



Notes To My Sister
There is this Tolstoy quote from Anna Karenina, "All Happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." I've always struggled with this binary. This idea of happiness or unhappiness as somehow being fixed states. No nuance. I think real families, ones outside Russian fic…

View From A Mountain in Motion
This week's Jesse Cox Audio Fellowship takes us outside. There is some change we can’t do anything about, some change that we can, and some change that feels so big that for some it's hard to see where they fit within it. I think the story is about how different kinds of people interpr…

After the Storm
This week we are featuring our first story from our Jesse Cox Audio Fellowship 2026! More than 15 Years ago, Jesse Cox co-developed an incredible audio narrative program on fbi.radio called All The Best. JCAF is an audio mentorship program, pretty one-of-a-kind, championing the kind of work an…

audio corpse
Sooooo ... the best way to think of this episode is a bit like Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. But instead of there being a bereaved scientist obsessed with resurrection, we have a monster of a story stuck together from different audio body parts made by audio makers from all over the world. Ou…

Otherworlds
Speculative fiction is all about reimagining the world. Taking something ordinary, turning it upside down, and asking, 'What if?' Pigeon Empathy by Alby Bennett So, quick question ... How do you feel about pigeons? Pigeons - basic, don’t you think? Scuttling about, cooing vacantly. But in …

Instant Recall
This week we explore taking unnecessary risks, being in the wrong place at the wrong time and how you and your friends can remember the same events very differently. Like very, very differently. The Medina by Patrick Lazzar Our first story takes us to Egypt. When the hustle and bustle of t…

Twilight
This week we are exploring the liminal spaces. Looking for answers between what we think that we know and the unknown spaces. Between Two Worlds by Olivia Wright What’s your take on card readings, psychics and traditional understanding of fate and spirituality? Producer Olivia takes on a jou…

watching part II
This week we return to the theme surveillance. Looking beyond what it feels like to be watched but, also what it like to do the watching. Behind Me by Xuanmeng Cai Xuanmeng explores the theme of hyper-vigilance. examining why women feel unsafe on their way home after dark, how the body resp…

mix tape
What would the mixtape of your life sound like? What were the key moments that you think made you the person that you are today? In this episode, students from the University of Melbourne share some of the key moments that have defined their lives or the lives of the subjects they interviewed. …

waterways
Is there a spot near a body of water that feels like home to you? You know, like a stream, a lake or a river? This week is a reminder that these natural spaces that we come to value are our responsibility and we have to protect them. Flying Fox by Thomas Phillips A flying fox colony roo…