Introducing BIRDS EYE VIEW, a podcast that gives you a new perspective on women in prison. Made with women incarcerated in the north of Australia, the podcast takes you inside Sector Four, where scars and regret overlap with hope, horoscopes and beauty hacks. This 10-episode audio journey is the result of a two-year storytelling project involving more than 70 women imprisoned in the Darwin Correctional Centre. “We made this podcast ‘cause we want to shake things up and show you who we really ...
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SPUN Stories is a live storytelling night in Darwin, the capital city of Australia's Northern Territory! Join us and be transported to the wondrous backyards, communities and lives of Territory locals, where you'll hear illuminating stories that aren't ALL about crocodiles... We'll introduce you to some of the fascinating characters who live in the NT and give you a peek into life in one of the most wild, unexpected and rewarding parts of Australia. SPUN Stories is presented by StoryProjects ...
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1. Angel Ace - Gate 4 (Intro Mix) 2. Dan Stone - Harvest Moon 3. Sergey Shabanov - Overtime 4. 2trancY - Star Splash 5. Jason Van Wyk & Vast Vision Feat Johanna - Oceanblue (Haris C Mix) 6. Icone - Cosmos 7. Right Face - In Motion 8. Dust & Heatcliff - Eastern Dawn 9. Beach X - The Magic Man
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John Wentz talks about process, practice and context with artists, musicians & film makers that he meets while living abroad in France.
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Change is as good as a holiday, yeah? There's some big changes happening at SPUN HQ, but never fear, there's still so many stories to dig up from around the Northern Territory to share with you that we're not going anywhere... Or too far, at least. --- SPUN Stories is a live storytelling night based in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. We're a…
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Lisa Day moved to Darwin from Melbourne in the 70s to be a teacher, seeking a fresh start after a lifetime of carrying an extraordinary family secret that was starting to seep through the cracks, out the front door and into the garden: what you see in public isn’t always what you get in private... Storyteller - Lisa Day Story Producer - Jess Ong --…
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Dr Bo Remenyi is a paediatric cardiologist fighting heart disease in remote Australia. Bo arrived in Australia, from communist Hungary, as a teenager with no English language skills but big dreams and a steely determination to achieve her goals... Storyteller - Dr Bo Remenyi Story Producer - Lori Uden --- SPUN Stories is a live storytelling night b…
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Dave Pears is a mariner who found himself on a remote Kimberley island relying on the care of strangers after placing his hand on something potentially life threatening... Storyteller - Dave Pears Story Producer - Lori Uden --- SPUN Stories is a live storytelling night based in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. We're all about shining a light …
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T’ara is a sovereign tribal woman on a journey of self-exploration. Throughout her pilgrimage she explores the nature of life and the light and dark it encompasses. T’ara is passionate about speaking truth and holding space for others to do the same. She shares a story about a recent moment of truth. Storyteller - T'ara Cole Story Producer - Alex E…
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Phill Carson arrived in Darwin in 1981 to take up a job at the Royal Darwin Hospital. He was 27 years old and no one, including Phil, suspected that this softly spoken newcomer would go on to become one of Darwin’s longest serving surgeons. By day, surgical life, while demanding, was routine, but a call after dark signalled something altogether dif…
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When the Ryan family moved to Darwin in 1970, life was filled with lemon cordial, coconut tree-climbing and Nightcliff neighbourhood play dates. Four years later, Cyclone Tracy struck. Kathy was seven at the time, but her memories of the night don’t fit with commonly told terror and trauma tales... Storyteller - Kathy Ryan Story Producer - Jennifer…
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Varunika Ruwanpura had an unusual childhood. Her father worked in hotel management and as a result, he, Varunika and her mother lived in hotels all over the world. It was an exciting life for the family of three, but twice Varunika found herself in the midst of war. On both occasions, war arrived under a cloak of darkness in the middle of the night…
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Episode 28: Rodney Ewing w/ Guest Host Cindy Shih (United States) - "Stories That Don't Get Told"
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"While debating demanding topics such as race, religion, or war, it is simple enough to become polarized, and see situations in either black or white, right or wrong. These tactics may satisfy individuals whose position depends on employing policies or implementing strategies that promote specific agendas for a specific constituency. As an artist, …
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Episode 27: Martine Johanna (Netherlands) - "Opening the Bell Jar"
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Martine’s works are vivid and autobiographical depicting both direct realism and non-objective abstract elements. In this episode, we discuss her beginnings in street art, living and working with ADD, the personal and impersonal elements of her work, delving into side projects such as her illustrated book due out in November and her explorations as…
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Episode 26: Steven Assael (United States) - "Questioning Existence" - Swap-Cast with Artist Decoded Podcast
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Steven Assael was born in New York, New York in 1957. He attended Pratt Institute and presently teaches at The School of Visual Arts in New York. Assael balances naturalism with a romanticism that permeates the figures and surroundings of his paintings and drawings. The focus of his work is the human figure, either individually or in a group, rende…
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Episode 25: Eddie Colla (United States) - "Atavisms"
