Thursday Breakfast

Acknowledgement of CountryJenni Smith from Council to Homeless Persons joins us to discuss Youth Homelessness Day 2019Andy Farrell lets us know about the new (Australia-first!) Queer Indigenous studies units at Macquarie UniversityYorta Yorta musician, composer and climate justice activist Allara Briggs-Pattison joins us in the studio to discuss her soon-to-be-released documentary 'Beautiful Sunsh...

Presented by Grace and ScheherazadeAcknowledgement of CountryAlt news: the viral icon of the Sudanese uprisings Alaa Salah and women's frontline role in uprisings and revolts in Nubia/East Africa     Cheryl from Indigenous Social Justice Association talks about Stop deaths in custody both onshore and offshore contingent at 'Palm Sunday' rallies for refugees and the links between incarceration of I...

Thursday Breakfast 4 April 2019Acknowledgement of CountryNick Carson gives us a report back on the Transgender Day of Visibility Rally that took place on Sunday 31st March 2019.Jeremy Poxon from the Australian Unemployed Workers Union on the Dignity Not Dole: Rally to raise Newstart today. Hannah Morphy-Walsh, Associate Producer at FCAC, joins me in the studio to discuss the Wominjeka Festival (6...

Acknowledgement of CountryShantha Rau Barriga, founding director of the disability rights division at Human Rights Watch, discusses the disproportionate rates of violence and imprisonment experienced by people with disability in Australia, and the importance of accountability and allyship. Shantha will be speaking at the Wheeler Centre next Friday 5th AprilExcerpts from the Melbourne solidarity ra...

Interview with Jacob and Harry from Dispossessed Part 1: on the whiteness of the punk scene and Australia as an active prison colonyInterview with Jacob and Harry from Dispossessed Part 2: on using music as a political platform to inspire change and fundraising for Gamilaraay mob on country facing a water crisis Shakira Hussein talks about community and media response to Christchurch and the failu...

Debbie Brennan No To Racism, No To The Right rally this Saturday March 16 and the need for strong links to address the growth of the far-right. Curator Andy Butler and artist James Nguyen join us in the studio to discuss the exhibition, ‘These Monuments Don’t Know Us’ at Bundoora Homestead, exploring the politics of ‘belonging’ in Australia from the perspectives of First Nations and culturally and...

3CR Thursday Breakfast 28 Feb 2019 Acknowledgement of country and welcome to showGabrielle Fakhri, from the Australian Muslim Women’s Centre for Human Rights, on the new Guide for Muslim Women and Communities On Family Violence and Early Marriage. Alt news: the limited reporting in mainstream Australia media on the current protests in Sudan and student protests in Algeria and the key role of alter...

Thursday Breakfast 7 Feb 2019 7.00 am  Acknowledgement of Country7.10 am Jenny Smith, CEO of Council to Homeless Persons, on the importance of addressing homelessness in the Victorian Royal Commission into Mental Health and the increasing number of workers seeking homelessness assistance because wages aren’t keeping up with housing costs.7.30 am Julia Kretzenbacher, Vice President of Liberty Victo...

Thursday 31 January 2019 with Em, Katia and Scheherazade7:00am  Acknowledgement of Country7:18am  Alternative news - Katia and Scheherazade discuss international students and the privatisation of universities7:30am  Katia speaks to Kent Morris, Barkindji man and CEO of The Torch, about 10 years of Confined 10 - launching tonight at St Kilda's Carlisle Street Arts Space 7:56am  Katia chats with Nic...

7:00am Acknowledgement of Country7:10am We listen to an interview with Nayuka Gorrie, Kurnai/Gunai, Gunditjmara, Wiradjuri and Yorta Yorta freelance writer, about transformative justice, decolonisation and abolishing 'Australia Day' (first aired on the Transformative Justice Show, part of Satellite Skies). 7:45am We chat with Meriki Onus, Gunditjmara and Gunnai woman and co-founder of the Warriors...

Summer Series - Revisiting critical conversations from 2018Acknowledgement of CountryGabby Alamin, Saharawi member of Australian Western Sahara Association, talks about Morocco's colonisation of the Saharawi people and the film Rifles or GraffitiRacerage, an emerging politi-cute queer post-internet rapper based on Wurundjeri country. Jules Kim, CEO of Scarlett Alliance talking about the problems w...

Summer Series - Revisiting critical conversations from 2018Acknowledgement of CountryOmid Tofighian, lecturer, researcher and community advocate, combining philosophy with interests in rhetoric, religion, popular culture, transnationalism, displacement and discrimination. Since 2013, writer, journalist and refugee Behrouz Boochani has been held in the Manus Island Regional Processing Centre. Booch...

Summer Series - Revisiting critical conversations from 2018Acknowledgement of CountryAlison Gibbins - Deputy National Director of Amnesty International Australia's on the shameful reality of children in detention, the over representation of aboriginal children in detention, theBanksia Hill Detention centre, and the findings of a recent report. Charandev Singh - Human rights advocate and member of...

