisation's latest paper Friend, foe or frenemy: Foreseeable impacts of AI on arts, culture and creativity , which dissects the influence of AI and its place in the arts through an Australian lens. Product designer by trade and artist by nature, Fernando Laposse, discusses his contribution to the NGV Triennial, Conflict avoc...

Musician and RRR presenter of The Exchange , Kiwat Kennell, joins Guest Host Leah Avene to discuss the It's a Mob Thing festival, a community-led music festival supporting local First Nations communities and artists. The pair also discuss the emerging musical talent being supported by the Archie Roach Foundation and other community leaders.

Guest host Leah Avene facilitates a series of conversations about colonisation, solidarity, and living on unceded land. Tiriki Onus, Head of Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts and Culture development, speaks on strength-based transformation, the realities of grappling with our colonial past, and responding to assimilative pressures. Leah also speaks with Clare Land, Founder of Decolonising Solidarit...

Guest host of The Score, Leah Avene, speaks with Gomeroi and Tongan artist Radical Son on the complexities of expression in art and music, as well as his new single Until You Call My Name which is available to stream on all platforms.

Guest host Leah Avene speaks to hip hop artist and entrepreneur NOMAD222, and previews the release of his new single Shine. Leah also speaks to Shannon Kilmartin-Lynch, an Indigenous Postdoctoral Research Fellow at RMIT University. The pair discuss Shannon's research into innovative use of coffee grounds in concrete and construction. Leah also chats with drag performer Kween Kong ahead of her upco...

Samira speaks to five guests about the power of community radio, the importance of representation in Australian media, and the relationship between the arts and community radio. Leah Avene (musician, broadcaster, educator & facilitator) joins Samira to talk about her relationship with  RRR and how community radio networks create foundations for relationships between artists and presenters, act...

Academic Edith Jennifer Hill discusses the TikTok trend of performing as NPCs and the potential revenue creation from such trends on the platform. Grace Vegesana (Climate and Racial Justice director for the AYCC) joins the program to talk about the impacts of colonialism and capitalism on climate change and the POC Climate Network . Maya Hodge, Lardil and Yangkaal writer and curator, speaks about...

Monash PHD student and teaching associate Andrew Copolov discusses the creation of a pop-up free staffroom for food delivery and rideshare drivers at Testing Grounds in Queen Vic Market. Later, Lamine Sonko talks on new single ‘Taamo’ and long-term research project on Senegalese culture.

Dr Amanda Porter from the University of Melbourne explains grey areas when interpreting statistics and how ideology plays into how statistics are presented around Blak deaths in custody. First time actor Mwajemi Hussein calls in to chat about being an active member of the African community in Adelaide and how that led to her starring role in The Survival of Kindness .

TV Host and Filmmaker Bol Lual explains how ‘The Seed Network’, a new program airing on Channel 31, will amplify unheard voices from the African diaspora. To understand microaggressions and their impact on health, Dr Mahima Kalla from the University of Melbourne delves deeper into her recent article on the topic.

Co-curator Priya Namana is joined by artist Devika Billimoria over the phone to share their exhibition ‘Debut XIX’ which is at Blindside Gallery. Curator Mara Sison explains the ideas behind Sekala Niskala ( The Seen and Unseen ), which will be at Roslyn Smorgen Gallery, Footscray Community Arts from April 18. Ahead of his EP launch Amin Payne aka Teymori chats music and song writing.

Musician and artist Lonnie Holley calls in to talk new album,  Oh Me Oh My , and how he has kept up his artistic practice over his career. Evan Smith discusses his new book, Histories of Fascism and Anti-Fascism, which details fascist ideologies in Australia. Finally, playwright, Wendy Mocke chats Melbourne Theatre Company’s annual play readings where her play, REALish, will be featured.