This week, Chelsea and David bring together two key thinkers in the war on race: Uncle Graham Brady and Uncle Philip Mills. First up, we hear Uncle Graham’s generous and thoughtful opening keynote from the 2025 National Symposium Unifying Anti-Racist Theory and Practice in which he reflects on the long history of Black struggle in so-called queensland.

In the second part of the episode, we turn to an older interview that Chelsea and David recorded as part of Let’s Talk Black Knowing in 2024 with Uncle Phillip Mills, who reflects on his own work developing and implementing the Torres Model of Care, and explains why care needs to be at the heart of all of our movements for justice. Across this episode, Chelsea and David reflect on the work of rebuilding a unified and critical Black consciousness grounded in sovereignty, spirit, and care. 

Reading list

Brady, Graham (et al). Yalanya That’s the Way It Is: The Life and Story of Pastor and Activist Don Kawanji Brady. Jawiyaba Warra, 2024.

Watego, Chelsea, David Singh, and Graham Brady. Let’s Talk Black Knowing with Uncle Graham Brady. Triple A Murri Country, February 24, 2024. https://triplea.org.au/lt-black-knowing-with-uncle-graham-brady/.

Mills, Phillip. “We Don’t Want ‘Equity’, Acknowledge Our Sovereignty – IndigenousX.” IndigenousX, n.d. https://indigenousx.com.au/we-dont-want-equity-acknowledge-our-sovereignty/

2024 QUT Meanjin Oration feat. Uncle Graham Brady, Aunty Cheryl Buchanan, Uncle Phillip Mills and Uncle Joe Geia.

QUT Gardens Point, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eVZtDO2haE.

Credits

Recordings and Production: Some of the podcast materials are drawn from Triple A Murri Country’s Let’s Talk Black Politics and Black Knowing, recorded in the studio between 2023-2024, hosted by Professor Chelsea Watego and Dr David Singh in addition to excerpts from QUT Carumba Institute’s National Symposium Unifying Anti-racism Research and Practice, all of which were produced by Anna Carlson.

Music: We wish to sincerely thank Matt Hsu’s Obscure Orchestra for granting permission for free use of ‘Live, Laugh, Decolonise’ and ‘Eat the World’  

Production & Sound Design: BlakCast Productions

Artwork: graphic by Rachel Apelt, Artbalm.

This podcast was supported (partially) by the Australian Government through the Australian Research Council's Discovery Indigenous Projects funding scheme (project IN210100008). The views expressed herein are those of the presenters and are not necessarily those of the Australian Government or Australian Research Council.

This week, Chelsea and David bring together two key thinkers in the war on race: Uncle Graham Brady and Uncle Philip Mills. First up, we hear Uncle Graham&rsquo;s generous and thoughtful opening keynote from the 2025 National Symposium Unifying Anti-Racist Theory and Practice in which he reflects on the long history of Black struggle in so-called queensland.
In the second part of the episode, we turn to an older interview that Chelsea and David recorded as part of Let&rsquo;s Talk Black Knowing in 2024 with Uncle Phillip Mills, who reflects on his own work developing and implementing the Torres Model of Care, and explains why care needs to be at the heart of all of our movements for justice. Across this episode, Chelsea and David reflect on the work of rebuilding a unified and critical Black consciousness grounded in sovereignty, spirit, and care.&nbsp;
Reading list
Brady, Graham (et al). Yalanya That&rsquo;s the Way It Is: The Life and Story of Pastor and Activist Don Kawanji Brady. Jawiyaba Warra, 2024.
Watego, Chelsea, David Singh, and Graham Brady. Let&rsquo;s Talk Black Knowing with Uncle Graham Brady. Triple A Murri Country, February 24, 2024. <a href="https://triplea.org.au/lt-black-knowing-with-uncle-graham-brady/">https://triplea.org.au/lt-black-knowing-with-uncle-graham-brady/</a>.
Mills, Phillip. &ldquo;We Don&rsquo;t Want &lsquo;Equity&rsquo;, Acknowledge Our Sovereignty &ndash; IndigenousX.&rdquo; IndigenousX, n.d. <a href="https://indigenousx.com.au/we-dont-want-equity-acknowledge-our-sovereignty/">https://indigenousx.com.au/we-dont-want-equity-acknowledge-our-sovereignty/</a>
2024 QUT Meanjin Oration feat. Uncle Graham Brady, Aunty Cheryl Buchanan, Uncle Phillip Mills and Uncle Joe Geia.
QUT Gardens Point, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eVZtDO2haE.">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eVZtDO2haE.</a>
Credits
Recordings and Production: Some of the podcast materials are drawn from Triple A Murri Country&rsquo;s Let&rsquo;s Talk Black Politics and Black Knowing, recorded in the studio between 2023-2024, hosted by Professor Chelsea Watego and Dr David Singh in addition to excerpts from QUT Carumba Institute&rsquo;s National Symposium Unifying Anti-racism Research and Practice, all of which were produced by Anna Carlson.
Music: We wish to sincerely thank Matt Hsu&rsquo;s Obscure Orchestra for granting permission for free use of &lsquo;Live, Laugh, Decolonise&rsquo; and &lsquo;Eat the World&rsquo; &nbsp;
Production &amp; Sound Design: BlakCast Productions
Artwork: graphic by Rachel Apelt, Artbalm.
This podcast was supported&nbsp;(partially) by the Australian Government through the&nbsp;Australian Research Council's&nbsp;Discovery Indigenous Projects&nbsp;funding scheme (project IN210100008). The views expressed herein are those of the presenters and are not necessarily those of the&nbsp;Australian Government&nbsp;or Australian Research Council.

Join your favourite “nerds on the frontline” Professor Chelsea Watego & Dr. David Singh as they embark on an ambitious new podcast to showcase the power and possibility of Indigenous critical race theory. 

Over 13 jam-packed episodes, Chelsea & David examine key concepts and ideas in Indigenous critical race theory to help listeners learn to “read the play” in the ongoing war on race. They dig into big questions about the ethics of anti-racist research and practice. They foreground the importance of working from Aboriginal terms of reference, and the power and joy of building intellectual collectives grounded in Indigenous Intellectual Sovereignty. 

Expect incisive interviews, gut-punch analysis, and the occasional belly laugh as Chelsea & David grapple with the life and death stakes of race in the colony and the work that mob across the continent are doing to fight back.

Join your favourite &ldquo;nerds on the frontline&rdquo; Professor Chelsea Watego &amp; Dr. David Singh as they embark on an ambitious new podcast to showcase the power and possibility of Indigenous critical race theory.&nbsp;
Over 13 jam-packed episodes, Chelsea &amp; David examine key concepts and ideas in Indigenous critical race theory to help listeners learn to &ldquo;read the play&rdquo; in the ongoing war on race. They dig into big questions about the ethics of anti-racist research and practice. They foreground the importance of working from Aboriginal terms of reference, and the power and joy of building intellectual collectives grounded in Indigenous Intellectual Sovereignty.&nbsp;
Expect incisive interviews, gut-punch analysis, and the occasional belly laugh as Chelsea &amp; David grapple with the life and death stakes of race in the colony and the work that mob across the continent are doing to fight back.