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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 128: Racial Trauma, An Embodied Response...

Race Matters ·

2022/12/05

Content note: this story revolves around racial trauma and has mention of trauma, anti-Asian racism, colourism and references to statistics on suicide and self harm. Whilst not discussed in detail, we ask that you go gently, surround yourself with some comforts, or come back to this at a time that feels okay for you. What are the impacts of racism when it comes to our minds, bodies and spiritual wellbeing? In today's story, we hear from FBi presenter Maleeka Gazula (Up For It!) as she maps her

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Book Club with Amplify Bookstore

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2022/11/29

Too many incredible writers of colour, not enough time to read and do them justice! We are excited to be airing the first episode of BOOK CLUB with our friends at Amplify Bookstore - a site dedicated to Black, First Nations and writers of colour. Hear co-founders Xuan and Marina on how they started Amplify, what makes an Amplify book (it's not just about race and racism!), and the curation they wanted to introduce to us. The books discussed in this episode were~ The Book of Form and Emptiness by

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Episode 127: Deep Listening (with Rowan Savage)

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2022/11/21

A treat to be in conversation with Kombumerri man, sound artist and performer Rowan Savage aka salllvage; who has long-worked at the intersection of queer club music, performance and connection with Country, helming a truly unique creative output. Hear him chat on the power and politics of deep listening amid the current exhibition NURA: Deep Listening, currently on Cement Fondu alongside Barkindji artist. We also chat about the textures and techniques that explore Indigenous Futurisms in his album

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36:56

Episode 126: To Move from Haunting to Healing (with...

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2022/11/14

A special announcement on today's show ... Plus, producer Shareeka Helaluddin held a personal conversation with creative S. Shakthtidharan. Shakthi is a Western Sydney storyteller with Sri Lankan heritage and Tamil ancestry; and a writer, director and composer of original music. His first play, Counting and Cracking, galvanised audiences across the globe, as it traced the story of Sri Lanka’s descent into civil war. This week the debut of his next work the Jungle and the Sea unfolds into another

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Episode 125: Hope in the Margins (with Andrew Brooks)

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2022/11/07

This week, Darren Lesaguis sat down in a deep chat with Andrew Brooks - who's one half of the critical art collective Snack Syndicate - alongside Astrid Lorange. Together, they make texts, objects, installations, and meals. Their collection of essays, Homework, was published in 2021 by Discipline. Andrew Brooks lectures in Media Cultures at UNSW, is a founding member of the Infrastructural Inequalities research network, and the author of poetry collection Inferno (2021). Hear them chat about study

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Episode 124: Woman. Life. Freedom. (with Hoda Afshar)

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2022/10/24

Content note: This episode contains mention of the violence faced at the hands of brutal regimes. We ask that listeners go gently, particularly if this content relates directly to the lived experience of you and your community. We are honored to be joined Iranian artist Hoda Afshar on the ongoing feminist revolution unfolding in Iran. She brings to light the Kurdish roots of this movement, the neglect of Western media; and untangling the right for autonomy and expression for Muslim women from the

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Episode 123: A Message in our Music (with Darren...

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2022/10/10

Content note: this episode describes acts of homophobic violence mentioned in a film and from lived experience. 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. If you are in need of support, Qlife offers free and anonymous support via call on 1800 184 527 or online chat. An introspective episode as Darren and Sara reflect on what compels them to make art or find their "why" in creative

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32:20

Episode 122: A History of Blak Radical Traditions &...

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2022/10/04

We were privileged to be joined by Gumbainggir historian, educator, activist Dr Gary Foley who for decades has played a central part in some of the most pivotal civil rights movements for First Nations justice. He's been part of community-led services including Redfern’s Aboriginal legal Service, the Aboriginal health service in Melbourne, and National Black Theatre; and continues to be an outspoken advocate for First Nations' justice and self determination. In 1972 a documentary called NINGLA-ANA:

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32:53

Episode 121: Against Disappearance (with Leah Jing...

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2022/09/26

How do we tell the stories of those who have been diminished or ignored in the writing of history? How do we do justice to the lives they lived, or to the people they were? How does where we come from connect to where we are headed? These are some of the questions put forward in a new anthology by LIMINAL, an anti-racist literary and art platform based in Naarm. A collection from the longlist of the Liminal and Pantera Press Nonfiction Prize, the book is titled, Against Disappearance. The essays on

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37:57

Episode 120: Crip Rave Theory (with Riana...

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2022/09/19

Darren and Sara reflect on four years of Race Matters: how the show has evolved over the years, shaped their relationship and where the future of Race Matters lies. We then hear an interview with multidisciplinary artist Riana Head-Toussaint after the debut of her club night Crip Rave Theory. It was an event created in response to inaccessible and exclusionary club spaces, centring and celebrating all bodies that are sidelined in traditional nightlife culture. We’ll learn about how she created a

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Episode 119: Retuning, The Politics of Listening...

