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  • Thin Black Line


    It would be a mistake to assume that Thin Black Line – an investigative documentary into the death of 18-year-old…

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    By: ABC Radio


    Crime Current affairs Documentary History Indigenous Investigative Narrative Politics Social issues Sound-rich
  • The History Listen


    The History Listen is ABC Radio National’s audio time capsule. Taking listeners on a journey through different eras, places, voices,…

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    By: ABC Radio National


    Educational Narrative Social issues Sound-rich
  • Slaughterhouse Road


    Slaughterhouse Road is an entertaining and innovative work of audio fiction with an unusual format. It’s described by its creator,…

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    By: Jessica Hamilton


    Fiction Funny Music Narrative Sound-rich
  • Days Like These


    Listening to Days Like These feels like meeting someone for the first time, but conversing as if you’re long-lost friends…

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    By: ABC


    Conversation Documentary Narrative Relationships Sound-rich
  • transomatics


    transomatics is an embodied practice created by Sumarlinah Winoto for the trans and gender diverse community to help deal with…

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    By: Sumarlinah Winoto


    Health & body Sound-rich
  • Constellations


    Constellations is an ambitious, unusual project built around highly original sound works from a community of international artists – with…

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    By: Constellations


    Arts & culture Narrative Nature & place Sound art Sound-rich
  • Sum of All Parts


    Maths and numbers aren’t your thing? Have a listen to Sum of All Parts and think again. Producer Joel Werner…

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    By: ABC RN


    Documentary Narrative Science & tech Sound-rich
  • Trace


    ABC investigative reporter Rachael Brown revisits the unsolved murder of Maria James, found stabbed to death at the back of…

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    By: ABC


    Crime Documentary Investigative Narrative Sound-rich
  • Just Words


    Just Words is a seven-part series by Sydney community radio station 2SER 107.3FM. Its focus: to present an in-depth exploration of…

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    By: 2SER


    Current affairs Documentary Narrative Politics Social issues Sound-rich
  • Contact Mic


    Contact Mic is a monthly exploration of  ‘moments of change, indecision and contact’. Each half-hour episode opens with ‘This Month In…

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    By: Fleur Kilpatrick, Sarah Walker and Kieran Ruffles


    Arts & culture Narrative Sound-rich
  • National Features and Documentaries Series


    The National Features and Documentary Series is an annual collection of ten half-hour features and documentaries coming from Australia’s uniquely vast…

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    By: Community Broadcasting Association of Australia


    Documentary Narrative Social issues Sound-rich
  • Audiocraft Podcast


    The Audiocraft podcast features recordings from the annual Audiocraft conference – a day of creative conversations with some of the…

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    By: Audiocraft


    Arts & culture Conversation Educational Sound-rich
  • Curtain


    Curtain is a true crime podcast hosted by Amy McQuire and Martin Hodgson, and it very much borrows from the Serial…

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    By: BIMA Projects


    Crime Documentary Indigenous Investigative Narrative Social issues Sound-rich
  • SBS True Stories


    Each season of SBS True Stories explores a different theme. From high school survival tales to true stories of untold Australia, this podcast features…

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    By: Special Broadcasting Service


    Arts & culture Crime Documentary Investigative Narrative Social issues Sound-rich
  • MythirdEar


    In MythirdEar, musician Tamara Kohler explores ‘seemingly lesser known sounds’. Tamara invites performers to talk about their musical specialties and together, they listen…

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    By: SYN Media


    Arts & culture Music Narrative Sound-rich
  • Out From Under


    FBi Radio’s Out From Under was a weekly, hour-long selection of ‘eclectic and experimental Australian music’. Presenter Stuart Buchanan, a seasoned radio…

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    By: FBi Radio


    Arts & culture Music Sound-rich
  • Off Track


    RN’s Off Track is like an audio nature walk. Ann Jones leads us through the great outdoors, listening to ‘the…

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    By: ABC Radio National


    Documentary Educational Nature & place Sound-rich
  • The Real Thing


    From longtime collaborators Timothy Nicastri and Mike Williams comes The Real Thing – a lively, dynamic bunch of features delving into…

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    By: ABC Radio National


    Documentary Funny Investigative Narrative Relationships Social issues Sound-rich
  • The Night Air


    The Night Air was ABC Radio National’s go-to for abstraction, collage and radio bricolage. Ostensibly a space for themed remixing and…

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    By: ABC Radio National


    Arts & culture Sound art Sound-rich
  • Your Own Voice


    Your Own Voice is an ‘occasional non-narrated storytelling mixtape’ produced by Sydneysider Joel Werner. In each of its irregular and rather…

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    By: Joel Werner


    Arts & culture Documentary Sound art Sound-rich
  • Not What You Think


    Not What You Think is a Sydney-made podcast that hoovers up an eclectic field of subject matter, and has been slowly…

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    By: FBi Radio


    Arts & culture Documentary Narrative Relationships Social issues Sound-rich
  • This Is About


    This Is About was an ABC Radio National podcast which focussed on one true story per episode, as told by the…

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    By: ABC Radio National


    Documentary Narrative Relationships Social issues Sound-rich
  • The Rule Book


    The Rule Book is an ambitious undertaking by producer James Milsom to tell stories about the law – ‘the rules…

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    By: James Milsom


    Crime Documentary Money Narrative Social issues Sound-rich
  • PocketDocs


    PocketDocs brings you documentaries, fiction, monologues and musings.


    By: ABC Radio National


    Documentary Narrative Sound-rich
  • Earshot


    Earshot is about people, places, stories and ideas, in all their diversity.


    By: ABC Radio National


    Documentary Narrative Sound-rich
  • Soundproof


    Soundproof opens up an hour-long space for … well, art. From sounded features to deeply weird experiments, it’s a rarity and,…

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    By: ABC Radio National


    Fiction Narrative Nature & place Sound art Sound-rich
  • SleepTalker


    SleepTalker is a podcast ‘about sleep, dreams, nightmares and what happens in your head after dark.’ Really, though, it’s as much…

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    By: Bec Fary


    Documentary Health & body Narrative Sound-rich
  • Better Off Dead


    Well-loved tv personality Andrew Denton shrank from public life for a couple of years, and re-emerged with Better Off Dead –…

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    By: The Wheeler Centre and Thought Fox Productions


    Crime Documentary Health & body Investigative Narrative Politics Social issues Sound-rich
  • Paper Radio


    Founded in 2010, Paper Radio publishes fiction, creative non-fiction and documentary from Australia and New Zealand – with a sound-rich bent….

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    By: Paper Radio


    Arts & culture Documentary Fiction Narrative Sound art Sound-rich

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