Race Matters on FBi Radio

11/08/2024

❤️ THANK YOU FOR ABANDONING METAPHOR ❤️

we hosted our first community gathering of the year, an ago-racist story-telling workshop with Colin and Dung of ~ thank you for everyone who came along to share in ideas and ways we can mobilise in creative ways

☆ our next event Revolutionary Reverberations is happening this Sunday 18 and is an essential primer on making radical radio with educator and comrade Dr Rose Nakad ☆

🔗 details via link in bio - only 4 spots left 🔻

18/07/2024

this little team working on big things with big heart and big spirit ❤️‍🔥

listen out for upcoming episodes, collabs and community workshops ✨ radio has long been a site of possibility and connect and we’re honored to be part of it

long live radical and independent media

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[ID: a group of the race matters team at an industrial site, a cute photo taken in a warped mirror]

19/06/2024

🤎 COMMUNITY WORKSHOP 🤎

excited to announce the next gathering hosted by race matters and ~ an immersive workshop to abandon metaphor and move into action 🪢

❇️ engaging with ideas of ethical, anti-racist storytelling practices in the face of censorship and surveillance, holding space to grapple with the emotionally devastating times we’re in and attempt to find tools of action and solidarity in our every day lives

🕒 Sunday June 30 3pm - 6pm
📍 studios in Alexandria
🍲 Indonesian catering by
🫶🏽 FREE - registrations essential

❇️ this is an autonomous, closed event for First Nations and People of Colour, and those of the Global Majority marginalised by white supremacy

🔗 link in bio to learn more and register

❇️ co-produced by and with Doug, Dung and Collin of
❇️ event artwork by Nadeem Tiafau Eshraghi

This event is part of Resonance: Public Programs by Race Matters made possible by City of Sydney

08/02/2024

hiiiii 🌹we are back on air after a little break ~ Sundays 10am AEDT 〰️ 94.5FM 〰️ DAB 〰️ wherever you get your podcasts 🫶🏽

11/11/2023

g m 🥲 everyday we don’t take for granted the responsibility and privilege of getting to do what we do here at race matters🌀having a one hour broadcast for racially marginalised people might be a given now on - but this show has been tirelessly fought for and lovingly upheld many years before this

a big, big, big part of that is because of the one and only who co-created this show and the space it’s offered countless people in a time where finding independent, critical, principled media was (and sometimes still feels) few and far between 📝♥️🔎

we really can’t stress race matters litcheralllyyyy would not be here without Tanya Ali and yet somewhere in the haze of post-lockdown she graciously stepped out of her volunteer role as executive producer and never got a final show 🌹

SO this morning we are going to honor her her years of work and the real labour it took to uphold it, and are excited to have her as our special guest 🫶🏽

Text in 0409945945 to send your love and adoration
Sunday 12 Nov 10am AEDT
FBi 94.5fm • DAB • linkinbio

10/11/2023

“P@ l estine is freeing us”🌹

Everyday there are tangible acts you can do to call for - visit our link in bio for different calls to action in this continent made by our friends at - updated and moderated regularly.

continue to uplift and listen to and tirelessly working amid this profound horror, grief and pain

understand the links of shared struggles across settler colonies and our responsibilities to keep showing up in whatever way is accessible ♥️ power to collective action, until we are all free 〰️

06/11/2023

hello 👋🏽 we’ve been noticing some new listeners and followers and wanted to take a little moment to introduce ourselves 🪻we are a small team of (mostly) volunteers making radio on unceded Gadigal Country on and are indebted to a legacy of storytelling and resistance that has unfolded here and beyond ~

so much of what we do here is made possible working as a collective to bring truth telling and complexity forward in a media landscape that continues to stifle and quash anti-racist, anti-colonial movements. thank you so much for tuning in 📻and thank you to all our guests and contributors who have trusted this platform to air their work ♥️

over the last six months we’ve created a ~new~ constellation of contributors bringing with them a unique set of cultural wisdom, experiences and interests ✴️you’ve been hearing some of these pieces on air, but we’ve had a stellar team coming together every week to share ideas and take care of the mechanics of making radio that doesn’t always get heard ☁️lots of what happens here is ineffable or undocumented: sharing tea and snacks, giggling, learning, holding each other to account, mindmapping, ocean swims, checking in with each other, in and outside of this show. radio is about connection as much as the product 🧶

we recorded a cute little ep to introduce you to our new weekly team






Samantha Haran


we shared moments of ancestral practices, song we’ve been loving, texts that radicalised us chicken run is about workers rights⚒️🪽our everyday acts of resistance, and why radio is important to us. We wanted to find a pocket of levity amid the need for vigilance and ongoing staunch and loving movement it’s a little bit silly and 🥹

