Yarning Up First Nations Stories with Caroline Kell

About Yarning Up First Nations Stories with Caroline Kell

Yarning Up is hosted by the ever-inspiring Caroline Kell - Mbarbrum woman, visionary behind Blak Wattle Coaching and Consulting (https://www.carolinekell.com.au/), and TedX Speaker. (https://www.ted.com/talks/caroline_kell_first_nations_burnout_the_cultural_collective_load) This show is helping to redefine the way listeners engage with First Nations people, stories, experiences and perspectives, offering a refreshing alternative to the mainstream narrative. Through candid and heartfelt conversations, this platform opens doors to authentic learning and connection with First Nations people, issues, causes, and stories. Its purpose is truth telling and to help all Australians learn and unlearn Australia’s past, to work towards a better future.

Publisher

Caroline Kell

Category

education · society & culture · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

18 Jan 2021

Latest episode

19 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

62 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   19 Aug 2026

   Professor Chelsea Watego on Sovereignty, Refusal and Blak Knowing

   In this episode of Yarning Up, Caroline yarns with Professor Chelsea Watego - writer, scholar, mother, public intellectual and sovereign Black woman whose work has given so many of us language for what we already knew in our bodies and lives. We yarn about Chelsea’s early years and what it was like growing up in a household that understood the racial relations of this country, while also being grounded in deep love, strength and Black power. Chelsea reflects on the teachings, people and...

2. 

   18 Mar 2026

   Meriki Onus - Historic Treaty Elections (Gellung Warl)

   In this episode of Yarning Up, the first instalment of Season Five, I sat down with Meriki Onus, who shared their passion for standing for election to the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria—an independent, democratically elected body representing First Peoples in Treaty negotiations. The Assembly forms part of Gellung Warl, a new overarching body established under the Victorian Government’s Statewide Treaty Act 2025. Meriki opened up about their family’s long history of political activism, r...

3. 

   20 May 2025

   Megan 'Megzy' Waters: Reconnecting First Nations Mind, Body and Country

   In this heartfelt episode of Yarning Up, host Caroline Kell sits down for a rich and inspiring yarn with Megan Waters—media presenter, host of Yokayi, Nike ambassador, and proud Warumungu and Yawuru woman. Megan is also a passionate community advocate, deeply committed to amplifying First Nations voices and supporting community wellbeing. Together, they explore what true wellness looks like from a First Nations perspective—mind, body, and spirit all connected. Megan reflects on her childhood...

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