Podcasts from the Edge

A long time ago in a podcast far, far away...   Kids are the masters of questioning the world, so what better way to explore the galaxy with the biggest question of all... Where do babies come from? Our journey begins with asking kids in community how they think babies enter this world,  followed by the mind-bending story "Feel the Baby"- a little brother's take on what it's like to expect a baby....

Welcome to Ready Steady! In this podcast series, kids from the Illawarra come together to share stories and speak to experts about how we all can get more words to little kids. "The 30 Million Word Gap" is a study that showed that the more words we hear when we're very young, the better chance we have at a bright future! That's what this series is all about.  To kick us off, we jump into a convers...

This episode of Parting is a little shorter than usual; that's because we wanted to focus in on one topic in particular...memory. When we talk about grief it's usually about things that have happened in the past, but sometimes we can grieve over the present. Dementia is a disease that affects memory, and losing memory can sometimes be harder than losing someone.  We will speak to Lyn, a psychology...

Usually in our podcasts, each episode has different kinds of stories – usually short stories  … some of them fictional and some of them more like the conversation that you've just been listening to. But today we're doing something different. The fictional story in this episode is called "The Unteachables" and it's just the beginning of a long yarn that will go over the next 5 or 6 episodes.  Today...

Advisory: This episode contains stories about when children die.  The theme for today’s episode is “In my Arms” and in it we will be thinking about when people who are younger die. Today we have three stories for you: Story 1: The Witch: where Victoria and her friends uncover the real story behind their neighbourhood witch. Story 2: Remembering Owen Day: where we honour a boys wish Story 3: Grace:...

In this episode you will get a bunch of different kinds of stories about when people who are older die. Story 1: The World Breathing: where Dan’s pop gives him a job to do Story 2: Prepared: where we talk about what we can do to change a culture Story 3: Stars: where we uncover amazing mysterious thoughts...

We're frightened of death.  We don't see it as part of life. We don't want to talk about it. We want to put it in another room and lock it away. In this podcast series we are going to open the door of the locked room and have a bit of a look around. And in  today’s episode, which is titled Not afraid, we are going to give you a bunch of different kinds of stories that will get us thinking about wh...

The young people from Beyond Empathy offer you this new podcast: Parting.  About grief, death and dying - and led by young people so the stories and conversations are open and entertaining way with a clear, simple message; it is ok to talk about grief. Parting is honest, and heartfelt, but filled with hope and humour.

In this episode you are going to get a bunch of different kinds of stories that will get us thinking about how our health and wellbeing is influenced and affected by others... and vice versa. The stories in this episode are: 1. That Electricity: about frenemies and Tae Kwan Doh 2. Gettin' on the Radio: Local ABC Radio host Lindsay McDougal got some of our crew on to his Drive program to talk about...

Your identity plays a pretty big part in shaping how you feel today, which is why it is the theme for this episode of SHIFT (Shaping How I Feel Today) The stories in this episode are: 1. All for One: about the time in your life when whether you can back flip is a major identity issue.2. 2506... where we go all out hip hop... well hip hopera actually. It’s a tragic love story... the best kind... se...

When your mum or dad or whoever says, "You have to eat that! Or no dessert!" Episode 2 of SHIFT looks from many different angles at the marshmallow of Delayed Gratification. The stories in this episode are: 1. One Thousand Crappy Old Fridges: about the amazing things that money can buy. 2. Late Night: about a girl who want what she wants... now! 3. Marshmallows: where we yarn about a famous, sligh...

The very first of Beyond Empathy's Podcasts from the Edge. Let's Get Started! Stories in this Episode: 1. EVIL TENNIS: making evil school sport fun. 2. ALL THE TIME: the pros and cons of growing up in a place where it’s hard to be alone. 3. PLAYING WITH THE FRIDGE LIGHT: where we consider the benefits of some modern technology.  4. IN ALL THAT WATER: a short poem about stress. 5. THE LONG LINE: ab...

SHIFT (Shaping How I Feel Today) is a podcast made collaboratively with a group of young people who happen to live in places that are considered disadvantaged. That is one of the unique things about SHIFT. To explain the other ways SHIFT is unique, the young people have put together this hip hop inspired trailer that explains how the makers of SHIFT follow what they call The Ten Pod Commandments .