We know that what we do today is intiamtely connected with what has been done before. 

Samantha Haran and Tim Worton reflect as kinfolk on their journey with Race Matters, and expanding into their queerness.

They pay tribute to the episodes and producers that drew them into community, and challenged them into evolving and unfurling their embodiment of queerness in so called Australia, as two young queer people of colour. With reverence and gratitude to those who created space for us here: Tanya Ali, Darren Lesaguis, Sara Khan, Rhyan Clapham, Georgia Mokak & Shareeka Helaluddin. 

We know that what we do today is intiamtely connected with what has been done before.&nbsp;
Samantha Haran and Tim Worton reflect as kinfolk on their journey with Race Matters, and expanding into their queerness.
They pay tribute to the episodes and producers that drew them into community, and challenged them into evolving and unfurling their embodiment of queerness in so called Australia, as two young queer people of colour. With reverence and gratitude to those who created space for us here: Tanya Ali, Darren Lesaguis, Sara Khan, Rhyan Clapham, Georgia Mokak &amp; Shareeka Helaluddin.&nbsp;

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.

Listen back to all our episodes on fbi.radio including radio exclusives, and stay up to date on our instagram 

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 

Race Matters is made possible thanks to the Community Broadcasting Foundation

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>

Conversations about the values and complexities of race, culture, identity

Race Matters

Beyond representation. Anti-racist radio with in-depth interviews and unique story telling spanning arts, music, global politics, local events + more

Beyond representation. Anti-racist radio with in-depth interviews and unique story telling spanning arts, music, global politics, local events + more

#193 To those who came before us

For this special episode of Race Matters, we are joined by Boe Spearim from Frontier War Stories, Gamilaraay and Kooma activisit and Dad who has been archiving so called Australiaʼs first wars since 2020. Frontier War Stories is a podcast that details across the continent, the wars waged by the colonising British, the massacres and horific dehumanisation that was used as a strategy of genocide by the settling empire and the profoundly dedicated resistance held by Aboriginal warriors.

Joined by King, a Ghanian/Wiradjuri creative and newest member of the RM team, these episode dives deeper into the lore of Pemuwluy and Dundali. Pemulwuy, being the first resistance fighter against the colony, organising and leading mob to retaliate against the genocidal regime. Dundali, being the last publicly hung warrior, a symbol of the colonisers to others considering resistance.

Over a weekend that memorialises one version of history that seemingly erases the Truth about what happened on this land, this episode reminds us of the ways colonising nation states utilise propaganda and dehumanise resistance.

With a special thanks to Clothing the Gap for sponsoring this episode. We are so grateful to be joined by Boe as we attempt to subvert the revisionist history of so called Australia.

 

Audio including sound bites of Malabar Beach, Parramatta and Magandjin CBD

Marcia Langton on Pemulwuy for the ABC
Uncle Coco at the 2020 Dundali Remembrance Day in Magandjin
Pray by DRMNGNOW

For this special episode of Race Matters, we are joined by Boe Spearim from Frontier War Stories, Gamilaraay and Kooma activisit and Dad who has been archiving so called Australiaʼs first wars since 2020. Frontier War Stories is a podcast that details across the continent, the wars waged by the colonising British, the massacres and horific dehumanisation that was used as a strategy of genocide by the settling empire and the profoundly dedicated resistance held by Aboriginal warriors.
Joined by King, a Ghanian/Wiradjuri creative and newest member of the RM team, these episode dives deeper into the lore of Pemuwluy and Dundali. Pemulwuy, being the first resistance fighter against the colony, organising and leading mob to retaliate against the genocidal regime. Dundali, being the last publicly hung warrior, a symbol of the colonisers to others considering resistance.
Over a weekend that memorialises one version of history that seemingly erases the Truth about what happened on this land, this episode reminds us of the ways colonising nation states utilise propaganda and dehumanise resistance.
With a special thanks to Clothing the Gap for sponsoring this episode. We are so grateful to be joined by Boe as we attempt to subvert the revisionist history of so called Australia.
&nbsp;
Audio including sound bites of Malabar Beach, Parramatta and Magandjin CBD
Marcia Langton on Pemulwuy for the ABC Uncle Coco at the 2020 Dundali Remembrance Day in Magandjin Pray by DRMNGNOW

#198 Lest We Forget the Frontier Wars

We are bound by the same chains, therefore we must forge the same key. Two stories of interconnected struggles and how we can forge the tools towards freedom. 

Day Soriano chats to Sunday of Philippines liberation movement Anakbayan on yearning itself can be a weapon, and that until the diaspora can return, they must continue to fight the struggle of the people no matter where they are. Then, Virginia Barahona with Yung Prodigy cofounder Maia Ihemeje on the ripple effects of parental/kinship incarceration and how their work with young people is guiding us towards a more free and connected world from the ground up. 

𖡼 Join YP and their freedom on the line campaign to make prison calls free. 

𖡼 Follow Anakbayan Syd for more on their movement building

𖡼 Stay updated with the Thousand Madleens flotilla getting aid to occupied Gaza, and their fundraiser in April 

SOIL was a radio mentorship designed for young people through the model of liberatory radio and community-centred wellbeing. It spanned 6 workshops, shared meals, new friendships and audio ventures.

