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We replay part of an episode of 3CR's The Black Block from Friday 28th July, where Viv Malo caught up with Palawa artist Thelma Beeton about the power of art and sisterhood in an exhibition currently showing at the Counihan Gallery in Brunswick. Banj Banj/nawnta, meaning sister in the First Nations languages of Taungurung/Palawa kani respectively, represents the unique friendship between artists Thelma and Taungurong and Boon Wurrung woman Stacey, both of whom are participants in The Torch’s Indigenous Arts in Prisons and Community program.//

Cam Walker, Campaigns Coordinator at Friends of the Earth Melbourne, speaks with us about FoE Melbourne's report released this week titled 'An Icon at Risk, Current and Emerging threats to the Victorian High Country', which details environmental risks to the Victorian Alps including the potential loss of Snow Gum forests. You can sign FoE Melbourne’s petition to the Victorian Government here.//

Professor Sandy O'Sullivan, a Wiradjuri transgender/non-binary researcher in Indigenous Studies at Macquarie University, takes us through some of the problems with the 2021 Australian census with respect to gender and sexuality. Sandy is a 2020-2024 ARC Future Fellow, with a project titled Saving Lives: Mapping the influence of Indigenous LGBTIQ+ creative artists which explores the unique contribution and influence of queer artists to understand how modelling complex identities contributes to the wellbeing of all First Nations' peoples.//

Maree Clarke, a Yorta Yorta / Wamba Wamba / Mutti Mutti / Boonwurrung woman joins us to discuss the exhibition Wrapped in Culture, opening tomorrow Friday 6th August at Footscray Community Art Centre. She is a well-respected figure of the south-eastern Australian Aboriginal community for her work supporting Aboriginal artists and for her own successful career as a visual artist in the mainstream arts scene. In her practice she works to revive elements of Aboriginal culture that were lost in the period of colonisation and uses art as a tool to heal.//

Songs

Black and Yellow - Wiz Khalifa

Tranquilize - Telenova 

Stay in Bed - Alice Skye