With each sunrise comes light breaking through the darkness. This week’s stories are about destruction, devastation and darkness but also the healing that comes after.

Then Came The Birds by Sarah Mashman

When the bushfires in 2020 hit her home, Alice Ansara had to evacuate three times over six weeks through still burning forests and bypassing melting roads. She shares her story of walking through the smokes, ashes and tears.

You can hear more of Alice’s story in the CBAA series From the Embers.

Producer: Sarah Mashman

Music: Fearfully Dashing by Blue Dot Sessions, Gilroy by Blue Dot Sessions, Levanger by Blue dot sessions. 

Sounds by Tegan Nicholls

Photo: Sarah Mashman

 

When I Lost My Mind to Find My Heart by T’ara

T’ara was sitting on the bus when her mind started to run again, syncing into the depths of an ocean of dark pondering that annually flood her head.

T’ara originally told this story as part of SPUN Stories, a live storytelling event in Darwin, showcasing some of the extraordinary people and their stories that make up the Northern Territory. SPUN also has a podcast, just search for SPUN Stories wherever you get your podcasts.

Writer and Performer: T’ara Cole

Producer: Alex Edmonson

 

When I Lived By Lungol Wekina

Indigenous Papua New Guinean writer and organiser Lungol tells the story of his people, paying homage to times of peace, reflecting upon a history of colonial violence, and looking forward to a revolutionary future.

Writer and Performer: Lungol Wekina

Sound Design and Original Music Composition: Danni Stewart

You can find more of Lungol’s work at Lungol.com.

All The Best credits:

Production Manager: Danni Stewart

Editorial Manager: Mell Chun

Host: Helenna Barone-Peters 

Social Media Producers: Emma Pham 

Community and Events Coordinator: Lidiya Josifova 

SYN Mentee Producer: Wing Kuang 

With each sunrise comes light breaking through the darkness. This week&rsquo;s stories are about destruction, devastation and darkness but also the healing that comes after.
Then Came The Birds by Sarah Mashman
When the bushfires in 2020 hit her home, Alice Ansara had to evacuate three times over six weeks through still burning forests and bypassing melting roads. She shares her story of walking through the smokes, ashes and tears.
You can hear more of Alice&rsquo;s story in the CBAA series&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cbaa.org.au/fromtheembers">From the Embers.</a>
Producer: Sarah Mashman
Music:&nbsp;Fearfully Dashing by Blue Dot Sessions, Gilroy by Blue Dot Sessions, Levanger by Blue dot sessions.&nbsp;
Sounds by Tegan Nicholls
Photo: Sarah Mashman
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When I Lost My Mind to Find My Heart by T&rsquo;ara
T&rsquo;ara was sitting on the bus when her mind started to run again, syncing into the depths of an ocean of dark pondering that annually flood her head.
T&rsquo;ara originally told this story as part of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.spunstories.net/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.spunstories.net/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1630987171005000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHNZNV5AJtUp6AUbc3lqvVfUILEBg">SPUN Stories</a>, a live storytelling event in Darwin, showcasing some of the extraordinary people and their stories that make up the Northern Territory.&nbsp;SPUN also has a podcast, just search for SPUN Stories wherever you get your podcasts.
Writer and Performer: T&rsquo;ara Cole
Producer:&nbsp;Alex Edmonson
&nbsp;
When I Lived By Lungol Wekina
Indigenous Papua New Guinean writer and organiser Lungol tells the story of his people, paying homage to times of peace, reflecting upon a history of colonial violence, and looking forward to a revolutionary future.
Writer and Performer: Lungol Wekina
Sound Design and Original Music Composition: Danni Stewart
You can find more of Lungol&rsquo;s work at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.lungol.com/">Lungol.com.</a>
All The Best credits:
Production Manager: Danni Stewart
Editorial Manager: Mell Chun
Host: Helenna Barone-Peters&nbsp;
Social Media Producers: Emma Pham&nbsp;
Community and Events Coordinator: Lidiya Josifova&nbsp;
SYN Mentee Producer: Wing Kuang&nbsp;

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 Melbourne, and broadcast nationally via the Community Radio Network. We’ve been telling stories in a variety of forms since 2011, picking a theme each week and using short form documentary, personal narrative, interviews, and spoken word to bring you the best from across Australia.

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 Melbourne, and broadcast nationally via the Community Radio Network. We’ve been telling stories in a variety of forms since 2011, picking a theme each week and using short form documentary, personal narrative, interviews, and spoken word to bring you the best from across Australia.

All The Best

With each sunrise comes light breaking though the darkness. This week’s stories are about destruction, devastation and darkness but also the healing that comes after

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