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Veteran broadcaster and activist Marisa Sposaro, host of 3CR's Doin' Time show, joined us for a conversation about disability support funding for blind and vision impaired people, in the context of looming cuts to the NDIS. In this discussion, we covered how different kinds of funding allocations facilitate inclusion for blind and vision impaired people under the NDIS, the implications of losing access to this funding, and more broadly, the way that conversations about legitimate support and functionality assessments occur within a society that holds very narrowed views about the kinds of lives that people with disability should live. Catch Doin' Time from 4-5PM on Mondays on 3CR.//
Dr Sabrina Suluai-Mahuka, founder of youth-centred environmental organization Finafinau, joined us from Pago Pago to discuss recent progress in the United States government's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's moves to advance offshore mineral extraction in the waters off American Samoa. On the 16th of July, in the face of significant resistance in American Samoa and across the Pacific region, the BOEM agency issued a Proposed Leasing Notice for the American Samoa Outer Continental Shelf Pacific Mineral Lease Sale 1, another step in the direction of a potential lease sale this November. Sabrina spoke with us about the cultural and environmental impacts that deep sea mining for critical minerals will cause, and the ongoing fight to prevent this from happening in the waters off the islands of American Samoa. Dr. Sabrina Suluai-Mahuka is a Samoan Filipina educator, youth leadership mentor, and environmental justice advocate who works at the intersection of Indigenous knowledge, community organizing, and ocean conservation to amplify Pacific voices in local and global decision-making.//
Isabel Maria Villalón is an independent researcher living and studying in Mexico City. She has a master’s degree in Latin American Studies from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, is about to enter into a doctorate program, and writes regularly for the North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA). As the 2026 World Cup wraps up, we spoke with Isabel to unpack the tainted legacy it left behind throughout Mexico City. She walked us through inequities in tax contributions paid to Mexico, Canada, and the US by participating corporations, and the rejection of the tournament by a broad assembly of social movements that led to street protests. Throughout the conversation, Isabel shed light on structural economic inequalities present across both legislation governing the World Cup and negotiations for the United States Mexico Canada free trade agreement that occurred alongside the tournament.//
We listened to a podcast produced with All The Best Radio, international audio producer, Craig Garrett, and our Thursday Breakfast host, Kate, about the growing push for reproductive healthcare leave across Australia. The podcast features Emma Hardy, a writer with lived experience of managing PMDD in the workplace, Carolyn Dunbar, the Women’s Team Leader at the Victorian Trades Hall Council and advocate for the union’s campaign, It’s for Every Body, and Tom Hvala, a PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne who adopts a feminist approach to push for greater legal protections within the workplace. A quick note, this podcast mentions suicide and self-harm. If you or anyone you know needs support, you can call Lifeline 13 11 14 or SuicideLine Victoria on 1300 651 251. This story was originally produced for fbi radio's audio storytelling program, All The Best, published in June 2026.//
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