Stan Grant

Mortality, fragility, forgiveness, and peace. Journalist and author Stan Grant offers a genre-bending work of prayer, memory, and theology shaped by fatherhood, Aboriginal inheritance, masculinity, and mortality. “I see this as a gift from God, a creator that allows us to find each other again.” In this conversation with Evan Rosa, Grant reflects on his 2025 book, Murriyang: Song of Time —his philosophical and spiritual exploration of the human place in the world and faith as lived experience rather than abstraction. He looks closely at his father’s life in order to come to terms with his own, the meaning of fatherhood and how to understand and forgive our fathers, masculinity and vulnerability, Aboriginal history and identity, masculinity and vulnerability, forgiveness and sacrifice, prayer and poetry, and the whole human experience of time and eternity. Episode Highlights “We inherit our father’s cups.” “We must forgive our fathers. It is the only way that we can forgive ourselves.” “We cannot survive without each other.” “Man is not made for history. History is made for man.” “ … to confront the beauty of that mortality—my father’s final gift to me is his death.” About Stan Grant Stan Grant is an Australian journalist, author, and public intellectual of Wiradjuri, Kamilaroi, and Dharawal heritage. A former international correspondent and broadcaster, he has written widely on Indigenous identity, history, faith, and moral responsibility. Grant is the author of several acclaimed books, including Talking to My Country and Murriyang: Song of Time, which blends prayer, memoir, poetry, and theology. His work consistently resists abstraction in favor of embodied human experience, emphasizing forgiveness, attention, and the dignity of the human person. Grant has received national honors for journalism and cultural leadership and remains a leading voice in conversations about history, masculinity, faith, and what it means to live lives worthy of our shared humanity. Helpful Links and Resources Murriyang: Song of Time https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9781460763827/murriyang/ Talking to My Country https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9781460752210/talking-to-my-country/ Stan Grant official website https://www.stangrant.com.au Show Notes Fathers and sons; inherited burden, sacrifice, and responsibility “We inherit our father’s cups” Christ in Gethsemane as archetype of father-son suffering Masculinity as physical burden, scars, toughness “We must forgive our fathers. It is the only way that we can forgive ourselves and live in a world of forgiveness with the other.” Yindyamarra: respect, gentleness, quietness, forgiveness Improvisation and rehearsal; jazz as spiritual and artistic model “I have never written a second draft.” Second thought as artifice, hiding, dishonesty Forgiveness of self before speaking; imperfection and risk “If silence is violence, then we have redefined the very nature of violence itself.” Giftedness of life; what is given and received Gift exchange versus transaction in modern society “We offer the gift of ourselves to each other.” Murriyang as Psalter, prayer, song, contemplation of time and God Reading slowly; opening anywhere; shelter from modern noise “We cannot survive without each other.” One-person performance; no script, immediacy, intimacy Music, poetry, time, mortality woven together Father’s body as history; sawmills, injuries, exhaustion Childhood memory of bath; “the water is stained black with blood” Mother’s touch; tenderness amid su

