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15/04/2025

3CR's royal family member, our very own Queen of Training, Leanne McLean, joins us on the show this week.

We got Leanne on to talk to us about her health journey the last few years since she returned from the traditional cheese makers in Georgia, just before the pandemic. Leanne's life changed significantly at that point and she educates us on what her cancer journey has been like the last few years.

Queen Leanne McLean. We love you and thank-you for gracing us in the studio this week.

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02/04/2025

'Life and Politics is bumpy', so says Janet McCalman AC, a super smart lady born in 1948 who has been a lifelong Labor Party supporter and fabulous historian-writer here in Melbourne.

Janet's books include 'Struggle Town' (1984), 'Journeyings', (1993) a story about class and education along the 67 tram, to 'S*x and Suffering'. Her family has French roots in North Africa and WWI created a big trauma line through it. Her parents met through the Communist Party.

Janet came on, in part, to let us know about Labor Academy Victoria, an independent group supporting traditional labor values. She says Labor people are terrific human beings.

The Academy's latest little red book is '12 things you need to know about Labor'. It was published in January this year. It's highly accessible and includes chapters like 'Doing stuff together: collectivism and the social contract'. We look forward to taking a look at that and we thank Janet very much for joining us this week.

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23/03/2025

Aprilia Seseray is a super smart auditor who volunteers at the West Papua office in Docklands.

She was born among mountains, lakes and forest fruits and then at some stage she moved to Yogyakarta, Indonesia, for studies. It was a totally different culture, different language and different food from her homeland.

Aprilia was bullied every single day throughout high school, but she succeeded despite the odds, and now has a Masters of Auditing from Monash. It was fascinating to hear her story.

Thank-you for joining us this week, Aprilia.

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16/02/2025

Greer McGearey is the president of Seahorse Victoria, a safe social support group for trans people, and when she is not doing that she is the host of Conversations on Bent TV, C31 Melbourne and Geelong

Greer was born in Deniliquin. Her father was a dental technician. She was one of 5 boys and was an athlete, running all the distances.

Greer was a public servant for over 17 years in the Department of Civil Aviation and raised 4 children. She started transitioning at 50 with the help of both Seahorse and the Monash Gender Clinic.

We loved having Greer on the show this week. We hope you enjoy our conversation with her. Thank-you, Greer.

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09/02/2025

Sirani McNeill is passionate about disability governance and is a current board member with Disability Justice Australia. She has formerly worked with Women with Disabilities Victoria and the Disability Resources Centre. Sirani says that disability organisations need to do a better job of hiring disability peers to properly shape their governance and policies.

Going back in time, Sirani started out her life adopted from Thailand at a very young age by her parents who were French and Kiwi. She has lived in Paris and New Zealand. In her life post-high school, Sirani has encountered many instances of bro culture in the tech industry and corporate environment as she has moved from internship to internship and a lot of job hopping, a common experience as a person with a disability.

Sirani is deaf and on the autism spectrum. She loves her Cat, Bella, and is really into cyber security. In 2024 she contributed to 3CR's International Day of People With Disability (Employment Difficulties for Disabled People). We wish Sirani well in all her endeavours and thank her for joining us on the show this week.

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03/02/2025

Madison Moffat is our latest guest in the squeaky chair and we are very pleased to have her. Madison is a trans activist with Trans Justice Alliance Victoria and has a open letter with three very important demands for Victoria Police. They converge around common police policies and practises.

Madison was born in Sydney to a teen Mum and lived in a public housing tower before the family moved to Narrabri. She had a hard time at school, being neuro a-typical, but not really knowing anything about that back then. All she knew was that she was frustrated with the school system as it was.

Madison embarked on her own independent life at the age of 16, having a commercial cookery apprencticeship, before moving into the corporate world for many years where she thrived as 'the guru'. There is much to her story there. Madison eventually had a serious breakdown, a crisis of self, if you will. She has eventually found a happier place inside and in the world these days, transitioning during COVID-19, and now flourishing as a trans activist and 3CR broadcaster on Queering the Air.

Madison is smart and funny and we really enjoyed talking to her. Thanks, Madison. Keep up the important work you are doing and for inspiring us all!

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23/01/2025

Keiran Stewart-Assheton is our guest this week and he is the founder of the Black People's Union, a union that set out to represent First Nations tour guides, dancers and ceremonial performers, among others, filling the gaps of existing trade unions. It has grown into something even greater.

Keiran's family are Yuin nation, around Nowra (NSW), but he has lived all over, starting out in Adelaide and then quite a bit of time in the ACT. Keiran was born in 1992, played 'all the sports' growing up, and was very successful academically. It was poignant to hear his reflections on the Left here in Naarm and you can catch more of Keiran on his show Yillam, Wednesdays 12pm to 1pm, here on 3CR.

If you are in town this Sunday, Keiran encourages you to get down to Camp Sovereignty at 5am for a dawn service to honour those buried there. 3CR will have live coverage of the day, so tune in.

We thank Keiran for joining us this week and we wish him well in all the areas of his life. Thank-you, Keiran.

