Month: October 2012

  • #1226 Haunted

    #1226 Haunted

    All the Best has stories to make your skin crawl. Haunted house? Tick. Haunted e-mail address? Tick. Haunted dreams? Tick. And the creepiest part of all: Halloween costumes, for pets (where else but America). This week’s show is sure to leave you spooked. My Haunted House When Madeleine Rebbechi moved into her share house in…

  • #1225 A New Me

    #1225 A New Me

    All the Best brings you stories of transformation and revelation, about people who remake and uncover their true selves.  A refugee from Afghanistan arrives in Australia and changes his name— twice; the story of a little girl who knew she’d been born in the wrong body; and an All the Best contributor tries to talk about…

  • #1224 The Mission

    #1224 The Mission

    All the Best heads to the Warbuton Ranges in the heart of Western Australia, to hear a little-known part of Aussie history. In 1933, Christian missionaries arrived in the Ngaanyatjarra lands, and made contact with the Yarnangu people, who were nomadic and lived off the land. But unlike darker parts of our history, there was no…

  • All the Best nominated for a Voxxie

    All the Best nominated for a Voxxie

    For the second year in a row All the Best has been nominated for a ‘Voxxie’ as part of the Community Broadcasting of Australia’s national awards. We have been nominated in the category ‘Best Spoken Word, News & Current Affairs’ which is the same category we were highly commended in last year.  We are super…

  • Calling all writers…

    We want to make contact with new and talented writers – we know you’re out there! If you have a short story or essay that you think might work on radio, maybe you should get in touch. It’s a great opportunity to get your work on air and heard on FBi Radio, throughout the Community Radio…

  • #1223 The Dark Arts of Storytelling

    #1223 The Dark Arts of Storytelling

    We hear stories everywhere: in news reports, from our families and friends, even in gossip magazines. Some are true, some are false, some fall in between. All the Best blurs the lines between fact and fiction, featuring two writers talking about the challenge of sticking to either category. And we’ll mix it up with some…