Gus Fitzgerald has spent life a life in the ocean; a surfer and swimmer and commercial diver who was introduced to the water by his late father. Lots of life lessons were learnt in the deep, but how do you stay afloat when you lose the people you love the most?

Storyteller – Gus Fitzgerald
Story Producer - Sam Carmody
Told at Darwin Entertainment Centre in 2018 at Garrmalang Festival
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SPUN Stories is a live storytelling night based in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. We're all about shining a light on the extraordinary personal stories of everyday Territorians - let us take you to some wild and wondrous places through our podcast! You can find out more about SPUN by visiting our website - www.spunstories.net
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Host + Producer - Jess Ong
Sound Editor - Rosa Ellen
Sound Production - Gaia Osborne
Executive Producer - Johanna Bell
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Our podcast is presented by StoryProjects, with funding support from Darwin International Airport.

Music used in this podcast episode is 'The Tiki Bar' by Laszlo Harsanyi. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. For more: freemusicarchive.org/music/Harsanyi…arsanyi_Laszlo.

Ep26: In The Deep

Jose Da Costa was born during the violent occupation of East Timor and spent his first years in the jungle, hiding from the Indonesian army with his family. It wasn’t until he found himself the target of the military, that Jose was forced to take the biggest risk of his life...

Storyteller – Jose Da Costa
Story Producer - Rosa Ellen
Told at Darwin Festival in 2017, where the theme was 'Home'
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SPUN Stories is a live storytelling night based in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. We're all about shining a light on the extraordinary personal stories of everyday Territorians - let us take you to some wild and wondrous places through our podcast! You can find out more about SPUN by visiting our website - www.spunstories.net
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Host + Producer - Jess Ong
Sound Editor - Rosa Ellen
Sound Production - Gaia Osborne
Executive Producer - Johanna Bell
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Our podcast is presented by StoryProjects, with funding support from Darwin International Airport.

Music used in this podcast episode is 'The Tiki Bar' by Laszlo Harsanyi. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. For more: freemusicarchive.org/music/Harsanyi…arsanyi_Laszlo.

Ep28: The Journey Home

The 90s was a decade overflowing with good music, and Lari Gadza spent her teenage years soaking it all up. Lari grew up in Darwin among the mango trees, surrounded by tales of her dad’s croc catching days… And occasionally, stories from the old country, Bosnia, made their way in… 

Storyteller – Lari Gadza
Story Producer - Rosa Ellen
Told at a SPUN event in 2017, where the theme was 'Rewind'
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SPUN Stories is a live storytelling night based in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. We're all about shining a light on the extraordinary personal stories of everyday Territorians - let us take you to some wild and wondrous places through our podcast! You can find out more about SPUN by visiting our website - www.spunstories.net
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Host + Producer - Jess Ong
Sound Editor - Rosa Ellen
Sound Production - Gaia Osborne
Executive Producer - Johanna Bell
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Our podcast is presented by StoryProjects, with funding support from Darwin International Airport.

Music used in this podcast episode is 'The Tiki Bar' by Laszlo Harsanyi. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. For more: freemusicarchive.org/music/Harsanyi…arsanyi_Laszlo.

Ep29: Bosnia and the disco

A very personal story shared by Jacinta Mooney about falling in love, and the heartache and lines you have to draw when it comes to dealing with addiction...

Storyteller – Jacinta Mooney
Story Producer - Johanna Bell
Told at a SPUN event in Katherine, NT in 2016 
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SPUN Stories is a live storytelling night based in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. We're all about shining a light on the extraordinary personal stories of everyday Territorians - let us take you to some wild and wondrous places through our podcast! You can find out more about SPUN by visiting our website - www.spunstories.net
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Host + Producer - Jess Ong
Sound Editor - Rosa Ellen
Sound Production - Gaia Osborne
Executive Producer - Johanna Bell
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Our podcast is presented by StoryProjects, with funding support from Darwin International Airport.

Music used in this podcast episode is 'The Tiki Bar' by Laszlo Harsanyi. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. For more: freemusicarchive.org/music/Harsanyi…arsanyi_Laszlo.

Ep30: Drawing A Line

Chris Keeping was born and bred in Darwin. A few years ago, Chris encountered one of nature's most aggressive animals while kite-surfing off the Darwin coast line...

Storyteller – Chris Keeping
Story Producer - Tamara Howie
Told at our second-ever SPUN event in 2015, where the theme was 'Going Troppo'
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SPUN Stories is a live storytelling night based in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. We're all about shining a light on the extraordinary personal stories of everyday Territorians - let us take you to some wild and wondrous places through our podcast! You can find out more about SPUN by visiting our website - www.spunstories.net
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Host + Producer - Jess Ong
Sound Editor - Rosa Ellen
Sound Production - Gaia Osborne
Executive Producer - Johanna Bell
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Our podcast is presented by StoryProjects, with funding support from Darwin International Airport.

