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 Binary panel as part of the Sydney Opera House's All About Women 2022. More info and tickets here.

Follow them on Twitter @sandyosullivan.

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 Binary&nbsp;panel as part of the Sydney Opera House's All About Women 2022. More info and tickets&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/events/whats-on/all-about-women/2022/beyond-the-binary.html">here</a>.
Follow them on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/sandyosullivan">@sandyosullivan</a>.

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

'Queer' lexicons and anti-colonialism, not decolonisation.

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

Extreme music for people with extreme experiences.

Noise is a genre that can be misunderstood as anti-social and harsh, but for our guest producer artist Carmen Mercedes Gago Schieb aka Society of Cutting Up Men (S.C.U.M); it’s been a vital source of place-making and connection.

Alongside artists Rosa / Making Out and Yvette Ofa Agapow, she brings us an interstate perspective on the purpose of noise in the face of identity politics, and the possibility of noise as a transmission for freedom.

This episode was produced by Carmen Mercedes Gago Schieb with creative direction and final audio production by Shareeka Helaluddin. Image of Carmen by Valerie Joy, songs courtesy of the artists. 

Extreme music for people with extreme experiences. Noise is a genre that can be misunderstood as anti-social and harsh, but for our guest producer artist Carmen Mercedes Gago Schieb aka&nbsp;<a href="https://scumsydney.bandcamp.com/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://scumsydney.bandcamp.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1772782863646000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2T7JcDOzcH3q5xgJtxIw8h">Society of Cutting Up Men (S.C.U.M)</a>; it&rsquo;s been a vital source of place-making and connection. Alongside artists Rosa /&nbsp;<a href="https://makingout.bandcamp.com/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://makingout.bandcamp.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1772782863646000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0v7VtHbUs4-WEZpi-0KrgW">Making Out</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/yvetteoa/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/yvetteoa/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1772782863646000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3zcGBtlzYzUZbIW8GzWLTU">Yvette Ofa Agapow</a>, she brings us an interstate perspective on the purpose of noise in the face of identity politics, and the possibility of noise as a transmission for freedom. This episode was produced by Carmen Mercedes Gago Schieb with creative direction and final audio production by Shareeka Helaluddin. Image of Carmen by Valerie Joy, songs courtesy of the artists.&nbsp;

#195 The Politics of Noise

A bittersweet send off to Executive Producer Shareeka Helaluddin who has metamorphed Race Matters into the ever abundant, ever expansive program that it is.

Previous producers Darren Lesaguis and Tanya Ali bear witness to Shareeka's shepherding of the show, bringing to mic the unheard and the unseen.

Also hearing from six of the Race Matter's current producers, Sara El Younghun, Toobs, Joannie Lee, Sehej Kaur, Yvonne Hong and Samantha Haran who reflect on the legacy of Shareeka, and her embodiment of anti racist community organising though radio as craft.

A bittersweet send off to Executive Producer Shareeka Helaluddin who has metamorphed Race Matters into the ever abundant, ever expansive program that it is.
Previous producers Darren Lesaguis and Tanya Ali bear witness to Shareeka's shepherding of the show, bringing to mic the unheard and the unseen.
Also hearing from six of the Race Matter's current producers, Sara El Younghun, Toobs, Joannie Lee, Sehej Kaur, Yvonne Hong and Samantha Haran who reflect on the legacy of Shareeka, and her embodiment of anti racist community organising though radio as craft.

#194 Shareeka's Final Show

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;

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

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