Take It Blak podcast

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Welcome to the new podcast from the NITV News Online team: #TakeItBlak

  1. 07/12/2021

    Take It Blak podcast - Episode 38 STEM with Dean Foley

    Join Rae Johnston in this episode of the Take It Blak podcast for your monthly hit of the latest STEM news and interviews. There’s news about Tinder’s new feature that lets you block personal contacts and the latest on the new Twitter Blue subscription service. Rae speaks with health expert Edwina Griffin, who has teamed up with Gomeroi man Kevin Duncan on a world-first meditation app, AtOne. David Tegonging, Co-Lead Engineer on the scientifically accurate Kerbal Space Program video game, drops by to talk about how the upcoming sequel will be much more welcoming to new players. Jarin Baigent, founder of Trading Blak and Jarin Street, chats with Rae about a new #BuyBlak partnership with Facebook and Dean Foley, founder of tech & business hub talks about his career, offering some stellar insights and advice.

    1h 1m

  2. 07/01/2021

    Take It Blak podcast - Episode 37 Unsettled & Maree Clarke

    In this episode, Rae Johnston speaks with artist and designer Maree Clarke, a pivotal figure in the reclamation of south-east Aboriginal art and cultural practices with a passion for reviving and sharing elements of culture that were lying dormant as a consequence of colonisation. Then, the Australian Museum is showcasing the cultures of First Nations peoples in a new series of talks, tours, and workshops to accompany its groundbreaking First Nations-led exhibition, Unsettled. The series includes a session on Aboriginal Meditation, and we spoke to Fleur Majick-Dennis to find out more.

    30 min

  3. 05/12/2021

    Take It Blak podcast - Episode 36 STEM with Bradley Moggridge

    Join Rae Johnston in this episode of the Take It Blak podcast for your monthly hit of the latest STEM news and interviews. What Twitter's "tip jar" feature means for creators, Rae speaks to Professor Corey Bradshaw about the new research into "Superhighways" used by our ancestors when this continent was known as Sauhl, and research from James Cook University tells us something new about passwords. Then our special guest for this episode, Kamilaroi water scientist Bradley Moggridge, drops by to chat about his career, pathways for young mob and what's happening with our waterways.

    34 min

  4. 05/04/2021

    Take It Blak podcast - Episode 35 Shakira Clanton & Dobby

    Rae Johnston catches up with talented and determined all-rounder musician Rhyan Clapham, aka Dobby, to chat about his globe-trotting career, his music being taught in schools, and his upcoming gig at Canberra International Music Festival. Then, actor and singer Shakira Clanton drops by to talk about her new show Still, I Rise which features a range of her life experiences - from the racism and sexism she’s faced as a woman of colour in the creative industry to the lessons her single mother tried to impart on her as a teenager.

    22 min

  5. 04/26/2021

    Take It Blak podcast - Episode 34 STEM with Matt Heffernan

    Join Rae Johnston in this episode of the Take It Blak podcast for your monthly hit of the latest STEM news and interviews. Rae speaks to researchers at the Black Dog Institute about how Google is helping people with depression, an innovator reducing food waste using the internet of things drops by, and Brenz Saunders explains how Adelaide’s beloved football club is helping increase the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the STEM workforce. Then our special guest for this episode, Matt Heffernan, talks about why is focusing his studies on the use of Artificial Intelligence within the justice system.

    44 min

  6. 04/05/2021

    Take It Blak podcast - Episode 33 Lyrical Fury & Social Media with Evelyn Araluen and @NichTopher

    Rae Johnston catches up with award-winning poet Evelyn Araluen to chat about the release of her first book, Drop Bear, which 'confronts the tropes and iconography of an unreconciled nation with biting satire and lyrical fury'. Then, Nicholas Richie - who you may know better as @NichTopher - drops by to talk about the role of social media in raising awareness for Indigenous issues, why platforms like Instagram are going out of their way to support it.

    36 min

  7. 03/21/2021

    Take It Blak podcast - EPISODE 32 Protect Country, Heal Country! - w/ Troy Cassar-Daley

    Take It Blak podcast co-hosts Jack Latimore and Shahni Wellington discuss heritage protection laws, rascist place names and the 30th anniversary of the final report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody; the return of the NITV flagship current affairs program, The Point; upcoming stories for NITV News; and chat with country music legend and proud Gumbaynggirr/Bundjalung man Troy Cassar-Daley about healing on Country and his latest album, The World Today.

    1h 5m

  8. 03/09/2021

    Take It Blak EPISODE 31 STEM Bushfires, Turtles And Artificial Intelligence

    Join NITV's Science & Technology Editor Rae Johnston In this episode of the Take It Blak podcast for your monthly hit of the latest STEM news and interviews. Rae speaks to researchers at CSIRO about a new bushfire prediction app, Zoom drops by to talk predicting COVID-spreading meeting rooms with air quality monitors, and Spotify has a bootcamp for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander podcasters. Plus, we chat with CSIRO's Dr Justin Perry and Microsoft's Lee Hickin about how artificial intelligence is helping Indigenous rangers save sea turtles.

    28 min
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Welcome to the new podcast from the NITV News Online team: #TakeItBlak

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  • Channel
    NITV
  • Creator
    SBS
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2021
  • Episodes
    48
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2025, Special Broadcasting Services
  • Show Website
    Take It Blak podcast

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