Indigenuity

A conversation with artists Daniel Laird and Teagan (aka Tye C) on Future Dreaming, an annual exhibition featuring 235 artworks by First Nations artists incarcerated in 2025, which is currently showing at The Torch in Carlton. Created within the walls of fifteen prisons across Victoria, these works are a powerful act of strength, resilience, and determination.

Exhibition dates: 24 October – 22 November 2025

Location: The Torch Gallery, Wurundjeri Country, 146 Elgin St, Carlton VIC 3053

Entry is free

Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Friday: 10am to 4pm; Saturday: 11am–3pm

With presenter Krystal De Napoli

Emmy Webbers, a Gunai/Kurnai author and the founder of Wurruck Yambo, an Indigenous art business aimed at creating safe and inclusive spaces for understanding Indigenous culture, joins the show to celebrate the release of her children's book, Aunty's House, illustrated by Kelsie King. Aunty's House is a celebration of the special relationships children have with their aunties.

With presenter Krystal De Napoli.

The first guest today is Andrea James, a Yorta Yorta/Gunaikurnai woman and the newly appointed Artistic Director and co-CEO of Australia's longest running First Peoples theatre company, ILBIJERRI Theatre Company.

Our second guest is Josie from The Bush Nursery, an Indigenous owned micro native plant nursery located on Jinibara Country, Sunshine Coast Hinterland.

With host Krystal De Napoli.

Maddi Miller guest presents today’s episode of Indigenuity, which features an interview with Ben Bowen, the CEO of the Indigenous Literacy Foundation to discuss Indigenous Literacy Day, which takes place on Wednesday 3 September 2025.

With presenter Maddi Miller.

A conversation with Justice Nelson, who is the Head of First Peoples Experience at Museums Victoria about the new exhibition at Birrarung Gallery, Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre - Stronger Families, Stronger Communities: Healing the Past for the Future.

A conversation with Wiradjuri author Anita Heiss on her advocacy, as both a writer and publisher, for Indigenous literature and literacy, as well as on her latest work, the Aussie rom-com novel ‘Red Dust Running’.

With presenter Krystal De Napoli.

Produced by Alex Watts.

Today’s show features two interview, the first being a conversation with Aboriginal political activist Uncle Robbie Thorpe, who has been active in the fight for Indigenous sovereignty since the 1970s and whose new documentary ‘Our Warrior - The Story of Robbie Thorpe’ tells the story of resistance across generations, the power of family and the unrelenting struggle for justice in a country that remains in denial.

The second guest is Dr Kat Nelligan, who is a proud Gamilaraay woman and Lecturer in Music Industry at RMIT University, who joins us for a discussion about a special NAIDOC week screening of ‘Wash My Soul in the River's Flow’—a cinematic tribute to the enduring legacy of Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter at Naarm's Capitol Theatre on Tuesday July 8.

A conversation with Gomeroi/Kamilaroi artist Clare Jaque Vasquez about her new exhibition Skyland, on now at the Vivien Anderson Gallery in St. Kilda, and which invites viewers into a layered exploration of Sky Country as both archive and witness. Drawing on her upbringing between Western Sydney and on Country, and informed by her matriarchal lineage, Clare presents skyscapes as acts of cultural remembering — gestures of resilience, beauty, and ancestral continuity.

With presenter Krystal De Napoli.

Today's episode of Indigenuity focuses on a chat with Shanysa McConville, who is a proud Eastern Arrernte woman, curator, and educator from the University of Melbourne. She is co-curator of the major exhibition 65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art with Professor Marcia Langton AO and Senior Curator Judith Ryan AM, which has opened at the Potter Museum of Art. 

Our second interview is with the Taungurung, Tibrean artist Iluka Sax-Williams, who will be hosting a possum skin pyrography session on traditional skins for the Koorie Heritage Trust. This is a free event for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participants on Saturday 14th June at Federation Square. 

With host Krystal De Napoli.

Produced by Alex Watts.

A conversation with Karla Hart, who is a Noongar multi-award-winning filmmaker and is the co-director and co-producer of the six part documentary Our Medicine, which is now airing on NITV and SBS. Our Medicine takes viewers behind the frontline of Australia’s strained medical services and shines a light on First Nations professionals and communities taking back control of Indigenous health.

With presenter Krystal De Napoli.