All The Best

  Do you like scary stories? This week we go trick-or-treating! Though, to be honest, it's probably more trick than treat.    Permission To Call by Lindsey Vassallo  Lindsey shares an eerie story about a phone call. Performed by Lindsey Vassallo Sound design by Catarina Fraga Matos  Music from Nicked by Blue Dot Sessions    The Urn by Jay Gasser Sometimes not kno...

 "...as an act of justice doing and expressing how much I care for them, and I guess also the sacredness of all life in witnessing and experiencing multiple genocides and affrontations of, like, what's happening on these lands I think navigating grief as an act of love maybe gave me a sense of autonomy and being able to move through with a, with a bit more grace and not letting it subsume me all o...

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 fiction, exist on a more complex spectrum.     Notes To A Sister by Anna Outridge&...

  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 interpret and integrate their experience of change in a landscape that they love and know...

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 and spirit our show's co-founder upheld and honouring his legacy.   After the Storm,...

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.   Our Programming and Community Coordinator Catarina Fraga Matos breaks down the w...

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 this here audio fiction, they have a secret life. Producer Alby says: “Prepare...

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 the Medina, a chaotic market in the heart of the city centre, becomes all too overwhelming,...

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 journey to explore the realm of psychics and why people are drawn to them. Produce...

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...

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.         The First Champion by Erielle Sudario Are you an anime fan? Have you hea...

  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 roosts in the trees by the banks of the Yarra. Meet the scientist trying to understa...

  This episode is about observation, self-awareness and awareness of the world, of course,  surveillance.   A special shout-out to the audio unit of the University of Melbourne.   Bird Watching by Lewis Weir  In our first story, we are immediately reminded that there are many ways to experience the world. Jack O'Leary teaches us in this next story that bird watch...

This week is all about reducing your screen time and taking a look around your local.  This could just be observing the places and things around you, or trying to hold onto memories of what was.   Roaming David by Nili Javid  Roaming David, follows a local legend of North Melbourne, @roaming_david on Instagram, who documents the small but fascinating quirks of North and West Me...

This week is a fit check.  Sort of ... This week is all about the ways that we choose to present ourselves to the world. Whether we are looking for affirmation or planning to go against societal expectations.   Bring a hat  by Sam Elkin  Our first story was originally Performed as part of  QueerStories live storytelling event in Mparntwe last year.   Sam exp...

Beyond the Bars was a co-production between Race Matters, All The Best and 3CR, and we extend our thank you to all those involved for letting us share on the fbi airwaves. This episode features excerpts from the interviews conducted at the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre for Beyond the Bars on 3CR in greater Victoria. This broadcast was hosted by Shiralee Hood, Tash Norris and Nayuka Hood.  And an...

This one is for the rebels and the rule breakers! If  you like to stick it to the man or you just like testing boundaries, then this one's for you.  This episode looks at pirate radio, a case of kite smuggling and bookmarks that should be illegal.      Pirate Radio by Lindsey Vassallo  Lindsey takes us through pirate radio history; sailing through sound waves and...

What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think of the word iconic? This week we explore this idea of ‘iconic’! Whether it's a grimy underground club, a 120-year-old train station or a photo that became viral for a really interesting reason.     David & Goliath by Lou Walsh    Lou’s takes us to Brunswick in Melbourne to tell the tale of...

  Happy Pride! While Pride shouldn’t just be confined to a month, one of our audio producers described this time of year  as “ ...  a breath let go that you didn't know you were holding.”  This episode is for everyone, but especially for those who have been waiting to exhale and looking forward to living every day with pride.  It's about resistance and be...

Unlike your favourite rom-com, dating and romance can be messy and complicated.  Recently, the amazing Danni Stewart, producer, artist, and member of the All The Best family (because no one ever really leaves ATB, right?), launched a new podcast called Crip Love , focused on the intersection of disability and love. … initially it was gonna be a much more conventional, traditional kind...

  This week its all about hobbies! Tessa joins her mom for a bell-ringing class, and Mike shows us just how collecting honey can be about a lot more than having a sweet tooth.     The bells by Tessa Crozier  “And you don't pull the rope hard; you pull it gently, but firmly, and get a feel for when it's about to leave on its journey around the frame” As the year...

Happy Pride! In this episode, we look at the shame and discrimination that women and people who menstruate encounter for just existing.   Reproductive Healthcare Leave: A Workplace Issue. Period. by Kate Everest Menstruation affects half the population, yet the pain, stigma, barriers to healthcare, and workplace discrimination remain largely invisible.  Featuring the voices of those livi...

This episode is all about the truths that we can find in stories.   And on that topic of finding truth in stories, All the Best would like you to take a moment to recognise National Sorry Day, because all good stories are a kind of truth-telling.   A House by Katie Stefankowski In this story, a Lutruwita urban legend lures you into the mystery of a datura plant. Was the house really...

What do libraries mean to you? All The Best partnered with the State Library of NSW to mark 200 years and to celebrate 60,000 years of storytelling. The live storytelling event was the Special Collections: A night of live storytelling at the Library Bar at the State Library of NSW.  We heard so many beautiful stories on the night from the storytellers and the audience! This is  just part...

How do you hold on to the ones that you love? Is it through shared experiences or through objects? This week, we hear about a grandad’s love for Christmas, we sit in the garden with Pappou, listen to a mum deciding where to put her grandma’s inherited item, a granddaughter remembering moments with her grandmother, and the small things that remind a granddaughter of her grandma.  B...