Podcast Episodes

Loving and losing three good men—the story of a ballerina called 'Blossom'

Petal Ashmole Winstanley was just a teenager when she left Perth on her own to sail to London. There, in the swinging 1960s, she began her wild adventure of dance, love and heartbreak.

Petal got her f…

Published on 11 hours ago

The conspiracy that brought down the Whitlam Government in the 1975 dismissal

Editor-at-large of The Australian, Paul Kelly looks back at the most profound crisis in Australia’s democracy, including the off-the-record information he was given five days before it took place.

In …

Published on 1 day, 11 hours ago

Silverchair’s Ben Gillies on his life as a teenage rock god, and what happened next

When Ben Gillies was 15 he began touring around the world in his band called Silverchair. After the band broke up, Ben had to work through anxiety and addiction to make an entirely new life for himse…

Published on 2 days, 11 hours ago

Encore: Meet Ash Barty's mindset coach — Ben Crowe

How does Ben Crowe get elite athletes to the top of their game? What he asks footballers, surfers and tennis players to do seems counter intuitive, and a lot of the work happens off the field. (R)

Ben…

Published on 5 days, 11 hours ago

Uncovering the heart of my Nana’s saltwater stories

Actor and author Tasma Walton was enjoying her big break on TV show Blue Heelers in the 1990s in Melbourne when a transformative visit from her grandmother launched her in a new direction.

Boonwurrung…

Published on 6 days, 11 hours ago

William Dalrymple's own curious history, from the Scottish coast to Mughal Delhi

Historian William Dalrymple had a rarefied childhood on the windswept coast of Scotland. As an adult he fell in love with India, and later discovered his family's own deep ties to the country.

Born in…

Published on 1 week ago

The drama and the grit behind Michelle Payne's ride into Melbourne Cup history

Ten years ago, Michelle Payne became the first woman to win The Melbourne Cup but in the years since she's had to face many challenges, including a life threatening injury and family heartbreak.  For…

Published on 1 week, 1 day ago

Encore: The story of a wild, radical feminist socialist lesbian mum, and her son

Writer, Ianto Ware with the story of growing up in the suburbs of Adelaide with his radical, feminist, lesbian mother, Dimity. (R)

Ianto Ware was raised in the suburbs of Adelaide in a house surrounde…

Published on 1 week, 5 days ago

How Paris helped this aerospace engineer survive anorexia

Kate Reid inherited her love of Formula 1 from her dad. She put her heart and soul into qualifying for a job with the renowned racing team, Williams, but her dream job turned out very differently to …

Published on 1 week, 6 days ago

The strange tale of the artist who stole 3000 butterflies

Walter Marsh with the surreal tale of Colin Wyatt, the ski champion, mountaineer, wartime camouflage expert, artist, and naturalist who committed one of the world's biggest-ever museum heists in the …

Published on 2 weeks ago