Take It Blak podcast

Join Rae Johnston in this episode of the Take It Blak podcast for your monthly hit of the latest STEM news and interviews. There's news about Tinder's new feature that lets you block personal contacts and the latest on the new Twitter Blue subscription service. Rae speaks with health expert Edwina Griffin, who has teamed up with Gomeroi man Kevin Duncan on a world-first meditation app, AtOne. David Tegonging, Co-Lead Engineer on the scientifically accurate Kerbal Space Program video game, drops by to talk about how the upcoming sequel will be much more welcoming to new players. Jarin Baigent, founder of Trading Blak and Jarin Street, chats with Rae about a new #BuyBlak partnership with Facebook and Dean Foley, founder of tech & business hub talks about his career, offering some stellar insights and advice.

In this episode, Rae Johnston speaks with artist and designer Maree Clarke, a pivotal figure in the reclamation of south-east Aboriginal art and cultural practices with a passion for reviving and sharing elements of culture that were lying dormant as a consequence of colonisation. Then, the Australian Museum is showcasing the cultures of First Nations peoples in a new series of talks, tours, and workshops to accompany its groundbreaking First Nations-led exhibition, Unsettled. The series includes a session on Aboriginal Meditation, and we spoke to Fleur Majick-Dennis to find out more.

Join Rae Johnston in this episode of the Take It Blak podcast for your monthly hit of the latest STEM news and interviews.What Twitter's "tip jar" feature means for creators, Rae speaks to Professor Corey Bradshaw about the new research into "Superhighways" used by our ancestors when this continent was known as Sauhl, and research from James Cook University tells us something new about passwords.Then our special guest for this episode, Kamilaroi water scientist Bradley Moggridge, drops by to chat about his career, pathways for young mob and what's happening with our waterways.

Rae Johnston catches up with talented and determined all-rounder musician Rhyan Clapham, aka Dobby, to chat about his globe-trotting career, his music being taught in schools, and his upcoming gig at Canberra International Music Festival.Then, actor and singer Shakira Clanton drops by to talk about her new show Still, I Rise which features a range of her life experiences - from the racism and sexism she’s faced as a woman of colour in the creative industry to the lessons her single mother tried to impart on her as a teenager.

Join Rae Johnston in this episode of the Take It Blak podcast for your monthly hit of the latest STEM news and interviews.Rae speaks to researchers at the Black Dog Institute about how Google is helping people with depression, an innovator reducing food waste using the internet of things drops by, and Brenz Saunders explains how Adelaide’s beloved football club is helping increase the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the STEM workforce.Then our special guest for this episode, Matt Heffernan, talks about why is focusing his studies on the use of Artificial Intelligence within the justice system.

Rae Johnston catches up with award-winning poet Evelyn Araluen to chat about the release of her first book, Drop Bear, which 'confronts the tropes and iconography of an unreconciled nation with biting satire and lyrical fury'.Then, Nicholas Richie - who you may know better as @NichTopher - drops by to talk about the role of social media in raising awareness for Indigenous issues, why platforms like Instagram are going out of their way to support it.

Take It Blak podcast co-hosts Jack Latimore and Shahni Wellington discuss heritage protection laws, rascist place names and the 30th anniversary of the final report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody; the return of the NITV flagship current affairs program, The Point; upcoming stories for NITV News; and chat with country music legend and proud Gumbaynggirr/Bundjalung man Troy Cassar-Daley about healing on Country and his latest album, The World Today.

Join NITV's Science & Technology Editor Rae Johnston In this episode of the Take It Blak podcast for your monthly hit of the latest STEM news and interviews.Rae speaks to researchers at CSIRO about a new bushfire prediction app, Zoom drops by to talk predicting COVID-spreading meeting rooms with air quality monitors, and Spotify has a bootcamp for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander podcasters.Plus, we chat with CSIRO's Dr Justin Perry and Microsoft's Lee Hickin about how artificial intelligence is helping Indigenous rangers save sea turtles.

Join host Rae Johnston and guests Shahni Wellington and Jason Davis as they discuss the campaign to find and encourage victims who were forcibly removed from their families to seek compensation and a revolutionary new way to carry government and cultural identification at all times.

Join Jack Latimore and guests Paul Daley & Jodan Perry as they discuss the fallout from the Collingwood FC Do Better report, Eddie McGuire's legacy, institutional racism, and what changes to expect with the 2021 season of NITV's current affairs program, The Point.