Thursday 6 December 2018with Em and Katia7.00am Acknowledgement of Country7.05am Thando - Happy7.10am Em and Katia cover RISE's media release #Savehakeem Urgent Action Call: Stop Deportation to Bahrain of Australian Refugee Hakeem Al Araibi in Thailand.7.20am Soli Temesa (ft. Cam Noble) - Boo'd Up x My Boo7.25am Em and Katia introduce the case of Informer 3838 and the role of Victoria Police.7.30a...

Thursday Breakfast 1 November 2018with Katia 7.00am Acknowledgement of Country7.03am Song dedication to Em: Sophiegrophy - Purple $way 7.07am Alternative News - Birmingham vetos ARC grants, Tehan calls for a 'National Interest Test' as we watch our right to education, free speech and the pursuit of social knowledge go down the drain.7.13am Song dedication to Scheherazade: Jamilla Woods feat. Nonam...

Thursday Breakfast 25 October 2018with Em, Katia and Scheherazade7.00am Acknowledgement of Country7.03am VRY BLK, Jamila Woods ft. Noname7.07am Blk Girl Soldier, Jamila Woods7.09am Alternative news - new NSW drug laws ignore harm reduction measures and adversely affect party goers at festivals7.19am Doing me, RAY BLK7.24am Sowia, Porier ft. Samito 7.33am News headlines - Corporatisation of health...

Thursday Breakfast - 18 October 20187.00am Acknowledgement of Country7.02am Oetha - Sista Girl7.07am Stick Together's Matt Kunkel talks Union News.7.15am In Ya Face's James speaks with long-time LGBTIQ rights campaigner Janet Jukes, about the leaked Ruddock Report.7.30am Janelle Monáe - Yoga7.35am Alternative News - job seekers and disadvantage7.41am Kaiit - OV Luv Kush 7.45am Katia speaks to Elen...

Thursday Breakfast - 4 October 20187.00am Acknowledgement of Country7.05am Ravyn Lenae – Sticky7.12am Speech by Martha Ojulo, mother of Liep Gony whose memorial was held on 26 September 20187.26am Alice Skye – Friends with feelings7.30am Em speaks to Alice Skye, proud Wergaia and Wamba Wamba woman, about her debut album and upcoming show. 7.50am Katia speaks to Teishan Ahearne about the launch of...

3CR Breakfast 6 September 2018with Em and ScheherazadeAcknowledgement of CountryYesterday was Indigenous Women's Day so we dedicated the first half hour to Indigenous women in song. Facial Recognition Surveillance Scheme: Lizzie O'Shea is a human rights lawyer and board member of Digital Rights Watch. She has a book being published next year on technology, history and politics. a board member at D...

Thursday Breakfast 23 August 2018with Em, Katia Scheherazade 7.00am Acknowledgement of country7.04am Sophiegrophy - Baby let's fly(link is external)7.09am Milouda - Gar Gar Ya Zoubida(link is external)7:15am Em and Katia speak with presenter, Scheherazade Bloul, about the appropriation of Amazigh cultural products in the wake ofMadonna wearing Amazigh clothing to the VMA(link is external)s.7:33am ...

Thursday Breakfast 16 August 2018with Em and Katia7:00am Acknowledgment of Country7:05am Petero Thony - No No7:09am Alternative News7:15am Cassandra Goldie, CEO ACOSS, joins us to discuss the risk and negligence of Centrelink's most recent robodebt trial7:30am Jeswynn Yogaratnum, lecturer of law, speaks about the current status of the Global Compact on Refugees7:45am May Maloney on receiving the M...

Thursday Breakfast 9 August 2018SPECIAL PROGRAM Enough is Enough: Beyond #AfricangangsThursday Breakfast were joined by four amazing guests live on air for a panel discussion about the everyday impacts of the #AfricanGangs narrative on community, connecting this to bigger issues of systemic racism, anti-blackness and colonisation, and focusing on some of the incredible initiatives and stories from...

3CR Breakfast Thursday 2 August 2018with Em, Katia and Apeec7:00am  Acknowledgement of Country7:05am Song - Searching for Gold, Honeymoon Bridge.  Honeymoon Bridge launches their debut album this Friday 3 August at Northcote Uniting Church. Find them at honeymoonbridge.com7:09am Headlines and Alternative News7:26am Song - Indigenous Land, DRMNGNOW . They played an amazing gig to launch this new tr...

Thursday Breakfast 21 June 2018with Apeec, Katia and Scheherazade 7.00am Acknowledgement of country7.05am Song - Beaches, Horizon7.10am Alternative news - The expansion of police powers to include DNA samples without a court order; and state border walls and the militarisation of policing.7:15am Sankar Battacharya, Professor of Chemical Engineering at Monash University, talks about his team's prot...

Thursday 14 June 2018 - Radiothon editionwith Apeec, Katia and ScheherazadeSpecial Radiothon edition talking about the importance of community radio and taking pledges of support. We reached $815 by the end of the episode! To help us reach $1,000 donate to Thursday Breakfast here. 7.00am Acknowledgement of country7.10am Song - Briggs, Bad Apples7.20am Song - Alsarah & The Nubatones, Aroos el neel...