This year found us grasping at queer content by people of colour wherever we could. We try to figure out why, and shout out some of our fave QPoC media through the ages.

This year found us grasping at queer content by people of colour wherever we could. We try to figure out why, and shout out some of our fave QPoC media through the ages.

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

Why we sought comfort in QPoC content this year more than ever.

Episode 80: I Wish I Had This

From the rivers of Peru, 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 Peru, 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

#196 Rivers of Memory

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.

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