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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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34:42

#165 One day longer, one day stronger

Race Matters ·

2024/11/25

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 have been waiting outside Minister Tony Burke's office seeking stability and an end to the temporary visa

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41:58

#164 Unspeakable (with Dakota Quin)

Race Matters ·

2024/11/11

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 liberation. We learn about their story and how it culminated in the upcoming film, Unspeakable, a body of work in

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34:58

#163 Masala Marathon

Race Matters ·

2024/11/04

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 five hours back to back; and reflect on the depths and contradictions of these cultural outputs.See

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35:01

Found family: meet our new voices

Race Matters ·

2024/10/28

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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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32:20

#161 How we show up: BDS as solidarity practice

Race Matters ·

2024/10/24

"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 resistance in her blood, and the power of collective action through BDS actions that Palestinians have

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40:23

Migrant Sex Worker of Colour Diaries: Your Feelings...

Race Matters ·

2024/09/30

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 navigating different spaces in the sex industry. The series artwork is by Katy Cao. In the introduction,

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46:42

#158 The Pandemic Is A Portal

Race Matters ·

2024/08/26

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, Shareeka Helaluddin & Sehej Kaur. Additional thanks to Justin Chen, Allison Chan and Juliet Fox

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36:40

#157 PRESS X TO CONTINUE

Race Matters ·

2024/08/19

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 Co-host and Interview: Sara El Youghun and Mateo Baskaran Produced by: Janey Li Executive Producer: Shareeka Helaluddin

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39:51

#156 Language Under Occupation

Race Matters ·

2024/07/29

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 festival, visit this site. Hasib will appear at the event Language Under Occupation alongside Evelyn Araluen and

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47:59

#155 The Sacredness of Anger and Uprising

Race Matters ·

2024/07/08

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 with Falasteen has nurtured a retuning to their Sikh faith. In this spirit, Inez has shared some

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49:13

Radical Pedagogies: Sounds of the Student Intifada

Race Matters ·

2024/06/24

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 possibility of another world brewing. In the spirit of collective action there were many people that made

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32:10

#154 Jam For Justice

Race Matters ·

2024/06/17

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 collective) about this upcoming event and collective resistance and care in this moment. Other ways to show your

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37:54

#153 Forms of Censorship (with Alissar Chidiac,...

Race Matters ·

2024/06/05

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 Barakat unpacking this, creating an intergenerational chat on the need for artists to be vigilant

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55:51

#152 To be grounded in memory and story (with Dr Amy...

Race Matters ·

2024/05/14

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, finding wisdom by attuning to ancestral practices. Catch Amy at the Sydney Writers Festival from May 20

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26:58

#151 Glimmers of Joy, Protest and Spirit (with Jazz...

Race Matters ·

2024/05/06

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; and the politics of art-making as institutions try to stifle our resistance. Image: from Atherreyurre, by

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42:20

#150 Towards a Radical Dharma (with Elaine Su-Hui)

Race Matters ·

2024/05/06

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 courage and loving action. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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#149 Love as Praxis

Race Matters ·

2024/04/30

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 Saul Williams & James Baldwin. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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50:07

ಒಡಲಾಳ Odalala Dispatches: what are the sounds of the...

Race Matters ·

2024/04/23

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 expression. Envisioned by Dalit curator-artist Vishal Kumaraswamy morphing conventional expectations through an

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52:56

Migrant Sex Workers of Colour: We Speak Clearly

Race Matters ·

2024/04/02

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 navigating the workforce as an immigrant, joining the s^x industry and learning the value of labour,

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49:54

𝑳𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒅 𝑯𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 - Time will bring us back by Aaqila

Race Matters ·

2024/03/12

A stunning and expansive world conjured by Aaqila aka halalbutchAaqila 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-Anglo subjectivities and move slowly through contemporary and ancestral understandings of gender,

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