Mooncake Guest Mix: 黑芝麻 and 妹妹 Stay Connected to Each Other Through Their Siblings Mix
For siblings 黑芝麻 (Hei Zhi Ma) and 妹妹 (Rebecca), music has always been shared as a way to stay connected to each other. In the guest mix, the sisters have collected favourite tracks…
Banksia: Writer Bebe Backhouse yarns about creative practice and award winning piece 'If This Is the End: Stories of Perpetual Echoes in a Corridor'
Bardi Jawi writer Bebe Backhouse joins Vanessa Morris on Banksia to talk about recieving the 2022 Lord Mayor’s Creative Writing Award and Life Writing Award for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Writers for…
Mooncake Guest Mix: Taka Perry's Favourites from the Japanese Hip-Hop Scene
Australian-Japanese producer Taka Perry shares a mix of his favourites from the Japanese hip-hop scene including JUMADIBA, Awich and JP THE WAVY plus his own tracks from recently released EP KAKOMIRAI and old…
Banksia: Isaiah Firebrace talks about new book Come Together
Yorta Yorta and Gunditjmara man and musician Isaiah Firebrace joins Vanessa Morris on Banksia to talk about their new book Come Together: Things Every Aussie Kid Should Know about the First Peoples.
Come…
Mooncake Guest Mix: Veeeky Takes Us On A Tour of Asia
Multi-disciplinary artist Veeeky touching down from Taipei, dropped a Mooncake guest mix for us. Blending producers and beatmakers across Asia such as Howie Lee, YEHAIYAHAN and Gong Gong Gong 工工工 and including her…
Uncommon Sense: Zena Cumpston On Centring Aboriginal Knowledge And Our Custodial Obligations To Country
Barkandji researcher and storyteller Zena Cumpston speaks about the ongoing effects of colonisation in places like universities and the ways in which Aboriginal knowledge has been treated as an "add-on" to the scientific…
Mooncake Guest Mix: Shye Shares Her Bedroom Pop Faves
Singer-songwriter and producer from Singapore Shye shares bedroom pop she's been loving lately and all-time loves from Gentle Bones to Beabadoobee. Kicking off the mix with her own song 'build a life' from…
Banskia: Deborah Cheetham AO discusses Woven Song project and Short Black Opera
Yorta Yorta woman, soprano, composer and educator Deborah Cheetham AO joined Vanessa Morris on Banksia to talk about Short Black Opera’s Woven Song project and their upcoming performance at the Elisabeth Murdoch Hall…
Banksia: Sean Miller talks ceramics and receiving the ICA South East Australian Indigenous artist prize for their work Galibay on Country
Gamilaroi artist Sean Miller joins Vanessa Morris on Banksia to talk about receiving the 2022 Indigenous Ceramic Award's South East Australian Indigenous artist prize for their work Galibay on Country.
Sean explains how…
Banksia: Kait James discusses permanent art installation at Geelong Arts Centre
Wadawurrung artist Kait James joins Vanessa Morris on Banksia to yarn about the unveiling of a permanent 193 panel installation of their work at Geelong Arts Centre as part of the Little Mallop…
Mooncake Guest Mix: Wytchings Explores Themes of Horror and Romcom Films and Vulnerability
Based on Gadigal Land, Wytchings is a Vietnamese-Australian experimental producer, exploring self-expression and storytelling through their music. Wytchings' guest mix takes on theme of horror and romcom films and vulnerability, sharing artists such…
Banksia: Kimberley Moulton on Naadohbii: To Draw Water exhibition featuring First Nations artist works from Australia, Aotearoa and Turtle Island
Yorta Yorta woman Kimberley Moulton, Senior Curator for the South East Aboriginal Collection for Museums Victoria, joins Vanessa Morris on Banksia to discuss new exhibition Naadohbii: To Draw Water at Bunjilaka, Melbourne Museum.
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Banksia: Ripple Effect Band discuss songwriting, EP Wárrwarra and upcoming Kabba Kabbura Tour
Rona, Rachel and Jodie of Ripple Effect Band from Maningrida, Arnhem Land, joined Vanessa Morris on Banksia ahead of their Kabba Kabbura Tour Narrm (Melbourne) shows next month.
Ripple Effect Band released debut…
Banksia: Yasmin Silveira and Sharn Geary talk about new jewellery exhibition 'Layers of Blak' at Koorie Heritage Trust
Palawa artist Yasmin Silveira and Blak Design Coordinator Shahn Geary (Bundjalung) join Vanessa Morris on Banksia to yarn about new First Nations jewellery exhibition Layers of Blak at Koorie Heritage Trust open from…
Banksia: Tarryn Love yarns about new First Nations creative program YOOKAPA
Gunditjmara Keerray Woorroong woman Tarryn Love joins Vanessa Morris on Banksia to talk about YOOKAPA - a new First Nations creative program which is based at Platform Arts on Wadawurrung Country in Geelong.
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Banksia: Brodie Murray yarns about new play The Whisper at the upcoming Melbourne Fringe Festival
Emerging and award-winning Wamba Wamba playwright Brodie Murray joins Vanessa Morris on Banksia to talk about their work in theatre and new play The Whisper at the upcoming Melbourne Fringe Festival, as part…
Uncommon Sense: The Cinematic Legacy of French New Wave Director Jean-Luc Godard
Cinematic legend and icon Jean-Luc Godard died at age 91 last week, so it was apt that Dr Andrew McGregor returned to Uncommon Sense to delve deeply into the life and legacy of…
Uncommon Sense: Demystifying Australia’s Economy with Dr Richard Denniss
What's really causing inflation in Australia and will jacking up interest rates fix it? Dr Richard Denniss, Executive Director of The Australia Institute explains Australia's current economic woes and demystifies the confusion around…
Mooncake Guest Mix: Fei Shares Their Childhood Memories and Favourite Locals Acts
Naarm-based Malaysian DJ and Hong Kong Community Radio resident Fei presents a mix of their favourite tracks. Sharing locals acts such as chef chung and ZK king and childhood memories by Leah Dou…
Banksia: Dakota Feirer on poetry practice, projects and MWF’s This Song We Sing: New Voices in First Nations Poetry
Bundjalung-Gumbayngirr poet Dakota Feirer joins Banksia to yarn about Melbourne Writers Festival event This Song We Sing: New Voices in First Nations Poetry as well as their poetry practice, projects and recent published…