This week, an exploration on coping with and processing trauma through the creation of art.

Before being brought to Australia, refugee Kazem Kazemi was detained on Manus Island for six years. The ordeal was brutal, dealing with abusive guards, friends passing away and more. Throughout it all, the ability to play and listen to heavy metal music is what kept him afloat.

Safdar Ahmed, someone similarly bolstered by heavy metal, tells this story and describes the connection he made with Kazem through music. 

Find Out more about anti-racist Muslim death metal band, Hazeen here.

Hazeen's Bandcamp

Refugee Art Project

Featured: Safdar Ahmed and Kazem Kazemi

Producer: Mike Williams

You can find more stories by Mike plus details for his upcoming live shows in Sydney and Melbourne at mikewilliams.com.au



All The Best Credits: 

Production Manager & Host: Danni Stewart

Editorial Manager: Mell Chun

Social Media Producer: Timothy Nguyen

Community and Events Coordinator: Lidiya Josifova

This week, an exploration on coping with and processing trauma through the creation of art.
Before being brought to Australia, refugee Kazem Kazemi was detained on Manus Island for six years. The ordeal was brutal, dealing with abusive guards, friends passing away and more. Throughout it all, the ability to play and listen to heavy metal music is what kept him afloat.
Safdar Ahmed, someone similarly bolstered by heavy metal, tells this story and describes the connection he made with Kazem through music. 
Find Out more about anti-racist Muslim death metal band, Hazeen <a href="https://safdarahmed.com/hazeen-death-metal-jihad/?fbclid=IwAR1IMqbCGEeVVYWVD_k-9W4u-92V1c3AOmPxndBOf2VifqGIyNNnOlMw4Wg">here.</a>
<a href="https://piranha-records.bandcamp.com/album/sovereign-murders?fbclid=IwAR3ep90FrJkrx3wOS0ukE1Cq28KcslQrigDGEnAyQzbirfqV5YrnSfHTPJs">Hazeen's Bandcamp</a>
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheRefugeeArtProject">Refugee Art Project</a>
Featured: Safdar Ahmed and Kazem Kazemi
Producer: Mike Williams
You can find more stories by Mike plus details for his upcoming live shows in Sydney and Melbourne at <a href="http://mikewilliams.com.au/">mikewilliams.com.au</a>
 
All The Best Credits: 
Production Manager &amp; Host: Danni Stewart
Editorial Manager: Mell Chun
Social Media Producer: Timothy Nguyen
Community and Events Coordinator: Lidiya Josifova

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

#507 Border Farce

If you had to tell the story of your life, what moments would you share? 

This week we hear from people who have lived well and have the yarns to prove it.

Silence of the Irish

In our first story, Grace brings to light a deeply held secret of her Irish Catholic grandparents.

Produced by Grace Macpherson. 

The supervising producer was Eugenia Zoubtchenko.

Story of Your Life

Death prompts people to reflect on the lives they’ve had, but they aren’t always able to share their stories with those around them. Annie is a volunteer biographer at a palliative care centre and listens to the residents stories, changing her (and storymaker Lee Robinson’s) understanding of death in the process. 

Produced by Lee Robinson. 

All The Best Credits

Executive Producer: Phoebe Adler-Ryan

Editorial Producer: Melanie Bakewell

Host & Interviewer: Madhuraa Prakash

Mixed by Emma Higgins

Image Credit: Rachel Macpherson

If you had to tell the story of your life, what moments would you share? 
This week we hear from people who have lived well and have the yarns to prove it.
Silence of the Irish
In our first story, Grace brings to light a deeply held secret of her Irish Catholic grandparents.
Produced by Grace Macpherson. 
The supervising producer was Eugenia Zoubtchenko.
Story of Your Life
Death prompts people to reflect on the lives they’ve had, but they aren’t always able to share their stories with those around them. Annie is a volunteer biographer at a palliative care centre and listens to the residents stories, changing her (and storymaker Lee Robinson’s) understanding of death in the process. 
Produced by Lee Robinson. 
All The Best Credits
Executive Producer: Phoebe Adler-Ryan
Editorial Producer: Melanie Bakewell
Host &amp; Interviewer: Madhuraa Prakash
Mixed by Emma Higgins
Image Credit: Rachel Macpherson

This Is Your Life

This week, tales of open water swimming - from the beauty of plunging into parkland ponds to the freedom of venturing into wild waves.

WildSwimming

In our first story, Corey needs a swim, and finds themselves wading through British cultural norms to find one. 

This story was written, recited and produced by Corey Green.

Jasmin Alavuk was the Story Editor and special thanks goes to E Coffey and Phoebe Adler-Ryan for production assistance. 

Thanks for sound recordings from: Kangaroovindaloo, Bonnyorbit, Kyles, Brunoauzet, Rthijs. Philbrice, Carlvus, 16GStepankovaS, Nature Notes UK, Kerouac21, jorickhoofd, Nielstii, Mlteenie, Robinhood76, NLM, Nagwense, Joedeshon, anthonyec, strongbot, klankbeeld, Philipmill6, Sageturtle

To find these and many more check out freesound.org and aporee.org

Open Waters 

Up next, we’re wading back into local waters. Pat interviews his Aunt and Uncle about their interest in ocean swimming and the sublime, humbling and breathtaking beauty that can be discovered in the deep blue.

