Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhy the pendulum swings between democracy and dictatorship worldwide
Dr James Loxton on how modern democracies can crumble as tyrannical leaders take hold, but also how freedom and democracy can rise again, from the Am…
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A bulldog on the ice -- Eric's journey from the South Pole to Outer Space
Eric Philips has always loved cold weather and from young age became fixated on the idea of polar exploration and following in the footsteps of the a…
6 months, 1 week ago
Encore: Love, sex and the secret life of retirees
Screenwriter Samantha Strauss on her grandmother's vibrant last years in a Gold Coast retirement home where love, sex and startlingly pragmatic conve…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Making peace and finding laughter in my family's dark past
Reuben Kaye has always known he was going to be a performer and grew up a house that encouraged his love of the limelight. But in the background was…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Loving and losing three good men—the story of a ballerina called 'Blossom'
Petal Ashmole Winstanley was just a teenager when she left Perth on her own to sail to London. There, in the swinging 1960s, she began her wild adven…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
The conspiracy that brought down the Whitlam Government in the 1975 dismissal
Editor-at-large of The Australian, Paul Kelly looks back at the most profound crisis in Australia’s democracy, including the off-the-record informati…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Silverchair’s Ben Gillies on his life as a teenage rock god, and what happened next
When Ben Gillies was 15 he began touring around the world in his band called Silverchair. After the band broke up, Ben had to work through anxiety an…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Encore: Meet Ash Barty's mindset coach — Ben Crowe
How does Ben Crowe get elite athletes to the top of their game? What he asks footballers, surfers and tennis players to do seems counter intuitive, a…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Uncovering the heart of my Nana’s saltwater stories
Actor and author Tasma Walton was enjoying her big break on TV show Blue Heelers in the 1990s in Melbourne when a transformative visit from her grand…
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William Dalrymple's own curious history, from the Scottish coast to Mughal Delhi
Historian William Dalrymple had a rarefied childhood on the windswept coast of Scotland. As an adult he fell in love with India, and later discovered…
6 months, 3 weeks ago