Listen Close http://fbiradio.com/podcasts en-au ℗ & © Listen Close Take a closer look at songs that have a social or political meaning, beyond their face value. FBi Radio Take a closer look at songs that have a social or political meaning, beyond their face value. Presented by Serge Negus each week on Mornings with Alex Pye, on Sydney's FBi Radio. FBi Radio Take a closer look at songs that have a social or political meaning, beyond their face value. Presented by Serge Negus each week on Mornings with Alex Pye, on Sydney's FBi Radio. FBi Radio fbiradio945@gmail.com no Tue, 23 Aug 2016 15:12:28 +1000 #24: Budget Winners & Losers FBi Radio <p>Serge breaks down the 2016 budget winners and losers. Broken up by one of Australia's strongest political tunes in the form of The King is Dead by The Herd.</p> <p>Serge breaks down the 2016 budget winners and losers. Broken up by one of Australia's strongest political tunes in the form of The King is Dead by The Herd.</p> https://d27rxetjl76nhc.cloudfront.net/podcasts/151/audio/1463481059540.mp3 https://d27rxetjl76nhc.cloudfront.net/podcasts/151/audio/1463481059540.mp3 Thu, 05 May 2016 11:00:00 +1000 12:51 Budget, politics no #23: Camp Cope - Jet Fuel Cant Melt Steel Beams FBi Radio <p>Victim blaming, its something experienced a lot by women. Being catcalled or whistled at in the street would make most people uncomfortable, but society continues to tell women that they should take it as a compliment. But it is in fact a form of harassment and gender inequality.</p> <p>Victim blaming, its something experienced a lot by women. Being catcalled or whistled at in the street would make most people uncomfortable, but society continues to tell women that they should take it as a compliment. But it is in fact a form of harassment and gender inequality.</p> https://d27rxetjl76nhc.cloudfront.net/podcasts/151/audio/1463480452250.mp3 https://d27rxetjl76nhc.cloudfront.net/podcasts/151/audio/1463480452250.mp3 Thu, 21 Apr 2016 11:00:00 +1000 12:41 Cat calling, sexual harassment, gender inequality, no #22: LEFT - No Way FBi Radio <p>One in every three women will experience domestic violence or sexual violence at least once in their lifetime. No Way is anthem for the women of Australia in the face of adversity and a call to arms for government action.</p> <p>One in every three women will experience domestic violence or sexual violence at least once in their lifetime. No Way is anthem for the women of Australia in the face of adversity and a call to arms for government action.</p> https://d27rxetjl76nhc.cloudfront.net/podcasts/151/audio/1463480152173.mp3 https://d27rxetjl76nhc.cloudfront.net/podcasts/151/audio/1463480152173.mp3 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 11:00:00 +1000 10:08 Domestic Violence, gender inequality, abuse, sexual violence no #21: M.I.A - Rewear It FBi Radio <p>M.I.A highlights the need for recycling and the environmental impact of the textiles industry through a H&amp;M inititive called World Recycle Week. But is this just companies greenwashing for a profit?</p> <p>M.I.A highlights the need for recycling and the environmental impact of the textiles industry through a H&amp;M inititive called World Recycle Week. But is this just companies greenwashing for a profit?</p> https://d27rxetjl76nhc.cloudfront.net/podcasts/151/audio/1463479852999.mp3 https://d27rxetjl76nhc.cloudfront.net/podcasts/151/audio/1463479852999.mp3 Thu, 07 Apr 2016 11:00:00 +1000 14:21 Recycling, Environment, Trash, Clothes, no #20: Anohni - Drone Bomb Me FBi Radio <p>The drone war waged by America according to many has failed and has been hailed by some as a recruiting tool for ISIS. Anohni's Drone Bomb Me highlights the personal reality and ethical questions raised when killing remotely from a distance.</p> <p>The drone war waged by America according to many has failed and has been hailed by some as a recruiting tool for ISIS. Anohni's Drone Bomb Me highlights the personal reality and ethical questions raised when killing remotely from a distance.</p> https://d27rxetjl76nhc.cloudfront.net/podcasts/151/audio/1463479556259.mp3 https://d27rxetjl76nhc.cloudfront.net/podcasts/151/audio/1463479556259.mp3 Thu, 31 Mar 2016 11:00:00 +1100 14:07 no #19: Borneo - Eating Animals FBi Radio <p>Whats the price we pay for eating meat? Agriculture is one of the biggest contributors to climate change as well as being an ethical dilemma. Borneo's track Eating Animals pokes fun at the ease at which we turn a blind eye to the impact of our choice of consumption.</p> <p>Whats the price we pay for eating meat? Agriculture is one of the biggest contributors to climate change as well as being an ethical dilemma. Borneo's track Eating Animals pokes fun at the ease at which we turn a blind eye to the impact of our choice of consumption.