Tuesday Breakfast

Acknowledgement of country//  7:05 am Zoya and Genevieve //7.15 am Genevieve interviews Sunny Lennon, a photographer based in Melbourne/Naarm, on her photography, creating in lockdown, the response from creative communities and how the pandemic has shaped her most recent work //7.45 am Genevieve speaks to Liz Crash and Jinghua Qian, long-time Footscray residents and the creators of the visual audi...

Acknowledgement of country//  7:05 am Intro convo with Genevieve and Zoya, and announcement of upcoming panel discussion 'Classroom to Newsroom' by Anya 7.15 am Lauren interviewed Franco Stevens, founder of CURVE magazine, and Jen Rainin, co-director of AHEAD OF THE CURVE documentary, about their new film which is being screened at the Queer Film Fest in Sydney. They discussed intergenerational qu...

Acknowledgement of country//  7:05 am Intro and current affirs with Genevieve, Zoya and Madison // 7.15 am Zoya interviews Ruth Katerelos from Queerspace, for their regular chat about Queerspace and how the support the Queer community, and what Queerspace is doing to adapt to pandemic times // 7.35 am Lauren talks to Sarah Hill, Young Women’s Development Manager at the YWCA about their new web ser...

Acknowledgement of country//  7:05 am Genevieve gives intro // 7.15 am We incorperate 3CR program, Acting up; Resistance radio that explores the movements that made us, drawing from the activist archives through to voices of resistance today. Incorperates an interview with Judith Pepard and an interview with Robert Fowler, who is an Adjunct Professor in Environmental Law from the University of Sou...

Acknowledgement of country//  7:05 am Genevieve, Zoya and Madison with current affairs // 7.15 am Alternative News: We discuss racism in the media, including the depictions of Kamala Harris and First Nations people // 7.45 am We include Diaspora Blues recount of the Oromo protests happening in Ethiopia // 7:55am Genevieve talks to Dr Fiona Cousins about new research into endometriosis and how cis-...

Acknowledgement of country//  7:05 am Lauren and Genevieve 7.15 am Alternative News: focused on the political history and impact of Hungary's Prime minister Viktor Orban. Orban is a Eurocentric, nationalist conservative, who is one of few authoritarian countries, that have used the pandemic to capitalise power. 7.45 am Lauren interviews Julia Kretzenbacher, Vice President of Liberty Victoria, abou...

Acknowledgement of country// Introduction// Genevieve talks to Julie Feniwck, a writer based in Naarm/Melbourne, about her new project WhtWeSee. WhtWeSee comes in the form of a blog/website, and was designed to amplify voices, responses and experiences of BIPOC people in light of the Black Lives Matter protests and George Floyds murder. The website has a series of contributors and allows the stori...

Acknowledgement of country// Introduction// Alternative News: Genevieve discusses resilience, and how important it is to reflect on groups like First Nations people, who have shown great resilience in the face of trauma, especially in tough times when 'Karens' walk among us. // Cultural survival's Indigenous Radio talk to Indigneous Canadian, Cathy Fournier about how reconnecting with her Indegeno...

Acknowledgement of country// Introduction// Alternative news: We all know about mediation but there is still such a reluctance to try it out. This week Geneveive explores what meditation is, the benefits, the history and why it's so important during this lockdown// Lauren speaks to Carly Dober, a psychologist and climate activist, about effective activism during a global pandemic// Zoya speaks to...

Acknowledgement of country// Introduction// Alternative news: Genevieve explores health and medical disparities amongst various marginalised identities in light of COVID-19, and how the virus has been reported to effect people differently// Zoya speaks to Mark Camerelli from queer space about different strategies in ensuring access to queer services for LGBTQI+ people during COVID-19// Zoya speaks...

Tuesday 17 March 2020 Acknowledgement of country//  News headlines//  Anthony Kelly, CEO of the Flemington-Kensington Legal Service discussing the Police Accountability Project’s new police complaints chat bot//  An excerpt from Wild Black Women’s live show at Perth Festival. Angelina Hurley and Chelsea Bond were joined by Aunty Professor Pat Dudgeon and Aunty Gningala Yaran-Mark//  Helen Dickinso...

Tuesday 10 March 2020 Acknowledgement of country//  News headlines//  Larissa Crawford, founder and managing director of Future Ancestors Services, talks to us in length about her relationship to activism and how she centres Indigenous sovereignty in climate discourse//  Wallis Prophet from YLab discusses the upcoming event ‘Breaking the Binary’//  Jason Wong joins us to discuss the correlations b...

