The Score

Monash PHD student and teaching associate Andrew Copolov discusses the creation of a pop-up free staffroom for food delivery and rideshare drivers at Testing Grounds in Queen Vic Market. Later, Lamine Sonko talks on new single ‘Taamo’ and long-term research project on Senegalese culture.

Dr Amanda Porter from the University of Melbourne explains grey areas when interpreting statistics and how ideology plays into how statistics are presented around Blak deaths in custody. First time actor Mwajemi Hussein calls in to chat about being an active member of the African community in Adelaide and how that led to her starring role in The Survival of Kindness.

TV Host and Filmmaker Bol Lual explains how ‘The Seed Network’, a new program airing on Channel 31, will amplify unheard voices from the African diaspora. To understand microaggressions and their impact on health, Dr Mahima Kalla from the University of Melbourne delves deeper into her recent article on the topic.

Co-curator Priya Namana is joined by artist Devika Billimoria over the phone to share their exhibition ‘Debut XIX’ which is at Blindside Gallery. Curator Mara Sison explains the ideas behind Sekala Niskala (The Seen and Unseen), which will be at Roslyn Smorgen Gallery, Footscray Community Arts from April 18. Ahead of his EP launch Amin Payne aka Teymori chats music and song writing.

Musician and artist Lonnie Holley calls in to talk new album, Oh Me Oh My, and how he has kept up his artistic practice over his career. Evan Smith discusses his new book, Histories of Fascism and Anti-Fascism, which details fascist ideologies in Australia. Finally, playwright, Wendy Mocke chats Melbourne Theatre Company’s annual play readings where her play, REALish, will be featured.  

CEO of the Migrant Workers Centre, Matt Kunkel, goes over the findings of their new survey on discrimination facing migrant workers with host Samira Farah. Then musician, Gold Fang, calls in to talk about all things Caribbean music and his debut mixtape Smoove Killa.

On this special International Women’s Day episode, Leah Avene fills in for Samira, talking with artist Amrita Hepi on her exhibition, The Anguilla Pursuit at the Gertrude Glasshouse. Chairperson for not-for-profit organisation Prosper (Project Australia), Yatha Jain, discusses the economic and social impacts of sexism on Australian women, particularly women of colour. Deline Briscoe comes into the studio to chat about creating Gaba Musik and Pacific Islander and First Nations music.

Leah Avene fills in as host chatting with Dr Quinn Eades on the complex history of pride, protest and resilience, poetry and community. DJ, Lady Shaka explains how her queerness and Indigeneity inform her music practice. While Canadian Indigenous tenor, composer, musicologist, and performer, Jeremy Dutcher lends his own perspective on where Indigenous and queer identities meet in art.

Indigenous Australian dancer and choreographer, Amelia O’Leary and Chinese-Malaysian dance artist, Janelle Tan explain how their show, A Certain Mumble for Darebin Arts Speakeasy, compares their experiences as outsiders within Australian society. Shelterbox Australia’s CEO Mike Greenslade explains what’s happening with the Türkiye and Syria Earthquake crisis and how to help. Finishing out this huge show, Papua New Guinean musician and artistic director Airileke Ingram chats about the upcoming music mini-festival, PASIFIX, which will be celebrating Pacific Islander talent on the Sidney Myer Music Bowl stage.

Researcher and PhD candidate Damilola Ayeni talks about her article for The Conversation, which looks at how social media platforms, and in particular Facebook, are managing vaccine misinformation at this stage in the pandemic.

With presenter Samira Farah.