Category: Featured
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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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#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…
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#517 Seen and Unseen
International Day of People with Disability was on the 3rd of December, so this week we wanted to bring stories centred around experiences of people with disability. People’s lack of knowledge about disability and society’s overall lack of accessibility are both elements that contribute to this experience, something we should be aware of when supporting…
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#516 Memories
The way our minds generate and hold memories is a complex thing. They’re fickle. Multiple people can witness an event and remember it in completely different ways, with some of these people forgetting it entirely. This week we bring stories that delve into the concept of memory, and how they can be distorted both accidentally…
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#515 Tying the Knot
Recently, the 2022 World Cup has brought attention to the persecution of the LGBTQIA+ community in Qatar. As players around the world call for the decriminalisation of queer relationships, we’re taking a moment to remember how important it is to be able to love regardless of gender and sex. We hear the stories of beautiful…
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#513 Online Identities (Repeat)
With Elon Musk taking on the mantle of Twitter CEO, there has been a renewal in conversations about the future of social media and the uses of platforms like Twitter. As a result, we wanted to take the time to bring back this exploration of online identity.
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#512 177 Nations of Tasmania
Melika shares the story of her and her husband’s decision to emigrate to Australia and the different ways she has fallen in love with Tasmania.
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#511 Critical Disdain
This week we’re bringing you stories from Critical Disdain. They’re a newsletter that describes themselves as ‘A weekly newsletter of new work from nobodies’.
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500 Retrospective: Age of Activism
This week we’re bringing back an episode that aired in 2021, ‘Age of Activism’. Coal mining is still a much-discussed topic around the country, with flooding and other natural disasters showcasing a need for climate action.