 

𖡼 Thank you to our teachers Aunty Angeline Penrith, Tanya Ali, Darren Lesaguis, Sara Khan, DOBBY, Tan Safi, Dr Nakad.

𖡼 Program co-dreaming and coordination by Lil Barto, Maia Onyenachi ⁠and Shareeka Helaluddin with support from Natalie Chiappazzo

𖡼 Digital Coordinator and video editor Yvonne Hong

𖡼 Artwork by Leo Tsao

𖡼 Documentation by Samantha Haran ⁠

𖡼 Additional broadcast support by Samantha Haran, Yvonne Hong, Prinita Thevarajah

𖡼 SOIL has been made possible by City of Sydney

We are bound by the same chains, therefore we must forge the same key.&nbsp;Two stories of interconnected struggles and how we can forge the tools towards freedom.&nbsp;
Day Soriano chats to Sunday of Philippines liberation movement Anakbayan on yearning itself can be a weapon, and that until the diaspora can return, they must continue to fight the struggle of the people no matter where they are. Then, Virginia Barahona with&nbsp;<a href="https://yungprodigy.org/">Yung Prodigy</a>&nbsp;cofounder Maia Ihemeje on the ripple effects of parental/kinship incarceration and how their work with young people is guiding us towards a more free and connected world from the ground up.&nbsp;
𖡼 Join YP and their&nbsp;<a href="https://yungprodigy.org/campaigns">freedom on the line campaign</a>&nbsp;to make prison calls free.&nbsp;
𖡼 Follow&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/anakbayan.sydney/">Anakbayan Syd</a>&nbsp;for more on their movement building
𖡼 Stay updated with the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thousand.madleens.australia/">Thousand Madleens flotilla</a>&nbsp;getting aid to occupied Gaza, and their fundraiser in April&nbsp;
SOIL was a radio mentorship designed for young people through the model of liberatory radio and community-centred wellbeing. It spanned 6 workshops, shared meals, new friendships and audio ventures.
&nbsp;
𖡼 Thank you to our teachers Aunty Angeline Penrith, Tanya Ali, Darren Lesaguis, Sara Khan, DOBBY, Tan Safi, Dr Nakad.
𖡼 Program co-dreaming and coordination by Lil Barto, Maia Onyenachi ⁠and Shareeka Helaluddin with support from Natalie Chiappazzo
𖡼 Digital Coordinator and video editor Yvonne Hong
𖡼 Artwork by Leo Tsao
𖡼 Documentation by Samantha Haran ⁠
𖡼 Additional broadcast support by Samantha Haran, Yvonne Hong, Prinita Thevarajah
𖡼 SOIL has been made possible by City of Sydney

#197 Justice is Love in Public

From the rivers of Chile, the mountains of Gyeonggi-do, to the Cumberland Highway, exploring what it means to be and live and remember in relation to place.

Our first episode in collaboration with abolitionist youth organisation Yung Prodigy, after a mentorship exploring radical radio from the roots up. Two debut works by Lucy Norton and a newfound colalbroation between Leya and Sehej Kaur Sehmbhi. The many sounds, textures and frays that tether us to place, family or memory.

SOIL was a radio mentorship designed for young people through the model of liberatory radio and community-centred wellbeing. It spanned 6 workshops, shared meals, new friendships and audio ventures.

𖡼 Thank you to our teachers Aunty Angeline Penrith, Tanya Ali, Darren Lesaguis, Sara Khan, DOBBY, Tan Safi, Dr Nakad.
𖡼 Program co-dreaming and coordination by Lil Barto, Maia Onyenachi ⁠and Shareeka Helaluddin with support from Natalie Chiappazzo
𖡼 Digital Coordinator and video editor Yvonne Hong
𖡼 Artwork by Leo Tsao
𖡼 Documentation by Samantha Haran ⁠
𖡼 Additional broadcast support by Samantha Haran, Yvonne Hong, Prinita Theverajah
𖡼 SOIL has been made possible by City of Sydney

From the rivers of Chile, the mountains of Gyeonggi-do, to the Cumberland Highway, exploring what it means to be and live and remember in relation to place. Our first episode in collaboration with abolitionist youth organisation&nbsp;<a href="https://yungprodigy.org/">Yung Prodigy</a>, after a mentorship exploring radical radio from the roots up. Two debut works by Lucy Norton and a newfound colalbroation between Leya and Sehej Kaur Sehmbhi. The many sounds, textures and frays that tether us to place, family or memory. SOIL was a radio mentorship designed for young people through the model of liberatory radio and community-centred wellbeing. It spanned 6 workshops, shared meals, new friendships and audio ventures. 𖡼 Thank you to our teachers Aunty Angeline Penrith, Tanya Ali, Darren Lesaguis, Sara Khan, DOBBY, Tan Safi, Dr Nakad. 𖡼 Program co-dreaming and coordination by Lil Barto, Maia Onyenachi ⁠and Shareeka Helaluddin with support from Natalie Chiappazzo 𖡼 Digital Coordinator and video editor Yvonne Hong 𖡼 Artwork by Leo Tsao 𖡼 Documentation by Samantha Haran ⁠ 𖡼 Additional broadcast support by Samantha Haran, Yvonne Hong, Prinita Theverajah 𖡼 SOIL has been made possible by City of Sydney

#193 To those who came before us

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