Sisteria Podcast

Episode Twenty-Eight: Fire Front - Alison Whittaker, Meleika Gesa-Fatafehi and Laniyuk

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 22:18:47 GMT

In the final episode for this season, we speak with not one but three incredible guests to discuss Fire Front: First Nations Poetry and Power Today.Steph is joined by Fire Front editor and contributor Alison Whittaker, editorial assistant and contributor Meleika Gesa-Fatafehi, and contributor Laniyuk.

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Episode Twenty-Seven: Bernadette Green

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 22:22:33 GMT

Debut children's book author Bernadette Green joins us to discuss picture book based on her own experiences, the collaborative relationship between author and illustrator, and rainbow families (including Steph's experience as an egg donor).

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Episode Twenty-Six: Corrie Chen

Thu, 14 Jan 2021 21:12:27 GMT

Award-winning director and screenwriter Corrie Chen joins us to discuss working in the local screen industry, diversity in the Australian arts community and tips for work-life balance when working from home.

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Episode Twenty-Five: Laura Jean McKay

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 21:41:38 GMT

Delightful writer Laura Jean McKay joins us to discuss releasing a novel about a pandemic during a pandemic, performing animal voices for her audiobook, and healthier ways to consuming the news.

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Episode Twenty-Four: Jess O'Callaghan

Tue, 15 Dec 2020 01:50:47 GMT

Podcast producer legend, Jess O'Callaghan, joins us to talk about podcasting trends during the pandemic, how to reimagine real life events when they can’t be IRL, and tips and tricks of podcasting from home.

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Episode Twenty-Three: Aileen Moreton-Robinson

Thu, 10 Dec 2020 21:44:51 GMT

Special guest Distinguished Professor Aileen Moreton-Robinson joins us to discuss the 20th anniversary re-release of her seminal book Talkin’ Up to the White Woman: Indigenous Women and Feminism and what it means to be an Indigenous feminist.

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Episode Twenty-Two: Ellena Savage

Sat, 05 Dec 2020 21:38:46 GMT

Writer-genius Ellena Savage joins us to discuss launching her debut book Blueberries during COVID-times, her approach to autobiographical and academic writing, and her decision to quit Twitter.

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Episode Twenty-One: Veronica Sullivan

Fri, 13 Dec 2019 22:25:23 GMT

In this very special episode we shine the spotlight on one of our own, beloved Sisteria co-host Veronica Sullivan. We discuss balancing multiple jobs as an arts worker, tips for travel and self care, and her emotional but important decision.

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Episode Twenty: #MeToo, Creativity and the Law

Fri, 13 Dec 2019 22:22:29 GMT

This episode is an edited version of a live recording we did in November 2019 titled #MeToo, Creativity and the Law in Australia. The event was hosted in partnership with Melbourne-based community group And Also Presents, recorded at Siteworks in Brunswick, supported by the Moreland City Council Community Grants Program.

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Episode Nineteen: Rainbow Chan

Fri, 13 Dec 2019 22:20:41 GMT

The talent behind our theme music, Rainbow Chan, joins us to discuss her show at the NGV the night before, her new album Pillar and working on interdisciplinary art projects with her mum.

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Episode Eighteen: Arrogant Aunts at Audiocraft

Fri, 13 Dec 2019 22:18:13 GMT

In August 2019, we were super lucky to record a live show at Audiocraft podcast festival in Sydney. For this special Arrogant Aunt session we were joined by two amazing advice givers, Sisteria-fave and Hey Aunty Podcast host Shantel Wetherall and Christina Choi, a senior producer on Spotify’s creative development team in NYC.

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Special Summer Series Teaser

Thu, 12 Dec 2019 21:31:23 GMT

As we move into the holiday season, we have a special gift for you: a limited run summer series! Subscribe to our feed a stand by for four special episodes delivered in the next few days.

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Episode Seventeen: Sisteria Live with Geraldine Hickey and Shantel Wetherall

Fri, 08 Mar 2019 08:12:49 GMT

It's Sisteria Live! Comedian Geraldine Hickey and Hey Aunty! podcast host Shantel Wetherall join us on the eve of International Women's Day for our Season Two finale. The team covers everything from earning a living as a creative, the Australian comedy sisterhood, as well as taking on a special bonus Arrogant Aunt on starting your own podcast.

