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- 2455 - Suzie Miller: finder of ways
How Suzie Miller went from being a trailblazing paper girl in St Kilda to a lawyer, then a playwright of the international hit play Prima Facie
Fri, 29 Sep 2023 - 53min - 2454 - Meaghan's connections to family, town and country
Meaghan Katrak Harris with stories from her life as a teenage mother and raising a multicultural family, and her working life as a social worker and an academic
Thu, 28 Sep 2023 - 26min - 2453 - Xanthe Mallett on skeletons, forensics, crime and body farms
Forensic scientist Dr Xanthe Mallett on her work analysing skeletal remains, investigating cases of wrongful conviction and studying the decomposition of the human body (CW: contains references to death and crime)
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 - 51min - 2452 - Seeing the world through a dog's eyes
Dog behaviourist Laura Vissaritis uses science and psychology to better understand what our dogs really are telling us
Tue, 26 Sep 2023 - 52min - 2451 - Dynasties and dynamism
Nicholas Jose was living in China in 1989, when the military was sent in to violently quell pro-democracy rallies in Tiananmen Square. He left Beijing the next day and returned to a changed city
Mon, 25 Sep 2023 - 52min - 2450 - Sam Neill's menagerie
Sam Neill is a winemaker, a cancer survivor and a father. He's also an actor, who's made more than 100 films
Fri, 22 Sep 2023 - 49min - 2449 - Smuggled to Antarctica
Rachael Mead with the true story of Nel Law, who stowed away on a Danish ship in 1961 to become the first Australian woman to set foot on Antarctica
Thu, 21 Sep 2023 - 48min - 2448 - The echidna argument
Strategic analyst Sam Roggeveen says Australia needs to think more like an echidna when it comes to defence
Wed, 20 Sep 2023 - 51min - 2447 - Living to 120 and beyondTue, 19 Sep 2023 - 51min
- 2446 - What happens to us while we're under anaesthesia?
Kate Cole-Adams has discovered what happens to us while we dwell in the chemical oblivion of general anaesthetic (R)
Mon, 18 Sep 2023 - 50min - 2445 - Kate Forsyth on the intrepid and curious Charlotte Waring Atkinson
Charlotte was Australia's first children's author. She came to the colony of NSW from London in 1826, and now her trailblazing, tragic and dramatic life story has been written by her descendants, Kate Forsyth and Belinda Murrell (R)
Mon, 10 Apr 2023 - 51min - 2444 - From Croatia to the Canefields: a love story
Debra Gavranich with the story of her mother Marija, who left her tiny Croatian island to make a life with a man she’d never met, in Far North Queensland's Cassowary Valley (R)
Thu, 26 Jan 2023 - 51min - 2442 - Bronwyn's books
When Bronwyn Sheehan's daughter befriended a little girl in year four, her eyes were opened up to the realities of life for children in care, and their carers
Wed, 13 Sep 2023 - 45min - 2441 - Chadden's planet Earth
Chadden Hunter was in his twenties when he found himself sitting around a campfire in the Ethiopian highlands, talking about his PhD thesis with Sir David Attenborough. The meeting changed his life
Thu, 14 Sep 2023 - 53min - 2440 - George Megalogenis on the stats that tell the Australian story
From the 1944 wartime referendum, to the 1999 vote on whether to become a republic, referenda always tell us things about Australia that aren't revealed in a normal federal election
Tue, 12 Sep 2023 - 52min - 2439 - Peter's long goodbye
Broadcaster Peter Goers was in his twenties when his parents died suddenly, in a plane crash outside New Orleans. Decades later, he's beginning to make sense of the loss
Mon, 11 Sep 2023 - 50min - 2438 - Stories of starting over: Susan Johnson
Writer Susan Johnson began an unexpected adventure when she moved to the Greek island of Kythera with her 85-year old mother Barbara (R)
Fri, 08 Sep 2023 - 51min - 2437 - Stories of starting over: Kim Crotty
When Kim Crotty was locked up in Dartmoor prison for growing marijuana, his two young sons were bereft. After he began writing bedtime stories for his boys from his cell, a new chapter opened up for him after he was released from jail (R)
Thu, 07 Sep 2023 - 50min - 2436 - Stories of starting over: Anne Howell
After a serious brain operation, Anne Howell woke up in hospital with retrograde amnesia, thinking she was nine years old. With no real understanding of who she was or who she could trust, she set about rediscovering her identity (R)
