Podcasts from the Edge

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 pastaKayla shares why anime is looked down uponAva and Lachie speak about singing and the different tastes in ...metal?Ben chats to us about his dream in becoming a sound engineer.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 Empathy and is funded through the Children and Youth Wellbeing Recovery Initiative through Regional NSW. RealFM and the Kiama Resilience Project is supported by Sentral Youth Services- the space where the project was held.

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 herBen and Lucas share their passion for being to cheeky buggers(and being talented artists)Charlie speaks about the reason he teaches himself guitarMusic 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 Empathy and is funded through the Children and Youth Wellbeing Recovery Initiative through Regional NSW. RealFM and the Kiama Resilience Project is supported by Sentral Youth Services- the space where the project was held.

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 pufferfishShaniece speaks about what people are missing out on dissing musicalsJacob relives how he drove on a rainbow road when he was four years old."Crazy Little Thing Called Love" by Queen is featured in this podcast and is performed by Jacob Lewis.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 Empathy and is funded through the Children and Youth Wellbeing Recovery Initiative through Regional NSW. RealFM and the Kiama Resilience Project is supported by Sentral Youth Services- the space where the project was held.

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 Government Department of Social Services under the Families and Communities Programme through Barnardos Australia.

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 identityBobsy 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 Empathy and is funded through the Children and Youth Wellbeing Recovery Initative through Reigonal NSW. RealFM and the Kiama Resilience Project is supported by Sentral Youth Services- the space where the project was held.

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 Recovery Initiative through Regional NSW. RealFM and the Kiama Resilience Project is supported by Sentral Youth Services- the space where the project was held.

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 poems and retranslated them back to English to create new versions of these poems. Listen to find out what is different and what is the same. Poem One: ArrivalPoem Two: Pa's ChairPoem Three: A StillAmplifying M Voices is funded by the NSW Government of Australia.This project was run by MCCI and produced by Beyond Empathy.

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 stories and reassuring advice on the topic of adulthood.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!Amplifying M Voices is funded by the NSW Government of Australia.This project was run by MCCI and produced by Beyond Empathy.

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!Amplifying M Voices is funded by the NSW Government of Australia.This project was run by MCCI and produced by Beyond Empathy.

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 the episodes before they are released on Podcasts From the Edge, you can do so here!Amplifying M Voices is funded by the NSW Government of Australia.This project was run by MCCI and produced by Beyond Empathy.

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 from another country? Who have to build relationships from scratch?Listen to hear some captivating stories on how trust is made.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!Amplifying M Voices is funded by the NSW Government of Australia.This project was run by MCCI and produced by Beyond Empathy.

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

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 real disorder lies. Listener AdvisoryThis episode mentions suicide and the mistreatment of people with medical conditions.Support ContactsLifeline on 131114, or Kids Help Line on 1800 55 1800.This Episode contains some swearing. If you would like to listen to a beeped version, click on this link: https://www.spreaker.com/e/REbss3v11UXe--53305611Resources for EducatorsCheck out our blog post: http://www.be.org.au/blog/whose-seizure-is-it-anywayFor more stories about health... and also stories grouped around other themes... check out our web page.https://www.be.org.au/projects/podcastsThis episode was supported by funding from COORDINARE – South Eastern NSW PHN through the Australia Government's PHN Program.

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 more great content with children and young people by sharing this podcast or donating via our website.Go to be.org.au to find out more.

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 come from?Listen to the full episode and the full Ready Steady Series here. You can help us to make more great content with children and young people by sharing this podcast or donating via our website. Go to be.org.au to find out more.Additional sound effects:Licensed under CC3.0: ZapSplatCredit to Fesliyan Studios for the background music.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

In this episode of Grit we begin by talking about empathy and how we understand each other. Then we share an epic fictional story about a young man wondering whether he has the grit to do what he needs to do. And we finish off the episode with some tips that can help us be  prepared for bushfires.

In this episode, where we explore the theme of acceptance, we hear a story and a poem created collaboratively with the young people involved in the Grit project and we talk to some experts about looking after yourself.

