Podcast Episodes

Burnout and the 'Bureaucrapper' — how Nick went from the edge of homelessness to helping others

Nick Orchard on how a tough childhood, mental health issues, couch surfing and hip hop have helped him learn how to help others recover from burnout …

4 months ago

Encore: The real story behind the Australian classic, 'Looking for Alibrandi'

Melina Marchetta grew up in Sydney in a close-knit Sicilian family, but she never wanted to be seen as 'that Italian girl'. Years later though, she d…

4 months ago

The giant spacecraft on its way to Jupiter's icy moon

Tracy Drain is Chief Engineer of the Europa Clipper, a NASA spacecraft currently travelling to Jupiter on a journey that will take six years.

Europa i…

4 months ago

The secret life of a matchmaker—love, listening and telling the truth

Together with his husband, Vinko Anthony runs a matchmaking agency for gay men looking for the type of enduring commitment and love that they found. …

4 months, 1 week ago

Encore: falling for a fake lover, online

Stephanie Wood was new to online dating when she met a sweet farmer named Joe. But within weeks, she realised Joe was not at all who he claimed to be…

4 months, 1 week ago

Encore: Barber Charles Lomu and the meaning of love

When Charles Lomu was born, he was lovingly given to his grandparents, in the Tongan adoption custom of pusiaki.

He lived a gentle, religious life in …

4 months, 1 week ago

Encore: After triple zero — a paramedic's tale

Benjamin Gilmour describes the hectic work of saving lives, and what it's like to bring people back from the brink of suicide. (R)

Ben was been a para…

4 months, 1 week ago

Anna the anxiety coach on surviving a roller coaster accident and healing her nervous system

When Anna Ferguson was a little girl she was badly hurt in a roller coaster accident. Although she made a full physical recovery, emotionally everyth…

4 months, 1 week ago

Iran's position of power in the Strait of Hormuz

Military strategist Jennifer Parker on the story behind the biggest disruption to oil supplies in world history, happening now in the Strait of Hormu…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Encore: How Jenny upended the Australian way of death

Jenny Briscoe-Hough on the uncomfortable truths which saw her set up Australia's first ever not-for-profit funeral home (R).

After her mother died, Je…

4 months, 2 weeks ago