Wed, 06 Sep 2023 - 49min - 2435 - Stories of starting over: Charles Lomu
The Tongan-Australian man on being privileged to see love in action in his grandparents, how a spiral into grief and anger led him to periodic detention, and how cutting hair today helps him steer young men away from a dark path (R)
Tue, 05 Sep 2023 - 51min - 2434 - Stories of starting over: DJ Hookie
Tom Nash was 19 when his limbs were amputated due to meningococcal septicaemia. After he began to navigate life with hooks for arms, he built a new life as a DJ (R)
Mon, 04 Sep 2023 - 45min - 2433 - Maggie Mackellar on farming, motherhood, and catching sheep
Maggie Mackellar with stories from her life on a Merino wool farm on the east coast of Tasmania, and all of life and death that surrounds her through the cycle of lambing seasons
Fri, 01 Sep 2023 - 52min - 2432 - The Big Pineapple, The Big Merino, The Big Gumboot: how big things captured Australia
Dr Amy Clarke on the history of Big Things and our enduring fondness for kitsch and curious creations
Thu, 31 Aug 2023 - 52min - 2431 - Crispian Chan on Perth's forgotten terror
Crispian Chan grew up in the shadow of a campaign of terror in Perth that engulfed his family restaurant and haunted him for years
Wed, 30 Aug 2023 - 51min - 2430 - Geraldine Brooks and the world in words
The historical novelist has seen enough action to last a lifetime from her days as a Middle East correspondent, and it was her mother's imaginative influence that led her to turn her fascination with history into new interpretations (R)
Tue, 29 Aug 2023 - 47min - 2429 - Craig Hamilton's three lives
Coalminer turned broadcaster Craig Hamilton was in his 30s when he had a psychotic episode on Broadmeadows train station. In the aftermath, his life was completely changed (CW: mentions suicide)
Mon, 28 Aug 2023 - 51min - 2428 - Robert Waldinger's good lifeFri, 25 Aug 2023 - 53min
- 2427 - Bertie Blackman's bohemian childhoodThu, 24 Aug 2023 - 49min
- 2426 - How Julie became Matilda #1
In 1979, Julie Dolan was named as the inaugural captain of the Matildas. Ever since, she's helped build the juggernaut from the ground up
Wed, 23 Aug 2023 - 46min - 2425 - Kim and the ConstitutionTue, 22 Aug 2023 - 51min
- 2424 - John Gaden's golden runMon, 21 Aug 2023 - 48min
- 2423 - Remembering Michael Parkinson
Broadcaster Michael Parkinson with the life story of his late father John William - Yorkshireman, miner, humourist and fast bowler (R)
Fri, 18 Aug 2023 - 19min - 2422 - Maddy, the shipwreck mermaid
Dr Maddy McAllister's job as a marine archaeologist involves diving into the deep to uncover the artefacts and human stories sunk in shipwrecks (R)
Fri, 18 Aug 2023 - 54min - 2421 - The invisible Mrs Orwell
Anna Funder on unearthing the story of the talented and determined Eileen O'Shaughnessy, George Orwell's first wife
Thu, 17 Aug 2023 - 54min - 2420 - From the meatworks to mending men's souls
After arriving in Australia from Yugoslavia as a boy, Peter Stojanovic began working at a Melbourne meatworks. Decades on, he's now a counsellor helping violent men change their behaviour
Wed, 16 Aug 2023 - 53min - 2419 - Jana Pittman's turning point
Jana Pittman became one of Australia's most famous athletes as a young woman. Then at age 30, she found herself at a painful crossroads
Tue, 15 Aug 2023 - 53min - 2418 - David the Seahorse saviour
David Harasti with the story of how he opened a chain of underwater seahorse hotels to save an endangered species
Mon, 14 Aug 2023 - 54min - 2417 - A Heart in Two Places
Sarah Donnelley on her life working at Wilcannia Central School, on Barkandji Country 950 kilometres west of Sydney (R)
Fri, 11 Aug 2023 - 2416 - Dr Freakman, hippie psychiatrist
Psychiatrist Dr Harry Freeman on the memorable patients, LSD, and medical epiphanies from his 50 years in psychiatry
Thu, 10 Aug 2023 - 53min - 2415 - The sculptor's son
Hung Le and his family made a terrifying escape from Saigon in 1975, carrying one suitcase, a box of biscuits and some seasick pills. Decades after they fled, Hung returned to Vietnam to honour his late father's wishes (R)
Wed, 09 Aug 2023 - 45min - 2414 - How Brendan Watkins claimed his birthright
Brendan Watkins on his search to find the truth about his birth parents and the failings of the Catholic church his discoveries unveiled
