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Human/Ordinary brings you stories about our culture, our relationships, and the extraordinary feat of being alive. ("...the writing is spectacular..." - Ira Glass, This American Life)
A day late with this one, which pretty much exposes me as breaking my own rules. The idea was that I'd upload at the end of the two weeks wh...
Sometimes, things don't go to plan. I've had a two week stretch that started well, but then nothing really panned out. I had some work on th...
A friend of mine died recently. This is the story of our friendship, and my hate for him. I've decided to dispense with the intro narration;...
Continuing my little series One Every Two, here's a little story about a week where we had to go back into lockdown. Just me, my partner, ou...
This is a little story about a weekend in the city with my son. I realise some things about getting older. Writing, sound design and music b...
Well it's been a long time between Human/Ordinary drinks. If anyone's still out there, hi! For the past five years I've been making a go of...
In October 2017, Sarah and Michael went to Las Vegas on their American holiday. They saw magic, ate lots of food, and were next door to the...
What’s it like to collaborate with your partner creatively, while raising kids? How do you give each other feedback, while keeping your marr...
Mic Cavazzini’s last story for this season of Human/Ordinary shares a lot of similarities with his first. It’s about the big things: life, d...
Her whole life, May Jasper has felt nervous about going to the hairdresser. She didn’t know anything about fashion, and she didn’t understan...
Even though many people think only of dot-style paintings when considering “Aboriginal art”, it is actually as diverse as the many Indigenou...
Mic has a chance encounter with a woman who broke stereotypes for professional women and contributed to some groundbreaking conversations ar...
Most adults in Vietnam don't speak English. And yet, the country has a pretty large expat community, most of whom don't speak Vietnamese. So...
Hundreds of metres above the ground, or dodging traffic and the police at a busy intersection, people are just people, but window washers ar...
What’s it like being the children of two international jazz musicians? In this episode of Human/Ordinary we meet Ruomi Lee-Hampel and his si...
Geoff Allen has been around. As a ringer in the 50s and 60s, it was his job to tame wild horses and drove massive herds of cattle throughout...
Monkol Lek’s story starts 40 years ago in Cambodia, before even he can remember. On the path to a successful career in computer engineering,...
In many ways Melbourne is a distinctly un-Australian city, famous for its cold, rainy weather and lack of beaches. And yet, every morning at...
In the face of the looming climate crisis it’s hard not to feel overwhelmed and helpless. Cinnamon Nippard grabs her keep-cup and has a chat...
A fatal avalanche in Kashmir sees Human/Ordinary producer, Mic Cavazzini, pursue the truth of what happened and why, as he investigates the...
Foamers Travelling across the USA by train can be relaxing, fun, and enlightening. It can also expose you to inexplicable things. This is a...
Welcome to Season Four… The Daddy Bear Ever since we had kids, our house has been full of bears. But there’s one bear in particular, more do...
Hey trendsetters. It's been awhile... See you back here on April 28th. To join the gang and become a paid subscriber, head here: https://www...
When I was young, we thought we were clever insulting others by calling them Richard Cranium. This is his story. Olivia Rosenman does a coup...
Fulfilling a childhood dream, I go behind the scenes at Melbourne City Wrestling. Original music by Kent Sutherland. Thanks to Sean Carney ,...
This is a story about my neighbourhood, but I hope it’s about yours too. Inspired by this song from Tom Waits, and this piece from Scott Car...
This is a story about loss, fear, uncertainty, and optimism, and how Renee Gardiner rediscovered herself. Music by Kent Sutherland. Special...
I went along to see Milo Yiannopolous speak, and to try and understand a little more about those who support him, and those who stand oppose...
To introduce Season 3 of the show, I made this little story about something special that happened to us two months ago. Music by Kent Suther...
For the final episode in the Headstone series, I was curious to understand what people think about when they know they're going to die. Doct...
Our understanding of death is not just informed by the people around us. Animals also play a role in our experiences of mortality. For this...
Most of the graves in any cemetery are the final resting places for the persons remembered there. But for one headstone in Melbourne that is...
When Jessie Williams was 30 years old, she lost her first child at birth. The grief she experienced after was painful, enlightening, and ult...
This is the story of Mary and Brian Hill, as told by Mary. Original music by Kent Sutherland. Thanks to Mary Hill for her sharing, and to th...
In the first episode of the Headstone Series, I stumble onto a mysterious memorial in the Melbourne General Cemetery, and try to get to the...
An introduction to the second season of Human/Ordinary. Kicks off in May. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The third and final part of my series exploring issues around meat-eating. I get knowledge from Jad Patrick, a naturopath, and Dr. Tamasin R...
While on our first flight with our baby daughter, I contemplate my totally rational fear of flying. Should be emotional. Music by Kent Suthe...
For this story, I spent two banner-making nights with the Essendon Bombers cheer squad, and hung out with them at the final game of the year...
In the first part of this series, I watched a cow being slaughtered and butchered. In this second part, I talk to four friends to find out w...
In a follow-up of sorts to Episode 00, I visit another protest to get a better understanding of the motivations of the right-wingers. In the...
I'm a bit interested in questioning why I do what I do. That's a big question, so a smaller one, is why I eat what I eat. I eat beef, so in...
In the Melbourne suburb of Coburg in late May of 2016, hundreds of angry people with opposing political views came together. No one was real...