“I love food” Nakkiah Lui says, and in the next breath whispers “so give us back our land”. In an exclusive preview, Nakkiah Lui and Nicola Harvey talk about their new Audible Originals podcast - First Eat - a confrontational, raw and highly personal exploration of food politics that asks 'How would food be different if First Nations people owned the land from which it came?'
Nicola Harvey (International)

Nicola Harvey is a writer, producer, and farmer. Previously with BuzzFeed as a managing editor, she's now a Walkley-nominated podcast producer, with credits under her belt including Pretty For an Aboriginal, Debutante, and A Carnivore's Crisis, the latter with Rachel Khoo. She is currently working with Nakkiah Lui on a new audio documentary for Audible Australia. Nicola's memoir Farm: The Making of a Climate Activist was published by Scribe Melbourne in September 2022.
Nakkiah Lui (Australian)

Nakkiah Lui is a writer/actor/director and Gamillaroi/Torres Strait Islander woman. She began her playwriting career at Sydney Theatre Company under the artistic directorship of Andrew Upton and Cate Blanchett, and since then she has worked with every major theatre company in Australia. In 2012, Nakkiah was the inaugural recipient of both The Dreaming Award from The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Arts Board of the Australia Council and the Balnaves Foundation Indigenous Playwright Award. In 2018, Nakkiah was also the recipient of the Patrick White Playwrights Fellowship at STC. Nakkiah was actor/writer/producer of the ground-breaking series, Black Comedy, which ran for four seasons from 2014-2019. From there she went on to create/write/star in the award-winning series, Kiki and Kitty, which aired on ABC in 2017. Most recently, Nakkiah is the co-creator/showrunner/star of Preppers, as well contributing to a number of Australian drama and comedy series. Nakkiah is a young leader in the Australian Aboriginal community. She is a regular guest on ABC's Q&A, The Drum and Channel Ten's The Project, as well as contributing to The Guardian, The New York Times and a variety of other news outlets. Nakkiah has been a columnist for Australian Women's Weekly and is the co-host and co-creator of the award-winning podcast series, Pretty for an Aboriginal and Debutante with Miranda Tapsell. In 2020 Nakkiah teamed up with Australia's largest independent book publisher, Allen & Unwin, to launch her own imprint, JOAN.