All The Best

Nov 18 2024 100 ep. 29 mins 2.3k

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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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it's not me it's you

Nov 18 2024 27 mins

What do you think I look like? Is that a weird question? Probably. But I do have a point, stay with me. In a perfect world we’re all moving away from judging a book by its cover, I don’t think we can say we’ve achieved this quite yet. This idea is unpacked in our stories this week which delve into growing into our own skin, against the grain of social expectations. Dating

Trash & Treasure

Nov 11 2024 27 mins

This week, stories about the things we sometimes need to do to get a decent bite to eat. Table Diving by Patrick Mckenzie In our first story, Patrick explores the odd temptation and social taboo of "table-diving"—taking leftover food from strangers' plates. Through his inner thoughts and expert interviews, the episode delves into themes of etiquette, hygiene, and practicality

Licensed Poetics

Nov 04 2024 31 mins

This week, a podcast fiction story that examines the media industry and an interview about the artistic process behind it. B Fung-Ling and Derek Dao are the hosts of the Licensed Poetics podcast and extremely passionate about supporting emerging artists. All The Best Exec Producer Phoebe Adler-Ryan sat down with the duo to talk about the story they created for us and their artist

Nights at the Circus

Oct 28 2024 27 mins

This week, a story about connection through theatricality and a night at the circus. For Persephone, La Clique is both home and family. She shares childhood memories spent in circus cabaret wings, sketching and watching performers she now calls colleagues. The episode also features Harley Mann, custodian of Na Djinang Circus, a First Nations led contemporary troupe. Blending I

Protest

Oct 21 2024 31 mins

This week, a story and an interview about resistance, dissent and the power of storytelling as an act of protest. Where to from here? by Isabella Lee In this episode, Isabella speaks with Marto, a Pro-Palestinian cyclist, and Annie, an emerging writer. Reflecting on the ongoing atrocities in Gaza, they express their feelings of helplessness as they struggle to find impact in

(Un)Intended Consequences - Part One

Oct 14 2024 34 mins

This week, All the Best Radio invites you to grab a drink and maybe a snack and settle down, as we hear stories that explore influential encounters, moments and ideas from ‘(Un)Intended Consequences’, a live storytelling event we held recently at Knox Street Bar. That Time I Was Visited By An Angel by Pat Morrow In our first story, Pat tells the story of his encounter with

Nardi Simpson's Talk for the Future

Oct 07 2024 27 mins

Nardi Simpson is a Yuwaalaraay author, storyteller and performer dedicated to the making and sharing of culture. This week, we hear Nardi Simpson’s keynote address from the 2023 Mick Dark Talk For the Future. This episode takes listeners on an enchanting journey to understand how Yuwaalaraay ideas represent the spirit, natural order, and guiding principles of life and connection

In The Family

Sep 30 2024 30 mins

This week: two stories about matriarchs in the Mediterranean and the lingering presence of lineage in the present day. The birth of honoured peasant In our first story, Peter Polites tells us the story of Midwife Friday who assisted in the birth of his mother in a small village in Greece. Through the eyes of Midwife Friday, the story beautifully captures the harsh realit

All The Best of Jesse Cox

Sep 23 2024 26 mins

What do you do when all of your stories fall through the day before you go to air? A. Run repeats B. Make a whole new show in 24 hours... In today’s special episode we’re taking you back to the wonderfully chaotic early days of All The Best, to reflect on the legacy of Jesse Cox, a visionary audio storyteller and the co-founder of All the Best, who passed away in 2017. T

Clubbing

Sep 17 2024 30 mins

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 edi