Agenda

For our final episode of Agenda we looked back on the past two years of the show and our previous segments, guests and highlights. We were joined by FBi Radio's Music Director Amelia Jenner to chat about what goes into bringing so much diversity into the FBi Radio sound, her thoughts on festival lineups and her work with NECTAR, a booking, touring and events agency she founded along with Andy Garvey, Tia Newling and Jemma Cole. We also heard Larissa Shearman’s Behind The Lens series, which tells the stories of female filmmakers. For episode 2 we met Pauline, a Yaegl woman and a filmmaker with many years in the industry. In this episode, Pauline discussed how her Aboriginality intersects with her filmmaking.

For our second last episode of Agenda, we went a bit rogue with our music selection and played some of our favourite pop songs, from All Saints, Carly Rae Jepsen and M.I.A. We also heard from writer Quinn Eades about Queerstories: Chosen Family Xmas and the release of the book Going Postal: More Than ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ - a collection of queer marginalised voices on the experience of life during Australia’s 2017 voluntary marriage survey, and in the year since. The book is being launched in Sydney at The Imperial Hotel on December 9. Plus, we heard from Alex DeGaris one of the co-directors of Sister Gallery, an Artist Run Initiative in Adelaide that recently moved all of their programming online. Sister’s current online exhibition is Xenoblood and we spoke to Virginia Barratt from the collective In Their Interior about the new work.

  This week we filled in for Backchat on FBi this morning with an Agenda Extender episode, starting half an hour earlier than usual.⏰ We spoke Celine Dion and gender-neutral babies, 808s and Heartbreak with Sidehustle DJs Nerida Ross and Maddy Costello and the role that media plays in issues of domestic violence with Renata Field (Domestic Violence NSW). Plus we heard all about Indigenous filmmaking with Medika Thorpe and Pauline Clague, directors of the WINDA Film Festival happening at Event Cinemas George St on November 22-25, 2018. We also heard from Behind The Lens, a series about female filmmakers from Larissa Shearman. Part one of the series featured a conversation with Megan Riakos, director and the President of Women in Film and Television NSW. We're looking forward Singles Club, an upcoming evening of performances on November 22nd curated by former Agenda guest Bree van Reyk. It's part of the Backstage Music series at Woodburn Creatives and is a

We're back after a little break! Today on Agenda: - the eroticism of pop music.- Ariana Grande's new breakup anthem and her very important performance on Ellen.- Nao's new album Saturn.- Rough Idea with Auckland-based Agenda family member Natasha Matila-Smith in conversation with Lana Lopesi, who is the author, critic and Editor in Chief of The Pantograph Punch. Lana recently released her book False Divides which looks at the divisions and unifications created by colonialism, technologies and the adaptability of Moana peoples across the Pacific.

On this week's episode of Agenda, we spoke to: Sound artist and composer Bree Van Reyk about Invisible, As Music, her piece featuring in Day For Night at Liveworks Festival on Saturday 27 October. Joanna Lester, director of the new Australian documentary Power Meri, which looks at women's rugby league in Papua New Guinea. Queerstories' Maeve Marsden who'll be hosting Homage: a queer musical tribute at the Factory Theatre on Wednesday 24 October, featuring performances from LGBTQI+ musicians like Brendan Maclean, Jordon Raskopoulos, Marcus Whale and Sports Bra.

This week we revisited the idea of self-care and what it REALLY means, with the help of Liminal Magazine editor Leah Jing McIntosh. We also took a look back at a past episode of Agenda to hear from Call Your Girlfriend's Amintou Sow for her thoughts on the topic. We also heard from our Auckland-based Agenda family member Natasha Matila-Smith with her segment Rough Idea, which explores arts practices and practitioners in New Zealand. Natasha spoke to Cora-Allan Wickliffe, a multidisciplinary artist of Māori and Niue descent. Cora-Allan is also a curator and a founding member of BC COLLECTIVE, which stands for Before Cook and Before Columbus. She spoke to Natasha this week about her journey of becoming a maker of Hiapo, a form of decorative Barkcloth from the South Pacific Island of Niue.

