17-05-2025
Rising Tides, Rising Voices
At 36 years-old Kulkalaig woman Tishiko King embodies a powerful intersection of worlds,marine biologist, climate justice defender, and advocate for Traditional Owners in Zenadth Kes, theTorres Strait.
She's launching a documentary about Sea Country known in her language as Malu Lag. Tishiko's advocacy emerges from one of the most climate-vulnerable regions, where rising seas are threatening homes and a way of life that connects generations of Torres Strait Islanders to their ancestors.
Then, Jackson Van Issum and Lewis McKenna, one half of the Australian rock band Beddy Rays, stop by to perform live in the Awaye studio.
Plus for Word Up Brooke Wandin shares the Woiwurrung word for 'river' or 'creek'.