Podcast Episodes

What seven ancient traditions can teach us all about living a good life today

Nikki Goldstein was in a coma in the ICU at St Vincent's Hospital when she first 'met' Rabbi Eli Schlanger. When she woke, the pair embarked together…

22 hours ago

Growing the goodness of the world—Hannah Moloney on why we garden

Gardening Australia's Hannah Moloney on the heartwarming and heartbreaking reasons humans continue to lovingly tend to their gardens—for healing, bea…

3 days, 22 hours ago

Encore: How Zenith became her true self, as a lesbian and a deathwalker

Zenith Virago was a married mother of two, when she left her family to begin again as a lesbian.  Then she found a new path as a death walker, helpin…

4 days, 22 hours ago

Rasputin's killer and the Australian conductor

Conductor Alexander Briger has led orchestras all over the world. But his niche occupation is not the only fascinating thing about him. Alex's family…

5 days, 22 hours ago

Encore: The compulsive and complex behaviour I kept hidden for years

Adele Dumont was a teenager when she first started pulling out her hair, an urge that became so uncontrollable she was left with a bald spot.

She woul…

6 days, 22 hours ago

Teaching boys behind the razor wire, inside Australia's juvenile detention system

Ralph Jackman was a sports journalist who retrained as a teacher in midlife, and got his first job at Melbourne’s Parkville Youth Detention Centre, w…

1 week ago

The ex doctor, the near death experience, and the saint-in-waiting

After a near death experience, Kate Clinch became drawn into the astonishing, Gothic story of a young Australian woman named Eileen O'Connor, who is …

1 week, 3 days ago

Encore: Designing for the drag queens in 'Priscilla, Queen of the Desert'

Costume designer Tim Chappel on the chance discovery at a train station that led him into a life of designing for films and the stage.

Tim can’t remem…

1 week, 4 days ago

Australia’s ‘Bench Queen’ on her salvation — the gym

Growing up, para powerlifter, Hani Watson’s passion for lifting had been ignited by her dad and the pack of Arnold Schwarzenegger-types in their stri…

1 week, 5 days ago

Encore: Jarvis Cocker and the Pulp masterplan

At just 15 years old, Jarvis Cocker wrote a manifesto that laid out his vision for a band he hoped would take over the music industry.

Jarvis discover…

1 week, 6 days ago