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Program/Episode title: Overdue: Deniz and Asmida (English subs)

Presenters/co-producers: Deniz and Asmida

Fourteen year old Asmida chats with her mother Deniz about becoming a teenager in the pandemic. Asmida talks about home school and student life in all the lockdowns and being separated from family overseas.

As the Turkish Bicultural Liaison officer at City of Yarra, Deniz discusses the changing face of the Turkish community in Yarra, and the relief at finally being able to attend “births, deaths and celebrations” again.

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The Yarra Libraries Overdue podcast is produced by and for culturally and linguistically diverse communities in the City of Yarra in multiple languages.

The Covid-19 pandemic has kickstarted many overdue conversations. This podcast makes space for community members to share their personal insights and experiences. The pandemic has shown us that a one size fits all approach doesn’t work, and exposed a lack of culturally appropriate government support for these communities.

The Yarra Libraries Overdue podcast calls for more support to help determine and co-create community based solutions to ongoing challenges. This podcast is co-produced by community members from different Yarra projects and organisations working with Yarra Libraries to raise awareness around covid messaging and community-based responses.

Overdue is facilitated and produced by Yarra Libraries, and supported by the Victorian Government through the Priority Response to Multicultural Communities during Coronavirus (PRMC) program.

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Thumbnail image: Deniz and Asmida in Richmond Library makerspace studio

Image Description: Long shot of a younger woman and a little bit older woman seated together in a recording studio next to microphones. They are facing each other and deep in conversation. They are wearing casual clothes. They seem very comfortable and happy to be together.

Music: Maarten Schellekens, Will they find us? & Scott Holmes, Another Rainy Day

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