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That's A Wrap!

Although the podcast format of The Score has now wrapped, this show continues to be broadcast on Triple R. You can now listen to new episodes on Triple R’s FM On Demand service…

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Melbourne Activist Legal Support (MALS), Dr Varina Michaels on Women of Colour in Australian Workplaces, and local artist YARA

Samira chats with legal observer Logan from volunteer organisation Melbourne Activist Legal Support (MALS), which is a group of lawyers, barristers, and human rights advocates who field trained Legal Observer Teams to monitor…

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Australian Femicide Watch and The Red Heart campaign founder Sherele Moody, and Gold Coast-based Burundian-Australian artist Beckah Amani

Journalist Sherele Moody, founder of Australian Femicide Watch and The Red Heart campaign, talks to Samira about the importance of remembering and tracking women and children's murders.

And Gold Coast-based Burundian-Australian artist Beckah…

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Dr Sam Whiting, Guewel, Hyphenated Projects, and Colonialists Can’t Dance

This week Samira is joined by Dr Sam Whiting, Vice-Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow at RMIT University and a 2024 Churchill Fellowship recipient, to discuss challenges faced by grassroots music venues in Australia and…

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'Beneath Roads', the A.W. Bell Community Picket, and Tjum Tjumba

General Vibes fills in for Samira this week. They speak with Jenna Rain Warwick, a First Nations artist and ACMI curator, about her latest exhibition 'Beneath Roads', a three-channel work at ACMI running…

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Indian Politics and Election Updates, 13 YARN and Disrupt Wars

Samira is joined by PhD cadidate Aviroop Gupta about the recent election that took place in India. Shes also joined by Aunty Marjorie Anderson, who is the national spokesperson for 13 YARN, as…

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Stephanie Wescott & Steven Roberts on the detrimental manosphere and live coder, Nū

This week, Samira is back to keep the important conversations coming.

Starting off with Monash University scholars, Stephanie Wescott and Steven Roberts, who recently published their research into how the manosphere and men’s…

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Labor's deportation bill controversy, Maria Birch-Morunga, Brown Women Comedy and the West Papua Film Festival

This week, Samira is joined by Jana Favero, ASRC’s Head of Systemic Change & Betia Shakiba, Human Rights Lawyer and Refugee Advocate, to discuss Betia’s op-ed for The Guardian on Labor’s Deportation bill…

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Gela Pour, Microplastics and The Halo Vocal Ensemble

Samira Farah speaks to Iranian-Australian singer/instrumentalist and one half of band ZÖJ, Gela Pour who will be composing a special live performace set to the screening of the 1925 silent documentary film GRASS…

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The Whisper, the ICJ ruling and MUDRAT

This week, Samira is joined in the studio by Brodie Murray, Wamba Wamba and Ngarrindjeri storyteller, playwright and performing artist. Brodie talks through his debut production ‘The Whisper’, which is playing at Fortyfivedownstairs…

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Burn Out in the Arts and Culture Sector, Indian Election Update and Digital Archiving

Samira speaks to Kate Power, senior lecturer at the University of Queensland discussing burn out in the arts and culture sector. She also speaks with PhD candidate Aviroop Gupta about research into state…

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Can AI and art be friends? Why are avocados being coopted by the cartel? And who is Britney Spears?

Kate Fielding, CEO of A New Approach (ANA), tells Samira all about the organisation's latest paper Friend, foe or frenemy: Foreseeable impacts of AI on arts, culture and creativity, which dissects the…

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Kiwat Kennell & It's a Mob Thing

Musician and RRR presenter of The Exchange, Kiwat Kennell, joins Guest Host Leah Avene to discuss the It's a Mob Thing festival, a community-led music festival supporting local First Nations communities and…

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Recovering from settler colonialism

Guest host Leah Avene facilitates a series of conversations about colonisation, solidarity, and living on unceded land.

Tiriki Onus, Head of Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts and Culture development, speaks on strength-based transformation…

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The Power of Community Radio

Samira speaks to five guests about the power of community radio, the importance of representation in Australian media, and the relationship between the arts and community radio.

Leah Avene (musician, broadcaster, educator &amp…

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Being an NPC, Climate Politics, Maya Hodge and Immy Owusu

Academic Edith Jennifer Hill discusses the TikTok trend of performing as NPCs and the potential revenue creation from such trends on the platform.

Grace Vegesana (Climate and Racial Justice director for the AYCC)…

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Pop-up Free Staffroom for Food Delivery and Ride Share Drivers and Lamine Sonko talks new single ‘Taamo’

Monash PHD student and teaching associate Andrew Copolov discusses the creation of a pop-up free staffroom for food delivery and rideshare drivers at Testing Grounds in Queen Vic Market. Later, Lamine Sonko talks…

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Interpreting Stats Around Blak Deaths in Custody and new African representation in film

Dr Amanda Porter from the University of Melbourne explains grey areas when interpreting statistics and how ideology plays into how statistics are presented around Blak deaths in custody. First time actor Mwajemi Hussein…

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How ‘The Seed Network’ is Empowering Community and The Effects of Microaggressions on Health.

