Short samples of my audio work - Ash Berdebes

0:00 - Goofy co-hosting on FBi Radio show 'Tracksuits' - a weekly themed music show. 

0:30 - Interview for Backchat with Fairfax journalist Steve Pennells, who was among five journalists subpoenaed by Gina Rhinehart to reveal a confidential source. Follows an emergency meeting with the MEAA to strengthen journalists' shield laws. 

1:30 - Interview with genderless activist Norrie after winning a 3 year battle to be officially registered as ‘sex not specified’, becoming the first person in the world to do so.

3:00 - First mic break presenting a specialist show, In The Pines on FBi Radio. 

3:50 - Excerpt from a package on forced adoptions, produced preceding the official government apology. Features interviews with a mother, her son, and the partner that reunited them after years of searching. 
 


Interview with investigative journalist Steve Pennells, who was subpoenaed by Gina Rhinehart to reveal a confidential source. The interview follows an emergency meeting of the MEAA regarding the need for better shield laws due to a record five journalists being pursued for their sources.

Steve Pennells on Backchat

A short audio piece for the October 28 rally against sexual violence towards women and children featuring Karen Willis, Executive Officer of the NSW Rape Crisis Centre and Haley Shaffer from the Reclaim the Night Organising Collective.

Reclaim the Night 2012 Audio

Reclaim The Night 2012

Story aired on politics and current affairs show 'Backchat' on FBi 94.5 on the 16th of March, preceding the formal apology for forced adoptions delivered by Julia Gillard. 

Features interviews with a mother and son who were separated when he was forcibly adopted after birth, and then reunited with his mother with the help of his partner decades later. 
