Month: November 2012
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#1230 Doorstop
Doorstop (n): 1. An interview by a journalist in which the interviewee is approached unknowingly at their place of residence or work. 2. An uninvited interview by paparazzi or tabloid reporter (Source: All the Best dictionary). Armed with microphones, our producers chase down their unsuspecting targets to ask them the big questions in life, on…
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All the Best win Voxxie for ‘Best Spoken Word, News & Current Affairs’
We are super pleased to announce that All the Best has just won the Voxxie for ‘Best Spoken Word, News & Current Affairs’ at the Community Broadcasting awards…which means all of our storytellers, producers, sound designers, musicians, writers and extended crew have been recognised for producing the best spoken word program on community radio in Australia.…
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#1229 Don’t Stop Me Now
All the Best brings you stories of people whose flames burn brightly, against the odds. A sonic submerging into the world of a woman who stutters, a 103 year old lady who’d probably put you to shame on the athletics field, and a former self-harmer tells how she lifted herself from the depths of depression.…
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#1228 Great Expectations
The false starts, stumbles and humble beginnings of successful people before they ‘made it’. All the Best tells the early stories of foodies, fashionistas and… Germaine Greer. Long before The Female Eunuch sparked a feminist revolution, Germaine Greer was a frightened schoolgirl, surviving World War 2 in a dysfunctional family. A Hunger to Make It Nahji Chu today calls herself the ‘Queen…
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#1227 Waiting
Good things come to those who wait… good things such as this week’s show! Sit with us and wait. We’ll wait for the tide to come in. For answers. For things to turn around. We’ll wait on highways and open plains, looking to hitch a ride home for Christmas. And, once the waiting is done, we’ll…