This week we spoke to Amrita Hepi about her upcoming work at Art Gallery of New South Wales for The National, and her involvment with Fempre$$: WISHWITCH at Liveworks on October 20. We were also joined by Mellum PR's Uda Widanapathirana, to hear about about Women in Music Empowerment Day 2018 and their work as an artist manager for HABITS and Miss Blanks.Plus, for Rough Idea we heard more of Natasha Matila-Smith's chat with curator Ioana Gordon-Smith, about what it means to be an Indigenous artist in New Zealand.

This week we spoke to Tia Newling and Andy Garvey from Nectar about their new workshop seriesand what's coming up for the Sydney-based booking, touring & events agency. We were also joined by the crew from Camp Out, a 5 day camp in October for young folk who identify as LGBTQIA+ and beyond, about their current crowdfunding campaign to raise funds for the camp. Plus, we debuted a new segment called Rough Idea with writer and artist Natasha Matila-Smith featuring NZ-based creative practitioners. This week Natasha spoke with Ioana Gordon-Smith, a curator at Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery in Auckland, about the new exhibition From The Shore.

This week on Agenda as part of FBi Radio's Sweet 15 supporter drive, we heard from some FBi legends both past and present about what the station means to them:   Deepa Alam (Wednesday Lunch) Lucy Smith (former presenter of Up For It) Lee Tran Lam (Local Fidelity) A.H. Cayley (founder of Backchat) Grace Farrell (Friday Arvos) Ayebatonye Abrakasa (Don't @ Me) Maria Dimitriakis (Weekend Overhang) Nikki Brogan (FBi's Managing Director) Isabelle Hore-Thorburn (Agenda co-founder) Caroline Gates (former Program Director of FBi Radio)

This week we heard from Archie Barry, a multidisciplinary artist working across video and performance. They spoke about Archie’s upcoming performance artwork Hypnic as part of The Public Body .03, an exhibition taking place at Artspace in Woolloomooloo on Wednesday 26 September. We also spoke to Melbourne based musician, producer, artist and architecture academic Simona Castricum about her upcoming performance at Soft Centre, a one-day festival of radical performance art, sound and visual design happening on Saturday September 22nd at the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre. Plus, we were joined Lisa Rose, the director of Queer Screen Film Fest, and Jain Moralee who is the producer of Nothing to Lose, a documentary by queer artist and fat activist Kelli Jean Drinkwater screening as part of the festival on Friday September 21st.

Who do you look up to or learn from? For Thoughts That Count we talked pros and cons of Father's Day and all kinds of families/relationships, featuring an analysis of some problematic Kanye West lyrics about being a father and what that means to him.  We were also joined by filmmaker, producer and actor Vonne Patiag, who works across stage, screen and performance to focus on issues exploring queer and ethnic intersection in Australia. Vonne has co-written a queer sitcom called Obviously! That opens as part of Sydney Fringe Festival next Thursday night, he’s also recently created a short documentary calledShading, examining current practices of ‘white-washing’ ethnic skin tones of performers in the film and theatre industries. Plus, we spoke to Sarinah Masukor and Jaya Keaney about The Watermelon Woman, a film that stars Cheryl Dunye as a movie-obsessed young queer woman working in a Philadelphia video store. She’s drawn to films from the 1930s which f

Who's the coolest teenager you know? FBi Radio turned 15 this week and for Thoughts That Count we talked about teenagers doing amazing things, from Marley Dias to Amandla Stenberg. We were also joined by Emma Rose Smith and Vanessa Lee who are programmers for Unspoken Words, a festival by and for storytellers, with performances, workshops, discussions and special events happening on 7-17 September at various locations around the inner west. Plus, we spoke to Meriki Hill and Briony Beckett, members of a rollerderby team called Team Indigenous Dreaming who are currently raising funds to go to the Australian National Roller Derby Championships.

