Podcasts about Faustina Agolley

Faustina Agolley is a writer, producer, DJ, presenter, actor, and all-round legend.She hosted Video Hits, Channel Ten's flagship music program in Australia, from 2006-2011; she's toured with Oprah Winfrey as her resident DJ, and she made her stage debut in the 2017 Sydney Theatre Company award-winning production, The Father.We discuss music by Kylie Minogue, Janelle Monaé, and Tyler, The Creator.You can follow Faustina online here.Send us a textSupport the showTo celebrate our fiftieth episode, I want to hear your queer tracks. Send me a voice note of a song, album, or artist that has resonated with your life, and I'll include it in Episode 50. Email me your voicenote at tracksofourqueers@gmail.com. Help keep Tracks of Our Queers ad-free by shouting me a coffee right here. Thank you for your support.

Faustina Agolley (Fuzzy) is Ghanaian and Chinese Malaysian. She hosted Video Hits, was a DJ for Oprah and is a writer, producer and presenter.  We chat about:  A london love story ft The Temptations  Growing up in a multi-generational Chinese household Having too much on her plate to study Chinese Learning about her dad through his music Going to Ghana Blackness being a celebration of the self  DJing for Oprah Hosting Video Hits Learning from Alicia Keys Hosted by: Maria Birch-Morunga and Kate Robinson Guest: Faustina Agolley Music by: the Green Twins Edited by: Kate Robinson This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the eastern Kulin Nations, and our guest joined us from land of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation.You can find us on Instagram @beingbiracialpodcast or send us an email at beingbiracialpodcast@gmail.com

(#69) This week the girls host a national treasure, an Icon and the starlet of every millennial's Saturday morning, Faustina Agolley! Affectionately known as Fuzzy, Faustina Agolley is a TV host, TV producer, music journalist, writer and DJ. Faustina hosted Australia's flagship music program, Video Hits, for five years where she travelled the world interviewing the music industry's biggest stars. Fuzzy details her early years, growing up a multi-generational home in Clayton Melbourne, the impact of an invested teacher, visiting Ghana for the first time during adolescence, her amazing determination and grit that helped her forge her own path in Australian media. Listen along as Fuzzy recounts her best and worst interviews from Alicia Keys and Adele to Kanye West, Video Hitz accidentally being cancelled and her entrepreneurial journey since 2021, founding haircare brand Superfamily and more! EnjoySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Many Australians may have seen Kim Leutwyler's work without ever having set foot in a gallery. In 2019 her impressive Archibald painting of television presenter Faustina Agolley was splashed across Sydney to promote the prize. The striking image was on a huge banner above the entrance of the gallery, on bus shelters around the city, in newspapers and even on the front cover of a magazine. Kim is no stranger to the Archibald Prize - she's been shortlisted in five out of the last seven years. And her sitters all have one thing in common; they are people she admires and who are making a mark in the queer community. Using bold colour in a distinctive style, Kim involves her sitters in the process, depicting them with an exciting combination of realism and abstraction. Always innovating and moving forward, she is constantly pushing towards pure abstraction, exploring and experimenting along the way. Kim has a fabulously positive outlook and is a regular finalist in many major Australian art prizes and has exhibited widely across Australia and the US. This episode was recorded remotely during the 2021 Sydney lockdown. To hear the podcast episode click 'play' on the above photo. Above portrait photo courtesy of the artist Links to things we talk about in the episode Kim Leutwyler's websiteKim Leutwyler with Nanda HobbsKim Leutwyler with 33 ContemporaryKim Leutwyler at BluethumbFaustina AgolleyTrixie MattelTenebrismKehinde Wiley Marc Etherington Robert RauschenbergGamblin's 'Torrit Grey' Click here for tickets to 'The Artist Speaks' series at the Art Gallery of NSW referred to in the introduction of this episode. Faustina the Fuzz, 2019, oil and acrylic on canvas, 30” x 30”Finalist Archibald Prize 2019 Trixie Mattel, 2019, oil and acrylic on canvas , 60” x 40”Finalist Portia Geach Memorial award 2019 Brian with pink, blue and yellow, 2020, Oil on canvas, 48 x 36"Finalist Archibald Prize 2020 Kim, 2021, oil on canvas, 110 x 101.5 cmFinalist Archibald Prize 2021 Rhi, 2021, oil on canvas, 40" x 30" Werrong with Pink and Blue, 2020, oil and acrylic on canvas, 48"x 36" Danger Zone, 2020, oil and acrylic on canvas , 38in x 46inCollaboration with Marc Etherington Watson, 2018, oil and acrylic on canvas, 60” x 40”

TV host, actor, DJ, producer and writer Faustina Agolley talks about growing up African-Chinese in Australia, the Black Lives Matter movement, racism and the media. She explains why she's serious pissed off about the Instagram black squares campaign and discusses how we can move forward as individuals and as a nation.

