Podcast Episodes

The drama and the grit behind Michelle Payne's ride into Melbourne Cup history

Ten years ago, Michelle Payne became the first woman to win The Melbourne Cup but in the years since she's had to face many challenges, including a l…

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Encore: The story of a wild, radical feminist socialist lesbian mum, and her son

Writer, Ianto Ware with the story of growing up in the suburbs of Adelaide with his radical, feminist, lesbian mother, Dimity. (R)

Ianto Ware was rais…

6 months, 4 weeks ago

How Paris helped this aerospace engineer survive anorexia

Kate Reid inherited her love of Formula 1 from her dad. She put her heart and soul into qualifying for a job with the renowned racing team, Williams,…

6 months, 4 weeks ago

The strange tale of the artist who stole 3000 butterflies

Walter Marsh with the surreal tale of Colin Wyatt, the ski champion, mountaineer, wartime camouflage expert, artist, and naturalist who committed one…

6 months, 4 weeks ago

Why this humanitarian doctor swapped Byron Bay for a war zone and what happened next

Katie Treble grew up crying at about how all the king's horses and men couldn't put Humpty Dumpty together again. It was that compassion that made he…

7 months ago

Encore: Aaron Fa’Aoso on his mistakes, heartaches, and lucky breaks

Aaron was living on the tip of Cape York when he borrowed his uncle’s dinghy to make it to his first acting audition on nearby Thursday Island.

He won…

7 months ago

‘Maximalist power queen’ Em Rusciano on the diagnoses that revealed her

The singer, podcaster, writer and comedian on living big with neurodivergence, and owning her manic, creative energy.

Growing up in Melbourne in the 1…

7 months ago

Telling the future and the past through the palm

From fairground palmistry to the science of fingerprinting, historian Alison Bashford explores the secrets, history and psychology of the hand.

Alison…

7 months ago

Cakes, Ottolenghi and the Fire Horse child

Helen Goh's life story began with a complicated childhood - and blossomed into one about culture, cake and the meaning of life.

Helen was born in Mala…

7 months, 1 week ago

Wendy Harmer on overcoming her fractured childhood

Wendy Harmer has enjoyed huge success over four decades as a comedian, tv host and as a radio presenter.  A long way from her origins in country Vict…

7 months, 1 week ago