The Australian Documentary Podcasts

Australia's organic industry today is only a small slice of total food production, but there's plenty of optimism and commercial investment in the space. What does the term "organic" actually mean to producers and consumers, and is that way of seeing the world fundamentally incompatible with larger ambitions? Music credits:Lee Rosevere, A Vital Piece of Music for All Your Soundtrack Needs Evan Shaeffer, Glow Lee_Rosevere, Southside Lee_Rosevere, More on that Later Swelling, Dawn Swelling,Dawn II Drake Stafford, Casets  

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Is a solution for the Murray Darling Basin too much to hope for? Farmers and locals on the border of New South Wales and Victoria tell their side of a story, and explain their frustration with the state of Australia's politicians.  

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The enduring love story that drove one of Australia's greatest boxers who never was.Music credits I got 99 broadswords but this isn't one (Komiku) Androids always escape (Chris Zabriskie) Tent show audio courtesy of TenSecondsOut  

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Searching for the man whose adventures inspired a generation of Australians.Music credits Big tree (Evan Schaeffer) I will not let you let me down, Honcho Graham from Birmingham (Josh Woodward) Ambient truth (Komiku) Readers do you read, God be with you till we meet again (Chris Zabriskie) Journey of Documentary clips courtesy of Atalanti Dionysus  

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The humble objects treasured by Mao's last dancer.Music credits Mirror lake (Cyrus) Opening, Wake up heroic figure, Dreaming of you (Komiku) Nirvana VEVO (Chris Zabriskie) Honcho Graham from Birmingham (Josh Woodward)  

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A young mother makes a desperate bid to save her infant son.Music creditsDeep dive, Persistence with beat (Raphael Angel) La Citadelle (Komiku) Three kites circling, The thorn revisit (Axletree) I need to start writing things down (Chris Zabriskie) Lizard Island audio courtesy of Delaware North  

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The private pleasures of Australia's greatest composer, only discovered a decade after his death.Music credits Action investigation, Time (Komiku) A queer and pleasant danger (Mystery Mammal) Vervain (Axletree) All archival audio courtesy of the Estate of Percy Aldridge Grainger​  

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How a Solomon Island war canoe launched a signature swimming style. Music credits But enough about me Bill Paxton, Undercover vampire policeman (Chris Zabriskie) This is not a rock song (Monplasir) You're right but I'm me (Doctor Turtle) Flutter by Butterfly, Frannie (Josh Woodward)  

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For decades, victims of clerical paedophilia in Ballarat had suffered in silence. With the first conviction of Gerald Ridsdale in 1993, the wall of silence began to break.Victims were encouraged to come forward and have their day in court. But what price justice?   

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In the wake of the Ryan-Day episode in 1972, rates of clerical offending exploded in the Ballarat Diocese. Priests and religious figures preyed upon children with impunity, and victims did not know where to turn.  

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