Jen Cloher is Māori (Ngāpuhi & Ngāti Kahu) and Pākehā. They are a song-writer and performer living on unceded Wurundjeri land in Naarm (Melbourne). Jen joins us ahead of her solo Australian tour in June and July.

We chat about:

• Being multiracial as opposed to biracial

• Growing up away from Aotearoa

• Those awkward and joyful moments when reconnecting to culture

• The “colonised critical parent”

• What is a marae?

• Whanau is so much bigger than immediate family

• How their reconnection journey permeated their latest album, Ko Au Te Awa, Ko Te Awa Ko Au - I Am The River, The River Is Me

• Legal personhood of the Whanganui River

• Te Ataarangi and the Kōhunga Reo (language nest) movement

• Being takatāpui

Links:

https://www.jencloher.com

https://everybodystryingpodcast.com/

Mana Takatāpui (Official Video)⁠

Hirini Melbourne & Marlon Williams

Hosted by: Maria Birch-Morunga and Kate Robinson

Guest: Jen Cloher

Song: Mana Takatāpui by Jen Cloher

Edited by: Maria Birch-Morunga

Special thanks to Jen and Milk Records for letting us use Mana Takatāpui in this episode

This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the eastern Kulin Nation.

You can find us on Instagram @beingbiracialpodcast or send us an email at beingbiracialpodcast@gmail.com

Today we are chatting to each other, about:

• Do biracial apples taste better?

• Our fav mixed-race comedians at Melbourne International Comedy Festival - Aurelia St Clair, Lizzy Hoo, Rose Matafeo and Nina Oyama

• Raewyn, Maria’s mum, visited Naarm

• Beyonce’s Cowboy Carter

• Jen Cloher and Te Hononga o nga iwi at Creative West

Links:

Deadlock

Cowboy Carter

I Am The River, The River Is Me

Hosted by: Maria Birch-Morunga and Kate Robinson

Music by: the Green Twins

Edited by: Maria Birch-Morunga

This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the eastern Kulin Nations.

You can find us on Instagram @beingbiracialpodcast or send us an email at beingbiracialpodcast@gmail.com

Darcy Vescio is a Chinese/Italian AFLW player.

We chat about:

• Growing up in country Victoria

• Language barriers with grandparents

• Moving in with their Goong at eighteen

• Relationships born of bitter melon and lasagne

• The Carlton doco Bloodlines which took Darcy to Italy and Hong Kong to explore their family history

• Being a multicultural ambassador for the AFL

• Using sport as currency at school

• Racial vilification in the AFLW last season

• Bringing your whole self to sport

Then Aurelia St Clair, a German-Cameroonian comedian, does a stand-up set and joins us all to chat about:

• Moving to Melbourne

• Kilmore the new queer capital

• Kate’s new Persian rug

• Tiger balm in Darcy’s locker

• Seasoning your food

• Looking for Alibrandi

• Finding Zadie Smith’s White Teeth in German

• JW life

• Finding meaning in small rituals

This event was recorded on Thursday 21 March 2024 at The Round on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Kulin Nations.

Hosted by: Maria Birch-Morunga and Kate Robinson

Guests: Aurelia St Clair and Darcy Vescio

Special thanks to: The Round and The Wheeler Centre

Music by: the Green Twins