 

This week’s episode is one of those love stories that spans years and countries. 

 

177 Nations of Tasmania: Ana From Panama 

First, Ana fell in love with ballet at her home in Panama City. 

This passion for dance will take her all over Cuba in the Caribbean, where, at an arts college, she would meet her second love, Elias.  

This beautiful story will take you from the closed borders and cancelled flights of COVID to seeing Anna as a young mother in Tasmania trying to make a new life while preserving her culture and identity. 

This story was originally published on 177 Nations of Tasmania, produced by Mark Thomson. To hear the full episode, head to www.markthomsonmedia.com or search ‘177 Nations’ wherever you get your podcasts.

With additional editing by Jespher Wen.

 

All The Best Credits

Host: Kwame Slusher

Executive Producer: Melanie Bakewell

Events and Partnership Coordinator: Phoebe Adler-Ryan

Community Coordinator: Patrick McKenzie

Artwork by Annie Hamilton

Theme Music composed by Shining Bird

Special shout out to our volunteers Ray, Sue, Sharon, Lindsay, Andrew and Ash

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This week&rsquo;s episode is one of those love stories that spans years and countries.&nbsp;
&nbsp;
177 Nations of Tasmania: Ana From Panama&nbsp;
First, Ana fell in love with ballet at her home in Panama City.&nbsp;
This passion for dance will take her all over Cuba in the Caribbean, where, at an arts college, she would meet her second love, Elias.&nbsp;&nbsp;
This beautiful story will take you from the closed borders and cancelled flights of COVID to seeing Anna as a young mother in Tasmania trying to make a new life while preserving her culture and identity.&nbsp;
This story was originally published on 177 Nations of Tasmania, produced by Mark Thomson. To hear the full episode, head to<a href="http://www.markthompsonmedia.com"> www.markthomsonmedia.com</a> or search &lsquo;177 Nations&rsquo; wherever you get your podcasts.
With additional editing by Jespher Wen.
&nbsp;
All The Best Credits
Host: Kwame Slusher
Executive Producer: Melanie Bakewell
Events and Partnership Coordinator: Phoebe Adler-Ryan
Community Coordinator: Patrick McKenzie
Artwork by Annie Hamilton
Theme Music composed by Shining Bird
Special shout out to our volunteers Ray, Sue, Sharon, Lindsay, Andrew and Ash

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.

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Ana From Panama 

Ring ... ring ...

Would you answer a call from a number you don't recognise?

What if it was a wrong number? Would you keep talking?

 

I'm Just Gonna Listen by Emma Lehman

Olive Brazill starts receiving calls from strangers who just want someone to listen. And she does. 

But it’s not just a random connection with strangers. Ten years earlier, Jack - someone Olive once knew - had received the same kind of calls as a social experiment. 

Producer: Emma Lehman

Supervising Producer: Lawrence Bull

 

Audio Club

If you’re in Sydney, don’t miss our upcoming in-person Audio Club at fbi.radio on the 23rd February.  

 

Substack 

If you want to know more about what’s happening at All the Best, check out our Substack! It’s a roundup of all our activities with a little bit of BTS.

.... And Happy Lunar New YearI 🐎

 

All The Best Credits

Host: Gabriella Accaria

Executive Producer: Melanie Bakewell

Programming & Community Coordinator: Catarina Fraga Matos 

Production Manager: Kwame Slusher

Community Coordinator: Patrick McKenzie

Theme Music composed by Shining Bird

Mixed & Compiled: Emma Higgins

Cover Art: Ray Vo

Special shout-out to all our volunteers.

 

Ring ... ring ...
Would you answer a call from a number you don't recognise?
What if it was a wrong number? Would you keep talking?
&nbsp;
I'm Just Gonna Listen by Emma Lehman
Olive Brazill starts receiving calls from strangers who just want someone to listen. And she does.&nbsp;
But it&rsquo;s not just a random connection with strangers. Ten years earlier, Jack - someone Olive once knew - had received the same kind of calls as a social experiment.&nbsp;
Producer: Emma Lehman
Supervising Producer: Lawrence Bull
&nbsp;
Audio Club
If you&rsquo;re in Sydney, don&rsquo;t miss our upcoming in-person&nbsp;<a href="https://events.humanitix.com/audio-club-february-2026-social">Audio Club</a> at <a href="https://www.fbi.radio/">fbi.radio </a>on the 23rd February. &nbsp;
&nbsp;
Substack&nbsp;
If you want to know more about what&rsquo;s happening at All the Best,&nbsp;check out our&nbsp;<a href="https://allthebestradio.substack.com/">Substack</a>! It&rsquo;s a roundup of all our activities with a little bit of BTS.
.... And Happy Lunar New YearI 🐎
&nbsp;
All The Best Credits
Host: Gabriella Accaria
Executive Producer: Melanie Bakewell
Programming &amp; Community Coordinator: Catarina Fraga Matos&nbsp;
Production Manager: Kwame Slusher
Community Coordinator: Patrick McKenzie
Theme Music composed by Shining Bird
Mixed &amp; Compiled: Emma Higgins
Cover Art: Ray Vo
Special shout-out to all our volunteers.
&nbsp;

