Tag: Zacha Rosen

  • #1523 ‘Limits’ – EWF Special

    #1523 ‘Limits’ – EWF Special

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    What happens when you send seven writers and seven producers to Docklands and force them to make a radio for a whole day? Well, it’s interesting. All the Best teamed up with the Emerging Writers Festival to develop new stories on the theme ‘limits’ and this is what they created. We were at the city…

  • #1513 Things and Stuff

    #1513 Things and Stuff

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    Do you have too much stuff? Clutter, collections, clothes, books, toys, old stuff, new stuff? This week on All the Best we look at the complicated relationship humans have with the things they own. We meet a woman who left behind all her things and life in the city to live in the New South…

  • #1510 In A Day

    #1510 In A Day

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    A lot can happen in one day. Everything can change, or nothing can. Some days are special and some days are so completely ordinary that we can tell them apart from the others. On one day this month, 24 hours at the beginning of March, we sent All the Best producers out in search of…

  • #1505 Baby Teeth

    #1505 Baby Teeth

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    It’s wobbling, and you can’t help but push at it with your tongue, making it bend gum-ward so the gnarled roots scratch at the inside of your mouth. It’ll be out soon, and you’ll put it next to your pillow and wake up the next morning to find a single gold coin in it’s place.…

  • #1435 In the End

    #1435 In the End

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    Frank Herbert was an American Science Fiction writer who died in 1986 and he famously said ‘There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story.’ But that place can be frustrating. You know that feeling of finishing a really good story? You’ve been living in this other world for so…

  • #1429 Underground

    #1429 Underground

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    In this episode, we’re going underground, with secrets, subcultures and subversive publishing. We meet River, one of the elusive Shoplifters of Tumblr, and hear stories of Oz Magazine from Jim Anderson. The Shoplifters of Tumblr The internet has meant that even the most underground of movements, most clandestine of activities, are now made to be…

  • #1426 How Are You Still Alive?

    #1426 How Are You Still Alive?

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    Today we’re asking: How Are You Still Alive? You’ll hear stories of near misses, close shaves and fortunate lives. People who were unlucky, and then lucky. People who throw themselves from high places, and kids who get lost in the wilderness. People who risked their lives just by being born. If it wasn’t wild, I…

  • #1346 Summer Postcards

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    ‘If you take 2 more steps, you’ll find what you’ve been looking for…. A little bit of magic.’   The Wormhole There is a point at North Steyne where the cracks in the rock get bigger and more rugged.  This is the point where many head back believing there is nothing more to find.  But,…

  • #1345 …Vs The Establishment

    #1345 …Vs The Establishment

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    What would you stand up and fight for? Small Fry ‘ A warm man cannot understand a cold man’. Barrister and Mediator Robin Margo was an activist during apartheid in South Africa.  He wanted to change the regime and fight for equality for all South Africans.  He campaigned alongside many passionate people.  However, it was…

  • # 1336 Glory Box

    # 1336 Glory Box

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      When you hear ‘Glory Box’ what do you think of?  Come with us to explore alternatives to the traditional interpretation of  ‘Glory Box’.   Three Men & Two Boxes Did you think glory boxes had gone out of fashion?  Did you think they were a thing of the past? Traditionally glory boxes were used…

  • #1334 Natural Composition

    #1334 Natural Composition

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      Nature has inspired Art since the beginning of time. This episode we bring you stories inspired by nature and inspired for nature in the creation of music and art.  From the sensual mating of machines in the wild, to a musician’s love of permaculture, you’ll find an array of tales to provoke your imagination…

  • # 1333 Crossing Oceans

    # 1333 Crossing Oceans

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    This episode we follow the stories of people who have crossed the ocean in search of a new home, a new beginning or adventure.   These stories will takes us from Africa to Australia, to Chile and Afghanistan.   From Africa, Home Erin Rosenberg moved from South Africa with her family in 2005.   In…

  • #1305 Science Fiction Theatre

    #1305 Science Fiction Theatre

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    All the Best presents science fiction pulp in sound.  Extraterrestrial life forms arrive uninvited, space travel gets in the way of an intergalactic romance and a puppy trainer gets more than he bargained for when the dog starts talking back. See Me After Class Take a lonely dog trainer, a puppy school, and the most…

  • #1221 Coast to Coast

    #1221 Coast to Coast

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    Stories ahoy! All the Best brings you intriguing tales from the high seas. A South American geologist’s rough-and-tumble journey on a raft to Australia leads to a life-changing encounter with Gough Whitlam. And, the real Puberty Blues: a young girl tries to join the blokey surf culture of the 1970s- but an initiation rite in the water…

  • Sea Hitchhiker

    Sea Hitchhiker

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    Crew of La Balsa raft arriving at the Maroochy Shire Council Chambers after a parade through Currie Street, Nambour, 6 November 1970. Courtesy of Heritage Library, Sunshine Coast Council. The story behind the Sea Hitchhiker, featured in #1221 Coast to Coast. By Zacha Rosen Gabriel Salas’ expeditions are a pretty involved subject. Here is some…

  • #1216 24 Hour Challenge

    #1216 24 Hour Challenge

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    This week we set our contributors a challenge. Make a radio story in 24 hours. The day we picked was Sunday August 5.  The time to begin midday. Windsurfing under the flightpath Produced by Miles Martingoni For as long as he can remember, Miles’s father has been trying to drag him out onto the water.…

  • #1203 Urban Jungle

    #1203 Urban Jungle

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    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…

  • Christmas Special

    Christmas Special

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    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…

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

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    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…

  • Lessons

    Lessons

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    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…

  • Letters

    Letters

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    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…