Podcast Episodes

20th Anniversary Collection: Tommy Caldwell — born to climb The Dawn Wall

Tommy Caldwell grew up exploring Yosemite, looking up at El Capitan's punishing 3000ft sheer rock face. After years of training, he was ready to clim…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

20th Anniversary Collection: Vickie Roach's turbulent life in and out of strife

Vickie's police record began when she was just 2 years old, and followed her throughout her life. But as an adult she pushed back, challenging a fede…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

20th Anniversary Collection: Alan Alda on bringing science to the stage

Hollywood actor Alan Alda has devoted his life to science, by taking his acting and communication skills off the screen and into the laboratory.

Alan …

4 months, 3 weeks ago

20th Anniversary Collection: Alan Alda on bringing science to the stage

Hollywood actor Alan Alda has devoted his life to science, by taking his acting and communication skills off the screen and into the laboratory.

Alan …

4 months, 3 weeks ago

20th Anniversary Collection: Born blind at the right time

Law Professor Ron McCallum was a premature baby in the 1940s. He completed his studies by recording people reading his textbooks aloud onto cassettes…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

20th Anniversary Collection: Brolga the 'kangaroo mum'

Aged 17, Chris 'Brolga' Barns was meant to be the 'bird guy' at a new zoo in Broome. A cough in his keeper's house alerted him to a kangaroo joey cal…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

20th Anniversary Collection: Stan Grant on what his father taught him

The veteran Wiradjuri journalist spent his first year living in the wreck of a Model T Ford on a NSW mission. He has reported from China and North Ko…

4 months, 4 weeks ago

Conversations Live podcast extra: Bruce McAvaney

Sarah and Richard give you a sneak peek behind the scenes of the Conversations Live Tour, Adelaide edition.

Legendary sports broadcaster, Bruce McAvan…

4 months, 4 weeks ago

Conversations Live podcast extra: Gill Hicks

Sarah and Richard give you a sneak peek behind the scenes of the Conversations Live Tour, Adelaide edition.

London Bombing survivor, Gill Hicks was on…

4 months, 4 weeks ago

20th Anniversary Collection: Surviving my dad's arrest and learning to thrive

Longtime TV casting agent, Kirsty de Vallance was 16 when Police searched the house and arrested her father on serious drugs charges. Throughout her …

4 months, 4 weeks ago