Tag: Allison Chan

  • #593 Reflections

    #593 Reflections

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    This week we’re bringing you stories that question and expand our national identity. A content warning, this episode contains racial slurs, racism, and violence so please listen with care. The Ocean and the Desert Flower In our first story, Zeinab shares the things she loves about her home, and ruminates on the various contradictions involved…

  • #547 Sounds of Family

    #547 Sounds of Family

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    This week on All The Best, stories about family – the messy, complicated and gorgeous humans who make us who we are. Where We Are by Michael Everitt Our first story is an exploration of the sounds that a new parent encounters in everyday life. The story’s producer, Michael, calls it a love letter to…

  • #500th Episode Special

    #500th Episode Special

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    We’re celebrating a pretty huge milestone, our 500th episode! 

  • #431 Origin Story

    #431 Origin Story

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    Stories of uncovering ancestry.

  • #421 Can’t Pay My Rent

    #421 Can’t Pay My Rent

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    In this episode, we have stories of people taking action to support their communities through the pandemic.

  • #417 Isolation 1 – Home Roller Disco

    #417 Isolation 1 – Home Roller Disco

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    Professional Zoom meetings in a ten-year-old’s bedroom, bouldering on the side of the house, and recreating a roller disco in the hallway – these are some of the things we’ve been up to in self-isolation.

  • #416 Snap Judgement

    #416 Snap Judgement

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    Stories of people being judged and dismissed based on the superficial impressions of others. Hear them out.

  • Summer Series #07

    Summer Series #07

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    We’ve been taking a break from making new episodes over summer, so we’re rebroadcasting some of our favourite All The Best stories. We’ll be back in two weeks.

  • Summer Series #03

    Summer Series #03

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    We’re busy working on new episodes for 2020 and working on our suntans. Please enjoy these fine selections from the All The Best archive.

  • Summer Series #02

    Summer Series #02

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    We’re taking a few weeks off while we get ready for new episodes in 2020. So we’ve picked some of our favourite stories to play over the summer.

  • Summer Series #01

    Summer Series #01

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    We’re going on break for a few weeks. So here are some of favourite stories from the All The Best archives.

  • #403 We Need To Talk

    #403 We Need To Talk

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    There’s an elephant in the room. It’s lonely and terrified of the knowledge that one day it will die. Let’s talk about it.

  • #398 Runs in the Family

    #398 Runs in the Family

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    It’s often not until we look back as adults that we recognise the passions we’ve inherited from our parents. This week, Gina traces her lifelong love of cars back to the father she lost as a child, and Renee tries her best to nurture the creativity in her own children.

  • #396 Where The Sun Don’t Shine

    #396 Where The Sun Don’t Shine

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    Three teams of All The Best contributors come to the radio station on a Sunday morning and spend the next 24 hours making radio stories.

  • #355 Where Are You From

    #355 Where Are You From

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    Asking ‘where are you from?’ can be loaded. It can cast doubt on whether or not someone belongs to where they are now. But so many Australians were born in another country. And their journey to becoming Australian has had both highs and lows. — ‘Pedal To The Metal’ by Allison Chan Dean grew up in…

  • #354 Behind The Sound

    #354 Behind The Sound

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    We’re pulling back the curtain. We’re lifting the lid. We’re showing you how we make an All The Best story. — ‘How We Do What We Do’ by Allison Chan and Danni Stewart All The Best is a training ground for producers to learn how to make narrative audio documentaries. We want to be transparent about what…

  • #350 Reality Check

    #350 Reality Check

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    Sometimes internal differences lead to changes in political leadership in Australia. And sometimes we just need to escape from the banter and find our escape in books, films and fan clubs. — ‘Bibliotherapy’ by Sarath Chandra Sarath isn’t into reading anymore and decides to talk to two authors to rekindle his love of books. He also…

  • #343 Because Of Her, We Can

    #343 Because Of Her, We Can

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    The theme of NAIDOC Week this year is ‘Because Of Her, We Can’. We’ll be hearing from two influential storytellers, both Aboriginal women, who share about how Indigenous Australians have understood the mysterious workings of the land and the sky for tens of thousands of years. We first meet Kirsten Banks, a proud Wiradjuri woman and astronomer.…

  • #337 On My Own

    #337 On My Own

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    We’re flying solo. A poet goes on a solitary road trip through the American southwest and a self-confessed extrovert takes on the challenge of being by himself. — Only Child by Tom Joyner Only children can have the reputation of being selfish, entitled and bratty – like Little Emperors. Tom Joyner gives us his take on that…

  • #336Postcard From A City

    #336Postcard From A City

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    We share our memories and impressions of growing up and living in Sydney. — Tourist In Your Own City by Martyn Reyes If you had family or friends visiting your home city from overseas, which places would you show off to ultimately impress them? Martyn Reyes didn’t know either, which is why he embarked on a…

  • #328 Let’s Get Physical

    #328 Let’s Get Physical

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    We’re not going to the Commonwealth Games or running marathons, and we’re certainly not getting an A in PE class. But we are getting active: using our bodies to connect with ourselves and each other. — ‘Meet me at the pool’ by Allison Chan We revisit our memories of learning how to swim and dive…