This week, the importance of creating accessible spaces for children’s stories. Picture Book Politics “Children’s books are permission slips for children to be and imagine themselves and each other and think radically.” - Tess Up first, All The Best Editorial Manager Mell chats to Tess about her new children's publishing company Slingshot. Produced by Mell Chun Interviewee, Tess, Founder of Slingshot Books  You can follow slingshot on Instagram @slingshotbooks and keep an eye out for their upcoming publications. All the Libraries in my Life In our second story, Cristina shares her ode to ..read more

One of this country's best qualities is its diverse and beautiful fauna. This week, we meet unknown creatures and learn unknown facts about familiar ones. Giant Cuttlefish Fans of the cephalopod, Dan and Indigo, venture to Whyalla to see a Giant Cuttlefish in the flesh. Producer: Mel Bakewell This story was originally broadcast on Radio Adelaide's 'Background Sound'. Rainbow Lorikeets Rainbow Lorikeets are in distress but the cause of this is a mystery to many. Cody investigates the problem facing these beautiful native birds. Producer: Cody Giunta Supervising Producer: Ryan Pemberton Lorikeet ..read more

Every LGBTQIA+ individual knows the profound value of finding and spending time with the people that make us feel safe and seen.  This week special host and All the Best Trainee Madhuraa Prakash takes us into the realm of World Pride 2023, sharing stories about the value of community.  Drag Kings First up, Madhuraa takes us to Mardi Gras Fair Day to showcase the Drag King community and challenge some assumptions along the way. To find out more about the Drag Kings featured in this story, check out their instagrams - and support your local Kings! @k.ngwoody @lawofaus @freddie_merkin T ..read more

This week, FBi Presenter Deb is bringing us to one of their poetry nights. She’s recently started a poetry collective that meets once a fortnight. It’s a small and intimate space and in this episode Deb and her friends have brought their poetry into the studio to share with us. You’ll hear from Tyler, Max, Deb and Ana as they share their poems, a bit about each their very different connection to the medium - and the group creating a poem together live! This story was produced by Phoebe Adler-Ryan with sound design by Mell Chun. Music: Ok Morning by Surdsie: https://soundcloud.com/surdsie/ok-mo ..read more

World Pride celebrations are going to be happening all around Sydney from 18th February to 5th March. In honour of this, All The Best is going to be sharing a couple of episodes that are focused on themes that are of significance to the LGBTQIA+ community. This week, since it's also Valentine's Day, we're sharing stories of queer love. A love that often looks different to the cis-heteronormative version that we see reflected in mainstream media. Lil + Lore In our first story, we hear a real life love story that sounds as if it came out of a queer romance novel. Produced by: Mell Chun To Build ..read more

Adel : Born in Baghdad, spirit in Palestine, living in Tasmania This week we’re bringing you another story from the podcast ‘177 Nations of Tasmania’. 177 Nations is the creation of Mark Thompson, who started the project during Covid-19 lockdown in 2020 after reading the Australian Census and discovering that there are 177 different nationalities represented in Tasmania. This story features Adel, son of an Iraqi mother and a Palestinian father. Hear Adel speak of the lasting legacy of colonisation on Palestinian land and his journey first from Iraq to Tasmania and then to visit his father's vi ..read more

Good morning, Καλημέρα, Good night, Καληνυχτα Mel and Tiarne - two friends who booked parallel trips to Greece - one month apart. This week we're bringing you the voice notes that Mel and Tiarne sent to each other, documenting their trips to Greece in September and October of 2022. Join us for an intimate portrayal of travelling in this time, to this place. Produced by: Mel Bakewell and Tiarne Cook This story was originally broadcast on Background Sound - an audio storytelling program from Radio Adelaide, 101.5fm. All The Best credits: Production Manager: Phoebe Adler-Ryan Editorial Manager: M ..read more

Welcome to 2023! We hope your summer has consisted of moments of joy and rest. This week we're bringing you some stories that were generously shared with us during the summer holidays. We start the episode with All The Best host Danni Stewart taking us to the rainforest. The Konditorei In our first story Phoebe visits her grandmother to learn about the stories and the cakes from her great-grandmother's kitchen. Producer: Phoebe Adler-Ryan Nudist Holiday Park  Next, Mell and her partner spend their summer revealing the true nature of an unconventional holiday spot. Producer: Mell Chun List ..read more

This week we’re sharing a collection of poetry from Curate, a new spoken word event combining poetry with visual art.  Later in the show we’ll hear some readings, but first All The Best Editorial Manager Mell had a chat with Curate organisers Matcho Cassidy and Tim Loveday about the project.  You will hear readings from Matcho Cassidy, Tim Loveday, Josh Cake, Hasib Hourani, Ren Alessandra and Eloise Grills. You can find out more about Curate Poetry on Facebook and Instagram as well as grab tickets for their upcoming Naarm show on eventbrite.  See omnystudio.com/listener for priv ..read more

Last Saturday marked International Day of People with Disability and in this episode we’re sharing stories that challenge perceptions of what disability looks like. As well as recognising the grinding reality of being disabled in an inaccessible society. A reality that is often not acknowledged and poorly understood.  First up, All The Best production manager Phoebe speaks to her friend Sam Brewer about his experience working as an actor with impaired vision and the complexity of the seen/unseen disability binary. Then, Jess Layven explores what it means to live with chronic pain.  A ..read more