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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.

  1. Best of 2025 Part 2 - Staff Picks

    5 DAYS AGO

    Best of 2025 Part 2 - Staff Picks

    Happy New Year, and here is our second ‘best of’ episode. But this time it’s the All the Best staff picks. Cockroach by Jin Hien Lau Kwame’s first pick comes from #659 Extra(ordinary) Tales – Part One. What begins as a chance encounter with a cockroach on an escalator spirals into a wild story of movie nights, pop culture, and a swarm of roaches bursting out of a DVD case.  Kwame loves this story for its humour and cockroach-themed 90s nostalgia. Produced by: Jin Hien Lau  Sound design by: Gregory Thorsby  The audio corpse Cat’s fav was the #641 The audio corpse. This piece is part of The Exquisite Audio Corpse, an ambitious international collaboration between 75 audio makers from around the globe run by Audio Club, creating a series of seven sonic “corpses” inspired by the surrealist game exquisite corpse. Cat loved seeing the individual styles of storytelling. The sample was from M. Cristina Marras and storytellers in that episode were Lezak, Pierre & Florence, Yhane, Ali, Darien, Arielle, Valdez & Hazel, Ellie, Cole &  Claudia.   The Love Game by Wing Kuang Mel’s pick was from #661 The Love Game. Wing Kuang guides us through a love story of two gamers —one in Melbourne and one in Shanghai —navigating the complexities of long-distance relationships and the bureaucracy of Australia’s immigration system.  This story came from the Jesse Cox Fellowship 2025, and Mel enjoyed seeing Wing explore how to include elements of bilingual storytelling and gamification. Produced by Wing Kuang  Supervising Producer: M. Cristina Marras Window by Danni Stewart Kwame’s second pick comes from #633 Small Audio Art. It came from a Small Audio Art challenge, and Danny’s story, The Window, follows a parasocial relationship with a neighbour. Produced by Danni Stewart Just Breathe by Ben Haywood Our final pick is Mel’s second pick. It’s another one from the Jesse Cox Fellowship 2025. This time it’s #662 Just Breathe Man. Ben suffers from depression after knee surgery. Searching for ways to heal online, he finds himself trapped in toxic ideas of masculinity. It’s only when a friend takes him to his breathwork class that he finally breaks down and begins to heal, learning that recovery can come through friendship, community, and space to breathe. Mel said  ’This story started out when Ben first pitched to the fellowship as a completely different idea. He had a kind of couple of story false starts in the making of this, and then yeah, sort of turned his audio story in on himself and the time that he was going through.’   Substack  If you want more of what’s happening at All the Best, check out our Substack! It’s a roundup of all our activities with a little bit of BTS.   All The Best Credits Program Manager & Host: Kwame Slusher Executive Producer: Melanie Bakewell Programming & Community Coordinator:  Catarina Fraga Matos  Community Coordinator: Patrick McKenzie Theme Music composed by Shining Bird Special shout-out to our volunteers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    28 min
  2. Best of 2025 Part 1 - Vols

    23/12/2025

    Best of 2025 Part 1 - Vols

    2025 is almost over, and it’s the time of year when everyone is sharing their ‘best of’s, ‘wrappeds, ‘rewinds’ or recaps of the year. In this episode, our amazing volunteers at All the Best share the stories that really resonated with them.     Second Hand Bandit by Ramon Briant  Episode #640 The Second Hand Bandit was all about community and second-hand op-shops, or in Patrick’s words, it was about those ‘comrad vibes’.  Ramon’s story focuses on how a second-hand shop community came together to solve a string of thefts.   Produced by Ramon Briant     Weaving Ancestral Voices by Shareeka Hellaludin  Sue chose Weaving Ancestral Voices from #629 Ancestral Voices, and the episode focused on that theme of connection and reconnection. The story is about the Shraeeka’s journey to reconnect the different parts of her identity. For Sue, it was the  delicate panning, whispered textures, and ‘really subtle shifts in tone’ that Shareeka uses in the piece.    This story was produced by Shareeka Helaluddin. The Supervising Producer was Mell Chun, with support from John Tjhia.   Wanted: Dunnart Alive by Xanthe Smith  This comes from #660 Wanted: Dunnart Alive. This is one of Jesse Cox Audio Fellowship Stories for 2025. Lindsey’s choice is all about looking for that elusive thing.  Xanthe revisits her childhood memories of meeting ecologist Sue Churchill, whose stories of the rare marsupial stayed with her for decades.  She chose this story because  ’…the amount of effort it takes, even finding something so small.’ Produced by Xanthe Smith Supervising Producer was Karla Arnall All The Best turned 15 this year! And as part of our b-day party showcased stories from the JCAF fellows.    Tubig Lang by Merlinda Bobis   Ray’s choice is the first story in #653 Tubig Lang (Just Water). This takes us to the Philippines and explores what a typhoon looks like in the eyes of a child.   He chose this story because  ‘Even though these episodes moved through world typhoons … What stayed with me were the quieter, more personal details that shape how each person makes sense of the chaos’.  It was originally commissioned by Debris Magazine issue five, Prismatic Joy, and the sound design was by Tala Issaoui. The supervising producer was Phoebe Adler Ryan.    The Great Dingo Debate by Andrea Dixon  Our final pick comes from Imogen! And her choice came from the #623 Humanimal. Andrea shares her love for Taz, a rescued dingo living on her family’s property in Hawkesbury, Darug country. For Imogen, it represented a perspective she hadn’t heard before.   The producer was Andrea Dixon. The Supervising Producer was Thomas Phillips.   All The Best Credits Program Manager & Host: Kwame Slusher Executive Producer: Melanie Bakewell Programming & Community Coordinator:  Catarina Fraga Matos  Community Coordinator: Patrick McKenzie Theme Music composed by Shining Bird Special shout-out to our volunteers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    28 min
  3. Our Stories Our Flats