In this episode of the Take It Blak podcast, Join NITV's Science & Technology Editor Rae Johnston In this episode of the Take It Blak podcast for your monthly hit of the latest STEM news and interviews. In this ep, Rae looks at smart voice assistant Alexa,( is she getting even smarter?); Google's Alphabet shuts down its remote-region internet business; Sony's plans to make virtual reality a spectator sport; the new wireless charging that can boost your phone battery through the air; and how we're one step closer to solving one of the biggest mysteries in science. Plus, we talk to David Johnston from Aboriginal Archaeologists Australia about the importance and role of First Nations Archaeologists.

Join NITV Online’s Take It Blak podcast with host Rae Johnston and guests Jack Latimore and Rhanna Collins as we discuss our feelings about January 26 - but also how we tackle it as a news organisation, as journalists, and as Aboriginal people.

Join NITV Online’s Take It Blak podcast with host Rae Johnston and guests Witiyana Marika and Stephen Maxwell Johnson, co-creators of the new critically acclaimed feature film, High Ground. The film tells the story of a WW1 sniper turned policeman who loses control of an operation, resulting in a massacre in the Northern Territory. Twelve years later he returns to the area, tracking an Aboriginal warrior who is enacting his own form of justice on the new settlers. How do you tell a story like this today, proper ways? Find out in this first episode of Take It Blak for 2021.

A year of extraordinary events, issues, crises, achievements, strength and perserverance is given a Blak perspective from the NITV News crew. Hosted by Natalie Ahmat, this episode of Take It Blak podcast first aired nationwide as a 54 minute NITV News special that included Rae Johnston, Jack Latimore, Jodan Perry, Rachael Hocking, Keira Jenkins, & Sarah Collard.

Join NITV Online’s Take It Blak podcast with host Shahni Wellington and guests Bruce Pascoe and Vicky Shukuroglou to discuss their latest work Loving Country and how connecting to Country can help with healing after this hellish year. We also discuss the Black Lives Matter movement; a very scientific theory as to why wombats glow under UV light; and the new beer that gives back to community – Dark Emu Dark Ale. Just in time for your Christmas break.

In this episode of the Take It Blak podcast, NITV's Science & Technology Editor Rae Johnston has your monthly hit of the latest STEM news and interviews, looking at the intersection of traditional knowledge and modern science, and speaking to industry leaders. This month: what TikTok is doing for users with epilepsy, Twitter reveals the top #BlakTwitter users from #NAIDOC2020, the portable labs aiming to close the digital divide, the science behind meditation apps, and we explore the galaxy with no dark matter. Plus, when Deadly Science's Corey Tutt was told by teachers he wasn't smart enough to pursue a career in science. He opens up about how and why he did it anyway.

Visual artist Fiona Foley and Hip Hop artist Birdz join Take It Blak host Jack Latimore to discuss Country and the impacts of colonisation on Badtjala lands and peoples, and on Queensland and Australia more broadly, including the Endeavour, the Act, dispersals, Blak resistance and the enduring connection of place.

This NAIDOC Week special episode sees the legendary singer-songwriter Archie Roach yarn with Take It Blak host Jack Latimore about the release of his latest album, The Songs of Charcoal Lane; the 30th anniversary of his classic debut album; challenging institutions and demonstrating for change; and what it's like to find himself on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine as one of the 50 all-time great Australian artists.

In this episode of Take It Blak, NITV's Science & Technology Editor Rae Johnston has your monthly hit of the latest STEM news and interviews, looking at the intersection of traditional knowledge and modern science, and speaking to industry leaders. This month: how we know there's water on the moon, noise-cancelling without the headphones, what makes the PlayStation 5 controller so special and the ethics and future of DNA study. Plus, Indigital's Mikaela Jade talks about alternate pathways into tech and decolonisation using Minecraft.

‘Who is Namatjira? Namatjira could be anybody’: Archibald winner Western Arrernte man Vincent Namatjira talks to Take It Blak host Rachael Hocking about growing up in foster care, learning about his famous Namatjira surname, and what it means to be the first Blackfulla to win the Archibald Prize, and build his own legacy as a contemporary figurative artist.

In this episode of Take It Blak, NITV's Science & Technology Editor Rae Johnston has your monthly hit of the latest STEM news and interviews, looking at the intersection of traditional knowledge and modern science, and speaking to industry leaders. This month: the biggest news from the games industry this year, Apple's latest hardware, asteroid near-misses, wine science (really!) and Indigitek's Ben Armstrong talks candidly about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participation in the tech industry.

