This episode is sponsored by Bumble, a dating app that is dedicated to creating an inclusive environment for its community of over 95 million users.Bumble has partnered with experts at a range of LGBTQIA+ advocacy organisations to provide a sp

EP10: 'Breaking the cycle', Braidon Burns

Aug 2nd, 2020 31m 19s

In interviews and general conversation, people often ask me who my role models are or who I look up to and while I struggle sometimes with answering that, because I’m lucky enough to find inspiration in so many moments with different individual

EP9: 'Giving back with Cultural Choice Association', Connor Watson

Jul 26th, 2020 44m 43s

In lieu of a sponsor this week, we have donated both the space and money associated to Cultural Choice Association to support their work in preventing Aboriginal youth suicide.This is an issue we’ve spoken about before on the podcast and is on

EP8: 'Clothing to start a conversation', Sianna Catullo and Laura Thompson of Clothing the Gap

Jul 19th, 2020 47m 6s

On today’s episode I yarn with the dynamic duo behind one of the most recognisable Aboriginal owned and run clothing brands in the country - Clothing the Gap. Laura Thompson and Sianna Catullo are boss tiddas with incredible business minds and

EP7: 'The second ever Aboriginal woman to represent Australia in cricket', Ashleigh Gardner

Jul 12th, 2020 30m 8s

With all the disjointment of the ‘Australian’ identity, it’s hard to pin down anything that universally binds us or even something that a good majority of people who live across this continent today can really agree on or join in on together. O

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SPECIAL EPISODE: 'A Koori Doctor on getting in to medicine and facing COVID19' Dr. Erika Chapman-Burgess

Jul 8th, 2020 42m 8s

DISCLAIMER: Today's guest is medical professional but not an expert in infection control or an infectious diseases expert, so if anyone wants any further information regarding the COVID19 pandemic they should go to the local state govt webpage

EP6: 'Defying the enemy within' Joe Williams

Jul 5th, 2020 47m 5s

TW: There are discussions of suicidal thoughts and mental health throughout this discussion that may be triggering for some.It is no secret that mental health and particularly depression and suicide disproportionately impacts our mob more than

EP5: 'Look in the mirror every day and know you're beautiful, black and deadly', Cissy Gore-Birch

Jun 28th, 2020 54m 11s

Cissy Gore-Birch, is a mother of 5, the Executive Manager of Aboriginal Engagement for Bush Heritage Australia and such a positive, loving and passionate leader in her community who is forever fighting for the respect and protection of land, th

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SPECIAL EPISODE: 'The Bowraville Murders', Allan Clarke

Jun 24th, 2020 22m 45s

In this very special episode of Always Was, Always Will be our stories, I sit down with Gomeroi and Muruwari filmmaker and journalist, Allan Clarke to discuss his new project, 'The Bowraville Murders.'This documentary investigates one of Austr

EP4: ‘Never forget we were the first scientists’ Deadly Science and Corey Tutt.

Jun 21st, 2020 34m 30s

If I asked you to imagine a $50 Australian note in your hands, what would you see? Firstly, you'd probably describe its yellow colour, then perhaps, the face of a white-haired, smirking man.Do you know this man's name? Do you notice the sketch

EP3: 'The surprising history of Aboriginal people and the Debutante Ball', Nakkiah Lui & Miranda Tapsell

Jun 14th, 2020 34m 31s

When I say ‘debutante ball’ what comes to mind for you? A bunch of teenage girls, giggling, buzzing with nerves and excitement, dressed in flowing gowns, off to a flash venue, for the night of their lives, ready to debut into society - whatever

EP2: 'Autism is not the end of the world, it's the start of a different journey', Tanika Davis

Jun 7th, 2020 46m 45s

Picture this, in the past 18 months you’ve had some of the biggest milestones of your life so far - you had your first child, a beautiful little boy, married your partner and graduated from university. It’s been some of the best times of your l

EP1: 'Foster kid to CEO', Isaiah Dawe

May 31st, 2020 55m 25s

This is the first ever episode of Always Was Always Will Be Our Stories, in today’s chat Marlee Silva sits down with Butchella and Gawara man Isaiah Dawe.Like thousands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander kids in Australia today, Isaiah g

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Always Was, Always Will Be Our Stories - S1 Trailer

May 12th, 2020 2m 6s

Yaama, I’m Marlee Silva, a Gamilaroi and Dunghutti writer and the Co-Founder of Tiddas 4 Tiddas.In these frightening and uncertain times, it feels as though there’s little left in life that has gone unchanged. Coming from the oldest, continuou

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