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Banksia – Noongar Wongi hip hop artists INKABEE and Flewnt, and Larrakia, Jawoyn and Torres Strait Islander MC Kootsie Don

Hip-hop artists INKABEE and Flewnt discuss INKABEE's new single 'Saved By The Bell' and more, and MC Kootsie Don talks about single 'Lemme Know' and upcoming theatre production CUSP

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Banksia – Agency Projects' Leila Gurruwiwi and Wala Connections' Thara Brown

Agency Projects' Leila Gurruwiwi discussed Numbulwar exhibition and AGENCY UNTOLD panel, and Wala Connections' Thara Brown spoke about upcoming meditation and movement classes at Immigration Museum

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Banksia – Artist Kieren Karritpul and artist, curator, designer and First Nations Fashion + Design founder Grace Lillian Lee

Banksia – Kieren Karritpul discusses solo exhibition Texere: New Woven Surfaces On Fabric and Grace Lillian Lee talks about Exposed Resilience exhibition and First Nations Fashion + Design

Banksia – Artist Miss Kaninna on single 'Blak Britney' and curator Jenna Rain Warwick on Two Girls From Amoonguna exhibition

Yorta Yorta, Kalkadoon and Yirendali artist Miss Kaninna discusses debut single 'Blak Britney' and ACMI First Nations Curator and Luritja woman Jenna Rain Warwick talks about Two Girls From Amoonguna exhibition.

Banksia – Pakana hip-hop artist DENNI and Kamilaroi circus artist Dale Woodbridge-Brown

Pakana hip hop artist DENNI discusses new single 'Know My Worth' and Kamilaroi circus artist Dale Woodbridge-Brown talks about Camp Culture at YIRRAMBOI

Banksia – 24 April 2023: Music fill

Billy hosts with a music fill. Vanessa Morris will be back with regular Banksia programming on 1 May.

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Banksia – Koorie Heritage Trust's Blak Design Matters First Peoples Design Forum

Vanessa Morris is joined by the Koorie Heritage Trust's Gail Harradine and Gemma Jones about Blak Design Matters First Peoples Design Forum at Federation Square on 12 May 2023 for YIRRAMBOI

Banksia – First Nations tracks including, Denni, Nate-G, INKABEE, RONA, Dameeeela and Sycco

Changing up the program this week with a First Nations music show including tracks from Denni, Nate-G, INKABEE, RONA, Dameeeela, Sycco, Kardajala Kirridarra, Alice Skye and MELA-D

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Banksia – Ngiyampaa man and First Nations singer-songwriter Pirritu on new LP and tour

Ngiyampaa man and First Nations singer-songwriter Pirritu (Brett Lee) joins Banksia to talk about new LP 'Fire When The Sun Goes Down' and tour.

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Banksia – artist ENOKi on projects with Haus of Dizzy and YIRRAMBOI and rapper T Breezy ahead of show at Miscellania

ENOKi discusses creative practice, collab with Haus of Dizzy, project with World Pride + Apple, and upcoming work with YIRRAMBOI; rapper T Breezy talks EP 2360, upcoming mixtape, working with label Trackwork and…

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Banksia – Kimberley Moulton on Shadow Spirit at RISING and Sherene Stewart and J-Maine Beezley on YIRRAMBOI's program

Yorta Yorta woman, curator + writer Kimberley Moulton discussed Shadow Spirit at RISING, and Taungurung / Filipino festival co-lead + creative lead Sherene Stewart and Wakka Wakka / Kabi Kabi festival co-lead +…

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Banksia – First Nations tracks including Mo'Ju, DJPGZ, Kobie Dee, Barkaa, DOBBY, Nate-G and Nooky

Changing up the program this week with a First Nations music show including tracks from Mo'Ju, Kobie Dee, Barkaa, JK-47, Narli, DOBBY, Nate-G, Nooky, Becca Hatch, Ziggy Ramo and Kaiit

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Banksia – Bardi Jawi author Bebe Backhouse

Bardi Jawi man and author Bebe Backhouse joins Vanessa Morris on Banksia to talk all about their new and debut poem collection more than these bones which explores first love and loss, and…

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Banksia – Speaker, writer and filmmaker Sasha Kutabah Sarago and Mob in Fashion founder and model Nathan McGuire

Wadjanbarra, Yidinji, Jirrbal and African-American woman Sasha Kutabah Sarago discussed book Gigorou and Mob in Fashion's Nathan McGuire spoke about showcase FUTURE/HISTORY

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Banksia – Gamilaroi artist Tyler Millott and writer, critic and researcher Tristen Harwood

Gamilaroi Artist Tyler Millot AKA The Terrifying Lows spoke about new single BLACKOUT and writer, critic and researcher Tristen Harwood discussed upcoming lecture  ‘Sustainability is Colonialism: land trauma and settler futurity in environmentally…

Banksia: Artist Maree Clarke and singer-songwriter and visual creator GLVES

Maree Clarke yarns about Yallingwa Fellowship and creative practice spanning 30 years and GLVES discusses songwriting and new single 'Ships'

Banksia – Koorie Heritage Trust CEO Tom Mosby and Trawlwoolway artist Mandy Quadrio

Koorie Heritage Trust CEO and Torres Strait Islander man Tom Mosby spoke about KHT's expansion, and Trawlwoolway artist Mandy Quadrio spoke about 'Decolonising imperatives’.

