“Breath. Something we all have in common, yet most take for granted” 

An invitation to listen in, attune to, hold breath and be in solidarity with those in our community living with Long Covid. In collaboration with Dr Poppy de Souza, we bring you stories gathered from her Holding Breath exchange and from the Race Matters community, reflecting on their experiences and responding to: what do we carry with us? what do we leave behind? Together, these voices bring collective wisdom, and offer ways of living with/in embodied discomfort and crip ways of moving through the world. 

Continue to learn more about Poppy’s work, and to listen in solidarity and connect with Long Covid in our racial justice struggle: 

Holding Breath project

Jenna Bitar’s essay in Sick Times “Instead of supporting people with Long Covid, our government funds a genocide” 

Still Here podcast from The Sick Times

Breathing 4 Justice - exploring the intersections of long Covid and disability justice (U.S.)

The Colour of Long COVID series, supported by the Disability Visibility Project

This episode was facilitated by, co-produced and edited by Samantha Haran. Scripting, piano composition, invitations and co-production by Poppy de Souza. Supervising production and creative contributions by Shareeka Helaluddin. Graphics for our community call-out by Judy Ko, arranged by Sehej Kaur Sehmbhi. Image is from contributor Jody Haines, from Tommeginne Country, their ancestral lands where they can breathe most deeply. 

Holding Breath Episode Transcript

With gratitude to all those who contributed to this episode and gave us the trust to uplift your narratives of Long Covid, and our love to those impacted by its grief and loss.

&ldquo;Breath. Something we all have in common, yet most take for granted&rdquo;&nbsp;
An invitation to listen in, attune to, hold breath and be in solidarity with those in our community living with Long Covid. In collaboration with Dr Poppy de Souza, we bring you stories gathered from her&nbsp;<a href="https://www.poppydesouza.com/holding-breath">Holding Breath</a>&nbsp;exchange and from the Race Matters community, reflecting on their experiences and responding to: what do we carry with us? what do we leave behind? Together, these voices bring collective wisdom, and offer ways of living with/in embodied discomfort and crip ways of moving through the world.&nbsp;
Continue to learn more about Poppy&rsquo;s work, and to listen in solidarity and connect with Long Covid in our racial justice struggle:&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.poppydesouza.com/holding-breath">Holding Breath project</a>
Jenna Bitar&rsquo;s essay in Sick Times &ldquo;<a href="https://thesicktimes.org/2025/01/17/instead-of-supporting-people-with-long-covid-our-government-funds-a-genocide/">Instead of supporting people with Long Covid, our government funds a genocide</a>&rdquo;&nbsp;
<a href="https://thesicktimes.org/category/podcast/%C2%A0">Still Here podcast from The Sick Times</a>
<a href="https://longcovidjustice.org/breathing-for-justice/%C2%A0">Breathing 4 Justice</a>&nbsp;- exploring the intersections of long Covid and disability justice (U.S.)
<a href="https://thesicktimes.org/tag/the-color-of-long-covid/%C2%A0">The Colour of Long COVID series</a>, supported by the Disability Visibility Project
This episode was facilitated by, co-produced and edited by Samantha Haran. Scripting, piano composition, invitations and co-production by Poppy de Souza. Supervising production and creative contributions by Shareeka Helaluddin. Graphics for our community call-out by Judy Ko, arranged by Sehej Kaur Sehmbhi. Image is from contributor&nbsp;<a href="https://www.jodyhainesphoto/">Jody Haines</a>, from Tommeginne Country, their ancestral lands where they can breathe most deeply.&nbsp;
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z7608cA4v4y_5n3gHq7Tj_msfjut1Dz2HK70F8uhso8/edit?usp=sharing">Holding Breath Episode Transcript</a>
With gratitude to all those who contributed to this episode and gave us the trust to uplift your narratives of Long Covid, and our love to those impacted by its grief and loss.

Race Matters is an anti-racist show 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.

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Listen to our Solidarity Syndicate series - sharing across airwaves and borders and our Liquid Homelands series - an experimental, queer audio offering

We honor all hosts, producers, storytellers that have made this work possible as well as the long tradition of storytelling, resistance and resilience that has taken place on Gadigal Country, where fbi.radio broadcasts out of.  

Our logo design by Jessica Mulet, our theme songs was composed by Mateo Baskaran 

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Race Matters is an anti-racist&nbsp;show 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 <a href="https://www.fbi.radio/programs/race-matters">all our episodes on fbi.radio</a> including radio exclusives, and stay up to date on our&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/race_matters/">instagram</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://soundcloud.com/fbiradiosydney/sets/race-matters-sol-dar-ty-synd">Listen to our Solidarity Syndicate series</a> - sharing across airwaves and borders and our&nbsp;<a href="https://soundcloud.com/fbiradiosydney/sets/racematters_liquid-homelands">Liquid Homelands</a> series - an experimental, queer audio offering
We honor all hosts, producers, storytellers that have made this work possible as well as the long tradition of storytelling, resistance and resilience that has taken place on Gadigal Country, where fbi.radio broadcasts out of.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Our logo design by Jessica Mulet, our theme songs was composed by Mateo Baskaran&nbsp;
Race Matters is made possible thanks to the&nbsp;<a href="https://cbf.org.au/">Community Broadcasting Foundation</a>

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