In this episode I yarn with Wonnarua woman and fierce medical advocate - Dr Leila Usher Obstetrician & Gynaecologist; FRANZCOG, MBBS; HNELHD - JHH, NMH. Please note that this episode includes discussion of Women’s Business, systemic violence, birth and hospital trauma, as well as discussions of Aboriginal people and loved ones who have passed away.

S2 E2 Blacademia with special guest Dr Leila Usher

A Pairrebenne Trawlwoolway woman from Tebrakunna Country in northeast Trouwerner (Tasmania), Dr Lauren Tynan’s research areas encompass human geography and Indigenous studies, developing original methodological approaches, and contending with ethics, climate change and land management issues. In 2025 her PhD was awarded without correction. It is entitled Kin and Country: Relational Research, Cultural Fire and Indigenous Futurities. With an interest in Indigenous and decolonising methodologies, Lauren’s research focuses on relationality with Country, largely through Aboriginal cultural burning practices and fire.

S2 E4 Blacademia with special guest Dr Lauren Tynan

S2 E1 Blacademia with special guest Kahlia Saunders

S2 E3 Blacademia with special guest Luke Pearson

In this episode I yarn with the phenomenal PROF. CHRIS MATTHEWS who shares about his journey to becoming a blacademic, finding solace and safety in maths and science, experiencing racism in schooling, and what the difference is between Honours and a PhD.

Season 1, Episode 2, Professor Chris Matthews

Season 1, Episode 1, Professor Marcia Langton

In this yarn Professor Heiss and I chat the intersecting journey of author and academic, community engagement, the value of a PhD, master classes, self-care and Professor Heiss’s dream job!

Season 1, Episode 4 Professor Anita Heiss

In this episode we yarn about tailoring your teaching for hostile environments, Instagram influencers and the academy, what it means to be authentic as an institution, cultural safety and more!

Season 1, Episode 5 PVC + Professor Dennis McDermott

In this yarn we explore what it actually means to be an astrophysicist, the power of part-time and finding what works best for you in study, and how deadly good ways STEMM can be.

Season 1, Episode 6 Karlie Alinta Noon

In this episode we yarn about their journey from being someone who left high school at age thirteen...to now being a PhD holding, Associate Professor and Deputy Head of a School in a university! Also +imposter syndrome, family, alternate pathways to, and through, university, AND the power of museums that work!

Season 1, Episode 3, Associate Professor Sandy O'Sullivan

My guest for Season 1, Episode 7 is the remarkable DR MARLENE LONGBOTTOM.

In this episode we yarn up about:
The value fo connection, mentorship, and uplifting/supporting mob in the academy and community
What does being a 'post-doc' mean?
Working in Hawaii
The Australian bushfire crisis, and how Dr Longbottom contributed to mobilising community support via social media

S1, Ep7 Dr Marlene Longbottom

This is the final episode for season 1 of Blacademia. This week's guest is Dr Lorraine Muller.

S1, E8 Dr Lorraine Muller

S2 Launching Dec 7th, 2025. Blacademia: Indigenous experiences of the academy, here in so-called Australia. Hosted by Dr Amy Thunig-McGregor

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