Banksia – The Merindas and Kinya Lerrk

The Merindas' Kristel Kickett and Candice Lorrae and Kinya Lerrk's Emma Bambelett and Megan Van Den Berg join the final episode of Banksia for 2022

Banksia – Gomeroi Author Dr Amy Thunig and Taungurung Curator Kate ten Buuren

Gomeroi author Dr Amy Thunig joined Banksia to talk about their memoir 'Tell Me Again’, and Taungurung Curator Kate ten Buuren spoke about exhibition 'How I See It' at ACMI

Banksia – Bardi Jawi writer Bebe Backhouse and Koorie Heritage Trust's Gail Harradine

This week Koorie Heritage Trust's curatorial manager Gail Harradine talks about the 10th Koorie Art Show and Bardi Jawi writer Bebe Backhouse yarns about the Lord Mayor awards and creative writing practice.

Banksia – 21 November 2022

This week musician Isaiah Firebrace talks about new book Come Together and cultural activist and musician Gurridyula yarns about event Blaktivism and ceremony Waddanagnuu against Adani

Banksia – 14 November 2022

Presented by Dr Ngaree Blow, with guests Music Vic CEO Simone Schinkel about the upcoming Music Vic Awards and Uncle Archie Roach Foundation Award, and Wiradjuri dancer Joel Bray about performance Garabari.

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Banksia – 7 November 2022

An episode of Banksia on 7 November 2022

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Banksia – 31 October 2022

Waanyi artist Judy Watson talks about exhibition the red thread of history, loose ends at MUMA; Yorta Yorta woman, soprano, composer and educator Deborah Cheetham talks about Woven Song

Banksia – 24 October 2022

Gamilaroi artist Sean Miller yarns about the 2022 Indigenous Ceramic Award's South East Australian Indigenous artist prize for their work titled Galibay on Country, as well as working with The Torch.

Banksia – 17 October 2022

Wadawurrung artist Kait James yarns about the unveiling of a permanent 193 panel installation of their work at Geelong Arts Centre, as well recent exhibition Dirty Laundry at Neon Parc.

Banksia – 10 October 2022

CEO of Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation Rodney Carter talks work Djarra does with Open House Bendigo; Gamilaroi storyteller Judi Morison yarns about the Boundless Indigenous Writer’s Mentorship

Banksia – 3 October 2022

This week Kimberley Moulton, Senior Curator of South Eastern Aboriginal Collections at Museums Vic joins Banksia to yarn about new exhibition Naadohbii: To Draw Water at Bunjilaka

Banksia – 26 September 2022

On this week's show Ripple Effect Band's Rona, Rachel and Jodie yarn about their tour, and Yasmin Silveira and Sharn Geary talk about jewelery exhibition 'Layers of Blak' at Koorie Heritage Trust

Banksia – 19 September 2022

Wamba Wamba playwright, Brodie Murray talks about their play 'The Whisper' at Fringe Festival and Gunditjmara Keerray Woorroong woman Tarryn Love talks about new First Nations creative program YOOKAPA

Banksia – 12 September 2022

A music fill presented by Rachel Connor

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Banksia – 5 September 2022

This week Munanjahli and South Sea Islander author Chelsea Watego and Bundjalung-Gumbayngirr poet Dakota Feirer join Banksia ahead of Melbourne Writers Festival events.

Banksia – 29 August 2022

This week Vanessa presents a special edition of Banksia for Radiothon featuring tracks from artists including DJPGZ, Dameeela, Rona, Miiesha, King Stingray and Izy

Banksia – 22 August 2022

This week Vanessa is joined by Bianca Valentino to talk Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie Zine, black&write! and Kill Your Darlings, as well as Belinda Briggs to talk about the Indigneous Ceramic Award at SAM

Banksia – 15 August 2022

Walter Saunders joins Banksia to yarn about MIFF event Stories from Naarm - Reflecting on the Past, Looking to the Future and First Nations film making.

Banksia – 8 August 2022

Bangarra Dance Theatre's Stephen Page joins Banksia ahead of SandSong: Stories from the Great Sandy Desert performances at Arts Centre Melb. As well as new tracks from King Stingray, Budjerah and Kobie Dee.

Banksia – 1 August 2022

Wurundjeri woman Brooke Wandin talks about SLV Indigenous Research Fellowships and Woiwurrung language database project, and Agency Projects co-founder Bronwyn Lobb talks UNTOLD: Darwin series.

Banksia – 25 July 2022

Yamatji-Noongar author and artist Aunty Rhonda Collard-Spratt talks children's book 'Bobtail's Friend' and Wailwan and Kamilaroi architect Jefa Greenaway joins ahead of Open House Melbourne.

Banksia – 18 July 2022

This week we hear from new YIRRAMBOI creative leads Sherene Stewart and J-Maine Beezley, and Koorie artist, curator and writer, Eden Fiske from Alchemy Orange to talk about exhibition 'Into the Everywhen'

Banksia – 11 July 2022

In episode nine of Banksia we hear from Arrernte artist Alfred Thorpe on their work and new APY Gallery in Docklands, and First Nations Media CEO Dennis Stokes about indigiTUBE's LGBTQI+ channel