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Sneak Peek: Sisteria Live with Geraldine Hickey & Shantel Wetherall

Sat, 02 Mar 2019 05:24:34 GMT

Season Two of Sisteria is coming to an end - but not without a very special final episode coming your way shortly! Here’s a sneak peak on what we’ve got in store, and why you should definitely be setting your calendar alert/alarm/reminder to make sure you don’t miss our last offering for the season.

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Mini Episode: Arrogant Aunt with Kristy Dickinson

Sun, 24 Feb 2019 05:06:35 GMT

In this Mini Episode Haus of Dizzy creator Kristy Dickinson joins to talk through an Arrogant Aunt question every creative has asked themselves - how the hell do you start when it comes building a project or idea, and how do you know if it's actually any good?We’d love to hear from you! If you have a question you’d like to submit to our Arrogant Aunt segment, please send it to sisteriapodcast@gmail.com.

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Episode Sixteen: Evelyn Ida Morris

Sun, 17 Feb 2019 01:26:41 GMT

Musician Evelyn Ida Morris joins us to discuss exploring their non-binary identity through songwriting and performance, the realities of activist burnout and getting a smooch from Jimmy Barnes at the ARIAs.

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Episode Fifteen: Kristy Dickinson

Sun, 10 Feb 2019 07:16:45 GMT

Kristy Dickinson is putting what she wants to say out into the world, one earring at a time. The Wiradjuri designer and self-described ‘Queen of Bling’ joins to talk the complexities of letting people in to help with the creative process, and why she’s determined to reclaim being a ‘dizzy mole’.

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Episode Fourteen: Judy Horacek

Sun, 03 Feb 2019 07:09:06 GMT

Judy Horacek’s pointy-nosed characters are taking up more space on the page and in the street. The cartoonist, writer and children’s book creator joins to talk the complexities of making art for a living, and why realising what she wanted to say was the key to creating her iconic characters.

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Episode Thirteen: Gemma Flack

Sun, 27 Jan 2019 01:18:48 GMT

Gemma Flack is marking their body in their own way(and thinks you should consider it, too). The artist, zine maker and musician joins to talk the weird and wonderful world of tattooing culture, drawing on paper vs. inking on flesh, and the importance of making things with your hands.

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Episode Twelve: Aretha Brown

Sun, 20 Jan 2019 03:50:15 GMT

And we’re back! For our first episode of 2019 we are joined by young powerhouse Aretha Brown to discuss life after high school, the importance of education about Indigenous culture, and the toll of Invasion Day as an Aboriginal activist.

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Mini Episode: Arrogant Aunt Holiday Special (Part Two)

Sun, 23 Dec 2018 03:06:38 GMT

For our last Episode for 2018 (!), Steph Van Schilt and Ronnie Sullivan are tackling the weirdness of this holiday season, and a big point of stress for many - are New Year's resolutions bullshit? Is setting goals to better ourselves in the new year worth it in the end, or are they doomed to fail?

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Mini Episode: Arrogant Aunt Holiday Special

Wed, 19 Dec 2018 01:46:12 GMT

In this Mini Episode we address the giant elephant in the room: the silly season. Hosts Steph Van Schilt and Veronica Sullivan talk saving vs. spending, negotiating holiday cheer, and the art of re-gifting.Got a question for the Sisteria team? We'd love to hear from you. Submit emails or voice memos for our Arrogant Aunt segment to sisteriapodcast@gmail.com, or DM us on the socials.

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Episode Eleven: Mojo Juju

Sun, 16 Dec 2018 01:05:09 GMT

Haters gonna hate but musician Mojo Juju isn't afraid. She joins us to discuss the influence of her family history on her latest album Native Tongue, butch femininity, and being a vocal part of the conversation around representation.

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Mini Episode: Arrogant Aunt with Leah Jing McIntosh

Thu, 13 Dec 2018 07:14:32 GMT

This Mini Episode takes on one of our biggest questions yet: are memes a great vehicle for creativity, or just garbage? Leah Jing joins the team to find the answer. We’d love to hear from you! If you have a question you’d like to submit to our Arrogant Aunt segment, send it to sisteriapodcast@gmail.com.

