Take It Blak podcast

Take It Blak podcast

Welcome to the new podcast from the NITV News Online team: #TakeItBlak

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July 12, 2021 60 mins
Join Rae Johnston in this episode of the Take It Blak podcast for your monthly hit of the latest STEM news and interviews. There’s news about Tinder’s new feature that lets you block personal contacts and the latest on the new Twitter Blue subscription service. Rae speaks with health expert Edwina Griffin, who has teamed up with Gomeroi man Kevin Duncan on a world-first meditation app, AtOne. David Tegonging, Co-Lead Engineer on th...
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In this episode, Rae Johnston speaks with artist and designer Maree Clarke, a pivotal figure in the reclamation of south-east Aboriginal art and cultural practices with a passion for reviving and sharing elements of culture that were lying dormant as a consequence of colonisation. Then, the Australian Museum is showcasing the cultures of First Nations peoples in a new series of talks, tours, and workshops to accompany its groundbre...
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Join Rae Johnston in this episode of the Take It Blak podcast for your monthly hit of the latest STEM news and interviews. What Twitter's "tip jar" feature means for creators, Rae speaks to Professor Corey Bradshaw about the new research into "Superhighways" used by our ancestors when this continent was known as Sauhl, and research from James Cook University tells us something new about passwords. Then our special guest for this ep...
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Rae Johnston catches up with talented and determined all-rounder musician Rhyan Clapham, aka Dobby, to chat about his globe-trotting career, his music being taught in schools, and his upcoming gig at Canberra International Music Festival. Then, actor and singer Shakira Clanton drops by to talk about her new show Still, I Rise which features a range of her life experiences - from the racism and sexism she’s faced as a woman of colou...
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Join Rae Johnston in this episode of the Take It Blak podcast for your monthly hit of the latest STEM news and interviews. Rae speaks to researchers at the Black Dog Institute about how Google is helping people with depression, an innovator reducing food waste using the internet of things drops by, and Brenz Saunders explains how Adelaide’s beloved football club is helping increase the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islande...
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Rae Johnston catches up with award-winning poet Evelyn Araluen to chat about the release of her first book, Drop Bear, which 'confronts the tropes and iconography of an unreconciled nation with biting satire and lyrical fury'. Then, Nicholas Richie - who you may know better as @NichTopher - drops by to talk about the role of social media in raising awareness for Indigenous issues, why platforms like Instagram are going out of their...
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Take It Blak podcast co-hosts Jack Latimore and Shahni Wellington discuss heritage protection laws, rascist place names and the 30th anniversary of the final report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody; the return of the NITV flagship current affairs program, The Point; upcoming stories for NITV News; and chat with country music legend and proud Gumbaynggirr/Bundjalung man Troy Cassar-Daley about healing on Cou...
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Join NITV's Science & Technology Editor Rae Johnston In this episode of the Take It Blak podcast for your monthly hit of the latest STEM news and interviews. Rae speaks to researchers at CSIRO about a new bushfire prediction app, Zoom drops by to talk predicting COVID-spreading meeting rooms with air quality monitors, and Spotify has a bootcamp for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander podcasters. Plus, we chat with CSIRO's Dr Just...
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Join host Rae Johnston and guests Shahni Wellington and Jason Davis as they discuss the campaign to find and encourage victims who were forcibly removed from their families to seek compensation and a revolutionary new way to carry government and cultural identification at all times.
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Join Jack Latimore and guests Paul Daley & Jodan Perry as they discuss the fallout from the Collingwood FC Do Better report, Eddie McGuire's legacy, institutional racism, and what changes to expect with the 2021 season of NITV's flagship current affairs program, The Point.
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In this episode of the Take It Blak podcast, Join NITV's Science & Technology Editor Rae Johnston In this episode of the Take It Blak podcast for your monthly hit of the latest STEM news and interviews. In this ep, Rae looks at smart voice assistant Alexa,( is she getting even smarter?); Google's Alphabet shuts down its remote-region internet business; Sony's plans to make virtual reality a spectator sport; the new wireless chargin...
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Join NITV Online’s Take It Blak podcast with host Rae Johnston and guests Jack Latimore and Rhanna Collins as we discuss our feelings about January 26 - but also how we tackle it as a news organisation, as journalists, and as Aboriginal people.
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Join NITV Online’s Take It Blak podcast with host Rae Johnston and guests Witiyana Marika and Stephen Maxwell Johnson, co-creators of the new critically acclaimed feature film, High Ground. The film tells the story of a WW1 sniper turned policeman who loses control of an operation, resulting in a massacre in the Northern Territory. Twelve years later he returns to the area, tracking an Aboriginal warrior who is enacting his own for...
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A year of extraordinary events, issues, crises, achievements, strength and perserverance is given a Blak perspective from the NITV News crew. Hosted by Natalie Ahmat, this episode of Take It Blak podcast first aired nationwide as a 54 minute NITV News special that included Rae Johnston, Jack Latimore, Jodan Perry, Rachael Hocking, Keira Jenkins, & Sarah Collard.
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Join NITV Online’s Take It Blak podcast with host Shahni Wellington and guests Bruce Pascoe and Vicky Shukuroglou to discuss their latest work Loving Country and how connecting to Country can help with healing after this hellish year. We also discuss the Black Lives Matter movement; a very scientific theory as to why wombats glow under UV light; and the new beer that gives back to community – Dark Emu Dark Ale. Just in time for you...
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In this episode of the Take It Blak podcast, NITV's Science & Technology Editor Rae Johnston has your monthly hit of the latest STEM news and interviews, looking at the intersection of traditional knowledge and modern science, and speaking to industry leaders. This month: what TikTok is doing for users with epilepsy, Twitter reveals the top #BlakTwitter users from #NAIDOC2020, the portable labs aiming to close the digital divide, t...
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Visual artist Fiona Foley and Hip Hop artist Birdz join Take It Blak host Jack Latimore to discuss Country and the impacts of colonisation on Badtjala lands and peoples, and on Queensland and Australia more broadly, including the Endeavour, the Act, dispersals, Blak resistance and the enduring connection of place.
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This NAIDOC Week special episode sees the legendary singer-songwriter Archie Roach yarn with Take It Blak host Jack Latimore about the release of his latest album, The Songs of Charcoal Lane; the 30th anniversary of his classic debut album; challenging institutions and demonstrating for change; and what it's like to find himself on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine as one of the 50 all-time great Australian artists.
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In this episode of Take It Blak, NITV's Science & Technology Editor Rae Johnston has your monthly hit of the latest STEM news and interviews, looking at the intersection of traditional knowledge and modern science, and speaking to industry leaders. This month: how we know there's water on the moon, noise-cancelling without the headphones, what makes the PlayStation 5 controller so special and the ethics and future of DNA study. Plu...
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‘Who is Namatjira? Namatjira could be anybody’: Archibald winner Western Arrernte man Vincent Namatjira talks to Take It Blak host Rachael Hocking about growing up in foster care, learning about his famous Namatjira surname, and what it means to be the first Blackfulla to win the Archibald Prize, and build his own legacy as a contemporary figurative artist.
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