Podcasts from the Edge

Podcasts from the Edge

Beyond Empathy's Podcasts from the Edge features a unique blend of fictional and informational stories which are made collaboratively with people who have faced adversity. 2022 Finalist in 2 Australian Podcast Awards categories: Most Creative Podcast and Best Fiction Podcast. Podcasts from the Edge is Beyond Empathy's Home feed. Our other feeds: SHIFT, Parting, Ready Steady and Grit group stories around themes of health, grief and death and dying, the importance of getting words to kids and resilience. You can find more information about our suite of podcasts at https://www.be.org.au/projects/podcasts Beyond Empathy is a Not-for-Profit, Cultural Arts for Community Development company that works in partnership with communities and individuals living under pressure to reimagine positive futures and develop new responses through the process of creating and sharing art.

Episodes

October 5, 2023 22 mins
For the path ahead we can prepare, but in the end we got to know what to do in the moment.

In the last episode of RealFM, Bobsy slows things down and glides us through five conversations:
  • Sienna tells us why she wants to marry pasta
  • Kayla shares why anime is looked down upon
  • Ava and Lachie speak about singing and the different tastes in ...metal?
  • Ben chats to us about his dream in becoming a sound engineer.







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Bravery is just being ourselves... who cares what anyone else thinks!

For the third episode of RealFM, Jacob hosts with confidence and takes us through three conversations:
  • Bella tells us how she met her idol...and how it changed her
  • Ben and Lucas share their passion for being to cheeky buggers(and being talented artists)
  • Charlie speaks about the reason he teaches himself guitar









Music in this episode is from the arists Chris De...
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September 21, 2023 21 mins
It makes us who we are, even if we're afraid to show it.

For the second episode of RealFM, "Jeff" is our country-bunkin' of a host and takes us through four conversations... and a cover of a song!
  • Ryan tells us what mitosis is,
  • Vicki shares a memory of catching a pufferfish
  • Shaniece speaks about what people are missing out on dissing musicals
  • Jacob relives how he drove on a rainbow road when he was four years old.






"Crazy Little ...
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It isn't just keeping the culture alive, it's to keep it growing.

Ready Steady is back and for Indigenous Literacy Day we're bringing a special conversation to you from 2020!

Jallarah, Tarlee, Nikki and Vicki chat to Kirli Saunders(Red Room Poetry) and Dr Aunty Jodi Edwards(Dharawal lanuage expert) about why learning language is important.





Ready Steady was funded through the Communities For Children program by the Australian Governme...
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September 12, 2023 17 mins
From the outside looking in, they don't truly understand who we are.

For the first episode of RealFM, Bella takes us through three conversations:
  • "Jeff" tells us a worldwide secret...
  • Adam shares his relationship with his culture and identity
  • Bobsy speaks about his hidden talent.







Music in this episode is from the arists Chris De Souza, Ben Goodyer, Lucas Youell and Kevin MacCleod.


RealFM is a podcast series produced by Beyond Em...
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September 12, 2023 1 min
You wanna hear the real deal going on with us youth?

Tune in to the world of RealFM- a podcast series that is held within the Sentral Youth Services in Kiama. Listen to what the young people have to say about one question: "What is something that makes you incredibly happy?".

RealFM- where it doesn't get any realer than this.



RealFM is a podcast series produced by Beyond Empathy and is funded through the Children and Youth Wellbeing R...
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Amplifying M Voices- creating our future for the world we want to live in.

The English language is hard to learn if it's not your first language- so what is it like when you translate poems into your native language? Does it sound the same, or is it completely different?


In this last episode, we will listen to three poems that were created within the Amplifying M Voices Project. Using the power of translation- we transcribed these po...
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Amplifying M Voices- creating our future for the world we want to live in.

So, you just turned 18. You feel excited, but scared. What are some things you need to know to navigate adulthood?
This fourth episode is all about adulthood- what it really looks like, what it feels like... what to look forward too. We listen in on our young people who are not "adults" that share ways on living your best life!

Listen to hear some hilarious sto...
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Amplifying M Voices- creating our future for the world we want to live in.

This third episode is all about self love- how it ties in with society, the way that others view us and how we can build ourselves up to live a happy life!

Listen to hear amazing insight told by our young people about the topic of self love.

If you want to listen to the rest of the episodes before they are released on Podcasts From the Edge, you can do so here!

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Amplifying M Voices- creating our future for the world we want to live in.

This episode is all about culture-- finding out about your culture or learning about others can create new opportunities in your life. But even though we can take pride in who we are and what we believe in, could culture potentially lead to harm?

Listen to hear about our young people talk about what culture means to them.

If you want to listen to the rest of th...
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Welcome to Amplifying M Voices- creating our future for the world we want to live in!

This 5 part podcast series is a showcase of Illawarra's courageous and hilarious multicultural young people- all who have something to share. They will share with you advice, their experiences growing up and insight of navigating the world.

This first episode is all about trust- something we all know- but what is it like for young people who come fr...
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April 5, 2023 14 mins
One of our fictional stories, set at the local swimming pool on a summer day, where you can learn how to trade a paper clip for some sunscreen, and then some sunscreen for a choc chip biscuit, and then a choc chip biscuit for a hat and then... well... you'll find out.

For more stories about health... and also stories grouped around other themes... check out our web page.
https://www.be.org.au/projects/podcasts

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March 22, 2023 47 mins
This podcast story, Whose seizure is it anyway?  has been on Emma's mind for some time... well... actually since she was eleven and had her first seizure. Emma, along with co-presenters Jeannette and Oscar, all have lived experience with seizures and they take us on an audio journey that explores Epilepsy and Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) through poetry, history, humour and insight. Their stories make you wonder where the ...
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Our Summer Listen Series continues!

Featuring our favourite stories from the Podcasts From the Edge series. 

You know those moments when you want to do something a bit scary but having everyone watching you… pressuring you… is the last thing you need? Well, that’s what Jump Rock is about.

This story is featured in the 'Identity' episode of SHIFT (Shaping How I Feel Today). Listen to the full episode here. You can help us to make mo...
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Welcome to Beyond Empathy's Podcasts from the Edge Summer Series!
Rolling back to some of our favourite stories and moments from across all of our Podcasts!

Starting with a very special story from our podcast series Ready Steady: 'Baby's Coming', from Episode 2: 'Wait... how did we get here?' 

Kids are the masters of questioning the world, so what better way to explore the galaxy with the biggest question of all... Where do babies c...
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October 20, 2022 30 mins
In this eighth and final episode of Grit (for the time being) we focus on one story about Perseverance. To say anything about it might ruin the unexpected twists and turns in the way the story unfolds and what it reveals... so we hope that intrigues you enough to give it a listen. 
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October 19, 2022 26 mins
In this episode we hear the story of how Nowra got it's name, think about the dangers of speaking language, reconsider our relationship with fire, hear a story about someone who folds their clothes every night and finally we hear about how building three homes supported a bunch of local charities.
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October 14, 2022 29 mins
Sam introduces the audacious outfit she wears when running the GRIT course, then we jump into a story about why Rachel was skipping school. Next we listen to Jess G and Katy’s song, Therapy Session.  Finally, Sammi from Headspace gives us a strategy to help others who might be going through a hard time.
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October 5, 2022 26 mins
In this episode we hear a story from our host Sam about how a smell can trigger a memory and then an unconscious reaction. We hear from Jacob Morris about First Nation's language and culture and also from Adam Sturt about how his hands taught him to read.
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September 28, 2022 36 mins
In this episode we take you on the road with our hosts Sam and Archie as they tour the Shoalhaven from the south to the north looking for the signs of recovery and resilience.
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