Podcast Episodes

The strange life of Ingrid von Oelhafen - Part 1

Ingrid von Oelhafen’s childhood in post-WW2 Germany was full of strange events - her mother inexplicably left her in a children’s home for five years…

1 year, 10 months ago

Kangaroo dog

The Kangaroo dog is unique to Australia. It's a mystery dog with a big story.

Born in the early Sydney colony, this deerhound-greyhound mongrel dog wa…

1 year, 11 months ago

The paralympic journey | money, media and ethics

Swimmer Siobahn Paton won multiple medals at the Sydney 2000 games but her dreams were shattered when athletes in a different sport cheated spectacul…

1 year, 11 months ago

The paralympic journey | From rehab to elite

Join wheelchair racing legend Louise Sauvage for the fascinating evolution of The Paralympics, from life-saving rehabilitation for World War 2 soldie…

1 year, 11 months ago

The Lady of the Swamp

The mysterious tale of rich socialite Margaret Clement,  who lived alone in the Gippsland bush in a decaying mansion encircled by waist-deep water. S…

1 year, 11 months ago

The Great Australian Camel Race (part 2)

The story of an epic 3300-kilometre adventure from the Australian desert to the coast.  Half way through the race, Illness, flood, fatigue and flies …

2 years ago

The Great Australian Camel Race (part 1)

It’s April 1988, somewhere near Uluru, and the starter gun fires off one of the strangest, most audacious events to mark Australia's bicentennial yea…

2 years ago

Monarto | Lost city of the future

Don Dunstan had a dream - a futuristic city to rise out of The Mallee. What went wrong? After years of planning and designing why was it never built?

2 years ago

Blood, prejudice and nursing | Barry’s story

It's the 1980s, and the first devastating decade of the AIDS pandemic. A young student nurse tests positive for the virus. and this information ends …

2 years ago

Great Aussie Cons | My Mother The Spy

Mercia Masson, one of Australia’s longest serving undercover ASIO agents, spied on her communist friends, while her only daughter remained in the dar…

2 years ago