"Hey Aunty: What is Spiritual Activism?" is our conversation with the amazing Sister Eleanor 'Nalyirri' Dixon. This one is big 💥 Eleanor shares a deep understanding of liberation, which fully integrates her identity as a Mudburra woman from the community of Marlinja in NT. Her activism is spiritual and reflects her love of culture and country. It's…

How is Radical Self Love Part of #BLM?" Our latest episode with the inimitable Sonya Renee Taylor. We get personal and explore the idea of liberation from inside out. Liberation by any means, but not at any cost.Huge thanks to Sonya for her “habit of saying yes to black women.” NZ based and making waves globally. Artist, Author, Activist and transf…

Hey Aunty - How are you Doing Right Now?We are back to check-in, catching up with Aunties past/future for some much-needed community care in this challenging time. Chatting with Dr. Yadira Perez Hazel. Bronx native, Black Latina, mother, wife and much more. Talking about what we have lost, what gems have been found. What we will leave behind and wh…

Dr Chelsea Bond - Is Feminism for us?This chat is packed to bursting with wow-moments, takeaways and t-shirt worthy quotes that will have you thinking for days. We can’t wait for you to hear it and tell us what you think. This is exactly what we’re here for, deeper conversation with incredible Sisters about the things that matter to us. We love sis…

Delighted to share the next conversation on the subject of learning to loving our bodies. This week we chat with the brilliant and beautiful Fatu Sillah. Please excuse my gravelly voice I was in the depths of a cold when the intro was recorded, so kept it short and sweet. Fatu lives in Sydney and works as a social worker, supporting young people wh…

Welcome to the first episode of Season 2 of Hey Aunty! Tarneen Onus-Williams - How'd you learn to love your body?“This body gets us to work every day. This body puts up with the racism and the complete violence of colonialism. My body gets me through a night of partying. My body gets to give my nieces and nephews cuddles. It gets to make Christmas …

Back on Thursday 6 June.By Fireside chats with black women who've been there. Welcome Sis!

We're over the moon delighted to bring you this special Season 1 finale episode LIVE from the Hey Aunty! Live Show at ACMI! This was an absolutely magical evening with wonderful guests Namilla Benson, Leila Gurruwiwi, Hasu Kose and Leah Avene - who brought the incredible stories, laughter and truth that the, full-house, crowd held with energy so po…

We're diving straight in with part 2 of Hey Aunty! What makes you feel alive? This week we chat with Elsie Seriat, a proud Torres Straight Islander, marathon runner and soon to be mom. She is a woman who chose her passion and hung in there, becoming a role model. Elsie ran the New York Marathon 4 years ago with the Indigenous Marathon Foundation an…

We are SO READY to ask this next question: Hey Aunty! What makes you feel alive? Shantel delves deep with the wonderful Sister Leila Gurruwiwi. Leila is a proud Yolngu woman originally from Galiwinku on Elcho Island in North East Arnhem Land. A hugely popular broadcaster on SBS/NITV’s Marngrook Footy Show, as well as an Actress, ASRC Ambassador and…

Rounding up with our third instalment of 'Hey Aunty! How’d you deal with a dickhead?' with the incredible, talented and ceaselessly courageous Kim BustyBeatz Bowers. Kim is an Australian/South African Musical Director, Composer, Producer, Sound Designer, and DJ. Currently making waves globally as Co-Artistic Director and Musical Director of Hot Bro…

Ready for our second instalment of Hey Aunty! How’d you deal with a dick head?This week we speak with the wonderful Pattigrace Lupari. Pattigrace is a humble woman who’s staunchly proud of her Papua New Guinean heritage. She has worked in the Tech, Film and TV space for the last 10 years. As an outspoken WOC working in a predominantly male (white) …

It's finally here! In part one of 3 instalments we're ready to ask... Hey Aunty! How’d you deal with a dickhead? To kick things off, Shantel catches up with the brilliant Angelina Hurley. Angelina is a proud Aboriginal woman, her heritage is from Jagera, Gooreng Gooreng, Mununjali, Birriah & Kamilaroi peoples. She won’t be silenced, or told that th…

We continue with part 3 of 'Hey Aunty! Why are we like this?' with the wonderful Léuli Eshrāghi (ia, ū pronouns). Léuli is an artist, curator, writer from the Sāmoan archipelago, Pārs plateau, Guangdong delta, and other ancestries. Ia makes performances, installations, writing and curatorial projects centred on embodied knowledges, ceremonial-polit…

As we return with part 2 of 'Hey Aunty! Why are we like this?' we talk with the incredible Leah Avene. A Tuvaluan mother, musician, broadcaster and educator who’s works focuses on decolonising our spirits, spaces and systems. Leah is the co presenter of ALL OUR STORIES on PBSfm. She performs music as Philemon. Story telling and narrative healing ar…

We're delving deep and asking 3 incredible black pillars of our community the tough question: Hey Aunty! Why are we like this? In part 1 Shantel catches up with the wonderful Lisa Hilli. Lisa is a contemporary artist, a Collection Manager for Melbourne Museum and a proud descendant of the Tolai and Gunantuna people of Papua New Guinea. Throughout h…

In part 2 of ‘Hey Aunty! Where’re you from?’ we welcome incredible guest Faustina Agolley. Faustina is a much loved TV Host, Actor, Writer and DJ. She embodies excellence, vulnerability and pride in all of her identities, in a way that’s so warm and accessible that you can forget how subversive and political it is. Faustina and Shantel share a wond…

Hey Aunty, Where're you from?Kicking off the first of 2 instalments, we're delighted to share a longer conversation for Episode 3 P1. Hey Aunty! Where’re you from? With Dr. Yadira Perez Hazel. Yadi is an Anthropologist, mom and proud black Latina from the Bronx, comfortable embodying every facet of her identity. In this chat with Shantel, she share…

In the third and final instalment of 'Hey Aunty, should I still be code switching?' Shantel sits down with Namila Benson. Namila is a veteran broadcaster, producer and presenter in addition to being a fierce champion for fem and POC talent, passing the mic as often as rocking it. She is also a loving mother and a proud PNG woman. She shared her exp…

Hey Aunty, should I still be code switching?This episode, Shantel chats with scientist, curator and mentor of many, Aunty Sana Balai. Aunty Sana shares her experiences with code switching with a wicked sense of humour and strength rooted in her proud identity as a PNG First Nations woman. Navigating the challenges of study and work in the prestigio…

Hey Aunty, should I still be code switching?Our producer Shantel hopped online for a chat with presenter/broadcaster extraordinaire & proud Aboriginal woman - Rudi Bremer. In this episode, Shantel and Rudi hash out code switching, compare notes on ‘good hair’ and winding our mums up with our style choices! We absolutely loved this convo, check it o…

Hey Aunty, should I still be code switching? Using your mixed company voice, taming your hair and dressing 'professional' are all examples of ways we code switch to get by in majority white spaces. But... it's 2018 and black culture has never been more popular with the 'main stream'. In an era of white rappers, internet dance challenges and diversi…

Hey you! Welcome to Hey Aunty Podcast, we've just put the kettle on, join us! We're remixing the proverbial black aunty to answer important questions, sip on that tea and share in fireside chats with black women, fems & non-binary fam who've been there.In this introduction to the podcast, our presenter and producer Shantel Wetherall chats with the …