In this very special episode of the Big Sister Hotline, Clementine is joined by the TV host, DJ, actor, writer and all round excellent human, FAUSTINA AGOLLEY. What does it look like to form a connection with a parent years after they've passed away? How can the experience of coming out be a cause for celebration? What does loving someone in 'the right way' look like, and is it reason enough to stay in a relationship? And why must white people be more proactive in undoing the damage and structural existence of white supremacy? This is a wide ranging conversation that is both challenging and vital for those of us committed to the feminist project. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/clementineford-bigsisterhotline. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

TV binges, wellness trends - is that all we ever talk about anymore? Our culture experts get to the bottom of what, exactly, we're trying to tune out. Recorded at ANTIDOTE 2019, this episode features Zing Tsjeng, Brigid Delaney and Patrick Lenton, and is hosted by Faustina Agolley.

Before we say goodbye to 2019, we sit down with Faustina Agolley about what it was like growing up between worlds. Between her African and Asian heritage as they collided in Australia. Between her queer identity and the hetero world she was living in and how she went from watching The Oprah Winfrey show as a kid and can now tell us what she smells like.

In the face of violence and racism, how do we keep believing in change? Black Lives Matter leader and Pod Save the People host DeRay Mckesson spoke at ANTIDOTE 2019 with Faustina Agolley about justice, action and hope.  Watch more from ANTIDOTE 2019: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKKWbWvkO0GBMxpPhA7V-5hI0A3ZEYcyP

If you missed out on the first Fitzroy Writers Festival here’s your chance to listen to one of our sold-out sessions. The Growing Up African in Australia anthology, compiled by award-winning author Maxine Beneba Clarke, brings together an array of stories from African-diaspora Australians. At the Fitzroy Writers Festival Maxine discussed the collection with contributors Faustina Agolley, Santilla Chingaipe, Nyadol Nyuon and Guido Melo. You can find Growing Up African in Australia, published by Black Inc, at your local branch of Yarra Libraries. This panel was brought to you in partnership with the Ewing Trust and Yarra Youth Services. Theme song is Add And by Broke For Free. Yarra Libraries Recommends Growing Up African in Australia – ed. Maxine Beneba Clarke Growing Up African in Australia (audio) – ed. Maxine Beneba Clarke Foreign Soil – Maxine Beneba Clarke The Hate Race – Maxine Beneba Clarke Carrying the World – Maxine Beneba Clarke Growing Up Asian in Australia – ed. Alice Pung Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia – ed. Anita Heiss Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia (audio) – ed. Anita Heiss Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia (ebook) – ed. Anita Heiss

This week we speak with Faustina Agolley about experiences of growing up in Australia. In the newly released anthology of short stories ‘Growing up African in Australia’ Faustina Agolley writes about exploring her cultural identity alongside the story of her father Samuel Agolley. We are introduced to her father through his tragic passing and it is with Faustina’s curiosity; the love her parents shared, and the connection to her Ghanaian family that she is guided in her understanding of what it means to be growing up African in Australia. Follow us at @browngirlpod or browngirlpod.com for more on Faustina's episode.

Matt has interviewed some of the most amazing women in Australia, but what has he learnt? Matt's wife, Nikki-Wilson Smith, is keen to find out. Here's a recap of the guests who've joined Matt on his mission to find women to inspire his daughter, Flo. Season 1: Women to Inspire My Daughter Midwife Cath, Emily and Jen Prior, Fiona Wood, Lisa Norman, Lesley Meaney, Anne Halbert, Joy Jorgensen and Nikki Wilson-Smith. Season 2: Women to Inspire My Daughter Heidi Anderson, Bronwyn Barnes, Anya Brock, Stephanie Hunt, Fleur McDonald, Faustina Agolley, Jessica Gethin and Julie Bishop. GOOD CHAT SHOW NOTES: https://www.matttinney.com JOIN THE GOOD CHATTERS FACEBOOK GROUP: https://facebook.com/groups/goodchatpodcast