</p> https://d27rxetjl76nhc.cloudfront.net/podcasts/151/audio/1463479233968.mp3 https://d27rxetjl76nhc.cloudfront.net/podcasts/151/audio/1463479233968.mp3 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 11:00:00 +1100 13:35 environmentalism, vegan, vegetarian, climate change, ethics no #18: Remi - Ode To Ignorance FBi Radio <p>In Ode To Ignorance Remi tells it really how it is for someone of colour in this country called Australia. In his eyes, no one is to blame more for this ignorantly perpetuated racism that the media and politicians.</p> <p>In Ode To Ignorance Remi tells it really how it is for someone of colour in this country called Australia. In his eyes, no one is to blame more for this ignorantly perpetuated racism that the media and politicians.</p> https://d27rxetjl76nhc.cloudfront.net/podcasts/151/audio/1463478871169.mp3 https://d27rxetjl76nhc.cloudfront.net/podcasts/151/audio/1463478871169.mp3 Thu, 03 Mar 2016 11:00:00 +1100 14:50 Racism, ignorance, politics no #17: Marcus Whale - My Captain FBi Radio <p>Captain Moonlight is know as Australia's queer bushranger, whose last request before being hung was to be buried by his best mate and lover. Marcus Whale has used this incredible part of Australian history as inspiration to right about a need for more diversity in Sydney's music scene.</p> <p>Captain Moonlight is know as Australia's queer bushranger, whose last request before being hung was to be buried by his best mate and lover. Marcus Whale has used this incredible part of Australian history as inspiration to right about a need for more diversity in Sydney's music scene.</p> https://d27rxetjl76nhc.cloudfront.net/podcasts/151/audio/1463478418032.mp3 https://d27rxetjl76nhc.cloudfront.net/podcasts/151/audio/1463478418032.mp3 Thu, 25 Feb 2016 11:00:00 +1100 13:09 LGBTIQ, queer, gay, bushranger, diversity no #16: The Songhoy Blues - Al Hassidi Terei FBi Radio <p>The Songhoy Blues formed in Mali during a time of severe conflict, where if they were caught playing music, they could have had their hands cut or have even be killed.</p> <p>The Songhoy Blues formed in Mali during a time of severe conflict, where if they were caught playing music, they could have had their hands cut or have even be killed.</p> https://d27rxetjl76nhc.cloudfront.net/podcasts/151/audio/1463478050059.mp3 https://d27rxetjl76nhc.cloudfront.net/podcasts/151/audio/1463478050059.mp3 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 11:00:00 +1100 12:47 Oppression, resistance, politics, adaptation, lockout laws no #15: Kendrick Lamar - The Blacker The Berry FBi Radio <p>Voicing the frustrations of a community that wants and deserves and better than what they are given, The Blacker The Berry is Kendrick Lamar voicing is contempt of institutionalised racism in America.</p> <p>Voicing the frustrations of a community that wants and deserves and better than what they are given, The Blacker The Berry is Kendrick Lamar voicing is contempt of institutionalised racism in America.</p> https://d27rxetjl76nhc.cloudfront.net/podcasts/151/audio/1463477595787.mp3 https://d27rxetjl76nhc.cloudfront.net/podcasts/151/audio/1463477595787.mp3 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 11:00:00 +1100 12:55 Black lives matter, civil rights, news, politics yes #14: Pussy Riot - Chaika FBi Radio <p>After being detained for over two years simply for expressing their political rights, Pussy Riot are back at with a track that brings light the the corruption in Russia's legal system.</p> <p>After being detained for over two years simply for expressing their political rights, Pussy Riot are back at with a track that brings light the the corruption in Russia's legal system.</p> https://d27rxetjl76nhc.cloudfront.net/podcasts/151/audio/1463458882772.mp3 https://d27rxetjl76nhc.cloudfront.net/podcasts/151/audio/1463458882772.mp3 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 11:00:00 +1100 16:28 Russia, corruption, politics no #13: Courtney Barnett - Depreston FBi Radio <p>Courtney Barnett's Depreston puts in song the reality of housing affordability for Millennial's across Australia.</p> <p>Courtney Barnett's Depreston puts in song the reality of housing affordability for Millennial's across Australia.</p> https://d27rxetjl76nhc.cloudfront.net/podcasts/151/audio/1463458434682.mp3 https://d27rxetjl76nhc.cloudfront.net/podcasts/151/audio/1463458434682.mp3 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 11:00:00 +1100 15:16 Housing affordability, housing, renting, gentrification, negative gearing no #12: Roots Manuva - Hard Bastards FBi Radio <p>Roots Manuva is no stranger to the hard life, growing up in the British underclass he has made a name for himself as one of the countries greatest hip hip artists - Hard Bastards takes aim at the reality of inequality in modern Britain.