Podcast appearances and mentions of karina lester

On the 15th of October 1953, the first British Atomic test on mainland Australia was undertaken on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) lands, in the north west of South Australia. 70 years on, the legacy of contamination of the land and the intergenerational health impacts remain unaddressed. First Nations people did not consent to the tests and weren't warned. They were heavily impacted by the radioactive fallout, the ‘Black Smoke', and have still not received an apology. Rather they face further nuclear colonialism and the question of where high level radioactive waste from the AUKUS nuclear submarines will end up looms large. We bring you part of a conversation between Anangu-Yankunytjatjara woman Karina Lester and Gunai-Kurnai broadcaster Bunjileenee Robbie Thorpe from his program Bunjil's Fire on Wednesday 10th of October.  Listen to the full interview here.

 It's NAIDOC week and the theme is Get Up Stand Up Show Up!We hear from three incredible activists doing just that: Yankunytjatjara-Anangu woman Karina Lester and Kokatha Mula women Sue Coleman-Haseldine and Mia Haseldine presenting at the event ‘From Port Augusta to Vienna with love'. This Nuclear Ban Hub organised by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons streamed live to Vienna on the 19th June during the first meeting of state parties to the United Nations treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. The treaty was adopted by the United Nations in 2017 and achieved the number of ratifications to bring it into force in January 2021.

Our guest on Aboriginal Way this week is anti-nuclear activist Karina Lester. Karina is a Yankunytjatjara Anangu woman who grew up on the APY Lands in the Far North West of South Australia.Her late father was Yami Lester, an Aboriginal elder and nuclear campaigner, who lost his eye sight after the Maralinga nuclear tests in the 1950s.Karina continues to advocate against nuclear weapons and dumps, such as the proposed Kimba nuclear waste site.In 2017, she spoke to world leaders in New York at the United Nations conference on a nuclear weapons ban treaty. In this episode, Karina updates Aboriginal Way about the the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, with 50 countries on board, but Australia yet to sign.

From 8CCC in Central Australia, MJ Bakewell asks: what does ‘justice’ even mean if no one speaks your language? Supervising production from Belinda Lopez. Training from the Community Media Training Organisation. Distributed by the Community Radio Network. Produced for the 2020 CBAA National Features and Documentary Series. There are over 17 Aboriginal languages spoken in and around Alice Springs – but there’s only been an Aboriginal interpreter service since the year 2000. MJ Bakewell looks to the past, and one Yankuntyjatjara man’s legacy, to see how far we’ve come to ensure Aboriginal language speakers have the right to understand, and be understood. Music Trailrunner by Blue Dot Sessions Algorithms by Chad Crouch Passed Tense by Anne van Schothorst Low Coal Camper by Blue Dot Sessions 4th Chair by Blue Dot Sessions. Sound Effects Power Down by peepholecircus hospital_lobby by tim.kahn cassette-tape by albertomarun. Special Thanks Linda Rive for indulging me with her recollections and suggestions Rob Rosenthal for his structural guidance and generous feedback Natalie at AIATSIS for helping me dig out the archive tape Avery special thanks to Karina Lester, who opened her home to me. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Australia, there were hundreds, perhaps thousands, of languages. Until English arrived. Rudi Bremer and Karina Lester talk about the destruction and revival of indigenous Australian languages. Content note: this episode refers to violence and genocide. Find more information about the topics in this episode at theallusionist.org/custodians. The Allusionist music is by Martin Austwick. Hear Martin’s songs at palebirdmusic.com or on Spotify, and he’s @martinaustwick on Twitter and Instagram. He also composed the music for the new kids’ science podcast Maddie’s Sound Explorers. I make two other podcasts, Veronica Mars Investigations and Answer Me This, which are soothingly escapist. The Allusionist's online home is theallusionist.org. Stay in touch at twitter.com/allusionistshow, facebook.com/allusionistshow and instagram.com/allusionistshow. This month, the Allusionist is sponsored by: • BetterHelp online licensed professional counselling. Get started today at betterhelp.com/allusionist and receive a 10% discount off your first month with the discount code ALLUSIONIST. • Bombas socks, thoughtfully engineered for comfort and durability - and for every pair of socks you buy, Bombas donates a pair to someone in need. Get twenty percent off your first purchase at Bombas.com/allusionist. • Molekule, air purification reinvented. For 10% off your first air purifier order, visit molekule.com and at checkout enter the code allusionist10. • Squarespace, your one-stop shop for creating and running a good-looking and well-working website. Go to squarespace.com/allusion for a free trial, and use the code ALLUSION to get 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. • Progressive. See your insurance options and start a quote online at progressive.com. • Acorn TV. Allusionist listeners get a 30-day free trial at acorn.tv if you use the code allusionist.

