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Race Matters

Race Matters is an anti-racistshow that explores the values and complexities of race, culture and identity. In-depth interviews and unique story telling and spanning arts, music, politics, global and local events, plus experimental audio and community takeovers. Listen back to all our episodes on fbi.radio including radio exclusives, and stay up to date on ourinstagram Listen to our Solidarity Syndicate series - sharing across airwaves and borders and ourLiquid Homelands series - an experimental,

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Episode 112: The Practice and Politics of Food in the...

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2022/06/06

Sim Cheuanghane is a multidisciplinary artist, curator and DJ who recently wrote an anthropology thesis entitled "Food as Practice: Navigations of Chinese Diasporic Identity Through Food Making and Sharing". This work explores the Chinese diaspora and the role of food in the process of re-connecting and re-constructing individual and collective identities and forging solidarity. Through their work, we learn how food takes on meaning beyond nourishment — to signify movement, pleasure,

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Episode 111: Through the Depths of Sound and...

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2022/06/02

Ahead of their performance as part of Sydney's Vivid Festival, we spoke to multi-instrumentalist Takiaya Reed - she’s one half of doom metal band Divide and Dissolve. The band have long held a politic of destroying and dismantling the colonial state, creating sounds that reverberate with this power and spirit. Sara chatted to Takiaya about all this, the depths of their friendship and love for one another, and how this shaped their sound. Divide and Dissolve will be performing at Carriageworks

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Episode 110: Ate Lovia, An Act of Remembering (with...

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2022/05/30

Ate Lovia is a new Filipino-Australian theatre piece written by Jordan Shea presented by Red Line Productions. Set in the 90s, the story follows the resilience of family, and is an incisive examination of our country’s deep-rooted racism, amid a conservative government and its anti-immigrant sentiment. In a piece guest-produced by Eric Jiang, we hear from improviser and playwright Happy Feraren about her work as the translator and community consultant for the play, and how it serves as an act

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Episode 109: A Legacy of Resistance (with Anakbayan...

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2022/05/23

Today on the show we are joined by Genesis and Carielyn, two organisers part of Anakbayan Sydney, a national democratic movement of Filipino youth.You’ll hear them speak to the current political climate and dangers in the Philippines, how it got to this, what they feel the diaspora’s responsibilities are, and the dissonance of talking to parents and elders who have been swayed by propaganda and disinformation. They also spoke about preserving story and memory, and the ways in which a

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Episode 108: How to Lose Friends and Influence White...

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2022/05/16

What is it to talk about race and racism in this country? What is really at stake for racially marginalised people to speak to the truths of injustice? For a lot of People of Colour and First Nations peoples, it can be really hard to reconcile that these are not far-off extreme things occurring in only political debate or right-wing rhetoric. It can be in our closest and intimate relationships, and our work places. So these conversations are charged with emotion and knowing that to speak to

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58:36

Beyond Borders Part One: Conversations Exploring...

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2022/05/09

We are really excited to be airing the debut of our first ever series, Beyond Borders by Binta Yade. Conceptualised, produced and edited by Binta herself - the series discusses how expressions of blackness materialise in the UK and in Australia, and the ways in which black folk from either place continuously move beyond the limitations set by - and redefine - the mainstream amid the divergent history of the African Diaspora in these places. In this first episode, we hear Binta chatting to coveted

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Episode 107: Reshaping the Water (with Jordie...

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2022/05/02

Darren and Sara are back! This week we bring you a piece produced by special guest Hannah Lai, exploring the work of two First Nation-led surf collectives that are not only reclaiming but actively shaping reconnection with waterways, and what that means for kinship and a sense of self. Hannah spoke to to Munna Munna man and surf coach Jordie Campbell and organiser of Naru Surf Gathering Amber Mercy. We hear about how they’ve navigated the ocean terrain and the politics around this; and how the

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Episode 106: The Mythic and Euphoric (with Omar Musa)

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2022/04/26

Ahead of his show on the 30th of April with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, this week Shareeka chatted to Bornean-Australian author, wood carver, rapper and poet Omar Musa. Often described as liminal, oscillating between genre, culture and disciplines - Omar's work defies definition. We chat about reaching a point of wanting to create from a place of euphoria and healing, creating your own myths, how wood carving has brought a visceral and tactile connection to his homeland of Borneo, and taking

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Episode 105: Lost Work in the Creative Industries...

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2022/04/18

Lost work, increased racism, inequitable resource, burnout, questionable Diversity & Inclusion strategies, the risk of losing a generation of artists, gestures towards hope. Today on the show we are talking about the impacts that the ongoing pandemic has had on the lives and wellbeing for First Nations artists and creatives of colour. We all know the arts have been hard hit all round - but what about for marginalised communities that were already experiencing uneven representation and

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Episode 104: Grief is the Thing With Colours (with...