Journalist, author and academic Stan Grant joins Talal Yassine for a powerful and deeply personal conversation about identity, faith, and the cost of speaking out. From a childhood of poverty and constant movement across rural New South Wales, to interviewing world leaders and reporting from some of the globe’s most dangerous conflict zones, Stan’s story is one of resilience, grit, and unflinching honesty. He opens up about growing up Wiradjuri, the hard love of his father, and the strength of family that carried him through homelessness and hardship. Stan reflects on his meteoric rise through journalism, the toll of frontline reporting, and the burden of being one of Australia’s most visible Indigenous voices. He speaks candidly about racism, burnout, and his controversial departure from the ABC, but also about the things that sustain him: faith, philosophy, music, and the enduring power of love. This episode moves between the personal and the profound, from childhood memories tied to songs on a transistor radio, to the philosophy of history and modernity, and finally his vision for a more generous Australia rooted in respect and hope. Subscribe to Uncommon Ground on your favourite podcast platform. Episode Running Order Opening: The art of conversation vs. interview (00:00) Earliest memories: music, hats and a travelling childhood (04:00) Life on the move: cars, caravans and sawmills (09:00) Hard love, resilience and lessons from his father (15:00) The wider family and responsibility beyond his years (20:00) Discovering books, philosophy and a world beyond poverty (25:00) From mail boy to university: the turning point (32:00) Breaking into journalism: copy boy, cadetship and the fast rise (38:00) Reporting Canberra politics and hosting prime-time TV by 27 (45:00) CNN years: the world stage, conflict zones and PTSD (50:00) Returning home: ABC, Sky and disillusionment with hosting roles (58:00) Family life: meeting Tracey, raising four children and following bliss (1:05:00) Race, identity and the unfinished business of Australia (1:12:00) Faith, philosophy and the last sigh of Christ (1:18:00) Yindyamarra Trust: giving, love and building respect (1:25:00) Quickfire round: misconceptions, guilty pleasures, advice to young Stan (1:28:00) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Humanity has demonstrated , time and again , a horrific tendency to destroy its own kind – often to eliminate difference and impose uniformity of identity. At its worst, this tendency has led to the destruction of whole peoples – the crime against humanity of genocide. However, i n our politically charged climate, the term genocide carries a massive moral weight , and we must be cautious about where to apply it. If we're t oo rest rictive, it will make us blind to evil in the world. But if we're t oo loose , it will desensitise us to its significance. Philosophers Stan Grant and Simon Longstaff explore what genocide is, and respond to its presence in the world. Stan Grant is Distinguished Professor and Chair of Yindyamarra Nguluwa

In this episode, you'll hear the Q&A session following Stan Grant’s 2025 lecture, Against Bitterness: how do we live with suffering? Theologian and writer Stan Grant delivers a searing diagnosis of our times where chronic loneliness, runaway technological development, and fractious identity politics make bitterness the last real human emotion. He offers an antidote: imagination, re-enchantment, reconnecting with God, and human lives committed to doing the little things of the everyday. --- Stan is a public intellectual, writer, journalist, and, latterly, theologian. He has over 30 years of experience in radio, television, and current affairs, including as a foreign correspondent for CNN and the ABC . As a proud Wiradjuri man, Stan has grappled, publicly, and movingly, with the ongoing legacy of dispossession in Australia and the challenges faced by Aboriginal Australians. His lectures, books, and columns reveal an astonishing array of references, all delivered with poetic insight. These days, he is a distinguished professor at Charles Sturt University, and you can catch his columns in The Saturday Paper. His latest book is Murriyang: Song of Time. --- Check out CPX’s other podcast, Life and Faith , a weekly conversation about the beauty and complexity of belief in the 21st century. If you’d like to know more about CPX, our website is publicchristianity.org

Kia ora and welcome to A Kiwi Perspective. I’m Graham and today we turn our gaze across the Tasman to Australia — a country that carries a heavy burden of history, cultural erasure and the ongoing fight for justice by its First Nations people. While our shared history in the Pacific Ocean has brought similarities between New Zealand and Australia, there is one glaring difference: Australia has never had a treaty with its Indigenous people. And the implications of this absence are felt in every facet of Aboriginal life. Aotearoa, by contrast, at least has the Treaty of Waitangi — signed in 1840 — which is both a legal and moral foundation for Māori as tangata whenua, the people of the land. This treaty has not been without its flaws, and the relationship it facilitates is still an ongoing negotiation, but it remains a symbol of acknowledgment and a framework for dialogue. Australia, however, has yet to reckon with its past to the same extent. For Aboriginal Australians, their relationship with the state is often defined by silence, dispossession, and the lack of recognition. Today, we’re diving deep into this issue, looking at the state of Aboriginal affairs through a Kiwi perspective — one that is shaped by both the successes and the ongoing struggles of Māori in New Zealand. I’ll also turn to one of the most eloquent and controversial figures in the debate on Aboriginal affairs: Stan Grant. Stan Grant is not just a journalist or an academic; he is a voice that is often at the intersection of historical reckoning, cultural identity, and the painful reality of systemic racism. A Wiradjuri man, Grant’s experiences and his reflections have shaped much of the current discourse on Aboriginal rights. He has become one of the most vocal critics of Australia’s treatment of its Indigenous population, and his words demand our attention. His message is not just about remembering the past, but also about confronting the prejudices of the present. This episode will explore Grant’s thoughts on Aboriginal affairs, dissecting both the societal issues and the possibilities for change, all through the lens of someone living in Aotearoa. We’ll compare the Māori experience with that of Aboriginal Australians, learn from both successes and failures, and reflect on where we go from here.

