Category: Shows
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#1209 Modern Warefare
This week we’re locked and loaded as we talk Modern Warfare. We head to Japan for the 65th Anniversary of Hiroshima, stop over in Iraq to talk about conflict photography, head behind the Iron Curtain to compete in a swimming race and visit your local gym to enter a real life Fight Club. Hiroshima Written…
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#1208 Reinvention
This week on All the Best it’s all about reinventing the wheel. We bring you stories about reinventing yourself for online dating, we travel to Vanuatu and back and hear a fictional story about dying birds who get turned into… robots! My Mum Dating Produced by Brigitte Dagg The Last Ones Written and read by…
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#1207 The Block (repeat)
On this week’s show we re-played you one of our favourite episodes to date – ‘The Block’. The Block in Redfern has a well-documented history of drugs, violence, and riots. Perhaps you’ve never heard otherwise. Maybe you’ve avoided knowing much about it at all, having never stepped foot on Eveleigh Street and it’s surrounds. On…
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#1206 Paper Radio Presents
On this week’s show we hand over to our biggest radio crushes, Paper Radio. Hear stories from Benjamin Law, Tom Cho and Elizabeth Reale. More from Paper Radio: http://www.paperradio.net/ Me and Run Like A Dream Written by Elizabeth Reale. Voiced by Prudence Smith, Ange Arabatzis, Jo Case, Tamara Zimet. Sound design by Jon Tjhia. Sound Story…
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#1205 A Bedtime Story
Snuggle up to your pillow and settle in to snooze as we read you A Bedtime Story. We bring you stories delivered via intercontinental cassettes, take a magical taxi ride and get a bunch of 11 y.o’s to write us a bedtime story. Doll Hospital Produced by Eliza Sarlos Hairyman Story told by Kerry Toomey…
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#1204 First Impressions
A show in 24 hours? We thought it was impossible. Until this week’s show fell in on itself and we had to make it happen. Hear the results, including – stripping off in P.E. class, and we get our Tarot Cards read in the backseat of a car during a flashflood. Produced by Jesse Cox…
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#1203 Urban Jungle
Welcome to the Urban Jungle. We’ve got stories of getting lost in the labyrinths of Sydneys most infamous buildings, getting bitten by a Scorpion and searching for red ballet shoes in city streets. Shoes on Powerlines Produced by Lucie Bell The Scorpion Produced by Zacha Rosen Robert of Northcott Produced by Jesse Cox with Que…
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#1202 Witness
Websters Ghost Written and read by Mark Sutton Original music and sound design by Andrew Simmons Produced by Jesse Cox All Over A Meat Tray Produced by Liam & Dieter Knierem Cupcakes Written and read by Vanessa Berry Car Crash Performed live at the Paper Mill by Que Presenter: Eliza Sarlos Features Executive Producer: Jesse…
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#1201 Rooms
Rooms, huh? Pretty standard. Or…? Today we look at a couple that make you think outside the four wall and ceiling concept – the cylindrical ones of drain pipes, the purpose built capsules to house one family’s 56 semi trailers of books, and tiny, elevating ones. The Nicholas Building Produced by Mike Kermode & Jesse…
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Christmas Special
This week we make our national debut on the Community Radio Network with All the Best’s Christmas Special. Eliza brought her baby Arthur Plum and partner Alex White to chat about what Christmas traditions they will create for Arthur and whether Santa will exisit. All the Best Contributor Julia Thomas and her brother Andy popped…
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The Twilight Zone
Not Reading Twilight Produced by Zacha Rosen Anahí explains why she never read Twilight, despite her best intentions. When she first tried to read it, she was twelve. She’s sixteen now. It’s probably not going to happen. She’s a young woman of conviction. Insomnia the Cat Produced by Katerina Lebedev Technical Production by Antonia Gauci…
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Sydney Writers Festival Live
For those who missed it earlier in the year, we’re re-playing our first live show, recorded at the Sydney Writers’ Festival. As part of the Sydney Writers’ Festival All the Best produced a live version of its radio show to a packed room at the Festival Club stage, exploring the theme of power in Sydney…
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Lessons
Guest presenter Jesse Cox begins the program talking to his Dad, a school principal about getting kidnapped by his Year 12 students. Elcho Island Produced by Zacha Rosen Have you ever wanted to get out of Sydney? Get out of cities altogether and live — not just holiday — in remote Australia, with a remote…
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Storytelling Recorded Live
A collection of stories taken from live events recorded for All the Best. 1. Sarah Rodigari is an artist who has exhibited in Australia and Internationally. Recently she decided to hitch hike from Melbourne to Sydney and this story comes from towards the end of the trip when she had an interaction with a stranger…
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Letters
Dear ATB Listener, How are you?! We’re pretty good. Saturdays are always hectic. As we type this letter, we have just aired this week’s show on FBi Radio. We started off by hearing from a sweet CWA lady – Kathleen T. Gable – whom Mel Braun homaged for her letter writing during WW2. It was…
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Life Aquatic
Introduction Soundscape produced by Rosi Tuck I Love the Ocean Produced by Zacha Rosen Underwater explorer, Jacques Cousteau sailed around the world in his boat, ‘Calypso’ pionereering the art of Scuba diving in the forties and became a documentary film maker in the fifties. Wes Anderson became influenced by his works and based his film,…
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Futurescapes
What will I be when I grow up? Produced by Simon Anicich Meet Chris, Stu and Gus – what did they want to be when they grew up? Simon Anicich meet with these three chaps to find out if their childhood dreams were realised. How I Got To Sydney Produced by Nick Hose Nick Hose…
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Promises
Kid’s Promises Produced by Zacha Rosen Promise to Past Produced by Alex Kennett In this story we hear from Kat. Kat’s story is one of war and exodus of leaving her family and her culture to resettle in Australia. These experiences have led Kat to make some firm and unusual promises to her family, her…
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Heroes and Villians
Scott Mcleod Produced by Nancy Notzon A few months ago at the Graphic festival, we met Scott McLeod. Scott has been in the comic book industry for over 25 years now, and in that time has written and drawn his own comic book series, written for the Superman series and also published a number of…
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Remember Me
This morning on All The Best we helped those listening with fuzzy Saturday morning memories remember the art of, well, remembering.
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Aliases
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.