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PODCASTS
Podcasts produced through Coequal and Beyond Empathy exploring storytelling, mental health, resilience, community and social change.
These podcasts have been recognised with honours including Audio Producer of the Year, Best Climate Podcast, the Specialist Award and the Arts and Media Award, as well as nominations for Best New Podcast and Rising Star at the Australian Podcast Awards and Radio Today Awards.
Whether you're interested in authentic conversations, unheard stories or ideas that can help create stronger communities, I hope you find something here worth listening to.
A Good Mind To
People who’ve got a good mind to tell you something.
Real stories told with people, not about them.
Winner: Australian Podcast Awards: the Specialist Award… for an indie podcast, selected by the judges from across all award categories, that produces exceptional listening experiences for niche audiences and those underrepresented in other Australian media. Winner: Best New Podcast: The Radio Today Podcast Awards. Winner: The Arts and Media Award: Mental Health Matters Awards 2024.
To listen: https://podfollow.com/a-good-mind-to
Real Made Up Stories
Made up tales. Real lived truths. Stories that made us.
We made up these stories when we were younger. Now we’re living with what they became.
To listen: https://podfollow.com/real-made-up-stories
Agents for Change
Ordinary Australians talking about what science and research might be able to tell us about stopping violence against women before it starts.
To listen: https://podfollow.com/agents-for-change
Wirilla
From the beginning of time to now, Matthew Priestley tells the story of his Country, his family, his mob for the sake of the generations to come.
To listen: https://podfollow.com/wirilla/
Invisible Injury
A dissection of one man's brain injury story.
To listen: https://podfollow.com/invisible-injury
Grit
One Road In, One Road Out
WINNER: Best Climate Podcast 2024 Australian Podcast Awards
GRIT: One Road In, One Road Out is a podcast made in collaboration with communities from the bushfire-affected Shoalhaven. Grit is a responsive action project that aims to build capacity, relationships and resilience. It features stories inspired by local young people and interviews with experts in trauma recovery, mental health, emergency response, and more.
Grit is one of Beyond Empathy's Podcasts from the Edge
To listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/grit-one-road-in-one-road-out/id1644514825
SHIFT
Shaping How I Feel Today
NOMINATED: Best Fiction Podcast and Creativity Award 2023 Australian Podcast Awards
SHIFT (Shaping How I Feel Today) is all about health – but without the ‘go eat a carrot’ and ‘do more steps’. It’s about what we feel, who we are and how we are shaping who we want to become.
SHIFT is one of Beyond Empathy's Podcasts from the Edge - podcasts made collaboratively with people who have faced adversity.
To listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/shift-shaping-how-i-feel-today/id1676566578
Parting
NOMINATED: Best Fiction Podcast and Creativity Award 2023 Australian Podcast Awards
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.
Parting is one of Beyond Empathy's Podcasts from the Edge - podcasts made collaboratively with people who have faced adversity.
To listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/parting/id1573652914
Ready Steady
About the importance of getting more words to kids before they start school – and told through hilarious and moving stories about “being little.” Ready Steady features insights from children in conversation with each other and “the experts”.
To listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/ready-steady/id1573340541