In the Middle East, a familiar pattern unfolds – air strikes, bombings of military and civilian targets, vows of retribution, then a shaky ceasefire. Right now, that’s the situation between Iran and Israel. But Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US president Donald Trump are also toying publicly with supporting regime change in Iran. We’ve been here before, as well, with the ousting of Saddam Hussein and the civil war that engulfed Iraq and spread to Syria. Dr JESSIE MORITZ from the Australian National University studies the religious politics of the region. She’s wary of outsiders trying to force change. For almost 40 years, journalist STAN GRANT was in the maelstrom of global politics and conflict, from London to Beijing to the mountains of Pakistan. But in the past five years, he’s been quietly working on a doctoral thesis on theology, resurrecting a family history in the church. In a new documentary for ABC TV’s Compass, Stan unveils the house he’s built in the stunning Snowy River Valley and explains how the environment helped him see through the clutter of the messy world around him. GUESTS: Dr Jessie Moritz - Lecturer, at Centre for Arab & Islamic Studies , ANU Dr Stan Grant, a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and author of Murriyung: Song of Time This program was made on the land of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation.

Internationally acclaimed writer and journalist Stan Grant – winner of three Walkley Awards and four Asian Television Awards - joins Dr Drew Hart and Pastor Jarrod McKenna in conversation on his new book, a theological meditation as Wiradjuri and Kamilaroi Aboriginal man, called Murriyang: Song of Time. Stan Grant is a Wiradjuri and Kamilaroi man. He is a public intellectual who has worked as a journalist, presenter, filmmaker and author. In his journalism he has reported from more than 80 countries, won three Walkley Awards, a Logie Award and four Asia TV Awards. As a writer he has published seven books including the bestselling Talking to My Country, which won the Walkley Book Award. In 2016, he was appointed to the Referendum Council on Indigenous recognition. In 2018, he was appointed Professor of Global Affairs at Griffith University. The full-length documentary film The Australian Dream won the 2019 AACTA Award for Best Feature Documentary and the 2019 Walkley Documentary Award. In 2020, he became the International Affairs Analyst at the ABC and the Vice-Chancellor's Chair of Australian-Indigenous Belonging at Charles Sturt University. From 2022-23, Grant hosted the ABC's current affairs panel program Q+A.

Journalist, author and theologian, Stan Grant on responding to injustice with grace and love. In a decades-long career as a journalist and foreign correspondent, Stan Grant saw some of the worst that humanity is capable of. It took its toll on him. And as a Wiradjuri man he has had to wrestle with identity, belonging, and who we all are in 21st century Australia. He went through a period of angst and anger, and he would say, some bitterness, as he and his people confronted injustice, prejudice and a history of oppression, violence and dispossession. But through a serious spiritual re-awakening, Grant has found a different way to be. On Life & Faith he describes the shape of that spiritual life and the surprising ways it has impacted him and how he sees the world and his place in it. Turning his back on anger, Grant outlines his renewed motivation for meeting hate with love and grace. His latest book, Murriyang: song of time, is a poetic account of his life and that of his family and his people, and offers a vision of the healing balm of Christian faith that has inspired Grant to see himself, other people and the creation itself, in a new light. Don't miss this confronting and inspiring conversation! Explore: Stan latest book: Murriyang: Song of Time Lifeline Australia: 13 11 14 Beyond Blue: 1300 22 46 36 or beyondblue.org.au

Stan Grant was in conversation with Mark Kenny on his book Murriyang.Song of Time. Stan Grant is talking to his country in a new way. In his most poetic and inspiring work yet, he offers a means of moving beyond the binaries and embracing a path to peace and forgiveness, rooted in the Wiradjuri spiritual practice of Yindyamarra – deep silence and respect.

