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#557 – Sydney Poetry Slam Championship 2023
This week, we’re bringing you stories from stellar wordsmiths at the Sydney Final of the Australian Poetry Slam Competition 2023 – hosted by Word Travels. Through months of heats – Mt Druitt to Double Bay, Northern Beaches to Newtown – these lyricists gathered at Customs House to compete for the crown of Sydney Slam Champion.…
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#556 Animal Rescue (Repeat)
This week’s episode is all about animals. First up, the heroic efforts of the Community Cat Carers and their work on the streets of Sydney turning the lives of cats and kittens around. Next, Elina explores the complex and intricate matriarchy of bees. Content Warning: This story contains some talk of harm to animals. Producer: Ryan…
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#555 Bla Mela Stori – Robin Rogers
This week we’re bringing you another yarn from Bla Mela Stori, a program by Katherine Regional Arts. Robin Rogers describes the huge cultural shifts he has witnessed in his lifetime. Produced by Ernest Junior Daniels. Bla Mela Stori aim to empower young Indigenous people from remote areas to produce audio stories meaningful to them. It…
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#554 Connection to Homeland
This week, stories about people’s connection to their homeland. Chasing an 8pm Bedtime by Rosealee Pearson In our first story, Rosealee shares her exciting life as a dancer touring internationally and the events that lead to her return home. A warning that this story contains some swears and references to struggling with mental health. Story…
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#553 Dark Matter Part Two: Melbourne Uni Stories
What is a dark matter, to you? Darkness is so dependent on the individuals perception. This week, we are once again bringing you stories inspired by ‘dark matter’ from the Masters of Journalism students at the University of Melbourne. A warning that one of our tales contains themes of child abuse and slavery. Story One…
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#552 Queerstories: The extraordinary women in my life
This week we hear from two incredible entertainers about the extraordinary women they have known. A Tale of Two Women – told by Eddie Ayres In our first story, Eddie Ayres (also known as Ed Le Brocq) looks to the past to share stories of bravery from queer women in the 1960s. Eddie is a…
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#551 Western Sydney Uni Stories
This week we’re bringing you stories from students at the Western Sydney University. The students have been studying the fundamentals of podcasting, giving them the expertise needed to produce their own podcast feature. Each story involves a unique topic and perspective but are all linked by an exploration about the way we as people relate to…
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#550 Birds & Beetles
This week’s stories about birds and beetles will bring you up close and personal with some critters and creatures. The Retirement You probably think you’re too good for beetles. Algernon has lived underground for so long that his body is completely numb. The only part of his body that can sense is the inside of…
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#549 – A Leap of Faith
This week we’re bringing you stories that consist of a leap of faith. Pulpit to Plinth: There’s power in blood In our first story Matthew recounts his journey from a youth of worshiping a terrifying and charismatic God to an adulthood worshiping glitter and revelry. This story was told by Matthew van Roden. That story…
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#548 Bla Mela Stori – Language Man
This week we’re sharing another yarn from Bla Mela Stori from Grant Thompson. Grant works at the Ngukurr Language Centre to save his endangered Indigenous language – Ngandi. Language Man In this story Grant explains why it’s so important to keep language strong and how he went about revitalising Ngandi. This story was produced by…
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#547 Sounds of Family
This week on All The Best, stories about family – the messy, complicated and gorgeous humans who make us who we are. Where We Are by Michael Everitt Our first story is an exploration of the sounds that a new parent encounters in everyday life. The story’s producer, Michael, calls it a love letter to…
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#546 177 Nations: Jenny from Slovakia
This week we’re sharing the story of Jenny Williams from Slovakia. Jenny is an author who has written multiple books of her experiences growing up in and later fleeing from what was then known as Czechoslovakia. This story was from 177 Nations of Tasmania, a podcast by Mark Thomson. To hear the full episode head…
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#545 Eat, Pray, Gay – Queerstories Special
This week, we’re sharing a couple of pieces from iconic LGBTQI+ Storytelling night ‘Queerstories’. Hosted and curated by Maeve Marsden, Queerstories is a place where you’ll find true stories told by queer and trans people from all over the country all about their lives, loves and losses. Cry-baby President First, you’re going to hear All…
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#544 Dark Matter – Melbourne Uni Stories
‘Dark matter’ is a component of the universe that scientists say encompasses 80% of its makeup. It doesn’t emit light and is therefore invisible and it cannot be detected by electromagnetic or other means. Scientists say dark matter exists, not because they’ve encountered it but because it doesn’t make sense for the rest of the…
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#543 Dad Odyssey – Debris Feature
This week, our final instalment from our partnership with Debris Magazine, Issue 3. We began our relationship with Debris last year after featuring some of the recorded pieces from Issue #2. This year our relationship has expanded with All the Best pairing our volunteer sound designers with writers from the magazine. We love the result…
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#542 Oddly Familiar Fiction
Audio is a great medium to use for fictional storytelling. It can be used to heighten feelings of escapism or to tell a story in ways that cannot be done through video or the written word. It’s always a joy to share the creative contributions of our audio fiction producers, and these ones embody the…
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#541 Emulsions – Debris Feature
An emulsion is a mixture of two liquids that are usually immiscible, that is, unable to be mixed – like oil and vinegar. An emulsion can be beautiful or functional, but at the same time slightly wrong and in some cases, like when milk is split, off putting. This week’s stories bring you this contradiction.…
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#540 Power & Justice
This week, stories of justice and power from regional Australia. The case that transformed me In our first story, personal injury lawyer Sally Gearin speaks about seeking justice for a client whose courage to overcome her tragedy inspires Sally to this day. Sally originally shared this tale at SPUN, a live storytelling event from the…
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#539 Longing for Home – Signal Boost Stories
This week we’re bringing you stories from The Wheeler Centre’s Signal Boost programme, supported by the Ian Potter Foundation. Find out more at www.wheelercentre.com/signalboost. Daltabyo (Nostalgia) Told from the view of five Somalis now in Australia, our first story illustrates the diversity in Somali diaspora. By sharing unique migration journeys and relationships to heritage, it’s…
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#538 Bla Mela Stori: Tammy & Augie
Bla Mela Stori is a program by Katherine Regional Arts in the Northern Territory. It’s focus is enabling young Indigenous people in remote communities to produce and share audio stories with their community. All The Best is partnering with Bla Mela Stori and will be playing some of the stories from the project over the…
