Yarning Up Podcast
Yarning Up is a growing First Nations-led resource for listening, learning and unlearning.
Hosted by Caroline Kell — proud Mbarbrum woman, founder of Blak Wattle Collective, TEDx speaker and storyteller — the podcast brings together more than 60 conversations with First Nations leaders, thinkers, practitioners and changemakers.
With close to 100,000 streams in Australia and across the globe, Yarning Up offers listeners a rich library of stories, knowledge and lived experience across culture, identity, leadership, justice, wellbeing, racism, truth-telling and social change.
It is a resource to return to — for individuals, teams, workplaces and organisations wanting to deepen their understanding of First Nations perspectives and engage with conversations that are too often missing from mainstream spaces.
At its heart, Yarning Up invites people to listen deeply, question what they have been taught, learn and unlearn Australia’s past and present, and consider what a more just future asks of us.
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IN CONVERSATION WITH
Inspiring Guests
Uncle Jack Charles
Bianca Hunt
Anita Heiss
Senator Lidia Thorpe
Brooke Blurton
ABOUT THE POD
Why you should listen
First Nations voices
Because these are conversations you won’t hear anywhere else. Yarning Up centres First Nations people, stories and perspectives — in all their richness, nuance and complexity. You’ll hear conversations that are deeply lived, multidisciplinary and grounded in community, culture and experience.
Truth-telling conversations
Yarning Up speaks honestly about both history and the present — from colonisation and systemic racism to leadership, culture, community, joy and resistance. These are contemporary Aboriginal experiences, told by the people living them.
Learn and connect
Yarning Up invites listeners to reflect, deepen their understanding, connect with different perspectives and carry that learning into their workplaces, communities and everyday lives.
Want to partner with us?
We love collaborating on events, sponsorship, guest ideas, and campaigns that amplify First Nations voices and create impact.