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2022/04/11

This week we bring you something a little different with the help of special guest, artist and creative grief guide Gabriela Georges, founder of The Grief Cocoon. We chatted to Gabriela about creating brave and creative spaces to process grief, and the many ways as people of colour we mourn within our communities and beyond. We shared our different grief practices, and Gabriela helped us put words to difficult feelings through conversation and poetry. We hope this brings some comfort and resource to

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Episode 103: A Queer Muslim Ramadan (with Mohammad Awad)

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2022/04/04

Content Note: In this episode you will encounter mention of adverse mental health, depression, suicidality, homophobia and Islamophobia. Whilst not discussed in detail, we acknowledge that these instances could be distressing for audiences, and ask that you take care if you choose to engage. We've put together some resources of support in our notes here. Mohammad Awad is a Queer, Arab, Muslim artist and mental health worker whose work traverses poetry, playwriting, advocacy and Queer-Muslim centred

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Episode 102: Blak Joy, Blak Futures (with Majeda Beatty)

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2022/03/29

Majeda Beatty is an actor, singer, cultural practitioner and organiser. Darren and Sara spoke to Majeda following the debut her event For The Girls Deadly Edition - a night centring the creative talents of First Nations artists spanning music, drag, photography and art. They spoke about the importance of Blak joy, Blak resilience, and Blak futures; and creating spaces that go beyond an acknowledgement to celebrate First Nations expression and vulnerability. To find out more about Majeda's work and

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Episode 101: Beyond the Binary (with Sandy O'Sullivan)

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2022/03/06

Sandy O'Sullivan is a Wiradjuri transgender and non-binary academic, teaching Indigenous Studies at Macquarie University. They speak with Darren Lesaguis about their journey into academia, the term 'queer' in all its complexities, challenging gender binaries and so much more. You can catch Sandy on the Beyond the Binarypanel as part of the Sydney Opera House's All About Women 2022. More info and ticketshere. Follow them on Twitter @sandyosullivan.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy

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Episode 100: Twists of Fate (with Bali Padda)

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2022/02/27

Bali Padda is a man of many hats – he's an actor, TV producer, development executive and director. He joins Sara Khan for a chat about his latest directorial work Guards at the Taj, what drew him to storytelling and his journey through the industry. Guards at the Tajis showing at Riverside Parramatta until March 5. Head here for more info and tickets.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Bonus: Dogged (with Kirk Page)

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2021/06/04

Saimi Jeong speaks to Kirk Page, proud Mulandjali man, actor, writer and movement director of the Griffin Theatre Company play Dogged. For more onDoggedand to grab tickets, head here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Episode 99: Palestinian Resistance (with Sara Saleh)

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2021/05/16

Each year on May 15, Palestinians around the world commemorate Al Nakba, or 'the catastrophe' – the day in 1948 that the state of Israel came into being, marking the start of forced expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their homeland. The genocide against Palestinians continues today. Just this week, violence against Palestinians has spiked, specifically in the neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah. Poet and human rights advocate Sara Saleh has recently co-compiled a resource

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Episode 98: Ramadan Mubarak

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2021/05/08

Over the past month, Muslim communities all around the world have been fasting for Ramadan. For this episode, Sana Shaikh spoke to five young Eora/Sydney-based Muslims – Subhi Bora, Zaiden Diyab, Junaid Ahmed, Yasmin Jay and Miski Omar – about what Ramadan and Eid mean to them. At the end of the episode, we mention H—ME W—RK x Liminal Magazine:Witnessing and Caring for India 2021 – an excellent resource if you're looking for a place to start learning about India's

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Episode 97: You're In My Seat (with Tasnim Hossain)

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2021/05/04

We're not the biggest fans of the unadulterated, and usually unjustified confidence of a cis straight white dude. But recently we've been thinking: how do we harness bits and pieces of that ego without taking it too far? Plus, Race Matters contributor and emerging theatre-maker Eric Jiang chats to Tasnim Hossain, director of Yellow Face at Kings Cross Theatre about what's gone into the production behind the scenes. The article we mention is 'Stop Telling Women They Have Imposter Syndrome' by Ruchika

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Episode 96: Seen and Heard (with Natesha Somasundaram)

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2021/04/25

How do you establish your voice in a space historically held for only one kind of person? Screenwriter Natesha Somasundaram joins us to shed some light on an industry that is (finally) being demanded to change. We also debrief re: last week's Opening Night of seven methods of killing kylie jenner– our thoughts on the incredible play, atmosphere and Sara's interaction with a literal dream Race Matters guest.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Episode 95: seven methods of killing kylie jenner...

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2021/04/17

Colourism. The commodification and exploitation of Blackness. Misogynoir. Homophobia. Jasmine Lee-Jones' play seven methods of killing kylie jenner covers all of this and more – through one conversation between best friends. The team behind it is predominantly women of colour, they've brought community engagement front and centre, and we're not kidding when we say you simply must see this play. Hear more from Director Shari Sebbens and Co-Producer, Engagement Moreblessing Maturure, who also

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