Today we travel to the Norwegian Arctic to meet with a group of indigenous Sami reindeer herders who are worried their traditional knowledge might not be enough to survive the changing climate. And language worker Karina Lester shares some Yankunytjatjara.

Today we travel to the Norwegian Arctic to meet with a group of indigenous Sami reindeer herders who are worried their traditional knowledge might not be enough to survive the changing climate. And language worker Karina Lester shares some Yankunytjatjara.

This Rad Show includes speakers from a panel discussion organised by ICAN commemorating the 75th anniversary of the first nuclear explosion, code-named “Trinity”, honouring the lives and struggles of nuclear survivors. It features two incredible women:Tina Cordova, co-founder of the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium, New Mexico, US.Karina Lester, Yankunytjatjara-Anangu second-generation survivor of nuclear testing in Australia.Link to video of full presentation here: https://www.facebook.com/icanw.au/videos/296239014762853/Music credit: Canada by Pictures of the Floating World

In 1995 a group of senior, indigenous Australian women started a campaign to halt the construction of a nuclear waste facility in a remote part of South Australia. Karina Lester, a granddaughter of one of the women and a translator for the campaign, spoke to Rachael Gillman about their unlikely victory against the Australian government. Photo: Kupa Piti Kungka Tjuta, the group of senior aboriginal women who led the campaign (Umoona Aged Care)

A show exploring the ALP's adoption of a new policy platform, commiting them to Australia's signing and ratification of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, if elected in 2019. Featuring audio from the ALP National Conference which was held in Adelaide, in December 2018. Speeches and interviews with Karina Lester, a Yankunytjatjara Anangu woman from APY lands, Gem Romuld, Australian director of ICAN and Anthony Albanese MP.

On this Radioactive Show we hear about the Black Mist Burnt Country art exhibition and symposium which was organised by Burrinja Cultural Centre. The symposium was held on Saturday 9th September in Adelaide.  It shed light on South Australia’s nuclear history and related environmental and social effects: ranging from the British atomic tests at Maralinga in the 1950s and 1960s, to the effects of uranium mining and recent proposals to store nuclear waste in South Australia near Hawker and Kimba. The symposium explored how artists have reflected on nuclear issues through their practice and gave a voice to affected communities. Artists Nuclear campaigners and community members presented on current developments in regard to the proposed nuclear waste dump in SA. Among the speakers were: Jessie Boylan (artist), Merilyn Fairskye (artist), Paul Brown (producer), David Noonan (nuclear campaigner), Gavin Mudd, Jim Green (Friends of the Earth), Karina Lester (anti-nuclear activist), Tilman Ruff (Nobel Peace Prize laureate), Greg Bannon from the Flinders Local Action Group and Mara Bonacci (Conservation SA).The exhibition Black Mist Burnt Country is on display at the National Museum of Australia, Canberra ACT from 24 August – 18 November 2018.The briefing paper about shippping nuclear waste through SA's ports mentioned by David Noonan in this show can be found here. 