    16/12/2025

    Our Stories Our Flats

    Our Stories Our Flats   I've lived in Carlton, in the Carlton Public housing estates for 30-plus years. So I know it like the back of my hand and I've come across very interesting people and I thought it would be important for me to, um, leave a document behind. Ayan Shirwa    This episode is all about community—specifically,  the importance of community in public housing.  Ayan Shirwa from 3CR is a longtime resident of the Carlton Public Housing and, in response to the Victorian government's decision to demolish the flats in 2023, decided to record the stories of residents for future generations.   This is the first episode of Our Stories, Our Flats, but you can listen to the full series on 3CR.    Produced and written by Ayan Shirwa Narrated by Raven    Substack  If you want more of what's happening at All the Best, check out our Substack! It's a roundup of all our activities with a little bit of BTS.   All The Best Credits Program Manager & Host: Kwame Slusher Executive Producer: Melanie Bakewell Programming & Community Coordinator:  Catarina Fraga Matos  Community Coordinator: Patrick McKenzie Theme Music composed by Shining Bird Cover Art: Ray Vo Special shout-out to our volunteers.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    28 min
  4. Fix It

    09/12/2025

    Fix It

    A Slow Death Our first story comes from our Westwords and All the Best collaboration. Westwords in the centre for creative writing based in Parramatta, where a small group of writers were paired with producers and sound designers to bring their stories to life. Lee Mckerrecher was one of these writers.   For our first Westwords episode, you can click here.   A story that shows what happens when we ignore those who have protected the environment for thousands of years. Written and Performed by Lee McKerrecher  Sound Design by Ramon Briant.      Keep Moving   We've all faced some form of impostor syndrome. Or maybe struggled to finish something because we felt it could just be a little better than it is. Catarina figures out how to just keep moving.  Produced by Catarina Fraga Matos      Teresa  Sometimes there might be something that slows you down and makes it hard to keep moving. Teresa had a lung transplant, and Beth follows her journey to recovery.   This story was created as part of an audio storytelling course for regional community radio producers. It was delivered in collaboration with the CMTO, with thanks to the generous support of Creative Australia.  Produced by Beth Baillie  Supervising Producer was Maddy Macquine.   Mending More Than Things: The Heart of Ringwood Repair Café  When was the last time you had something fixed? And have you ever heard of a repair cafe? One Saturday afternoon, Boya Yang takes a trip to the Ringwood Repair Cafe. Produced by Boya Yang.  A special thanks to the University of Melbourne, Louisa Lim, Dan Semo and Thomas Phillips.    If you want more of what's happening at All the Best, check out our Substack! It's a roundup of all our activities with a little bit of BTS.   All The Best Credits Host: Kwame Slusher Executive Producer: Melanie Bakewell Programming & Community Coordinator:  Catarina Fraga Matos  Community Coordinator: Patrick McKenzie Theme Music composed by Shining Bird Cover Art: Ray Vo Special shout-out to our volunteers.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    28 min
  5. River View

    02/12/2025

    River View

    In many cultures around the world, water is sacred. In this episode we see bodies of water as conduits for memory, history and, of course, stories.     Pitjantjatjara and Gurintji man talkin’ stories by the river  Think of the anatomy of a river. Our first story is the upper course. Caleb and Orlando reflect on history, their own lives and the families while sitting by a river on Gurintji land.  Produced by Caleb Doolan and Orlando Rubuntja Supervising Producer: Helene Thomas  Interview conducted by Brenton Woods   When I Lived Our next episode meanders into the middle course. Indigenous Papua New Guinean writer and organiser Lungol reflects on a history of colonial violence, and looks forward to a revolutionary future. Written and Read by Lungol Wekina. You can find more of his work here.   Sound design and Original Composition by Danni Stewart.    Bodies of Water Our final story is the lower course of the river. It's where everything slows down. Campbell recreates what life was like  along the Derbarl Yerrigan (Swan River). He demonstrates the way thoughts flow together through time. This story was initially a comics installation and can read the original comic here.   Written and performed by Campbell Whyte.   Sound design by Ryan Pemberton   If you want more of what is happening at All the Best, check out our Substack! It's a roundup of all our activities with a little bit of BTS.     All The Best Credits Host: Kwame Slusher Executive Producer: Melanie Bakewell Programming & Community Coordinator:  Catarina Fraga Matos  Community Coordinator: Patrick McKenzie Theme Music composed by Shining Bird Cover Art: Ray Vo Special shout-out to our volunteers.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    28 min
  6. Reactionary

