Earshot - Abc Radio National

  • Autor: Vários
  • Narrador: Vários
  • Editora: Podcast
  • Duração: 121:36:56
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Earshot presents documentaries about people, places, stories and ideas, in all their diversity.

Episódios

  • Absence makes the heart grow fonder | Part 2

    27/06/2022 Duração: 28min

    Ahmed spent six years in immigration detention before winning a landmark legal case, he was finally free. But when the government appealed that decision in the High Court Ahmed and his partner Danice faced a difficult choice.

  • Absence makes the heart grow fonder | Part 1

    20/06/2022 Duração: 28min

    Danice and Ahmed fell hard for each other, even though he was behind bars and she had four children. When he was released they started building a life together until Ahmed's visa was cancelled, he was thrown into immigration detention and Danice was left fighting for his release.

  • The CWA and the F-word

    13/06/2022 Duração: 28min

    When the daughter of a trailblazing feminist moves to small town NSW, the only women’s organisation she can join is the Country Women’s Association. How will she fit in?

  • Hear me out

    06/06/2022 Duração: 28min

    Stand up comedian David Rose is deaf in one ear. His own experience of living with hearing loss gets him curious about the rise and rise of headphone wearing, and what this may be doing to one of our key senses: hearing.

  • Who is Tootie? A journalist investigates her cat

    30/05/2022 Duração: 29min

    Listless in the Melbourne lockdowns two through six, Lisa Divissi became obsessed with the mystery of her adopted cat’s past life - and what it means to live with the unknown

  • In the shadow of The Taliban

    23/05/2022 Duração: 28min

    We follow two people in Afghanistan whose lives have been transformed since the Taliban takeover. Surveillance and poverty have become part of everyday life for Ahmad, whose home has been searched by The Taliban. When Bayan lost her job as a manager in the media simply because she was a woman she had no reason to stay.

  • The Mathoura bra fence

    16/05/2022 Duração: 28min

    Two stories from the beating heart of small town country Australia: how a fence is helping to hold one community together and the tale of local legend Charlie Woollett

  • Mum's saris

    09/05/2022 Duração: 28min

    As he helped his mother Sushila pack up her home to move into residential aged care, writer Sunil Badami uncovered something even more valuable than his grandmother’s century-old wedding sari: the stories of some of the most important saris — and moments — in Sushila’s long and trailblazing life. And in sorting out what to hold onto and what to let go of, Sunil discovered what might have always been the most precious thing of all. And another portrait of a special family member, producer Catherine Merchant's Uncle, Bruce. He loves music, fairs, and keeping things tidy. His generosity and zest for life made him the best babysitter and friend a child could possibly have.

  • 04 Shifting Cultures | From paddock to plate

    02/05/2022 Duração: 28min

    Four sisters plan to take on their family’s huge beef cattle property in southwest Queensland. Despite the spectre of drought, the Penfold daughters are determined to keep feeding Australia well into the 21st century.

  • 03 Shifting Cultures | Saving our species

    25/04/2022 Duração: 28min

    Australia is famous for its unique wildlife and landscapes. But we also have the highest mammal extinction rate in the world, and there are big declines in frogs, reptiles, and birds caused by introduced predators and land clearing. Could paying farmers and indigenous landowners to return parts of their properties to nature help solve our biodiversity crisis?

  • Shifting Cultures | Healing with fire on koala country

    18/04/2022 Duração: 28min

    In regions worst-hit by Australia’s Black Summer bushfires, a rebirth is happening. Not just the green shoots bursting from the blackened trees, but the reawakening of ancient knowledge. On sacred land of the Yuin people, cultural fire is being reintroduced to protect endangered koalas, and bring the land back to life.

  • 01 Shifting Cultures | A town in fear of the sea

    11/04/2022 Duração: 28min

    The ocean is central to the Esperance community’s lifestyle and identity. But three fatal shark attacks in three years have had a profound impact on this remote Western Australian coastal town. As this community grieves the loss of life, they are also navigating their relationship to the ocean and the apex predator that swims within it.

  • Changing faces: how cosmetic injectables are reshaping our idea of beauty

    04/04/2022 Duração: 28min

    As more people use anti-wrinkle injections and dermal fillers to alter their appearance, the way we see ourselves and what we think we should look like is changing. What does that mean for the future of our faces?

  • The last chance lands: Werribee South's market gardens

    28/03/2022 Duração: 28min

    Welcome to Werribee South. A wedge of verdant farming land 30km south-west of Melbourne that's under threat from the ever-growing city.

  • 501 Deportees

    21/03/2022 Duração: 27min

    Over the last decade, Australia has deported up to a 1000 people each year, largely to New Zealand, using provisions in the Migration Act that allows the government to remove foreigners who are deemed not of good character or pose a threat to the safety of Australians.

  • Everyone wants to be Fuhrer | Part 2

    14/03/2022 Duração: 28min

    Between 2015 and 2019, Michael* was a leader in the Australian alt-right movement. He was instrumental in building the presence of extreme rightwing groups, online and in the real world, before a series of shattering events forced him to pull away.  For the first time, he tells his story in full. In part 2 of 2, Michael travels the country helping to steer warring facist groups towards a united project, before an unexpected visit, and a traumatic family event, forces a personal reckoning. *Name changed to protect his identity

  • Everyone wants to be Fuhrer | Part 1

    07/03/2022 Duração: 28min

    Between 2015 and 2019, Michael* was a leader in the Australian alt-right movement. He was instrumental in building the presence of extreme rightwing groups, online and in the real world, before a series of shattering events forced him to pull away.  For the first time, he tells his story in full. In part 1 of 2, islamophobia in politics and the media inspires Michael to look for answers online. In his late teens, he is groomed into a fast-growing fascist movement, with tentacles reaching right into the heart of Australian politics. *Name changed to protect his identity

  • The seed savers

    28/02/2022 Duração: 28min

    How important is diversity in seeds and what kinds of diversity will we eat in the future?

  • Myanmar - a year in the life of a coup

    21/02/2022 Duração: 27min

    What’s it like to live under a military coup? Across the past year, after the military seized power in Myanmar on February 1st, 2021, young Burmese journalist, Mi Zar has been keeping a diary of daily life in her country under the junta.

  • Danny's inferno part 2 - The Whiskey monster

    14/02/2022 Duração: 37min

    Danny Stuart was a teenager when he witnessed what he says was a stitch-up by corrupt Queensland Police of his Uncle John Stuart for the firebombing of the Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub.  Veteran journalist Frank Robson tells the tale of Danny’s obsession with clearing his Uncle’s name, an obsession that took him to the brink of madness. But it’s also a story of a brother and sister whose love and support for each other helped them survive an unspeakable childhood.

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