Blaque Showgirls is Nakkiah Lui’s smart-alec, sparkly spoof of the camp classic Showgirls.

Nakkiah, as well as co-directors Shari Sebbens and Ursula Yovich discuss the challenges and joys of bringing Blaque Showgirls back to the stage.

Then, Deadly Science founder and Gamilaroi man Corey Tutt recent received a Westpac Social Change Fellowship.

Corey checks in from America to discuss what he hopes Deadly Science will look like in the future.

And for Word Up Trinity Clarke shares the the eastern Kuku Yalanji word for 'spirit'.

The Journey Down is a performance centred around a percussive sculpture of a rusty ute that’s travelling from Kununurra to Perth.

Chris Griffith and Tos Mahoney explain how they've helped bring Warnarral Ngoorrngoorrool to life.

Then, all-girl saltwater rock band The Ripple Effect discuss their new album.

Plus, for Word Up Trinity Clarke shares some of the eastern dialect of Kuku Yalanji.

Stiff Gins Nardi Simpson and Kaleena Briggs discuss how they've grown creatively and personally since meeting at Eora TAFE in Redfern.

Poet Susie Anderson talks about how her work spans rural and urban settings yet always brings things back to Country. 

And for Word Up head to Kuku Yalanji Country with Trinity Clarke.

Ever Present: First Peoples’ Art of Australia is a blockbuster exhibition currently on show at Auckland Art Gallery and 

Curator Tina Baum , glasswork artist Yhonnie Scarce, and photographic artist Damien Shenm share how it feels to be ambassador’s of Aboriginal art on a global stage .

And for Word Up this week, David Doyle shares the Barkindji name for quandong.

National Science Week is here, and we meet gyak — a beautiful but endangered frog from Wulgalu Country in New South Wales’s Snowy Mountains also known as the northern corroboree frog. Tia Gostelow celebrates the release of her third album Head Noise, and for Word Up, David Doyle heads back to Barkindji Country to share the word for ‘many waters’.

NATSIAA major prize winner Keith Wikmunea discusses his remarkable sculpture. 

Emerging playwright Hannah Belanszky and veteran actor-turned-director Aunty Roxanne McDonald discuss the premiere of don’t ask what the bird look like 

And, for Word Up this week David Doyle shares some more Barkindji language.

William Barton shares how he’s seen Australia’s classical music scene shift. Rhoda Roberts and Kirk Page discuss Bundjalung Nghari - Indigenise. Lisa Sorbie-Martin talks about being part of BLEACH* festival on the Gold Coast. And for Word Up, David Doyle as he shares some language from Barkindji country.

Five members of proppaNOW discuss how the collective has spent the past 20 years exploring the politics of Aboriginal art and culture, and what they have planned for the future.

Dancer and choreographer Thomas ES Kelly discusses his upcoming solo work Kuramanunya.

And, Kylie Bracknell shares the Noongar term for older brother in Word Up.

With the release of new documentary The Dark Emu Story, Bruce Pascoe reflects on the conversations it has sparked and where he’d like to see them go.

Two ghost net weavers featured at Cairns Indigenous Art Fair discuss their artwork.

Naretha Williams talks her new album Into Dusk We Fall.

And  for Word Up Kylie Bracknell shares a Noongar word for a person of renown.

11 year old Noongar Wongi rapper Inkabee shares what he loves about his music.

Phil Breslin has been crisscrossing the country to learn about traditional weapons for ABC TV's First Weapons.

Writer, historian, and former primary school teacher Shauna Bostock discusses her new book Reaching Through Time.

And for Word Up, Kylie Bracknell reflects on the Noongar word for watching together.