In this first episode of our new podcast series, Grit (1 Road In, 1 Road Out),  we're launching straight into the 2019-20 Black Summer Bushfires and taking stock of how we've been since. Then we talk with a disaster recovery expert and a psychologist about what has happened to us.  GRIT (1 Road In, 1 Road Out) is a podcast made in collaboration with communities from the bushfire-affected Shoalhaven. It features stories inspired by local young people and interviews with experts in trauma recovery, mental health, emergency response, and more. Grit is funded by Resilience NSW, Bushfire Community Resilience and Recovery Fund , The Australia Council for the Arts, and supported by Southern Youth and Family Services. 

Books are a way of learning heaps of words- but what happens when you find a word that you don't know?In this episode, we chat to Donna Bartley from ECTARC(Early Childhood Education Services and Training) to see how she reads to young kids.Then we dive into a familiar tale- " The Real Estate Agent and The Three Goldilocks' " where three little girls find a mysterious, empty play village... or is it a display village?And to bring it all together, we have a special conversation with Paint the Town REaD's Barbie Bates, Paint the Gong REaD's Tracey Kirk-Downey and Reading Bug! 

It can be hard finding words to express feelings- especially when you are a little kid! "Being naughty" -like throwing a tantrum or crying -are just ways that little one's express what they're feeling... but what happens after they let these emotions out?In this episode, we start off sinking into a conversation with Sarah Dean(a child psychologist) chatting about the importance of giving words to kids to regulate emotions.Then, we slip and slide into "Down the Gurgler"- an audio-sensory experience on how a little girl deals with an unexpected fear.We finish off with our conversation with Sarah and go deeper into what attachment is and how our special person can be found. 

A long time agoin a podcast far, far away... 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 come from?Our journey begins with asking kids in community how they think babies enter this world,  followed by the mind-bending story "Feel the Baby"- a little brother's take on what it's like to expect a baby.We end our episode with our lovely guest Maggie Dent- Australia's beloved parenting author, speaker and podcaster- who connects the dots with technology and play.Additional sound effects:Licensed under CC3.0: ZapSplatCredit to Fesliyan Studios for the background music.

Welcome to Ready Steady!In this podcast series, kids from the Illawarra come together to share stories and speak to experts about how we all can get more words to little kids. "The 30 Million Word Gap" is a study that showed that the more words we hear when we're very young, the better chance we have at a bright future! That's what this series is all about.  To kick us off, we jump into a conversation with Donna Bartley from ECTARC(Early Childhood Training and Resource Centre) about why we need more words.  Then we dive into a cheeky fictional story- a big sister helps her little sister discover her first word... "Words to Get a Friend". We finish off the episode with Maggie Dent- Australia's beloved parenting author, speaker and podcaster- who gives us an insight into how young brains digest words.  Additional sound effects licensed under CC4.0: Mr_Alden

This episode of Parting is a little shorter than usual; that's because we wanted to focus in on one topic in particular...memory. When we talk about grief it's usually about things that have happened in the past, but sometimes we can grieve over the present. Dementia is a disease that affects memory, and losing memory can sometimes be harder than losing someone. We will speak to Lyn, a psychology professor, about how we can understand dementia and improve the quality of life with this disease.Later, we will continue "The Unteachables" (Part Two) storyline as a year 9 student and his Nan consider life without trees. Advisory- This episode contains some swear words and some of them are unbeeped. If you prefer a fully beeped version send us a message and we can make one for you.

Usually in our podcasts, each episode has different kinds of stories – usually short stories  … some of them fictional and some of them more like the conversation that you've just been listening to. But today we're doing something different. The fictional story in this episode is called "The Unteachables" and it's just the beginning of a long yarn that will go over the next 5 or 6 episodes. Today we have two stories for you:Story 1: Bereavement - a conversation with Bianka: The Bereavement Counsellor and Coordinator for our Local Health District.Story 2: The Unteachables - Part One: About a Year 9 English class who help each other understand grief through, of all things, poetry...Advisory- This episode contains some swear words and some of them are unbeeped. If you prefer a fully beeped version send us a message and we can make one for you.

