VAN Talks Podcast
News & Politics Podcasts
Heading back to our roots and building on the work we undertook in the leadup to the 2023 Referendum, Victorian Aboriginal News (VAN) Talks focuses on the positivity that is Aboriginal Victoria. Covering everything from Voice, Treaty and Truth and Reconciliation through to Aboriginal businesses and Traditional Owner initiatives, the VAN Talks podcast is the only podcast that travels across the State to deliver interviews and stories that are the truth of Aboriginal Victoria.
Location:
Australia
Genres:
News & Politics Podcasts
Description:
Heading back to our roots and building on the work we undertook in the leadup to the 2023 Referendum, Victorian Aboriginal News (VAN) Talks focuses on the positivity that is Aboriginal Victoria. Covering everything from Voice, Treaty and Truth and Reconciliation through to Aboriginal businesses and Traditional Owner initiatives, the VAN Talks podcast is the only podcast that travels across the State to deliver interviews and stories that are the truth of Aboriginal Victoria.
Language:
English
Episodes
S02-E24: Inside the Koorie Heritage Trust with CEO Tom Mosby
5/19/2024
There’s a hell of a lot more to the Koorie Heritage Trust (KHT) than typically meets the eye. We sit down and discuss the inner workings of this important organisation with its Chief Executive Officer, Tom Mosby.
Duration:00:23:27
S02-E23: Dja Dja Wurrung and land set to benefit from new agreement with gold miners
5/13/2024
In this exclusive interview with Djaara CEO Uncle Rodney Carter, we explore a first-of-its-kind (for Victoria) agreement between a Traditional Owner group and a gold mining operation.
Duration:00:22:20
S02-E22: Bringing Aboriginal content and relevancy into the curriculum
5/12/2024
We speak with Gunditjmara academic and education advocate Professor Mark Rose about bringing Aboriginal content and relevancy into the education system at all levels.
Duration:00:18:24
S02-E21: Practising cultural art on another mob’s Country
5/7/2024
In this interview, VAN’s Charles Pakana catches up with Gurrin Gurrin artist Phillip Howe, to discuss the challenges and obligations facing Aboriginal artists practising on Country that is not theirs.
Duration:00:19:27
S02-E20: Reconciliation Perspective - Wotjobaluk woman Aunty Janine Coombs
5/4/2024
As we commence our series of interviews with Victorian Traditional owners about what true reconciliation means to them, we sit down with Wotjobaluk woman, Aunty Janine Coombs.
Duration:00:29:40
S02-E19: Victorian Treaty - sharing political decision making and embracing allies
4/30/2024
Gunditjmara man and co-Chair of the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria, Rueben Berg, returns to the VAN Talks podcast, discussing one of the key aspirations of a statewide treaty in Victoria - the sharing of political decision making with Traditional Owners and Victorian Aboriginal community.
Duration:00:15:51
S02-E18: Seeking to identify and recognise all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander personnel
4/28/2024
From his office deep within the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, Michael Bell devotes his life to identifying and gaining recognition for all the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who have donned an Australian military uniform or, on the home front, have given of themselves to support those on active service. We speak with Michael about his work and aspirations.
Duration:00:16:12
S02-E17: Fighting to recognise the service and sacrifice of First Nations service personnel
4/25/2024
For nearly 20 years an Egyptian born retired Royal Australian Air Force Flight Sergeant has fought for greater recognition of the service and sacrifice of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander service personnel. In this episode we catch up with Sam Halim, the man at the forefront of the Victorian Aboriginal Remembrance Committee.
Duration:00:16:03
S02-E16: 50 Aboriginal trackers left behind after Boer War? Busting the myth.
4/24/2024
For several decades there has been a story that has gained popularity, about the Australian Military Forces leaving behind in South Africa 50 Aboriginal Trackers. In this interview we speak with noted military historian - focusing on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander military service - Peter Bakker. Can the story stand up to scrutiny?
Duration:00:17:24
S02-E15: Coranderrk truth-telling with Uncle Dave Wandin (Part 2)
3/18/2024
We continue our truth-telling podcast with Wurundjeri woi-wurrung Elder Uncle Dave Wandin about the true history of the Coranderrk mission, taking it up to current times.
