AWAYE! - Full program podcast

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4.9 (57)
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AWAYE! presents a diverse and vibrant Aboriginal arts and culture from across Australia and the best from Indigenous radio broadcasters around the world.

4 DAYS AGO

Decolonising the Canvas: Blak Douglas's artistic resistance

Artist Blak Douglas brings "The Halfway Line" to Penrith Regional Gallery, opening 15 March and running until 20 July 2025. Joyous duo Charlie Needs Braces perform live in the studio, sharing their distinctive blend of loop station artistry, brass, percussion, and harmonious vocals. Plus Uncle Gary Williams introduces you to a special bird from Gumbaynngirr Country for Word Up.

54 min
15 MAR

Exploring digital Indigenous futures and storytelling

Explore the intersection of First Nations storytelling, technology, and digital futures.

54 min
8 MAR

Aunty Millie Ingram is a powerful agent of change

In honour of International Women's Day, Aunty Millie Ingram gives an oral history of her life and discusses the ways in which she's been building a better world for herself and her mob. Plus, for Word Up Uncle Gary Williams shares a Gumbaynggirr word that means a "protected place".

54 min
1 MAR

From first breath to final journey

From first breath to final journey, hear two stories that reaffirm the way Country holds us, heals us, and connects us across time. A collection of remarkable midwives from Waminda South Coast Women's Health and Wellbeing Aboriginal Corporation invite you to Yuin country where a birthing on Country centre is about to break ground. And Mel Armstrong shares her baagii's memories, as she takes you through a lived experience of dementia from an Aboriginal perspective. Plus for Word Up, you'll hear from Uncle Gary Williams — a living legend when it comes to Gumbaynggirr language.

1h 1m
22 FEB

Holding Stories in Black Hands

Dive into the mysterious world of Washpool, where award-winning Wuilli Wuilli woman and author Lisa Fuller weaves a spellbinding tale of two sisters thrust into a realm beyond our own. Then join editor Jasmin McGaughey as she unveils Words to Sing the World Alive, a groundbreaking anthology that celebrates the power and poetry of First Languages.

54 min
15 FEB

Meryvn Street's debut solo exhibition, and 'Yhanda Djanbay'

Meet Mervyn Street, the seasoned stockman in his mid-70s, unveiling his very first solo exhibition at the Perth Festival, who's painting straight from the heart. Then creative powerhouse and poet Kirli Saunders pops by to share a sneak peak of her latest whirlwind creations Plus for Word Up Chanice Daulbin-Satrick, picks up the language baton from her nanna -- Pinikurra Elder, Susanne Hay-Hughes.

54 min
8 FEB

Blak burlesque with Kitty Obsidian, and songs for change

Meet Kitty Obsidian -- a Wiradjuri/Gamilaroi non-binary performer mixing political activism with sequins, offering a fresh perspective on Black burlesque in Australia. Plus, follow activists and musicians Ray Dimakarri Dixon and Stuart Joel Nuggett as they sing their protest against the fracking impacting their homes in the Beetaloo basin of the Northern Territory.

54 min
1 FEB

Young Australian of the Year, and 'One Mind, One Heart'

Dr Katrina Wruck, a First Nations industrial chemist and neurodivergent black woman, who once believed she wasn’t supposed to succeed due to what she calls her ‘golden trifecta’, has been named Young Australian of the Year. Plus, Larissa Behrendt, the host of our tidda show, Speaking Out, shares behind-the-scenes moments of her latest documentary One Heart One Mind.

54 min

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Daniel Browning

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57 Ratings

Australian culture

16/10/2020

HoDown

Thanks so much for enriching our culture as Australians with more knowledge and appreciation of the culture of our first people. Mabo’s story was so moving. Thank you to all you people making our country a better place in all your diversity of ways
This is the best

28/08/2017

who put salt in my coffee

Love love love this show. Essential listening.
Listen!

29/05/2017

_Dianne

Awaye is a great program that is always interesting. It keeps you learning about Australia's Indigenous peoples and is always entertaining.
I Love AWAYE!

15/09/2008

evanharris

I love this programme. It gives me a much greater insight into aboriginal issues by always remaining relevant and 'human'. It's refreshing when media examines root problems honestly while also highlighting the many positive aspects of aboriginality in Australia today. I wish AWAYE! was listened to by more people and was higher in the ABC's podcast list. To the programme makers: good luck guys and thanks for all the great programmes.

AWAYE! presents a diverse and vibrant Aboriginal arts and culture from across Australia and the best from Indigenous radio broadcasters around the world.