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Stories from our elders: how Jane Fonda changed her life, in her 'third act'
The legendary actress Jane Fonda on her activism, her hair epiphanies and why older women are often fearless.
Jane has lived her entire life in the pu…
7 hours ago
Remembering Angry Anderson: rock n' roll animal and incurable romantic
Iconic Australian musician, actor, youth advocate and charity ambassador Angry Anderson has died at the age of 79.
Angry spent 50 years in the music i…
1 day, 6 hours ago
Stories from our Elders: My passionate friendship with a rebel poet
Alison Hoddinot was one of the first Australian women to study at Oxford University, but one of her lecturers, J.R.R Tolkein, refused to take on a wo…
2 days, 7 hours ago
Stories from our Elders: the chef who taught 37,000 Australians how to cook
Elizabeth Chong didn't cook her first meal until she was a newlywed. Six decades later, the owner of a cooking school specialising in Chinese cuisine…
3 days, 7 hours ago
Stories from our elders: Bryan Brown's road from Bankstown to Hollywood
Bryan Brown has played more than 80 roles on stage and screen. Raised in working-class Sydney, his talent, hard work, and unmistakable presence have …
4 days, 7 hours ago
The radical history of personal computing—looms, coding, beige boxes and AI
Mel Huang Buntine on how computers started entering our homes, and the beige box of a machine that changed her own life.
Personal computers are so ubi…
1 week ago
Encore: Vickie's turbulent life in and out of prison, and how she reclaimed her power
Prisoner advocate Vickie Roach spent decades in and out of jail but after studying for her masters degree, she helped change the story for thousands …
1 week, 1 day ago
My dad Jim Henson, the creative genius behind 'The Muppets'
Growing up Lisa Henson and her siblings spent a lot of time in their father's workshop and studio, watching puppets get drawn, sculpted and brought t…
1 week, 2 days ago
Encore: What happened when I tried MDMA therapy
Author Rebecca Huntley used supervised MDMA therapy to help her with complex PTSD and the legacy of childhood trauma.
Rebecca's public life as a broad…
1 week, 3 days ago
Healing intergenerational trauma and epigenetics—the children of the Third Reich
Catrine Clay with the story of the children of Nazi perpetrators and Holocaust survivors came together under extraordinary circumstances to come to t…
1 week, 4 days ago