Maddy catches up with Kirli Saunders and dives into the importance of language, decolonization, feminism and queer space. Kirli is a proud Gunai Woman and award-winning multidisciplinary creator and consultant. Awarded NSW Aboriginal Woman of the Year in 2020, Kirli is an experienced speaker and facilitator advocating for the environment, gender, racial equality and LGBTIQA+ rights. In this episode Kirli shares her passion for continuing connection to Country and reads a powerful poem called Based On Us from her book Returning.

This episode was recorded in October 2022

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners are advised that this episode contains the name of and discussion around a deceased person. This episode may contain words, descriptions and terms which may be culturally sensitive and reflect the views of those at the period in which the content was created. 

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Vale Aunty Velma Mulcahy  

Cyanotype 

Joyce Saunders

The Incredible Freedom Machines 

Matt Otley 

Bec Young 

Red Room Poetry 

Tamryn Bennett 

Jo Featherstone 

Kirli Saunders Consulting 

Bindi 

Kindred 

Returning 

Going Home Play 

Department of Education on language 

United Nations Indigenous Decades of Language 

Brotherboys and Sistergirls 

Uluru Statement 

Griffith Review Dr Lilly Brown and Genevieve Grieves 

Raise the Age 

Alok 

Heartbreak High  

Tony Birch The White Girl 

Melissa Lucashenko 

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Frontier War Stories 

Horror Show 

Based On Us – Poem from Returning 

Credits

Host: Maddy Stratten

Guest: Kirli Saunders 

Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson 

Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript) 

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