Tuesday 3 March 2020// Acknowledgement of country// News headlines// Dr Rachael Burgin, lecturer in law at Swinburne Law School, and Saxon Mullins, a survivor-advocate, talk to us about the recently formed Rape and Sexual Assault Research and Advocacy Group// Tori Hobbs from the Vermillion Project joins us to talk about Endometriosis Awareness Month// IPAN spokesperson, Stephen Darley, discusses t...

Tuesday 25 February 2020//  Acknowledgement of country//  News headlines//  Campaigner Lavanya Theravaja from the Migrant Workers Centre discusses the challenges faced by migrant workers in Australia//  We play a segment from the Take it Blak podcast about Black History Month//  Madison and the team discuss the systemic nature of violence against women//  An interview with Jeremy Poxon, media offi...

Tuesday 18 February 2020 Acknowledgement of country// News headlines// We speak to Elmer Labog and Glen Thompson about the fight against trade union repression in the Asia-Pacific// We play a segment from The New Arab Podcast about feminism in Lebanon// An interview with Roz Bellamy, online editor at Archer Magazine. They discussed Archer's recent Pozible campaign after it was announced that the p...

Tuesday 11 February 2020Acknowledgement of country// News headlines// Dr Margaret Beavis, President of the Medical Association for the Prevention of War (Australia), joins us to discuss the military-industrial complex and Australia's arms exports// We play a speech from the Invasion Day rally by Sissy Austin, a Gunditjmara, Kirrae Whurrong and DjabWurrung woman who is also a representative on the...

Tuesday 4 February 2020// Acknowledgement of country// News headlines// Millie Telford, Bundjalong and South Sea Islander woman and National Director of Seed Indigenous Youth Climate Network, speaking at the 2020 Invasion Day rally//Aran Mylvaganam - activist, trade unionist and member of the Tamil Refugee Council, joins us to talk about Tamil Oppression Day and the 4 February rally// An interview...

Tuesday 28 January 2020// Acknowledgement of country// News headlines// Ky-ya Nicholson-Ward, 17 year-old Wurundjeri, Dja Dja Wurrung and Ngurai Illum Wurrung woman speaking at the 2020 Invasion Day rally// Followed by more content from Invasion Day - Robert Eggington, a Bibbulman man from the west coast speaking about the history of Rottnest Island// Queer activist and academic Joshua Badge on th...

Tuesday 21 January 2020 // Acknowledgement of country // News headlines // In light of Invasion Day, we play an audio segment explaining the concept of 'paying the rent' and what reparations could look like in this country // We are joined by Kate Foord  from Queerspace and Thabani Tshuma, poet and writer, who talk to us about two events that Queerspace has organsied as part of Midsumma - A Place...

Tuesday 14 January 2020Acknowledgement of countryNews headlines.//Extract from 'Let's Talk' on 98.9FM - Boe Spearim talking with Oliver Costello, CEO of the Firesticks Alliance about fire practitioners and the recent bushfires in NSW and Victoria //A short documentary by Teen Vogue on youth climate activist Xiye Bastida. //Jeremy Poxon from the Australian Unemployed Workers Union on the Cashless D...

Tuesday Breakfast 17th of December 2019 On the show today with George, Anya, Ayan and Zoya7.00 am Acknowledgement of Country7.05 am News Headlines with Chris Woods7.15 am Ayan discusses the measles outbreak in Samoa and why racialized communities are cautious of the medical profession7.30 am Ayan introduces the Lizzo fat-shaming incident, and then we listen to a short clip from the podcast, 'The N...

Tuesday Breakfast 10 December 2019 - Human Rights Day specialOn the show today with George, Anya, and Zoya7.00 am Acknowledgement of Country7.05 am News Headlines7.15 am The team discusses the origins of human rights day, the history of human rights and their effectiveness. The team also unpacks the issues of unequal access between states in the Global North and Global South. Our question is: if w...

Tuesday Breakfast 26 November 2019 With Ayan, George, Anya, and Zoya7.00 am Acknowledgement of Country7.23 am Dr Niro Kandasamy, a Tamil studies researcher at the University of Melbourne discusses the Sri Lankan Election result  - CONTENT WARNING: SV, War, Torture  7.45 am Swathi, one of the founders of The Vermilion Project, an initiative to support workers impacted by menstrual health conditions...

Tuesday Breakfast 19 November 2019With Ayan, George, Anya, and Zoya7.00 am Acknowledgement of Country7.05 am News headlines with Chris Woods 7.30 am MV shares their experience of living as a queer ex-Jehovah's Witness, as well as information about JW Protest 2019. MV is a sound artist, a registered nurse and a producer of the 3CR program, Queering The Air. You can learn more about MV's story via t...