#155 The Sacredness of Anger and Uprising
What is it to hold the heartbreak of facing a world of systemic injustice, and turn it into energy and meanignful action? We're joined by Inez, a radio broadcaster on 3CR's Thursday Breakfast, community organiser and mental health worker. An intimate chat on navigating hurt and anger of dealing wi…
Radical Pedagogies: Sounds of the Student Intifada
There are no universities left in Gaza. Alicia Zhao & Samantha Haran take us through the university encampments in solidarity with Gaza, a soundscape of the Student Intifada. Field recordings from across so-called australia and a foundational teach in by Gumbaynggirr, Bundjalung, Dunghutti educat…
#154 Jam For Justice
Full house on Race Matters today as we welcome the amazing crew from Jam for Justice - a community fundraiser happening on June 22 raising funds for PARA (Palestine Australia Relief and Action) to support Gazans on the ground, and Palestinians seeking asylum in australia. Hear from artists and orga…
#153 Forms of Censorship (with Alissar Chidiac, Nicole Barakat & Lux Æterna)
Censorship in the arts has been rampant across our galleries, theaters, airwaves and screens. As the genocide devastates across Palestine in its seventh month, we witness sites of art-making cower away from speaking out and silencing artists who do. In this tumultuous and heartbreaking climate - ho…
#152 To be grounded in memory and story (with Dr Amy Thunig)
Content note: this episode contains mention of family violence, incarceration, houselessness, and visceral descriptions of some memories. It's not described in detail but please go gently if these will affect you. Samantha Haran and Bipasha Roy chat to Gomeroi writer, curator and scholar Dr Amy T…
#151 Glimmers of Joy, Protest and Spirit (with Jazz Money & Thea Anamara Perkins)
A spirit of protest and deep sensitivity echoes in this episode with two staunch First Nations activists and artists Jazz Money & Thea Anamara Perkins. Honored to have FBi broadcaster, writer and curator Levent Can Kaya take over Race Matters with an incisive and luminous chat. Hear Lev, Thea and J…
#150 Towards a Radical Dharma (with Elaine Su-Hui)
Alicia Zhao and Joannie Lee are joined by artist, Dharma practitioner and co-founder of the Inner Fields collective - Elaine Su-Hui. Together they share a reflective chat on their relationships with Buddhism, what it is to come to a politicised reclamation of spirituality, decolonise Western approp…
#149 Love as Praxis
This week the Race Matters team settle in to have a deep chat about love. What is the role of love when we are witnessing the horrors, violence and apathy of the genocide of Palestinian people and the rise of facism? Join Alicia Zhao, Toobs Anwar and Samantha Haran unpack the politics of love and w…
ಒಡಲಾಳ Odalala Dispatches: what are the sounds of the subaltern?
how can we gather in non-hierarchical ways, form solidarities, resist shallow representation and form cultures of genuine reciprocity? Upending the colonial building of artshouse during Dalit History Month, ಒಡಲಾಳ Odalala (‘from the depths of one’s being’) brings together local and international …
Migrant Sex Workers of Colour: We Speak Clearly
MIGRANT SEX WORKER OF COLOUR DIARIES: WE SPEAK CLEARLY 〰️ this episode is in loving memory of dear friend and colleague, Venus 〰️ A special episode this week as we delve into the second offering of our Migrant Sex Worker of Colour Diaries produced by Jasmine Raat-Ki-Raani. An intimate, extended …