7:15AM // Lisa Barrand is a founding member of the Gippsland Forest Guardians, an organisation focused on protecting the Gippsland forest and the animals that inhabit it. Phuong spoke with Lisa about a positive update regarding the Fella coupe and protecting the future existence of the Strzelecki Forests which have been subject to logging in the past. To keep up with their campaigns click here.

7:30AM // Lucinda Thorpe is the Privacy Campaigner at the Digital Rights Watch, an organisation focusing on advocating the digital rights of Australian citizens. Phuong interviewed Lucinda about the City of Melbourne council's proposal to expand the CCTV network and staff's access to this footage, and how this might infringe upon privacy rights. You can find out more at here for more information about the organisation. 

7:45AM // Soren Tae Smith is a teacher and author who has recently released a memoir titled "Honey from the Ground". The book explores the experience of child bereavement, exploring her personal experience of loss about the death of her son. Here, Soren discusses with Julia her dealings with grief and thoughts on single motherhood in the eyes of people in society. Soren's book is available here 

8:00AM // Orli and Alex are from Demilitarise RMIT, they are community organisers, reseachers and besties. Their work focuses on anti-militarisation within the university and struggles for land back. They're on the show to talk about the upcoming event Military Industrial Academic, a two day event featuring workshops and panels on knowledge building, skill developing and organising in the struggle for political education against the forces of settler colonisation and militrisation within, against and beyond the university. To find out more you can follow them at @demilitarisermit on Instagram.

8:15AM // Georgie Stone speaks about Ascension, a play written by Harrison Stone that brings an original Greek myth to life on stage. Ascension runs from October the 16th - the 19th at the Fringe. The Fringe Festival is an arts and culture festival, where you can see live performances from independent artists which runs until the 20th of October. You can find more about Acension here. 

Songs //

Stand Yr Ground - Goanna, from their 1982 album Spirit of Place

kollon 3endon dababaat - Dam ft Shaida Mansour, their song roughly translates from Arabic to "they have rocks, we have stones". Shaida is a British Palestinian rapper.