Radical Australia Joe Toscano and Kelly Whitworth

Antoinette Pitt used to roadie for 73 Bob Bob and was Australia's first female wrestling referee. She is a woman of many surprises. Antoinette is a nurse and an executive for Australian Progressives who have 6 pillars of E's: Ethics + Empathy + Evidence + Equality + Engagement + Empowerment. Learn all about Antoinette's goth phase in Lilydale and her time as an apprective spray painter. Antoinette is a '77 baby. Thanks for being our lovely guest, Antoinette!progressives.org.auAntoinette chatting in studio 1 at 3CR.

This week's guest, Ribke Ovide, is a volunteer at the the West Papua Office in Docklands. She has been living in Australia for the last couple of years, coming here on a scholarship to further her studies in aviation mechanics. Ribke hails from Timika in West Papua and speaks 4 languages. She was born in 200. Her faith is very important to her, as is her family, along with her dream to become an aviation aircraft mechanic. She has been working hard at it. Ribke has a moving story to tell and we were so pleased to meet her this week. Thank-you, Ribke. With your hard work and tenacity, you are sure to succeed. We wish you all the best.Join Ribke and friends at the West Papua Open Day on Sunday 14 April // 211/838 Collins St, Docklands // 1pm Lunch // 2pm Dr Jacob Rumbiak // 3pm Joe's Auctionwww.facebook.com/dfait.federalrepublicofwestpapuawww.instagram.com/westpapuawomensofficeLouise Byrne, Joe Toscano, Ribke Ovide and Tommy Latupeirissa in Studio One at 3CR.

This week's guest, Tim Hollo, is kind of like Green royalty in Australia. He heads The Green Institute, a think tank focussed on transformative issues in the green space, he founded Green Music Australia, he was the communications director for Christine Milne, and he has been at the environmental game since university in the 90's. His first love, however, was the violin. He's been playing it since he was a child and was in the Australian Youth Orchestra, attending the Atlanta Olympics. Tim's parents are refugees from Hungary and China. He grew up with a brother who also plays music. Tim is a member of Four Play, a string quartet. He has a book titled 'Living Democracy'. It was a treat having Tim on the blower from Canberra. Thanks, Tim! Keep up the great work!greeninstitute.org.augreenmusic.org.aufourplay.com.auTim signing his book, Living DemocracyTim at an AAPP protest

In case you missed it - here is the second part to our talk with Kutcha Edwards. Kutcha is a legend of 3CR, steering our annual Beyond the Bars NAIDOC prison broadcasts for many a year. In this chat, we are taken on a trip down the memory lane of aboriginal Fitzroy of the 1990s. From the MAYSAR/ Fitzroy Stars Youth Club gymnasium and Uncle Herbert Jock Austin, to singing opera while on homebrew ouzo among the gardens of the high rises, to band time with fellow 3CR legend, Uncle Robbie Thorpe. We are lucky to hear Kutcha's reflection on life in sobriety, his approach to performance and Beyond the Bars with Gilla and Johnnie Mac. Such a treat to have Kutcha in the studio and we hope you enjoy this conversation. Thanks so much, Kutcha.kutcha-edwards.com Kutcha and Uncle Archie Roach RIP in an episode of Kutcha's Koorioke kutchaskoorioke.com

We are thrilled to broadcast a couple of chats we recently had with the mighty Kutcha Edwards. This week, we learn the origins of Kutcha's name and some things about his early life. Kutcha tells us that he was born before The Referendum and politics has played a big part in his life. Kutcha went to high school in Taralgon before moving to the city to be with brothers and sisters. He went to Koori College and knew his place as an aboriginal man in the city. He worked at the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service and learned to yarn with the patients. Kutcha is a loyal family man and we were honoured he shared some of his intimate memories with us. We are looking forward to next week's episode and we hope you enjoy this special with him.kutcha-edwards.comkutchaskoorioke.com

A life full of mentors and a-ha moments. That has been the story of this week's guest, Rob Brown, a big tall Scotsman indeed. Rob was born in 1960 in the Gorbals, tenement housing in Glasgow, sharing one toilet among five families. That's just how things were. Rob's mother scrubbed the steps of the school on her hands and knees with a brush. That's where he says he probably got his work ethic from. Rob has gone on to have a very successful career around the world. He's good at leading people and understanding the processes of big companies. Rob now heads up Fruit2Work, a social enterprise hiring people with lived experience of the criminal justice system. They deliver fruit and milk to businesses around Melbourne. Fruit2Work has had a 0% recidivism rate among its employees and now hires over 100 people. Rob also recently began Recycle4Change, a container deposit scheme in North Geelong hiring women and youth affected by the criminal justice system. He's a big fella with a big, warm personality and it was a pleasure learning about where he came from and what his life journey has been like to now. Keep up the great work, Rob, and thanks for joining us this week.fruit2work.com.aurecycle4change.com.au