Two First Nations lawyers in a studio with LOTS to say. Blaksiders is the no-holds-barred conversation about news and current affairs that hosts Gemma McKinnon and Peta MacGillivray feel like talking about.
Gemma McKinnon is a Barkindji woman, a mother of 6, and an Aries. Gemma likes administrative law and country music. She recently moved to the Blue Mountains and is learning to care for chickens.
Peta MacGillivray is a Kalkutungu and South Sea Islander woman who grew up in Central Queensland. Peta is now a die-hard Sydney-sider, who loves finding the city’s best breakfast sandwiches. She also likes indie R&B and collecting vinyl records.
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Two First Nations lawyers in a studio with LOTS to say. Blaksiders is the no-holds-barred conversation about news and current affairs that hosts Gemma McKinnon and Peta MacGillivray feel like talking about.
Gemma McKinnon is a Barkindji woman, a mother of 6, and an Aries. Gemma likes administrative law and country music. She recently moved to the Blue Mountains and is learning to care for chickens.
Peta MacGillivray is a Kalkutungu and South Sea Islander woman who grew up in Central Queensland. Peta is now a die-hard Sydney-sider, who loves finding the city’s best breakfast sandwiches. She also likes indie R&B and collecting vinyl records.
Blaksiders is produced on Gadigal land at 2SER 107.3FM
For our last episode of Blaksiders in our weekly show format, Pete and Gem look back at the news and current affairs highlights we've loved talking to you about over the past two years. Farewell for now!
This week, Peta and Gemma pick-up a conversation started by Canadian journalist Geoff Turner about Ozempic in his CBC podcast 'On Drugs'. Ozempic and similar brands (GLP-1s) are a pharamaceutical drug that have been described as the viagra of our generation. We disucss the implications of trying to medicate the population against stigma. This episode went to air Monday 24th November 2025.
This week, Gemma and Pete dabble in critic culture and give their hot take on Ryan Murphy's 'All's Fair'. This episode was broadcast on Monday 17 November 2025.
Pete and Gem disucss the news from the week involving the police. We're asking, when is a 'system error' more likely a systemic feature of modern policing? And who's job is it to fix it?
In this week's show, Gem and Pete reflect on the Cronulla Riots, which unfolded 20 years ago this December. This show went to air on Monday 27th October.
This week Pete and Gem are giddy to discuss Barney Joys' flirtation with One Nation as he struggles with relevancy deprivation. This show went to air on Monday 20th October.
This week Peta and Gem draw upon their year 11 and 12 Modern History knowledge to try and read the week's events in International Relations. Is Albo our lifetime's Billy Hughes?
This week Peta and Gem catch-up about the weekend's events, with small groups of people around the country gathering to protest...themselves? This episode went to air on Monday 1st September 2025.
This week Gem and Pete discuss the news of a new train station for the Sydney CBD, and the liveability of track-side housing as the solution to all our problems. The show went to air on 25 August 2025.
This week Pete and Gem discuss Treasurer Jim Chalmer's Economic Reform Roundtable, and save everyone three days by listing off a couple of ideas of their own (you can guess what they are).
This week Pete and Gem catch-up about the 300,000 people marching for humanity across the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the Garma Festival and a special family themed thumbs up and thumbs down. This episode went to air on Monday 28th July 2025.
In tonight's show, Peta and Gemma discuss recent attempts to shutdown the discussion of human rights in a workplace that is supposed to protect them, and touch on the first week of the 48th Parliament. Also, Gemma drops the F word so this episode has an explicit rating!
In tonight's show, Peta and Gemma discuss whether all racism is created equal as we respond to the release of Australia's Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism's plan. This episode went to air on the 21st July 2025.
In this episode from last month, Peta and Gem discuss people taking to the streets to be heard, and the paradox of protest. This episode went to air on the 16th June 2025.
In tonight's show, Peta and Gemma discuss the ruin of pokies in NSW and new research which tells us (again) why we need to just blow up the pokies. This show went to air on 9th June 2025.
Two First Nations lawyers in a studio with LOTS to say. Blaksiders is the no-holds-barred conversation about news and current affairs that hosts Gemma McKinnon and Peta MacGillivray feel like talking about.
Gemma McKinnon is a Barkindji woman, a mother of 6, and an Aries. Gemma likes administrative law and country music. She recently moved to the Blue Mountains and is learning to care for chickens.
Peta MacGillivray is a Kalkutungu and South Sea Islander woman who grew up in Central Queensland. Peta is now a die-hard Sydney-sider, who loves finding the city’s best breakfast sandwiches. She also likes indie R&B and collecting vinyl records.
Blaksiders is produced on Gadigal land at 2SER 107.3FM