Karina Lester, Yankunytjatjara-Anangu woman from South Australia, tells us about her work to reclaim, revive and maintain Aboriginal languages.Karina's late father was blinded by the nuclear testing program in the 1950s. The Lester family have played an enormous role speaking out against nuclear dangers, from nuclear weapons to radioactive waste.Karina explains the critical role of language in knowing and protecting country, as evidenced by the successful Irati Wanti campaign to prevent the construction of a radioactive waste dump, led by Aboriginal women with special knowledge.This talk was recorded aboard the Peace Boat's recent voyage to Oceania.The Jabiluka calendars mentioned in the show are available for $12 online at Marrawuddi Gallery.Music by the Brolga Boys and Combat Wombat.Image of Karina Lester speaking at Making Waves in Sydney, Redfern Community Centre, by John Janson-Moore.

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Australian -founded International Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) in Norway on International Human Rights Day on December 10th. Australian campaigners and supporters gathered in Melbourne Town Hall to celebrate and watch the ceremony. In this week’s show, we’ll first hear from The Nobel Prize chairperson Berit Reiss-Andersen. 3CR’s Judith Peppard then speaks to ICAN Australia’s Outreach Coordinator, Gem Rumold, outside Melbourne Town Hall. We’ll also hear from Indigenous anti-nuclear activist Karina Lester from South Australia, and Fijian campaigner Vanessa Griffen, before returning to the ceremony to give the closing words of the show to Setsuko Thurlow, a Japanese–Canadian nuclear disarmament campaigner who survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945.  Music is by Kate Vigo and Do the Robot

SA high-level dump project "dead"After two years of Government pressure and community resistance, the SA Premier has finally declared that his proposal for the state to import high-level nuclear waste from around the world is dead. Karina Lester, Yankunytjatjara-Anangu, from the No Dump Alliance tells us about it. She clarifies that while this is a huge win, two communities are still under the threat of a national dump; the Flinders Ranges and Kimba.We hear three spoken word pieces from talented Aboriginal artists at the Black Rhymes event in Sydney: Lorna Munro, Elizabeth Jarrett and Rhyan Clapham.Image: Exposure Community Expo on nuclear waste in Port Augusta, September 2016.Earth Matters #1091 was produced by Gem Romuld.

Karina Lester shares three words in Yankunytjatjara - one even describes a deferential way of speaking that's like a language within a language.

Karina Lester shares three words in Yankunytjatjara - one even describes a deferential way of speaking that's like a language within a language.

The verdicts out and 70% of the South Australian citizens' jury, a group of 350 members of the South Australian public, have said no to an international radioactive waste dump in SA under any circumstances.In today's show we explore the process and the result with Jim Green of Friends of the Earth, Tauto Sansbury a member of the No Dump Alliance, citizens' juror Trisha Drioli, and Karina Lester, chairperson of the Yankunytjatjara native title holders. It's a fascinating insight into the flawed process and, to what was to many, an unexpected outcome.  

 Black Mist, White Rain was a four city speaking tour presented by ICAN, the International Coalition Against Nuclear Weapons, focussing on the idea that for many people in Australia and the Pacific nuclear weapons are not an abstract threat but a lived reality, and it is indigenous peoples who bear the brunt of this.Exploring the stories of people who live with the ongoing consequences of nuclear testing, this episode of Women on the Line brings you excerpts from the Melbourne evening of the tour on Tuesday April 5th, which included speakers Abacca Anjain-Maddison from the Marshall Islands, Sue Coleman-Haseldine, a Kokatha-Mula woman living in Ceduna, South Australia, and Karina Lester, a Yankunytjatjara-Anangu woman who lives in Adelaide.For more information listeners can visit http://icanw.org/.

This week we tune into the radioactive waste dump debate in Hill End, near Sally's Flat, an area that is suddenly in the spotlight for being one of six potential sites for the national radioactive waste dump. We speak with Jodie Carter from the No Central West Nuclear Waste Dump Committee and Nat Wasley from the Beyond Nuclear Initiative. Further afield, we speak with Yankunytjatjara woman Karina Lester, in Japan for the World Nuclear Victims Forum.