Diaspora Blues

Our guest this week is the Journalist and founder of South Asian Today Dilpreet Kaur Taggar. Dilpreet spoke to Serious Meerkat about internalized racism, decolonizing media spaces, and the wins and drawbacks of running an independent publication.GuestBorn and raised in India, Dilpreet is an independent journalist. In 2020, she launched South Asian Today, Australia's first media organization for South Asian women and non-binary peoples. She continues to shape and indulge in anti-caste, progressive, and feminist media dive.Songtoo dang goodArtistPRICIE

The host of the podcast Birthing and Justice Dr Ruth De Souza is our special guest this week.Dr Ruth spoke to us about racial microaggressions in the medical industry, cultural safety versus cultural competence, Maori birthing practices, and reasons hospitals are reluctant to embrace cultural birthing practices.SongSlowly ArtistLiz Aku

Campaigner Sherry Huang from the Migrant Workers Centre joins us to discuss the $9 a day report and the survey that inspired the campaign.

Please be aware this week's episode discusses a missing person case. If this is a trigger for you please come back another week. For crisis support call Lifeline on 13 11 14.We speak to Harmony, the sister of Eimable Manirakiza, a young musician who went missing from Melbourne's West. A month has gone by and his family is desperately trying to find him. So if you're based in Melbourne, especially in the Point Cook area please keep an eye out for him. Harmony spoke to us about her brother, when and where he was last seen, and what to do if you spot him. Later in the show, we'll hear from Pacifique X, a collective creating safe space for Pacific Islands LGBTIQA+ community.

Lockdown 5.0 is over, and to mark the easing of restrictions in Victoria, we're going to bring you our favourite r&b and hip-hop tracks from the 90s. Enjoy!SongJuicyArtistThe Notorious B.I.GSongAre you that somebodyArtistAaliyahSongNo scrubsArtistTLCSongShoopArtistSalt-N-PepaSongReal LoveArtistMary J. BligeSongStep by StepArtistWhitney Houston

This week we're going to hear a keynote lecture from the Solidarity in Diversity Conference, presented by the African Studies Group and the Melbourne Social Equity Institute. The lecture, Role of Allyship and Advocacy in Amplifying Marginal Voices, was presented by Abiola Ajetomobi. Abiola is the Innovation Hub Director at the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre.

This week we're chatting to two men who are achieving amazing feats in their respective fields. Mohamed Semra discusses activism, winning Liberty Victoria's Young Voltaire Human Rights Award and the pressure that comes with being a role model. Joining Mohamed is Afro-Brazilian-Latinx multilingual author & poet Guido Melo. Guido shares the struggles of growing up Afro-Brazilian in Brazil talks about his latest projects and reflects on the artists' responsibility. Guido is a member of the Sweatshop Literacy Movement, a columnist for Negrê and a contributor to Growing Up African in Australia and Racism: Stories on Fear, Hate & Bigotry.Some of Guido's writinghttps://www.killyourdarlings.com.au/article/casa-sendas/https://meanjin.com.au/memoir/the-fox-and-the-grapes/

This episode was inspired by Jessica's story 'Feel your feels, girl', a vignette she wrote for the Emerging Writers' Festival. You can read her piece here.Jessica Ibacache is a curator, writer and tutor, and the founder of Yo Soy, a Melbourne-based arts collective for Latinx creatives.

This week we hear from the organisers of Urban Comedy Slam, Farah and Akwasi, about their upcoming show, and Sirak Keeghan from the Honesty Policy Podcast discusses what happens when people get real about things that matter.

Last year at the height of Melbourne's lockdown, we spoke to high school student Bilan. Bilan at the time was doing online schooling - a first not just for her but for many students across the world. One year on what's changed for her? What hasn't? Bilan answers these questions and more.We also hear from Anya Saravanan, a former 3CR programmer, about her time at 3CR and why you should support programs like Diaspora Blues.Donate to 3CR's radiothon here.