we are getting $hadöwban.n3d so hope you don’t mind this break in content

Love and resistance forever xx

06/11/2023

hello 👋🏽 we’ve been noticing some new listeners and followers and wanted to take a little moment to introduce ourselves 🪻we are a small team of (mostly) volunteers making radio on unceded Gadigal Country on and are indebted to a legacy of storytelling and resistance that has unfolded here and beyond before and long after us ~

so much of what we do here is made possible working as a collective to bring truth telling and complexity forward in a media landscape that continues to stifle and quash anti-racist, anti-colonial movements. thank you so much for tuning in 📻and thank you to all our guests and contributors who have trusted this platform to air their work ♥️

over the last six months we’ve created a ~new~ constellation of contributors bringing with them a unique set of cultural wisdom, experiences and interests ✴️you’ve been hearing some of these pieces on air, but we’ve had a stellar team coming together every week to share ideas and take care of the mechanics of making radio that doesn’t always get heard ☁️lots of what happens here is ineffable or undocumented: sharing tea and snacks, giggling, learning, holding each other to account, mindmapping, ocean swims, checking in with each other, in and outside of this show. radio is about connection as much as the product 🧶

we recorded a cute little ep to introduce you to our new weekly team




Jessica Mulet
Samantha Haran


we shared moments of ancestral practices, songs we’ve been loving, texts that radicalised us chicken run is about workers rights⚒️🪽our everyday acts of resistance, and why radio is important to us. We wanted to find a pocket of levity amid the need for vigilance and ongoing staunch and loving movement it’s a little bit silly and 🥹

Love and resistance forever xx

w3 are getting sh@dö.wbann3d so hope you don’t mind this silly little post 🫶🏽

04/09/2023

In case you missed it, yesterday we aired the live talk we had held at The Red Rattler as part of 𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐒 with Darren Lesaguis, Kween G, Aaliyah-Jade Bradbury & prince.
Sharing some highlights soon, but before we do we wanted to talk a moment to honor the work of one of Race Matters' newest producers and creators - Alicia Zhao! You've been seeing her incredible event posters across our platforms. She really captured the textures and feelings of experimentation, generative ideas, playfulness and complexity we hoped to bring forward ~ you'll also be hearing more of Alicia on air and can't wait for what she co-creates as part of Race Matters!
Here's a sneaky work in progress, let's give some love 🌹

27/08/2023

MUSIC BY TANYA ALI


It’s easy to say that Race Matters wouldn’t be where we are today without the formidable Tanya Ali 🩷As well as being one of the founding co-hosts of the show, Tanya was a luminous compass for the show’s vision and growth in her time as executive producer and continues to nurture what we do 🌱
Tanya has volunteered at FBi since 2014, now extending her prowess and care as Managing Director 🎇She is a DJ, and ~sometimes~ writer- living and working on unceded Gadigal Land.
We are so honored to Tanya soundtracking our event 𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐒 TODAY from 1pm, Red Rattler Theatre, Marrickville, Wangal clan lands of the Gadigal Nation. Tix in bio.

26/08/2023

FOOD BY LOVE & PEAVE ETHIOPIAN


We will have plenty of tasty food available for people to fill their bellies with on the day. 🥜🫛🥦🌽🍅🥘

Snacks available will be 🫓🥙😋:
-Vegan friendly
-Gluten free

SEE YOU TODAY!

26/08/2023

MUSIC BY TANYA ALI


It’s easy to say that Race Matters wouldn’t be where we are today without the formidable Tanya Ali 🩷As well as being one of the founding co-hosts of the show, Tanya was a luminous compass for the show’s vision and growth in her time as executive producer and continues to nurture what we do 🌱
Tanya has volunteered at FBi since 2014, now extending her prowess and care as Managing Director 🎇She is a DJ, and ~sometimes~ writer- living and working on unceded Gadigal Land.
Catch Tanya at our event 𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐒 TODAY from 1pm, Red Rattler Theatre, Marrickville, Wangal clan lands of the Gadigal Nation. Tix in bio.

25/08/2023

♥️ ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION ♥️
Sharing some accessibility and visitor information here. Full access and visitor information is available via the event page and via the link in our bio, which will be the most up to date.
We hope to create a welcoming and engaged space. If there's anything you need to know please get in touch with us here or by email [email protected].
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T9dhrLCrzUGD9KAs28Ymt13IIFrdDpCfW-c1kRzgggo/edit?usp=sharing
Art by Alicia Zhao.

