Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDigging Up Mum and Dad — Story Compilation
The secret lives of parents — stories from across 20 years of Conversations.
Espionage, Hollywood scandal, a second family, daring wartime missions, a…
5 months, 1 week ago
A Feast of Cooks — Story Collection
Our chefs and cooks and the food that made them — stories from across 20 years of Conversations.
Unforgettable sensory moments from childhood are behi…
5 months, 1 week ago
Maximum McInnes
A collection of some of the best moments from actor and writer William McInnes — celebrating 20 years of Conversations. The voice of actor William Mc…
5 months, 1 week ago
Shipwrecked and alone: surviving the Blythe Star
At 18 years old, Mick Doleman miraculously survived when his ship capsized in the freezing Southern Ocean off Tasmania. But as he floated in a life r…
5 months, 1 week ago
Crushing on Aladdin and Nigella Lawson — how Daniel learnt to love himself
Writer and journalist Daniel Nour on the pressures of his vivacious Egyptian-Australian family, and 'inviting people in' instead of 'coming out'.
Dani…
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The walking nun — Sister Clare Nolan on entering the convent and saving lives
Sister Clare Nolan was the head of nursing at St Vincent's Hospital when the HIV/AIDS epidemic reached Australia. She met with politicians, brothel w…
5 months, 1 week ago
Encore: What does a 'disaster specialist' actually do and how do they survive?
When there's a plane crash, a bomb blast, a flood or a pandemic, Lucy Easthope's phone starts ringing. This is how she stays cheerful and trusts her …
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Miss Australia, gangland girlfriend, counsellor and criminal: Felicia Djamirze's story
Felicia Djamirze grew up in the criminal underworld, then became a beauty queen. But her life outside the pageant circuit was mired in the world of d…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
A Dad's mission to save his daughter, and conquer cancer
Matt Dun left school at 17 to join the Australian navy as a submariner and later finished his high school certificate as an adult attending TAFE at n…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Teaching Nina Simone how to love me: a daughter's story
Singer Lisa Simone is the only person in the world who can call Nina Simone 'mommy'. Lisa was the beneficiary of Nina's incredible talent and her aff…
5 months, 2 weeks ago