National Features & Documentary Series

Produced by Kaiyu Moura Bayles and Tiga Bayles Jnr (4AAA 98.9fm & BIMA)

If you’re longing to sit and listen to the wisdom of the elders of the land -
- if you’re ready to listen to the answers of some hard-hitting questions and be wowed at the same time, then 4 Generations of Black Storytellers is for you.

Join Kaiyu and Tiga Bayles Jnr as they explore significant legacies of the past and future.

For more information, visit https://www.cbaa.org.au/article/4-generations-black-storytellers-4aaa-989-fm-brisbane

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In this feature, Michael Schubert delves into the world of silence. As he found out, silence is more than an absence of sound. It all depends on who you are and what you are doing. The search for silence became a quest.

For further reading on this radio documentary, visit https://www.cbaa.org.au/article/search-silence-bay-fm-byron-bay

In Search of Silence comes to you as part of The National Features and Documentary Series in 2016, encouraging storytelling from new and emerging producers around Australia. For further information, visit nfds.org.au

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In this feature, Nancy Lin is going to take us on a trip down memory lane, as she tells us about her experiences of trying to summon the dead as a teenager. Hello Yes No Goodbye is a ghost story, and one that questions memory, belief, and the privileging of human-centric realities.

For further reading on this radio documentary, visit https://www.cbaa.org.au/article/hello-yes-no-goodbye-3rrr-melbourne

Hello Yes No Goodbye comes to you as part of The National Features and Documentary Series in 2016, encouraging storytelling from new and emerging producers around Australia. For further information, visit nfds.org.au

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In this feature, we'll be discussing Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO). To some people it’s the future of agricultural production, while to others it’s frankenfood. It's clear that GMO push a few buttons. Sarah Martin investigates why.

For further reading on this radio documentary, visit https://www.cbaa.org.au/article/food-thought-radio-adelaide

Food For Thought comes to you as part of The National Features and Documentary Series in 2016, encouraging storytelling from new and emerging producers around Australia. For further information, visit nfds.org.au

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In this feature, we take a closer look at the ongoing effects of refugee migration. In Australia, many refugees are now opting out of city life, in favour of finding a new home in regional Australia.

Coel Healy takes a look at the regional town of Katanning in Western Australia, and what it’s like to be a refugee family living in such an isolated place.

For further reading on this radio documentary, visit https://www.cbaa.org.au/article/clay-pot-melody-rtrfm-perth

Clay Pot Melody comes to you as part of The National Features and Documentary Series in 2016, encouraging storytelling from new and emerging producers around Australia. For further information, visit nfds.org.au

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In this feature, Thanh Hằng Phạm maps out the nuances of home and love that we experience through distance. Remotely Intimate is a story of long-distance relationships that queer people of colour experience in the diaspora.

For further reading on this radio documentary, visit https://www.cbaa.org.au/article/remotely-intimate-3cr-melbourne

Remotely Intimate comes to you as part of The National Features and Documentary Series in 2016, encouraging storytelling from new and emerging producers around Australia. For further information, visit nfds.org.au

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In this feature, you’ll be hearing a personal exploration of the complex matter of Aboriginal identity, or what is also termed Aboriginality. This feature was produced by Robert Salt.

For further reading on this radio documentary, visit https://www.cbaa.org.au/article/aboriginality-dcfm-dubbo

Aboriginality comes to you as part of The National Features and Documentary Series in 2016, encouraging storytelling from new and emerging producers around Australia. For further information, visit nfds.org.au

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In this feature, we ask, how do we talk about our relationships with our parents, with our kids? How can we open up on something so complex and which change so much over a lifetime? And can relationships be turned into art?

Today you’ll hear how director Tamara Saulwick and composer Kate Neal are attempting to do just that, in a work called Permission to Speak. Producer Leah Blankendaal got to watch this process unfold.

For further reading on this radio documentary, visit https://www.cbaa.org.au/article/permission-speak-3mbs-fine-music-melbourne-radio-adelaide

Permission To Speak comes to you as part of The National Features and Documentary Series in 2016, encouraging storytelling from new and emerging producers around Australia. For further information, visit nfds.org.au

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In this feature, we’ll be going behind the scenes to hear about a Sydney-based radio program, called Making Airwaves, which is created by people living with an intellectual disability. Find out all about it in All About Abilities, produced by Caroline Savransky and Kate Wadey.

For further reading on this radio documentary, visit https://www.cbaa.org.au/article/all-about-abilities-eastside-fm-sydney

All About Abilities comes to you as part of The National Features and Documentary Series in 2016, encouraging storytelling from new and emerging producers around Australia. For further information, visit nfds.org.au

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In this feature, A Way To Tie The Knot, Vanita Sathasivam explores how, in an increasingly fast-paced world, people are finding it harder than ever to maintain long and meaningful relationships. Is there a magic formula to finding love?

For further reading on this radio documentary, visit https://www.cbaa.org.au/article/way-tie-knot-2rrr-sydney

A Way To Tie The Knot comes to you as part of The National Features and Documentary Series in 2016, encouraging storytelling from new and emerging producers around Australia. For further information, visit nfds.org.au

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