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2022/09/06

Sara and Darren are back, chatting through a recent film and how it brought up feelings around having your lived experience as a marginalised person "extracted" and coopted from you. We then hear an interview by Shareeka Helaluddin with artists Victoria Pham and James Nguyen. Ahead of a series of workshops they'll be facilitating at the Sydney Opera House, they chatted about the work they’ve been doing to recover a Vietnamese drum called the Đông Sơn. Hear about how this led to their collaboration

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56:47

Beyond Borders Part Four: Conversations Exploring...

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2022/08/29

Activism: a word thrown around a lot especially in the last few years, but what does it actually mean? Does it still carry the same power as it once did? How do we differentiate from change-makers and clout-chasers? In the final piece of the Beyond Borders series Binta Yade speaks to three community facilitators and social organisers across the black diaspora in Naarm and the UK to upend what we assume social change looks like, and the long legacies of organisation and solidarity across the black

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Episode 118: Queer Masculinities (with Dylan Van Den...

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2022/08/15

Two conversations exploring the complexities of queerness and masculinity. First, Darren chatted to First Nations playwright Dylan Van Den Berg about his upcoming work at Griffin Theatre, White Fella Yella Tree. We'll hear from Dylan about how this play came to be, what queer blak love on stage looks like, and what we take away from the theatre. We then hear from Tian and Thy from DEiFY - a platform that centres the experiences of queer, trans, intersex people who also identity as black, First

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Episode 117: All Mixed Up (with Jason Om)

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2022/08/08

Self-described as having ‘been in the ABC for a hundred years’, Jason Om has been around the block. A Walkley-winning reporter, author of All Mixed Up and household name for many, Om joined the Race Matters team to chat unearthing vulnerable work about grief, ABC’s apology on racism in the workplace, and the gay community’s ‘dirty little secret’ (hint: racism). All Mixed Up is available at all good book stores.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Episode 116: History, Unwoven: The Complex Threads of...

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2022/08/01

Content note for mention of violence and genocide. We turn towards Sri Lanka, and the ongoing economic and humanitarian crisis unfolding right now. In a piece produced by Shareeka Helaluddin, she speaks to people on the ground in Sri Lanka and its diaspora to unravel the very complex and oft-unknown histories that led to the critical point, the shadow of colonialism that still impacts, what the diaspora should be mindful of and what a meaningful, people-centred accountable future of Sri Lanka could

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Beyond Borders Part Three: Conversations Exploring...

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2022/07/25

Story-telling and deeply-rooted creativity flows well into today’s episode, with the third instalment of the Beyond Borders series produced by artist Binta Yade. In this episode, Binta explores story-telling through the art practices of film, theatre, photography and dance - both, the long lineages these forms have within black diasporic experiences – whilst continuing to radically evolve, and be a a reclamation and process of self-determination. You’re going to hear from screen writer and radio

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Episode 115: From Gadigal to Gaza, Until We Are All...

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2022/07/18

Palestine has long been described as a ‘litmus test’ where solidarity with Palestine is not just about our individual choices, but also about our collective ability. There’s the reality of a global narrative - that has legitimated oppression for many decades. This week we were honoured to speak to third-generation Palestinian refugee and organiser Amal Naser, and independent journalist and audio editor for the The Sunday Paper, Mell Chun. Together they delved into a rich and detailed conversation

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Episode 114: A NAIDOC Special

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2022/07/12

Content Note: some of these excerpts contain mention of trauma, impacts of racist and colonial violence, and conversations on mental health challenges. Today on the show we’re tracing the long lines of conversations we’ve had with First Nations guests over the last little while, to amplify the plurality of their stories. You'll hear from a compilation of First Nations voices speaking to their experiences to go beyond any homogeneous and typical storytelling including Tasman Keith, Nayuka Gorrie,

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Episode 113: Building Towards Radical and Just...

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2022/07/04

Yassmin Abdel-Magied: she’s someone who seemingly needs no introduction. A Sudanese-Australian writer and advocate, chastised by mainstream Australian media for speaking truth to inequity and violent systems of oppression. Whether through literary essays, educational tik toks or live TV, Yassmin is an assured and intelligent voice, analysing society’s systemic challenges, reframing established narratives and making complex ideas accessible to all. Her new collection of essays, Talking About a

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Beyond Borders Part Two: Conversations Exploring...

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2022/06/14

Kojey Radical,BlessedandChanel Loren- they’re all creatives who have established their music careers not only in spite of the racial injustices that proliferate in the industry, but unapologetically find ways to express and redefine their cultural outputs. In the second episode of theBeyond Bordersseries byBinta Yade, they all shared their experiences to unpack what it is to perceive and create amid the differences between the music industry here and in the UK. We’ll hear them speak

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