10.30am-11am Stories of the unemployed
Telling the stories of unemployed people’s lives, focused on humanising welfare recipients by telling their stories. Each episode would be an in-depth conversation with someone on a centrelink payment about their lives, the circumstances that led to their unemployment, their experience with the welfare system, and their hopes for the future. Presented by Antimony.
22 December - 12 January
2-3pm Writing Home
Madhvi (Satellite Skies) will be airing a 3-episode audio series produced at Race Matters FBI radio, that documents the experiences of migrant sex workers in the adult industry. Followed by two episodes featuring readings of sex work literature, articles discussing them and an interview with the migrant support worker Bee Charikha from Vixen about their experience and ongoing advocacy and projects.
22 December - 19 January
11-12pm 'Right Relations & Innovations' Disability Day 2025 Revisited
This year’s theme was about disabled people’s visions of a safe future for everyone, and the relationships and innovations that can get us there. We bring you four programs that first aired on International Day of People with Disability 3 December, 2025.
22 December - 12 January
4-6pm Tuesday Hometime Summer Light
Tuesday Hometime Summer Light will be a magazine style program mixing interviews on current social issues, with music and poetry. Features will include Cohealth crisis updates, voices from the western suburbs, a Koorie Korner with reminiscences of Archie Roach and Lisa Bellear, Friends of the Earth campaign reports, some original international content, some whinges about admin failures in public institutions, and a brief What’s On for your politically engaged Summer.
23 December - 13 January
6-6.30pm 'Right Relations & Innovations' Disability Day 2025 Revisited
This year’s theme was about disabled people’s visions of a safe future for everyone, and the relationships and innovations that can get us there. We bring you five programs that first aired on International Day of People with Disability 3 December, 2025.
23 December - 20 January
6.30-7.30pm Music is Medicine
With thanks to the Saltwater Radio team and 8CCC.
23 December - 20 January
10-11pm People's History of Australia podcast.
People’s History of Australia is a podcast and blog aiming to amplify those moments when ordinary people across Australia have made history – by coming together, overcoming the barriers and divisions that keep us isolated and atomised, and struggling collectively for justice.
23 December - 20 January
9-10am Three Towers Podcast
Izzy Brown (Satellite Skies, Resident Frequency Radio) brings us voices from the high rise towers scheduled for demolition by the Victorian Government.
24 December - 7 January
2-3pm Prima Donna Season 8
Prima Donna is a series of sonic portraits of Australian artists. Composer Nat Grant captures interviews with practitioners from all disciplines. The portraits comprise interview recordings collaged with Nat’s original compositions: telling these artists’ stories, in their own words. They are both oral history and sonic artwork.
24 December - 7 January
3-4pm Meet The International Day of Disability Ambassadors
Presented by Raphael Kaleb (The Boldness).
24 December - 7 January
9-10am Community Centromere
Presented by Hank (Breadline).
1 January - 22 January
5-6pm The Wait
Mozhgan Moarefizadeh is stuck in Jakarta, living without rights—but with a yappy dog named Bella. With journalist Nicole Curby, she brings you into the lives of refugees like her, who are trapped on Australia’s new borderline, in Indonesia.
25 December - 22 January
6-7pm Race Matters
Race Matters is an anti-racist show that explores the values and complexities of race, culture and identity. In-depth interviews and unique story telling and spanning arts, music, politics, global and local events, plus experimental audio and community takeovers. Shared via the Community Radio Network.
25 December - 22 January
10-11.30pm Budget Rock Showcase
Focusing on garage/low budget rock, including 60s no hit wonders, Back from the Grave, Peebles, Australian, etc. Brought to you by Matt Ryan (Planet X).
18 December - 29 January
9-10am Saturday Kick On
Just when you thought you knew all you needed to know about the ever-increasing influence of the military industrial complex in Australian society, the A Friday Rave team Jacob and Mercedes bring you an hour more each Saturday over summer!
27 December - 17 January
10.30-11am Our Stories, Our Flats
'Our Stories, Our Flats' captures the vibrancy and richness of the residents who call the Carlton Flats home. We wanted to document our lives as authentically as possible and create an intimate listening experience that resonates with everyone. 'Our Stories, Our Flats' is written, produced, and edited by Ayan Shirwa—narration by Raven.
27 December - 17 January
11am-12pm Westside Stories
An arts show featuring western suburbs community and community change makers voices. Presented by Grace Ernestine.
27 December - 17 January
1-2pm Commons Conversations
Commons Conversations is a summer series in which campaigners share their experiences and insights into activism, learning in movements, radical history and more. The program is produced by the Commons Social Change Library. Listen back at www.3cr.org.au/actingup.
20 December - 31 January
5.30-7pm Interpreting Traditional Songs
We revisit a special collaboration between 3CR and the Emerging Writers Festival, first broadcast on 11 September, when Jahan Xanlü hosted a special panel discussion about radical messages within folk music with a focus on the SWANACA/Greater Middle East region. They are joined by Astghik Lusaryan and Damoon Jehani, and together they will be digging into questions around the democratisation of sound through folk music, comparisons of local experiences and three live performances from each member...of course featuring some esoteric humour.
20 December
5.30-7pm She Oscillates: Femmes in Electronic Music
The joy of music oscillating through our lives. Fighting off the lows, bringing on the highs, celebrating music and women in music. Presented by Lou.
27 December - 17 January
11.30am-12pm 'Right Relations & Innovations' Disability Day 2025 Revisited
This year’s theme was about disabled people’s visions of a safe future for everyone, and the relationships and innovations that can get us there. We bring you four programs that first aired on International Day of People with Disability 3 December, 2025.
28 December - 18 January
6-7pm Summer Vinyl
As a lover of the vinyl format, John Tait (The Sporting Record) invites other vinyl lovers to come in as guests and share some records that are important to us.
21 December - 18 January
