Live from the Fearless Curious event, award-winning journalist and media personality, Marc Fennell speaks with StoryCasters podcaster Sharon Masige  about how industry pipelines can be transformed for greater equity. In an equally engaging conversation, Newcastle Art Gallery’s Zana Kobayashi sits down with Storycasters podcaster Vir Kaula to share her experience working in the region’s creative sector and the importance of community action, especially when cultivating change in rural NSW.

This Colour Cycle season is a takeover by Diversity Arts’ StoryCasters, a collective of young culturally diverse content producers.Recorded and produced on the unceded lands of the Cabrogal of the Darug nation, the Mulgoa of the Darug Nation and the lands of the Awabakal, Worimi, Wonnarua and Darkinyung peoples. Always was. Always will be. Aboriginal Land.

Recorded and produced on the unceded lands of the Cabrogal of the Darug nation, the Mulgoa of the Darug Nation and the lands of the Awabakal, Worimi, Wonnarua and Darkinyung peoples. Always was. Always will be. Aboriginal Land.

A production of Diversity Arts Australia.

Guests: Marc Fennell, Zana Kobayashi

Interviewers: Sharon Masige and Vir Kaula

Research and presentation: Vir Kaula, Claire Cao, Sonia Mehrmand

Season 5 Host: Sonia Mehrmand

Regular Host and Executive Producer:  Lena Nahlous

Producers: Sonia Mehrmand and Vir Kaula, with support from Claire Cao and Colin Ho

More information (Hyperlinks to featured orgs / artists / work):

Fearless Curious

Marc Fennell 

Newcastle Art Gallery

Music: Melvin Tu and Ali Saganci

StoryCasters is a project of Diversity Arts Australia and provides training and mentorship to young culturally diverse digital producers. Visit STORYCASTERS.NET for more.

This season is supported by Multicultural NSW and Create NSW. Diversity Arts also receives core funding from Australia Council for the Arts.

StoryCasters trainer/ mentors: Jennifer Macey, Phoenix Eye, Sweatshop Literacy Movement, Nicola Morton, Del Lumanta.