"God's Plan for Marriage" Ephesians 5:21-33 Guest Pastor Stan Grant November 24, 2024 Stan Grant is the pastor of Cloverhill Church in Midlothian, VA. https://www.cloverhill.church/ Learn about this year's Kingdom Builder's project: https://www.oasischurch.online/kingdom-builders How should Christians think about voting and politics? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak82aD16r04 NEW KIDS SPACE NOW OPEN! We have expanded with 3x more space for the babies, kids, and youth in your family.https://www.instagram.com/oasischurchva/reel/C8FqHIipr3u/ OUR NEW VISION STATEMENT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0WFhtL7h3I Oasis Church exists to Worship God, Equip the believers, and Reach the lost. We are led by Pastor Nate Clarke and are located in Mechanicsville outside Richmond in Central Virginia. STAY CONNECTED Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oasischurchva/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OasisChurchRVA/ Website: https://oasischurch.online

Stan Grant is a man of remarkable intellect, profound story and deep faith. On a late winter's afternoon recently, I meet Stan in a moment when he is on a difficult journey through a kind of lament - deeply contemplating the three big disciplines that have steeled his extraordinary life and work - physics, philosophy and theology. Stan says since the Voice to Parliament Referendum he’s been taking time to take stock, that he’s done too much time plucking the wings off butterflies - and that right now he’d rather write beauty into the world. So he’s been working on a new book that is a meditation on time, on God, on the temporal nature of our being and on the complex state of our modern world. There is plenty for Stan to sit with and sort through right now. As a journalist and correspondent who covered war for 40 years, he's seen the worst of what we can do to each other but he has also seen love endure in the most Godforsaken of places. So he knows first-hand the paradoxical contradictions of what it means to be a human in a world like ours. Stan believes it's essential we all have something bigger than ourselves to believe in because if the human being is the limit, then we will only see the limits of the human. And in a world so often consumed by the chaos of modernity, ongoing conflicts and the binaries of identity, Stan Grant is keenly focussed these days on kindling what we share rather than what divides us for, as Franz Kafka said, identity is a cage in search of a bird. I'd love you to listen to this episode of Human Cogs podcast as we journey with Stan through his rivers and eddies of thought, where philosophy, theology and the mystical realm converge to offer a deeper understanding of Stan Grant the mortal, what might lie beyond this life, and how we humans can all - somehow - someday - find our place in the untold cosmos. Guest: Stan Grant, Award-winning Journalist, Author, Writer, Poet and Vice Chancellor's Chair of Australian-Indigenous Belonging at Charles Sturt University. Host: Madeleine Hanger (Grummet) Producer: Audio Superstar Daryl Missen ***** LISTEN NOW 🎧 Spotify: https://lnkd.in/gUBnf7gb 🎧 Apple: https://lnkd.in/gfWstDme Got some thoughts on today's episode you'd like to share? Join in the convo on Instagram @human.cogs We'd love you to share the love! Please follow us or leave a quick review. It really helps us get these stories out to more awesome peeps like you! Thanks, as ever, for listening. Go well. Be well. ▶️ www.humancogs.com Learn more and support the show: https://www.humancogs.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stan Grant left the ABC, citing the media had failed — it had failed him and his family, and it had failed the country. Last week, he was struck by a stark reminder when the news of the charging of Sam Kerr in the UK led to an enormous amount of coverage that failed to deal with the story with grace, humanity and a real interrogation of what racism means. Today, columnist for The Saturday Paper Stan Grant, on his reflections on the media since he left it and where he finds hope. Socials: Stay in touch with us on Twitter and Instagram Guest: Columnist for The Saturday Paper , Stan Grant See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.