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Episode Ten: Leah Jing

Sun, 09 Dec 2018 03:29:54 GMT

Shining bright or burning out? Writer and photographer Leah Jing joins us to discuss the challenges of being a young creative, authenticity in photography, and the burden of ‘rep sweats’.

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Mini Episode: Arrogant Aunt with Laura Du Vé

Wed, 05 Dec 2018 11:04:55 GMT

In this Mini Episode Laura Du Vé joins to tackle an Arrogant Aunt question on how to get through the hairiest parts of the holidays, including surviving difficult family dynamics, engaging in problematic conversations, and how to secure that second serving of pavlova. We’d love to hear from you! If you have a question you’d like to submit to our Arrogant Aunt segment, please send it to sisteriapodcast@gmail.com.

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Episode Nine: Laura Du Vè

Sun, 02 Dec 2018 04:22:35 GMT

Photographer, plus size model and body positivity activist Laura Du Vé joins us to chat about the Australian fashion industry, makeup as a means of self-expression, and finding your people online.

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Mini Episode: Arrogant Aunt with Jess Knight

Wed, 28 Nov 2018 09:07:08 GMT

In this Mini Episode Jess Knight joins us to tackle an Arrogant Aunt question on the perils of public speaking, and why picturing the audience in their underwear definitely isn’t the answer.We'd love to hear from you! If you have a question you'd like to submit to our Arrogant Aunt segment, please send it to sisteriapodcast@gmail.com.

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Episode Eight: Jess Knight

Sun, 25 Nov 2018 02:29:45 GMT

Writer, zine-maker and comedian Jess Knight joins us to discuss her autobiographical one-woman show Mormon Girl, how chronic illness has impacted and influenced her creativity, and losing her virginity.

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Mini Episode: Arrogant Aunt with Jessica Lukjanow

Tue, 20 Nov 2018 10:53:15 GMT

In our first Mini Episode we take a peek behind the scenes of the podcast and introduce the newest member of the Sisteria team, producer Jessica Lukjanow. Jess joins us to tackle an Arrogant Aunt question, and offers some sage advice for anyone who's ever felt nervous about starting a new job.We'd love to hear from you! If you have a question you'd like to submit to our Arrogant Aunt segment, please send it to sisteriapodcast@gmail.com.

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Episode Seven: Michelle Law

Sun, 18 Nov 2018 06:52:18 GMT

And we’re back! For our season two premiere, playwright, actor and screenwriter Michelle Law joins us to chat about her recent trip to Hollywood, her earliest forays into writing, and the joys and challenges of creating the award-winning web series Homecoming Queens.Michelle Law is a freelance writer based in Sydney, Australia. She writes for print, film and television, and theatre. As a screenwriter, she has received an Australian Writer’s Guild AWGIE award for her interactive media work, and had her films screened on the ABC and at film festivals locally and abroad. She has also been a recipient of the Queensland Premier's Young Publishers and Writers Award.Her debut play Single Asian Female was staged in Brisbane and Sydney to sold out audiences. Homecoming Queens, the web series she co-created, co-wrote and stars in premiered on SBS On Demand this year – the first online series commissioned by SBS. She is currently working on the feature film adaptation of Alice Pung's young adult novel Laurinda.

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Episode Six: Julie Koh

Mon, 15 May 2017 11:23:12 GMT

In our season one finale, satirist Julie Koh joins us to discuss switching careers, experimental short fiction, and whether satire can change the world when it feels like the world is satirising itself. Plus, a bonus for our listeners – the audio of Julie’s reading at the Emerging Writers’ Festival 2017 Program Launch.Julie Koh is a Sydney-based writer. She quit a career in corporate law to pursue writing, and her short stories have appeared in The Best Australian Stories and Best Australian Comedy Writing. Julie has written two short-story collections, Capital Misfits and Portable Curiosities. The latter has been shortlisted for the Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction, the Steele Rudd Award in the Queensland Literary Awards, and the UTS Glenda Adams Award in the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards. Portable Curiosities was also one of The Guardian’s Best Australian Books of 2016, an Australian Book Review 2016 Book of the Year, a Sydney Morning Herald Daily Life feminist reading pick of 2016, and a Feminist Writers Festival Best Feminist Book of 2016. Julie is the editor of BooksActually’s Gold Standard and a founding member of Kanganoulipo.