Tue, 08 Aug 2023 - 49min - 2413 - Mark Brandi on compassion, chance and reinvention
Author Mark Brandi is a keen observer of people, a skill he honed growing up in a pub in country Victoria, where the family’s Italian heritage was the source of scrutiny
Mon, 07 Aug 2023 - 52min - 2412 - Danny Estrin's Eurovision glory
Voyager frontman Danny Estrin on his unconventional path from heavy metal to law and the Eurovision grand final
Fri, 04 Aug 2023 - 53min - 2411 - Oliver Twist, the storyteller
Rwandan-born comedian and playwright Oliver Twist on his years as a refugee and how his life as a storyteller began
Thu, 03 Aug 2023 - 53min - 2410 - The leadership and gentleness of Alex Blackwell
The former captain of the Australian Women's cricket team shares what she's learned along the way, and how cricket has helped her in genetic counselling, her next career (R)
Wed, 02 Aug 2023 - 52min - 2409 - On the trail of the mega-shark
When Tim Flannery was a boy he found a palm-sized fossilised tooth of a prehistoric shark.The find changed the course of his life
Tue, 01 Aug 2023 - 51min - 2408 - Toby Walsh: the power and perils of Chat GPT
Professor Toby Walsh on the rise of generative AI chatbots and their potential to overtake human intelligence
Mon, 31 Jul 2023 - 50min - 2406 - John's wild dogs
They have strange coats that look like they're painted on, and while their big Mickey Mouse ears are cute, their domestic dog-like looks aren't particularly exotic. But Africa's painted dogs are unlike any other carnivores on the planet
Fri, 28 Jul 2023 - 52min - 2405 - Martin Flanagan on exchanging shame for grace
In 1966, Martin was 10 years old when he was sent to a Catholic Boarding school in North-West Tasmania. Decades later, he began his own reckoning with what had happened at the school (CW: discusses sexual abuse)
Thu, 27 Jul 2023 - 48min - 2404 - Healing the grieving heart
Wendy Liu has spent many years right up close to death. As a forensic counsellor she worked with families who had lost someone to an accident or violence, and as a grief counsellor she supports people surviving all kinds of losses. Wendy says her work brings her a keener appreciation of life
Wed, 26 Jul 2023 - 53min - 2403 - Maggie Beer: from Bankstown to the Barossa
Maggie Beer started her working life at the age of 14 in a chenille bedspread factory. Two decades later, in a pheasant farm in the Barossa Valley, she found her dream job
Tue, 25 Jul 2023 - 53min - 2402 - How Ben's brain changed
An unexpected stroke temporarily robbed Ben Mckelvey of his ability to speak, write and understand words. Eventually, Ben re-learnt the art of language, but his brain, his identity and how he connected to others had changed forever
Mon, 24 Jul 2023 - 48min - 2401 - The army town, the lodger, and a succulent Chinese meal
Writer Mark Dapin’s childhood was disrupted at the age of 10, when his mum fell in love with the lodger. He was then raised in an army town called Aldershot in the UK, which began his fascination with stories of crime and warfare
Fri, 21 Jul 2023 - 52min - 2400 - Anna McGahan and God
Anna McGahan was playing a sex worker on Australia's biggest television show when she found God, renounced nudity on screen and tried to become the perfect Christian woman
Thu, 20 Jul 2023 - 52min - 2399 - The story of the human voice
John Colapinto was singing a Beatles song in front of Bette Midler when he injured his vocal cords. The experience set him on the path to studying the human voice
Wed, 19 Jul 2023 - 52min - 2398 - The wild boy who became a parenting expert
Professor Mark Dadds has helped hundreds of troubled kids from his clinic at the University of Sydney. He feels an extra connection to them, as he was once a wild and rebellious boy himself
Tue, 18 Jul 2023 - 52min - 2397 - From Boudicca to the Night Witches: a history of women at warMon, 17 Jul 2023 - 52min
- 2396 - The Bookbinder's Luck
Dominic Riley on how a a chance encounter with a bookbinding monk named Brother Bede changed the course of his life
Thu, 13 Jul 2023 - 52min - 2395 - Marcia Hines the American Queen of Australian Pop
Marcia Hines arrived in Australia just 16 years old, and unknowingly pregnant. She planned to stay for six months, but 50 years later, she still calls Australia home
Fri, 14 Jul 2023 - 46min - 2394 - The power and determination of Nas Campanella
