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This morning on All The Best we helped those listening with fuzzy Saturday morning memories remember the art of, well, remembering.

Have you ever lived another life? Do you pretend to be someone you’re not? On All the Best this week we meet some who are loud and proud about their other identities and some who would rather it be kept a secret.

This week we took a look at songs – how they’re written, how they’re used, and what they mean to you!

It was an adventure or three on All the Best today, where our theme was Travelers. We found ourselves ourselves bare arsed and mangled after being run over a tank in Kabul, discovered out what it was like to grow up as a child of a diplomat- or “diplobrat” in 5, 6 or even 10…

This week we talked about secret recipes – those hidden little secrets some people indulge in, whether they be for food, success, or maybe even a really good personal vice. We also had the smell of something special wafting through the studio as this week’s presenter, Jesse Cox, was cooked up surprise dish.

This week we head out of our comfort zone and leave all we know behind: we’re left stranded in a foreign country, taken underground to Sydney’s old rave scene, walk inside the walls of the Christmas Island detention centre, and we hear about a preacher who walks into the local bar and orders nothing but…

Have you ever been lying in bed and a song comes on about the time right at that moment? Maybe M. Ward’s ‘4 Hours in Washington’? “It’s one in the morning and I can’t sleep…” or as you glance at the giant clock on the train platform you remember Tom Waits, “My baby’s leaving town…

If you are still in bed, stay there! This morning on All the Best we read you a bedtime story. Reach for the hot chocolate, pull up the covers and enjoy ATB’s spin on some old classics and new tales…

This week we took a listen to some of our favourite stories from the past couple of months – enjoy!

Have you ever thought you sucked at picking up women? Have you ever been in love, only to have your love not returned? On All the Best this week we explore the many facets of unrequited love. We take advice from a dating coach, listen to now-well-known writer’s angsty teen diary readings, explore the ups…

This week on ALL THE BEST, we talk about all those things you’re not supposed to do… Like eat each other. Some taboos are more obvious than others, but as we’ll hear when explored they are sometimes not all that bad. We’ll talk to a sex worker who caters to the disabled community, have a…

Where do you live…? Does your neighbour drop weird letters to you late on a Saturday night? Could you write a book about living with your family? Have you ever lived not knowing where you’ll sleep each night? Or have you ever had to move somewhere against your will, even if your loved ones thought…

On All the Best this week, we looked at value- the value of the life of an old racing greyhound called Sparky, the value of 5000 comic books to one guy, the value of someone’s lifelong possessions after their death, and a life lived trying to escape the value of consumer goods.

We bring you a show with stories all about Libraries, from our live event at the Surry Hills Library on 5 May 2011

This week All The Best took a look at Change. We looked at individual change: one persons total shift in the way they view themselves as a result of a serious accident. We looked at generational change: the vast differences in life experiences between three women in one family. We looked at change through the…

The Block in Redfern: filled with stories of family and passing travelers, of death, loss of faith and redemption – All The Best take you to one of Australia’s most talked about addresses.

Recorded live on the 19th of May at the Club Stage, Sydney Writers Festival. Music from Sydney’s Fergus Brown.