Advisory: This episode contains stories about when children die. The theme for today's episode is “In my Arms” and in it we will be thinking about when people who are younger die. Today we have three stories for you: Story 1: The Witch: where Victoria and her friends uncover the real story behind their neighbourhood witch. Story 2: Remembering Owen Day: where we honour a boys wish Story 3: Grace: where we talk to the mum and sister of a girl named Gracie who was grace by name and grace by nature 

In this episode you will get a bunch of different kinds of stories about when people who are older die. Story 1: The World Breathing: where Dan's pop gives him a job to do Story 2: Prepared: where we talk about what we can do to change a culture Story 3: Stars: where we uncover amazing mysterious thoughts...

We're frightened of death.  We don't see it as part of life. We don't want to talk about it. We want to put it in another room and lock it away.In this podcast series we are going to open the door of the locked room and have a bit of a look around. And in  today's episode, which is titled Not afraid, we are going to give you a bunch of different kinds of stories that will get us thinking about what death is... and if we talk about it... we might find it makes it a little less scary... Let's see how we go.  Today we going to share 3 stories with you Story 1: Dead Fish: where TJ gets a fish, calls him Dead Fish, and well, you can imagine what happens next. Story 2: Minutes Away From Not Being Afraid: where we talk to a couple of other people who look after funerals Story 3: Meet the Funeral Director: where we do just that...  

The young people from Beyond Empathy offer you this new podcast: Parting.  About grief, death and dying - and led by young people so the stories and conversations are open and entertaining way with a clear, simple message; it is ok to talk about grief. Parting is honest, and heartfelt, but filled with hope and humour.

In this episode you are going to get a bunch of different kinds of stories that will get us thinking about how our health and wellbeing is influenced and affected by others... and vice versa.The stories in this episode are:1. That Electricity: about frenemies and Tae Kwan Doh2. Gettin' on the Radio: Local ABC Radio host Lindsay McDougal got some of our crew on to his Drive program to talk about our podcasts, so we decided to return the favour and pop him in our show3. Billy Cart Champion: about a girl who decides to go in the Billy Cart Derby. She wants to win... sure... but she also has some other reasons to go in the race...4. Good Game/Bad Game: where we talk about video games5. Hidden Harvest: where we find out about an organisation that runs activities focused on food, people and the environment6. One of the Team: about the beautiful things that can happen when people keep others in mind... 

Your identity plays a pretty big part in shaping how you feel today, which is why it is the theme for this episode of SHIFT (Shaping How I Feel Today)The stories in this episode are:1. All for One: about the time in your life when whether you can back flip is a major identity issue.2. 2506... where we go all out hip hop... well hip hopera actually. It's a tragic love story... the best kind... set in the postcode 2506. 3. Where We Walk: where we consider the places we grow up in... and the things that can damage our identity... and where our real home and identity might be found... 4. Jump Rock: ... 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. 5. Multiple Choice: where we talk about gender and being brave 6. Frame Runner: have you heard about Frame Runners yet? Well if you haven't you're in for a treat...  

When your mum or dad or whoever says, "You have to eat that! Or no dessert!"Episode 2 of SHIFT looks from many different angles at the marshmallow of Delayed Gratification.The stories in this episode are:1. One Thousand Crappy Old Fridges: about the amazing things that money can buy.2. Late Night: about a girl who want what she wants... now!3. Marshmallows: where we yarn about a famous, slightly creepy experiment.4. Bad Food: where we give you our next level recipe for Spanish Omelette.5. Seeing in the Dark: where we get real about healthy food messages.6. One Shiny Paperclip: where you can find out how to trade a paper clip for.... well you'll have to listen to find out!

The very first of Beyond Empathy's Podcasts from the Edge. Let's Get Started!Stories in this Episode:1. EVIL TENNIS: making evil school sport fun.2. ALL THE TIME: the pros and cons of growing up in a place where it's hard to be alone.3. PLAYING WITH THE FRIDGE LIGHT: where we consider the benefits of some modern technology. 4. IN ALL THAT WATER: a short poem about stress.5. THE LONG LINE: about the unexpected dangers of fish hooks.

SHIFT (Shaping How I Feel Today) is a podcast made collaboratively with a group of young people who happen to live in places that are considered disadvantaged. That is one of the unique things about SHIFT. To explain the other ways SHIFT is unique, the young people have put together this hip hop inspired trailer that explains how the makers of SHIFT follow what they call The Ten Pod Commandments.