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#537 The Shooting Gallery (Repeat)
Over the last couple of years Melbourne has been experiencing a spike of heroin-related fatal overdoses. Consequently, the Victorian Government has been looking to put another safe injecting room in Melbourne CBD, with most recent talks suggesting Flinders Street Station could be the location. Melbourne’s first injecting room in Richmond has helped save 63 people…
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#536 An Ode To Mob Memory – Debris Feature
All the Best are collaborating with the Editors and Writers of Debris to turn their written work into audio storytelling. Debris is a story-driven literary magazine spanning Naarm to Paris where the contributors live, work, and write. We’re featuring pieces from issue three of the mag, which includes nonfiction, fiction, poetry, reviews and even recipes.…
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#535 Change is Coming with Decrim QLD
This week we’re bringing you a story from the sex workers behind the Decrim Queensland Movement. Just a heads up, this story contains a derogatory term for sex workers and discussions of non-consent, as well as police violence. This story was produced by Queenie (they/them) for Decrim Qld. You can find more of their work…
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#534 Staff Picks: Melbourne Uni Stories
For the past seven years, All the Best has collaborated with the University of Melbourne’s Centre for Advancing Journalism and the Science Gallery to mentor students in my Audio Journalism class and to provide audio editorial training. These produced narrative podcasts that have been used in the Science Gallery’s shows and broadcast on All the…
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#533 SPUN Special: Food Fumbles
This week on All the best, tales about food-related fumbles. They were originally told at SPUN Stories, a live story-telling night held in Darwin on the land of the Larrakia people. A Full Belly or Smelly Pits? First up this week, Clare shares a story about Christmas leftovers filled with excitement, adventure, and some potent…
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#532 Bike Noir & Milk Bar
This week we’re bringing you stories from our archives about making the best of difficult situations. Bike Noir by Cherese Sonkkila Cherese Sonkkila was just an ordinary person until the day her bike got stolen. That’s when Chelsea Stone showed up; a hardboiled alter-ego who would stop at nothing until she solved the case. This…
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#531 Wetland Warrior
Wetland Warrior This week we’re bringing you the story of how Carole went from Social Worker to ‘Wetland Warrior’. Carole was one of 300 people arrested during the campaign against the Roe 8 extension of Roe Highway in Western Australia. A campaign that was successful in stopping the planned destruction of wetlands in the area. …
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#530 Funny Business (Repeat)
If laughter is the best medicine, do we all have access to the same medicine cabinet? Yes, this is a terrible joke. Thankfully, this episode features professionals who genuinely make people laugh. Hear Me Laugh by Lauren Klein When Lauren Klein started doing stand up comedy, she couldn’t help but notice the lack of gender…
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#529 ARTEXPRESS
Recently, All the Best Production Manager Phoebe headed to the Art Gallery of New South Wales to interview some of the participants of ARTEXPRESS – the gallery’s exhibition of outstanding artworks from the HSC. It’s rare that old cultural institutions platform young, diverse and radical voices and that’s why ARTEXPRESS is such a great initiative.…
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#528 The Clothes We Wear
This week we’re bringing you stories about the transformative power of something many of us take for granted: the clothes we wear. Ori’s Wardrobe In our first story, Tiarne goes behind the scenes at the ABC and explores the amazing wardrobe of fashion designer Oriana Merullo. This is an edited version of a story that…
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#527 Farewell Danni
Goodbye </3 Danni first came to All The Best many years ago, working on the show as a baby contributing producer. She then took on the role of Community Coordinator, then Production Manager and finally Host. The show has been a huge part of Danni’s life, and Danni a huge part of the show for…
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#526 Children’s Books
This week, the importance of creating accessible spaces for children’s stories. Picture Book Politics “Children’s books are permission slips for children to be and imagine themselves and each other and think radically.” – Tess Up first, All The Best Editorial Manager Mell chats to Tess about her new children’s publishing company Slingshot. Produced by Mell…
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#525 Ecological Wonders
One of this country’s best qualities is its diverse and beautiful fauna. This week, we meet unknown creatures and learn unknown facts about familiar ones. Giant Cuttlefish Fans of the cephalopod, Dan and Indigo, venture to Whyalla to see a Giant Cuttlefish in the flesh. Producer: Mel Bakewell This story was originally broadcast on Radio…
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#524 World Pride: Community
Every LGBTQIA+ individual knows the profound value of finding and spending time with the people that make us feel safe and seen. This week special host and All the Best Trainee Madhuraa Prakash takes us back in the realm of World Pride 2023, sharing stories about the value of community. Drag Kings First up, Madhuraa…
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#523 Poetry Night
This week, FBi Presenter Deb is bringing us to one of their poetry nights. She’s recently started a poetry collective that meets once a fortnight. It’s a small and intimate space and in this episode Deb and her friends have brought their poetry into the studio to share with us. You’ll hear from Tyler, Max,…
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#522 World Pride: Love Stories
World Pride celebrations are going to be happening all around Sydney from 18th February to 5th March. In honour of this, All The Best is going to be sharing a couple of episodes that are focused on themes that are of significance to the LGBTQIA+ community. This week, since it’s also Valentine’s Day, we’re sharing…
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#521 177 Nations of Tasmania: Palestine
Adel : Born in Baghdad, spirit in Palestine, living in Tasmania This week we’re bringing you another story from the podcast ‘177 Nations of Tasmania’. 177 Nations is the creation of Mark Thomson, who started the project during Covid-19 lockdown in 2020 after reading the Australian Census and discovering that there are 177 different…
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#520 A Postcard From Greece
Good morning, Καλημέρα, Good night, Καληνυχτα Mel and Tiarne – two friends who booked parallel trips to Greece – one month apart. This week we’re bringing you the voice notes that Mel and Tiarne sent to each other, documenting their trips to Greece in September and October of 2022. Join us for an intimate portrayal…
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#519 Audio Postcards
Welcome to 2023! We hope your summer has consisted of moments of joy and rest. This week we’re bringing you some of these moments, which were generously shared with us during the summer holidays. We start the episode with All The Best host Danni Stewart taking us to the rainforest. The Konditorei / Walnut Torte …
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#518 Curate Poetry Feature
All The Best are collaborating with Curate Poetry, a brand new poetry and spoken word recurring event based in Naarm. Curate||Poetry is where word art meets visual art: an inaugural showcase of Australia’s best poets performing their curated back catalogue. Poets are invited to write signature pieces that respond to a current exhibition with the…
