Race Matters

We’re not just data, we are storytellers. Sometimes, the most radical thing we can do is speak, loudly and deliberately, into futures we get to shape ourselves. Ethan and Janey are joined by Nyungar technologist and futurist Kathryn Gledhill-Tucker [https://kgt.dev/] to traverse the world of machine tech and human autonomy, learning how their work reimagines the embodied and expansive possibilities of a First Nations practice in tech. Across her poetry, speculative-fiction and tech justice advocacy reminds us that even in systems built to monitor, there’s power in reclaiming how we’re heard. This episode was co-produced and co-hosted by Ethan Lyons and Janey Li. Supervising Production and sound design by Shareeka Helaluddin. Podcast edited by Yvonne Hong.  See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

“We only have wood and stone to fight with to preserve our life” The words of young activists from Kanaky (so-called New Caledonia) who are engaged in fights to reclaim their land from French occupation [https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/08/france-un-experts-alarmed-situation-kanak-indigenous-peoples-non-self], fighting for life and independence. Ethan and Shareeka speak to Roscoe, a special rapporteur for Radio RATA [https://www.instagram.com/radio__rata/], a decolonial media, culture and mutual aid network, operating across the Pacific. Roscoe has been pivotal in establishing networks and connections with the Indigenous people of Kanaky. Through his work we learn that colonial systems are not the only thing that can duplicate and expand borders -- so can Indigenous knowledge and solidarity. This episode was co-produced and co-hosted by Ethan Lyons and Shareeka Helaluddin. Audio editing by Ethan Lyons, sound design by Shareeka Helaluddin.  See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

"We're holding hope for other people and each other, and that's what the peer model is." Content Note: this episode contains mentions of suicidality.  Queer Muslim baddie takeover ~ in dedication to Imam Muhsin Hendricks - Allah Yerahmo. The intersections of queerness, religion, and ethnic identity are so heavily intertwined and (sometimes) difficult to reconcile. Join Host Sara El Youghun, Mohammad and Aiysha of the Multicultural Peers Project to speak on queerness and Islam, the struggle with mental health and synergising these values to emerge into adulthood in queer, Muslim pride. Multicultural Peers Project is a Western Sydney initiative aimed at helping queer and trans youth from Middle Eastern, North African, South Asian and Muslim backgrounds in NSW. You can connect with them on Instagram at @multiculturalpeersproject [https://www.instagram.com/multiculturalpeersproject?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==] - a bastion of ethnic, empathetic therapy.  This episode was hosted by Sara El Youghun, supervised by Shareeka Helaluddin, produced by Yvonne Hong, and Janey Li assisted on social media. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Can writing be a political practice? How do you write in a way that serves liberation, the making of better worlds?  Today Samantha and Bipasha are in conversation with Fabliha Yeaqub, a queer Bangladeshi writer, artist and community organiser based in so-called New York. We are talking about her journey with writing as catharsis and as rebellion, how it relates to her political work, and what it means to forge community connections amidst the individualist culture of the West. This episode is grounded in June Jordan's timeless words: I must become a menace to my enemies. Connect with Fabliha’s work Fabliha’s piece 'muslim girlhood is a knife. you kill us, and yet we will live forever’: https://fablihayeaqub.substack.com/p/muslim-girlhood-is-a-knife-you-kill [https://fablihayeaqub.substack.com/p/muslim-girlhood-is-a-knife-you-kill] Website: https://www.fablihayeaqub.com/ [https://www.fablihayeaqub.com/]  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fablihayeaqub/ [https://www.instagram.com/fablihayeaqub/]  Marigold Seeds Collective: https://www.instagram.com/marigoldseedscollective/ [https://www.instagram.com/marigoldseedscollective/]  Amader Dawat: https://www.instagram.com/amaderdawat/ [https://www.instagram.com/amaderdawat/]  June Jordan’s I Must Become a Menace to my Enemies: https://poets.org/poem/i-must-become-menace-my-enemies [https://poets.org/poem/i-must-become-menace-my-enemies]  This episode was co-produced and co-hosted by Samantha Haran and Bipasha Roy, Audio editing by Bipasha Roy, Supervising Producer was Tanya Ali, Executive producer and final mixing by Shareeka Helaluddin See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

It takes a femme queen.  Movement as liberation, and the spirituality of performance. Join Ethan Lyons and Tim Worton in deep kiki with the Ruby of Western Sydney, vogue diva from the House of Silky, Jubahlee talking the love and kinship within the ballroom scene. This episode was produced and hosted by Ethan Lyons and Tim Worton, with Supervising Production and podcast edit by Shareeka Helaluddin  See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.