Series 4 Episode 8: Favorite Iradukunda on decolonisation, justice and inclusion
Synopsis: Diasporic nurse scholar Dr. Favorite Iradukunda studied in Rwanda, South Africa and the United States. She is a global nurse leade...
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Birthing and Justice with Dr Ruth De Souza
Childbirth is supposed to be empowering, but for many birthing people it is not. For Indigenous women, immigrant women and women of colour, birthing within the western healthcare system can...
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Series 4 Episode 7: Hannah Donnelly and Omar Sakr on centering the birth experience under capitalism
Synopsis: Experiencing a “high risk” pregnancy and birth while growing a new life during the pandemic was transformative for Wiradjuri write...
Series 4 Episode 6 Sapna Samant on being a GP, creative practitioner and adoptive single parent
Synopsis: Dr. Sapna Samant, is a GP, radio producer, film maker, activist, and single adoptive parent and is passionately committed to socia...
Series 4 Episode 5 Aseel Tayah on connecting communities through creativity and storytelling
Synopsis: Melbourne-based artist and cultural leader Aseel Tayah was born and raised in Jerusalem and is passionate about the role of the ar...
Series 4 Episode 4: Sara Motta on feminine lineages, healing justice, and reconnecting to the ancestral Mother
Synopsis: How do Indigenous communities weave together ancestral feminine lineages? This question is at the heart of Associate Professor Sar...
Series 4 Episode 3: Alice Te Punga Somerville on fertility and making babies for the revolution
Synopsis: Birthing holds a different significance for Indigenous communities that have experienced colonial attempts at elimination. For sch...
Series 4: Episode 2 Cath Chamberlain on transforming intergenerational trauma.
Synopsis: For Professor Cath Chamberlain, babies are a gift from the ancestors and birth is a critical life event. But what if this time is...
Series 4 Episode 1: Jacynta Krakouer and Indigo Willing on how colonisation and the idea of the “white saviour” have shaped responses to child welfare
Synopsis: What does it mean to be part of a community without access to your birthing stories? Dr Jacynta Krakouer, a Mineng Noongar social...
Series 3 Episode 7: Carla Pascoe Leahy on connecting the past and future in the Anthropocene
Synopsis: Historian Carla Pascoe Leahy was surprised at how her own experiences of new motherhood were affected by the relationships and sto...
Series 3 Episode 6: Ritodhi Chakraborty and Aline Carrara on intergenerational happiness and joy in an era of climate change
Synopsis: In countries where development has been tied to nation building, birthing more than one child has been viewed as antithetical to ‘...
Series 3 Episode 5: Janelle Da Silva on the right to be born into love
Synopsis: Decentring whiteness and decolonising birthwork are central to Janelle Da Silva’s life and work. By challenging spiritual bypassin...
Series 3 Episode 4: Natalie Kon-yu on writing, birth trauma and medical sexism
Synopsis: What if you thought pregnancy was going to be easy, a breeze? You had even planned an overseas holiday – but then suddenly, pregna...
Series 3 Episode 3: Aruna Boodram on abolitionist parenting and surviving the NICU
Synopsis: It’s tough negotiating the highly technocratic spaces of a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of a hospital – let alone as the qu...
Season 3 Episode 2: Lucinda Canty on racism in institutions and birthing care
Synopsis: As a US-based Black nurse-midwife, Lucinda Canty knows that nurses and midwives do not leave their prejudices at home. Implicit as...
Season 3 Episode1: Cherisse Buzzacott on opening the door for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander midwives
Synopsis: Mparntwe (Alice Springs) midwife Cherisse Buzzacott has achieved a number of firsts. She was first in her family to graduate from...
Introducing Season 3 of Birthing and Justice
This is the trailer for season three of the Birthing and justice podcast. This podcast is for anyone who is interested in helping to transfo...
Season 2 Episode 7: Eleanor Jackson on the poetics and politics of birthing
Synopsis: To Eleanor Jackson, pregnancy and childbirth are formative practical, philosophical, and social experiences that connect us to lif...
Season 2 Episode 6: Helen Ngo on bilingualism, the habits of racism and embodied experiences of parenting
Episode Synopsis: To Helen Ngo, birthing matters because it’s transformative – for new parents and communities as well as newborns themselve...
Season 2 Episode 5: Nisha Khot on making a difference in obstetric care
Episode Synopsis: Nisha Khot’s experience of working in women’s health in India made her determined to make a difference in the field. Dr Kh...
Season 2 Episode 4: Annabel Farry on finding the sweet spot
Episode Synopsis: Annabel Farry's forte is in finding a balance between the personal and political, theory and practice, embodied time...