</p> <p>Roots Manuva is no stranger to the hard life, growing up in the British underclass he has made a name for himself as one of the countries greatest hip hip artists - Hard Bastards takes aim at the reality of inequality in modern Britain.</p> https://d27rxetjl76nhc.cloudfront.net/podcasts/151/audio/1463458166187.mp3 https://d27rxetjl76nhc.cloudfront.net/podcasts/151/audio/1463458166187.mp3 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 11:00:00 +1100 12:38 underclass, poverty, inequality no #11: LE1F - Taxi FBi Radio <p>Queer rapper producer LE1F breaks down the reality of racism within the gay community in his track Taxi.</p> <p>Queer rapper producer LE1F breaks down the reality of racism within the gay community in his track Taxi.</p> https://d27rxetjl76nhc.cloudfront.net/podcasts/151/audio/1463457924515.mp3 https://d27rxetjl76nhc.cloudfront.net/podcasts/151/audio/1463457924515.mp3 Thu, 14 Jan 2016 11:00:00 +1100 12:26 LGBTIQ, racism, no #10: Mathas - Enforce Less FBi Radio <p>Paternalistic governance is an issue we are getting all to used to here in Australia and Perth MC Mathas is having non of it. Enforce Less is a cleverly constructed breakdown of the laws created to help us, that actually hurt us.</p> <p>Paternalistic governance is an issue we are getting all to used to here in Australia and Perth MC Mathas is having non of it. Enforce Less is a cleverly constructed breakdown of the laws created to help us, that actually hurt us.</p> https://d27rxetjl76nhc.cloudfront.net/podcasts/151/audio/1463457409098.mp3 https://d27rxetjl76nhc.cloudfront.net/podcasts/151/audio/1463457409098.mp3 Thu, 07 Jan 2016 11:00:00 +1100 10:43 Nanny State, politics, over policing, no #9: Kendrick Lamar - Alright FBi Radio <p>Kendrick Lamar dropped one of the most political charged albums to come from a chart topping artists in years. Alright is his anthem to the oppressed, telling them to keep fighting through the negativity, and turn it into a positive.</p> <p>Kendrick Lamar dropped one of the most political charged albums to come from a chart topping artists in years. Alright is his anthem to the oppressed, telling them to keep fighting through the negativity, and turn it into a positive.</p> https://d27rxetjl76nhc.cloudfront.net/podcasts/151/audio/1463457143064.mp3 https://d27rxetjl76nhc.cloudfront.net/podcasts/151/audio/1463457143064.mp3 Thu, 24 Dec 2015 11:00:00 +1100 12:31 Black lives matter, civil rights, news, politics no #8: L-Fresh The Lion - Survive FBi Radio <p>Sikh Hip Hop artist and community worker L-Fresh The Lion highlights the need to be proud of your culture in his track Survive, an ode to his fellow Sikh's in a country that can at times be abrasively ignorant.</p> <p>Sikh Hip Hop artist and community worker L-Fresh The Lion highlights the need to be proud of your culture in his track Survive, an ode to his fellow Sikh's in a country that can at times be abrasively ignorant.</p> https://d27rxetjl76nhc.cloudfront.net/podcasts/151/audio/1463456877465.mp3 https://d27rxetjl76nhc.cloudfront.net/podcasts/151/audio/1463456877465.mp3 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 11:00:00 +1100 15:12 Culture, religion, identity, Sikhism no #7: Anohni - 4 Degrees FBi Radio <p>Anohni's first single off her highly political album Hopelessness delves into the lack off action taken on what is arguably the most pressing issue facing the world today - climate change.</p> <p>Anohni's first single off her highly political album Hopelessness delves into the lack off action taken on what is arguably the most pressing issue facing the world today - climate change.</p> https://d27rxetjl76nhc.cloudfront.net/podcasts/151/audio/1463456613942.mp3 https://d27rxetjl76nhc.cloudfront.net/podcasts/151/audio/1463456613942.mp3 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 11:00:00 +1100 14:30 Climate change, environment, politics, news, global warming no #6: M.I.A - Borders FBi Radio <p>M.I.A is no stranger to politics, and her song borders is nothing short of a machine gun spray of a political point making. Highlighting the the flaws in the way that the world is dealing with its refugee crisis and the identity conflicts created by borders.</p> <p>M.I.A is no stranger to politics, and her song borders is nothing short of a machine gun spray of a political point making. Highlighting the the flaws in the way that the world is dealing with its refugee crisis and the identity conflicts created by borders.