Curtain The Podcast

In episode 6 hosts Amy McQuire and Martin Hodgson discuss the testimony of Zachary Rolfe at the coronial inquest into the 2019 police shooting of Kumanjayi Walker. Racism, repeated violence and a media determined to hide the truth is only the beginning of what was revealed. Curtain the Podcast is brought to you by the BlakCast Network and is produced by Clint Curtis.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In episode 5 hosts Amy McQuire and Martin Hodgson are again analysing the National inquiry into Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women and Children. The latest hearings took place in Queensland and once again, the failures of the police and the inquiry to hold them to account was front and centre. Curtain the Podcast is brought to you by the BlakCast Network and is produced by Clint Curtis.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Episode 4, Amy McQuire and Martin Hodgson discuss Missing White Woman Syndrome and compare police and media responses between when a white child goes missing to when a blak child goes missing. The data will horrify you, it's even worse than you can imagine! Curtain the Podcast is brought to you by the BlakCast Network and is produced by Clint Curtis.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Episode 3, Amy McQuire and Martin Hodgson speak with the niece of Aunty Queenie Hart, Debbie West. With all three having worked closely together to have Queenie reburied at home in Cherbourg, this episode provides a chance for the family to take power of their own story, for Queenie's humanity to be heard and written into history, and for her killer to be named without any equivocation. This episode is the justice the Queensland courts and police could not provide! Curtain the Podcast is brought to you by the BlakCast Network and is produced by Clint Curtis.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Episode 2, Amy McQuire and Martin Hodgson begin tracing the origins of the present crisis, in which Aboriginal women are being targeted for violence and disappearing. We begin with a story that connects the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) with the disappearing of Aboriginal women in our own country. Martin then looks back in the historical archive to understand how the history of gendered and racialised violence is repeated and reproduced throughout the generations. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to Season 2 of Curtain The Podcast. In this episode, hosts Amy McQuire and Martin Hodgson outline a new direction for the show, a focus on Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women and Children. Amy explains why a different term informs her approach and the hosts preview what’s to come in this season as they tackle the femicide of First Nations women that is devastating lives, families and communities.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hosts Amy Mcquire and Martin Hodgson are back with a new episode of Curtain that details a breakthrough in the parole process. Having extensively litigated and appealed previous rejections a new hearing is scheduled. While work continues to achieve a full pardon for Kevin HenrySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Curtain the Podcast, hosts Amy McQuire and Martin Hodgson discuss the short comings of the National inquiry into Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women and Children. They look at where the inquiry is failing, the mistakes that are being made and the places and people the inquiry must turn to for answersThis week's episode was made possible with the support of Steve Bunbajee, Ivana Kovac Kuti, Susan Peterson, Simon Crewdson, Tim Levinson, Gillian Haines, Brami Jegan, Claire, Amanda Porter, Khadija Gbla, Lisa Williams, Anna Ashenden and other generous donors.They pledged support and you can too at https://www.patreon.com/CurtainPodcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Curtain the Podcast, hosts Martin Hodgson and Amy McQuire continue their discussion of missing and murdered Aboriginal women in Australia. They examine new data, explore whether perceived ideas in the media and community are born out in the data and ask who is best placed to begin to provide answers on this vital issue facing a nation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Curtain the Podcast, hosts Martin Hodgson and Amy McQuire discuss their recent involvement in a number of inquests into the unsolved killings of Aboriginal women in Queensland. And discuss how these inquests impact families, the sickening role of Queensland police and the failure of the media in their reporting. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Curtain the Podcast, host Martin Hodgson introduces listeners to the 2013 disappearance of Aboriginal woman Monique Clubb. We look at the failures of the Queensland Police to find her, the racism and incompetence involved in the investigation and we begin a journey with her family to find answers, to get justice and to allow them to lay their daughter to rest. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Curtain The Podcast co-hosts Amy McQuire and Martin Hodgson discuss yet another officer getting away with the killing of an Aboriginal woman. The continued police killings, the failures of the media, and the way Aboriginal people are constantly targeted and deemed a threat to society.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Curtain, hosts Amy McQuire and Martin Hodgson take you behind the scenes of the latest evidentiary hearing in the case of Rodney Reed. More evidence is presented of Rodney's innocence, new police lies are exposed and questions are raised once again as to just how deep the cover-up went. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on Curtain, host Amy McQuire and Martin Hodgson are joined by special guest Dr Amanda Porter, to discuss the 30th anniversary of the Royal Commission into Black Deaths in Custody and look at some recent and disturbing developments in policing in Australia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Curtain the Podcast hosts Amy McQuire and Martin Hodgson discuss the case of Zak Grieve, a young Aboriginal man serving a cruel sentence for a crime he didn't commit in the NT. Then the discussion turns to mandatory minimum sentences and the impact they have on Aboriginal people, plus the enormous financial cost of trying to free and an innocent person from behind bars. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Curtain the Podcast, we update you on the case of Kevin Henry and explain more about Qld's pardon process, bring you the latest news on Rodney Reed and his appearance on the ABC USA show 20/20, and discuss the current spree of Federal executions that have been ordered by Donald Trump.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part 2 of a very special episode of Curtain the Podcast we are joined from Rockhampton by Sterling McQuire. Not only is he Co-Host Amy McQuire's father, he worked for decades at the prison in Rockhampton where Kevin Henry was held for nearly 30 years. For the first time we take you behind the bars and you'll hear how this entire journey to freeing Curtain really began. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In a very special episode of Curtain the Podcast we are joined from Rockhampton by Sterling McQuire. Not only is he Co-Host Amy McQuire's father, he worked for decades at the prison in Rockhampton where Kevin Henry was held for nearly 30 years. For the first time we take you behind the bars and you'll hear how this entire journey to freeing Curtain really began. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Curtain the Podcast, Co-Hosts Amy McQuire and Martin Hodgson look at the wave of protests sweeping the world following the horrific killing of George Floyd by police. They examine similar cases in Australia, why the media is so inept at reporting on these issues and what is required to get justice for Aboriginal people in this countrySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It was the 20th of January 2020, fires were raging across the East Coast of Australia, but just outside of the town of Rockhampton a new day had dawned. In this special episode of Curtain the Podcast, hosts Amy McQuire and Martin Hodgson reveal what made that one day so special and for the first time let the listeners in on some news that people from around the world had been waiting to hear!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.