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Live at RRR: Black Jesus eXperience

Melbourne ten-piece Black Jesus eXperience bring their irresistible combination of Ethiopian song, jazz, hip hop and funk to the Triple R Performance Space on Friday 17 April. Hosted by Shambe Olweny-Pu of Opium Audia.

Baseline: Crystal Simeoni on Pan-African Feminism and Economic Justice

Nana is joined on Baseline by Kenya‑based Pan‑African feminist Crystal Simeoni, Executive Director of The Nawi Afrifem Collective (Nawi Collective), an African feminist political economy collective.

New & Groovy: Alex Pertout’s Viajes

Percussionist and composer Alex Pertout joins New & Groovy to discuss Viajes (Travels), a new album shaped across Cuba, Argentina, Chile, Australia, New York and India.

Sometimes Always: Celebrity Narratives with Brodie Lancaster

Sarah Smith is joined on the inaugural episode of Sometimes Always for a wide-ranging conversation with writer and fellow Tigers tragic Brodie Lancaster.

Blue Communications

Triple R's Album of the Week is Blue Communications, the debut self-titled album from Melbourne inner north trio Aine Keogh, Billie Burrows and Zev Weinstein.

Soundscape

Triple R's favourite releases of this week include: Thundercat, Stepmother, saith, SUNN O))), Cloud Management & Vivien Goldman, National Photo Committee, Parlor Greens, She Past Away and Crack Cloud.

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Interview

Baseline: Sunny Adock on the "Death" of Entertainment Reporting

Nana is joined on Baseline by Sydney-based journalist, culture writer and Head of Editorial at Missing Perspectives, Sunny Adcock, to unpack the state of entertainment reporting.

Sunny breaks down the difference between…

Interview

Banksia: Cooee on Creative Collaboration and Debut LP Messengers

Musicians and visual artists, Mark Chester Harding and Gunai woman, Kirli Saunders both make Cooee and joined Vanessa Morris on Banksia to talk all about debut album Messengers.

They spoke about the…

Interview

Baseline: The Sophie Duker Show and the Politics of Comedy

Nana is joined by London-based writer and comedian Sophie Duker during her run at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

Sophie traces her comedy journey, from performing in an improv troupe at Oxford University…

Interview

The Mission: Douglas Smith on Armed Transit Officers in the NT and the Impact on Aboriginal Communities

Mirning and Kokatha man and Guardian Australia's Indigenous affairs reporter, Douglas Smith joins host of The Mission Daniel James to discuss the NT government’s decision to arm transit officers and its potential impact…

Interview

The Mission: Rachel Perkins on Shaping Our Understanding of Australia Through Story

Renowned Arrernte and Kalkadoon filmmaker Rachel Perkins joins host of The Mission Daniel James to discuss reframing Australia’s history and combating false narratives through storytelling, drawing on her landmark works First Australians and…