If you love tuning into podcasts that make driving, cleaning and grocery shopping way more interesting, here is a brief recommendation list for you. And if you haven’t jumped on the podcast train yet, this is where you can get onboard!
Please note that the views expressed on the following podcasts do not necessarily represent the views of Amnesty International – they are just excellent Indigenous productions to get you listening, laughing, learning and growing. Enjoy and share.
This collection is part of our Reconciliation Week Toolkit, where, in honour of this year’s Reconciliation Week theme, Bridging Now to Next, we are sharing a rich array of resources to celebrate the talent, truth, traditions and enterprises of First Nations people across the continent today, while remaining focused on embedding a fairer future.
Take It Blak Podcast – NITV | Click to learn more
A podcast from the NITV News Online team, exploring the stories behind the news.
TalkBlack with Larissa Baldwin | Click to learn more
‘TalkBlack the podcast unpacks news, stories and politics from a First Nations perspective and is hosted by GetUp’s First Nations Justice Campaign Director Larissa Baldwin.’
Black Magic Woman with Mundanara Bayles | Click to learn more
‘Sharing cultural knowledge & bringing people together to create change for Australia.’
Yarning Up with Caroline Kell | Click to learn more
‘Yarning Up showcases rich and raw conversations with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders, thinkers, creators, business owners, activists and more.’
Frontier War Stories | Click to learn more
‘Frontier War Stories is a podcast dedicated to truth-telling about a side of Australia that has been left out of the history books.’
Decolonise Podcast | Click to learn more
‘A podcast about Blak Sovereignty. A space for us to listen up to our mob, our First Nations voices across the country, and explore what Blak leadership and decolonisation mean.’
Coming Out, Blak | Click to learn more
‘Coming out, Blak is a podcast dedicated to supporting and celebrating First Nations mob in the LGBTQ+ community. We’ve developed this podcast to share stories, and we want you to join us for these conversations!’
Blacademia | Click to learn more
Blacademia is a podcast of yarns with First Nations academics, here on the lands now commonly referred to as Australia.
Word Up – ABC Radio National | Click to learn more
‘The diverse languages of black Australia from Anmatyerre to Arrernte, from Bidjara to Bundjalung, from Nyungar to Ngaanyatjarra, from Yankunytjatjara to Yorta Yorta — one word at a time.’
Grounded + Connected Empowerment with Jarmbi | Click to learn more
‘Colonisation is not the end of the story. What we see now is that all the bloodlines are here – so we can allow the story to play out the way it has been, or we can take control of the story. We’re not able to change the past but we can own the future and there’s wisdom in this for all of us.’
For more resources including must-see films, music, books and more, check out our Reconciliation Week 2025 Toolkit.
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