Nas Campanella grew up in a big Italian-Australian family, and she was six months old when she lost her sight. Nas then grew up to become one of Australia's most well-known TV and radio journalists
Wed, 12 Jul 2023 - 51min - 2393 - Frank’s years of living dangerously
Frank Palmos arrived in Indonesia as a green journalist looking to make his mark. He walked straight into a pivotal moment in the nation's history, which would culminate in 'The Year of Living Dangerously'
Tue, 11 Jul 2023 - 48min - 2392 - Jessica's life in two worlds
Jessica Kirkness on her luminous childhood with her grandparents Melvyn and Phyllis, who were both profoundly deaf
Mon, 10 Jul 2023 - 52min - 2391 - Stories from Gudanji Country
Debra Dank walks and talks differently when she's at home on Gudanji country, because she comes with this place (R)
Fri, 07 Jul 2023 - 53min - 2390 - The tin hut that's still standing
Dr John Paterson grew up in a tin hut in rural Darwin. He helped hold it down during Cyclone Tracy and has taken care of it so it still stands today. John learnt many lessons in that tin hut, which have followed him through life
Thu, 06 Jul 2023 - 52min - 2389 - Nova Peris shines bright
Nova is a woman of many firsts — an Olympic gold medallist and Northern Territory Senator. She continues to strive for excellence while showing up for mob (R)
Wed, 05 Jul 2023 - 53min - 2388 - Leanne's passion for justice
Leanne Liddle was just 18 years old when she became a policewoman, but after a brutal attack during a routine traffic stop left her unable to serve, she decided to fight for justice in a different way
Tue, 04 Jul 2023 - 49min - 2387 - Jimmy Little's daughter tells her dad's story
Frances Peters-Little speaks about writing the story of her dad Jimmy's extraordinary career in music, and how he never lost his connection to his country.
Mon, 03 Jul 2023 - 48min - 2386 - Mama Piku
For more than a decade now, Yolarnie Amepou has been navigating tribal conflicts along the Kikori River to help protect her beloved pig-nosed turtle. To everyone in this part of Papua New Guinea, she's known as "turtle lady"
Fri, 30 Jun 2023 - 54min - 2385 - Sorcery and salvation in Papua New Guinea
Ruth Kissam was absent-mindedly perusing a noticeboard at a hospital in Papua New Guinea when she came across a flyer from the local morgue. That notice opened the door for Ruth into the world of sorcery and the plight of women accused of witchcraft
Thu, 29 Jun 2023 - 53min - 2384 - The mythical legends of Dravuni Island
When Kaliopate Tavola retired from Fijian politics, he turned his attention to recording the fantastic stories of creation from his home island of Dravuni - tales of warlords, giant sea serpents and boats that could grow tall like a tree
Wed, 28 Jun 2023 - 51min - 2383 - The whistling frogs of Fiji's forests
Nunia Thomas-Moko grew up afraid of the reptilian creatures that lurked in Fiji's stunning forests. Ironically, she has become the country's leading expert in rare frogs and crested iguanas. She had to put on a brave face to catch them first
Tue, 27 Jun 2023 - 52min - 2382 - Meet the Queen of Vude
When Laisa Vulakoro was six years old she learnt the English words "famous" and "star". She would point to the night's sky on her tiny island, and tell its 300 residents that's where she was going
Mon, 26 Jun 2023 - 50min - 2381 - Michael Trant on writing a farmer’s way
Author Michael Trant combines his love of the land with his passion for storytelling — writing his books while ploughing the paddock in a tractor
Fri, 23 Jun 2023 - 46min - 2380 - The broken-hearted cureThu, 22 Jun 2023 - 51min
- 2379 - Sarah Davis: Paddling the Nile and beyond
Sarah Davis on her journey from corporate risk management to the paddle-powered adventures in shark-infested waters
Wed, 21 Jun 2023 - 53min - 2378 - The flying vet
Campbell Costello has one of the world's largest and most exciting consulting rooms in the world, for his job as a vet in outback Queensland (R)
Tue, 20 Jun 2023 - 52min - 2377 - Fergus, prison visitor
Fergus Hynes found his true calling in retirement: listening to prisoners and helping them with their problems
Mon, 19 Jun 2023 - 46min - 2376 - Doctor Sonia, Outback GP
When Sonia Henry signed up to work as a GP in a remote mining town in the Pilbara, the experience changed almost everything she believed about Australia.
