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ConversationsHow Aunty Rhonda learnt to cryArtist, author and Stolen Generations survivor, Rhonda Collard-Spratt, on bush hugs, beehives, emu bumps, and finding peace.Aunty Rhonda Collard-Spratt is a Yamatji-Noongar elder and Stolen Generations survivor who grew up on the Carnarvon Native Mission in Western Australia.As a little girl she would escape from her dormitory into the bush to feel the love and warmth she was missing from her mum.After leaving the mission as a teenager, Rhonda trained as a hairdresser, creating some of the best beehives in Perth.Later in life, she managed to reconnect w...
2025-11-2051 min
Woman's HourWeekend Woman’s Hour: Candace Bushnell, Lisa St Aubin de Terán, Ideological Gender GapThe creator of Sex and the City, Candace Bushnell, whose column in the New York Observer was the inspiration behind the TV series, joins Anita in the studio. The real-life Carrie Bradshaw is bringing her one-woman show about creating the hit series to the West End and then doing a UK tour.After 20 years of silence, prize-winning author Lisa St Aubin de Terán is back with a new book. Aged 16, Lisa married a Venezuelan landowner-turned-bank robber; she eventually ran away from him with her young daughter only to end up trapped in a castle with the S...
2024-02-0357 min
Tuesday BreakfastHighlights from 2022: First Nations Arts SpecialJessie LloydJessie Lloyd is an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander musician who performs a broad collection of First Nations songs. In this interview Jessie speaks with Phuong about her album release Ailan Songs Project - Four Winds. Four Winds is a contemporarised exploration of popular historical songs from the Torres Straits. Aunty Rhonda Collard-SprattAunty Rhonda Collard-Spratt is a Yamatji-Noongar elder and Stolen Generations survivor. She speaks with Phuong about her book release Bobtail's Friend. An accomplished author and artist, Aunty Rhonda is the co-author and artist behind Bobtail's Friend, the third instalment of the Spirit of the Dreaming series. Rachael Hock...
2023-01-0900 min
TRASHFUTURE*PREVIEW* All That Is My Apartment Melts Into Air feat. Vicky Spratt
This week, we’re speaking with Vicky Spratt (@Victoria_Spratt) of the I Paper about her new book Tenants: The People on the Frontline of Britain’s Housing Emergency. Why has Britain regressed so badly on housing conditions? Is anyone with any political power aiming to fix this? The answer will probably not surprise you.
Preorder Vicky’s book here: https://profilebooks.com/work/tenants/
Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/all-that-is-my-75636101
*MILO ALERT* Here are links to see Milo’s upcoming standup shows: https://www.miloedwards.co.uk/live-show...
2022-12-0910 min
Transforming PerceptionsStories of Resilience and Strength - In Conversation with Aunty Rhonda Collard-Spratt proud Yamatji, Noongar Elder, Author and Artist - Her Story and Recovery through Art and Writing.On this weekend of the Garma Festival (July 2022) in the Northern Territory we share an Indigenous story of resilience and strength.
Aunty Rhonda Collard-Spratt is a member of the stolen generations. Four generations of her family were stolen. She grew up under segregation and government control in Western Australia as part of the White Australia Policy away from her family and without any human rights. She shares her personal story of survival, resilience and recovery through writing children’s books, creating art and poetry.
We chat about her latest children’s book Bobtail’s Friend – From the De...
2022-08-0129 min
From the Newsroom: Suburban Philadelphia PodcastGameOn! High school winter sports talking milestones for basketball and wrestling.Winter high school sports talk highlighted by four area girls' players each scoring their 1,000th-points last week - a rare feat indeed, and even rarer that so many did it at the same time. On the boys' side, we talk about the big win by La Salle High over Archbishop Wood and how the district tournament for both boys and girls is quickly approaching. And, in wrestling, we talk about Council Rock South and Faith Christian winning PIAA District One Dual-Meet Tournament titles. A weekly podcast that's all about winter sports in the Bux-Mont area with Drew Markol and...
2022-02-0717 min
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It is Discernable®Culture Series Episode 2: Daisy Spratt (Lawyer and Singer/Songwriter)Daisy Spratt was born in Queensland, Australia, but raised in the south and mid-west of the United States. Her draw to music started at a young age with artists like Shania Twain and Kenney Chesney, and even Aussie bands like INXS. However, it wasn't until she moved back to Down Under where she learned to play guitar, started writing music and began getting vocal coaching. Her parents didn't see her perform for the first time until she was 15 years old. By 18, she was gigging in local pubs and cafes along the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria. She took every opportunity...
2021-03-101h 26
A Moment of Your Time117 - “Thinkin' Bout You” by Daisy Spratt"Thinkin' Bout You" by Daisy Spratt. Written with Rob Amoruso and Alice Blake. The song was written and recorded in July 2020, and was created to share a message about something I was experiencing in this season, which was supporting family members with their mental health. From Daisy: "I was born in Queensland, Australia, but raised in the United States until I was 10 years old. I consider myself a Melbourne girl though, and have been in Melbourne ever since. I started playing guitar at 10, and my dad helped teach me chords growing up. I d...
2020-09-0104 minTRASHFUTUREStarving Refugees to Teach Them a Lesson feat. Vicki SprattThis week, it’s a star-studded cast of Riley (@raaleh), Hussein (@HKesvani), Milo (@Milo_Edwards), and Alice @AliceAvizandum discussing the recent story of asylum seeker Mercy Baguma being found dead from malnutrition in her flat in Glasgow. Why was she starving? Because asylum seekers in the UK aren’t allowed to work and are only allowed £40 a week to live on. This is of course by design -- because Baz logic runs that people won’t seek refuge in the UK if we’re just as cruel as possible to them.
We also have an interview with Riley, Hu...
2020-09-011h 35
Wednesday BreakfastToys for asylum seeker kids, climate change and how indigenous knowledge has solutionsHosted by Rob, Jess and Lois [segment times in brackets][7:05] Alternative news: updates on Australian bushfires and new research into sustainable responses to natural disasters.[7:20] Vivien Langford of 3CR's Beyond Zero Emissions speaks with community members from the island of Kiribas about how they're preparing for climate change. Vivien chats to a range of locals from school teachers to climate activists who participated in a six-week leadership course. Hear how community activists are hopeful and resilient in the face of a changing climate. [7:30] Interview with founder of the Refugee and Asylum Seeker Toy Drive, Christopher Stenton, about the charity that aims...
2019-12-1000 min
Radio ToniRhonda Collard-SprattRhonda Collard-Spratt is a talented Aboriginal poet and artist. At age 3, she was removed from her family and placed on Carnarvon Native Mission in WA. It would be over ten years before she saw her mother again. Her memoir, Alice’s Daughter, is the first by a former mission resident. It's Rhonda’s search for culture, family whilst faced with violence, racism, foster families, and her father’s death in custody - investigated as part of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. This show is broadcast live on Thursday's at 7PM ET on W4WN Radio – The Wome...
2019-07-121h 51