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Four thousand kilometres. Thirteen days. This is the record Kristina Rivers is attempting to break to be the fastest woman to cycle from Cottesloe Beach in Perth to Manly Beach in Sydney. Why does someone set such an ambitious goal? And what does it take to achieve it? Ellen Leabeater follows Kristina’s journey

Housing hundreds of working and often rare synthesisers, the Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio allows anyone to come in and play on machines such as the CS-80, that was used by composer Vangelis for the Blade Runner soundtrack, or the Fairlight CMI – used by Kate Bush and Peter Gabriel – or the ARP 2600, which provided the voice of R2-D2 in Star Wars. It’s a space dedicated to inclusion and access, specifically for those underrepresented in electronic music. Camilla Hannan follows three people with a passion for synths to create a sonic portrait of the studio

How do you tell your brown parents you’re pursuing a career in comedy? In a frank and hilarious interview, comedian Jeremy Franco is interviewed by Guardian Australia audio producer Karishma Luthria about the challenges facing south Asian content creators – from confronting stereotypes to accurately reflecting lived experience

It’s human against cockatoo in what experts have called an ‘interspecies innovation arms race’. Residents in some Sydney suburbs have been locked in battle for decades trying to secure their trash from increasingly canny bin-raiding cockies. Laura Murphy-Oates captures the frustration of the residents of Stanwell Park, and celebrates the learning and adaptability behaviours of the cheeky cockatoo

In 1934, Pitjantjatjara man Yukun was killed in a police shooting at Uluru. For decades, his remains were kept in a museum. After a journey of discovery involving a long-lost diary and a forensic search of hundreds of Aboriginal remains, Yukun has finally been laid to rest by his descendants – nearly 90 years after his death.In this episode from October, Indigenous affairs editor Lorena Allam finds out what really happened to Yukun, and travels to Uluru to witnesses his return home

For years, politicians and scientists have been talking about the prospect of climate migration, but in Fiji – where this process has already begun – a national blueprint has been developed to relocate at-risk villages, and the rest of the world is watching. In this episode from November, Pacific editor Kate Lyons goes to Fiji to see what this plan looks like in action and the true cost of leaving your home behind

So-called ‘beauty filters’ have become commonplace for selfies on social media, offering users an instantly made-up, blemish-free version of themselves to share with the world online. Some believe these filters reinforce unrealistic, western beauty standards, with some content creators resorting to drastic measures in order to fit the mould. In this episode from June, Full Story producer Karishma Luthria speaks to content creators and social media reporter Matilda Boseley about the harms social media beauty filters cause and what can be done to reduce their impact

In February, debate over the Morrison government’s religious discrimination bill – and the right for religious schools to expel transgender kids – reached fever pitch, dividing religious communities and the Liberal party. In the wake of this moment, Laura Murphy-Oates spoke to Rev Josephine Inkpin, Australia’s first transgender minister appointed in a mainstream church. Inkpin reflected on her life, the political fight over transgender rights and the place of queer people in the church

In this episode from June, we revisit the moment the Nadesalingam family returned to their home town of Biloela in central Queensland, after more than four years in immigration detention. During that time the Tamil family became the face of Australia’s strict asylum seeker policies.Queensland reporter Eden Gillespie documents the family’s return home, and Priya Nadesalingam discusses life after detention

The Guardian’s editor-in-chief, Katharine Viner, talks about how the newspaper covered a year that witnessed war in Europe, three UK prime ministers, the death of the Queen and a winter of industrial strife