Ear-Movies

Season 5 promo

04 Dec 2025

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Season Five launch

04 Dec 2025

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Decision Time

04 Dec 2025

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As rising seas, violent storms and an increasingly controlling government all impact on Sydney, a young girl and her family head inland hoping to find...

GIGO.

04 Dec 2025

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We’re now living on the cusp of the age of AI. And AI is probably a bit like fire, isn’t it? I mean, a great servant, but a terrible master. Or wo...

A Cautionary Tale

04 Dec 2025

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What happens when the world’s newest form of addiction doesn’t just capture attention - but consumes its users entirely?

Aftermath

04 Dec 2025

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A poet and his brother go on the run to avoid a dangerous new kind of weapon. Sorry, we're having some technical difficulties with this one. Please co...

Collateral Damage

04 Dec 2025

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This nostalgic story looks back a generation, before so much of the technology that we take for granted today was present. In its way it evokes the Ge...

Nesting Instincts

04 Dec 2025

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This is a story about a breakthrough in technology that promises to make life easier, however one unsuspecting user becomes its casualty.

Future Tense

04 Dec 2025

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This is a story about a family secret. When an unsuspecting niece and her new boyfriend come to visit her uncle, what will be revealed once their sky ...

Long Shot

04 Dec 2025

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This is a story of hope. When a mysterious stranger arrives in a small outback town you can bet there’s going to be challenges, confrontations and s...

Murder on the Orion Express

04 Dec 2025

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Surprise Episode to come

04 Dec 2025

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Season 5 launch

04 Dec 2025

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Audio highlights of the live launch of Season 5 at Kiss My Brass in Marrickville.

Simon Luckhurst interview with Nick Rheinberger

05 Nov 2024

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Simon Luckhurst, writer and producer of Ear Movies, talks to ABC Radio's Nick Rheinberger about the genesis of Ear Movies, and the release of the miss...

A Few Lines About Trains

21 Oct 2024

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Another train journey... another unexpected stoppage. We've all known them, haven't we? Perhaps not like this one though. Read by Anne Hani Abdile.  ...

Still, Life

10 May 2024

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There are droughts, and then there are Droughts. And then there are DROUGHTS. This is a not a story of surviving the dry sky though, but about what co...

Another One Bites The Dust

10 May 2024

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We’ve all known them, haven’t we? People who fall in love but who then want the other person to change. What if the love is all consuming, though....

Road Kill

10 May 2024

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When it’s only a few drops of rain, you don’t recognise the start of a flood, do you? The tipping point doesn’t exist until you proceed, smiling...

One More For The Road

10 May 2024

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A fun night in the pub with a bit of philosophy thrown in - or a chance to change the world? You decide...   Read by Tony Martin.   Theme music: Tr...

The Art of Cricket

10 May 2024

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Universities are places where passion and youth sometimes exceed common sense and reason... and where even a simple game of cricket can become somethi...

Palimpsest

10 May 2024

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Every house holds a secret, doesn't it? And in those houses, individual rooms have secrets of their own... and in those rooms, there are items with th...

Season 4 promo

05 May 2024

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Listen to some snippets of Season 4 of Ear Movies.

Season 3 promo

04 May 2024

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Listen to some snippets of Season 3 of Ear Movies.

Season 2 promo

03 May 2024

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Listen to some snippets of Season 2 of Ear Movies.

Season 1 Promo

02 May 2024

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Listen to some snippets from Season 1 of Ear Movies.

All Along the Watchtower

22 Apr 2024

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A grisly discovery leads to years of policework that culminates in the clue of a single spoken word... Read by John Waters.

Looking For An Echo - Another Conversation with Trevor Brown

09 Mar 2023

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Simon Luckhurst sits down in Trevor's current studio to discuss his music in Season Three of Ear Movies

Live and Let Die

19 Feb 2023

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A tale of fond reminiscence, country towns - and the Southern Slopes Strangler... Read by Catherine McClements.