Music used in this podcast episode is 'The Tiki Bar' by Laszlo Harsanyi. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. For more: freemusicarchive.org/music/Harsanyi…arsanyi_Laszlo.

Ep31: When Crocs Attack

*CW: suicide*
As a journalist, Bridget Judd lives in a world of language: surveying world events and giving them shape through words. When she lost her beloved father, Bridget suddenly found herself in silence...

Storyteller – Bridget Judd
Story Producer - Sam Carmody
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SPUN Stories is a live storytelling night based in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. We're all about shining a light on the extraordinary personal stories of everyday Territorians - let us take you to some wild and wondrous places through our podcast! You can find out more about SPUN by visiting our website - www.spunstories.net
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Host + Producer - Jess Ong
Sound Production - Gaia Osborne
Executive Producer - Johanna Bell
Music - Sam Carmody
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Our podcast is presented by StoryProjects, with funding support from Darwin International Airport.

Ep32: The shape of sadness

Ange Wu grew up in a household where fire drills were a regular occurrence and the kitchen was off limits but she never really understood why...  

Storyteller – Ange Wu
Story Producer - Johanna Bell
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SPUN Stories is a live storytelling night based in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. We're all about shining a light on the extraordinary personal stories of everyday Territorians - let us take you to some wild and wondrous places through our podcast! You can find out more about SPUN by visiting our website - www.spunstories.net
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Host + Producer - Jess Ong
Sound Production - Gaia Osborne
Executive Producer - Johanna Bell
Music - Sam Carmody
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Our podcast is presented by StoryProjects, with funding support from Darwin International Airport.

Ep33: Rebel without a wok

*CW: domestic violence*
Leah Potter runs a kitchen in Darwin to feed the city's most vulnerable. But in a life before this, Leah explored a different sort of vulnerability as a dominatrix...

Storyteller – Leah Potter
Story Producer - Tamara Howie
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SPUN Stories is a live storytelling night based in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. We're all about shining a light on the extraordinary personal stories of everyday Territorians - let us take you to some wild and wondrous places through our podcast! You can find out more about SPUN by visiting our website - www.spunstories.net
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Host + Producer - Jess Ong
Sound Production - Gaia Osborne
Executive Producer - Johanna Bell
Music - Sam Carmody
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Our podcast is presented by StoryProjects, with funding support from Darwin International Airport.

Ep34: Surviving the dungeon

The parents of iconic sports broadcaster, Charlie King, should never have been together: not when his mother was a proud Gurindji woman who was part of the Stolen Generation and his father from Melbourne. Charlie learnt his rebellious ways from his parents and has since passed this on to his daughter, Emma...

Storyteller – Charlie and Emma King
Story Producer - Kylie Stevenson
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SPUN Stories is a live storytelling night based in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. We're all about shining a light on the extraordinary personal stories of everyday Territorians - let us take you to some wild and wondrous places through our podcast! You can find out more about SPUN by visiting our website - www.spunstories.net
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Host + Producer - Jess Ong
Sound Production - Gaia Osborne
Executive Producer - Johanna Bell
Music - Sam Carmody
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Our podcast is presented by StoryProjects, with funding support from Darwin International Airport.

Ep35: Live like a King

On Alex’s 34th birthday she felt like her life was spiralling out of control. Her career as a filmmaker was hanging by a thread, she was living with her parents and she was questioning her sexuality. Then she received the news that she was facing premature infertility...

Storyteller – Alex Edmonson
Story Producer - Johanna Bell
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SPUN Stories is a live storytelling night based in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. We're all about shining a light on the extraordinary personal stories of everyday Territorians - let us take you to some wild and wondrous places through our podcast! You can find out more about SPUN by visiting our website - www.spunstories.net
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Host + Producer - Jess Ong
Sound Production - Gaia Osborne
Executive Producer - Johanna Bell
Music - Sam Carmody
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Our podcast is presented by StoryProjects, with funding support from Darwin International Airport.

Ep36: How I unravelled my life

Simon Quilty is a doctor and has learnt a lot about dealing with patients and breaking bad news. He's also realised no one is immune to making a mistake, not even a doctor who finds himself treating a patient who happened to be a former hitman... 

Storyteller – Simon Quilty
Story Producer - Tamara Howie
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SPUN Stories is a live storytelling night based in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. We're all about shining a light on the extraordinary personal stories of everyday Territorians - let us take you to some wild and wondrous places through our podcast! You can find out more about SPUN by visiting our website - www.spunstories.net
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Host + Producer - Jess Ong
Sound Production - Gaia Osborne
Executive Producer - Johanna Bell
Music - Sam Carmody
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Our podcast is presented by StoryProjects, with funding support from Darwin International Airport.

Ep37: That time I stabbed a hitman and survived

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, with funding support from Darwin International Airport. 

Host + Producer - Jess Ong
Sound Production - Gaia Osborne
Executive Producer - Johanna Bell
Graphic Designer - Celia Neilson

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