25/08/2023

DARREN LESAGUIS

Darren is of Visayan and Tagalog descent and lives on unceded Gadigal Land. He is currently head of Programming and Music at FBi Radio. Darren has been working in the music industry for over a decade and has been interested in finding ways in which grassroot run programs and initiatives can create interconnectedness amongst creatives and their communities.
Darren embodies this and can be seen in his work as one of the founding members for the Race Matters program. THIS live conversation will be Darren’s last Race Matter’s episode after 5 years ❤️‍🔥🥹.
We’re excited to hear from Darren as someone who has helped cultivate a radical platform to disrupt the airwaves.
Catch Darren’s last show at our event 𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐒 August 27 from 1pm, Red Rattler Theatre, Marrickville, Wangal clan lands of the Gadigal Nation. Tix in bio.

24/08/2023

prince

prince 👑 is an interdisciplinary artist, primary school teacher and artist 🧑🏽‍🎨educator within the museum space. prince currently lives and works on Gadigal Land.
prince has co-produced, developed and facilitated a plethora of creative arts and movement programs working with a broad range of people including children, LGBTIQA+ youth, adults with Dementia and young people with disability.
Catch prince at our event 𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐒 August 27 from 1pm, Red Rattler Theatre, Marrickville, Wangal clan lands of the Gadigal Nation. Tix in bio.

23/08/2023

KWEEN G ancestory

Kween G is an emerging Afro-Australian Hip Hop artist, MC, community advocate 📣 and curator. She has worked for over 15+ years as a producer/presenter 🎙️ and a qualified trainer in community radio.

We’re excited to hear from Kween G in our live conversation, and hear her share her 🌱 profound wisdoms as a cultural leader and community organiser ✨

Catch Kween at our event 𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐒 August 27 from 1pm, Red Rattler Theatre, Marrickville, Wangal clan lands of the Gadigal Nation. Tix in bio.

22/08/2023

AALIYAH-JADE BRADBURY

Aaliyah is a proud Indigenous woman from the Larrakia Nation of Garamilla
(Darwin) and Erubam Le peoples of Meriam Mir. Making a name as an emerging
storyteller. Aaliyah is a trail blazing film-maker, writer and creative most notably known for producing the film Harley Katya (2022).
From film to radio, Aaliyah also runs the show Blak fridays on radio Skidrow (88.9FM). Aaliyah will be sharing her knowledge about community radio and radical film bridging the fiery world between sound and cinema.
Catch Aaliyah at our event 𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐒 August 27 from 1pm, Red Rattler Theatre, Marrickville, Wangal clan lands of the Gadigal Nation. Tix in bio.

16/08/2023

❤️‍🔥ANNOUNCING OUR SPECIAL GUESTS FOR EMBERS ❤️‍🔥

We are sooooo excited 🤸🏽‍♂️to have our very special guests join us for live convo, after our screening 📽

‘𝓑𝓸𝓻𝓷 𝓲𝓷 𝓕𝓵𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓼’ a film tracing pirate radio, radical frequencies and loving action - it’s is only fitting we we will share some learnings 💭from community🏋🏾‍♂️building trailblazers that the race matters team takes great inspiration from❤️‍🔥:


ancestory held in conversation by

August 27 from 1pm, Red Rattler Theatre, Marrickville, Wangal clan lands of the Gadigal Nation
THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO ALL, REGISTRATIONS ARE ESSENTIAL. FREE FOR FIRST NATIONS PEOPLES / $10 UNWAGED / $15 WAGED OR TO SHOW SOLIDARITY
artwork by

04/08/2023

♨️ ANNOUNCING OUR LIVE COMMUNITY EVENT ♨️
We’re so excited to be teaming up with the iconic, q***r creative venue the Red Rattler to bring you 𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐒. Join us for an afternoon of music, food and a screening of Lizzie Borden's 1983 cult classic Born in Flames. Plus, a live conversation hosted by Darren Lesaguis with special guests; unpacking the film and thinking through revolutionary radio, solidarity and radical creativity.
August 27 from 1pm, Red Rattler Theatre, Marrickville, Wangal clan lands of the Gadigal Nation
Stay tuned on our socials for more details about the film, guests and detailed access information. Food and drinks available for purchase on the day. Link in bio for more details.
THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO ALL, REGISTRATIONS ARE ESSENTIAL. FREE FOR FIRST NATIONS PEOPLES / $10 UNWAGED / $15 WAGED OR TO SHOW SOLIDARITY
Incredible artwork by

25/07/2023

We’re going live! ~again~ and we want you to come join us!

::: Save the Date ::: August 27, Sunday, from 1pm :::

Come gather for a community screening of ‘Born in Flames’ in the arvo, followed by a live conversation with community builders and radical creatives. We will have plenty of good snacks to share too of course. Stay tuned on our socials in the coming weeks for more details!

