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The Yarn

The Yarn is a podcast showcasing work from The Centre for Advancing Journalism at the University of Melbourne. It features original reporting by students, content from The Citizen publication, as well as talks and events held by the Centre.

6 DAYS AGO

News Bites: Journalism Survival Guide

Intimidated, lucky, chaotic: this is the emotional rollercoaster of the first days working in a newsroom. This episode is our survival guide to starting out in journalism, as delivered by three of our graduates. Gwen Liu from the Ballarat Courier, Harry Sekulich from the Daily Aus, and freelancer Wing Kuang speak to Senior Tutor Bernadette Nunn about how to survive and thrive when starting out in journalism. "The only way to do better is just by doing," says Harry, while Gwen's advice is simple, "you need courage, you need to be brave." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

30 min
11/26/2024

Uncurated: DONATIONS

The Baillieu Library is the largest library here at the University of Melbourne. Walking through the library, the shelves are filled with books on everything from philosophy and history, to science and computing, all from a Western Eurocentric perspective. But the library also holds one of the largest collections of Rare East Asian books and materials in the Southern Hemisphere. Throughout this episode, Jiaxuan Zhu explores how knowledge has been built here at the University of Melbourne and reflects on the importance of diversity and looking past just Eurocentric knowledge foundations. INTERVIEWEES: Dr Shiqiu Liu This podcast is on the exhibition “Learning Beyond Borders: Thomas Chong’s Study and Practice of Medicine”, presented by the Archives and Special Collections of the university. MUSIC CREDITS Epidemic Sound: Sowing the Summer Barley by Francis WellsEpidemic Sound: Shrines by David Celeste See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

9 min
11/15/2024

Special Report: US Election Postmortem

After President-elect Donald Trump's landslide win and a federal election looming, Australian politicians have lessons to learn from the US election. The Yarn spoke to two US political analysts, on different sides of the political aisle, to get a breakdown of the Republicans' success. Tim Lynch is a professor of American politics at the University of Melbourne. Cory Alpert is a former Biden-Harris White House staffer, now a PhD student at the University of Melbourne. James Costa is a journalist at The Citizen. Elliot Rodriguez was the producer of this episode. Louisa Lim was the executive producer. American Flag image by Gordon Johnson, Pixabay. Map of Australia image by Free Vector Maps. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

15 min
11/11/2024

Uncurated: COLLECTORS

The Harry Brookes Allen Museum is one of many collections at the University of Melbourne. The University has collected artefacts that has contributed to a wealth of knowledge that is vital to Melbourne, Australia and the world. But the way University scholars collected these artefacts was not always done in an ethical way. Reporter Haoyue Deng learns how a rare marsupial mole is the key to the forgotten people behind some of the University's collections. INTERVIEWEES: Rohan Long, Curator of the Harry Brookes Allen Museum at the University of Melbourne Emma Kowal, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at Deakin University Inspiration for this episode was informed by the recently published book Dhoombak Goobgoowana: A History of Indigenous Australia by Ross L. Jones, Dr. James Waghorne, and Professor Marcia Langton of the University of Melbourne. If you would like to know more about The University of Melbourne’s response, you can download the book for free here. MUSIC CREDITS Bird(Magpie) sound from Freesound Bush walking from Freesound Mouse squeak from Pixabay Snake from Pixabay Eternality by Nathan Zammit from the Living Instruments Project Tundra by Jack Burmeister from the Living Instruments Project Marimba by Olivia Marsh from the Living Instruments Project See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

17 min
10/31/2024

Uncurated: COUNTRY

What would Australia look like if we had monkeys swinging around our cities? In the late 19th Century, a number of associations called “acclimatisation societies” sprung up across Australia with the goal of bringing familiar plants and animals to what the British colonists saw as an impoverished landscape. This episode explores the massive ecological transformation that shaped what the university’s environment looks like today, and how Indigenous knowledge about land preservation was ignored for decades. INTERVIEWEES Dr Pete Minard (historian of colonial science and environmental history) Prof Lynette Russell AM (historian of Indigenous Australians and colonial anthropology) SOUND ATTRIBUTIONS axe chopping (in the forest) by Selector, accessible at www.freesound.org/s/410768, License: Creative Commons 0 1.0 Pied Currawong Strepera graculina by Sunny Tseng, accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/871215, License: Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commerical Share Alike 4.0 Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus by Peter Boesman, accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/859826, License: Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commerical Share Alike 4.0 Australian Raven Corvus coronoides by Zebedee Muller, accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/801431, License: Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commerical Share Alike 4.0 Laughing Kookaburra Daceolo novaguineae by Ken George, accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/858185, License: Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commerical Share Alike 4.0 Common Myna Acridotheres tristis by Greg McLachlan, accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/331396, License: Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commerical Share Alike 4.0 Peace Piano song by Calvin Clavier. https://pixabay.com/music/modern-classical-peace-piano-song-216338/ Birds and Insects near Dam - Cathedral Ranges by Sassaby, accessible at freesound.org/s/427877, License: Creative Commons 0 1.0 180081 Sheep Farm 01 by FST18008, accessible at https://freesound.org/s/441801, License: Attribution 4.0 Cinematic rythmline by SamuelFJohanns from Pixabay See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

