When you finally find your people, it can feel like a collective hug. Easy, warm, even life affirming. This week, stories of people finding their community.
Danny’s Story
Danny shares their experience of gender exploration. And finding support and safety at Jets, a youth arts facility in Bundoora.
CW: This story has a mention of gender dysphoria.
Producer: Duncan Stephen
Sound Design: Persephone Waxman
Punk Rock in a Bottle
Rosie Wu experienced severe culture shock when she moved from the Northern Beaches to a boarding school in China. She still travels to China regularly but feels like she doesn’t have much in common with her family. But then she found her tribe.
Producer: Mike Williams
Music: Cultural Revolution Ballet music, Cui Juin – Nothing to my Name, Midnight Oil – Surf’s Up Tonight, Tand Dynasty – The Sun, Chinese National Anthem, Zhou Yung Peng – Child of China (protest song), Boring Army – Long Live Punk, Backstreet Boys – Everybody, Yung Fang de Zhao Huan – A Call from Afar, The Beatles – Help, Bob Dylan – The Hurricane, The Police – Message in a Bottle, Mongolian Nine Treasures – Fable of Mangus, Shanren – Three Decades (Yunnan folk rock), Xu Wei – Unknown, Ajinai – Grass
All The Best credits
Production Manager & Host: Danni Stewart
Editorial Manager: Mell Chun
Episode Mix and Compile: Donny Janks
Social Media Producer: Emma Pham
Community and Events coordinator Lidiya Josifova