Them Yarns

We send our deepest condolences and respects to the jewish community and all who lost their lives and were affected by the recent Bondi mass shooting. Sending love and peace

Ever seen or heard of an Aboriginal Neo Nazi? Neither had any of us until this week!!! A alleged far right neo nazi activist has been stood down from his job pending an investigation into his involvement in an anti-jewish neo nazi rally outside of a NSW Parliament building, but what's more shocking is that he's been identified in pictures this week across Facebook as someone who identifies as a Wiradjuri Aboriginal man and has even played in the Koori knockouts in the past.. Someone come get their cousin.

This week on Them Yarns, we dive into the heat around immigration- from far right Nazis getting deported to the old wounds of the Cronulla riots. We unpack how racism still shapes who Australia thinks “belongs,” here and why immigration becomes the easy target.

Who needs enemies when you have Blak family members? This week on Them Yarns, we’re talking toxic family members in our blackfulla families- the relatives we love but sometimes need to block for our own peace. We yarn about breaking cycles, setting boundaries, and choosing your wellbeing over old patterns of toxic Intergenerational behaviours. If you’ve ever had to distance yourself from mob to stay healthy, this episode is for you. WARNING: This episode contains heavy content about domestic and family violence, and intergenerational trauma. If this episode brings up anything for you, you can reach out to 13YARN...

To celebrate us cracking 1000 followers on Tik Tok, we attempted to go LIVE with our followers for the first time.

This week we dive into how mob are identifying today, especially when heritage gets mixed. From mob 'declaring' their white sides in Blak spaces to how slang and lingo are being used across states, we unpack what’s changing and what still keeps us connected as Blackfullas. It’s a real talk about identity, belonging, and how we hold onto what makes each mob unique.

What's it like to be a girl dad and be the daughter of a dad? This week we discuss #GirlDads and Carly kicks it off with pranking her own dad LMAO

We're back after a few weeks off, Carly's still sick, Aaron's got his voice back from the Broncos win and we're cancelling the Merkin

It's been a damn week, it's time for a check in on how we're travelling mentally. And we chat Footy finals for the broncos and mad monday shannigans

Controversial politician Jacinta Price was dumped by the leader of the opposition this week after she failed to back her part leader and has been forced on to the back bench and its triggered us to talk about our worst break ups. Also, we play another game of 'How black are you' with a twist.

We discuss our favourite outlandish politicians and their outbursts, and on culture killas, we're bringing back the blue light disco, who's keen to come?

This week we discuss the differences of being a parent like Aaron is V's Carly's choice to be child-free.

This week we discuss the Take back Australia/March for Australia/Australia first racist anti-immigration protests and why we think they're a joke!

This week Aaron takes us down a rabbit hole to yarn Aliens: Are Aliens out there and are they connected to our land and sky lore as mob?

Carly discovers she's been hate dating. Blackfulla confectionary (Murris v's Kooris) And a life check in with Carly and Nagas

Carly gets a new pram for her dog marlow proving pet parents are cracked! We follow up on a listeners question of 'Is the Koala anyone's cultural totem? And 'The Rizz', do you have it?

In this weeks ep, we do a wrap up of NAIDOC Week and what we got up to and discuss the mushroom cook case. #DontCancelBeefWellington

Salty plums, kup murray, shake a leg and marches, HAPPY NAIDOC Week our people our people. Wherever you're spending you're NAIDOC, have a deadly week you mob.

Bonus episode as promised, meet Carly's mission dogs Stevie Nicks and Marlow aka @thebrindlebabesaustralia on instagram LOL

In this episode, Carly and Aaron yarn about sobriety and why Carly has chosen to go 11yrs without alcohol. And on the culture killers segment, office life, do we love it or hate it and are we cancelling it?

Seems like everyone has a blak business these days but are they legitimate if the business owner has only just identified as a blakfulla recently?In this episode we discuss the rise of Blak Business, and we do a check on how we're coping with the world right now.

Black love is deadly when it works. But it can be filled with complexities. In this episode, we explore what black love is, Carly opens up to why she made the choice to date outside the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community and we play a game of 'What hill are you willing to die on'.

