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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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    • Jul 9, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    Blak Theatre Excellence

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2022 54:09


    Uncle Jack Charles talk about what it means to be named Male Elder of the Year at the NAIDOC Awards, and playwright and director Wesley Enoch brings Sunshine Club back to the stage.

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    Get up, Stand up, Show up: Celebrating NAIDOC Week 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2022 54:09


    It's NAIDOC Week — a time to celebrate and honour all the ways that mob get up, stand up, and show up.

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    Celebrating sounds of Country

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2022 54:09


    Composer and performer William Barton discusses his new compositional work for the Sydney Symphony Orchestra Of The Earth. Then, musician and social historian Jessie Llyod brings you her new album Four Winds.

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    Tony Birch on being a Fitzroy Blak, and Naomi Hobson's Adolescent Wonderland

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2022 54:05


    Tony Birch shares how growing up in Fitzroy influenced his writing, and artist Naomi Hobson discusses her vibrant photographic series Adolescent Wonderland.

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    Daniel Boyd's Treasure Island, and Nardi Simpson talks Another Australia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2022 54:04


    Artist Daniel Boyd walks us through his exhibition Treasure Island, and Yuwaalaraay writer and musician Nardi Simpson talks us through Another Australia.

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    Terrain returns to the stage, and centenarian Uncle Wes Marne

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2022


    Bangarra Dance Theatre's Frances Rings explains how Kati Thanda inspired one of her most acclaimed works. And centenarian Uncle Wes Marne shares his debut collection of poetry, Through Old Eyes.

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    Leah Purcell on The Drover's Wife, and Stephen Page wins a Red Ochre Award

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2022 54:05


    Leah Purcell discusses her newest iteration of The Drover's Wife, and Stephen page is honoured with a Red Ochre Award

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    Awaye live from Sydney Writers Festival

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2022 54:05


    Writers Jackie Huggins, Chelsea Watego, Lorna Munro and Evelyn Araluen discuss what "Unmitegatedly Black" success looks like in literary spaces, and the value of collectivism.

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    Celebrating a decade of Ngana Barangarai, and Troy Russell's The Last Shot

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2022 54:07


    Black Wallaby is a creative writing program started by Aunty Barbara Nicholson at the Junee Correctional Centre. Troy Russel and Lily Shearer explain how a single piece of music grew into a musical about star crossed lovers on the run.

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    Evelyn Araluen's Stella Prize win, and the Possum Skin Cloak Story

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2022 54:05


    Evelyn Araluen wins the 2022 Stella Prize, and we hear about an old fairytale with a Blak twist.

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    Clancestry, Eskatology, and the scarification of trees

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2022


    Lara Croydon brings the highlights from QPAC's Clancestry, Ngarrindjeri rapper Eskatology discusses his new single, and Paul Girrawah House brings Ceremony into the gardens of the NGA with his tree scarring practice.

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    The responsibility of culture

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2022


    Brittanie Shipway's A Letter For Molly and Richard Franklin's No More Sugar, No More Tea each explore matrilineal stories for the stage.

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    Unlimited Futures, and 'stillness' in Batjamalh

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2022


    Unlimited Futures is a new anthology of speculative and visionary fiction from Blak and Black writers and poets.

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    Repatriation and creation

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2022 54:06


    Today, repatriation and the porous nature of objects, for the first time since they were taken in 1770 three Kamay spears are returning to Sydney.

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    SJ Norman's The Bone Library, and Kolour Me Kweer

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2022 54:06


    SJ Norman is an artist comfortable with mess and the trouble of things, and his latest iteration of his ‘Bone Library' is a perfect example. Plus, a celebration of diverse LGBTIQA+ people is taking place in Blacktown and Western Sydney.

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    Art and community, across all platforms, and all Nations

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2022 54:06


    This week, we meet Hetti Perkins, the senior Curator-at-large of Ceremony, the fourth National Indigenous Art Triennial, and Rhoda Roberts, curator of the Parrtjima Festival.

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    Mapping Frontier massacres, and telling "un-truths"

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2022 54:07


    The final update of a project mapping massacres on Australia's colonial frontier, a tour from Alice Skye, and a trip to Mount Gambier.

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    Blak hearts and minds

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2022 54:06


    A new documentary is telling the story of how remote Aboriginal communities across the top end of Australia are working to eliminate rheumatic heart disease, and Mak Mak Marranunggu musician J-Milla talks music and mentorship.

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    Theatre coast to coast, and Blak flood relief

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2022 54:05


    Koori Mail's General Manager Naomi Moran takes us to the flood affected Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, plus Meyne Wyatt joins us from Noongar Country where his debut play City of Gold will be re-staged.

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    Talkin' Up to the White Woman, and Warralgurniya

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2022 54:06


    The formidable thinker Dr Aileen Moreton-Robinson discusses her seminal work Talkin Up to the White Woman. Plus, Thiinma and Warriyangga man Peter Salmon shares how he's using music to revitalise his languages.

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    Dulka Warngiid and 'Circling Time' with Kutcher Edwards

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2022 54:06


    Kaiadilt Elders share how they're holding tight to their homeland despite a lifetime of dispossession and dislocation. Plus, beloved singer-songwriter Kutcher Edwards discusses the stories behind his songs.

