Podcast Episodes

Clinical pain neuroscientist Dr Tasha Stanton: Why chronic pain is like a bilby in a bathtub

Clinical pain neuroscientist Dr Tasha Stanton explains her studies into the power of the mind when it comes to coping with injury and illness.

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Taking your cat for a walk and why dogs never stop loving — Jeffrey Masson

The bestselling author explores animal behaviour and grief — the loss we feel when a beloved pet dies, and how other species understand death (R)

4 years, 1 month ago

Indira Naidoo: losing a sister and finding healing

After her younger sister died suddenly, broadcaster Indira Naidoo's world was shattered. Then she turned to her urban landscape for solace (CW: menti…

4 years, 1 month ago

The unusual life of Elizabeth Macarthur

Novelist Kate Grenville on the story of love, grief and mental illness she unearthed when she revisited the letters of colonial gentlewoman Elizabeth…

4 years, 1 month ago

The world-record-breaking sheep shearer turned outback cop

Laurie Bateman went on an intense, lonely 18-month journey to become a Guinness World Record-holding sheep shearer, but it's not the accomplishment t…

4 years, 1 month ago

Hannah Gadsby and the point of no return

The Australian comedian on Nanette, her 'farewell' to stand up comedy; being diagnosed with autism as an adult; and on Douglas, the show and the dog …

4 years, 1 month ago

Sian Prior: reckoning with childlessness

Sian Prior with the story of the years of longing and loss which marked her quest to become a mother, and what happened when she found herself childl…

4 years, 1 month ago

Patrick Gale's family secrets

English author Patrick Gale finds inspiration in the endless sunset beyond his Cornish farm, old family letters and a pair of bearskin gloves from hi…

4 years, 1 month ago