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Yirinda's Fred Leone and Sam Pankhurst join you today to play live in the RN studio, and explain why they decided scrap a finished album and start again from scratch.

Then, Garrmalang creative director Ben Graetz joins you to talk through this year’s festival program. Even though it boasts some big national names, Darwin music arts and culture are at the forefront of the festival. 

Plus, for Word Up you’ll head to Bourke with Phil Sullivan for some Ngemba.

How do you repatriate digital material? And what kind of responsibilities do knowledge institutions have in this space?

Tasha James and Nathan Sentance have been thinking about these questions and today they’re sharing their insights.

Then for Word Up, Jay Minning shares a Pitjantjatjara word with a dual meaning.

Mykaela Saunders talks Indigenous futurism and speculative fiction.

Their book Always Will Be is an exciting collection of stories imagining futures where Indigenous sovereignty is fully reasserted.

Then, playwright Shakara Walley revisits her debut show Songbird for Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company.

And for Word Up, Jay Minning shares a Pitjantjatjara word that means 'to mess something up'.

Already an accomplished actor, singer, songwriter and writer, Elaine Crombie has added another string to her bow: stand-up comedy with the Aboriginal Comedy Allstars.

Celebrate an incredible win for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation with its CEO Ben Bowen.

Then, Head of First Nations Programming at the Sydney Opera House Michael Hutchings explains how he's putting his stamp on the iconic venue.

Plus for Word Up, Jay Minning introduces his homelands, his Country.

The newest season of Alone Australia has launched and this time they’ve sent their ten survivalist contestants to the South Island of Aotearoa/New Zealand.

The show’s executive producer Riima Daher talks through some of the big changes on Alone this season, while contestant Jason Allwood shares he's rethinking the notion of community.

Then Australia’s most remote rock band, Desert Stars drop in to play some proper desert rock live in the studio.

Plus for Word Up, Desert Stars’ frontman Jay Minning shares some of his language — Pitjantjara.

Native ingredients are good for our land, bodies and minds, but why is so little of the native food market is Aboriginal owned?

Education consultant Priscilla Reid-Loynes, chef Mark Olive, and  IndigiEarth founder Sharon Winsor discuss how ideas of First Nations food has changed over the years.

Then for Word Up, Che Kelly shares the Miriwoong word for hair.