This week on All The Best, stories about making sense of your past - from our Audio Club, and host Mads has some special guests in the studio!

Audio Club is a community of audio makers.

It was created to encourage new storytellers and to inspire those who are more experienced. Audio club meetups both online and in person have been places for people to discuss story ideas, audio editing, and other aspects of creating a story.

So far we’ve had seven challenges, and in this episode we want to share some stories from our most recent one, ‘making sense of your past'

Audio Club regulars Felicity, Kwame and Ramon shared the stories they made in response to this challenge and why they love working with the audio medium.

Understanding My Love of the Sea

Felicity Weaver explores her past to understand her love of swimming in the sea. This poetic soundscape takes us with her as she reminisces about her childhood and what gifts her parents gave her, what she gave her children, what she has lost and what she receives when she swims in the sea. 

Produced by Felicity Weaver, with support from Phoebe Adler-Ryan.

You can find more of Felicity's work at www.felicityweaver.com.au or on Instagram @felicityweavermedia

Childhood and Hurricanes

In early July, a massive hurricane formed in the Atlantic Ocean ripped through the Caribbean. When it formed, it occurred to Kwame, he couldn't actually remember what it was like to experience one, despite growing up with them. So Kwame seeks out his Mum to find out what we remembers about living through hurricanes and storms.

Produced by Kwame Slusher.

Music Credit to En La Playa by Julias H. from Pixabay.com 

Thanks to mum, Lyn Slusher,  who is one of best storytellers I know. And thanks, to the Know Your Caribbean Instagram page for always being a font of wisdom.

And you can find more of Kwame's work at:  https://kwameslusher8.wixsite.com/mysite 

Until You Are No Longer Here

In 2020 Ramon was living overseas in Argentina with his partner Nadia. They had decided to separate so that Ramon could return to Australia, when COVID hit. They were stuck - separated but confined to the same room every day for a whole year. This is the story of Ramon speaking to Nadia to help make sense of this strange and confusing time. 

Produced by Ramon Briant.

This story was produced and recorded on the lands of the Eora and Pampa people.

The background music used are instrumental covers of the songs: Gracias A La Vida and Alfonsina Y El Mar by Mercedes Sosa. 

The photographic series spoken about in the piece Mientras Estés Acá by Nadia Soledad Pinochetti can be found here 

https://nadiapinochetti.myportfolio.com/mientras-estes-aca

Many thanks to the team at all the best for their knowledge guidance and fbi.radio for their support of the project

Interested in making some audio stories?

If you’re interested in making some stories of your own, we’d love to see you at our next Audio Club Meet Up! Everyone’s welcome, regardless of experience.

We bring you a new prompt each month, host online workshops and in-person audio excursions.

You can find out more about audio club on our website: www.allthebestradio.com

All The Best Credits

Executive Producer: Phoebe Adler-Ryan

Editorial Producer: Melanie Bakewell

Host: Madhuraa Prakash

Compiled and Mixed by Emma Higgins