Ask the Specialist: stories to inspire better healthcare

Ask the Specialist is a podcast for health professionals who work with First Nations peoples in the place colonisers called the Northern Territory of Australia. Healthcare providers ask Arrernte, Larrakia, Tiwi, Warlpiri and Yolngu leaders their "burning questions" which span clinical to philosophical ideas. The Specialists are: Aunty Bilawara Lee, Pirrawayingi Puruntatameri, Rarrtjiwuy Melanie Herdman and Bernadette Nethercott, Jimmy Langdon, Sabella Kngwarraye Turner and Amelia Kngwarraye Turner.

Ask the Specialist was supported by the Communicate Study at Menzies School of Health Research. Episodes 8-10 were created in collaboration with Purple House, the Djalkiri Foundation and NT Health.  

Ep 1-7:

Hosts: Vicki Kerrigan and Stuart Yiwarr McGrath

Voice over: Richard Margetson

Sound production: Hamish Robertson

Producer/Executive Producer: Vicki Kerrigan

Ep 8-10 

Hosts: Kelly Clark and Christine Sanderson

Voice over: Brendan Phelan and Natasha Bertschi

Producer: Caddie Brain

Executive Producer: Vicki Kerrigan

Funding: Harry Christian Giese Research Into Action Award and Medical Research Futures Fund

Artwork: Amber Young

Music from https://filmmusic.io "Cold Funk" by Kevin MacLeod