This story was produced by Patrick McKenzie.

Featuring interviews with Annette and Peter McKenzie. 

All The Best Credits

Executive Producer: Phoebe Adler-Ryan

Editorial Producer: Melanie Bakewell

Host & Interviewer: Madhuraa Prakash

Mixed by Emma Higgins

Image Credit: Corey Green

This week, tales of open water swimming - from the beauty of plunging into parkland ponds to the freedom of venturing into wild waves.
Wild Swimming
In our first story, Corey needs a swim, and finds themselves wading through British cultural norms to find one. 
This story was written, recited and produced by Corey Green.
Jasmin Alavuk was the Story Editor and special thanks goes to E Coffey and Phoebe Adler-Ryan for production assistance. 
Thanks for sound recordings from: Kangaroovindaloo, Bonnyorbit, Kyles, Brunoauzet, Rthijs. Philbrice, Carlvus, 16GStepankovaS, Nature Notes UK, Kerouac21, jorickhoofd, Nielstii, Mlteenie, Robinhood76, NLM, Nagwense, Joedeshon, anthonyec, strongbot, klankbeeld, Philipmill6, Sageturtle To find these and many more check out <a href="http://freesound.org/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://freesound.org&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1715132099234000&amp;usg=AOvVaw16No_s0FYm79pb1L9C2k_s">freesound.org</a> and <a href="http://aporee.org/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://aporee.org&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1715132099234000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2LOddMfVPvdRtIMQu22ZQJ">aporee.org</a>
Open Waters 
Up next, we’re wading back into local waters. Pat interviews his Aunt and Uncle about their interest in ocean swimming and the sublime, humbling and breathtaking beauty that can be discovered in the deep blue.
This story was produced by Patrick McKenzie.
Featuring interviews with Annette and Peter McKenzie. 
All The Best Credits
Executive Producer: Phoebe Adler-Ryan
Editorial Producer: Melanie Bakewell
Host &amp; Interviewer: Madhuraa Prakash
Mixed by Emma Higgins
Image Credit: Corey Green

Wild Swimming

This week we feature two Australian-Turkish writers, who ruminate on the topic of belonging, home and immigration.

In their distinctive creative ways, Ela Pinar and Eda Gunaydin unpack the confusion of feeling homesick for a land that was never truly ‘home’ to begin with. 



1.10 - In This Version of Home

First, Ela tells the story of her journey to Turkey, a place she does and doesn't call home. 

Find Ela’s artist page on instagram at @elapinar__

This story was written, recited and produced by Ela Pinar

Sound design was by Ramon Briant

The Supervising Producer was Phoebe Adler-Ryan

This story features music by Koray Kiliç



20:16 - Discussions on ‘Root and Branch’

Then, host Mads speaks to award-winning essayist and scholar Eda Gunaydin, to explore her understanding of home and homeland. 

You can find Eda’s work in the Sydney Review of Books, The Age, Meanjin and elsewhere. Her book ‘Root and Branch: essays on inheritance’ is an incredible read we recommend you seek out at your local bookshop.

Follow Eda and keep an eye out for her next work at @edapresents



All The Best Credits

Executive Producer: Phoebe Adler-Ryan

Editorial Producer: Melanie Bakewell

Host & Interviewer: Madhuraa Prakash

Image Credit: Ela Pinar

Music: Working for the Knife by Mitski & Mahur Saz Semani by Seyyah

This week we feature two Australian-Turkish writers, who ruminate on the topic of belonging, home and immigration.
In their distinctive creative ways, Ela Pinar and Eda Gunaydin unpack the confusion of feeling homesick for a land that was never truly ‘home’ to begin with. 
 
1.10 - In This Version of Home
First, Ela tells the story of her journey to Turkey, a place she does and doesn't call home. 
Find Ela’s artist page on instagram at @elapinar__
This story was written, recited and produced by Ela Pinar
Sound design was by Ramon Briant
The Supervising Producer was Phoebe Adler-Ryan
This story features music by Koray Kiliç
 
20:16 - Discussions on ‘Root and Branch’
Then, host Mads speaks to award-winning essayist and scholar Eda Gunaydin, to explore her understanding of home and homeland. 
You can find Eda’s work in the Sydney Review of Books, The Age, Meanjin and elsewhere. Her book ‘Root and Branch: essays on inheritance’ is an incredible read we recommend you seek out at your local bookshop.
Follow Eda and keep an eye out for her next work at @edapresents
 
All The Best Credits
Executive Producer: Phoebe Adler-Ryan
Editorial Producer: Melanie Bakewell
Host &amp; Interviewer: Madhuraa Prakash
Image Credit: Ela Pinar
Music: Working for the Knife by Mitski &amp; Mahur Saz Semani by Seyyah

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