Fran Grant is a Yuin woman, educator, and advocate with vocational experiences as an early childhood educator, a kindergarten teacher, and frontline roles in the airline industry. During her time in the airline industry Fran was Chair of Daramu, QANTAS' Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employee network. Read More
An introduction to the Irish sport hurling with Richard Bromhead aka Bromy who coaches a kids' team in Dublin. This conversation covers some of the history and contemporary culture of hurling and a discussion of the skills that are required to do well at hurling from an early age and beyond. Read More
Ariana Morgenstern is Executive Producer of Music at radio station KCRW in Los Angeles where she leads the station's music curation and works on live events and other special projects. Joining KCRW as a volunteer in 1983, Ariana went on to become producer of the signature music program Morning Becomes Eclectic from 1984–2015. Ariana is coming to Australia for BIGSOUND 2025, an Australian music conference and music showcase that happens in Brisbane each year. Read More
Associate Professor Andy Scerri from the Department of Political Science at Virginia Tech is a Fulbright Scholar with research interests in environmental political theory and policy. In this conversation, Andy shares some of his earlier experiences working in the building and construction industry and following music on his travels before going on to academic studies. Read More
Danielle Ponter is winner of the NAIDOC Sportsperson Award. Danielle advocates for more opportunities for Aboriginal players in the AFLW and cares deeply about helping the next generation. As a guest on the Wide Open Air Exchange, Danielle made time to honour her Uncle Michael Long who was awarded the NAIDOC Lifetime Achievement Award (pictured together at the NAIDOC Awards Ceremony). Read More
Professor Eddie Cubillo is winner of the 2025 NAIDOC Education Award, and he kindly spoke with the Wide Open Air Exchange program about his reaction to the award in the context of the ongoing problems he sees as an educator and academic, lawyer and advocate. Read More
Blak Brews is winner of the 2025 National NAIDOC Innovation Award. Entrepreneur Troy Benjamin is co-founder of the premium tea business together with his wife Cerisa Benjamin. Read More
Dr Liz Giuffre is an Associate Professor of Media and Journalism at UTS and shares some of her approach to higher education teaching. Read More
Dr Anne Casey's latest poetry collection, Seang (Hungering), is in part informed by her doctoral research on the lost histories of Great Irish Famine migrant girls in Australia. Read More
Rhonda Davis shares her approach to art curation ahead of the exhibition Eric Smith: The metaphysics of paint which is on at the Macquarie University Art Gallery from June 18th to August 1st 2025. Rhonda is Senior Curator of the gallery and its collection with 25 years of experience. Read More
A Wide Open Air Exchange special remembering our friend Paris Pompor aka Paris Groovescooter. Read More
Fran Grant is an educator, advocate and Yuin woman who is on a journey of learning about her family as the child of a Stolen Child, her father. Fran is planning PhD research informed by her own experience of using DNA to explore family connections. Fran is a lecturer at UTS and Director of Koori Education offering cultural consultancy services. Read More
Dr Benjamin Pope is an Associate Professor in Statistical Data Science at Macquarie University at the Astrophysics and Space Technologies Research Centre. Read More
Sam Doughty aka Mango is a multidisciplinary artist whose art is infused with the colours of the Australian landscape and inspired by his practice of taking time to slow down and observe the world around him. Read More
Associate Professor Kathomi Gatwiri has led the development of a Racial Dignity Framework informed by her academic research and clinical practice as a psychotherapist. Dr Gatwiri is an Afro-diasporic scholar, an ARC DECRA Fellow at Southern Cross University, and founder and director of Healing Together Psychotherapy. Read More
In a career spanning 25 years, Clint Drieberg has worked across radio and television as a producer, presenter, and entertainment interviewer. Read More