Just the Two of Us

19 Feb 2023

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A story of two cops, one stakeout, a determined killer and a mysterious secret. Read by Bryan Dawe.

Down Among the Dead Men

19 Feb 2023

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An impossible crime leads two detectives along a road littered with forensic clues. Read by Nancy Denis.

God Save the Queen

19 Feb 2023

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Australia's most beloved diva is murdered in her locked dressing room in the Sydney Opera House. The chief suspect is her husband - who was on stage i...

Help!

19 Feb 2023

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A simple plea in a court case leads a reporter to take a trip back into Sydney's seedy past - where she makes an unexpected discovery. Read by Nadine ...

Sixteen Lovers Lane

19 Feb 2023

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A story of a summer in Sydney with a serial killer on the loose. Will he be caught before he finds the person you love? Read by Samuel Johnson.

On Thursday

18 Jan 2022

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On Thursday Island an earnest government worker, a daughter missing her mother and a garden gnome work together to bring happiness. Read by Sylvia Tab...

Wishing Well

07 Dec 2021

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Catching a fairy is great. You get a wish. But when you're faced with all that choice, how do you decide what to wish for? Read by Genevieve Davis.

Conversation with Trevor

04 Dec 2021

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Trevor Brown composed the episode music for season two of Ear Movies. In this special episode he chats to Simon Luckhurst about his music and the proc...

The Great Mantini

20 Nov 2021

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The Great Mantini is a magician who specialises in disappearances. Unfortunately. Read by Tiriel Mora.

Whispering Moths

14 Sep 2021

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Timmy Reay was normally a quiet bloke, but after a few drinks anything could happen. He'd never been in jail before, but after things went too far one...

Conversations with Buckthumper

14 Sep 2021

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One night of 'fun' can change your life. How Jason Riley responds to the mistake he made and tries to heal things, involves introspection, a lot of dr...

Olympus

14 Sep 2021

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Tina has been married to Lucky for over 30 years. Their greatest challenge tests both her and her relationship. Neither she, nor her husband, expects ...

The Golden Bell

14 Sep 2021

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Lucky runs a cafe called The Golden Bell. He's kind, caring and generous. He wouldn't call himself 'lucky' though. Read by Lex Marinos.

Between a Rock and a Hard Place

14 Sep 2021

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East of Goulburn is a place called Eight Mile. No one knows what it's eight miles from. It's in the middle of nowhere, only two people live there - an...

2020 Christmas Special: The Night Raider Before Christmas

09 Dec 2020

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A mother, a bikie, a bushranger and a believer in miracles appear in this podcast where elements of all the stories in Season One combine to create a ...

Ear-Movies Season 1 Trailer

19 Jun 2020

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Erc, The Last Waler

16 Jun 2020

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A swagman, an Aboriginal stockman and a talking horse head to France in 1916. Although they have many laughs and adventures along the way, their real ...

The Long Road

16 Jun 2020

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Lance Riley never set out to become a masseur. How this former long-distance truck driver became one of the best in the world is a touching story of e...

Deus ex Coke Machina

16 Jun 2020

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God appears to everyone at least once in their life. Or so he claims. For Pete Monroe, finding God in a Coke machine was not what he expected on his l...

The Society of Miracles

16 Jun 2020

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Becoming invisible was no hardship for Leonie Morrison, as she’d been overlooked by most people for years anyway. Disappearing permanently from publ...

Soul Searching

16 Jun 2020

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Trevor never laughed so much until he joined the funeral industry and met Knippler, Jimmy and Gavin, the ghost of an old mate. Read by Tug Dumbly. 

The Other ANZAC War

16 Jun 2020

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Two outback towns fought in a war no one has ever heard of in this funny story of rural Australia. Read by Brett Hunt.

Biological Poker

16 Jun 2020

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When Katy Becker found love in the chemotherapy ward she knew that the heart-warming discoveries ahead of her would last a lifetime – she just didn’...