Awaye! - Full Program Podcast

We go on a journey — from a former Aboriginal mission station on the banks of the Murray River to the Forest of Martyrs outside Jerusalem — to learn the story of William Cooper and his 1938 protest against the persecution of the Jews.

As the 50th Anniversary approaches, we revisit the story of the Aboriginal tent embassy — and its contemporary meaning.

Thirty years ago a truly remarkable album launched the career of a softly spoken man who spoke for a generation — Archie Roach.

From music, playwriting and now her book Song of the Crocodile Nardi Simpson seems to move effortlessly between forms of storytelling. And in the lead-up to NAIDOC Week we revisit the rock shelter in west Arnhem Land where in 2017 they uncovering a treasure trove of artefacts dating back 65-thousand years.

We track the incredible story of a song from the American Deep South to a mission on the Murray River and Emma Donovan returns with Melbourne rhythm combo The Putbacks and a 70s funk-tinged soul album.

We feature contemporary songlines in Indigenous music - from electric soul and desert pop to post-colonial death metal.

We contemplate the meaning of rock engravings in the foothills of the Italian Alps in the final part of our series visiting three world heritage sites on three continents. And jazz singer and storyteller Lois Olney returns to her birthplace and her mother's Ngarluma country.

In the second instalment in a three-part documentary series that crosses three continents and three world heritage sites we walk a pilgrimage route through sacred mountains where faiths converge. And how the sound of rivers echoes in three languages - Woiwurrung, Yaygir and Nyikina.

A journey into the near outback and the shores of a dry lake to find the compelling story of human occupation and Aboriginal presence on the continent known as Australia. And we hear some of the languages spoken across the vast Willandra Lakes World Heritage Area.

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.

Kev Carmody joins us to talk about the 2020 edition of Cannot Buy My Soul and we hear about a new initiative that deciphers medical terminology in our languages. Also, the podcast that answers some of the most frequently asked questions about sex and relationships.

Is the geeksphere a lonely place for blackfellas? Hell no. We chart the rise of the Aboriginal superhero from the anti-racism crusader in Basically Black to the dreadlocked Avenger, Manifold. Also, Gamilaroi astrophysicist Karlie Noon on making science accessible and a special celestial episode of Word Up.

Described as "blak Australia uncut and unleashed on the page", Guwayu - For All Times is a new poetry anthology with work in some of our first languages. We meet some of the winners of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards and we're off to Balgo in the south-east Kimberley to sit down with a living national treasure and one of Australia's most renowned artists.

After years of lobbying, the Coon cheese brand name will be shelved but not surprisingly there's been a meltdown on social media decrying cancel culture and political correctness. Also, writer and academic Ambelin Kwaymullina talks about her new book and rap artist Dobby tells us why his latest song just had to be written.

Activist and community leader Clarence Walden sits down with award-winning writer Alexis Wright to give his version of some dramatic events in recent Queensland history - from the church days at Doomadgee mission, to the High Court and a bitter dispute over Australia's largest open cut zinc mine.

In the final instalment in our Blak poetry special we hear from some of the most urgent voices in Australian writing. Reni Eddo-Lodge on why she stopped talking to white people about race and Microwave Jenny's Tessa Nuku goes solo.

Tlingit artist Nicholas Galanin has dug a grave for the statue of James Cook and it begs the question: what do we do with monuments to a one-sided version of history? And a new podcast that uncovers the history of Aboriginal resistance during the frontier wars.

Australia's first national radio program produced and presented by Indigenous broadcasters changed the game in black media.