This week we unpack Welcome to country, why we do them, how they should be, if profit is taking away the true meaning of welcome to country and if Australians even deserve the cultural generosity of mob doing welcome to countries for them anymore. And on culture killers, we check in on the United states to see how they're fairing with trump 6 months on.

This week we discuss National Reconciliation week 2025 and if the week still holds the same sentiment it once did or is it becoming another tick a box activity for corporates and businesses? And we yarn to the winner of Channel 9's Season 1 of the Floor Australia, Patrick Neasey The Floor credit: Channel 9 Acknowledgement from the hosts: Them Yarns would like to pay our respects to the brother in the NT who lost his life this week in custody during Reconciliation week. This episode was recorded before his death was announced and we'd like to send our deepest condolences to his...

Carly reflects on her time as a contestant on this years hit new game show 'The Floor' on channel 9.and discuss why representation on television matters for mob. Credit: The Floor promo, Channel 9

Carly's back from her 40th Birthday trip to London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Rome, Olbia and Cagliari in Sardinia and Athens and Santorini in Greece. How was her holiday? What did she get up to? What was the highlight? Which country was rated the hottest men on tinder from her travels? She's spilling all about her holiday, once and once only so she doesn't have to tell the same yarn 1000 times to everyone hahah And Carly and Nagas reflect on the Australian election result.

Why aren't blackfullas doing porn much? Are Carly and Nagas ready to start their OnlyFeet.com journey and cash in by selling pics of their damper feet? And we play another game of 'How black are you', this time testing Carly's blakness.

Whats it like to grow up Aboriginal.? Carly and Aaron share more of their stories growing up as blackfullas in regional North and Central Queensland.

I'm dead, now what? Death, we all experience it, so why don't we talk about it enough? In this episode, we unpack black funerals, our funeral plans and banned funeral guest. And we play 'Would you rather'.

This week we celebrate Carly turning 40 years old this week (what an old guy) and on tea time, we discuss the possibility that chat GPT being a blackfulla?

Have we seen a ghost? We share a freaky ghost story each. And on tea time: People who fall in love quick, why, just why!

The Australian election has been called and the race is on and your regular murri nerds unpack the parties and candidates. And on 'How Black Are You, things black mums said growing up.

Breaking down 'Close The Gap day' (you can't say gap), and we play our new favourite game show, 'How black are you' on Them Yarns

The two worst dressed murri's discuss community couture aka blak fashion, and on Culture Killers: Is it possible for mob to cancel Michael Jackson?

Swearing off men and women, Carly gives her ultimate dating icks, and how will the world end?

This week we yarn about Drag Queen Felicia Foxx's Mardi gras outfit and the evolution of culture/cultural expression of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mob in modern society today. And on culture killers: Disasters and cyclone prepping. *Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners are warned that this podcast mentions suicide and mental health* Credit: Interview with Felicia foxx by NITV News

This week we discuss Toxic Blak-ulineity: when the brothers go full red pill/conservative and the effects it can have on our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and communities. And on tea time, Carly runs into an old scrape!

This week on Them Yarns, Carly and Aaron discuss the nuances of culture v's the Rugby League/AFL All stars rounds. Is culture and sport one in the same or should football codes and our mob stop trying to merge the two together? And on 'Tea Time', we ask the question 'at what point can you pull up other peoples naughty kids? Please note: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners are warned that the podcast mentions the name of someone deceased in this episode

This week on Them Yarns we discuss the Gammin 'mob' sitting in Indigenous identified positions and the harm they cause to our communities. And we break down Kendrick Lemar's super bowl half time show. Got a shoutout you wanna give someone on the show? Send us a DM on Instagram or facebook and we'll say it in the next episode- @themyarnsthepodcast

Code switching, words you can't say around mob, the Grammy's and Kanye's naked ass woman in this week's episode of Them Yarns. Them Yarns is presented by Carly Wallace and Aaron Nagas, production by Carly Wallace and music production by Courage.K

In this episode, we reflect on Invasion Day 2025 and spill the tea for our first Tea Time segment on what it would be like as an Aboriginal person to have a partner who celebrates Australia Day.

Welcome to season 2 of 'Them Yarns'. In the first episode of the year, Carly welcomes Aaron Nagas as her new co-host of the podcast and we yarn Invasion Day 2025 and what it means to us as mob.