Oliver Tuan, teacher at Yipirinya School, and teacher's aid Dennis Goodie, join The Big Brekky to chat about an esport program they have started at the Yipirinya School shopfront, 62 Todd Mall.

The gaming program is currently running a Tekken Tournament, with finals this Saturday and cash prizes to be run. Oliver talks of the links that gaming and esports have with oral literacy, hand-eye coordination, strategy, and problem solving. The program provides youth with a feed, air conditioning, and a safe and supervised environment. There is the hope that transport opportunities will be developed in the near future.

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The Big Brekky Show is excited to have a live performance from the new Mparntwe band - Jacksen, Lee, Josef, Kynan and Louis are Damperman. They produce original music with psychedelic soul roots grounded in the central desert. In the studio Lee, Joe and Jackson played a couple of original songs - Thinking and Idea.

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In the studio this morning we have Rachael Davis & Abby Mccrickard from the Alice Springs Town Council to discuss the Lunar New Year event on Friday 23rd February, Derek from the Lion Heart Association was also with the Big Brekky Show to share how the association came about and the significance of Lunar New Year. 

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The Big Brekky Show welcomed Dr Alec Rolston, the Director of the Goyder Institute for Water Research. In partnership with the National Water Grid Authority NWGA and Desert Knowledge Australia DKA, they organised the forum ‘Working together for better drinking water in the bush’ in Mparntwe/Alice Springs in June last year. 

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On the Big Brekky Show, local musician and storyteller Ray Murtagh meanders with us down memory lane, guitar in hand, playing some of his favourite country tunes, like Old Stockyards. He also shared his Tamworth Festival insights.

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Gavin Morris, the Principal of Yipirinya School, joined the Big Brekky Show to give us a school update. This week Professor Judy Atkinson will be visiting the school, working on healing trauma and the accommodation project is progressing well

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Local alternate rock band, Sealed Lips, have released a tyre balding music video for their debut single 'Endless Nights'. Band members Cain Gilmore and Ruby Hill join The Big Brekky to chat about what's next for the rising three-piece, and to treat us to some live music in the studio.

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Chris Tomlinson joins The Big Brekky to talk about a Healing & Truth Telling Circle, happening on the Uniting Church lawns from 5pm on February 19th, 20th and 21st. The Circle aims to give a safe space, with no police presence, for First Nations youth to tell their truths, for communities to voice their issues, and to find a way to work together.

Chris flags two main issues indigenous communities are facing to be fracking and cultural genocide through youth incarceration. Judy Atkinson, a Jiman/ Bundjalung women and national leader in intergenerational and relational trauma, will assist. "It's the truth telling that does the healing," Chris says.

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The CEO of AIATSIS, Len Hill, discussed with the Big Brekky Show what's happening at their newly established centre in Mparntwe/Alice Springs. There have an exhibition space and will give access to information, guides and resources to help First Nations People discover their family history. 

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On the Big Brekky Show we have Dr Simon Quilty who has been a medical doctor in the NT for 20 years. Simon is part of a housing collaboration between Traditional Owners, medical professionals, architects, and local tradespeople, Wilya Janta – Standing Strong. They're hoping to have two houses built by the end of 2024.

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