Alyawarre singer-songwriter Leah Flanagan takes Take It Blak host Jack Latimore through her deeply personal new album that explores and celebrates her Aboriginality, as well as her Italian and Irish heritage; how to write a good song; and the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the Australian music industry.

Climb into your swift suit and join Take It Blak hosts Jack Latimore, John Paul Janke and Keira Jenkins as they flashblak to the 2000 Sydney Olympics to discuss the iconic sporting moments, the lead up, the protests, the cultural significance, the nostalgia, the blackfullas involved on and off the track, the actual track, and other lesser known Bla(c)k histories surrounding the Games of the XXVII Olympiad.

It's been a massive few weeks for Sonja Stewart, a proud Yuin woman from the south coast of New South Wales, who has been appointed as CEO of the NSW Law Society and the Chair of the GO Foundation. Sonja speaks with Take It Blak podcast host John Paul Janke about getting on Country, the positivity of kinship, education, the early Indigenous Rights movement, the bureaucratisation of Indigenous affairs, Indigenous Achievement and more.

Sexy black man Steven Oliver joins Take It Blak co hosts Shahni Wellington and Jack Latimore to yarn about national narratives, learning the guitar, Songlines, Michael Jackson, Science, Time and writing and presenting the new NITV documentary, Looky Looky Here Comes Cooky. Go on, have a good doris.

San Antonio Spurs Guard and proud Torres Strait Islander man Patty Mills joins Grayson McCarthy-Grogan for a Short Blak to talk about his new Indigenous Basketball Australia (IBA) initiative, which is part of the NBA star's ongoing commitment to improve the social and economic conditions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia. The new initiative comes after just weeks after the three-time Olympian pledged his entire NBA restart salary to support social justice causes.

Yolngu songman Rrawun Maymuru speaks to Rachael Hocking about the roots of his song, Nyapillilngu [Spirit Lady], its nomination in the Indigenous Language category at this year's National Indigenous Music Awards, and other topics like being away from Country, as well as sharing his memories and the lessons he learnt from his mentor and grandfather Dr Yunupingu.

Australia has a 10-year plan for astronomy, and that plan just had its mid-term review. It found Australian physicists and astronomers played a crucial part in some of the decade’s most significant scientific discoveries. But the industry has a long way to go when it comes to integrating Indigenous knowledge. In this special Short Blak, Gammilaray Astrophysicist Karlie Noon speaks with Science & Technology Editor Rae Johnston about the systemic issues STEM industries have with diversity, the mysteries of the universe, and why looking to the stars even matters.

Co-hosts Shahni Wellington and Jack Latimore are joined by First People's Assembly of Victoria co-chairs Geraldine Atkinson and Marcus Stewart, and North West delegate Jason Kelly, to discuss the role of Truth-telling on the pathway to treaties, transitional justice, reparations programs, truth commissions, federal treaty, Reconciliation, racial profiling and white privilege in policing, and the functions of the First People's Assembly.

Miles Franklin award winner Tara June Winch spoke to Rachael Hocking from her home in France to yarn about winning Australia's most prestigious literary award with her novel, The Yield, truth-telling, Black Lives Matter and the recent surge in interest for First Nations' literature, as well as the future for our youth and languages.

Writer Roxane Gay caught up with NITV The Point's Rachael Hocking from her car in Los Angeles to chat about Black Lives Matter, tearing down confederate statues, and why she wants to re-imagine a world with no police.

Co hosts Rachael Hocking and Yokayi Footy's Bianca Hunt are joined by The Feed's Ahmed Yussuf to discuss media diversity, 'the boy's club' that makes up sport commentary in Australia and the ongoing Collingwood Football Club racism allegations - including an interview with former player Héritier Lumumba.

Take it Blak hosts Jack Latimore and Rhanna Collins are joined by National NAIDOC committee co-chair John Paul Janke to talk about this year's theme, Always was, Always will be; the history of NAIDOC Week; NAIDOC Week in the time of COVID-19; NAIDOC gala balls and dances; and other things NAIDOC related. All that and a little bit more on episode 11 of Take It Blak.