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Eddie Colla is a street artist, curator and photographer based in Oakland, Ca. However, given his love and need for travel, you could possibly say he’s based out of anywhere. His work is a synthesis of street art, collage, assemblage and video that crosses and transcends the barriers between the gallery walls and the public space. Mixing photograph…
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Episode 24: Nicole Hayden (United States) - "To Inform the Art"
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In this episode, I had a great time talking with San Francisco-based painter/muralist Nicole Hayden. We talk about escaping the lockdown to paint boarded up shops which led to working with Paint the Void Project, working in a decorative studio in SF doing faux-finishing and interior murals. How these outside experiences inform her art, being precio…
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Episode 23: Sergio Lopez (United States) - "Craft & Aesthetic"
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In this episode, I had a great time talking with Sonoma-based painter Sergio Lopez. We hit upon a variety of topics including the value of art school, his new online painting course he has been building and releasing soon, co-hosting 'Waiting to Dry' Podcast, his new food review podcast 'A Bit Saucy' and much more. Website Instagram Waiting to Dry …
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Episode 22: Raymond Bonilla (United States) - "Visual Language"
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In this episode I have a good long talk with my friend Raymond Bonilla. I’ve know Ray for many many years, way back since art school. In this episode we reminisce a little bit about the talent we were surrounded by in school, his beginnings in illustration, the split into a fine artist, inspirations, a little technique and much more. Raymond Bonill…
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Episode 21: Guro Skumsnes Moe (Norway) - "Resistance"
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I have to say that even though the last 30 plus days have been a whirlwind of confusion, emotions and uncertainty, I feel extremely lucky because these last two episodes have been conversations with two musicians who I greatly admire and whose music is among my favorite. Last episode was Robin Wattie from Big Brave and this episode I’m really excit…
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Episode 20: Robin Wattie (Canada) - "Compulsion, Exertion & Perhaps Love”
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In this episode, I'm privileged to talk with artist, guitarist & vocalist Robin Wattie of Big Brave. We talk about the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on touring musicians, the possible future of the music industry, the birthing of her band Big Brave with musicians Mathieu Ball and Tasy Hudson, vulnerability in writing lyrics and much more. This w…
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Episode 19: Joshua Lawyer (United States) - "To Learn Through Story"
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In this episode, I talk with Artist, Muralist, & 1/2 of the podcast 'Waiting to Dry,': Joshua Lawyer. We discuss his beginnings as a graffiti artist turned painter, being an auto-didact, the importance of story in art and much more. Representation Instagram Waiting to Dry Podcast Find us on all your favorite platforms including: Apple Spotify YouTu…
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Episode 18: Cindy Shih (United States) - "Art & Identity"
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In this episode, I talk with my good friend and visual artist Cindy Shih. We touch on a myriad of topics including the effect of the Corona Virus in San Francisco, normalizing your life during these strange times, what the future may hold for artists and much more. From her website: "Cindy Shih was born in Taiwan and immigrated to Los Angeles with …
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In this surprise audio extra, Rocket shares her favourite tips on how to survive lockdown in the times of COVID-19. From exercise routines to poetry tips and a recipe for a no-bake-cake, Rocket reveals what she learnt on the inside to help you get through your time locked up. Stay safe, everyone! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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“That’s the only place that has big mussels – my country. You find them in the mangroves, little round mussels with meat inside them. They taste a bit like oysters but with mud in them. Yeah, they’re yummy! And we get longbums, you know mangrove worms. Have you ever eaten mangrove worms?” In this final episode of Birds Eye View, follow Joan as she …
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Episode 17: Claudia Rilling (United States) - "Expression through Clarity
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Claudia Rilling is a professional fine artist and teacher residing just outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her art is represented by Kim Eagles-Smith Gallery in Mill Valley. Her current work consists mainly of florals, landscapes, and cityscapes. These paintings are based on the relationships of planes, light, and color, placed within carefully…
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Every magazine-style podcast needs a celebrity interview! Beccy Boo interviews Darwin-based songstress, Caiti Baker, about the making of our theme song, ‘Worth it.’ Find out how the beats in the song were made, what it’s like to record in a prison toilet and why Caiti writes haunting lyrics in Melbourne. Huge thanks to Caiti Baker and her producer,…
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“I grew up in rags not having anything. We only had this one Spice Girls top, me and my sisters, so we’d smash over that. Now I’m a real girly girl when it comes to all that stuff.” In this episode, women share tips for looking good in prison and you’ll meet Jess, a self-confessed fashion fanatic with a love for expensive body scrubs and animal met…
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Episode 16: Emilio Villalba (United States) - "Back Home"
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In this episode, I talk with San Francisco based painter Emilio Villalba. We discuss his new solo show "Back Home," which has been postponed to June 6 at Modern Eden Gallery in San Francisco, the evolution of one's work, Alice Neel, what's on his turntable and much more. Website Instagram Interview Modern Eden Find us on all your favorite platforms…