19 min
10/24/2024

Uncurated: STONES

The Old Quadrangle is one of the most photographed spots on the University of Melbourne campus, with students and tourists alike posing under its iconic archways. The romantic European architecture feels like you've been transported to the set of Hogwarts, but did you know that the stones used to create this effect were stolen from Indigenous lands in Tasmania? Reporter Giulia Scenna investigates the history of our campus's architecture and its relationship with Indigenous Australia. — Interviewees: Dr Philip Goad, Professor of Architecture at the University of Melbourne Dr James Waghorne, Senior Research Fellow and University Historian at the University of Melbourne Inspiration for this episode was informed by the recently published book Dhoombak Goobgoowana: A History of Indigenous Australia by Ross L. Jones, Dr. James Waghorne, and Professor Marcia Langton of the University of Melbourne. If you would like to know more about The University of Melbourne’s response, you can download the book for free here. MUSIC CREDITS (In order of appearance) Our Fingers Cold from Blue Dot Sessions Cold Summers from Blue Dot Sessions Crosswire from Blue Dot Sessions Temperance from Blue Dot Sessions La Costilla from Blue Dot Sessions 10 Minutes Past from Blue Dot Sessions Watercool Quiet from Blue Dot Sessions Tape Player Sounds -Free for use under the Pixabay Content License A Common Pause from Blue Dot Sessions See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

19 min
10/14/2024

Uncurated: REMAINS

Between the 1800s to1950s, anthropologists at the University of Melbourne were digging up burial sites of First Nations ancestors who had been laid to rest and collecting, rather stealing, their bodies. And while some of these human remains were returned to land and reburied, one collection remained hidden away at the university in a storage room until 2003. Uncover the true story of The University of Melbourne’s troubled past of grave robbing and the efforts to repatriate the hundreds of Indigenous ancestors’ skeletal remains back to their land and families. — Interviewees: Marie Havea, Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council Rohan Long, Curator of the Harry Brookes Allen Museum Inspiration for this episode was informed by the recently published book Doombak Goobgoowana: A History of Indigenous Australia by Ross L. Jones, Dr. James Waghorne, and Professor Marcia Langton of the University of Melbourne. If you would like to know more about The University of Melbourne’s response, you can download the book for free here. MUSIC CREDITS (In order of appearance) The Lonely Instrument Series -Cello -Played by Natalie Haas - Music by Trygve Larsen from Pixabay Cold Sad Pianos - Music by Mike Kripak from Pixabay Meditative Background Mystical Yoga Nature Fantasy Music - Music by Dubush Miaw from Pixabay June - Music by Marcel Pequel from Free Music Archive Sad Tragic Dramatic Music Slow Melancholic - Music by Denis Pavlov from Pixabay Loneliness_Outro- Music by Grand_Project from Pixabay See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

19 min
SEASON 1 TRAILER

Introducing Uncurated Season 3

On the surface, the University of Melbourne is a historical spectacle – with its grand arches, stone facades, echoing hallways, and the chimes of the old clocktower. But this university is also home to many secrets, from human remains unearthed on university grounds, to its role in nuclear testing on Indigenous lands. In an eight-part series, students from the Centre for Advancing Journalism explore the university’s hidden past, revealing stories that reach beyond iconic buildings and the names they bear. We dive into the colonial legacies tied to these structures, the injustice they represent, and the multicultural narratives that push back against this history. This series is about truth-telling—illuminating the foundations on which this our university is built. Join us as we unearth the stories that have been buried for far too long. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The Yarn is a podcast showcasing work from The Centre for Advancing Journalism at the University of Melbourne. It features original reporting by students, content from The Citizen publication, as well as talks and events held by the Centre.

Creator

Centre for Advancing Journalism
Years Active

2021 - 2025
Episodes

100
Rating

Clean