 Wrong Number 

Love is in the air … Or at least it's in the airwaves.

In this episode, we are going to be playing two stories about love, whether it's love overcoming language barriers or love helping us to overcome physical barriers and how to make the most out of the little things. 

 

Love In Translation by Katie Stokes 

So for this first piece, you’ll be taken on a journey through the complexities of a multilingual love story.  You’ll hear Ellie and Lucas navigate learning about each other, meeting each other's families and a little extra challenge of a communication barrier that makes it that much harder.  

Produced by Katie Stokes

Supervising Producer was Mark Yin

 

It’s the little things by Carey Scheer 

This next piece explores love shaped by disability. From catching the train from Campbelltown together, to sitting in marshland together, Trudy and Chris explore how they’re connected by life’s ordinary ... explore the intimacies of touch and talk … and ultimately … their love for one another transcending life together. 

Produced by Carey Scheer from the Purple Orange Podcast. Def worth a listen!

And your All The Best host, Kwame, passes the mic on to your new host, Gabriella Accaria! Hurray! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Listen to the episode to learn a little bit more about your new host!

 

Audio Club

If you’re in Sydney, don’t miss our upcoming in-person Audio Club at fbi.radio on the 23rd February.  

 

All The Best Credits

Host: Gabriella Accaria & Kwame Slusher

Executive Producer: Melanie Bakewell

Programming & Community Coordinator:  Catarina Fraga Matos 

Production Manager: Kwame Slusher

Community Coordinator: Patrick McKenzie

Theme Music composed by Shining Bird

Mixed & Compiled: Emma Higgins

Cover Art: Ray Vo

Special shout-out to our volunteers.

 

Love is in the air &hellip; Or at least it's in the airwaves.
In this episode, we are going to be playing two stories about love, whether it's love overcoming language barriers or love helping us to overcome physical barriers and how to make the most out of the little things.&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Love In Translation by Katie Stokes&nbsp;
So for this first piece, you&rsquo;ll be taken on a journey through the complexities of a multilingual love story.&nbsp; You&rsquo;ll hear Ellie and Lucas navigate learning about each other, meeting each other's families and a little extra challenge of a communication barrier that makes it that much harder.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Produced by Katie Stokes
Supervising Producer was Mark Yin
&nbsp;
It&rsquo;s the little things by Carey Scheer&nbsp;
This next piece explores love shaped by disability. From catching the train from Campbelltown together, to sitting in marshland together, Trudy and Chris explore how they&rsquo;re connected by life&rsquo;s ordinary ... explore the intimacies of touch and talk &hellip; and ultimately &hellip; their love for one another transcending life together.&nbsp;
Produced by Carey Scheer from the&nbsp;<a href="https://purpleorange.org.au/resources/stories/podcast/">Purple Orange Podcast</a>. Def worth a listen!
And your&nbsp;All The Best host, Kwame, passes the mic on to your new host, Gabriella Accaria! Hurray! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Listen to the episode to learn a little bit more about your new host!
&nbsp;
Audio Club
If you&rsquo;re in Sydney, don&rsquo;t miss our upcoming in-person&nbsp;<a href="https://events.humanitix.com/audio-club-february-2026-social">Audio Club</a> at <a href="https://www.fbi.radio/">fbi.radio </a>on the 23rd February. &nbsp;
&nbsp;
All The Best Credits
Host: Gabriella Accaria &amp; Kwame Slusher
Executive Producer: Melanie Bakewell
Programming &amp; Community Coordinator:&nbsp; Catarina Fraga Matos&nbsp;
Production Manager: Kwame Slusher
Community Coordinator: Patrick McKenzie
Theme Music composed by Shining Bird
Mixed &amp; Compiled: Emma Higgins
Cover Art: Ray Vo
Special shout-out to our volunteers.
&nbsp;

 Love  Language 

This week, we continue our literary theme with part two (See part one here) of a showcase of the stories that came out of a collaboration between All the Best and WestWords.