    25/11/2025

    Reactionary

    The act of rebellion can take many forms. Sometimes resistance can be found in the music we listen to and the way we present ourselves to the world.      The Vanishing Culture of Saigon  Our first story deals directly with music, censorship and the history of Vietnam. Ray finds a story resistance in the history of 'yellow music'.   Produced by Ray Vo Supervising Producer: Thomas Lu    Pedal to the Metal  Our next story takes us to Croatia, when it was still part of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. It's a journey including long hair, the love metal, military service, family and immigration to Australia.  Produced by Allison Chan    If you want more of what is happening at All the Best, check out Substack! It's a roundup of all our activities with a little bit of BTS.   All The Best Credits Host: Kwame Slusher Executive Producer: Melanie Bakewell Programming & Community Coordinator:  Caterina Fraga Matos  Community Coordinator: Patrick McKenzie Theme Music composed by Shining Bird Cover Art: Ray Vo Special shout-out to our volunteers.       See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    30 min
  7. Westwords Takeover

    18/11/2025

    Westwords Takeover

    Lagpas Tao by Neen Ramos When a storm surge swallows a coastal town in the Philippines, a daughter in Sydney receives a shaky phone call from her mother calling from a patchy Wi-Fi.  The floodwaters would recede, but they can’t take away a daughter’s worry from thousands of kilometres away. “ I've been so worried about you. I guess what I really want is to be there, even if I don't know how to say it out loud.”   Produced by Aswathi Matthews Written and performed by Neen Ramos  Mother voiced by: Liza Caliao Special thanks to Amanda Caliao, who generously recommended her mom to voice this piece.    Rapture by Christopher Sammut After losing his job, a young man in Sydney ends up working at his uncle’s chicken farm, where the daily violence of slaughter and the weight of family expectations trigger a crushing anxiety attack. His only comfort comes from Lorenzo, a Sudanese coworker who offers faith, hope, and an unexpected kind of tenderness in a place built on brutality. The smell he’s trying to escape isn’t on his clothes - it’s in his bones.   Produced by: Persephone Waxman  Written and performed by Christopher Sammut  Sound design by Lana Lusina    My childhood is split into Inside Outside by Cathy Stirling What are the small, ordinary moments when you feel safe enough to connect with your body, with others, with place? Cathay’s childhood is split between two worlds: the fear-soaked “inside,” where her father’s rage fills the air, and the bright “outside,” where magpies call, bare feet hit the grass, and the rhythm of games, laughter, lizards, and sunshine offer a taste of freedom. And with every step between inside and outside, she begins to realise that light can live in her too.   Production and sound design by Catarina Fraga Matos Written and Performed by Cathy Stirling  Mark Williamson voiced ‘Dad’   All The Best Credits Host: Kwame Slusher Executive Producer: Melanie Bakewell Programming & Community Coordinator:  Caterina Fraga Matos  Community Coordinator: Patrick McKenzie Theme Music composed by Shining Bird Cover Art: Ray Vo Special shout-out to our volunteers:  Sue, Sharon, Lindsey, Andrew, Ash, and Emma.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    28 min
  8. In the Ring

    11/11/2025

    In the Ring

    This week’s episode is all about suspending your disbelief! Whether you're dressed for a Renaissance Fair or watching a magician and their assistant on stage.   A Lady Knight by in Kryal Castle by Persephone Waxman In our first story, you will follow the Knight, Lady Molly,  into the heat of battle just 10 minutes outside the Ballarat CBD in Victoria.  Producer : Persephone Waxman  Supervising Producer: Mark Yin   $5 Magic Show by Mel Bakewell With just a recorder and $5, Mel Bakewell will not actually pull a rabbit out of a hat, but instead a story of magic in Adelaide.   Producer: Mel Bakewell If you love audio stories, the Jesse Cox Audio Fellowship 2026 is now open until November 18. That's next week! An opportunity to take a deep dive into a story idea you are passionate about for six months, with access to mentors and a range of workshops related to all things audiocraft.      All The Best Credits Host: Kwame Slusher Executive Producer: Melanie Bakewell Community Coordinator: Patrick McKenzie Theme Music composed by Shining Bird Cover Art: Ray Vo Special shout-out to our volunteers:  Sue, Sharon, Lindsey, Andrew, Ash, and Emma. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    28 min
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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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  • Creator
    FBi Radio
  • Years Active
    2010 - 2025
  • Episodes
    100
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    Explicit
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