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#598 Stay Focused
This week, stories about how hard it is to stay focused these days. Dumb Phones by Sam Irvine Our first story this week follows this line of thinking, with a personal experiment using old technology. A Close Shave by Jining Wen Next up, a barber experiences a time crunch. Cooking as Distraction by Kepuyan Wu…
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#597 Great Expectations
This week, stories about the burden of expectations and the triumph of defying them. The Burden of Low Expectations In our first story, Esther navigates different cultural expectations of disability when she migrates to Australia via Uganda and Sudan. Content Warning: A note that this story contains examples of discriminatory attitudes towards disability. This story…
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#596 Bankstown II: Stories of Sanctuary
This week we’re bringing you the second half of All The Best’s collaboration with Outloud Arts, working with young people in Bankstown to make an audio walking tour about the places that matter to them. For those who aren’t familiar with Sydney, Bankstown is a suburb located in the South-West Sydney region. Due to the…
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#595 Pigeons & Poultry
This week, we’re bringing you more bird stories. i love birds First up, Matt Cooper explores his neighbourhood’s relationship to birds and learns a thing or two. Produced by Matt Cooper, with special thanks to Lea Redfern. Mothercluckers Then, Dione Green investigates the politics of free range chickens. This story was produced as part of…
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#594 Knowledge of Country
The traditional owners of this land, Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander people, have a connection to and understanding of country that is thousands of years old. Right now we’re living in a time of climate change and natural disasters, of warmer winters and colder summers and it often feels like our understanding of mother nature…
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#593 Reflections
This week we’re bringing you stories that question and expand our national identity. A content warning, this episode contains racial slurs, racism, and violence so please listen with care. The Ocean and the Desert Flower In our first story, Zeinab shares the things she loves about her home, and ruminates on the various contradictions involved…
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#592 177 Nations: Anne from Papua New Guinea
This week we’re bringing you another feature from our partnership with the podcast ‘177 Nations of Tasmania’. In this podcast, host and producer Mark Thomson aims to interview subjects from each of the 177 nationalities represented in Tasmania’s last census. This story belongs to Anne from Papua New Guinea. She enthusiastically shares her childhood traveling…
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#591 Palestine: Resistance
Please listen to this week’s episode with care as it includes accounts of displacement and detention in Palestine. Last week, we heard about Amal’s everyday life growing up in Aida Refugee Camp, in the West Bank Palestine. We heard stories of regular young people, living between wars, with hopes for the future. Amal no longer…
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#590 Palestine: Everyday
A content warning for this episode, we’re going to be talking about the past and present of Palestine, which may be difficult for some listeners to hear. Discretion is advised. Over the next two weeks, we’re playing stories from a radio project from the Aida Refugee Camp in the West Bank, Palestine. It’s called Radio…
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#589 Stranger Than Fiction
This week we embrace the strange, and delve into those open, uncomfortable parts of life – and death. The Coffin in the Garage First up, Miles and his family get into a sticky situation regarding his grandfather’s coffin. Written and read by Miles Mazzocato, with production support from Phoebe Adler-Ryan. Ghost Girlfriend Next, the highs…
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#588 Stories From Here: Bankstown
Over the past few months, All The Best has worked with local young people in Bankstown to make an audio walking tour about the places that matter to them. Stories From Here is an audio walking tour of Bankstown featuring recorded monologues written by local young people aged 16-24 about their experiences in the area…
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#587 This Is Your Life
If you had to tell the story of your life, what moments would you share? This week we hear from people who have lived well and have the yarns to prove it. Silence of the Irish In our first story, Grace brings to light a deeply held secret of her Irish Catholic grandparents. Produced by…
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#586 Wild Swimming
This week, tales of open water swimming – from the beauty of plunging into parkland ponds to the freedom of venturing into wild waves. Wild Swimming In our first story, Corey needs a swim, and finds themselves wading through British cultural norms to find one. This story was written, recited and produced by Corey Green.…
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#585 In This Version of Home
This week we feature two Australian-Turkish writers, who ruminate on the topic of belonging, home and immigration. In their distinctive creative ways, Ela Pinar and Eda Gunaydin unpack the confusion of feeling homesick for a land that was never truly ‘home’ to begin with. 1.10 – In This Version of Home First, Ela tells the…
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#584 Punk, people, politics
This week, stories about breaking the rules of modern society. And just a heads up – it’s the punk episode – so there might be some swears. Please Come to My Show In our first story, we’re gonna hear from five people looking back at their young, punk selves, and how the politics, music, and…
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#583 Heartbreak Chronicles
Do you remember your first heartbreak? This week, three storytellers take us through their break up journeys and the sometimes strange and unexpected ways we move on. Traffic Our first story explores the way that memories of a relationship can replay in your mind, over and over, on loop. Traffic was produced and performed by…
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#582 What I Know About Love
This week our storytellers compare their youthful expectations of life and love, to their less naive realities. Rom Coms Ruined My Life In our first story, Danni revisits the movies they loved as a teenager, and finds they don’t quite hold up to modern day scrutiny. Produced by Danni Stewart. Byron Bay, A Time and…
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#581 Here Kitty Kitty Kitty
This week, stories about the bewitching power of cats, from spiritual companions to catalysts of chaos! Running After Lulu In our first story, Mike answers a call to adventure, or rather, makes one himself. Produced by Mike Williams. This story was originally commissioned by transom.org. For more stories by Mike visit mikewilliams.com.au. Meow To Be…
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#580 Read To Me: The Speed of Life
This week we’re bringing you stories from a gathering of comics and cartoonists, known as Read to Me. Millennial Falcon – Evie Hilliar First up we hear from Read To Me co-producer Evie Hilliar about what makes Read To Me so special, before reading her tale Millennial Falcon. You can watch an animation with Evie’s…
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#579 In The Studio: William Yang & Olana Janfa
This week we’re taking you into the artists’ studio, sharing the stories of artists that weren’t always celebrated by traditional Australian art institutions…until recently. By venturing into the studio, we discover personal stories and the way these artist’s encourage us to interrogate our ways of thinking and spark new self-awareness or insight. William Yang First…
