Voices from the Black Lives Matter protest in Sydney, Saturday, June 6th, 2020.

Action:

1. Donate to Reconciliation Australia: https://www.reconciliation.org.au/donate-now/
2. Read Guardian Australia article 'Aboriginal deaths in custody: 434 have died since 1991, new data shows' https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jun/06/aboriginal-deaths-in-custody-434-have-died-since-1991-new-data-shows
3. Subscribe to Always was, always will be our stories podcast: https://podfollow.com/1513056184 
4. Check out Bello Collective's '21 Podcasts That Confront Racism in America' https://bellocollective.com/16-podcasts-that-confront-racism-in-america-f8f69baf529d

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Three Canadians start a punk band called F*cking Carnage to get through quarantine. They don't care if their mothers are offended.

Sign up to the newsletter and I'll post you a band sticker: https://www.mikewilliams.com.au/punk-in-a-pandemic-fucking-carnage-band-toronto-canada-quarantine-coronavirus/

Illustrations by Ashley Ronning, check her out on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashleyronning/

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If you see a guy walking at an incredible pace in the Gladesville area it could be Matthew Macdonald.

He’s walking about 10km a day to stay active. Find out what his testicles have to do with it.

Also, we grapple with the mixed emotions of life after lockdown.

And Macca sings an anthem of our time that definitely doesn’t sound ‘breathy’ so don’t mention that.

Credits
Guest: Matthew 'Macca' Macdonald
Episode Art: Chris Vernon - https://www.instagram.com/chrisvernon_/ 
Music: Macca/Stacie Orrico/Blue Dot Sessions: https://www.sessions.blue/ 

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At the beginning of 2020, Georgia Moodie packed her bags and moved to London on an adventure.

She found a home in a warehouse with 13 others.

At that time she didn’t know she’d soon be locked inside with all of them.

With only three bathrooms, a strict kitchen roster and meetings where people ‘discuss their feelings’ – what could possibly go wrong?

Despite the odds, Georgia maintains it’s amazing.

Credits
Guest: Georgia Moodie
Listen to Georgia’s radio stories: https://georgiamoodie.com/ 
Episode Art: Chris Vernon - https://www.instagram.com/chrisvernon_/ 
Music: Mike/Blue Dot Sessions: https://www.sessions.blue/ 

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Tim Ritchie didn't want any friends when he was a kid.

Now he cycles around Sydney in the small hours, photographing buildings and empty corridors. 

He calls his ability to be alone with himself a form of 'spectacular solitude'. 

Credits
Guest: Tim Ritchie
Episode Art: Chris Vernon - https://www.instagram.com/chrisvernon_/ 
Music: Mike/Blue Dot Sessions: https://www.sessions.blue/ 

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Did Alex Raso cheat his way onto this podcast?

Probably not but I’ll definitely ask the question.

Also, ‘see you in tribunal’: Raso gets fired up over a dodgy rental agreement. 

Credits
Guest: Alexander Raso
Episode Art: Chris Vernon - https://www.instagram.com/chrisvernon_/ 
Music: Mike/Blue Dot Sessions: https://www.sessions.blue/ 

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She wears a lot of hats but Chrissy Flanagan is best known for her sausage crown. 

Because Chrissy Flanagan is the Sausage Queen.

In this episode, Chrissy explains how she helped set up a way for small businesses in Dulwich Hill to band together and make the most of a bad situation.

Credits
Guest: Chrissy Flanagan, the sausage queen
Sausage Factory restaurant: https://www.thesausagefactory.com.au/ 
Dully Locals website: https://www.dullylocals.org/ 
Dully Local instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dullylocals/ 
Episode Art: Chris Vernon - https://www.instagram.com/chrisvernon_/  
Music: Mike/Blue Dot Sessions: https://www.sessions.blue/  

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Mike reveals a secret interview technique that sets Carmen Angerer off on a nostalgic dip into the snacks of our youth.

The conversation is almost derailed when Carmen explains how it’s possible to bake a loaf of bread from vaginal yeast. We cleanse the palate with an investigation into the problematic Nesquik bunny ad from the late ‘90s.

Carmen then describes how she was in Bali for a wedding just as the pandemic was breaking, and why the obvious decision to return home was a literal ‘gut decision’. 

Credits
Guest: Carmen Angerer
Check out Carmen’s art on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/10grandhours/ 
Episode Art: Chris Vernon - https://www.instagram.com/chrisvernon_/ 
Music: Mike/Blue Dot Sessions: https://www.sessions.blue/ 

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New York has become the epicentre of this pandemic.

At the time of writing, New York state has had over 300000 COVID-19 cases and potentially 20000 deaths.

Robert Smith is a reporter and master storyteller with NPR's business and economics show, Planet Money. 

In this episode, Robert takes us inside New York City and explains why money doesn’t help much during a pandemic.

Credits
Guest: Robert Smith
Listen to Planet Money: https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510289/planet-money 
Music: Mike/Blue Dot Sessions: https://www.sessions.blue/
Episode Art: Chris Vernon: https://www.instagram.com/chrisvernon_/ 
Website: www.mikewilliams.com.au/podcast 

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Last year, Cumberland Gang Show - western Sydney's favourite family-friendly, variety show (put on by scouts and guides) - celebrated 50 years.

But 2020 and a pandemic has its 51st performance in doubt. 

While they wait in isolation, a Gang Show friendship group has replaced rehearsals with hanging out on zoom. In a Mike Williams and Friends exclusive, we take you inside one of these zoom meetings. 

Afterward, Adele Lockman explains why she named her child after a classic Cold Chisel song.

Credits:
Guest: Adele Lockman
Music: Blue Dot Sessions
Website: www.mikewilliams.com.au/podcast

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