All The Best
All The Best
All The Best is for new Australian storytelling. Hear from a Melbourne-based cannibal, how the Australian Wallabies used theatre workshops to improve their game, anxiety attacks in a Tantric sex class, and what the shopping centre Santa Claus is really thinking, all on All The Best. We're a weekly radio show and podcast produced at FBi Radio in Sydney in association with SYN and Triple R in Me…Social links:
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fact or fiction
This episode is all about the truths that we can find in stories. And on that topic of finding truth in stories, All the Best would like you to take a moment to recognise National Sorry Day, because all good stories are a kind of truth-telling. A House by Katie Stefankowski In this story, a…
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The Catalogue Pt.1
What do libraries mean to you? All The Best partnered with the State Library of NSW to mark 200 years and to celebrate 60,000 years of storytelling. The live storytelling event was the Special Collections: A night of live storytelling at the Library Bar at the State Library of NSW. We heard so …
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Near & Far
How do you hold on to the ones that you love? Is it through shared experiences or through objects? This week, we hear about a grandad’s love for Christmas, we sit in the garden with Pappou, listen to a mum deciding where to put her grandma’s inherited item, a granddaughter remembering moments with…
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Shake it Off
As adults, we think we’re too old for fairytales… but they hold such important lessons about strength, transformation and compassion. In this episode we listen to modern fairytales… a modern rendition of the ugly duckling, and a transformation in an enchanted forest. Water Off a Swan’s Back b…
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Firsts
Firsts by Kwame Slusher There are some firsts that not everyone shares, like going to an almost abandoned kafeneio in Marrickville, or being a chopper pilot. Sometimes, we just need a little adrenaline rush and a little courage to step outside ourselves and see what surprises await. Produced…
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In Fashion
From maintaining traditional handcrafting techniques to dressing up in the metaverse, to the evils of the fast-fashion industry. Digital Fashion by Ariana Rigazzi Could online fashion shows be a sustainable future? As the line between our physical and virtual lives continues to blur, a new w…
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Don't Talk about the water
Don’t talk about the water by Alissar Seyla In this episode, we look at the concept of the homeland and diaspora. That tension between familiarity and unease. A young woman reflects on experiences in her homeland, Lebanon, and abroad, and struggles to find safety in either of those places ami…
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To Leave and Return
A Conservation Champion for Cheetham by Sandra Wilson Bernie McCarrick, a former Parks Victoria ranger and site manager of Cheetham Saltworks, reflects on his role in transforming a former industrial site into a thriving wetland ecosystem. Alongside insights from Dr Mike Weston, the story reveals …
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Cooked
A Stone, A Knife, A Flame by Joshua Santospirito Washing, scrubbing, rinsing, drying, wiping, wetting, drying. These mundane acts led Joshua to reflect so much more. Through his kitchen, the everyday collides with resistance and violence, as he invites us to question what it means to act in the w…
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Not My Narrative
Sometimes moving forward is all about realising that you’ve got the power to write your own narrative. This week you’ll hear stories about people facing down their own internal narratives that threaten to keep them quiet and small. Like a Preacher by Idayat Jinadu As a young girl, Idayat …
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