▁across ▁Australia ▁from ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁to ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁and ▁is ▁partly ▁available ▁as ▁a ▁pod cast . ▁ ▁The ▁program ▁described ▁itself ▁as ▁“ radio ▁abstra ction ▁for ▁listening ▁pleasure ”, ▁and ▁was ▁label led ▁by ▁others ▁as ▁“ audio ▁coll age ”, ▁“ hy brid ▁radio ”, ▁and ▁an ▁“ a ural ▁equivalent ▁of ▁the ▁avant - gar de ▁cut - up ”. ▁ ▁The ▁them es ▁changed ▁with ▁each ▁episode , ▁and ▁these ▁were ▁the ▁driving ▁force ▁for ▁the ▁content ▁of ▁the ▁show . ▁ ▁History ▁and ▁format ▁▁ ▁The ▁Night ▁Air ▁began ▁production ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 . ▁It ▁was ▁conce ived ▁by ▁Tony ▁Bar rell , ▁D iane ▁Dean , ▁Br ent ▁Cl ough ▁and ▁John ▁Jacob s . ▁It ▁was ▁a ▁rem ix ▁program ▁that ▁focused ▁on ▁re context ual ising ▁other ▁audio ▁material , ▁including ▁radio ▁drama ▁and ▁document ary , ▁news , ▁inter views , ▁talk back , ▁short ▁stories , ▁poetry , ▁music ▁and ▁film . ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁programs ▁were ▁locally ▁produced ▁for ▁the ▁series , ▁with ▁content ▁s our ced ▁both ▁from ▁the ▁Radio ▁National ▁arch ives ▁and ▁external ▁sources , ▁although ▁some ▁episodes ▁were ▁programs ▁s our ced ▁from ▁over se as ▁produ cers , ▁such ▁as ▁a ▁short ▁series ▁of ▁programs ▁from ▁the ▁like - mind ed ▁American ▁radio ▁program ▁Rad i ol ab . ▁▁ ▁The ▁format ▁built ▁on ▁those ▁established ▁in ▁previous ▁mont age ▁and ▁cut - up ▁programs ▁that ▁Bar