How do you find your identity? Faustina Agolley is a TV host, actor and DJ who has even worked for Oprah. But that’s only half her story. GOOD CHAT SHOW NOTES: https://matttinney.com JOIN THE GOOD CHATTERS FACEBOOK GROUP: https://facebook.com/groups/goodchatpodcast

Faustina Agolley reflects on her anxiety issues and on the strategies she used to kick it to the curb! Faustina Agolley is a TV Host, Actor, DJ, Producer and writer. She’s hosted Video Hits, The Voice and the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. Last year she made her stage debut with a Sydney Theatre Company and Melbourne Theatre Company’s co-production and she’s toured Australia and New Zealand as Oprah’s resident DJ. Queerstories is an LGBTQI+ storytelling night programmed by Maeve Marsden, with regular events around Australia. For Queerstories event dates, visit www.maevemarsden.com, and follow Queerstories on Facebook. The Queerstories book is published by Hachette Australia, and can be purchased from your favourite independent bookseller or on Booktopia. To support Queerstories, become a patron at www.patreon.com/ladysingsitbetter And for gay stuff and insomnia rants follow me - Maeve Marsden - on Twitter and Instagram.   See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

In part 2 of ‘Hey Aunty! Where’re you from?’ we welcome incredible guest Faustina Agolley. Faustina is a much loved TV Host, Actor, Writer and DJ. She embodies excellence, vulnerability and pride in all of her identities, in a way that’s so warm and accessible that you can forget how subversive and political it is. Faustina and Shantel share a wonderful chat about identity, belonging and the experiences that shape who we know ourselves to be. Those conversations that you mull over for weeks? This is one of those, check it out... Photo by Marija Ivkovic

Stop Everything! shares your - and our - pop culture happy places: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Terrace House, cookbooks, Instapoetry and more... Plus, Dalara Williams on season three of Black Comedy, and Gates McFadden on keeping up with Star Trek: The Next Generation fans.

Stop Everything! shares your - and our - pop culture happy places: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Terrace House, cookbooks, Instapoetry and more... Plus, Dalara Williams on season three of Black Comedy, and Gates McFadden on keeping up with Star Trek: The Next Generation fans.

Join me for a chat with Faustina Agolley as we talk about how she lives a creative life. There's some bubbles, and the mandatory coffee!

Festival director Wesley Enoch joins Richard to chat about the 2018 Sydney Festival program; Artist Liza McCosh pops by to talk about the abstract work Liminal at 45 Downstairs, and performer Faustina Agolley talks about their debut in MTCs The Father.

All throughout the production of It's Not A Race, Beverley Wang asked her guests to finish this sentence, "The first time I saw me ... " When did they first see themselves represented in popular culture, in books, films, movies, music or TV? For some, the answers came easily. But for others, it was difficult. Contact us at notarace@abc.net.au or by tweeting #NotARace.

It's Not A Race explores what it's like to grow up as a biracial Australian, with Faustina Agolley, Lucie Cutting and Nkechi Anele. And producer Leona Hameed shares a story of sisterly conflict. Contact us at notarace@abc.net.au or use #NotARace.

TV presenter Faustina Agolley, writer Jessica Merritt, and the parents of murdered Sydney man Matthew Leveson discuss the challenges and triumphs of coming out of the closet. Hosted by Samuel Leighton-Dore and presented by SameSame.com.au. 

Faustina Agolley’s Twitter bio describes her as Magnet of Awesome. I love that so much! It must work, at least on some level, exhibit A being that Oprah Winfrey chose her to DJ prior to her “An Evening With Oprah” tour shows. She is positive, creative, confident and comfortable being herself; all traits you know Oprah would certainly be attracted by!My first memories of “Fuzzy” are of watching her host Video Hits. You may have also seen her on Cybershack, Channel [V], The Voice and so much more… She now splits her time between Australia, Los Angeles and London, basically living the dream!This joyful and meaningful chat covers a range of topics from underwater sea creatures and a blue guitar named Bruce, to the power of meditation and the challenges of sexuality. It’s been just over a year since Faustina came out as a gay woman and her reflections on this are wonderful. In conclusion, we attempt to answer the age-old question, “Can you have your cake and eat it, too?” and I’m still unsure if we solved it!My favourite line from this is “You’ve just got to remember the stuff that made your heart full when you were a kid”. Amen!Follow her Blog of Enthusiasm social media accounts @faustinathefuzz and share the “disco jellyfish rainbow love”.The Ever-growing Playlist of Joy below now has 42 songs!