</p> https://d27rxetjl76nhc.cloudfront.net/podcasts/151/audio/1463456048969.mp3 https://d27rxetjl76nhc.cloudfront.net/podcasts/151/audio/1463456048969.mp3 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 11:00:00 +1100 12:47 Borders, politics, news, refugees, crisis, identity, religion no #5: Emma Donovan, Tim Rogers and Joelistics - Blackfella White Fella FBi Radio <p>Emma Donovan teamed up with with Tim Rogers and Joelistics to raise cover two classic Indigenous tracks to raise funds for the SOS Black Australia movement trying to stop the forced removal of Indigenous Australians from their traditional lands.</p> <p>Emma Donovan teamed up with with Tim Rogers and Joelistics to raise cover two classic Indigenous tracks to raise funds for the SOS Black Australia movement trying to stop the forced removal of Indigenous Australians from their traditional lands.</p> https://d27rxetjl76nhc.cloudfront.net/podcasts/151/audio/1463455678060.mp3 https://d27rxetjl76nhc.cloudfront.net/podcasts/151/audio/1463455678060.mp3 Thu, 26 Nov 2015 11:00:00 +1100 14:34 Indigenous, News, Politics, Racism, inequality no #4: Elizabeth Rose - Division FBi Radio <p>After feeling frustrated by the inequality experience by her in love friends not being able to get married, Elizabeth Rose penned Division, a song calling for a change in the continued political rhetoric surrounding marriage equality.</p> <p>After feeling frustrated by the inequality experience by her in love friends not being able to get married, Elizabeth Rose penned Division, a song calling for a change in the continued political rhetoric surrounding marriage equality.</p> https://d27rxetjl76nhc.cloudfront.net/podcasts/151/audio/1463455257886.mp3 https://d27rxetjl76nhc.cloudfront.net/podcasts/151/audio/1463455257886.mp3 Thu, 19 Nov 2015 11:00:00 +1100 14:14 Marriage equality, politics, news, LGBTIQ no #3: The Drones - Taman Shud FBi Radio <p>Disenchanted by the inability of Australia's left to put any sort of fight against the ever organised attack dogs of the right, The Drones track Taman Shud is a scathing attack on just about everything and everyone in Australian society.</p> <p>Disenchanted by the inability of Australia's left to put any sort of fight against the ever organised attack dogs of the right, The Drones track Taman Shud is a scathing attack on just about everything and everyone in Australian society.</p> https://d27rxetjl76nhc.cloudfront.net/podcasts/151/audio/1463454196585.mp3 https://d27rxetjl76nhc.cloudfront.net/podcasts/151/audio/1463454196585.mp3 Thu, 12 Nov 2015 11:00:00 +1100 12:33 Australian Politics, News, no #2: Sticky Fingers - Ghost Town FBi Radio <p>Sydney's nightlife, music, arts and culture has been gripped in a battle with the law for over two years now. The Lockout Law have literally rendered parts of the city a ghost town. In finding an uncanny likeness to the lyrics of Ghost Town by British Ska band The Specials and Sydney's current cultural crisis, Sticky Fingers covered the song in an effort to challenge the current state of politics in Sydney.</p> <p>Sydney's nightlife, music, arts and culture has been gripped in a battle with the law for over two years now. The Lockout Law have literally rendered parts of the city a ghost town. In finding an uncanny likeness to the lyrics of Ghost Town by British Ska band The Specials and Sydney's current cultural crisis, Sticky Fingers covered the song in an effort to challenge the current state of politics in Sydney.</p> https://d27rxetjl76nhc.cloudfront.net/podcasts/151/audio/1463444341163.mp3 https://d27rxetjl76nhc.cloudfront.net/podcasts/151/audio/1463444341163.mp3 Thu, 05 Nov 2015 11:00:00 +1100 11:55 Lockout Laws, Politics, News, Sydney no #1: Horrorshow - Any Other Name feat. Jimblah, Thelma Plum & Urthboy FBi Radio <p>Following the Adam Goodes saga, where the Indigenous AFL star and Australian of the year was continually jeered with racists taunts, Horrorshow wrote a rallying cry to the nation to take a long hard look at what white Australia labels 'racist', stating we have a habit labelling it "Any Other Name" when really, it is nothing other than racist.</p> <p>Following the Adam Goodes saga, where the Indigenous AFL star and Australian of the year was continually jeered with racists taunts, Horrorshow wrote a rallying cry to the nation to take a long hard look at what white Australia labels 'racist', stating we have a habit labelling it "Any Other Name" when really, it is nothing other than racist.</p> https://d27rxetjl76nhc.cloudfront.net/podcasts/151/audio/1463443526228.mp3 https://d27rxetjl76nhc.cloudfront.net/podcasts/151/audio/1463443526228.mp3 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 11:00:00 +1100 12:18 Indigenous, News, Politics, Racism yes