Podcast Episodes

Holiday Listening: Nerida's nudibranchs, sea dragons and siphonophores

As a marine molecular biologist, Dr Nerida Wilson spends a lot of her time getting acquainted with the mysterious creatures lurking in the dark depths of the sea.

From nudibranchs, to sea dragons and …

Published on 17 hours ago

Holiday Listening: Lee Berger, the real-life Indiana Jones, and the Case of the Lost Hominids

When Lee Berger entered the field of palaeoanthropology there was a one in 10,000,000 chance he would discover anything 'worthwhile' digging around South Africa. But this real-life Indiana Jones kept…

Published on 1 day, 17 hours ago

Holiday Listening: Fishing for feelings -- the many ways fish are smarter than you think

Dr Culum Brown is a leading researcher in the field of fish cognition, his research has shown that even that smallest fish are capable of learning and can retain memories for months.

His fascination f…

Published on 2 days, 17 hours ago

Holiday Listening: The flying vet from Outback Queensland

Dr Campbell Costello's work as a vet has taken him out of his family's station in North Queensland to places as far flung as Kazakhstan, Mongolia and Patagonia.

He's acted as the official vet for a sl…

Published on 3 days, 17 hours ago

Holiday Listening: Slime moulds—the brainless blobs that can move and solve mazes

Dr 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.

Tanya studies th…

Published on 4 days, 17 hours ago

Holiday Listening: David Bindi Hudson on playing his didgeridoo at the Taj Mahal

When his elders named him Bindi, David Hudson had no idea his future would involve performing with his didgeridoo at the Taj Mahal, or a role in a film starring Marlin Brando  

Western Yalanji and Ewa…

Published on 1 week ago

Holiday Listening: Learning from the mighty matriarchs of the animal kingdom

Erna Walraven was one of the first female zookeepers to work at Sydney's Taronga Zoo in the 1980s. Despite practical jokes from her male colleagues, like animal dung in her gumboots, Erna kept her ne…

Published on 1 week, 1 day ago

Best of 2025: Mike Doleman on surving the Blythe Star

At 18 years old, Mick Doleman miraculously survived when his ship capsized in the freezing Southern Ocean off Tasmania. But as he floated in a life raft with his nine crewmates, his ordeal at sea had…

Published on 2 weeks ago

Best of 2025: How I became a brainwashed cult bride

Liz Cameron was 18 years old when a stranger approached her in a book shop. It was the beginning of her induction into a cult, and it was an experience Liz barely survived.

The process of brainwashing…

Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago

Best of 2025: The young boat builder who rowed across the Pacific

Tom Robinson was a 14-year-old living in the Brisbane suburbs when he made a promise to himself to become the youngest person ever to row across the Pacific Ocean.  Nine years later Tom set off from …

Published on 2 weeks, 2 days ago