This week we were joined by Gayatri and B.T.W.'s Gianna Hayes to chat about Irregular Fit, a night of creating and reclaiming space within the electronic music scene, presented by House of Ayebatonye and MusicNSW on Saturday 25 August at Tokyo Sing Song. If you're Indigenous, POC, female identifying, non binary, LGBTQIA++ or have a disability and ever felt like you've ever wanted to learn how to DJ from some of Sydney's best and play a set at Irregular Fit, send Ayebatonye an email - houseofayebatonye@gmail.com! We also spoke to Lane Pitcher and Anna Hush about the fEMPOWER Workshops and their upcoming volunteer training sessions on September 2 at Sydney Uni. Plus, for Thoughts That Count this week we looked at the power of Facebook groups and heard from Flossy's Melissa Roberts. 

Today at 11am on FBi Radio we've got not one, not two but THREE interviews lined up with some incredible guests:  Change.org's Sally Rug, for the How To Be An Activist workshop happening at the Sydney Opera House on September 1st Curator Kate Britton and artist Angela Tiatia for The Waves, a new exhibition opening on August 18th at Sullivan + Strump Artist Jesse Mullins to chat about Series Concert's first event Tock with Ptwiggs & Andy Garvey on August 25th.

  This week we were joined by Karen Therese, Tasha O'Brien and May Tran from PYT Fairfield to talk about their new work Playlist, described as "Beyoncé meets the women’s marches meets Australian Idol" happening from August 2-11. For Thoughts That Count Tanya and Mari spoke about Lee Lin Chin and what she meant for the Asian-Australian community. We also heard thoughts from Hyun Lee, Reg Harris and Allison Chan on female, trans or non-binary Asian-Australians who have influenced them. We also spoke to Leah Jing McIntosh who is the editor of Liminal Mag, an online space for the exploration, interrogation and celebration of the Asian-Australian experience.

This week we heard Tanya's conversation with Camp Cope's Kelly-Dawn Helmrich before their performance at the Sydney Opera House on July 25. We were also joined by Henrietta Jackson, Claudia Platzer and Violette Kirton from YMO Collective ahead of their birthday celebrations at YMO FEST in Marrickville on July 28.

This week on Agenda we heard all about TAFFEE at the Imperial Hotel thanks to Dr Vivienne Linsley, one of the Co-Artistic Directors of TAFFEE, and Dr Grace Sharkey, a Postgraduate Teaching Fellow in the Department of Gender and Cultural Studies at the University of Sydney. Thoughts That Count: Are you opting out of My Health Record? We spoke about what the new scheme means for sex workers and the trans community.  Plus we spoke to James Christie-Murray, director of Queer Space Wollongong, to chat about queer communities and the Heaps Gay Queer AF Party happening on July 21st at The Imperial Hotel.

  This week we spoke to Georgia Mokak about her work in arts education and outreach, and about Klub Koori happening at Carriageworks. Agenda content Ohni Blu caught up with Gala Vanting this week to have a chat about the recent FOSTA-SESTA laws that have had a big impact on Australian sex workers. For Thoughts That Count, Kat Clarke, Miah Wright and Cathy Craigie talk NAIDOC week and the importance of this year's theme: Because of Her, We Can. Kat Clarke is a proud Wotjobaluk artist, writer and consultant who will be publishing her first poetry book in the coming year. Miah is the Curator for Burramatta NAIDOC day for the City of Parramatta on Sunday 15 July, and Cathy, a Gamilaroi and Anaiwon writer and Aboriginal Affairs expert, will be speaking at the Dyin Nura, Women’s Place at Burramatta.

This week we were joined by Melbourne beat-garage trio Empat Lima to chat about the launch of their debut album Cling Clang Clutter at the Golden Age Cinema on July 7. We also took a look at Her Sound Her Story, a new documentary about women in the Australian music industry (screening at Event Cinemas George Street on July 11), and recent controversies surrounding Scarlett Johannson and David Leyonhjelm. For Thoughts That Count, Agenda content contributor Levent Dilsiz explored the idea of post-genderism and what it would mean to live in a sexless and genderless world.

This week we were joined by Melbourne duo HABITS to chat about the launch of their second EP SALTY at Freda's on June 30. Plus, we debated the latest internet obsession Big Dick Energy and why we're pushing for Big Heart Energy as the less gender-essentialist alternative.