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  • #576 Sydney Poetry Slam Spotlight

    #576 Sydney Poetry Slam Spotlight

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    This week we’re taking you back to a special event that took place in October 2023 – the Sydney Poetry Slam Championships. A content warning, the stories include references to struggling with mental health, self harm and suicidal ideation.  These poems are written and performed by: Sarah Lock, Anastasia, Andrew Cox, Sabine, Danielle, E3, Maddy…

  • #574 Grandmotherland

    #574 Grandmotherland

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    This week, we’re bringing you a piece that explores Chilean diasporic constellations between grandmother, mother and grandchild.  ‘Grandmotherland’ follows Jasmine’s journey to her grandmother’s homeland and her exploration of ‘diasporic dysphoria’ or an indefinable sense of dislocation from cultural heritage. Grandmotherland ‘Grandmotherland’ is an exploration into music and it’s influence on memory and cultural belonging.…

  • #573 Koshari & Empanadas

    #573 Koshari & Empanadas

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    This week we’re bringing you stories about food, cooking and the richness it brings to our lives.  Food warms bellies, embodies memories and generates some pretty great stories! Discovering Koshari First up, Shivika Gupta, our resident food expert here at FBi Radio, tells us about one of her all-time favourite culinary delights – Koshari.  You…

  • #572 A Mother’s Love

    #572 A Mother’s Love

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    A Mother’s Love This week we’re bringing you some yarns from SPUN stories, an event held in the northern territory in front of a live audience. These stories are all about mothers. First, Eileen, a Rembarrnga Ngalakan woman from Central Arnhem Land, shares her experience of being stolen from her mother as a child of the…

  • #571 Hope Loss Resilience – ‘Fire’

    #571 Hope Loss Resilience – ‘Fire’

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    There’s no one universal story of COVID times. As much as it was a global pandemic, it was also a local story. For the town of Bega, the impacts of Covid on a local scale were intertwined with the devastation of bushfires. This story comes from an episode of ‘Hope Loss Resilience’ a podcast series…

  • #570 Guess Hoo

    #570 Guess Hoo

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    This week, connecting to the natural world through birds. This episode explores ideas of how we can be more mindful of our surroundings, that there is beauty in the Natural world everywhere you look. It also encourages us to take action in protecting the landscapes we love in order for the natural world to thrive.…

  • #569 Amongst the Sheep

    #569 Amongst the Sheep

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    This week we’re playing two more stories from the Black Snapper International Audio Competition.  First up, a college email catastrophe… The Bello Tolls for Thee On 9th October 2014, students at University College, London, received an email from their provost via the all-students list.  It consisted of a single word: “bello!”. Soon students discovered that…

  • #568 Safe House – Queerstories Special

    #568 Safe House – Queerstories Special

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    This week we’re bringing you two stories from our regular partner Queerstories. Safe House by Patrick Abboud First up after a wild night of partying among fellow closeted friends, Patrick nearly loses the safe haven he has carefully created.  A warning that this story includes some swearing. Slut by Steven Oliver A heads up that…

  • #567 New Years Whispers

    #567 New Years Whispers

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    On December 14th, All the Best set up an audio storytelling installation at the Powerhouse Museum’s after-hours event ‘Powerhouse Late’.  We invited attendees to take the mic and share the things they’ll never forget from 2023, and their hopes and aspirations for 2024. First up, Nat shares how a medical diagnosis that left them feeling…

  • #566 Platform: Story Factory

    #566 Platform: Story Factory

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    Story Factory is a not-for-profit creative writing center that engages hundreds of young people in under-resourced communities across Sydney and NSW every year.  They are a champion for young writers and as a program that values emerging audio creators, we are so excited about this partnership!  In this episode, you’ll hear an eclectic mix of…

  • #565 Ali from Lebanon

    #565 Ali from Lebanon

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    This week we’re bringing you another feature from our partnership with the podcast ‘177 Nations of Tasmania’ by Mark Thomson. This week’s story belongs to Ali from Lebanon. Ali spent his childhood in Beirut, a city that was once a pearl of the SWANA region torn apart by violence. However, it wasn’t the war but…

  • #564 Sounds & Silence – The Black Snapper International Audio Competition

    #564 Sounds & Silence – The Black Snapper International Audio Competition

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    The Black Snapper International Film Festival is the first festival of its kind in Australia. This year they’re also hosting a landmark international student audio competition. All the Best are partnering with the team at Black Snapper to bring you a couple of stories that we believe are great examples of the art of audio…

  • #563 Coastal Creatures

    #563 Coastal Creatures

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    This week, we’re sharing stories about coastal creatures. We’ll meet a couple of underwater explorers and discover some of the unexpected ways we’re all interconnected.  Looking for Blueback Follow Amelia on a wild fish chase! She’s embarking on a quest to fulfil a childhood dream – meeting a Blue Groper. Produced by Amelia Mertha Sharks,…

  • #562 Paper Orphans

    #562 Paper Orphans

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    This week, the story of an investigation into the inter-country adoption process in South Korea.  Since the end of the Korean War, over 200,000 South Korean babies and children have been adopted overseas under one of the largest and longest running inter-country adoption programs in the world. Many of these adoptees are asking questions about…

  • #561 Strong Stories of the Weak – Part Two

    #561 Strong Stories of the Weak – Part Two

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    This week, we’re sharing the second part of Strong Stories of the Weak. A live storytelling event we put on with Word Travels for their 2023 Story Week, featuring live music from local composer Elizabeth Jigalin. In a Heartbeat Have you ever messed up so badly you just wanted to sink into the floor and…

  • #560 Strong Stories of the Weak – Part One

    #560 Strong Stories of the Weak – Part One

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    This week, we’re sharing the stories recorded at Strong Stories of the Weak. A live storytelling event put on with the help of Word Travels for their 2023 Story Week. Six people with powerful stories let us into their foibles, moments of vulnerability and minor catastrophes, with stunning scoring by local composer and artist Elizabith…

  • #559 Horror of the Everyday (Repeat)

    #559 Horror of the Everyday (Repeat)

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    This week, we’re re-sharing this episode from our archives for two reasons. Firstly, because it’s Halloween season. Secondly, because the horrors depicted, especially that of Islamophobia and racism, are sadly extremely relevant today.  The stories come from a variety show called ‘Horror of the Everyday’ by producers from Refugee Art Project and New Moon artist…

  • #558 Home Sweet Home

    #558 Home Sweet Home

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    They say home is where the heart is…but is it ever that simple? This week we follow a couple’s dramatic attempts to get a foot on the property ladder, then a heartfelt reflection on saying goodbye to a family home. On The Ladder Our first story explores young people navigating the housing market. Written and…

  • #557 – Sydney Poetry Slam Championship 2023

    #557 – Sydney Poetry Slam Championship 2023

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    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.…

  • #556 Animal Rescue (Repeat)

    #556 Animal Rescue (Repeat)

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    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…