This week's stories in this episode deal with space beyond and within us.

Whether it is literally outer space or the complexities of navigating an emotional space.

 

Here by Siham Dalila 

Our first story begins with navigating the complexity of inner emotional spaces. It features a woman trapped somewhere between reality and a dreamscape.  And she is forced to make a decision about which reality she wants to stay in and which one she wants to escape from.  

Written and performed by Siham Dalila

Production and Sound Design by Felicity Weaver. 

 

From Beyond the Karman Line by Myra A

Our second story takes us to outer space.  

When the first female astronaut to undertake a solo mission is sent to the moon, she finds solace in recording her own voice clips. But alone and far from earth, she is forced to confront a haunting past. 

Written and performed by Myra A.

Produced by Kwame Slusher

Sound Design by Thomas Lu. 

 

 

Octo by Tabitha Laffernis 

Our third and final story takes us into that space of unrequited love.  

Too many legs. Too many eyes. Too many feelings. Unrequited love hurts, but interspecies unrequited love hurts harder.

A spider falls for her housemate, hoping that one day her housemate will see her. 

 

Written and performed by Tabitha Laffernis

Produced by Mel Bakewell 

Sound Design and original composition by Suzanne Derry

 

If you'd like to get involved this month, we are having our first Audio Clubmeetings for the year!

All skill levels are welcome!

And if you want to keep what is happening behind the scenes at All the Best, check out our Substack.

 

All The Best Credits

Program Manager & Host: Kwame Slusher

Executive Producer: Melanie Bakewell

Programming & Community Coordinator:  Catarina Fraga Matos 

Community Coordinator: Patrick McKenzie

Theme Music composed by Shining Bird

Mixed & Compiled: Emma Higgins

Cover Art: Ray Vo

Special shout-out to all our volunteers.

 

 

 

This week, we continue our literary theme with part two (<a href="https://allthebestradio.com/featured/666-westwords-takeover/">See part one here</a>) of a showcase of the stories that came out of a collaboration between All the Best and WestWords.
This week's stories in this episode deal with space beyond and within us.
Whether it is literally outer space or the complexities of navigating an emotional space.
&nbsp;
Here by Siham Dalila&nbsp;
Our first story begins with navigating the complexity of inner emotional spaces. It features a woman trapped somewhere between reality and a dreamscape.&nbsp; And she is forced to make a decision about which reality she wants to stay in and which one she wants to escape from.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Written and performed by Siham Dalila
Production and Sound Design by Felicity Weaver.&nbsp;
&nbsp;
From Beyond the Karman Line by Myra A
Our second story takes us to outer space.&nbsp;&nbsp;
When the first female astronaut to undertake a solo mission is sent to the moon, she finds solace in recording her own voice clips. But alone and far from earth, she is forced to confront a haunting past.&nbsp;
Written and performed by Myra A.
Produced by Kwame Slusher
Sound Design by Thomas Lu.&nbsp;
&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Octo by Tabitha Laffernis&nbsp;
Our third and final story takes us into that space of unrequited love.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Too many legs. Too many eyes. Too many feelings. Unrequited love hurts, but interspecies unrequited love hurts harder.
A spider falls for her housemate, hoping that one day her housemate will see her.&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Written and performed by Tabitha Laffernis
Produced by Mel Bakewell&nbsp;
Sound Design and original composition by Suzanne Derry
&nbsp;
If you'd like to get involved this month, we are having our first <a href="https://events.humanitix.com/audio-club-february-2026-social">Audio Club</a> meetings for the year!
All skill levels are welcome!
And if you want to keep what is happening behind the scenes at All the Best, check out our&nbsp;<a href="https://allthebestradio.substack.com/">Substack</a>.
&nbsp;
All The Best Credits
Program Manager &amp; Host: Kwame Slusher
Executive Producer: Melanie Bakewell
Programming &amp; Community Coordinator:&nbsp; Catarina Fraga Matos&nbsp;
Community Coordinator: Patrick McKenzie
Theme Music composed by Shining Bird
Mixed &amp; Compiled: Emma Higgins
Cover Art: Ray Vo
Special shout-out to all our volunteers.
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