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BIRDS EYE VIEW
by StoryProjects
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 are.”Collectively hosted by 18 women, each episode centres on a theme, using interviews, poetry, satire and prison soundscapes to tell the story. From the holding cells where women are strip-searched, to ‘industries’ where Qantas headsets get cleaned, women share their personal stories of survival and resilience. “Not his-stories, HER-stories!”
Episodes
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Audio Extra: Rocket's Tips on Surviving Lockdown
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!...
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Ep 10: Home
“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...
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Audio Extra: Inside Interview with Caiti Baker
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...
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Ep 9: Beauty
“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...
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Ep 8: Faith
“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...
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Audio Extra: Inside Interview with Courtney Barnett
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...
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Ep 7: Love
“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...
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Ep 6: Fractures
“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...
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Ep 5: Working It
“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…
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Ep 4: Payback
“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...
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Ep 3: Bloodlines
“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...
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Ep 2: Survival
“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...
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Ep 1: Making HERstory
“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...
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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...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
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 are.”Collectively hosted by 18 women, each episode centres on a theme, using interviews, poetry, satire and prison soundscapes to tell the story. From the holding cells where women are strip-searched, to ‘industries’ where Qantas headsets get cleaned, women share their personal stories of survival and resilience. “Not his-stories, HER-stories!”
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StoryProjects
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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...
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BIRDS EYE VIEW is created and hosted by StoryProjects.
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