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Episode Five: Candy Bowers

Thu, 27 Apr 2017 05:45:30 GMT

In this episode, writer, theatre maker and hip hop artist Candy Bowers joins us to discuss losing love for The Cosby Show, representation in Australian comedy and TV, and how to call people out (even when they cry).Candy Bowers is an international award-winning playwright, actor and comedian. A NIDA graduate, Candy has worked across the main-stages at Melbourne Theatre Company, Queensland Theatre Company and Circus Oz. As the Co-Artistic Director of Black Honey Company, Candy makes work that delves into the heart of radical black feminist dreaming and cuts and tickles in equal measure. This year you can catch her on the small screen in Newton’s Law and The Ex PM.

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Episode Four: Jessica Alice

Thu, 23 Mar 2017 04:21:12 GMT

In this episode, writer, poet and Program Manager of the Melbourne Writers Festival Jessica Alice joins us to discuss poetry as a truthful political medium, pathways to a career in arts programming, and the intricacies of modern dating etiquette.Jessica Alice is a writer, editor and artistic programmer. She is the Program Manager of Melbourne Writers Festival, Chair of the Kat Muscat Fellowship Custodial Committee and a Shadow Board Member of Melbourne Festival. She also directed the National Young Writers' Festival in 2014–15. Jessica’s writing and reviews have been published in The Guardian Australia, Metro Magazine, Overland, Junkee, VICE, The Lifted Brow, Spook Magazine, and Cordite Poetry Review, among others.Our theme music is Rainbow Chan’s “Last”, from her latest album Spacings.

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Episode Three: Alicia Sometimes

Wed, 08 Mar 2017 05:44:03 GMT

In our special International Women’s Day episode, poet and broadcaster Alicia Sometimes joins us to talk about championing other women’s successes, the humour and poetry of science, and feminism and footy in the context of the new AFLW league.Alicia Sometimes is a writer, poet, broadcaster and musician. She is a regular guest on 774 Radio National and is one sixth of The Outer Sanctum Podcast. Alicia was editor of the national literary journal Going Down Swinging for seven years. Alicia was one of the 3RRR’s Breakfasters team in 2015 and was on Aural Text for fourteen years and has appeared in ABC TV's Sunday Arts and ABC News Breakfast. Her poems have been in Best Australian Poems, Overland, Southerly, Westerly, The Age etc.Alongside Nicole Hayes, Alicia edited an anthology of footy stories called From The Outer. Their next book, A Footy Girl's Guide to the Stars of 2017, was released in February and showcases some star players of the inaugural AFLW season.Our theme music is Rainbow Chan’s “Last”, from her latest album Spacings.

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Episode Two: Amy Gray

Wed, 15 Feb 2017 03:55:42 GMT

In our latest episode, writer and feminist Amy Gray joins us to chat about motherhood, RuPaul, naked selfies, the politicisation of women’s bodies, and how we can maintain the rage and take positive political action in the post-Trump world.Amy Gray is a freelance writer based in Melbourne. She often writes about feminism, popular culture, media, parenting and the gentle art of sitting. Her work has been published in The Age, The Guardian, ABC, SBS, The Lifted Brow and a bunch of other places.Our theme music is Rainbow Chan’s “Last”, from her latest album Spacings.

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Episode One: Hannah Kent

Thu, 22 Dec 2016 07:07:01 GMT

In our debut episode, best-selling novelist Hannah Kent joins us to discuss her new novel The Good People, the importance of literary journals as training grounds for emerging writers and editors, and battling self-doubt, creative anxiety and the desire to do too much.Hannah Kent is the co-founder of Australian literary journal Kill Your Darlings. In 2011, she won the inaugural Writing Australia Unpublished Manuscript Award for her debut novel, Burial Rites, the story of Agnes Magnúsdóttir, the last person to be executed in Iceland. Since its publication in 2013, Burial Rites has been translated into nearly thirty languages and has received numerous awards and nominations. Her second novel, The Good People, was released in September 2016.Our theme music is Rainbow Chan's "Last", from her latest album Spacings.

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