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19/01/2025

John Tait has just come back from a voyage to New Zealand's sub-Antarctic Islands and his knees are paying for it!

When not adventuring, John works with James and Em on The Sporting Record, addressing issues of equality and justice through the prism of sport. The issues that arise are seemingly endless. John and friends continue a long tradition of sport shows here on 3CR and you can catch them for the full hour on Thursdays at 3:30pm.

Going back a bit, John started life in Balwyn where his parents were neighbours, but progressed to Essendon and played on the highway when it was being built. He went on a long spiritual journey for many years, delving into the Franciscans and Liberation Theology, among other creeds. He gained a theology degree. He held many positions of work within the broad Catholic Church. At some stage, he left that life behind and now dwells in the Church of Kindness.

When not busy with radio, John is a second-hand CD seller with a shop in Essendon. You wouldn't be surprised to learn that Essendon is his AFL team as well. Nobody is perfect, but we are very happy to have John at 3CR as he loves radio and we love him. Thank-you for chatting with us this week, John, and we hope your knees recover for your next adventure!

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14/01/2025

Jenny Hickinbotham comes from a NAME in the wine industry in Australia, with her father bringing Wolf Blass into the country and seeing the move from sherry drinking to other refreshments like Pineapple Pearl. Her father was what they call a 'plonker'.

Jenny grew up in the Barossa Valley and was an outgoing, bossy kid, from all accounts, but she doesn't have that many memories from that time. Jenny started hearing voices in her head from the age of about 27, and years later, with the right support, she was able to trace this back to the trauma she experienced as a young girl on her way home from school.

Jenny has done many things in her life, from Teacher's College here and in Europe (hello Earl's Court!), viticulture, creative writing and librarian certification. At some stage, she was also introduced to the world of peer advocacy and met many people like herself. She learnt how to tell her story and listen to others.

Jenny has a little red book of stories, song and imagery from her trip by car with her two doggies from Melbourne to Darwin, titled East to West with Fight, Flight, Freeze, and we get to hear a couple of her tracks. We had a lot of laughs with Jenny and she was a fabulous guest. We thank her for sharing some of her story with us this week.

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06/01/2025

In the last of our Summer Specials, we bring you born revolutionary, Nick Southall.

He never did stand a chance, born as he was to revolutionary, communist parents in Sheffield, England, where he spent his childhood going to meetings and marches and letterboxing the atrocities of the Vietnam War. Nick says they were 'strange but exciting times'. It was 'politics all the time'.

After moving to Wollongong when he was 11, in high school he wanted to bring the school system down and he rebelled, he was a trouble maker. Later on he was a communist party organiser and was with the Out of Workers Union Wollongong as a Full Time Unemployed Activist. Right On, Nick!

He also had a life-changing trip to the USSR just before its collapse which makes for an interesting listen and leads us to share news of Nick's first publication by name of 'Disaster Communism and Anarchy in the streets'. It's the little blue book that any good radical activist should have.

Thanks very much for joining us on the blower from Wollongong, Nick, and keep up the bloody revolting work!

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29/12/2024

We are delighted to be joined by Erwin Bleskadit this week, a veteran of the Free West Papua movement and OG supporter of the West Papua office here in Docklands ever since it opened its doors in 2014.

Erwin was born in Sorong, West Papua, and grew up fishing and using his machete in the jungle. All the kids had machetes. His parents grew corn and cassava. After high school, Erwin moved to the capital and joined the independence struggle, attending protests and walks denouncing trans-migration in his homeland. He and his comrades built a big group.

In 2003 he came here as a legal student and stayed with the Sisters of Mercy in Ballarat. He studied English and eventually came to Melbourne. He would really like to become a teacher's aide.

Erwin has been singing and dancing for years to promote his culture. He is a current member of the newly-formed West Papuan Community Choir. They are something else. The choir is collecting songs from all the land's tribes and are busy performing at events and fundraisers.

You can catch Erwin and friends on the Voice of West Papua, every Tuesday at 6 to 7pm, right here on 3CR. Where else?

Thank-you for your contribution to educating us all on the beauty and the struggle of West Papua, Erwin. Thank-you for joining us on the show. Good luck fulfilling your dream of becoming a teacher's aide. We are right behind you.

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22/12/2024

Ann Stanley currently has two 3CR programs on the go and they both touch on important areas of her life story.

Ann spent the first 12 years of her life in Glasgow. She was the eldest child and learnt to be a peacemaker early on due to her father's alcoholism. The family then moved all the way down under to Parramatta, perhaps in search of the geographical cure.

Soon after, it was off to Franga and she continued to develop her love of English, eventually enrolling at Monash University to study Arts (politics). She has always been interested in what's going on in the world and has always enjoyed radio, being a subscriber to 3CR in the 80's.

Ann's early family situation now sees her as a sympathetic and informed broadcaster on Living Free where she can speak to other family members affected by alcoholism. Her other love is permaculture and food localisation. She gets into this on her Sunday show, Local Food Connections -Food-Connections-3CR

It was lovely meeting Ann and learning about some of her life story. Hear her story here:
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