28/12/2022

Come make radio with us!
We are really keen to share this unique platform and continue to tell stories with a "by us, for us" attitude. We are looking for contributors on air and behind the scenes who are First Nations and People of Colour*, of all intersections and particularly those who are lesser-heard even within anti-racist spaces. There are a heap of possibilities and we are receptive to learning about you and how you want to collaborate with us. Opportunities to share what you think is important, and to learn and connect.
Follow this link to submit your ideas and expression of interest, and we will be in touch in March 2023.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfgbV4rGN-1RHpfujqf8CQK-3w7-aDXPiEMNfl_93YENOwe_g/viewform
Artwork by Rhea Thomas (one of the ways you can contribute!)

16/08/2022

MONTHLY PODCAST ROUND UP / JULY 2022

A month traversing across borders to learn about the many ways that communities resist and create. From solidarity with Palestine, understanding the current crisis in Sri Lanka to creative outputs of the Black diaspora across here and the UK.

You can listen back to all our episodes at fbiradio.com/racematters or wherever you get your podcasts!

04/07/2022

MONTHLY PODCAST ROUND UP / JUNE 2022

A month of intimate and deep conversations gesturing towards collective power and care with artists and thinkers from here and across the globe.

Divide and Dissolve, Kojey Radical, Chanel Loren, Blessed, Sim Cheunghane and Yassmin Abdel-Magied all shared potent and stellar conversations with us throughout the month.

You can listen back to all our episodes at fbiradio.com/racematters or wherever you get your podcasts!

30/05/2022

MONTHLY PODCAST ROUND UP / MAY 2022

A month of speaking directly and potently in conversations about race, anti-imperialism and forging genuine community through care and shared ethos.

We had a guest program that explored how two First Nation-led surf collectives that are reclaiming and actively shaping reconnection with waterways. We spoke to Antoinette Lattouf about how working in anti-racism comes at the loss and change of relationships. We traversed the Filipino diaspora and learnt about the ongoing resistance and immediate calls to action with Anakbayan Sydney. We learnt from Happy Feraran on how community consultation ensures art remembers and tends to stories that can't be lost through the play Ate Lovia.

You can listen back to all our episodes at fbiradio.com/racematters or wherever you get your podcasts!

09/05/2022

MONTHLY PODCAST ROUND UP / APRIL 2022

Another big month for us here at Race Matters, and as always we didn't shy away from conversations of vulnerability and reckoning.

We chatted cultivating ritual and connection in our Q***r Muslim Ramadan Special. We held sacred space to grieve and speak through the ways in which we process loss as marginalised communities. We delved deep into a damning report on lost work and increased racism for First Nations artists and creatives of colour. We shared intimate conversation with poet and woodcarver Omar Musa on how to create from a place of euphoria, healing and personal myth-making.

You can listen back to all our episodes at fbiradio.com/racematters or wherever you get your podcasts!

31/03/2022

We were so moved by our conversation with actor, singer and cultural practitioner and Majeda Mo Beatty. On our latest episode, we chat to Majeda about Blak joy, unpacking Blak resilience; and creating spaces that go beyond an acknowledgement to celebrate First Nations expression and vulnerability.

Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts.

10/03/2022

An honour to be joined by Professor Sandy O'Sullivan on our latest ep, speaking on their journey into academia, the complexities of q***r lexicon and Beyond the Binary – the panel they're speaking on as part of All About Women 2022 | 12 - 13 March at the Sydney Opera House. Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts.

02/02/2022

HOT OPP ALERT 📢 We're looking for an EP to steer the Race Matters ship. If you know when something's about race, and you're not afraid to talk about it, this one's for you.

Apps close this Sunday Feb 6. Get on it! More info 👇

We’re looking for someone to steer the Race Matters ship. If you know when something's about race, and aren't afraid to talk about it – this one's for you.

16/05/2021

May 15 marks Nakba – 73 years of Palestinian resistance – amidst a spike of violence against Palestinians in . On our latest ep, we're joined by poet and human rights advocate Sara Saleh, who alongside Jeanine Hourani and Lujayn Hourani has compiled a resource guide to supporting Sheikh Jarrah from so-called Australia. Our conversation spans how to support those on the frontline, writing and joy as resistance, and more; plus, Sara reads her 2020 Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize-winning poem, Border Control: Meditations. Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts.

04/05/2021

Gone are the days of boring, yt-washed theatre. We're done with that s**t. Currently in the midst of a sold out season, Yellow Face is a semi-autobiographical play by David Henry Hwang making its debut on our shores at Kings Cross Theatre. On our latest ep, Race Matters contributor and emerging theatre-maker Eric Jiang speaks to director Tasnim Hossain about the production. Listen now, wherever you get your pods.