Duration:00:35:02
S02-E14: Coranderrk truth-telling with Uncle Dave Wandin (Part 1)
2/28/2024
In this extended episode of VAN Talks, Charles speaks with Wurundjeri woi-wurrung Elder Uncle Dave Wandin about the true history of the Coranderrk mission.
Duration:00:41:52
S02-E13: Aboriginal business - the realities, the challenges and the way forward
2/26/2024
In this far-reaching interview, VAN’s Charles Pakana speaks with Dr Michelle Evans, the Director of the Dilin Duwa Center for Indigenous Business Leadersip at the University of Melbourne and Melbourne Business School.
Michelle is a recognised authority in the areas of indigenous leadership and entrepreneurship, and is also co-founder and program director of the award winning MURRA indigenous business masterclass program.
Duration:00:25:10
S02-E12: Thomas Mayo discusses ways forward post referendum
2/7/2024
VAN’s Charles Pakana catches up with Thomas Mayo nearly four months after the referendum. They discuss a wide range of topics, from “where to from here?” to two new books coming out soon from Thomas, and why it’s important to stay calm as a campaigner.
Duration:00:18:30
S02-E11: Sky News’ Andrew Bolt launches attack on Wurundjeri Elder and traditional medicine
2/5/2024
After delivering a speech on 26 Jan this year, Victorian Aboriginal News founder and editor Charles Pakana was approach by Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Elder Aunty Diane Kerr. She mentioned to him that she had been recently the subject of an Andrew Bolt commentary on Sky News. Obviously, Charles had to find that commentary and do some fact-checking. The result? Well, check out this episode.
Duration:00:19:28
S02-E10: Racism, RAPs and Substantive Reconciliation. A yarn with Professor Andrew Gunstone.
1/29/2024
Following the October 2023 referendum, many have claimed that anti-Aboriginal sentiments have become increasingly prevalent. International reconciliation academic Professor Andrew Gunstone experienced this first-hand when he was boo’d off stage during a presentation at a Lions club on the 26th of January. He speaks about the experience with Charles Pakana, as well as discussing the way forward with “substantive” reconciliation.
Duration:00:27:23
S02-E09: Cultural Safety and a new way forward post referendum
1/24/2024
In this episode we talk about cultural safety and cultural load int he workplace - issues that are often bandied around in the Australian workforce yet all too often left unaddressed. We also welcome back to the podcast the Reverend Uncle Glenn Loughrey, reflecting on the referendum and challenging us with a new way forward.
Duration:00:41:35
S02-E08: Treaty in Victoria - the government prepares for Treaty negotiations
1/17/2024
Our first podcast for the year kicks off with Natalie Hutchins MP, Minister for Treaty and First Nations, talking about the government's treaty preparation; and Uncle Rodney Carter, one of the two co-Chairs of the First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria's Elders Voice.
Duration:00:39:03
S02-E07: William Barak cultural artwork returns home to Wurundjeri Country
12/13/2023
Recorded at the State Library of Victoria, and celebrating the return of two culturally important artworks by William Barak, this episode has Charles speaking with Wurundjeri Elder Uncle Ron Jones, Victorian Minister and Assistant Treasurer Danny Pearson and Wurundjeri educator, language worker and artist Brooke Wandin.
Duration:00:27:47
S02 E06: A Visit to the Willum Warrain Gathering Place
12/7/2023
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Gathering Places play a huge role for community across Victoria, and at VAN Talks our goal is to visit and report from all of them over the next 12-to-18 months.
In today's podcast, we travel down to Hastings on Bunerong Country to visit the Willum Warrain (Home by the sea) and speak to some of the incredible staff that have made this gathering places one of the most successful across the state of Victoria.
Duration:00:31:14
S02-E05: Discussing the Victorian Aboriginal and Local Government Strategy
12/3/2023
In 2021, the Victorian Government launched the 2021-2026 Victorian Aboriginal and Local Government Strategy. We interviewed one of its key architects, Peek Whurrong man Jason Mifsud, shortly after the launch. Now, two years down the track, we once again sit with Jason and get down to some of the real nitty gritty of this innovative strategy that has been designed by Aboriginal People!
Duration:00:27:27