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“From the outside, I had a good, comfortable life. I had a job, a house, a car, good friends and family. I went to the gym every day. I played netball. I thought I was happy and that things were perfect.” In this episode, you’ll find out why getting mail in jail is such a big deal and you’ll meet Aimee, who goes to church on the inside. Faith is th…
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Episode 15: Yulia Bas (Russia-Spain) - "It's About Intuition"
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In this episode, I talk with Barcelona based painter Yula Bas. We talk about the Corona Virus and it's effects on Spain, growing up in Russia, coming back to art after an 11-year hiatus and more. From her website: Born in Moscow in 1986, Yulia's eclectic artistic journey began at a very early age. From studying with a teacher dedicated to old schoo…
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Every magazine-style podcast needs a celebrity interview! Join Rocket, our storyteller from EP 1, as she interviews ARIA-award winning rock musician, Courtney Barnett. They’ll be talking art, drugs and poetry and Rocket might just throw in a surprise pop quiz too. Big thanks to Courtney and her manager, Ellen, who generously visited the women in Da…
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“In some prisons you get conjugal visits. That’s when you get a little room and you meet up with your partner and you get to have sex. You see it in US prison realty TV shows and shit but it doesn’t happen here in Sector Four.” Let’s talk about sex, baby. That’s right folks. This episode is all about love and sex in prison. Meet Naomi who had a boy…
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Episode 14: Nidhi Chanani (United States) - "Telling Your Story"
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In this episode, I talk with Bay Area-based Illustrator, Graphic Novelist & Teacher Nidhi Chanani. We talk about Nidhi’s journey as an illustrator and serendipitous beginnings as a graphic novelist, comics as a platform for marginalized voices, her upcoming film adaption of her graphic novel ‘Pashmina’ on Netflix and much more. From her website: Ni…
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“We left about five o’clock in the morning. It was still dark. I wanted to feel sleepy. I went back to sleep. And then I heard that big bang. We hit the big truck and [the bus], it spins around six times. All the bodies were flying out everywhere ...” Time does strange things in prison. Hours are broken up by the intercom and whole weeks dissolve i…
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Episode 13: Agnes Grochulska (Poland-United States) - "Line & Color"
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“I went from the best worker. I was the best worker and my boss’s best friend to so many days off. I used to not answer my phone, unexplained absences, when I was just using drugs. It was really out of control. I was really out of control.” Did you know that Qantas headsets get refurbished by women in prison? And some prisoners get to whipper snipp…
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“Payback is if a person stabs you, then you do the same thing. If I stabbed her then she’ll stab me, fifty-to-fifty. Like if I had sex with her husband then she will do the same thing with my husband.” In this episode, meet Serafina and Noelene, who are doing time because of payback and find out how revenge shapes life in prison. Payback is the fou…
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“When they said that I was coming to prison at the watch house, I got to speak to my mum. She was in prison before me and she said just go up to these people and tell them that I’m her daughter and everything will be okay.” What’s it like to be in prison with your mum? And what’s it like to be a mum in prison? You’ll find out in this episode, all a…
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“I got a visitor, my cousin, who came up to me and said ‘Look Cuz, we’re looking for someone to do background vocals and dancing. Have you got a passport?’ ‘Yes I do.’ And she got me into becoming the background vocals and dancer for Yothu Yindi Band.” In this episode, you’ll find out about the beauty hacks women use to keep looking good in prison …
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“I got put in the back of the paddy wagon and I remember sitting there, cross-legged in the back, thinking ‘Oh fuck’.” Welcome to BIRDS EYE VIEW, a podcast made in the Darwin Correctional Centre. In this episode, you’ll meet the women of Sector Four and a bunch of birds, but first, we need to get you inside the prison. Making HERstory is the first …
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Episode 12: Chris Leib (SF-Berlin) - "Archetypes, Cosmonauts & Too Much Caffeine"
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Introducing BIRDS EYE VIEW, a podcast that gives you a new perspective on women in prison. Made with women incarcerated in the north of Australia, the podcast takes you inside Sector Four, where scars and regret overlap with hope, horoscopes and beauty hacks. This 10-episode audio journey is the result of a two-year storytelling project involving m…
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Episode 11: Schalk van der Merwe (South Africa) - "Scratching the Surface"
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Episode 10: Archan Nair (Berlin) - "Surrender to the Unknown"
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Episode 9: Craww (England) - "Love Is Like Pork"
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Episode 8: Antoine Cordet (Paris, France)
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Episode 7: Nicole Salgar (United States)
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Episode 6: Johanna Tordjman (Paris, France)
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Episode 5: Daniel Martin (Netherlands)
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Episode 4: Ricardo Santos (Mexico)
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Episode 3: Santiago Pani (Netherlands)
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Episode 2: Valter Adam Casotto (Italy)
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Episode 1: Daan Noppen (Netherlands)
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