If you thought we’d disappeared, think again! Nakkiah and Miranda have a treat for you. Recently, at the Melbourne Writers Festival, they sat down with journalist, memoirist and comic book writer Ta-Nehisi Coates to talk about race in general,

Bonus Episode Live From The Sydney Opera House: Black Panther & Colonisers

Mar 16th, 2018 57m 42s

In this special live episode, presented and recorded at the Sydney Opera House as part of the All About Women festival, Nakkiah and Miranda are joined by actor and budding director Shari Sebbens to unpack the fall out from the Marvel blockbuste

Bonus Episode Live From Junket: Race Matters

Nov 4th, 2017 20m 56s

We decided to record a bonus episode because recently Australia’s prime minister Malcolm Turnbull landed a pretty big blow on Indigenous Australians. Last week, he rejected the Indigenous Voice to Parliament proposed in the Uluru Statement From

Episode 8: We're All Superheroes (with Blessing Mokgohloa & Arka Das)

Nov 1st, 2017 45m 12s

In a perfect world Miranda Tapsell would be the star of a wildly successful rom-com, or a franchised superhero film. The Frances Ha or Jessica James of Australia, or an Aboriginal Storm in the next edition of X-Men. But in order to be Australia

Episode 7: It May Take A Woman To Lead The Fight (with Sarain Fox)

Oct 25th, 2017 31m 28s

Nakkiah and Miranda talk about race even when they’re not talking about race. It permeates their daily experience. Across the first season of Pretty For An Aboriginal, Nakkiah and Miranda have talked a lot about how important African American c

Epiosde 6: What U Say? (with Shari Sebbens)

Oct 18th, 2017 38m 41s

In this episode Nakkiah and Miranda talk to acclaimed stage and screen actor Shari Sebbens about code switching, why Taika Waititi is the mentor aspiring filmmakers of colour need, and why accents are such strong signifiers of race. They each h

Episode 5: Black Beauty & How To Be A Boss (with Marina Go)

Oct 11th, 2017 36m 33s

In this episode Miranda Tapsell and Nakkiah Lui, share stories with former Dolly editor Marina Go about perceptions of beauty in Australia, and discuss how beauty is being defined on Aussie TV and in magazines. They also explore how and why Ins

Episode 4: Sex & Power (with Emily Sears)

Oct 4th, 2017 30m 57s

In this frank episode, Nakkiah Lui and Miranda Tapsell talk to LA-based, Melbourne model Emily Sears about the begetting of power through provocative imagery, why sexy women are feared, and why sexy black women are feared even more. In 2016, Em

Episode 3: Big Sexy Love (with Roxane Gay)

Sep 27th, 2017 30m 26s

In this wide-ranging interview with American writer and essayist Roxane Gay, Nakkiah and Miranda trade stories about their mutual love of ice skating; compare experiences with weight loss and surgery; and consider why fat women aren’t allowed t

Episode 2: American Heroes and White Allies (with Yael Stone)

Sep 20th, 2017 36m 9s

When Nakkiah and Miranda drew up their interview wish list for the podcast it was dominated by African American actors, writers and musicians. Like so many other young Australians, Miranda and Nakkiah have looked to the US for inspiration. In p

Episode 1: Hustle Baby, Hustle (with Briggs)

Sep 14th, 2017 48m 40s

Rapper, writer, actor and record label boss Adam Briggs knows how to get work, be heard, and get paid. In other words, he knows how to hustle. In the first episode of Pretty For An Aboriginal, Briggs, Nakkiah and Miranda give our listeners tips

Introducing Nakkiah and Miranda

Sep 12th, 2017 2m 7s

Nakkiah Lui and Miranda Tapsell are set to rock traditional perceptions of Indigenous Australia and challenge rigid mindsets of what women of colour can and cannot do. In our eight episode first season, we'll talk honestly about relationships,