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    Blak excellence on the page and stage

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2022 53:56


    Gunai Kurnai writer Veronica Gorrie took home two prizes at the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards. Plus Nathan Maynard's new play At What Cost? asks the question: who can call themselves Aboriginal.

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    The next big Blak musical, and Kitchen Table Yarns with Archie Roach

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2022 54:06


    Saddle up as we hear about the next big Black musical from director Eva Grace Mullaley. Plus, Uncle Archie Roach has hit the road again in 2022.

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    Fanning flames of knowledge

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2022 53:57


    Victor Steffensen explains why he's sharing his traditional Indigenous fire knowledge in a children's book, Looking After Country with Fire.

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    Myths, icons, and a Blak literary canon

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2022 54:06


    Writer Evelyn Araluen takes down icons and explodes tropes of mythic Australianness in her debut collection Dropbear, Larissa Behrendt discusses her third novel, After Story and Marie Munkara shares some Rembarranga for Word Up

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    From stage to screen — who tells your story

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2021 54:07


    Playwright Andrea James takes on the story of an Australian sporting legend in Sunshine Super Girl. And, how a phone call sent Tirki Onus on a journey of discovery.

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    Guwayu For All Times, and 'belonging' in Gundungurra

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2021 54:06


    We head to Sydney Writers Festival to hear about a collection of First Nations poetry, Guwayu — For All Times.

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    Stephen Page steps down from Bangarra, and hunting vampires in Coober Peddy

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2021 54:05


    After three decades Stephen Page has announced he's stepping down as Artistic Director of Bangarra Dance Company, and Warwick Thornton discusses his new show about Aboriginal vampire hunters.

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    Paying tribute to David Gulpilil, and reawakening Kayardild language

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2021 54:05


    Today, we pay tribute to David Gulpilil Ridjimiraril Dalaithngu AM, a legend of Indigenous cinema and a powerful performer.

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    Indigenous performance across generations

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2021 54:03


    An authorised biography of the iconic Yolgnu rock band Yothu Yindi has been released, and Sydney Opera House's annual traditional dance competition 'Dancerites' returned for another year, but not as you know it.

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    Music legends and classical composers

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2021 54:05


    Uncle Kev Carmody has been inducted into the National Indigenous Music Awards Hall of Fame this week. He shares what the honour means to him.

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    Role models and the Adnyamathanha word for 'rainbow'

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2021 53:57


    Rapper Kobie Dee discusses his podcast Know Role Models and 91-year-old Kanakiya Myra Ah Chee discusses her memoir Nomad Girl which tracks her life on the gibber plains and beyond.

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    Total Control and revisiting 'Kura Tungar-Songs from the River'

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2021 54:06


    Deborah Mailman talks Total Control, Emma Donovan discusses the music documentary Wash My Soul in the River's Flow, and Angela Giles shares some Ngarrindjeri for Word Up.

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    Introducing Baker Boy's album 'Gela' and Celebrating 10 Years of black&write!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2021 53:57


    Baker Boy discusses his debut album Gela, Larissa Behrendt explores history and culture through the lens of NRL in her new documentary, and editor Grace Lucas-Pennington shares how blak&write is celebrating its tenth anniversary.

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    Slowing down with Ellen van Neervan, and SJ Norman's haunting debut 'Permafrost'

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2021 54:06


    Ellen van Neervan explains why they'll be using their Sidney-Meyer Fellowship grant to slow down. The Art Gallery of NSW and Purple House team up again to get dialysis to Balgo community. SJ Norman discusses their debut Permafrost. And, learn the Yuggera name for the tawny frog-mouth owl.

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    One By One with Ancestress, and five years of Word Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2021 54:06


    Ancestress discusses her single One By One and the eight year long process from writing to releasing the song, and we mark five years of Word Up.

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    Celebrating with Ali Murphy-Oates, and 'Falling' with Bumpy

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2021 54:05


    We hear from one of the Sidney Myer Creative Fellowship winners Ali Murphy-Oates, plus musician Bumpy shares how she's finding power in vulnerability.

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    Podcasting for a Blak Nation, and 25 years of Marrugeku

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2021 54:03


    Today, Rhianna Patrick tells us how Indigenous X has grown since its inception in 2012 and what role podcasts play in this new phase.

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    Bob Weatherall's Restless Dream, and recovering from COVID

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2021 54:05


    Tarnanthi Festival returns for 2021, Bob Weatherall discusses his album Restless Dream, and award-winning author Marie Munkara shares some Rembarranga for Word Up.

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    Deadly Science and even deadlier scientists

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2021 54:05


    Today, Australian Museum's Eureka Prize nominee Corey Tutt shares why we need science literacy in our communities.

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    Dark as Last Night, and SFF First Nations Fellow Darlene Johnson

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2021 54:05


    Two talented storytellers discuss their work. Plus we hear from the New South Wales/Queensland state border amidst COVID lockdowns.

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    Moogai, hauntings and 'Lies Damned Lies'

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2021 54:05


    Today, Claire Coleman discusses her new book that blends the personal with the political, looking at the ongoing process of colonialism in Australia.

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