TV Host and Filmmaker Bol Lual explains how ‘The Seed Network’, a new program airing on Channel 31, will amplify unheard voices from the African diaspora. To understand microaggressions and their impact on…

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Curators, Artists, and Musicians Share Their Projects and Processes on This Art-Themed Episode

Co-curator Priya Namana is joined by artist Devika Billimoria over the phone to share their exhibition ‘Debut XIX’ which is at Blindside Gallery. Curator Mara Sison explains the ideas behind Sekala Niskala (…

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Lonnie Holley on 'Oh Me Oh My', The History of Fascism and New Australian Theatre

Musician and artist Lonnie Holley calls in to talk new album, Oh Me Oh My, and how he has kept up his artistic practice over his career. Evan Smith discusses his new…

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Migrant Worker Rights, Caribbean Tunes with Gold Fang

CEO of the Migrant Workers Centre, Matt Kunkel, goes over the findings of their new survey on discrimination facing migrant workers with host Samira Farah. Then musician, Gold Fang, calls in to talk…

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IWD Special - The Issues Still Facing Women and How Art Can Heal Us

On this special International Women’s Day episode, Leah Avene fills in for Samira, talking with artist Amrita Hepi on her exhibition, The Anguilla Pursuit at the Gertrude Glasshouse. Chairperson for not-for-profit organisation Prosper…

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Where Queer and Indigenous Identities Meet in Art, Pride and Activism

Leah Avene fills in as host chatting with Dr Quinn Eades on the complex history of pride, protest and resilience, poetry and community. DJ, Lady Shaka explains how her queerness and Indigeneity inform…

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Must-see Shows & How to Help With the Türkiye and Syria Earthquake

Indigenous Australian dancer and choreographer, Amelia O’Leary and Chinese-Malaysian dance artist, Janelle Tan explain how their show, A Certain Mumble for Darebin Arts Speakeasy, compares their experiences as outsiders within Australian society.…

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The Score returns with researcher Damilola Ayeni

Researcher and PhD candidate Damilola Ayeni talks about her article for The Conversation, which looks at how social media platforms, and in particular Facebook, are managing vaccine misinformation at this stage in the…

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Catherine Liddle, Danya Daoud, and artists from Duniya Behter

CEO of the Secretariat of the National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC), Catherine Liddle talks about National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day, a day for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander…

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Polyphonic Reverb with Tamsen Hopkinson

Artist and curator Tamsen Hopkinson talks about Polyphonic Reverb, a group exhibition on display at the Gertrude Contemporary. The exhibition brings together works by a selection leading of artists to reflect the…

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Dr Kathomi Gatwiri, Jason Tamiru, and artists from the NEWPRINT festival

Researcher and senior lecturer at Southern Cross University, Doctor Kathomi Gatwiri talks about ‘Reclaiming racial dignity: An ethnographic study of how African youth in Australia use social media to visibilise anti-Black racism’; Next…

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Australian retailers are using facial recognition technology in their stores

Executive director of Digital Right Watch, James Clark talks about a recent investigation by CHOICE Australia that found three major retailers using facial recognition technology - often without customers realising; Doctor Amrita Malhi…

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Pop-culture wrap up with Najma Sanbul and Aran Mylvaganam on Labor's inhumane asylum seeker policies.

Najma Sambul - reporter at The Age and fellow Triple R presenter - joins The Score for a pop-culture wrap-up. They cover everything from the recent TV Logie Awards,  Beyoncé's long-awaited upcoming album…

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Artists Kate ten Buuren & Maya Hodge, and Musician Nhatty Man

Artists and curators Kate ten Buuren & Maya Hodge discuss ‘Collective Movements’, their exhibition, publishing project, conversation, and workshop platform. ‘Collective Movements’ is a wide-ranging project focusing on the work of historic and…

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Richard J. Franklin, Brian Makundi, and Boubacar Gaye

Proud Gunditjmara man, and singer/songwriter, author, and filmmaker Richard J. Franklin talks about his latest show ‘No More Sugar No More Tea’. The show tells stories through letters from First Nations women to…

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Artist Yuriyal Eric Bridgeman and rapper Mulalo

Multidisciplinary artist Yuriyal Eric Bridgeman talks about his latest exhibition 'YAL'. The exhibition presents a selection of photographic work and large painted shields created with members of the artist's Yuri tribe of Simbu…

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Roberta Joy Rich, Dr Sangeetha Pillai, and Jaal

This week on The Score, artist Roberta Joy Rich talks about her current exhibition ‘The Purple Shall Govern’ displayed at Footscray Community Arts Centre. The works will be presented as part of the…

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The Score returns for 2022 with Neha Madhok, Erica Ifill, and Immy Owusu

Co-Director at Democracy in Colour, Neha Madhok talks about the now shelved religious discrimination bill. Democracy in Colour is a national organisation for racial and economic justice led by people of colour; next…

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Human Rights Watch/Asylum Seeker Resource Centre on offshore processing on Papua New Guinea and Nauru, Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), Moor Mother

This week on The Score, Samira chats with Elaine Pearson, Australian Director of Human Rights Watch and Jane Favero, Director of Advocacy and Campaigns at the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, on…

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ABC's 'The School That Tried To End Racism', Papaphilia

This week on The Score, Samira chats with psychologist and PhD candidate Hannah Yared as they review and discuss ABC series 'The School That Tried To End Racism'. Samira also chats with Melbourne…

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First Nations sleep stories

This week on The Score, Samira chats with Arrernte and Jamaican multidisciplinary artist Aurora Liddle-Christie about Dreamy, an online project that highlights First Nations storytellers with sleep stories for people to listen to.

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Blak Jewellery, IPCC report on climate change, Shelter 2, Tinika

This week on The Score, Samira chats with artists Jenna Lee and Sharn Geary on their new works as part of Koorie Heritage Trust's upcoming exhibition, Blak Jewellery. Samira also chats with…

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