This week Samira is joined by Dr Sam Whiting, Vice-Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow at RMIT University and a 2024 Churchill Fellowship recipient, to discuss challenges faced by grassroots music venues in Australia and…
General Vibes fills in for Samira this week. They speak with Jenna Rain Warwick, a First Nations artist and ACMI curator, about her latest exhibition 'Beneath Roads', a three-channel work at ACMI running…
Samira is joined by PhD cadidate Aviroop Gupta about the recent election that took place in India. Shes also joined by Aunty Marjorie Anderson, who is the national spokesperson for 13 YARN, as…
This week, Samira is back to keep the important conversations coming.
Starting off with Monash University scholars, Stephanie Wescott and Steven Roberts, who recently published their research into how the manosphere and men’s…
This week, Samira is joined by Jana Favero, ASRC’s Head of Systemic Change & Betia Shakiba, Human Rights Lawyer and Refugee Advocate, to discuss Betia’s op-ed for The Guardian on Labor’s Deportation bill…
Samira Farah speaks to Iranian-Australian singer/instrumentalist and one half of band ZÖJ, Gela Pour who will be composing a special live performace set to the screening of the 1925 silent documentary film GRASS…
This week, Samira is joined in the studio by Brodie Murray, Wamba Wamba and Ngarrindjeri storyteller, playwright and performing artist. Brodie talks through his debut production ‘The Whisper’, which is playing at Fortyfivedownstairs…
Samira speaks to Kate Power, senior lecturer at the University of Queensland discussing burn out in the arts and culture sector. She also speaks with PhD candidate Aviroop Gupta about research into state…
Kate Fielding, CEO of A New Approach (ANA), tells Samira all about the organisation's latest paper Friend, foe or frenemy: Foreseeable impacts of AI on arts, culture and creativity, which dissects the…
Musician and RRR presenter of The Exchange, Kiwat Kennell, joins Guest Host Leah Avene to discuss the It's a Mob Thing festival, a community-led music festival supporting local First Nations communities and…
Samira speaks to five guests about the power of community radio, the importance of representation in Australian media, and the relationship between the arts and community radio.
Monash PHD student and teaching associate Andrew Copolov discusses the creation of a pop-up free staffroom for food delivery and rideshare drivers at Testing Grounds in Queen Vic Market. Later, Lamine Sonko talks…
Dr Amanda Porter from the University of Melbourne explains grey areas when interpreting statistics and how ideology plays into how statistics are presented around Blak deaths in custody. First time actor Mwajemi Hussein…
TV Host and Filmmaker Bol Lual explains how ‘The Seed Network’, a new program airing on Channel 31, will amplify unheard voices from the African diaspora. To understand microaggressions and their impact on…
Co-curator Priya Namana is joined by artist Devika Billimoria over the phone to share their exhibition ‘Debut XIX’ which is at Blindside Gallery. Curator Mara Sison explains the ideas behind Sekala Niskala (…
Musician and artist Lonnie Holley calls in to talk new album, Oh Me Oh My, and how he has kept up his artistic practice over his career. Evan Smith discusses his new…
CEO of the Migrant Workers Centre, Matt Kunkel, goes over the findings of their new survey on discrimination facing migrant workers with host Samira Farah. Then musician, Gold Fang, calls in to talk…
On this special International Women’s Day episode, Leah Avene fills in for Samira, talking with artist Amrita Hepi on her exhibition, The Anguilla Pursuit at the Gertrude Glasshouse. Chairperson for not-for-profit organisation Prosper…
Leah Avene fills in as host chatting with Dr Quinn Eades on the complex history of pride, protest and resilience, poetry and community. DJ, Lady Shakaexplains how her queerness and Indigeneity inform…
Indigenous Australian dancer and choreographer, Amelia O’Leary and Chinese-Malaysian dance artist, Janelle Tan explain how their show, A Certain Mumble for Darebin Arts Speakeasy, compares their experiences as outsiders within Australian society.…
Researcher and PhD candidate Damilola Ayeni talks about her article for The Conversation, which looks at how social media platforms, and in particular Facebook, are managing vaccine misinformation at this stage in the…
CEO of the Secretariat of the National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC), Catherine Liddle talks about National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day, a day for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander…
Artist and curator Tamsen Hopkinson talks about Polyphonic Reverb, a group exhibition on display at the Gertrude Contemporary. The exhibition brings together works by a selection leading of artists to reflect the…
Researcher and senior lecturer at Southern Cross University, Doctor Kathomi Gatwiri talks about ‘Reclaiming racial dignity: An ethnographic study of how African youth in Australia use social media to visibilise anti-Black racism’; Next…
Executive director of Digital Right Watch, James Clark talks about a recent investigation by CHOICE Australia that found three major retailers using facial recognition technology - often without customers realising; Doctor Amrita Malhi…
Najma Sambul - reporter at The Age and fellow Triple R presenter - joins The Score for a pop-culture wrap-up. They cover everything from the recent TV Logie Awards, Beyoncé's long-awaited upcoming album…
Artists and curators Kate ten Buuren & Maya Hodge discuss ‘Collective Movements’, their exhibition, publishing project, conversation, and workshop platform. ‘Collective Movements’ is a wide-ranging project focusing on the work of historic and…
Proud Gunditjmara man, and singer/songwriter, author, and filmmaker Richard J. Franklin talks about his latest show ‘No More Sugar No More Tea’. The show tells stories through letters from First Nations women to…
Multidisciplinary artist Yuriyal Eric Bridgeman talks about his latest exhibition 'YAL'. The exhibition presents a selection of photographic work and large painted shields created with members of the artist's Yuri tribe of Simbu…
This week on The Score, artist Roberta Joy Rich talks about her current exhibition ‘The Purple Shall Govern’ displayed at Footscray Community Arts Centre. The works will be presented as part of the…
Co-Director at Democracy in Colour, Neha Madhok talks about the now shelved religious discrimination bill. Democracy in Colour is a national organisation for racial and economic justice led by people of colour; next…
This week on The Score, Samira chats with Elaine Pearson, Australian Director of Human Rights Watch and Jane Favero, Director of Advocacy and Campaigns at the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, on…
This week on The Score, Samira chats with psychologist and PhD candidate Hannah Yared as they review and discuss ABC series 'The School That Tried To End Racism'. Samira also chats with Melbourne…
This week on The Score, Samira chats with Arrernte and Jamaican multidisciplinary artist Aurora Liddle-Christie about Dreamy, an online project that highlights First Nations storytellers with sleep stories for people to listen to.
This week on The Score, Samira chats with artists Jenna Lee and Sharn Geary on their new works as part of Koorie Heritage Trust's upcoming exhibition, Blak Jewellery. Samira also chats with…
This week on The Score, Samira speaks with Dr Melani Anae, Associate Professor at the University of Auckland, on the recent apology by Aotearoa/New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinta Ardern for the infamous…
This week on The Score, Samira chats with social media extraordinaire and author Nathan Lyons on their brand new cookbook Kooking with a Koori, featuring Indigenous Australian soul foods that won't break…
This week on The Score, Samira chats with Mimi Crowe & Penelope Benton, Co-Directors of the National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) on the release of the new report Imagining 2030:…