Join NITV Online's Take It Blak hosts Jack Latimore and Keira Jenkins as we talk poetry and protest with guests Evelyn Araluen Corr and Ellen Van Neervan. We examine the newly released poetry anthology from UQP titled, Fire Front; Desert Pea Media's anthology, Homeland Calling; Evelyn's own soon-to-be-released collection, Dropbear; Ellen's already released (and increasingly celebrated) collection, Throat; plus we hear from Fire Front editor Alison Whittaker, and Raelee Lancaster reads Haunted House. There's also the street demonstrations, systemic racism and crows (like actual crows talking on the podcast. Yup). All that and more on episode 9 of Take It Blak.

Join Take It Blak co-hosts Rae Johnston and Keira Jenkins as we discuss how media make sure “other” important stories aren't lost in the noise of a crisis impacting the entire world. Plus: how do you look after yourself as an individual? What is self-care?And how critical is it to our health and well-being? Featuring interviews with Marlee Silva (Tiddas for Tiddas), Rhanna Collins (Executive Editor, Indigenous News & Current Affairs at NITV) and Natalie Ahmat (Presenter/Producer/Senior Journalist at NITV News). All that, and more, on episode eight of the Take It Blak podcast.

Join us as we discuss the coronavirus pandemic and what COVID-19 means for our mobs and broader society, the importance and social responsibility of your efforts at 'flattening the curve', best hygiene practices, self-isolation and video games, working from home, the numerous closures, postponements and suspensions of stuff, the Prime Minister's handling of the virus crisis, community concerns and questions, the threat to remote and regional First Nations communities, and this week's announcement of the Victorian Stolen Generations Redress Scheme. All that and more, on episode seven of the Take It Blak podcast, with co-hosts Rae Johnston and Jack Latimore.

Join Jack Latimore on the road at WOMADelaide 2020 for a discussion of revolutionary music, protest songs, political resistance, solidarity projects, collaborative partnerships, festivals and pathways into the music industry for emerging First Nations artists. All that and more, on the sixth episode of NITV News Online’s podcast, Take It Blak, featuring guests Ian Scobie, Leah Flanagan, Mr Berliku Lian Timor, Robbie Thorpe, Zvi Belling, & MC One-Sixth.

Join us as we discuss trailblazing Aboriginal women, representation of First Nations women in media, the extraordinary story of Jody Gore, employment and education pathways, and International Women's Day. All that and more, on the fifth episode of NITV News Online’s podcast, Take It Blak, with NITV Radio's executive producer Kerri-Lee Harding, NITV News' cross platform journalist Keira Jenkins, and senior editor Natalie Ahmat.

Join us as we discuss the Indigenous All Stars, the ongoing online bullying of nine-year-old Murri boy Quaden Bayles, the axing of the national anthem, the power of the War Cry and Haka, the media representations of Rabbitoh star Latrell Mitchell, and what's in store this season on the return of NITV's Over The Black Dot. All that and more on the fourth episode of NITV News Online’s podcast, Take It Blak, co-hosted by Jack Latimore and (this week) The Dot's Jodan Perry and NITV Radio Executive Producer Kerri-Lee Harding.

Human rights lawyer and principle solicitor of the National Justice Project (NJP) joins Take It Blak co-host Jack Latimore to discuss racial profiling in policing, the New South Wales Police Force's Suspect Target Management Plan, and the NJP's CopWatch community education strategy.

Barkindji artist Kent Morris joins Take It Blak co-host Jack Latimore to discuss The Torch Project, an initiative that goes into prisons and communities in Victoria to provide First Nations people with cultural connection, healing and the opportunity to make art.

Join us as we discuss the over-representation of Blackfellas in the prison system, art and healing, documentary film making, and that #TooStrongForYouKaren moment in Mildura on the third episode of NITV News Online’s podcast, Take It Blak, co-hosted by Jack Latimore and Rae Johnston: this week featuring film-maker Alex Siddons and our new NITV Radio Executive Producer Kerri-Lee Harding.

Join us as we discuss Black History Month, Bryan Stevenson, truth-telling, memorials and more on the second episode of NITV News Online's brand new podcast, Take It Blak, co-hosted by Jack Latimore and Rae Johnston: featuring Living Black's Karla Grant and NITV multi-platform producer Ross Turner.

Join us as we discuss the issues surrounding January 26 on the first episode of our brand new podcast, Take It Blak, co-hosted by Jack Latimore and Rae Johnston: featuring Beau Spearim, Clare Land, Prof. Marcia Langton, and Celeste Liddle.

Coming soon - the new podcast from the team at NITV News Online.