AWAYE! - Full program podcast

Jan 31 2025 237 ep. 55 mins 645
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AWAYE! presents a diverse and vibrant Aboriginal arts and culture from across Australia and the best from Indigenous radio broadcasters around the world.

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Young Australian of the Year, and 'One Mind, One Heart'

Jan 31 2025 53 mins  
Dr Katrina Wruck, a First Nations industrial chemist and neurodivergent black woman, who once believed she wasn’t supposed to succeed due to what she calls her ‘golden trifecta’, has been named Young Australian of the Year. Plus, Larissa Behrendt, the host of our tidda show, Speaking Out, shares behind-the-scenes moments of her latest documentary One Heart One Mind.

Art on Country, and Word Up returns

Jan 24 2025 54 mins  
Artists Bibi Barba and Dennis Golding discuss how public art reasserts a First Nations connection to Country. Plus, Word Up returns with Susan Hay Huges sharing some of her language — Thalanyji.

Celebrating Kankawa Nagarra, and a love letter to Tina Turner

Dec 13 2024 54 mins  
Walmajarri Elder Kankawa Ngarra is the latest recipient of the prestigious Australian Music Prize. Hear how Kankawa keeps herself grounded, and why she dedicates her win to her community of Wangkatjungka. Then, Uncle Rex Greeno spent much of his life as a fisherman but more recently he’s been re-invigorating the Palawa practice of building reed and bark canoes. With two of hi

A short history of Australian art, and Kee'ahn performs live

Dec 06 2024 54 mins  
Professor Marcia Langton says artists “can tell the truth where others cannot or will not because they can represent the truth visually.” But what responsibility do institutions like galleries have in this process of truth telling? Marcia explains how she worked with her co-editor Judith Ryan to draw together the work of artists, historians, curators, critics, and even an eth

Exploring Blak success under capitalism, and Plant A Promise

Nov 29 2024 54 mins  
Hear from artists Dr Bronwyn Bancroft, Kyra Kum Sing and Kylie Caldwell as they discuss what Blak success looks like in a capitalistic world, and how mob hold space for ourself and each other. Then, choreographer and playwright Henrietta Baird talks through her multidisciplinary work Plant A Promise. Plus, Karina Lester and her daughter Larissa share the Yankunytjatjara name for

Fostering new choreographic talent, and Ripple Effect Band

Nov 22 2024 54 mins  
Meet three Bangarra dancers who are stretching their choreographic skills to become a new generation of storytellers. And, Maningrida’s all-female saltwater rock band Ripple Effect perform live in the Radio National studios.

Going beyond the gallery walls, and Maanyung's Until No More

Nov 15 2024 56 mins  
Hear how bagan bariwariganyan (echoes of country) brings together the work of three First Nations artists to wrap the work of a significant Yuin artist-ancestor in Country. Then, Gumbayngirr musician Maanyung continues the Mob Music Month celebrations as he discusses his debut EP Until No More. Plus for Word Up, head back to north west of South Australia where Yankunytjatjara spe

Rachael Maza's next steps, and Mob Music Month with Jem Cassar-Daley

Nov 08 2024 54 mins  
After almost 18 years as a driving force behind ILBIJERRI Theatre Company Rachael Maza will step down from her role as Artistic Director and Co-CEO at the end of 2025. Rachael shares how her time at ILBIJERRI shaped her ideas of Blak theatre, and what she plans to do next. Then Jem Cassar-Daley plays live in the Radio National studios for Mob Music Month and explains why she make

Reko Rennie's artistic journey, and The Moogai

Nov 02 2024 50 mins  
Reko Rennie has two exhibitions running concurrently. One charts his evolution as an artist, and the other showcases a collection of new works. He discusses what he learnt about art by taking the long road to professional artist. Then director Jon Bell’s feature film debut The Moogai is a horror that reflects the real fears of Blackfullas. Jon, along with actor Meyne Wyatt sha

Post-referendum reflections one year on, and 'booroo'

Oct 26 2024 49 mins  
One year on from the 2023 Referendum, author and advocate Thomas Mayo, arts and culture powerhouse Lydia Miller, and lecturer and researcher Michael Mossman discuss why it's more productive to look at what we’ve gained instead of what we lost. Plus for Word Up, Jane Edwards shares the Nyigina word for home.