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Sometimes funny, sometimes dark. Always curious. Stories about why we do the things we do. This is About digs deep into issues that matter through the beautiful, awkward and dismal stuff that actually happens to people.
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Wednesday 21 Dec 2016
This is About...a dutiful wife. Frances Carleton is super DIY. She’s a nurturer — and that’s easy to take for granted. Just ask her husband. Then there's an offer she can’t refuse. Frances is about to aim her skill set in a very different direction. And it might just sting a little bit.
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Thursday 8 Dec 2016
This is About…a man who won’t leave his house. He’s decided the outside world is too much and he doesn’t want to be a part of it anymore. Japanese psychologists have a name for this: hikikomori. Except this story takes place in a small Australian country town. And this man is about to make a discovery that will change him and his town for good. **Mental health trigger warning**
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Wednesday 23 Nov 2016
This is About...Captain America and the search for the lost bell of King Dhammazedi. Deep sea diver James Blunt (not the singer) made over a hundred dives in Myanmar, searching for the fabled bell. In his way – ogres, poisonous water snakes and 400 years of failure. Sherre DeLys tracks him to Las Vegas for a late night interview. Did he really find the bell?
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Wednesday 9 Nov 2016
This is About...the unsung hero who saved the Apollo 11 moon mission in 1969. “We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things,” goes the famous quote from John F. Kennedy, “not because they are easy but because they are hard.” The little known story of just how hard the Apollo 11 mission was — and how close it came to disaster.
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Wednesday 26 Oct 2016
This is About...one kid’s moment of guilt, and the adventure she takes to free herself from it. Robyn’s father makes life at home unpredictable and sometimes violent. Real life starts with a road trip and a cast of colourful characters in the bright lights of the stage. But an unexpected homecoming leads to Robyn’s true magnum opus.
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Wednesday 12 Oct 2016
This is About...a group of independent theatre makers getting smacked down by the United Nations. Four Aussie theatre makers travel to the Philippines to adapt a violent Japanese cult novel with local theatre group the Sipat Lawin Ensemble. What happens next shocks everyone.
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Tuesday 11 Oct 2016
This is About...a new podcast of stories told by those who lived them. Sometimes funny, sometimes dark. Always curious. This is About digs deep into issues that matter through the beautiful, awkward and dismal stuff that actually happens to people.
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