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Michael Schubert Bay FM 99.9

hfriedlander, 24th November 2016

Each year several new and emerging Australian community radio producers create pieces for the CBAA's National Features & Documentary Series, while receiving training from and mentoring by the Community and Media Training Organisation.

Lachlan Wyllie, 14th October 2016

A personal exploration of the complex matter of Aboriginal Identity, or Aboriginality, Robert Salt investigates Aboriginal community and culture in this feature.

Clay Pot Melody Choir

Lachlan Wyllie, 14th October 2016

Is the face of refugee migration in Australia changing? Coel Healy puts a spotlight on the isolated town of Kataning in WA, where many refugees are opting out of city life to find a new home in regional Australia.

Food For Thought

Lachlan Wyllie, 14th October 2016

Genetically Modified Organisms: the future of agricultural production or frakenfood? In this feature, Sarah Martin investigates why it is that GMOs push our buttons.

Broadcaster Making Airwaves

Lachlan Wyllie, 14th October 2016

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

BiohackerOz Collage

Lachlan Wyllie, 14th October 2016

Should science be democratised? And if so, who do we trust with emergent technologies? In this feature, you’ll meet a group of biohackers in Melbourne who are working to make biotechnology available to all citizens on the street.

The Permission To Speak team developing their work

Lachlan Wyllie, 14th October 2016

How do we talk about our relationships with our parents, with our kids? And can we turn these experiences into art? This feature puts a much-needed spotlight on the impossibly complex topic of parent-child relationships.

An Anechoic Chamber, The Quietest Room In The World

Lachlan Wyllie, 14th October 2016

In this feature, Michael Schubert dives deep 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...

Hello Yes No Goodbye Poster

Lachlan Wyllie, 14th October 2016

Have you ever had an experience with the supernatural, or do you believe in ghosts? In this feature, Nancy Lin takes us on a trip down memory lane, sharing her experiences of trying to summon the dead as a teenager.

A Way To Tie The Knot Logo

Lachlan Wyllie, 14th October 2016

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?

Thanh Hằng Phạm, Recording on Location

Lachlan Wyllie, 14th October 2016

Mapping out the nuances of home and love that we experience through separation, Thanh Hằng Phạm tells a story of long distance relationships in this feature: one that asks what queer people of colour experience in this diaspora.

Radio Pioneer Charles Maclurcan

eramsay, 24th September 2015

Revealing the passion of radio innovator Charles Maclurcan, who "wound up the cat and put the clock out".

It's the Satanic Verses, Love (3RPH, Vision Australia Melbourne) Womens Book Club

eramsay, 24th September 2015

One of the first audio books Ruth Mercer read after joining the RVIB (Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind) library some thirty years ago was Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses. The postman delivered all 32 tapes to her front door and announced “It’s the Satanic Verses, love”.

Fairlight: How Australia Changed the Sound of Music, Image of a Fairlight CMI synthesiser & sampler

eramsay, 23rd September 2015

How two computer nerds in a Sydney basement created a machine that would change the face of contemporary music composition.

Image of live stand up comedian

eramsay, 23rd September 2015

Standing up in front of a room full of strangers and trying to make them laugh sounds like a daunting task to most people. Now imagine being one of the relatively small handful of women trying to do just that, in a field still dominated by men.

Relation / Expectation documentray artwork

eramsay, 23rd September 2015

Fragments of conversations seeped in emotion, stories, ponderings and thought bubbles.

Image by Lisa Burns for Cathedral of a Thousand Stars Doco

eramsay, 23rd September 2015

The desert seems like an unlikely place for things to grow, but they do… you just have to look a little bit harder to find them.

Cracked Open, Image of campaigner Pam Clarke

eramsay, 18th September 2015

What's going on in the industry right now. Laws aren't really protecting hens or consumers and why this matters.

I, the Many; We, the One

eramsay, 18th September 2015

Welcome to the world of Multiple Personalities, or ‘multiples’ for short.

Kabul to Kafka: Inside Australia's Community Detention program

eramsay, 18th September 2015

Taking an inside look at what life is like for children and young adults who arrive in Australia alone