While aural storytelling is a tradition as old as time, podcasting has breathed new life into the spoken word. Here we shortlist our favourites for spring, from memoirs about mental health, to documentary anthologies, cultural critiques to fictional feminist dramas about art and attraction.
1. No Feeling Is Final
This memoir on mental health is bracingly honest and beautifully sound-designed. With intimacy, candour and care, it examines the realities of depression and what it can be like to live with suicidal thoughts. Beginning with a catalogue of host Honor Eastly’s teenage experiences with anxiety and depression, No Feeling Is Final expands outwards to expose the failings of Australia’s healthcare system, before zooming in once again to explore why ‘just asking for help’ isn’t quite as simple as it seems. If you’re a fan of The Heart and their No mini-series, this too will make you think deeply and differently about an important topic.
2. Bodies
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