Fri, 16 Jun 2023 - 50min - 2375 - Shirley's secret and a silver angel: the story of Heather Mitchell
Actor Heather Mitchell on the family secrets and the fortune teller's prophecy which shaped her life (CW: mentions suicide and cancer)
Thu, 15 Jun 2023 - 53min - 2374 - An unexpected life in Murderball
Cameron Carr was a rising star in Rugby League when a shocking accident changed everything. A few years later he found a new path, in a sport known as 'Murderball'
Wed, 14 Jun 2023 - 49min - 2373 - Finding a dad, zoology and a life-threatening illness
Ben Bravery tells the story of his childhood in Logan, Queensland, how he went from a career at KFC to studying male satin bowerbirds and why being a patient led him to study medicine (R)
Tue, 13 Jun 2023 - 52min - 2372 - A Fat Girl Dancing: Kris Kneen
How Kris Kneen learned to look unblinkingly at their fat body, and find a new courage to be in the world
Mon, 12 Jun 2023 - 52min - 2371 - Muzafar Ali: from Afghanistan to Adelaide
Muzafar Ali is a football-loving photographer from Afghanistan, now living in Australia. When he discovered the long history of Afghan cameleers in the outback, he set off, with his camera, to find out more
Fri, 09 Jun 2023 - 51min - 2370 - Life as a prison philosopher
Andy West on how his family story led him a life teaching philosophy inside some of Britain's toughest jails
Thu, 08 Jun 2023 - 50min - 2369 - Charmian, the violin and the zipper man
Australian violinist Charmian Gadd was a wild musical prodigy from the Central Coast when a zipper-inventing musician changed the course of her life (R)
Wed, 07 Jun 2023 - 51min - 2368 - William Sitwell: a history of the restaurant
Food critic William Sitwell with stories of eating out in history, from the wine taverns of ancient Pompeii to today's molecular gastronomy
Tue, 06 Jun 2023 - 46min - 2367 - Sean Fong dominating life on the jiu-jitsu mat
Sean Fong is a para world champion in jiu-jitsu. The 'gentle' martial art has allowed Sean to shatter any illusions that society might have about people with physical differences.
Mon, 05 Jun 2023 - 49min - 2366 - Asma Khan and the Darjeeling Express
Chef Asma Khan uses cooking to connect with her family. After moving from Kolkata to England, she longed to return home to learn her mother's recipes. She did that, and brought them back to London, opening a restaurant called Darjeeling Express
Fri, 02 Jun 2023 - 52min - 2365 - Mandy Nolan: embracing the 'weird freaky girl'
Mandy Nolan didn't fit in as a child, in the country town where she grew up. But later in life, her differences became her superpower (CW: discusses domestic violence and addiction)
Thu, 01 Jun 2023 - 52min - 2364 - How Deb Wallace became the gangbuster
Former Detective Deb Wallace with stories from her working life in the NSW Police, where she was tasked with breaking up criminal gangs
Wed, 31 May 2023 - 52min - 2363 - David Rankin: Gymea, Art and Lily
Artist David Rankin grew up as the son of a bootmaker in suburban Sydney. He became an outback teacher, then a a painter, before meeting the great love of his life, the writer Lily Brett
Tue, 30 May 2023 - 52min - 2362 - Lessons from slime mould — a brainless blob
Tanya Latty is an insect scientist with a quirky taste in pets, and a keen eye for detail. But it's the lessons from her brainless pet slime mould that she's most fascinated about
Mon, 29 May 2023 - 49min - 2361 - Don Walker: the quiet bloke in Cold Chisel
Don Walker has written some of Australia's greatest songs, and they keep coming. But rock and roll's resident 'quiet bloke' could have led a very different life
Fri, 26 May 2023 - 43min - 2360 - Letting the tiger out of the cage
Adventurers and extreme athletes, who jump off bridges and walk across deserts, have a reputation for being fearless daredevils who take unnecessary risks. But sport psychologist Dr Eric Brymer says feeling fear is vital to the mind of the adventurer
Thu, 25 May 2023 - 53min - 2359 - Lessons from the Kingdom of SargonWed, 24 May 2023 - 50min
- 2358 - Bo Seo on good argumentsTue, 23 May 2023 - 50min
- 2357 - The wild ride of Di's life
The bull rider and horsewoman has lived a life full of danger and drama, at the rodeo and outside it. Di's incredible experiences have taught her to lean into fear, rather than avoid it
Mon, 22 May 2023 - 46min - 2356 - The curious history of sweating it out
From the naked athletes of Ancient Greece to the Jane Fonda revolution of the last century, sport and exercise have had a surprising hold on humans
Fri, 19 May 2023 - 53min - 2355 - Hijacks, heists, and a sinking boat
As a young woman craving adventure, Marele Day hitchhiked on a catamaran sailing across the Indian Ocean. After befriending the French skipper, Marele discovered years later that he was a fugitive on the run.
Thu, 18 May 2023 - 51min - 2354 - Being Sharon Stone's stunt double
Ky Furneaux spent 16 years in Hollywood as a professional stunt performer, falling, fighting and breaking glass on cue. She has managed to make her next life even more extreme — surviving in the wild, sometimes with just a knife, often naked (R)
Wed, 17 May 2023 - 54min
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