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#1628 Getting Yours

“I never did it to you, I knew the pay-back would have been so much worse.” From sibling revenge in the bathroom to parkour street crews in Western Sydney, this week we’re talking about Getting Yours. But that expression can go both ways, sometimes you get what you’ve earned, and sometimes you just get what you deserve. ‘The Last…
#1627 In The Red

“When my partner Jason arrived in Australia from the US, I assumed he had a bit of debt. But we never really talked about it. I assumed he was handling it… I was naive.” Debt. It’s not polite conversation, but we’re getting better at talking about it. So this week we decided to bring you stories…
#1626 Back In The Driver’s Seat

“My neck cracked, and he kept watching me gasp for breath… his head just tilted to the side with a curious look on his face.” This week we’re talking about power and control. In particular, stories of how people who need it most are taking it back. We’re also super excited to introduce you to our new…
#1625 What The Audience Doesn’t See

Sitting in the darkness of a cinema or the silence of a theatre, audiences are happy to suspend disbelief and be captivated by a performance. And if a show is good enough, rarely do we pause to wonder what might be going on inside the performers’ heads. What’s taking place that we might not be able to see, even from…
#1624 Take the Leap

“If a group of strangers in the street asked you to jump on a mysterious box, would you take the leap?” This week we meet three people who took a leap into the unknown, not sure where they would land. Griffin Blumer confronts a suspicious cardboard box in the small, spooky town of Tumut. Bethany Atkinson-Quinton brings…
#1623 The Chimeras of Regional Victoria

This week All The Best goes bush, on the hunt for ghosts, dinosaurs and Big Cats. We’re chasing down the chimeras of regional Victoria in two beautiful stories that drive us out of the city and into the shadowy mysteries of the state. ‘Bright Eyes in the Otways’ by Emma Nobel Ever seen a Big Cat…
#1622 What Brought You Here

When you cross a passerby on the street, it’s impossible to know their history from one glance. This is especially true in a country as multicultural as Australia, where we often forget the people around us have lived through diverse and interesting lives before getting to this country. This week, we’re asking the question ‘what brought you…
#1621 Eating Elephants

Eating an elephant is a mammoth task, so how do you tackle it? Do you eat it bite by bite? Where do you start? When faced with a problem that feels insurmountable, some people are drawn to odd strategies. So this week we’re playing two stories of strange solutions to strange problems. ‘Breaking point’ by Beth Gibson…
#1620 The Hardest Thing (repeat)

This week we’re revisiting an old favourite from 2014, a feature documentary we still love about strength, discipline, self determination and football. Produced by Emma Lancaster “The hard work we do here replicates the discipline and the routine we carry out throughout the day, the weeks, the months, and years. If this is the hardest thing you…
#1619 Stuck in limbo

This week on All The Best we’re dealing with the feeling of being stuck in limbo, including the story of a man whose mother’s future is suddenly suspended in uncertainty, forcing him to confront how he views his family. Plus, a look at that confusing, shifting grey space between art and porn, and a sound piece about…
#1618 Standing up, saying something

By Tegan Nicholls Standing up and saying something isn’t easy, and often the things that are the hardest to say are the ones that matter the most. But it’s those who have spoken up in the face of injustice throughout history that we have remembered and celebrated. This week’s episode is a feature length story about…
#1617 Online Identities

It’s 2016, so it’s more than likely you have an online identity. In fact, you may struggle to remember a world without the internet, without a way for your followers to echo your political views, to see what you had for lunch, and to keep up to date on how #blessed you are. But what’s behind the…
#1616 Our Strange Beliefs

Alternative opinions can make or break friendships. The big religious or political ones can be as divisive as your favourite song, or your feelings towards Jar Jar Binks. The pressure to explore, explain and justify our beliefs can make it easy to feel defined by the views we hold, especially if they deviate from the status…
#1615 Call centres and glimpses of tragedy

Do you dread the thought of calling your internet service provider? Are you triggered by the butchered sound of Mozart’s Divertimento playing for hours on end as you wait for Centrelink to pick-up? Does an automated options menu repeating monotone instructions test your patience like nothing else? Then you probably know the feeling of a…
#1614 Sydney Unlocked

The Opera House is easily one of Sydney’s greatest cultural icons, but its beginnings were fraught with political drama and artistic contention. Today, the white sails have become such a recognisable emblem of Sydney that those troubles seem all but forgotten. But to many it feels like the wider Sydney art scene is still…
#1613 Who would have thought?

This week, we’re telling stories of fear and trauma, but not the kind you would expect. Two tales about surprising connections that will make you think huh… who would have thought? ‘Holes’ by Beth Gibson Picture lots of little holes. A handful of straws from above. Honeycomb. Petrified wood. Crumpets. Does the thought bother you? If you find the image…
#1612 My name, my identity

Some people think about it often, while others can forget it’s even there, either way your name is something that ends up defining you – whether you want it to or not. This week, tales of identity from three people with a unique story behind their name. Story from the Never Never River by…
#1611 Her Game

By Bethany Atkinson-Quinton This week All The Best devotes a full episode to a podcast series that was released last year, now in full documentary form. Bethany Atkinson-Quinton lives in an AFL state. Like everyone else in Melbourne, she knows the sport is part of Victoria’s identity. Some might even say Australia’s national identity. Yet…
#1610 Your One Beauty

By Hannah Reich In a special full-length documentary, producer Hannah Reich explores hair and loss. She meets four women who reveal their intimate relationship with hair, before and after it’s gone. Image: Fiona, provided by Author Supervising producer: Selena Shannon Sound design support from Ariel Gross and Calum Wakeling Music: ‘I want to’ by Best…
#1609 Not Quite Mirror Image

All The Best is brought to you with thanks to Squarespace. Do you ever think about how other people perceive you? How they interpret what you’re putting out into the world? Do you ever think about how different that interpretation might be from your own self perception? In this episode we meet three people, each…