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 responds to possible danger, and why this fear has become such a familiar part of everyday life.

Producer: Xuanmeng Cai 

Supervising Producer: Persephone Waxman 

Featuring: Vivian Chen; William Hua; Jordan Liu

Music/SFX: BBC Sound Effects; Blue Dot Sessions 

Watching From Far Away by Xinnang Wang

Xinnang examines that murky area or parental surveillance. She speaks to speaks to Xiaoqi Chen, a master’s student at the University of Melbourne, about family expectations, silence, independence, and how “watching” slowly changed from one-sided into mutual care.

Producer: Xinnang Wang

Supervising Producer: Thomas Phillips 

Featuring: Xiaoqi Chen

Music/ SFX:  Cobwebbed from Purple Planet; A Greater Love from Purple Planet

Uber by Ruonan Yang

Have you ever thought of what it might be like to be an Uber driver?  Through personal experience and a conversation with fellow rider Shirley Wang, Ruonan reveals how surveillance shapes life in the gig economy.

Producer: Ruonan Yang
Featuring: Shirley Wang

Mt Rothwell  by Alexandra Nevill 

Alexandra Nevill investigates how one sanctuary is doing things differently. Using surveillance as a tool to restore biodiversity, and deal with disruptors.

Producer: Alexandra Nevill
Featuring: Sheryl Nettleton, Field Officer at Mount Rothwell Safe Haven; Matthew Singleton, COO of Odonata

The stories in today’s episode were produced as part of a collaboration between the University of Melbourne, The Centre for Advancing Journalism, and All The Best. You can tune in to more stories like these on the Centre for Advancing Journalism’s podcast The Yarn. 

All the Best Credits 

Host: Gabriella Accaria

Executive Producer: Melanie Bakewell

Programming & Community Coordinator: Catarina Fraga Matos 

Production Manager: Kwame Slusher

Digital Trainee: Imogen Brosnan 

Theme Music composed by Shining Bird

Episode Title: Izzy Boustead

And a special shout-out to all our volunteers!